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Current Mood: Accomplished & Beautiful Day & ContemplativeI hope everyone has had a good summer beginning.  Ours has been below average on temps and way over on rain…icks….still waiting for summer weather…dry and comfortable.  We were in the 60s this pass Wed/Thurs and we are suppose to be hitting the 90s this upcoming Wed/Thurs.  Lets [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: Accomplished & Chilling Well, due to our anniversary usually being on the holiday weekend of Memorial Day we try and do something the week before or afterwards. This year we decided to finish off what we started 2 years ago and drive the last 108 miles of the Oregon coast we haven’t [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: ChillingI really should be working on my projects……I totally planned on it. =(  I had gotten all my payroll work done and entered this weekend.  Even caught up all my other company work by last night.  So I didn’t have a huge pile waiting for me today.  So I knocked off what I [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: Beautiful DayHoly cow….it has almost been a month since my last actual post.  Welllll……what to say and where to start? We finally have gotten our May spring weather.  Got into the 60s for the 1st time since April 18th.  It was so nice to have some sunshine and was actually able to have the [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: AmusedI really like this story line in Doonesbury.  They have a couple of different ones, but other then this one the only other one that I like about US women soldiers in Afghanistan. 4/4/2010 5/2/2010 Reminds me of what my dad told me about us having the right to burn our flag in political protest…..that it [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: Beautiful DayWell, this time I remembered to put subjects down when I thought of them to remind myself of what I wanted to write about.  =) Today we actually got a few things done, hubby got the place vacuumed of all the cat fur…not a fun job. We did some outside work.  Hubby got [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: Amused

I thought this was appropriate.

I love ice cream…..so…you saw nothing……..grin

RT @TrafficInPeople: Report: Sexual Trafficking of American Indian Women & Girls in Minn. http://u.nu/64bk4 #NativeAmerican #sextrafficking # Ugh, I'm so not ready for the gym today….but I need to workout those extra calories & weight from the weekend…ouch # The meaning of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday http://bit.ly/5CnRUz We still have a long way [...] Related posts:

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RT @TrafficInPeople: Report: Sexual Trafficking of American Indian Women & Girls in Minn. http://u.nu/64bk4 #NativeAmerican #sextrafficking # Ugh, I'm so not ready for the gym today….but I need to workout those extra calories & weight from the weekend…ouch # The meaning of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday http://bit.ly/5CnRUz We still have a long way [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: Amused**A Facebook thing. Place an X by the states you have been to. Allegedly, the average is 8; how do you match up? Should you choose to play, here’s what you do: Copy my note. Click on “notes” under tabs on your profile page. Select “write a new note” in the top right [...] Related posts:

1. Election Night Current Mood: Good Idea & FunnyWe are downstairs set up...

Current Mood: Very Sad & TiredIt has been exhausting.  Finally taking a breather and watching The Silver Streak. We left by 05:15 Sunday and made much better time getting to the border then we expected, even through we hit some bad storms south of Olympia.  We didn’t expect to get there until 11-11:30…got there just [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: Very SadI know, I know….I haven’t done an actually post in awhile.  I think I have gotten too dependent on twitter.  But it is addicting when you have a thought that you want to get out quickly.  I am one of those that needs to do that, if I don’t I totally forget [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: Very SadI’m pretty satisfied with the miles I got this week.  We missed the gym Monday and that is 4 miles off of my pedometer, but we did do over 3 miles Sunday, when I rarely get over 2 unless I go for a walk.  Today I almost got 6 miles on….so not [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: Contemplative & SleepyWell, I don’t know where to begin, a lot of things are kind of blurred.  I guess I’ll start from my last post. I spent Thurs & Fri of last week just trying to get as much work done as possible and to get us packed for the weekend.  Our trip [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: Sad & Very SadWell, I thought this week was going to have promise but it hasn’t happen yet.  I did start out good at the gym on Monday, that was plus.  So it has been a blah week so far. I got the call from my mom yesterday about my great-aunt.  She was [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: WorkingMy poor baby had to have 7 teeth removed today.  We took her to the vet Tues for her follow up and that she has been meowing at us a lot more then usual.  So we have been concerned.  Well, found out she needed help in the litter department and that her teeth [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: FrustratedFor those who have been following my tweets, you know that one of my external hard drives took a dump.  =(  The main thing that was on it, was all my music…..which really sucks. I’m going to be ordering me another one this week, just deciding what to get.  It is going to be [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: LovingToday is our 12th Wedding Anniversary. We just really chilled out since we went camping last week. But did find a way to mark the day….grin I finally got my nose pierced and hubby got his other nippled pierced. I love you honey! Now I need to get back work and finish payroll. Share this Toni KatVixen entry! Related [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: AnnoyedI’m kind of peeved, my twitter tools is not working on this blog for a daily blog of tweets. Installing another program to see if that will work. Share this Toni KatVixen entry! Related posts:My Daily Happenings Can’t believe that I sleep in past 10, usually...My Daily Happenings I’m up & chilled. I really [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: Beautiful Day & Contemplative & SpringtimeI’m just totally psyched on how nice it is.  I know that we will be going back to rain, on and off, until July so I’m just really enjoying this. I know that I should really go for a walk today, but kind of like just enjoying [...] Related posts:

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Current Mood: Chilling & SpringtimeWell, let me think of what I’ve been up to…..working…lol  No surprise. I had payroll to do and that was enough.  I did try to start the prep for it a few days earlier and that was a huge help.  I actually wasn’t as stressed to the wire as normal. I’m [...] Related posts:

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Just testing my wordpress application on my iPhone =} This is cool. I hope it still cross posts with my LJ.

