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.