Happy and Blessed Reformation Day!!

Luther said it best when he said:

"Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Holy Scriptures or by evident reason—for I can believe neither pope nor councils alone, as it is clear that they have erred repeatedly and contradicted themselves—I consider myself convicted by the testimony of Holy Scripture, which is my basis; my conscience is captive to the Word of God. Thus I cannot and will not recant, because acting against one's conscience is neither safe nor sound. God help me. Amen."


May everyone who reads this have a blessed day in the Lord!

The yum that is James Marsters

Oh he's delicious...



Isn't he?



And one more...just so I can drool when I see my blog. :o)



Ah hell, who am I kidding...another one...'cause I know you're drooling too...

This is for you, DogMom

Just 'cause I loves youse...



There...did I make you smile?

and of course I got side tracked

I am a Violet What Flower Are You?

Random Product Reviews

So. I've been playing Guild Wars for about a month now. Love it. Have 2 of the games, Nightfall and Factions. Both excellent, both not as hard as one would expect. And the best part? They have free online play. Free. You buy the game and play online for free. Love it.

And then there's the James Marsters cd Civilized Man. Again, I love it. I think I've listened to it about a bazillionty times since Wed and it just keeps getting better. I can not WAIT for Like a Waterfall which debuts tonight in LA. Sure hope my copy arrives SOON!!! I highly recommend finding a copy of Civilized Man and seeing for yourself how wonderful Mr. Marsters really is. The man pretty much has it all, looks, voice, acting ability...now, I wanna see him dance. And if I could work in a kiss...LOL

OOH. Stash Tea's Decaf Pumpkin Spice is really pretty good. Sort of a holiday type chai. Not much pumpkin in there but lots of the pumpkin pie type spices. Head on out and get yourself some. It's really worth it.

I know I had other reviews...of course now I can't remember any of them. LOL And as it's 03:33 I think I should toddle off to bed.

g'nite all!

What is it with people?

Huh? I mean, after you've been bugged to tell your deepest darkest secret,you open your heart, you tell things you swore you'd never tell another living soul and then *BAM* they turn on you.

Or they just ditch you. Toss you out like yesterday's news. Decide "oh, I don't want to be your friend anymore."

Could be that, in the "interest" of being your "friend" they toss your secret back into your face and tell you what a horrible person you are for having said, done, been...whatever.

I just don't get it, folks. Why are people so damn hateful? Why can't they see that, even though *I* may be different in one way or another, I'm really still the same person they knew before they badgered my secret from me.

I'll just never understand people. And yeah, if you're reading this, you know who the hell you are.

Oh yeah...Kitty update

Aggie came through the surgery just fine. She had 3 teeth pulled and was spayed and micro-chipped. She's such a little trouper. :o)

I've been giving her the antibiotics and can say that she's thoroughly unimpressed with me shooting the stuff in her mouth. Poor punkin. But she's been really good about everything and only growled a little bit at me today. M's not at ALL good at scruffing her or helping in any way shape or form, so I get to be the "bad guy" and give everyone the meds.

Willow is a little scared of both Mike and I. I think her recent trip to the vet gave her the wiggins. Silly little sweetie. She'll snuggle with M but Mommy seems to be the "Big Bad", as Spike would say. *sigh* She'll let me cuddle her IF I can catch her. So I've been bribing her with treats and letting her know that Mommy is the "bringer of all things nummy" :o) It seems to be helping.

Started everyone on lysine today. 1/2 a capsule in everyone's food but Aggie's. Aggie gets a full 500mg every day. I sure hope this helps everyone!

Not bad...Not bad at all

So. After 3 weeks (well 6 really) of stuffing my feelings down with food and Halloween candy and ignoring my WWers stuff, I decided to Take Back Control. (more on that later)

Went to Weight Watchers today and found I've ONLY gained 4.5 lbs. WOO HOO! I was expecting something like 10. So you can imagine that I'm really okay with the 4.5. :o)

Got home and I've had 1/2 my water for the day and a bowl of, ug, oatmeal. I usually like the oatmeal but it wasn't very good today. Maybe I used too much milk.

Anyway, I've got some TBC things I'm working on implementing. I'll share 'em later on once I've finished them all.

Yay! ONLY 4.5!!!

Vet time.

Well we took Aggie and Willow to the vet today. Willow got her kitten check up and Aggie was acting like she had something in her mouth and couldn't get it out.

Willow checked out fine. She has a little conjunctivitis but we have meds for that. She's going back in 2 weeks for her spay and microchip procedures. Xander gets to go too for his last set of kitten vaccines.

Aggie has dental problems. She's staying overnight tonight, they're going to fix her teeth, spay her and microchip her. Then she has to stay over tomorrow night as well.

*sniff sniff* I miss my Aggie!!

M told me tonight that he's really happy we got the kittens. Willow was languishing at the shelter...she was only 1.5 lbs at 12 weeks! She's already put on another 1.5 and is willing to eat just about anything we give her. M said that he's glad we get to be her Mommy and Daddy and he's just enchanted with both her and Xander. Xander loves to lay on Daddy's lap and purr purr purr. Willow rode on Mommy's shoulder in the car and was a total angel girl.

So, now it's pray and wait for Aggie to come through the surgery. I miss her. Poor sweetiekins!

