Movie Tuesday

Today we saw Zero Dark Thirty. I know people who walked out in the beginning during the torturing scenes and I fully understand. However, the movie got better and then a lot better and was pretty exciting at the end. So, although I didn't particularly want to see the movie, I'm not sorry I did now.

Meet our new kitty, Precious. That's right, we have another Precious, a black one. The vet's office called to see if we could give her a home. She's about a year old, is spade and has all her shots. I picked her up on Monday, but she still is hiding by Tuesday night. We're going to give her another couple of days, but if she's unhappy, I'm going to take her back.

Happy Birthday to Me

Another birthday. Yikes.

My aim was to minimalize any birthday celebrations, so we're having pasta at Mom's and I think Dennis got a chocolate mousse cake. Angie and Gary will be there, too.

We'll see what the day brings. Right now, 50-50 is by my side on the sofa supervising my keystrokes, every once in a while making keyboard corrections. Not an easy way to type.

Saturday

All I did Saturday was take a walk with Dennis and Flash, then sit on my butt for the rest of the day. Bill Maher was back on TV, so Dennis and I watched his program before Dennis and Flash went to town to meet Uncle Johnny and do some errands, a Saturday routine. After they left, I knitted, watched the 2-hr. finale of Fringe, and finished the 14th Reacher book, 61 Hours. After the fiasco on Friday, it was a nice, if lazy, day. I refrained from eating Bon-Bons.

Friday

The day started out pretty well. I drove to Alpine in the morning for a hair appointment. Dennis, meanwhile, went to the border for a meeting. While I was getting my hair done, he called and wanted me to meet him at Lowe's in Santee. He wanted me to look at stucco color samples, bathtubs, tile, etc. for the garage/craft room.

I don't understand people who love places like Home Depot or Lowe's. It's like walking back and forth across a football field cluttered with mysterious plastic and metal things.

Anyway, I got there around noon and wandered around Lowe's for about an hour, checking everything out on my list. Dennis said he would be done around 1, so I went back to the car and read my Kindle waiting for him. It was hot, believe it or not. After all the freezing weather, I was uncomfortably hot again way before summer.

I don't wait well, I admit. By the time Dennis finally got there, I was irritated and hungry. There's an In-'n-Out Burger right there, so we had lunch/dinner before going to Lowe's. Around 4, we went our separate ways, me back home and Dennis to pick up something at the store. When I got home an hour later, all the alarms and beepers were going off and there was no electricity. I ran around trying to herd cats in before dark. Got everybody except Bubba, who had gone on the roof again and was too chicken to come down. When Dennis got home, he had to put in a big red circuit breaker so we could have lights, etc. in the house, then he had to go upstairs in the garage and drag a ladder down so we could get the stupid cat off the roof.

Ay! I was exhausted and cranky.

Windy City

I've been working on my jewelry and glass database this week. Because Dennis was out of town skiing with the boys, I had a lot of time to devote to my task. Also, it was so windy and cold that there was no point in going outside. Yesterday the power was going in and out all day and night. Something wrong with our circuit breakers because no one else was having power problems.

Today is the windiest day of all. The temperature has come up to the 50s, but the wind is brutal. Even the outdoor cats are staying inside the breezeway.

There...the power went out again. I just went outside to see what happened in the circuit breaker box and I was nearly blown to Tecate!

I'm working in my Craft Room and watching the Godfather again. Hee, Hee, Hee

Spike

I am remembering my little yorky, Spike, today. He loved to swim and hated to wear clothes.

Spike 5/27/95 - 1/14/2012