Collar # 11 has been released back to the earth.
I guess she doesn't realize that I know about a whole BUNCH of Target stores. . . and collars are relatively cheap.
She's got #12 on now. It's black, with a soft yellow and green rickrack pattern. We'll see how this trades on the black market, I'm sure.
Thoughts ?
27 May 2008
23 May 2008
Knit One, MOLE Two !
Yes, apparently the kitties believe that the way to show your love is to bring furry items into the house and lay them out carefully on the floor. Same size as last time, same level of "not alive".
I'm just glad that we are replacing the carpet right now and, thus, had it and the pad all torn up. Poor little guy was carefully placed on the subfloor so he was easy to pick up and move to his final resting place.
Kitties 2, Moles 0 for those keeping score at home.
Thoughts ?
I'm just glad that we are replacing the carpet right now and, thus, had it and the pad all torn up. Poor little guy was carefully placed on the subfloor so he was easy to pick up and move to his final resting place.
Kitties 2, Moles 0 for those keeping score at home.
Thoughts ?
06 May 2008
To My Husband
It's almost hard to believe that it's been a year already. It doesn't seem that long and yet, we've had a great 12 months together.
This is the way that I can say what I want to without getting all teary. =) Thank you, baby. I love you dearly and I'm so glad that I have been lucky enough to get to keep you !
You have made it possible for me to realize that I am loved in return, that I married a very bright, thoughtful, caring man. One who brings me flowers when I am in a very bad mood. One who washes dishes occasionally, who indulges my gardening skills (er debacle), who listens to my opinions, even when they don't agree (at all !) with yours. One who makes me HAVE to justify some of my positions, thereby strengthening my resolve or giving me another perspective. One who does not allow me to be intellectually lazy, but who also does not force me to wake up earlier than 10am on the weekends. =D
You are the first man that I could see myself marrying. . . even though it took you frickin' FOREVER to ask me, you goober ! You make it possible for me to maintain my creativity, even in ways that you do not understand (the bead box). You make me proud to be your wife because of the kind of man you are (yes, I know this may embarrass you a little, but what wife doesn't want to brag on her husband JUST a teense?)
In short -- I am a lucky, lucky woman and I hope to be this lucky for many years to come.
This is the way that I can say what I want to without getting all teary. =) Thank you, baby. I love you dearly and I'm so glad that I have been lucky enough to get to keep you !
You have made it possible for me to realize that I am loved in return, that I married a very bright, thoughtful, caring man. One who brings me flowers when I am in a very bad mood. One who washes dishes occasionally, who indulges my gardening skills (er debacle), who listens to my opinions, even when they don't agree (at all !) with yours. One who makes me HAVE to justify some of my positions, thereby strengthening my resolve or giving me another perspective. One who does not allow me to be intellectually lazy, but who also does not force me to wake up earlier than 10am on the weekends. =D
You are the first man that I could see myself marrying. . . even though it took you frickin' FOREVER to ask me, you goober ! You make it possible for me to maintain my creativity, even in ways that you do not understand (the bead box). You make me proud to be your wife because of the kind of man you are (yes, I know this may embarrass you a little, but what wife doesn't want to brag on her husband JUST a teense?)
In short -- I am a lucky, lucky woman and I hope to be this lucky for many years to come.
Alas, Poor Collar #10
We hardly knew ye.
(For the record, it was glittery pink and gorgeous against a sleek black coat.) It is now, like so many others, lost to the vegetative wilds of our neighborhood.
*sigh*
Purchased Saturday, installed Sunday, lost between Monday night and Tuesday morning. Is this a record or what ?
Thoughts ?
(For the record, it was glittery pink and gorgeous against a sleek black coat.) It is now, like so many others, lost to the vegetative wilds of our neighborhood.
*sigh*
Purchased Saturday, installed Sunday, lost between Monday night and Tuesday morning. Is this a record or what ?
Thoughts ?
Throwing Money Down a Rathole - Chapter Infinity
So, I'm driving home today when I hear a news story about the FAA. Seems they are now 'fessing up to Congress that they have "missed" about 300 regularly scheduled plane inspections in the last five years. They are now crying poverty to Congress and the head of the committee overseeing this matter. From the quote I heard today on the radio, she is basically replied, "Well, either they lied to us earlier about their staffing needs or they are making excuses now."
The bridge inspection program is similarly flawed, culminating in the Minnesota bridge collapse late last year. Oh, but. . . THOSE inspections were performed on a routine basis. Mmmhmm. I call shenanigans. They were no more performed than when the pothole patrole "fixes" potholes on streets that they have not been anywhere near. Of course, those pothole repairs are ALWAYS billed to the cities, right ? Absolutely ! Can't have those "repairs" going unpaid-for. /eyeroll
DCS failures are more than I can even stomach talking about. Don't get me wrong -- their job is awful. They are perpetually overloaded with more case files than are healthy, BUT. . . their failures involve small children and horrific trauma & abuse when they "miss the signs".
FEMA = teh suck. It continues to suck. It will always suck -- at least until somebody actually MERITS the top spot who has an actual backbone and who is more concerned with getting the job done CORRECTLY so that excuses do not have to be made and spin does not have to be performed because the job was so screwed up by bureaucratic idiots who are more concerned with keeping their jobs than actually PERFORMING the tasks that the job REQUIRES. Good God, people. Have you no pride in your career ? None ? Really ?
