The shabbos countdown

Welp, Shabbos begins in about and hour and 7 minutes, so I'm outa here to clean and get ready.

I cheated this week.  Mom rushed me to the store to pick up bread and some for for Shabbos because I'm not in the mood to cook. lol  I'm so glad nearly every store on the planet sells kosher food these days.  Makes life so much easier.  :]

Anyway!  I'm outa here.  I'll catch up on my blog reading after Shabbos.  :]

Have a great weekend everyone and a safe Labor Day (beware of flying drunks).  :]

Now this is cool!

No stories from Jeff today. Instead this was inspired by Morris the Stray.

I've been really worried about him with winter coming on in a few months. I felt so bad last year that I couldn't let him in the house because it would have started a spray fest.

He had a number of places to stay warm. There was under mom's house, which was roughly a heater and of course he had the barn with lots of cubbies in the hay. But I still felt horrible.

So, this morning I did a search on igloo cat houses and got the link below. This site has a couple really cool ideas and they're cheap to make!

If you have strays hanging about you might want to give one of these a try.

I hope Morris likes it when I'm done.

Neighborhood Cats | Info | Winter Shelter

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howdy ho!

Welcome to the evening report. :]

Today began with lots and lots of rain! I hope I don't see the sun tomorrow either, because we could really use another day of it, plus it's so cool out it feels great!

The rain also keeps Squeeky from rolling around on the driveway. A couple good days of rain would really give her hole a chance to heal. :]

If you look at my 12 second jobber to the left, you'll see where Bindi has spent a good deal of time today. He's on my lap again. My lap is really damp. LOL

I spent today putting up a Squidoo lens. It's another stroke blog. It's different from the usual one I point you to. There are cool video of Kurt Douglas near the bottom. :]

Welp, I have one more article to post tonight, so I better scoot. I want to be finished by 7:45. Catch ya later!

A little sick of the pc tonight

Let's see...ah! I've got it! How about the big event that happened last night after I turned off the pc!

Jeff was really playful and so excited that I was chasing him all over the cottage. In fact he was so excited that in a flash he jumped on top of their cat food bag, squatted and peed. So, much for my nicely mopped floor. LOL!!!! He's so rotten. LOL!!!!

Now for a short run down of this morning! :]

1. Evil tiny possum rips more stuff out of the hole his mother made in my trash can. I hate him.

2. It's still dark, I let Spotty in, pet him on the back and he turns around and bites me on my leg. Spotty is grumpy in the morning.

3. Squeeky rolls around in the gravel, not helping her hole one bit.

The afternoon?

Things went great at the neuro. I'm now taking a 150 mg of Lamictol a day. He was behind getting to patients so I didn't bother him with stroke questions. He did, however, say if I figured out why there is such a thing as chronic migraines to let him know and we'd make tons of money. LOL!!!!

He also named off a series of various types of Dystonia I have. There were so many that we'll just stick with saying I have Dystonia.

He also told me what's wrong with my eye that I can't see out of....it was a really big word. Let's just say I have an eye problem. (happy smile)

That's pretty much been my day. Check out my little 12 second clip on the left and I also posted a new AVON vid over at The Wrinkle.

Outa here for the night. Gotta big catch up day tomorrow for my stroke site. Good nite!

PS: Also! I posted a really cool short video of botox being used for spasticity at my stroke site. It's pretty cool!

PPS: Squeeky's hole in the neck is from her abscess. When she tore the scab off she was left with a big hole. Now it can finally finish the healing process. :]

Crazy day!

Got to bed around midnight and around 5:00 AM this morning I woke up with a headache. oy. (yo sits feeling sorry for herself and wondering why she's referring to herself in the 3rd person.)

I spent most of the day lying down.

Squeeky has a "yucky" neck. The scab fell off. She's back on antibiotics to make sure she doesn't get infected while we wait for the hole to heal. Problem is - she keeps scratching it and rolling. She's not helping. :[



Anyway, I'm outa here. It's been a long day and I'm not feeling all that great. Catch ya tomorrow!

Good evening...

Read the title like you're Boris Karlof being really creepy. :]

It was another busy day. I got all my laundry done. Helped Jeff write his horror story. Did about 30 minutes of strength training on my Total Gym and spent the rest of the day napping and working on my stroke web site.