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Current Mood: Chilling & Reflective & AccomplishedAs you have noticed, when you visit my actual blog, there have been a few changes.  The 3 column setup in the same, because it works best for me, but the headers have changed and the sidebars have been cleaned up old links and reorganized. We needed to [...] Related posts:

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Been up for a few hours, totally unmotivated & unfocused….we have the NFL draft on in the background. # Just did a quick errand, going to go for a walk to the post office. Just to get some exercise & partial sunshine in. # http://twitpic.com/42nfk - # http://twitpic.com/42nfm - # I should not allow my husband to eat [...] Warning: yarpp_related(/home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/) [function.yarpp-related]: failed to open stream: No such device in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300 Warning: yarpp_related(/home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/) [function.yarpp-related]: failed to open stream: No such device in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300 Warning: yarpp_related() [function.include]: Failed opening /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/ for inclusion (include_path=.:/usr/local/lib/php) in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300- [Read more]

Current Mood: Chilling & PlayfulWell, we have been playing with our new iphones. Hubby has really been enjoying his. He is a fidgety person anyway, so the things that you can do with them is great for him. When we went and got them, I still wasn’t sure if I really wanted one. I was [...] Warning: yarpp_related(/home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/) [function.yarpp-related]: failed to open stream: No such device in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300 Warning: yarpp_related(/home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/) [function.yarpp-related]: failed to open stream: No such device in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300 Warning: yarpp_related() [function.include]: Failed opening /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/ for inclusion (include_path=.:/usr/local/lib/php) in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300- [Read more]

Current Mood: SpringtimeI was planning on writing this up a few days ago, but got side tracked. For long time readers, you now know that I use tweeter :  http://twitter.com/Toni_KatVixen Now once they finally finish with my new blog design….ggrr…. I will have that link posted in my sidebars. Anyway, you can follow me there.  But do not [...] Warning: yarpp_related(/home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/) [function.yarpp-related]: failed to open stream: No such device in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300 Warning: yarpp_related(/home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/) [function.yarpp-related]: failed to open stream: No such device in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300 Warning: yarpp_related() [function.include]: Failed opening /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/ for inclusion (include_path=.:/usr/local/lib/php) in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300- [Read more]

Current Mood: Beautiful Day & Sleepy & WorkingWell, it has been a crazy as hell emotionally the last few days. As you have seen in my last few posts and on my twitter posts, one of our babies got out Saturday night.  It ended happily when Sakura was found about 24hrs later.  We are [...] Warning: yarpp_related(/home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/) [function.yarpp-related]: failed to open stream: No such device in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300 Warning: yarpp_related(/home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/) [function.yarpp-related]: failed to open stream: No such device in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300 Warning: yarpp_related() [function.include]: Failed opening /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/ for inclusion (include_path=.:/usr/local/lib/php) in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300- [Read more]

Current Mood: Scared & Very SadI don’t know what else to do. Torn has called the shelter in case someone brings her in.  We have put up & handed out flyers.  I have spoke to nearly everyone I have encountered and showed them her picture.  She has a purple collar (break away), tags with her [...] Warning: yarpp_related(/home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/) [function.yarpp-related]: failed to open stream: No such device in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300 Warning: yarpp_related(/home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/) [function.yarpp-related]: failed to open stream: No such device in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300 Warning: yarpp_related() [function.include]: Failed opening /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/ for inclusion (include_path=.:/usr/local/lib/php) in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300- [Read more]

Current Mood: Sad & Scared & Very SadI keep thinking that I hear Sukura out there…..I know that is wishful thinking..but there is so much noise from the traffic that I’m not sure. And she is so quiet other then her collar. It is late, but I just did a walk around the neighborhood, [...] Warning: yarpp_related(/home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/) [function.yarpp-related]: failed to open stream: No such device in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300 Warning: yarpp_related(/home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/) [function.yarpp-related]: failed to open stream: No such device in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300 Warning: yarpp_related() [function.include]: Failed opening /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/themes/naughtypurple/ for inclusion (include_path=.:/usr/local/lib/php) in /home/httpd/html/katvixen.com/Blog/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/magic.php on line 300- [Read more]

Current Mood: Reflective & Patriotic

What timing…..Martin Luther King Jr yesterday, our 1st African-American Commander-in-Chief today and it was also my late grandma’s birthday….miss you grandma.  On Thurs Jan 22nd…will be the 36th anniversary of Roe Vs Wade.  With our new President hopefully he will undo all the damage that Bush did to women’s rights and our access to true reproductive health care.

Current Mood: Reflective

With Obama about to become President, I have hope as everyone else.  But at the same time, I’m very nervous of people building expections too high that they are going to set him up to fail.  I truly believe that he can and will make things better, but he is not all powerful.

He has congress and the senate, everyone and anyone wanting their imprint on things, the courts, the GOP…..his hands will be tied in a lot of things, he will have to make concessions that the grass root supporters will not like.

I know there are things that he will probably do that I don’t like and agree with…..that is politics and being forced to work within the area that he has…but will people understand that?  That is what concerns me…..I’m use to studying history and politics, so I can see the different sides, even if I don’t agree…………….

Current Mood: Patriotic & Reflective

Most blacks say MLK’s vision fulfilled, poll finds

**You know I’m extremely proud that my country voted and put a black man into the highest office.  BUT King’s vision is no way fulfilled.  He vision included economic equality that plays into our racial history.  That is huge part of King’s work that gets forgotten and pushed to the side.

Yes, we have a black family moving into the White House, a house built on the backs of slaves, but we still have a long way to go.

This is sad, I’m totally in a bumming mood.  I’ve been fighting with myself to not go crash in front of the TV in bed.  My brain has felt like mush over the last few days…..and has been very hard to motivate and focus.  Which sucks, because at the beginning of the weekend, I think of what I need to get done but then there is no motivation for it.  Then the weekend just flies by…..it is strange.

The week was filled with payroll prep and running. Once I got that done, I had to play catch up for all the other work that I couldn’t do while working that.  I really didn’t do much work Friday, between the gym and needing to my beaten up nails done.  Saturday started out slow, spent the 1st part of watching CNN cover the Obama train ride.  Then I got some work done until late that night.

Today has just been blah….the wind has been nuts.  We had gusts up to 51mph with 29mph sustained yesterday, and up to 55mph gusts today.  Corbett has had up to 70mph gusts.  Trees, signs, parts of fencing have been knocked down.  Some roads have been closed due to it.

