Happy Happy Birthday....Happy Birthday To ME

35 isn't as bad as I thought it would be, but then I've only been 35 for less then 24hours. Where does time go? I can still remember sucking on my doo lolly (that's a pacifier for all you kids that didn't get one!) and crawling around on the floor. Now here I am a grown woman pushing 40.

Last year I had myself convinced that when I turn 35 the world as I knew was going to end. I had visions of waking, looking in the mirror and finding wrinkles, bags and saggy things. So far so good, everything seems to still be in place and no new wrinkles yet. Ofcourse I'm kidding, it's my strange sense of humor. The truth is I was really dreading turning 35 but today, but I feel good and happy that it's my birthday. That's purely because of all the wonderful friends I have that wished me a Happy Day. I have to admit, I was completely blown away by all the messages and e-cards I received. Thank you to all of you for making today such a special day for me. All of the birthday wishes also renewed my spirit and got me out of my funk that I had been in. I feel more like my old self today then I have in months.

Everyone has been asking if I have any special plans for my day and the answer is not yet. Jack has a doctors appointment late today and most likely he will be whistle bit by the time we leave there. So...tonight just relax and get Jack feeling better and perhaps on Friday I can talk him into taking me fishing. I would love nothing more then to pack a picnic lunch and spend the day fishing with Jack. I'll make my special catfish dough balls (for the fish!) and maybe I'll finally catch one big enough to eat! For those of you who like to fish for catfish, here is my recipe for the best dough balls in the world. Guaranteed to catch catfish fast! I made these and have been asked to make them for the local fish and wildlife ranger. He was impressed! 1 can of fancy feast shrimp and tuna feast cat food and just enough flower to make a dough sticky but not stick to your fingers. Kind of like when you make bread dough, it gets smooth with just the right amount of flour. Make them into half inch balls and place them around the top of a treble hook (not on the barbs, up higher on the eye of the hook). Cast these dough balls out and let it sit on the bottom of the lake. Have your bucket ready because your gonna catch catfish left and right! I promise!

May your Easter weekend be full of happiness, family and joy!

Susan
~peace~

Ungrateful beast

Cats are unique in that they do what they want to do regardless of what you want them to do. That's been a hard lesson for me to learn.

Yesterday Jack and I ventured into the city to do a little shopping. I wanted to look for some new shoes and maybe pick up something for the Cats to play with, after all they do need something to spark them to play and exercise now and then. We stopped at petco and found ourselves deep into the bowls of the store wandering about in the cat section. I never knew there could be so many different kinds of fuzzy mice. Ones that squeak, ones that scurry across the floor, ones that pop out of the holes in plastic cheese...I admit that one did look fun!

What I was looking for was something they could all three enjoy and would be fun and functional for them. What I did notice right away is that most of the toys, beds and play tree's are made for normal sized cats. We had to keep in mind that Priscilla (the calico) has a pretty large middle, beginning and end. She wasn't going to fit into some of the things with small holes or be able to climb to the top of most the cat tree's. We also had to keep in mind that Layla is thinner and more active and would find some stuff very boring. We weren't worried about Gert to much, she rarely moves off the end of the bed anyway.

After spending a good part of the afternoon looking at every possible option and ruling out several, we did settle on something we knew they would all three enjoy. I've included a picture:

As you can see, this box was perfect! It had a window and everything! The good part was the box came with a fuzzy tunnel thing that Jack and I can use to decorate our living room with! Jack thought maybe we can use it as feet warmers or store our slippers in it. It's great...it looks wonderful and fits right in with the large cat tree and cat bed that they NEVER use! I'm not bitter! I'm just confused! Oh well....I still love them.

Here are some really cute pictures of a few odd moments that they actually have played with anything we bought them that wasn't a box:

Well thanks for stopping by! I'm off to find some more boxes!

Susan
~peace~