You know you love your cat . . .

When you drive through a snow storm, get a warning for speeding, and stay up half the night with her because she's still out from the anesthetic.
Kitty had her womanly bits removed today. I took her down to the shelter in Auburn to get it done because I'm a farm girl at heart, and spending over $100 to get it done in Lincoln seemed silly.
She didn't like the ride and told me so every chance she could from the back seat. (BackSeat Driver!) When we got there, I got lost because I forgot to double check the directions I printed from online. They didn't recognize the address, so they sent me to the exact center of the zipcode I entered. Ick.
After dropping her off in my new yuppy style cat carrier which looks like black shiny alligator skin, I ran into the first wind of snow about ten miles from Lincoln. Yikes! I didn't think they were serious about that! Since the weather people usually lie, I ignored the warning. By 2:30 p.m. I was panicking and left work earlier than usual to get kitty. I didn't want to use my cruise control because the wind was so unpredictable. Of course my nervousness about the weather and lead foot led me to being pulled over. Fortunately, the State P took pity on me and only gave me a written warning. Thank you! And that is why I love cruise control, It prevented the same fate from happening on the ride down there.
When I got tot he clinic, they handed me her bag with a white towel inside. I waited for them to bring kitty out, and when they realized I was clueless, they pointed out that she was wrapped in the towel. She was still out cold and would be until late tonight into tomorrow morning. Poor Kitty! I'm suppose to keep her warm, but honestly, how do I know if I keep her too warm? I'm glad I only have to do this once. I probably won't sleep much tonight out of worry. I just sit beside her, watching her twitch as the meds slowly fade. sniff sniff. Did I mention when they put cats under, their eyes stay open? So I can't tell if Kitty can see me, but I hold her paw and talk to her, just in case. I hope she perks up quickly tomorrow because I stress to much about these things!

Colors suck!

One picture ruined it all. I obtained fabric samples that I liked, added paint samples and only needed to throw them together in the perfect combination, when I saw a picture of the dead on balls acurate (my coisin vinny) colors that I wanted! And I had to start all over! Rats!
Of course I can only find these colors in satins and silky suit fabric, but even though the rest of the world and all its retailers use non-cotton thread for comforters these days, I think that I'll look like a fool with them on my bed. Rats again!
This is too hard I think, but even after I buy the silky fabric, I'm probably still saving half of what it would cost to get a comforter with the colors that I really only kinda want. If I could just find some trim or ribbons that go with what I want, I'd be set. The good news is that the fabric I'm looking at is 60 inches wide whic even though it costs more a yard, I get more fabric that with cotton because they only come in 45 inches wide. Now the question is . . . What pattern?

Monday blah's

Feeling especially blah today. It was a busy weekend, the party I wasn't in the mood to attend was fun and tiring. I was ready to head home and sleep at about 10 pm but toughed it out until midnight. Its not that I wasn't having fun, I just tire early. Papa and Mimi (the grandparent formerly known as Nana) came up for a while and so did Scott. He crashed at our place so that he could ride back with Alaina and I to a fundraiser for a sick family member. They had a raffle and a silent auction. I put lots of tickets out not planning on winning anything, but when I went to get a clean diaper from the car, I won a gift with bubble bath and a soft blanket. Alaina was so excited to hold the blanket that she ran around with it the rest of the night. On the way home to Lincoln, she kept trying to wrap up the stuffed Ozzie that we brought home from Mimi and Papa's house. She refused to give it up before we left. I seen to have a whole bunch of toys to return to their house that Alaina won't leave without. She chatted the whole way back and made Uncle Scott laugh when she shoved cookies in her mouth and blew raspberries, spitting cookie everywhere!
But the busy weekend wasn't over yet. Jeff and I had made plans to go out with his cousin and her new fiance to the parthanon. I was very tired and crashed about 10 last night. I didn't intend to go to sleep, so when I woke up this morning I realized I fell asleep with my contacts in. Oh well.

Working for Life

I'm a committee member. It doensn't matter what the committee is, I'm on it at work. My strengths are brainstorming, I'm great with ideas and enthusiasm. Right now I'm on the Worklife committee, booster club, AmeriSTARS and anything else that strikes my fancy. Yesterday was Worklife's meeting and our focus is health. Overall health. This is the group that shells out reimbursements for Gym memberships and endorses the weight watchers and the health fair. It makes me realize that I'm in terrible shape, ick. But I hit the jackpot when I mentioned for prizes that we shoudl raid the dollar section at Tar-get. All these cute little books "ten minute tone ups for dummies" and $2.50 sets of hand weights now belong to us! 61 books and 20 sets of weights in all. I cleaned out the Lincoln stores so sorry if you went looking and couldn't find any! Next I'm going to check Walgreen's they sometimes have great dollar sections!
Bad news for Kitty. She's getting fixed next Wed. Poor girl. I'll call in a babysitter so that I can pick her up after work, she'll want to be home. I feel sad about doing it, I love little kitties, but all in all its for the best.
This weekend will be busy. Nana and Papa are coming up so that Jeff and I can go to a holiday party. I'm not sure if I'm excited to go yet, but I'll be glad when I'm out of the house. I'm just lazy I guess. Have a great weekend y'all!