Since I had no motivation, I decided to do some actual reading…..that was not online.  I love reading, but find my addiction to news and politics keep me on the pc, when I got a ton of interesting books to read.  I’ve been working on Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts on and off for about a month.  Now if I had taken the time, I could’ve knocked it out in a day……but I didn’t take the time.  Of course, now that I only have 8 pages left I find the “cast of characters” reference….doh.  Which would’ve came in handy. =)  A lot of them had the same name/nicknames and such a wide cast of women that it was hard to keep track….and don’t forgot all the marriages within the families……lol

News wise it has been a heck of week…between Gaza, the landing of US Airways on the Hudson and all the inaugural events….everything for my news addiction…….lol

Unfortunately, the Ravens & the Eagles lost.  =(  I really dislike how the suppose “fans” of Philly treat their teams.  I would’ve loved for McNabb to have won, retired and tell them to screw themselves.  But I really wanted the Ravens take it all.  I’m a Baltimore fan since my youth and can’t shake it.  =)

Right now, I’m having issues with my itunes…..it is hogging up my resources and freezing….icks.  So I need to close everything and see if I can get it work.

Today started out ok for Monday.  Took a bit to move my butt out of bed to get ready for the gym.  But actually did pretty good there today.

When we got home, I had some work that I had to attend to right way. Got that out of the way and jumped into the shower.

We decided to try this bar & grill down the road that we’ve been waiting to go to.  Get there….and it wasn’t open!  It doesn’t open until 3pm?!  What happened to lunch?  So now we are hungry, nothing sounds good so after a wasted trip we went home and had left overs.

It kind of put a kink in the day……doesn’t help that I’m having one of my woman days.  Both of us were just irritable the rest of the day.  We didn’t have any motivation……I did force myself to do work, but it was tough.

This weekend was spent watching playoff games and our netflixs of Boston Legal.  We really enjoy that show.

Woman fights City Hall over right to petition

Found these really cool stories that gives a real look into our racial past and what this Inaugural means to so many.

Grandson of slaves: Obama is our Moses

Crossing the railroad tracks amid a new time in history

Current Mood: Chilling

Currently watching the last 2 min of the Fiesta Bowl.  Come on Buckeyes….you need to hold them.

Well, we made it to the gym today.  Got some grief from my former trainer for being gone so long….lol  I didn’t do my best on the treadmill, but I did way much better then I thought I would.  Not going to try and push it too much this week, just maintain.  The last time I did that I did good the first 2 days and then I couldn’t do anything the rest of the week.  I want to be to push it with out it overdoing it.

I’m back to doing my food journal….that sucks.  It was nice to not have to worry about it, even though in the back of my head I was always thinking about what I should be eating and were I stood for the day.  But if I want to lose about 10 more fat pounds that is what I’m going to have to.  If I gain in muscle, that would be cool…..just want to get rid of alittle more jiggle.

Looking back at our 1st year at the gym, we did really well.  We did take a few lazy days before Dec, but what we missed was usually for travel. Other then missing most of Dec we did good and we lost over 30# each for the year.  I did ok for Dec on maintain my weight.

FRICK!!!  FRICK!!!!!  Texas just scored…..gggggrrr…OSU just lost.  =(

Trying to figure out what we are doing tomorrow, probably take the bunches of cardboard that we got in the garage to the recycling drop off.  There is too much for our pick up.  It is all the cardboard from the bedroom set.  I would love to get that out of our garage….I hate that mess.

Today we hit home depot and picked up some more blinds……we are slowing getting all the windows taken care of.  I love having light, but I love having my privacy.  And then we did some grocery shopping……so, so exciting…….lol   Then on to home for work….online and around the house…normal stuff.

Now I’m going to chill out some.  My body and brain have earned it.  =)

Current Mood: Amused

You have got to watch this…..no matter how times I watch this, I just laugh my ass off  :

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6555442

Current Mood: AccomplishedThis sucks, the Colt lost.  Torn and I were discussing it…..we like a good rivalry, don’t expect to win all the time, enjoy a good game regardless of the outcome and we have a Super Bowl….what bothers us is losing to someone with an arrogant attitude such as Rivers.  If it was [...]- [Read more]

Current Mood: Reflective

I don’t know what to make of today.  We got ready for the gym, but Torn was feeling exhausted and the fact that we are we won’t be able to go tomorrow.  It effected our motivation…..not a good thing since it has been over a week.  I know I should’ve gone, but I just couldn’t get moving.  =(

We won’t be at the gym tomorrow, because we need to have Alexis to the a specialize vet 45min away by 08:45….and we will probably be in the tail end of the morning rush hour.  They are going to have her for 4 days using a radioactive iodine to fix her feline hyperthyroidism.  The vet has a catcam so we can watch her, I have it bookmarked.  This better work and we better get 4 more years out of her, I would be extremely upset if we don’t….she is my baby, the 1st cat that my hubby brought home to me.  I just want to be able to pick her up without feeling her bones as much as I do, seems so fragile.

After we get her back Friday, because we have to treat her waste specially and limit her contact with the other cats, we will put her in the spare room for the next 2 weeks.  =(  I feel horrible about it, but there is no way I’ll be handle what is needed to be done with the litters after 4 cats for 2 weeks.  I hope to bring her out on a leash during the day.

I did some errands this morning and then tried to focus on work, which was a pain today to do.  I wanted to get things done, but really didn’t want to spend time on the pc doing it, it made me restless.  I got most of my daily work done, but I really wanted to get the payroll prep done that I could so I don’t have to stress it that much on new years eve.  I got some of it done, but not all of it.  And I need to get all the new folders and spreadsheets ready for 2009, the normal end of the year prep….icks.   I’ll try to get most of that done tomorrow once we get back.

Since we normally don’t go out on new years eve, too many people out there drinking & driving….stresses me out, I want us to  be able to chill out and watch a movie or two.  I really don’t want to be doing payroll until the afternoon of the 1st….that is the goal, even though I will be fighting against my nature to get it done and out of the way, that is going to be tough to fight….we’ll see.

