Sadie's New Wake Up Call

On Saturday Sadie found a new creative way to wake me up at 5:30 in the morning. (Drum roll please).....she fell in the toilet. I never said she was the smartest cat on the block. Don't ask me what she was doing. I have no idea....I was sound asleep and then I heard kerpluck! She did seem a little embarrassed.

No Skiing for Me. :-(

I am sick again! I missed two perfectly good days of skiing because I was sick in bed. Everytime I am looking forward to going skiing, BAM...I get sick again. So sad.

My Cat's Diet is Driving Me Crazy

When my cat recently got sick the vet suggested that I needed to put her on a prescription diet food. So, being the good cat mommy that I am, I did so. Well....the diet must be working because my cat is definitely more energetic. In fact, she chooses to be energetic at 5:00 in the morning. Please note that I don't have to be up for work until 6:30. Her latest shenanigans include walking across my headboard, rubbing on my lamp, meowing from down the hall, and getting tangled in the cords of my alarm and lamp. Oh...and she likes to walk on my alarm clock.

In an attempt to regain order in my household I now sleep next to the squirt bottle. This way, when the morning ritual begins it is easily at hand. My reprimand routine goes something like this:
"Sadie, no..(shake water bottle menacingly)..." Then she looks at me and does the bad behavior again. At this point I think she is thinking "now I have her attention. Wake up and play food provider". Then I respond "Sadie NO (squirt), No (squirt), No (squirt)". Then she moves on to the next annoying behavior and we start the cycle all over again. This pattern goes on until it is time to get up.

She also wants me to get up and turn on the faucet so that she can have a fresh drink of water. (Apparently the water I just squirted on her isn't enough). This in turn means that I have to get up again to turn off the water when she is done. To all my psychology friends out there.....I acknowledge that I been trained by my cat.

Tonight I am going to run her in circles before I go to bed. Hopefully she will sleep in tomorrow (fingers crossed).

I Don't Want to Live in a Dump

I have started my hunt to find a house to buy, and let me tell you the pickin's are very slim up here. This weekend I drove all over with my parents and scoped out neighborhoods. We also met with my realtor and walked through one house. Below is my best summary of the house that we looked at:

YUCK!

Soooo disappointing. I know I just have to be patient and hopefully something will come on the market. Right?

In my dreams, I would just build a cute little starter home. That way I would know for sure that there isn't a boogie man under the floorboards. Most of the places up here in my price range have been rentals for some time, and it shows. I am going to talk to my financial guy about the possibility of building, but I am not very hopeful. Usually, you need a down payment to build a house. I find it curious that our system is set up so that they rather us buy pieces of crap than build nice new houses.

(Sigh..)

Ever Get The Feeling...

Ever get the feeling that you are a sloth?
Ever get the feeling that you just aren't having a productive day?
Ever get the feeling that your cold medicine just isn't working as good today as it did yesterday?
Ever notice at 4:00pm that you took a NIGHT-TIME cold medicine at 8:00am?
I just did!

Just wondering if anyone else out there is as dopey as I am. At least this explains why I was day dreaming of my bed all day.

2x Too Many

I am sick again, for the second time this year. Uggg...I hate being sick (not like anyone enjoys it). I am crusing through the Puffs Plus with Lotion. Let me take a moment to plug the Puffs Plus product... at the first sign that you are getting a cold you should run out and get this product. It will prevent you from turning into rudolph, or at least prevent your nose from peeling off your face. My nose nose and eyes have revolted against me. I am going home to take a nice long nap.

A New Form of Entertainment

Today at the grocery store I saw the best invention ever. It is called "Grow-a-Pet". This product is related to the "Grow-a-Head" that I saw online last week and fell in love with. So...I bought myself the cat named "Puss" and for my friend I bought the dog names "Spike". They are currently germinating on our desks. I can't wait for Puss to sprout. Hmmm...that sounds kind of bad.

Fat Pants

It's official, I need to workout and eat better. I just bought 4 pairs of "fat pants" so that I will have something to wear to work. Ughh...how did I get this way? It couldn't have been the cheese, chocolate and cookies I ate, right? Hmmm...(thought to self) maybe I need to stay away from foods that start with a "c". How could these foods that I adore and admire so much not love me back. Or maybe they love me too much and decided to stick around for awhile. Literally!!!

I will keep my fingers crossed that all the "fat pants" I ordered will be too big and I will have to send them back. If they do happen to fit I am prepared to tell myself that they "just happen to run small".

Sick Kitty

On Saturday my cat, Sadie, got sick. It started with her throwing up and then I noticed she couldn't go to the bathroom. I haven't taken her to the vet here yet, so I just had to pick a place. I called at 10:30 and they got me in at 2:15. I walk in and the place is pretty dirty. There had just been an emergency with another pet and it didn't make it, so that family was crying on one side of the reception area. I take Sadie back into the exam room and she is so scared. I can barely get her out of her cage. The vet tech comes in and takes her vitals. She is one very unhappy kitty. (Imagine being constipated and having your temperature taken you know where). We take her out into another room and they take an x-ray. Sadie is now clinging to me for dear life and her breathing is out of control.

The vet comes in to exam her and show me the x-ray. Yep, definitely plugged up. He doesn't introduce himself, and he leaves the door wide open. The house cat comes striding in. Ummm.....my cat doesn't like other cats! I ask the vet to remove that cat (named Cee Cee). OMG!!! Whimpers and barks are coming through the open door. Is this guy and idiot? My cat is used to a nice quite subdued home. Then the vet delivers the final blow, Sadie will have to spend the night so that she can get repeated enemas. Yikes. All night I tossed and turned thinking of my poor little kitty in that awful, loud, dirty place. I am a bad kitty mommy.

The next day I went skiing and mom picked Sadie up from the vets for me. She didn't think it was so bad. Maybe I am a little sensitive. My vet in California was amazing and was definitely a cat lover. Hopefully Sadie will be okay, she is now on diet food. I will go home at lunch to check on her. And....I will be searching for a new vet.

Note: Picture is of Sadie on a happier day!

Official Ski Count: 4

What an amazing day! I went skiing with my dad. The snow was amazing and the company was superb. I always have such a great time skiing with dad because he challenges me to ski better. I must admit that I am a little stiff today. After skiing we went back to my place and watched the football game. We all (mom, dad and I) agreed that the game wasn't very exciting. I was hoping for an overtime situation, or at least a close game. Oh well, at least we had good food to eat during the game. We had spinach dip, 7 layer dip and pizza. Yummy.

For Sale

On my jobs internal electronic bulletin board this item was posted for sale:

2 large Deer heads!

want something to add that rustic/creepy/wonderful touch to your cabin or home? I have 2 large head and shoulder mounted bucks. One with 9 points and one with 8 both looking off to the right. They have minor damage to the ears but nothing a bit of glue couldn't fix (not hide damage, just slipping off plastic ear) 225.00 each or both for 400.00

Now that is North Idaho interior decorating at its best. I would say the emphasis is on creepy!

Please note: picture is not of deer actually for sale, just an example I found. If you are interested I can see if they will ship. :o) Just kidding.

Also for sale on our company website: Michelin X Ice Tires, Yearling Draft Cross Gelding, and a Ford F150 4x4. Grunt grunt grunt!!!