Military housing & hospitals. This makes me so angry I can't see straight. Our country is paying something like 12 BILLION dollars a MONTH to repair and build hospitals and schools over in Iraq. I know that this is a necessary step in attempting to restore whatever possible democracy there might be over there and I am okay with it, EXCEPT. We can't manage to use SOME of that money over here to make sure that they men and women who are putting themselves in harm's way on a daily basis get the medical treatment that they NEED, never mind DESERVE ? I saw a YouTube video the other day that made me so angry -- Fort Bragg has a set of barracks with peeling paint, backed up sewers, no drinking fountains & open pipes where they USED to be, etc. It just made me ill. It looks like low-quality Section 8 housing - not quite the projects, but damn close. What makes me so mad is that we are building BRAND NEW in another country, but we can't manage a freaking coat of PAINT on barracks for soldiers over here. The hospitals are just a disaster. Most take great care of injured soldiers and for that I am immensely grateful. The others, however, make me want to regulate that their administrators, bureaucrats, officers, whatever receive the EXACT SAME standard of care in the EXACT SAME rooms as long as the deficits exist. I think the Congressmen on the oversight committee should also be included in that group, btw.
Oh, I'll just throw in whoever the regulatory oversight committee or committees are who fell asleep at the switch AGAIN during this last little housing debacle. I mean, c'MON, people. Did Enron teach us NOTHING ? WorldCom ring a bell ? Tyco ? Any of this sinking in ? Or was it just way easier to line your damn pockets with money from [ the middle class and working poor, oh, I meant "heaven" ] and wear your blinders that this bubble was getting larger every day ?
Okay -- my rant is now over EXCEPT for this question. Exactly what are my tax dollars going for ? What is my guarantee that they are actually going to governmental programs that help those that just need a little assistance, rather than lining the pockets and paying for the vacation homes of career bureaucrats and ass-kissers on both sides of the party line ? I am tired of this. I am sick of this. I am PISSED and I am about to rip someone a new one.
This has GOT TO STOP.
Thoughts ?
The bridge inspection program is similarly flawed, culminating in the Minnesota bridge collapse late last year. Oh, but. . . THOSE inspections were performed on a routine basis. Mmmhmm. I call shenanigans. They were no more performed than when the pothole patrole "fixes" potholes on streets that they have not been anywhere near. Of course, those pothole repairs are ALWAYS billed to the cities, right ? Absolutely ! Can't have those "repairs" going unpaid-for. /eyeroll
DCS failures are more than I can even stomach talking about. Don't get me wrong -- their job is awful. They are perpetually overloaded with more case files than are healthy, BUT. . . their failures involve small children and horrific trauma & abuse when they "miss the signs".
FEMA = teh suck. It continues to suck. It will always suck -- at least until somebody actually MERITS the top spot who has an actual backbone and who is more concerned with getting the job done CORRECTLY so that excuses do not have to be made and spin does not have to be performed because the job was so screwed up by bureaucratic idiots who are more concerned with keeping their jobs than actually PERFORMING the tasks that the job REQUIRES. Good God, people. Have you no pride in your career ? None ? Really ?
Military housing & hospitals. This makes me so angry I can't see straight. Our country is paying something like 12 BILLION dollars a MONTH to repair and build hospitals and schools over in Iraq. I know that this is a necessary step in attempting to restore whatever possible democracy there might be over there and I am okay with it, EXCEPT. We can't manage to use SOME of that money over here to make sure that they men and women who are putting themselves in harm's way on a daily basis get the medical treatment that they NEED, never mind DESERVE ? I saw a YouTube video the other day that made me so angry -- Fort Bragg has a set of barracks with peeling paint, backed up sewers, no drinking fountains & open pipes where they USED to be, etc. It just made me ill. It looks like low-quality Section 8 housing - not quite the projects, but damn close. What makes me so mad is that we are building BRAND NEW in another country, but we can't manage a freaking coat of PAINT on barracks for soldiers over here. The hospitals are just a disaster. Most take great care of injured soldiers and for that I am immensely grateful. The others, however, make me want to regulate that their administrators, bureaucrats, officers, whatever receive the EXACT SAME standard of care in the EXACT SAME rooms as long as the deficits exist. I think the Congressmen on the oversight committee should also be included in that group, btw.
Oh, I'll just throw in whoever the regulatory oversight committee or committees are who fell asleep at the switch AGAIN during this last little housing debacle. I mean, c'MON, people. Did Enron teach us NOTHING ? WorldCom ring a bell ? Tyco ? Any of this sinking in ? Or was it just way easier to line your damn pockets with money from [ the middle class and working poor, oh, I meant "heaven" ] and wear your blinders that this bubble was getting larger every day ?
Okay -- my rant is now over EXCEPT for this question. Exactly what are my tax dollars going for ? What is my guarantee that they are actually going to governmental programs that help those that just need a little assistance, rather than lining the pockets and paying for the vacation homes of career bureaucrats and ass-kissers on both sides of the party line ? I am tired of this. I am sick of this. I am PISSED and I am about to rip someone a new one.
This has GOT TO STOP.
Thoughts ?
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