Here is the obvious, can you say duh…: Many Teens Don’t Keep Virginity Pledges

Alexis Dec 2008

Current Mood: Chilling

Been getting things done so I can write an entry but now all I want to do is sleep and I did sleep in today….wacky.  Hopefully, going to the gym tomorrow will help fight that.  Debating on whether to walk down to our coffee shop for some caffeine.  =)

Starting on Xmas Eve, we spent the time watching movies through Xmas Day.  It was cool, but weird.  We occasionally go downstairs to watch something, but most of the time we watch things from the office while on the pc working/surfing.  We are so not use to the inactivity that way.  But it was a nice break.

We had a good Xmas, snowed in and all.   I got stuff for hiking from my hubby…which is really cool.  A day pack, water bottles with the camelbak handfree adapter, a pedometer, headlamp, socks, and a buff (head covering).  So that was really good.  I got him some xbox360 games, Purdue sweatshirt & muscle shirt, a colts hat, an authentic Reggie Wayne jersey and “Blazing Saddles” on dvd.  I made some ham, mashed potatoes, gravy & some corn for dinner.

I tried to get all my holiday music in while in the shower.  I don’t like ruining it by listening to it before Dec and after Xmas.  I have a lot of happy memories with mom blasting her records when I was a kid.  When I was twittering with a friend, I realized that part of my love for holiday music is my years of playing it in orchestra.  We had the standard show at school.  But the director that I had from 7-9th would have us go to the local malls and perform and it was fun.  Playing the violin really enforced my love of the holidays.

By ‘88, we raised enough money to rent a bus and our HS Orchestra toured from Fairbanks down to Valdez.  We would stop at the little communities along the way to play.  That tour really put into my head how elevation really effects the weather….we left Fairbanks in April, only a few snow patches on the ground, ended up driving through mountain passes with huge snow drifts and Valdez had snow up to their roof tops….major differences.

The day after, is my birthday…….I hit the horrible 35…..icks.  I don’t feel as old as I am….lol  But now for somethings I can’t say it has been 10yrs…it has been 20yrs….icks!

Torn started that day with great morning sex…….very intense………grin

My hubby got me “Elizabeth”,”Elizabeth : The Golden Years”, “wall-E” and Aerosmith Guitar Hero.   That was cool.  =)  Boy, that guitar hero is hard, you have to time it just right……lol  Since we got up late….I know a bad habit this week, but it is a temp thing….we went out for lunch and then to the pet store and found a 2 level cat tree that is perfect for Reggie to use to get up on our very high bed.  BUT the wonder twins (Drew & Sakura) have really taken to it and like to sleep on it….lol  So we may have to keep looking for actual steps and put that downstairs, the things we do for those buggers.  For the evening we went over to our friend’s in PDX and then headed over to our favorite strip bar and had dinner.  For it being the day after Xmas, a Friday, it is the worst day of the year to have a birthday, we still had a pretty good day.  =)

Yesterday was the day for taking down the tree and working.  I was planning on taking down the tree later that evening after working, but once my day is over I want it down.  I don’t want to ruin the specialness of it and I want my living room back.  I’m glad I’m not the only one like that, my mom & my best friend are like that.   =)  We got the living room vacuumed, cleaned up and back to normal   Then I spent time getting stuff caught up work wise.

I would love to be able to put our spare room back together, but since the snow piles on the roof started melting there has been dripping water around the heat vent in the ceiling.  We think that ice or snow got stuck in an intake, because it has never happened before and we get a lot of rain and none of the other vents did that.  Well the dang thing dripped on the bed….at 1st I thought it was cat sick or something, so I washed all of the bedsheets and then saw that the mattress was wet.  =(  Since the snow melted off of the rough yesterday afternoon, it hasn’t dripped, but we are trying to wait until Monday before I put it all back together.

Our street is almost clear of snow.  It is at the very top and bottom where the plows piled it were we still have some, but not that bad.  You now can see the neighbors suv….half of it….there is still a big snow drift behind it.  Doesn’t look as if they are going to bother digging it out, but then they may not have a shovel for it.  It has been in the mid to high 40s since the 26th….thankfully.  Because they sure don’t know how to handle much snow around here……..lol….otherwise I would be really enjoying it, I did have fun being able to wear my snow boots and walking around the neighborhood, I know I’m nuts.  =)

Just finished having dinner and wanted to wrap this up.  I’m going to take some time to play my game before working on emails and such.  =)

Winter Wonder Land

**From Xmas Day

Current Mood: Playful

Merry Christmas!!!

I hope everyone is having a great day!

Current Mood: Annoyed

Current Mood: Amused

Current Mood: ChillingWell, I didn’t really get much done at Friday other then a few errands and my nails done.  I should’ve done work, but really didn’t feel like doing much.  After working so hard all week, I just hit a brick wall and needed a break.  We didn’t go to the gym, both [...]- [Read more]

Current Mood: Chilling

Wow, I actually have most things caught up.  What I do need to do, I can do tomorrow around getting my poor butched nails done.  (I broke on taking my laptop out for security in Indy last Fri)

I still need to get some ringtones for my replacement phone and need to add the new music Torn got before I left to my itunes.  I put my copy on the wrong hard drive and deleted it when I was done…..gggrrrr.  So now I have to remember who it was that he got when I go into his hard drive.

Alright, I need to blog about my trip because I didn’t have time when I was traveling….lol

It was an extremely early morning for leaving on the 3rd…I was up just after 3am after only 3hrs of sleep.

I do have to note, if you have to deal with TSA, deal with the ones in Portland (PDX).  As long as you calm and nice, they are the friendliest bunch and usually have a great sense of humor.  San Fran they are jerks, most other airports have been hit and miss.  But I always so glad to be home and, if I have to deal with security, be around PDX TSA agents, much better attitudes.

