You Crack Me Up....and Lift My Blogging Spirits

So you've noticed that I've been blogging

less frequently and you've tracked

me down on Facebook to tell me about it....

I love you for that!

I'll try to do better.

I mean after four years of daily 

blogging I'm really slacking.

Totally dropping the ball here.

LOL

Let's see if we can catch up.

Chelsea began her new job on Tuesday.

I think she will do well there.

Everyone is super welcoming and kind.

Unfortunately she woke up with a cold

that morning and wished that it could have 

been different....

but she made it through like the trooper she is.

Yesterday she dragged her tired self

to the Ladies Bible Study to teach the 

precious children.

I'm so glad she is doing that.

Last week I was able to 

capture the stray black kitten 

that had been terrorizing the 

neighborhood for a few weeks.

I had been oblivious until the "non cat lady"

in the 'hood asked the "cat loving lady"

in the 'hood if she could get in trouble

for shooting this kitten.

Wrong person to ask this question...

or perhaps a cunning move on her part.

I'm thinking it was a carefully thought out strategy.

This set off a chain of events that involved

children chasing the kitten with a fishing

net every morning and night.

For some reason this did not make the

kitten more friendly.

But finally it became more hungry than 

scared and since I did not have a fishing

net raised over my right shoulder it came

into the garage and proceeded to eat

food put down for our cats.

It was quite simple to begin petting it and finally 

pick it up.  Cute little black kitten.

So I proceeded to do what I so often do.

Got Georgia involved.

She's so convenient and is an animal lover.

I took the sweet mewing kitten to her back porch

so we could get acquainted.

Three very curious dogs made it a bit 

hard to accomplish here.

Now, the end result was that the boys with the 

fishing nets have a sweet new kitty to love

but they don't have to 

run wildly after it every time they want to play.

We are all quite happy with this 

turn of events.

On Monday evening we were at Creekside 

Cottage when some very scary events unfolded

involving their girls and their horses.

I'll let you read Lindsay's take on it.

I was praying...praying....praying.

I've been hearing from friends left and right.

It is going to be a busy couple of weeks

while I get to visit and chat with some I've not 

talked to in quite a while.

That is crazy good.

Mister moved out last night.

No, not my mister...

THE DOG, Mister.

We found him a home with a young

married couple who know and love dogs.

They visited a couple of hours on Sunday 

night to meet him and then called Tuesday

to say that he was welcome at their home.

I think he is going to be very, very happy there.

I am very relieved to have him in such a 

wonderful place.

And as friends of the family I'll still get 

to keep up with him.

I have a stack of library books that I wish 

to read but I can see that I'll have to renew 

them if that is to happen.

One of them is the book 

Safely Home

by Randy Alcorn.

We read it a couple of years ago

for our book club and I loved it.

It is time to reread it.

If you have not read it yet...

I highly recommend it.

Highly!

I've been frustrated,

like everyone else,

by the economy

and the stumbling attempts to 

fix it.  Man, can they make any more

bad decisions?

I'm not sure there are many left to make.

Some days I wish I didn't understand it so 

well so I could just stick my head in the sand

and put my trust in the powers that be.

But no.

That isn't going to work.

So, you see, all of these things rattling

around my brain and they all seem so 

ridiculously normal and unblogworthy....

but if it keeps us in touch

I'm willing to share.

I'll try to get out and get some photos

of the outside world.  It has been a changing

place...Chicks growing up...

Mulch being spread....

Still haven't gotten the deck furniture

painted.  So much to do.

But I'll see what I can do.

So...know that you are loved

and more than appreciated.

Thanks for taking the time to give

me a little kick in the backside.

It is nice to be missed.