Kae

*sigh*

I'm sleepy and bored. Not a good combo because when I'm bored, I don't feel like sleeping and when I'm sleepy I don't feel like doing anything constructive. I have laundry I could be washing, beads I could be making, jewelry projects to work on, decluttering to do...but I don't want to do any of them. It's Sunday, a day of rest and relaxation.

Actually, what I WANT to do is go to Michaels for a bit jewelry demonstration they're doing. M says he'll take me but he doesn't know what HE would do. I told him to just take the DS and I'll be out as soon as I've seen everything. Which, knowing me, could take a couple of hours. LOL

So we're compromising. He's playing the DS right now (he's addicted to a card game called President) and I'm going to go and separate laundry for tomorrow's washing. Then we'll head out to Michaels and perhaps the grocery store (I have NOTHING to cook with...LOL) and then home for a light dinner and some more Buffy.

I'm loving Season 3 and we're only 2 dvds into the season. I know I don't care for the Faith storyline since I've seen the last half of the season...but once season 3 is over, Spike comes back! Yum. Lurve me some Spike.

OH! And I ordered the 2 James Marsters cds. If you haven't heard them, GO NOW to JamesMarsters.com and check out his website. Love his voice. Love it love it love it.

Anthony Stewart Head (Giles) also has a great cd out called Music for Elevators. Excellent stuff. Especially if you're into indie stuff. So need to find more indie bands for listening pleasures.

Another good indie band...a Christian one...is Lost and Found. (www.speedwood.com) Great music, unique sound, wonderful songs. Nothing bad in the bunch IMHO. LOVE them.

Okay. Now I'm just procrastinating. Off to sort filth and depravity.

Ahh what a day

Heh. I cleaned out M's car today. Harvested almost $47 in change. The man needs to remember to bring it INTO the house. LOL

Feels good to have the car cleaned out. I don't even know if he knows that I did it yet. Can't wait to see his expression. LOL Wish he'd wake up from his "nap" so we can go and vacuum it and wash it.

In other news, the kittens are rambunctious. Willow is really turning around and has already gained a half a pound! I really think that she was languishing at the pound and, if she hadn't been rescued, she'd have died soon. At 12 weeks, she was only 1.5 pounds. Now she'd 2 pounds! In only a week at home! *G* She loves to play "chase me" and will trill at you as she runs off. Silly girl.

Xander may eventually become Edgar II. M can't wrap his mind around "Xander" because Xan is very like Edgar I. I'm still holding out for Xander. It just fits him. He cuddled with me most of the night last night purring his heart out and sleeping on his back so I could rub his tummy. Silly little boy.

Man, the house seems so full now. The older cats, Aggie and Oscar, are slowly but surely getting used to the "wee beasties" as M calls them. I think I may try the Feliway for Aggie so she can calm down and just be the sweet puss that she is. She's such a special punkin' and Oscar is a good boy. He hisses a little when Xander scares him (Willow is scared of Oscar. I don't blame her! He's 17 lbs of cat. She's only 2! LOL) but doesn't hit or growl.

I can't believe it's been almost a week since we got them. Sweet babies all of them.

Sad day

I left a group of friends today. They were friends inside my computer, friends I'd never met. But they were friends. People who have gone through the traumatic times these past 2 years.

There were some comments made that were taken out of context. Feelings were hurt, things were said in the heat of the moment, things said that should have been left unsaid, especially in a public forum...

I'm going to miss them. I'm going to miss the fact that I could reach out when I had something to say. To let them know the little details of my day. To hear about their day.

But I can't be around some of the negative things that are going on there. And I don't want to be thought of as "that bitch".

So I've let go.

I hurt. But I'll be okay.

another picture

This is Willow. She's very into getting her picture taken. Xander is still at the shelter waiting for his neutering. They wouldn't allow me to bring them both home at the same time since they were opposite sex kittens. *sigh* But he'll be home tomorrow night!

Picture of the new babies

I'm a Mommy again!

So M and I decided to give a home to two sweet kitties. They're 11 weeks old and are "twins". Xander and Willow are our two sweeties.

Oscar and Aggie aren't quite sure what to think. There's been a bit of hissing but no one has hit anyone yet. *G*

Cutie pies at the shelter

I took this video of some wee ones on Saturday. They were so funny wanting to suck on my fingers. The little bold one (usually on the left of me) would suck my finger and then start backing up like "hey, come in HERE!" LOL They were adorable.

Much better

Thanks to all who read the blog and emailed me. I really am better now! *G*

I went to the Doc and told her all about the crap I've been feeling and she switched my medication. So I'm still on meds for the anxiety but now I have something that's taking care of the depression as well. And it won't affect my...uh..."love" life.

*blush*

Of course, good news just can't come without bad news too.

Got my blood test results back from the doc. My HDL is too low (like REALLY low) and my LDL is high (but not extremely so.) So, more low fat dieting (hooray for WWers! I think I'm going to try CORE) and I need to get off my fat white butt and exercise!

Other bad news ('cause you don't think life would just hand me something I could actually take care of right?) Grandma is in the hospital with a possible bowel obstruction. She's most likely going to have to have surgery. *sigh* She's 87 and not in the best of health even though she's as sassy as ever. *G* I love my Grandma...want to have as much energy as she usually has when *I* am 87.

So, if anyone who reads this could PLEASE pray for her? I'd be most appreciative!