Nora, Kitty was last on 5 days ago. We do need to hear from her and get an update of how her arms are healing and whether she has been able to find a job. I miss her.
Also, speaking of the missing in action, we haven't heard how Shoegirl and Nikki are doing either....
Hi! After 6 weeks of confinement I have been in stores non-stop. Haven't bought much, but it is so good to get out. I can drive!!!!
I have yet to find a job. I am putting off my search until after the holidays. The news really brings you down - all the layoffs & I'm 58. When I was 20 something, I felt like I could conquer the world. No point in bringing up my accomplishments, but now I feel like I would be lucky to get something in retail. I decided with all these crazy holiday hours (Kohl's opens at 4 a.m., bookstores open until 11 p.m.), I would put it off until January. Too much rejection, too many times. They say that locally for every one job, there are 500+ applicants.
This will be my first year to take "off" for Christmas. Normally my son comes down, but this year I am going up the 26th. It is such a relief. I don't have to put up a tree, feed bunches of people, etc. etc. The last time I can remember a Christmas like that was in 1976, after I had left my son's father & spontaneously booked a flight to Sarasota FL & went shark's tooth hunting on the beach on Christmas day. I checked into a Hilton & just relaxed. He had just turned 2.
Also, I didn't want to read anything sad for a few days. I am just about out of ideas on how to handle my chronic diarrhea. I noticed that when I am out of the house it is much better. I am trying baby food now for the nutrients I know I am missing. This has been going on since I was told we were out of money & had to put the house up for sale. Needless to say, it is still on the market & his credit card company calls about 5 times a day. He has an ingenious way of escaping all this, "he has researched it." It gets old, and my respect for him is gone. I don't see any further decline, so we are sort of in a holding pattern. He is actually working for the 1st time in our almost 10 year marriage. I want to say, I really want to say, if you had worked in all those years, we wouldn't be in the position we are in now. I am coming to terms with the true character of my husband. Meanwhile, I just keep my mouth shut & I think that is what is causing my distress.
I don't feel the need to vent right now, because there are so many people dealing with such serious situations. I haven't read anything but Joan's blogs. My heart goes out to her.
Nikki is usually in there, maybe she is having health problems again.
Sunshyne, you're so sweet. I will tell you a story about my my cat. I have been sleeping on the sofa since the Sh*t hit the fan. (Except occasionally to keep the peace.) She has been my one comfort, sleeping with me. When I came home with my injuries, she curled up on my neck to comfort me. But after my casts, she has found every place in this house to sleep except with me. I think I may have knocked her with my casts. She will sit with me if I am sitting up, but once I lie down, she bolts.
I have found little treasures for people I love. Thank God for Marshalls & TJ Maxx. This year I have told people, I want to give something to charity in your behalf. There are so many needy causes.
Now don't you all start getting jealous. Joan created a bookmark, I swear it looked like it was made just for me. My cat is solid white with pink ears, and there was a bookmark with 2 kittens who could have been her when she was tiny. I just loved it, it was like a gift from Joan, so I ordered a couple. (I'm an avid reader.) I never saw my cat when she was that tiny, I adopted her at 6 months. So it was PURRfect. By the way, I tried about 4 times to enter my password to order, and I used the one I use on this site, thinking somehow they were connected. I was just about to give up, when duh, I realized it was another site & I had to create an account.
I actually also designed a bookmark and keychain with Maine Cooncats (sp?), because I know that bluedaze and some other members have those kind of cats. There's a panel on the home page of all the items I designed. I try to do a couple of new ones a day.
Joan, I think it is Maine Coon cats, and Katrina is definitely one of them. I named her after the storm that blew her in from Mississippi to VA. Can't wait to get my bookmarks! So very cute. Maybe one day I will have the attention needed to create my own stuff. I worked in product development for 10 years, gifts & accessories. We could talk kitty stuff.
Kitty, I wonder if you smelled funny to her, with your casts. Whenever one of my cats had been in the "hospital" for surgery etc, and I brought it home, the others would hiss and act as if it was a stranger. The vet said it was because the meds can change the way a cat smells, and it takes a while for the others to become adjusted to the new scent.
(Once bluedaze tells you she has your email address, you may want to edit your post and get rid of it. Some people on the "other" site are complaining about getting loads of spam right after including their email addresses in a post.)