The flights were normal, not enough leg room.  I had my connection in Denver….which was 60 gates away from where I landed.  Luckly got there in enough time to chill for a few minutes.  It wasn’t a bad airport from what I could see, it was my 1st time there.  Then it was on to new Indy airport.

Wow, that was weird.  I’ve been in and out the old Indy airport so many times that I can walk it with my eyes closed….lol   What I could see, it is a very nice airport….even had a starbucks…lol  The only thing that I did not like was that they directed you to downstairs for your luggage, no big deal, but then they directed you back upstairs with your luggage, over the crosswalk (the street below was for taxises and shuttles only) and then back down to the rental car counters.  That was just wasted time.  When I could have just stayed at the ground level, dealt with the weather and crossed that street to the rental car office, which was connected to the garage.

I ended up with a chevy aveo ?  Never even heard of them, but had my choice of color.  I picked out the bright blue that perfectly matched my Payton Manning jersey that I was wearing….grin  Some guy who was picking up a car commented “you really like your blue”……lol  Then when I went to check out, I couldn’t find the buttons, so I was going to open my door and the lady made a movement with her arm to say “roll” your window down….DOH  I haven’t been without power windows since ‘97…..lol  Didn’t even think to look for the hand crank.  =)

I stay at my folks when visiting.  My cousin and her family and an uncle were suppose to come down for a “holiday” dinner on that Saturday, but my uncle tore a knee muscle at work and my cousin’s husband just lost his job.  =(  I was so looking forward to seeing everyone together and I hadn’t seen my uncle in years.  But I understand.  I wasn’t able to see my uncle this trip, but when I drove up to Michigan to visit my best friend I stopped by and visited my cousin.  =)  More on that later.

So I spent a lot of my time just trying to help out in the areas that I could, computers and ipod shuffles (my nieces & nephew).  And just visiting with everyone.  My youngest niece had me helping her with her homework.   Dad said she was just enjoying the attention that I was giving her.  I did get into with my oldest niece (12), she has an issue with temper tantrums and her mouth.  And I will not have my parents disrepected by her with me around.

I got to see my youngest (9yrs old) in her music concert singing.  She didn’t look like she wasn’t enjoying herself….lol  I tried to take video, but she was dead center where the teacher was.  =(

After rescheduling due to her concert, my sister, the kids and I went to get portraits done for my folks.  They are actually mainly for mom, dad likes pictures but for mom it is big deal to her. We were trying to get a 16×20 but they wanted way too much and it came framed.  My mom has a frame, she wanted to replace the old picture of her, my sister & me in with the new one.  So we ordered a few sheets, got her a 10×13 and then I paid for the disc with the copyrights.  =)  Bingo….now she can get what she wants at a much more reasonable rate.  Plus, I was able to put the copies all of their pcs and mine.  So I can print out the pictures that I want.  =)

I’m accessing my husband’s harddrive so I can get to my music I lost.  I’ll continue this later.  =)

Current Mood: Playful

It is that time of year!  Boy, this month has flown by…..

But if you would like a card from me, just drop me a line at toni at katvixen dot com with your name and address and I will get one out to you.  =)

Current Mood: Annoyed

Women on the pill may suffer a lackluster sex drive, mood swings, or even extra sinus pressure, she said.

I knew it!!!  I never use to cry before I got on the pill, now I cry during a kleenx commerical!  It is annoying as hell.

Current Mood: Exhausted

Wow, where to begin……at the present, I’m having to fix my tree 4-6 times a day.  I use to have a very beautifully balanced tree…..but now the branches on my 10yr old tree are all bent…ggrrr We have had kittens around xmas trees before, but NONE of them have climbed it.  They would bop the lower hanging ornaments and sleep under it, but that is it.  We found Drew at the very top inside of my tree just purring away until Torn grapped him out of it.

I love having my tree and having presents under it, but I can’t even have presents under it.  =(  Some days I feel I should just put it away, but not having my tree wouldn’t feel right.

Ever since I got back I have been working.  I totally fell behind while at my folks.  I have never fallen that far behind, but when I think about it, I have more responsibilities then I did last year.   I still haven’t done the books since I did the payroll, but I’ll do that tomorrow.  We were going to go see Bond, but schools are closed due to the weather and we don’t want to try the movies unless they are in.

Which brings me to our weather.  We have been having some very unusual weather there.   We just had one winter storm front go through.  The buses all have chains on, there have been major accidents on the interstates, and it is very cold, in the 20s not including the wind chill (with gusts up to 40mph).  The issue that I’m having is that you don’t know what to expect 10 miles away because of the hills and the difference in elevation.  That really effects how much snow that you get.  In the midwest, it is pretty flat and pretty easy to figure out…if you are closer to the Great Lakes, you have more snow.

We really don’t have the much snow in our little town, but you have to be extremely careful on the roads.  They don’t use salt and since this is unusual, they don’t have a fleet of snowplows and staff to attack every street like the they do in Indiana.

It was clear, with stunning crystal clear views of the Mt Hood everywhere, but cold as heck today.  We are suppose to have to the same thing tomorrow and then we have another winter storm on the way.  Good thing we just have the gym planned for this week.

That is what is going on for this week so far.  I hope to have time to do a post about my trip tomorrow.  That is what I was planning on doing tonight, but as you can see it turned into something else.  =)

Current Mood: Chilling & Happy

I hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving and had a great meal.  We just finished ours up.  Torn’s turkey was tender and juicy.  I went back for 2nds (my portions are small) even though I shouldn’t have and knew I won’t be able to finish it.  I was letting my taste buds overrule my better judgment…..grin..but it is turkey day, so why not?

We are just having a quiet day at home.  It is Torn’s birthday.  So I also made him his upside down pineapple cake that he loves along with our pumpkin pie.  I got him a dvd on the Colt’s Superbowl season, a few xbox games & a drill bit set.