In short - I can't wait till shabbos. :]

Welp, it's late. Jeff is curled up on my lap asleep and I still need to find Bindi yet and make my bed. See ya tomorrow!

busy day

This morning I got up and did my jog/walk. It was my 60 minute day and it went really well. Really well means by the time I got home I didn't see a long tunnel with a light at the end. LOL So, since I'm still alive - it went well. :]

After I did a cool down, we took a surprise trip to Athens. I bought $68 worth of clothes for only $24 something. I love a good sale! :] Then we headed for Starbucks and drank coffee till I had to tinkle.

From there it was off to Elder Beerman's and discovered it was Farmer's Market Day in the parking lot! I was so excited!!!! I got a big bag of apples, some mini-pears and raw local honey. :]

Then back home to where I collapsed and wasn't worth much for the rest of the day. :]

But! I did get a new article posted on my stroke site. This one is really cool. It's about why hispanics are fat and basically how being fat makes you a walking time bomb.

It's late so I'm heading off to check out everyone's blogs, clean the kitchen, find the cats and go to bed. zzzzzzzzzzz

hi!

Hey everyone! Long crazy day. Took me 57:16 to do 3.2 miles today. I'll write more about my tendency to not use my brain later. LOL

Yesterday I spent some time watercolouring outside in the yard. It was fun.

Then I spent some time playing my ukulele and slept a lot.

That's pretty much it. :]

BTW, I found a great video and posted it at my stroke site. I laughed till I cried. It brought back so many found memories of having a stroke. LOL

totally behind

Welp,as always on erev Shabbos, I'm completely behind. I've been trying hard to get my stroke site up. I'm no where near where I want to be. It'll will be an all day process Sunday.

Anyway, if you want to see it's birth, or should I say it wallowing in it's after birth (GAG!!!!), here's the link: Stroke Facts for Patients.

Hopefully, by the end of Sunday it will have lots more stuff on it. :]

Welp, I better get going. I only have 40 minutes to finish my bread, mop the floor, straighten the house and get my bath. zzzzzzzzzzz

Did I mention that I'm ready for Shabbos? LOL Make it a great weekend!

late night and behind

I've had a heck of a time trying to get my tiny little brain to work today. I can't stay focused for the life of me. I've got a neuro appointment Aug 26. I'm asking him to up my meds a bit.

One, it will help me stop contorting as much when I'm out on a jog/walk and two, I'm having a hard time controlling my focus and head in general. You know it must be pretty intense for me to want my meds upped. LOL

Anyway, I posted my stroke adventures over at http://bentbike.blogspot.com . I get questions about my strokes so this was in response. :]

Anyway, I'm totally behind tonight, so I'll catch up on all my blog reading tomorrow morning. :]

Good nite. :]

Earlier than normal post...

And only because I'm half dead and procrastinating. (grin)

Welp, my day started with getting up at 5:00 AM to watch the meteor shower. See my 12 second video on the left for details. Bindi kept me warm. I shoved him under my blanket and used him for a heating pad. LOL

Anyway, I got about 4 hours sleep last night. That's why I'm dead and procrastinating. :]

For those who have been to Fairy Odd World and read my latest, most likely offensive, though not meant to be, post - I just finished posting the audio version. You can connect to it here: (click pic)

Ok! Now I seriously have to force myself to work....zzzzzzzzz....I want to go to bed....no no no....I must work....I must work.....zzzzzzzzzzzz

this and that

Ok. My saying that I was ditching Yobeeland wasn't Yobeeland the blog, it was Yobeeland the website. Sorry about that. LOL

Bindi is back to his old ornery self. Sunday, he vanished early and didn't come home till about 9:30 that night. Nasty boy. I had him fixed so he wouldn't do stuff like that. LOL Anyway, he tired himself out and has been sleeping most of the day today. Right now he's out cold at my bedroom window.

Jeff is stuffing his cute little face in the kitchen with shredded meat stuff in a can. He loves the gravy. :] Tiger has disappeared again and I'm still working my way through the 30 day challenge. :]

That's pretty much my life right now. 30 day challenge, chasing the kids and doing my jog/walk, which right now is more walk than jog. I'm on my 3rd week trying to jog 2 minutes with ease. It sounds so silly because it's nothing to do that...unless you have my body. LOL

Welp, I'm off to check out everyone's blogs. :]

Baby Bindi

Never never never never again will Bindi have surgery unless it is seriously life threatening. Poor little baby. He's taken it much harder than Jeff did.