updates

I keep thinking I need to save a big chunk of time to update, but I had better just start writing and get something down before I start getting the dreaded snarky comments on my last post. . .
Jeff had picked up a part time job in the mornings during the week. Many reasons for this, experience, financial, opportunities etc. He will be helping PhD students with their research projects.
He is now mudding and taping the drywall in our rooms. I had better settle on the colors I want asap. I just can't decide!
Work has been keeping me very busy. Year end reviews will occur next week sometime, I'm nervous, I feel like I can't get ahead and that will be reflected in my review. I even came in Friday for four hours to try and catch up.
Alaina is growing to fast. She likes to put up her letter and number magnets on the fridge. I realized last night that she knows the letter H because whenever she pulls it out of the container, she has to hug it tightly before putting it up because of course, H stands for Hugs! We went out to eat with The darlings last night, it was a great time!
I found out we have been over paying daycare since Dec, her rates went down she she moved up to the 18 month- 24 month room. Can you believe in four months she'll be two? Yikes! She needs to stop growing, her pjs don't fit as it is!
I was Stacey's date to her work formal on Saturday. It was awesome. Nice to get out of the house, have a few drinks and socialize with adults. I know a few of her co-workers, so I walked around chatting and one of them is married to an old school friend so I got to see him too! Anyway, I'll try to get some new pics up of the house and such soon. Maybe I need to do wordless Wednesdays to get my pics flowing!

Icky days are here again

Well yesterday started with a bang, and it was the sound of our garage door hitting the ground as it refused to go up. Turns out, both of the big springs were broken, which means very costly repairs. I mean really 'ouchy' costly. The hopes of finishing up the bedrooms in a timely manner has just shot out the window as the hopes of getting carpet anytime soon fly away, not to mention fabric for a new bed spread, bed skirt and curtains.
Breakfast with CA girl was great especially because the third musketeer from my high school days made it too! We chatted and all the good stuff, then I hauled off to work. Everyone kept greeting me "happy anniversary!" It took me a bit to realize that I've been at my job for two year. The best was John upstairs who said "Congrats on being out of Walmart for two years!" Now that's my kind of thing to celebrate! In the last six months, I've had one slip-up in my personal boycott of the big bad Mal-Wart. I was desperate for beading needles on a Sunday so I spent just over $3 at the evil empire. Maybe this next time, I'll go a year!
Anyway, I also got called into testing at the docs office and told they were going to schedule an appointment to a GI for me. My mom is probably jumping up and down right now. Jan 22nd Mom, I'm there!
And for the weekend. Party time! I get to be Sis's date to her company party, I think mostly because I'm ditchable if I'm irritating or in a bad mood, but it should be fun! I have to do some editing of Stacey's dress tonight, so here come someof that sewing I wanted to do.

New Year Happy?

My new year hasn't kicked off so good. I haven't eaten out yet, does that count as good? New years eve I had to head home for some much needed rest before lunch. I couldn't even focus. I ended up napping with Alaina (no daycare Monday) and watching her so Jeff could work on drywalling our new bedrooms. Today he's almost done with the walls in the second room. Saturday his Dad and Mom are coming up so that the guys can put the drywall on the ceiling. After a fiasco Jeff had a few years ago, he's decided he'll do all the mudding and taping himself. And then, finally!, paint and trim! This may be the only remodeling we get done for a long time, so I'm excited to see how it turns out!
As for the taking care of myself and my home, I'm off to a rocky start! Laundry needs to be done, and some mending. I did well on not eating out the last few days. We had steak with a wonderful Manhattan sauce (courtesy of Rachel Ray) on New Year's Eve with Stacey. I'm proud of myself for getting my act together and cooking yummy porkchops and rice for Jeff and I last night, too. Today begins the big test, trying not to get takeout when I'm so tired. Alaina astounded Jeff and I by eating a cop of fruit last night, but she would only eat when Aunt Stacey served it to her. I'm going to try and reorganize my cupboards before next week because she's figured out where all the treats are stored and she snacks when I'm not looking.
I've got another call into the doctor's office for him to return on Friday. He's out on vacation, but I'm hoping to get somemore testing done to figure out what's what. Tomorrow, I'll drum up all the energy I have to have breakfast with a good friend who's back from California for a post holiday holiday! Stay Happy and Stay Healthy everyone!