It seems like a long time since I’ve done a “Stuff”
post. That could be because it HAS been
a long time.
One of the things that I’ve really been aware of since
coming back from my extended absence is how dreadfully out of date this blog
is. It’s time for a revamp as I’m still
showing books I read in 2011. Who cares? I don’t even care. That was 3 years ago. I will slowly be working on this but with
only an IPad working it’s going to be slow progress. But I’ve also been checking out the links to
fellow bloggers on the sidebar and by the looks of things, I’m not the only one
who took a powder. Some of my fellow
bloggers haven’t posted anything new since 2011. And there are probably/hopefully many more
new ones. I was thinking if you drop me
a quick note, I can add you to my sidebar as I (very sadly) delete some of the
older former bloggers who haven’t been active for a while.
I got some rather disappointing news today. The contractor that I have renovating the
bathroom has run into quite a snag somewhere else thus putting my reno
back. I was hoping to get it done next
week; all the new stuff is in the store now and they said they would deliver it
on the weekend. But now he says he can’t
get to it until the end of August. I
hope they will hold it at Home Depot until then. Son #1 who moves about every 3 months it
seems, is using my basement as his storage facility and no room down
there. I don’t want to leave my stuff
outside for that long and I don’t have enough room to store it on the main
floor. *sigh* Even more of a bummer – I already love my new
bathroom in my head and I now hate the one I live with. I don’t WANT to wait another month. We’ve been working on getting it done since
May and I’ve waited long enough says I.
It’s going to be ever so nice; no tub but nice big walk-in shower with
gorgeous gray swirl tiles. The floor
will also be grayish gray swirls – they will look good together – and a blingy
like black counter top on the vanity and very dark, almost gray, copper
hardware. The walls I’m having painted a
gorgeous shade of salmon and will accent with shades of gray.
There will be those missing my tub though. I have 2 new kitties. I wasn’t going to get new cats after I had to
have Cally put down when she got outside and was hit by a car, breaking her
leg. It was just too sad- and
practically, too expensive. But I
realized I needed at least one cat again when I started talking to my fire
detector. You see, the battery was dying
and it was “chirping” to let me know.
The chirping it made sounded just like a guinea pig we owned years ago
and I was talking to it for about a week before I realized I either needed to
get something living or see someone professionally. I ended up getting to male kittens from the same
litter I names Munch and Fin – I’ve long been a fan of Law and Order SVU.
Dang – I’ve missed doing this kind of ‘stuff’
Now I’ve had cats all my life but I don’t
think I’ve ever been as fond of any as I am of these two. I’ve had them for a while now so they are no
longer kittens. They were taken away
from their mama too early; I got them from a girl at work that got them from a neighbor
who lied to her about how old they were.
They still suckle on stuff a lot.
A lot of different kinds of stuff; my head, my hair, my arm. You should see them on fleece or flannelette. They spread themselves out flat like pancaked
squirrels, get their purring motors revved up full throttle and are off to the
sucking races. Munch – the more mischievous
one loves to play fetch with a straw. I
throw it, he runs and gets it, brings it back to me and drops it right in front
of me. It’s a very fun game for both of
us, though not so much for me at 3:30 in the morning when he’s up and rarin’ to
go. I found myself wondering if perhaps
I was getting to carried away this morning though when I started giving them
smootchie kisses – right on their kitty lips.
Eeewwww. Their favourite place to
hang out now is in the tub. I love
watching them jump and run when I turn the shower on and they are still in
there.
And a warning - though it's eeewwww to talk about kitty kissing, there will probably be many a story about my kitties.
And going back to the Shades of Grey – am I the only one not
looking forward to the movie? I haven’t
read the books, don’t want to read the books and I haven’t watched the
trailer. I’ve seen bits of it on some of
the entertainment shows and I’m totally meh on the guy who plays the lead –
Christian isn’t that his name?
And speaking of books into movies, what I AM looking forward
to is Outlander. Now the guy who will be
playing Jamie DOES do it for me. It’s
going to be playing on Showcase here in Canada though not starting until near
the end of August as opposed to earlier on Starz in the US.
One of my more popular posts a number of years ago was one I
did on how much I hate the Charmin commercial with that stupid bear
family. I thought that would be the
worst series toilet paper commercials ever.
Part of me is morbidly curious to check out the website – enjoythego.com. But I was wrong. Dead. Wrong.
Scarily and frighteningly wrong.
There truly is worse and now I’ve seen the worst of the worst and I’ll
never be the same. I’m referring to
those commercials where the English lady takes a roll of toilet paper and I don’t
know – wipes or something – into a dimly lit speed dating lounge and asks
prospective men about their toilet paper/pooping habits. There is a series of them but it wasn’t until
this particular add came out that I started humming that song ‘How low can the
go.” Sometimes I greatly fear for our
society.
‘til later
4 comments:
It's great fun to read one of your chatty posts again. Welcome back!
Oh this is so much like coming home.
Only better, because you won't nag me to make my bed and be polite to the guests even you hate :grin:
I miss posts like this! Munch and Fin sound adorable. As a kitty lover you are more than welcome to chat about your kitties! I have absolutely no desire to read the Shades of Gray book(s) or see the movie. Bleh.
Sorry about your renovation being postpone.
Phyl, and now that I'm not so busy at work, my NEED to get chatty again has returned. And as James Brown sings (and probably will hear a lot of with the upcoming biopic) "It Feels Good.". Or is that "I Feel Good"? Either one applies though
AL, thanks! But Krisite can give them a whuppin' even if I can't.
Brandy, I think they will feature in many a story. And if I even see a book that says "if you like 50 Shades" or similar, I back right off.
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