Back when Jeff was fixed, I picked him up at the vet, looked in the carrier and saw two eyes glaring back at me. He wasn't a happy camper.

Bindi, on the other hand, looked back at me totally stunned. It was just like he was thinking, "You came back for me!!!!" He looked so relieved. :]

That was the good moment. It was all downhill from there. When we got home I left him alone in the living room long enough for me to get a drink, came back in and his body was twisting and distorting all over the floor. He looked like he was having a convulsion.

Welp, you know me and my cats. Total panic. I ran over, certain he was dying, and held him down till he quit. It was horrible. I was up all night. He was ok so long as I snuggled him.

There was one point in the night I thought he'd be ok without me, so I went to bed. Wrong move. He cried out and back I was to protect him. In the end, I tossed my sleeping bag down in front of the door where he was and the two of us slept there the rest of the night.

Shabbos was a little better. I let him outside. He was happy. :]

A very tired Yo longing for Shabbos Break!

Wow time flies!

I didn't realise I never posted anything yesterday. I was so caught up in trying to get bidwithjeff.com to work that I completely lost track of time. I still haven't figured out how to fix it. Oh well.

Not much is happening. I spent the day catching up on videos for the 30 Day Challenge. Tomorrow will be spent catching up on the 30 day assignments.

Tiger is still hanging around. It's so nice seeing him. :] I've missed the little rascal.

It's breaking me lil' heart the closer it gets to Friday and little Bindi becoming a eunich. Mostly because he's going to be heartbroken that I'm abandoning him and he'll be scared stiff. I hope he's like Jeff and doesn't hold it against me.

I'm off to mop the floors. They're a mess from Spotty spitting his deworm meds all over the floor. LOL Catch ya later!

Peter Rabbit

Sad news. Little Peter died. I checked his cubby this morning and he was lying on his side, not quite dead but getting there. So, I grabbed my pistol and shovel and carried him to my little pet cemetery.

I hate this job. Anyway, I told him it was time to sleep, lowered the pistol to his tiny head, looked the opposite direction and pulled the trigger. I hate this job.

The ground in the pet cemetery was too hard, so I buried him in a lovely spot down by the creek. I lined the bottom of the hole with some left over polyester fiberfill from my last project, placed his tiny limp body inside and covered him with more fiberfill. It made a nice cozy bed.

So that is my morning.

As for my brood. Tiger came home again this morning and I think I saw Bindi sneak across the road when I was returning from my run/walk. I'm not sure though. He hasn't come home yet and I've called him a number of times so it could have been him.

Whether or not it was, little Bindi is about to experience ball decapitation. LOL Mom's on holiday from being a Grandma in the schools, so I'm getting Bindi fixed while she's off. Talk about an unhappy camper, but it's got to be done to stop him from roaming.

Jeff could care less about adventures on his own now since becoming a eunich, so it definitely did him good. LOL

Welp, off to start my day. Make it a good one.

tough shabbos

Shabbos rules bit the dust today when I went on an animal rescue. Bindi and Jeff were torturing a tiny bunny. By the time I got to him they had ripped all the hair off his left backend and some off his tiny neck.

I put him in the cat carrier along with two handfuls of clover and grass so he could make a little tunnel to hide and gave him some water. I just checked on him again and he's in his tiny hole.

Part of me wishes he'd pass on in the night. I can't imagine how much pain his tiny body must be in.

If he lives, I'll release him when his hair has all grown back and he's a bit bigger. The trick will be finding a place far from my cats.

Anyway, Tiger is back again tonight. He's asleep beside the futon in the living room. I imagine he'll stick around another day or two, get bored and leave for another couple months. LOL

Welp, it's after 11 and I'm off to catch up on blog reading and get to bed. Good nite!

Found it! 2nd post

Tiger made his last visit here May 25. It's a good thing I have 6 other cats or I'd never know I owned one. LOL

Catch ya later!

Speedy

Running late tonight. I was trying to edit a video diary I did this afternoon on my run/walk. There was more editing needed than I realised, I lost track of time and the next thing you know - it's pushing close to Shabbos.

On the super bright side!!! Tiger came home today! What a surprise to see him at the door wanting in when I came running up the driveway! It was great to see him. He stuck around for several hours and now he's gone again. Wonder how many weeks till his next visit? LOL

Anyway, he looked fantastic. Someone is really taking good care of him. His coat was so shiny. :]

Have a great weekend! I'll catch up on my blog reading after Shabbos.