I'm fascinating..............

Well, at least the cats think so! (every once in a blue moon)

I was shaving my legs the other night and they both seemed to be fascinated with what I was doing - especially Chance. At least neither of them fell in this time. Last time Chance went in face first!

Took the cats for a ride around the neighborhood today. I thought it would be good to have a short ride without the vet at the end of it. NOT! Gracie meowed and panted like she was dying and Chance was in the backseat with as much as he could get of himself under my seat.

Sleep study pictures coming soon..................maybe.

Decorating

A few weeks ago a friend helped me do some decorating in my living room. The walls were primarily empty except for a picture over my entertainment center that another friend had given me. I hosted a pampered chef party in my home and didn't want the walls to be bare. This was the first time I had ever hosted anything like that in my own place. I still have a few places that need something but I must say it is looking pretty good I think.

Kitty fun!

Chance loves to be upside down on this thing.


Gracie loves the scratching post.


I love this picture of Chance.


Look Mom, I'm gonna get her! She doesn't look too concerned does she??? I don't think she moved at all the whole time he was climbing up!

THE hike

I went on a LONG hike a few weeks ago. SEVEN miles of hiking. We went to the walls of jericho and it was a really pretty hike. Going in wasn't too bad although I tense up even when walking downhill as I am always afraid I am going to slip and fall. Most of the hike "in" was downhill except the last half mile or so which was mostly uphill and ROUGH! Coming back "out" was tough as it was mostly uphill and I started cramping pretty bad in BOTH legs (thigh area) with still about a mile or mile and a half to go. I wasn't sure I would make it out but I did with lots of stops. (and help here and there) Some friends from work, friends of friends from work, and my friend's daughter K went on this hike. I was definitely glad that I did it. It was quite an accomplishment for me physically and realizing I can do that makes me think I can surely do other things that I might otherwise have thought that I couldn't. I plan to do this hike again once I am a little lighter and in better shape - maybe a year from now when the weather would be ideal again for it and by then hopefully I will be in much better shape than I am currently.



Tommy, K and I. It looks like I am half dead!!!!!!!


John, K and I. This was taken my the group ahead of us. Shows how steep the walk was at times as they weren't super far in front of us as far as distance goes.


Most of the crew - taking a break after crossing the "foot bridge".


Tommy on the foot bridge. See how it leans towards the water? I didn't like this bridge much. The railing seemed loose in places and I would have loved a rail on BOTH sides. But, the water was not that deep so wouldn't have been 'bad' to fall in I guess. We had to cross two of these bridges on the way in and then again on the way back out. The 2nd bridge was a bit better than this first one.


This is John. He was SO helpful on this hike. He used to be a survival instructor so he knew just how and when to help and encourage.

When I do a long hike like this again I realized I need more water and lots less food. I also need an extra pair of shoes or waterproof shoes and some extra socks and a walking stick or sticks. K's mom thought to tell us to take bandaids which was a good thing as I bandaged up my feet before hiking back out. I was getting blisters but the bandaids saved my feet (and John's extra dry socks) and I didn't wind up with lots of blisters on my feet like I usually do after walking for long periods of time. K and I hiked thru some water and wound up just going IN the water rather than fall off the slippery rocks so my shoes and feet were rather soaked on the hike back out.

We topped the day off with a stop at Joe's Pizza in Woodville. I'm not positive that is the right name but it was really good pizza there. Not much sitting room at all but it sure hit the spot after eight hours of hiking. I was thrilled to get to a bathroom too! Who knew I could go so long without going potty? I sure didn't as I NEVER do any other time.

New clothes & shoes

This is what I wore to work today. It has been quite some time since I have done any major clothes shopping. But, this year I have two graduations to attend as well as a wedding (or 2) and maybe a rehearsal dinner (or 2) for the wedding(s). So, I needed a few things and everything I've been wearing lately was a size too big. I may post a few other pics of the other clothes later on.





The above two pictures are the new shoes that I got late last night at Walmart. I didn't expect to find any shoes in there for some reason but I came out with four! I probably put at least that many back too that I had pulled out that I liked.

I had fun on the shopping excursion. No telling what I would have wound up with had I gone by myself so it was good to have some help from Sherry and Brenda. I am NOT an easy person to shop with. I was handed lots of things and told "just humor me". I think I left the walmart parking lot around 11pm last night! I was beat!

Oops...........I overslept!

I just got up not super long ago. I guess my alarm only allows you to hit snooze so many times before it just gives up on you. I really need to go to work but I really don't want to because I really do not feel good. But, such is life. I guess I will get in the shower and get moving.

Too bad I don't have the energy of my cats this morning. They are running all over the place chasing each other. Now they are in the garage. They like to go "out". I guess that seems like a treat to them since they are indoor cats and I won't let them outside.

Interesting

Yesterday was an interesting day. Went to pick up a friend for lunch since she had a flat tire and couldn't meet me. Her hubby came by and filled the tire full of air and we could hear it coming back out so we held our breath while she drove the car to drop it off for repair. The hubby went back to work and we went to Pizza Hut to relieve some stress. :)
Then, we went to the Christian bookstore where I spent too much money. (relieving more stress) It is dangerous for me to wander around as I always go out with more than I went in for since I see things I either didn't know were out or things that just jump out at me.
After that venture I dropped my friend back off at work and went for my allergy shots. Then afterwards I thought it would be a good time for a krispy kreme treat. I LOVE the glazed cream filled donuts. I bought a couple and some milk and set off back to work to enjoy my heavenly treat.
You know what was inside those cream filled donuts????????????????????????? NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO CREAM!
I kept taking a bite and looking at it and turned it around to see if anything was coming out the backside and NOTHING. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CREAM.
Not that I really needed the cream or the donuts themselves but I was so disappointed.
Later that evening I got a text about going to dinner at one of my favorite Mexican places so I went. It was good, but I didn't need it either. Hung out at her house afterwards for a little bit and came back home to do a few things and crashed.

The bad thing about the cream donut thing was that I got this crazy idea (from someone else) that I would ask God to show me how much He loved me that day. None of us really 'get' God's love for us I don't think so I thought that might not be such a bad idea to ask Him to show me so maybe I will 'get' it better. So, I'm looking at this cream donut with no cream going 'is this it?????????????????????' Hmmmmmmmm

I did however find a book at the Christian bookstore entitled "God Speaks your love language".