I’m feeling better on breathing….still not fully normal.  Still going through a bit of tissue…which sucks.  But I’m not using as much meds.  =)

We finally got our bedroom set!  Holy cow, I’m so glad that this came when I was home.  I have no idea how Torn would’ve handled it on his own.  It was on 2 pallets (that luckily the driver was nice enough to keep), 6 pieces with the total weight of 1500#…icks.  One piece was 175#.  We unloaded the semi on the driveway during some big wind gusts, brought the pieces in, while they were downstairs unpacked them….holy cow…we now have 6 bags of Styrofoam and 6 huge bundles of cardboard.  Of course, it now needs to stay in the garage until next week, since it is too damn windy to put it outside, and since trash day was yesterday…..lol  It took us longer to clean up after the trash then it did to put it together.  But we didn’t find any damage to the set….which amazed us.

We got it together.  Not many pieces and easy to figure out, just heavy. The bedroom seems empty with only 1 dresser……..lol  And even though I have empty the other dressers and took things from the closet shelves, we still have some drawer room….very cool.  The clothes move took me less time then I thought it would.

Holy cow, that bed is higher then I thought it would be.  With the mattress, it comes to my hip, luckily the bed came with a step stool.  But it nice as hell not to be sleeping on a mattress on the floor.  =)  It is so nice to finally have our bedroom put together.

(Click on pictures to get full size)

I called and talked to my family today.  I always have to pester them on the holidays………lol….even though I’m seeing them in less then a week.

I’m starting to stress…..we have work that we need to do for our business, I have work to do with my job, plus get ready for payroll that needs to be ordered Sunday/Monday, pack, balance our books, put my tree up, get the xmas cards done and my nails….icks…freak out time.  I will be starting full steam ahead tomorrow.  Which I need to start off with going to the gym since it has been a week…between being sick and then waiting on a delivery for 2 days…gggrrr I’m not happy about that, especially since I won’t be going to the gym the 3-14th….not good.

Trying to stay out of the office most of the day and moved my laptop to the living room.  I’m going to close this and work on moving some pictures around on my hard drive.  =)

Have a great Thanksgiving!

(I really need to get me a content mood icon………lol)

Current Mood: Loving

Love you Torn!!!

Current Mood: Sickly

This is getting old.  Supposedly our bedroom set is out for delivery…..any time after 1pm.  We’ve gotten the bedroom ready by removing everything that we could and putting the new mattress up against the wall.  I just want it get here so I can get our bedroom back together.

It was nice to be able to wake up without my back wanting to spaz out.  I did actually get some sleep last night. It was still rough with the breathing issues. I’m tired of not being able to breathe correctly, I hate the upset tummy that sinus issues gives me, I hate the horrible breath I have regardless of mints and mouthwash, I hate that my ears feel plugged and the constant tireness….yes, I am bitching because I’m miserable.

We should’ve gone to the gym, but I don’t want to go if I can’t do my 30 on the treadmill without dieing.  Plus, I really wanted to get things together for the delivery.  I bet if we had gone to the gym, it would’ve gotten here earlier.  =( I hope to feel much better for it tomorrow.

We got the old set in the other room, it is very tight, but the cats like it….more beds to sleep on.  Of course that bed is now covered with sheets due to all the cat hair it will attrack…icks.

Damn….I wish they would get here.  I hate waiting on others, it really messes up my plans…at least my focus.

A few days ago, one of the blogs that I read posted this article, more on the lighter (yet serious side) of women imagery :

First lady got back

Then on a sad note, an article on how the military still does not actually address domestic violence : Despite Army’s Assurances, Violence at Home   I remember growing up that you could always tell when it was pay day on post.  People were drinking more and there were more family fights.  =(

Current Mood: Reflective & Chilling

Well, I’ve kind of been a funk last few days.  I’ve been getting my daily work done, but it has been a struggle to do anything else.  I need to focus, when I don’t focus or get side tracked I don’t get things done and then it stresses me out.  That is something that I’ve learn in my years of management.  If I’m called away from my project, I do what I need to do, then go back to work.  It was and is the only way to get things done in a timely manner.  I was doing good until yesterday….then it became a struggle and it isn’t like I don’t have things to do.

I did clean out of my flash drives, since I have a new travel hard drive. Which is great, now I don’t have to worry about forgetting to put something on the flash drives before traveling.  I got around to getting the xmas cards out…..need to start writing up the holiday letter.  I need to get them started this weekend….especially since I leave on Dec 3 until the 12th visiting family. So I need to get my tree up on Dec 1st with payroll and then get my nails done on the 2nd and get packed….icks

We were suppose to get our new bedroom set this coming Monday, but that got changed until Dec 7th. =(  That sucks.  I won’t be home to help, so I feel horrible.  I do want get the dressers moved to the other room before I go…it will help me feel better about it.

Torn has been sick all week, so I’ve been going to the gym by myself.   It has been weird, but I have been still improving my distance on the treadmill.

I  had to call my family this week a few times.  My sister has a shit load of issues which causes stress on my folks, especially since she won’t take responsibility for herself, then my mother has anger issues.  And, of course, she is like her father refuses to see that there is an issue and won’t see a counselor.  I hate that trait that she has.  She use to take the kids to a counselor, but as soon as the counselor brought the focus on her and brought up her shortcomings, she hasn’t been back.

Both my sister & my mother get riled up and cusses a lot and to the kids, which totally upsets my dad.  Dad believes in sitting down and talking to the kids, not yell at them all the time…because the oldest is now cussing.

It doesn’t help, that dad turns 60 tomorrow and is raising his 3 grandkids…not exactly where he expected to be in his life.  So I really stress about how much longer the kids and I have my father.  I hope we got him for at least 20 more years…but he has health issues from his tours in ‘Nam and years in the Army.  So that has been on my mind a lot.

A few days ago I posted a link to the story about a WWII vet talking about the slave camps of the Nazi that he was forced in as a POW.  Well, his story let the brother of one the men know what actually happened to him :  After 63 years, vet learns of brother’s death in Nazi slave camp

Current Mood: Reflective

I got my walk in yesterday.  I did a trail that was suggested by our neighbor.  I had a small climb and then the rest of the trail was behind the houses of a subdivision.  After a very long walk in through the subdivision, I came out 9 blocks from our place.  So it was the furthest I’ve been around here, but I”m still exploring.  I’ve gotten to where I will sometimes go for walk around here at night.  Just seems peaceful and helps to clear my mind.

