Awww

The cuteness of these kittens made me smile today, so I thought I'd share.

For Sale: 2 BR, 2.5 BA Townhouse

Well, it's about time I blog again!

The past several days have been busy! After deciding to put my townhouse on the market and (hopefully) buy a brand new one closer to my sister, I've had a lot to do.

My interior designer (my sister) determined that I needed to get new living room furniture and a new bed. Yes, I knew I needed all of these things, but have been putting it off in favor of watching my bank account grow. But, alas, it's time to spend some of that cash.

So Saturday we went shopping and came away with a gorgeous bed. Unfortunately, no couch or anything for the living room. We tried again on Sunday and still no luck. I'm WAY too picky. But I did find some fabulous new pictures to hang over the couch I eventually get.

Also on Saturday, my parents delivered some much-needed brick for my tiny landscape area. My dad then installed the brick and dug up all the grass. It looks FABULOUS!! Next up is adding a few day lilies and some rock to keep the weeds and grass away.

Last night my sister offered to stop in at my place and help me clean. She's a clean freak, so this was a great deal for me (and yes, I'm going to pay her no matter what she says). Almost three hours later, we (mostly she) got a lot done. She even cleaned places I feared to go (like under the stove...grossest of gross from the previous owner). She says she likes cleaning. I think that's a bit mad.

So, yes, things have been pretty busy lately (in addition to me getting sick with stomach cramps on Monday). I've got a lot more to do before this place is in any shape to be put on the market. My spare bedroom is a mess of boxes and stuff that needs to be organized/pitched. That'll be my next job. Yuck.

Oh yeah...and if anybody is in the market to buy a townhouse, I know the one for you.

A Question...

On my way home from work yesterday, I noticed that the car in front of me had a wobbly rear wheel. I kept watching it as I drove and wondering if I should try to let the driver know. The driver was a woman and had a "Baby on Board" sign and one of those window shades in the back window. Clearly a child was often a passenger of this vehicle. So, I decided that if I had a chance to let her know, I would.

I thought that if she pulled off at a business I would pull in and let her know. Then I considered whether I should follow her to her home to tell her.

Fate actually decided for me. We pulled up on a street where she was able to make a right turn, but I had to wait for traffic, so we were separated by traffic and I no longer had the option to let her know.

So here's my question to you....if you had the chance, would you have stopped to let her know?

More Volunteering

Last night I had a volunteer gig for the zoo. I went to a local grocery store and stood at the entrance and harassed people to sign up to win free tickets to the zoo.

OK, so I didn't harass them. But my fellow volunteers did! Personally, I hate to be harassed like that when I walk into a store. So, I was more of the friendly, smiling lady handing out zoo magnets.

One of my fellow volunteers (an elderly fellow) would yell at people as they entered, "OVER HERE, OVER HERE, sign up to win free tickets to see Rosie!" Of course, most people didn't know who Rosie was or that the tickets were actually for the zoo and not just to see the elephant. I definitely felt like he was scaring people away. However, we did have quite a few people stop to sign up, so it wasn't all bad.

I seemed to be the person people would stop and chat to about the zoo. Asking questions or telling tales of their favorite animals. It was probably because I didn't sit behind the table like the other two.

However, I was pretty lucky to not get the following question: "How do elephants have babies?" The girl was approximately eight years old and standing next to her mother. Unfortunately the mom didn't step in and fortunately the volunteer quickly side-stepped it by telling her it was a great question and that she should visit the zoo and ask a zookeeper that question.

Surprisingly, I've found that I really enjoy helping out at events like that. Weird, huh? Maybe it's because I spend so much time in front of a computer screen that it's a welcome change to greet real people and talk about the zoo.

Earth Day/Sad Day

Today is Earth Day. But for me it's also exactly a year since I had to put my cat Del to sleep. I remember that day all too vividly.

As much as I adore the two cats I got this year, I still miss "my bubba."

Ho Hum

I'm having one of those days. I think it's probably coming from having to wait to hear about the new job when all I want to do is run screaming from this one. I'm finding myself feeling less positive about my chances of getting the new job now as it's been two weeks since my interview. My experience has been that too much time equals bad news. Especially since the last job I interviewed for back in December still hasn't gotten back to me. I'm pretty sure I didn't get that one.

Since I'm feeling anxious about that, I'm easily annoyed here at work. Chatty Kathy has had meetings in her office all morning, so that usually causes me to want to cut my ears off. Coworker Bob has been in my office blabbering about this and that several times, but then changing the topic if I dare say something about me or my work.

So I was just thinking about how much I miss TALKING to people at my old job. Sure I'll casually chit-chat on occasion. But I don't have people I can just go and talk about things with like at my previous job. And since I don't have that at home either, I'm feeling kind of like screaming due to having no one to really converse with! GAH!

And I'm having a particularly bad fat day today. I just feel enormous and lazy and sloppy and gross.

Sorry everybody for the icky post. I just felt like getting some frustrations out and you all had to suffer....if you even made it this far. I'll try to be cheerier on my next post.

Yep, Another Friday Video

An Engineer's Guide to Cats