I worked on trying to get things done around the house yesterday.  I got the dresser cleared off, reworked the bookcase, ordered some steaks from Omaha, got some laundry done and a few other little things.  It felt good to get some things accomplished.  Today I got the downstairs vaccumed, I still need to do upstairs tomorrow and clean out the litters…..the never ending battle……lol

I did very good on the treadmill today, I got 2.98mile in 30min.  =)  It took longer at the gym then normal.

I ended up talking to one of the ladies at the gym.  She had a personal story that I found very interesting.  Her husband was in the military in the 60s & 70s.  They were living in the south when Hurricane Camille hit in ‘69 and ended up in a shelter with their 6week old daughter.  While they were there another baby was crying and nothing the mother did was able to calm it.  When she asked this mother if there was anything she could do, she said that the baby was hunger.  Since she was nursing, she offered to breastfeed that mother’s baby…which totally surprised the mother…..because the crying baby was black and the nursing mother was white.  With it being the 60s and the south….that is totally unheard of.  It was common for black women to be used as wet nurses to white babies, but not the other way around.  But the lady insisted on helping the crying baby while the mother could not stop thanking her.  She simply said, “are you a christian?” and when the mother said yes, “then that settles it, I’m a christian”

I love hearing little individual stories like that.  Even through it took marches and protests to get civil rights addressed, a lot of people did things that were not reported that helped in some small way.   Even though I’m agnostic,  I love hearing when people actually practice the meaning of their faith instead of using it for hate and division.

Here are some articles to show that we are still moving forward on progress :

Army gets first female four-star general

**I love this!  Not only the fact that she has broken a HUGE barrier, but the history that there has been a member of her family in every war since the Revolution and other women in her family are making strides for women.  Her page  : Ann E. Dunwoody 

Now this one kind of surprised me, but kind of didn’t.  It helps that a new generation is moving into the military that is more open minded, which makes it easier for some to speak up :  Admirals, generals: Let gays serve openly

I got my Nov 5 Chicago Tribune today, still waiting on my NY Times.  I just want to be able to preserve part of the history of this election.  =)

Current Mood: Amused

I really don’t remember when I posted last and I don’t feel like looking….lol, but I know that it has been few days.  I spent most of the weekend away from the pc or a least workwise, until Sunday evening.

Spent the weekend reading articles from behind the scenes of the campaigns, went for walks and going through my clothes.  So far, I have 3 bags of clothes going to donation.  I may drop them off tomorrow, we’ll see.  I wanted to start cleaning out my clothes, because we finally ordered our new bedroom set.  And our new matteress…..thankfully, because in the last year my back has been hurting when I get up.

This is the bedroom set we got without the mirror :  Country Oak Bookcase Storage Bed

We also got it in king because when the cats want to sleep with us, we run out of room.  It is amazing how much room those little buggers take up, even when it is only one of them.  They are shipping it freight, which is the 1st for us.  So we don’t know what to expect….for them to drop it and run or help us move it upstairs.  I’m anxious as heck to get it.  I’ve had this set since ‘92…..just wish it wasn’t so scratched up from the moves and cats. =(

Once we get it confirmed on the date of delivery, we’ll be moving the other set to the spare room and just leave the mattress on the floor that that night.  I also need to time the delivery of the mattress.  That we brought local, it has a 100 day guarantee.  We haven’t brought a mattress in years and we didn’t want to order one online and it hurt our backs and not able to return it.

I came across this article today : Jewish Group Wants Mormons to Stop Proxy Baptisms  This really pisses me off.  What gives them the right to disrepect the dead and their faiths?   That is just a huge, huge insult to the people who had passed and their beliefs.  They are no better then Taliban on forcing their religion on others almost worst, they are dead and have no way to fight it.  I swear if anyone tries that with me, I will haunt their ass to their dieing day.

I think Drew is the 1st real lap cat we have ever had.  Randi was one, to a point….she was definitely possessive of Torn.  =)  Sakura is just a fighter, but so damn cute….grin

I did actually get some work done today.  Amazing what you can get done when there isn’t a major election going on……lol  It was nice to be able to just put my ipod on to some jams and work.

Current Mood: Happy & Patriotic & Reflective

I’m kind of at a lost now.  Slowing down on the news sites….some what.  Still addicted…trying to get a look into what he will do cabinet wise.  I really, really hope that he goes bi-partisan…like Hagel for Secretary of State, Lugar in a foreign policy position.  I would be disappointed if he does not have somel republicans in his cabinet or as advisers.

I am an independent liberal, I don’t make any bones about it, but I don’t want the dems to run over the reps.  There are many good reps and many bad dems.  I want people to work together.  I actually didn’t want moderated GOPers to lose their sits, like Shays.  If you removed the moderates you leave the extremist and those are the ones that I have issues with. I do NOT like the fact that Pelosi does not allow rep input into house bills.  That is not right.  Just because when the GOPers had control that they abused it, doesn’t mean the dems should.  I really hope that Obama keeps them from shutting the GOP out….I hope that he keeps his promise for humility.

Hope is a great thing to have, but not use to having it after 8yrs of Bush.  I know that President-elect Obama is not going to do everything that I like,  but I just so want the direction of this country to change. It has to be better then the last 8yrs.  So I have hope.

I’m tired of our Civil Rights being trampled on, I’m tired of them twisting and changing of our fundamental laws, laws that helped make America what it is, I’m tired of how they seem to think that they are above the law (I would so love to see Bush impeached…there is the principle of the Constitution to be made),  I’m tired of an administration that made our country so hated and disrespected world wide that we are no longer the beacon of hope, I’m ashamed that they have allowed the use of torture, I’m tired of feeling as if only the big cats can succeed and get anywhere in today’s America.

And Obama gives me hope that this will be changed.

I also really like that fact that for the 1st time since the Fords that we actually have a couple who love each other.  I really like the fact that the Obama’s and the Biden’s seem to actually like each other…not just for political appearance.

The election of Obama is a huge leap in the right direction for this country.  We still have a very long way to go, black males make up the majority of the prison population, which leads to huge disenfranchisement of voters and effects them economically, which in turns effects the family and their education, the difference in the income between the races……this is list is huge.  But I so hope that now with having a man of color be President, it will help the  younger generation realize that they can do anything….give hope and dreams.

This commentary is great peek into how we are changing as a country:  Commentary: My father, George Wallace, and Barack Obama

I’m also very proud to hear that my 12yr niece took an interest in this election.  She was upset that she couldn’t vote for him.  And her small town rural, nearly all white school voted for Obama.  Reminds me of ‘84 when I was in 6th grade.  We voted for Jesse Jackson.  When I talked to my sister, she told me how my niece woke her up at 5am all happy that he won and wanted to call me……..lol  My sister had to explain to her that it was 2 am my time and not a good time to call me……lol

It is late here and it time to get to bed.

Current Mood: Patriotic & Reflective

We are downstairs set up in front of the TV watching ABC election coverage.  Good to see some of my favorite pundits on there….get tired of CNN Wolf Blitzer and the “Best Political Team”…what ever.  Just because you say it doesn’t make it true.   We end up watching CNN a lot because the only other choice is FoxNews….yuck.  But CNN has way too many fracking commercials.

So far it stands Obama 102 & McCain 34….keep your fingers crossed for some more battleground states going to Obama.  What surprises me is they can’t call Alabama or Mississippi yet…wow…  I would love for Indiana and Florida to go for Obama.   Indiana hasn’t even counted Lake Country….that would help take care of that state on maintianing his lead.

Torn has been cooking all day.  He made his tasty chili and also his broccoli cheese soup.  I love having those on chilly days and we now have enough for the next few days.

YES!!  Dole has lost!  Hot Damn!

Indiana is now not looking like it is going to Obama.  But several of the counties surprised me…like White County going for Obama…really weird.

Current Mood: Amused

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Current Mood: Accomplished

Started this Thursday.

Holy crap do I hurt.  My feet, my toes (I think I have blisters starting), my knees, my back and I don’t know what else.  We did 12miles with a 2800ft incline in 8hrs & 12min.  Boy we suck, I thought we would be done 3 & half hours earlier. We survived, even though we really did bite off more then we should’ve for our 1st big hike.  I swear if I did not lose 1# because of this I’m going to be pissed….lol  And no, I’m not going to the gym Friday.

Luckily we got to the road before it got dark, because we still had over 2 miles to go.  Going by our video, the first 2 miles took us 2 hours..icks!  Most of our hiking during that was going up and up….we stopped a lot taking pictures and catching our breathes.  Taking pictures was a great excuse to stop…..lol  Yet, we did the last 3.8 miles in just over an hour.

This is the hike we took :  http://www.nwhiker.com/CGNSAHike13.html

When we were almost to the highest point, it was so silent and eerie up there.  It was taking us so long to get there that we thought we got the wrong path and was getting worried.  I also had to make sure not to over think the fact that we had shear drops in 100s of ft.  I just tried to concentrate on my feet and stay farthest from the edge.  It was such a deep incline that we had to take many stops and taking pictures was a great excuse to get your breathe.  So that helped in being able to enjoy the views.  =)

We took a ton of pictures but we won’t be getting to them until later.

***Saturday…..

I’m feeling much.  I need to move around more, but I have a bunch of work that I need to do and I’ve done a ton today.  I’m so stiff when I get up that it is hard to move.  Especially going down the stairs…ouch. I have been trying to remember to get some stretches in.

We only got about 10 trick-or-treaters last night.  =(  But we are not exactly residential and according to the neighbor that is a lot.   So now we have snickers, reeses & twixs in the house….not a good thing.

I’ve spent that last 2 days very stiff and sore, trying to stretch when I can and doing payroll.   Doing payroll doesn’t help on the stretching….lol  Tomorrow I plan on doing a walk and Monday back to the gym.

Drew & Sakura already behave as if they own our laps and our attention…….grin  But they got into big trouble today.  They have been messing with our plants.  That is not a good thing.  We usually have some cat grass down, but they have torn through that.  We need to get some.  Alexis & Reggie doesn’t let the kittens bother them that much.   Don’t pay them much mind as they run pass them after each other….lol

I came across 2 stories today that really is a reminder how women are still seen and tried in this world :

Designer’s lawyer: 9 women lied in rape claims

**That is a f*** up argument.

Militants stone to death Somali rape victim, 13 

**I’m totally flabbergasted with horror and anger at this one.

But this one I saw yesterday that had a cool ending :   Bike thief outwitted by Wash. couple, Ore. cops

Current Mood: Amused

Current Mood: Beautiful Day

Well, Purdue lost horribly.  Knew we were going to lose, but this was ugly.  I couldn’t even finish watching it.  =(  It is going to be a very ugly season for us.  At least Penn St won over Michigan…..but it took almost a whole half before Penn St showed up.

We got our election ballot Saturday!  Very cool.  We have been wondering when it would show up.  We had received all of our Oregon Voter’s Guides which is something that I find very useful.  So we spent a few hours researching and voting.  I really like the fact that Oregon does it by mail, gives you time to research it when deciding.  I dropped them off at the Post Office this evening.  So we have done our part…..now we just have to wait for the results.

Torn made his vegetable beef soup that I love.  I had 2 bowls of that aday and it hit the spot.  =)

I was horrible this weekend and didn’t go for a walk.  That is not good….and even though it was chilly, it was still beautiful out.

The cats are doing much better. Reggie and Alexis are allowing the other 2 close to them without getting too close.  Even got a picture of Sakura sleeping next to Reggie’s back.  I don’t think Reggie really knew it……..lol  Drew is the instigator….grin  He is so cute when causing trouble.  We woke up this morning to the kittens right between us and Reggie was between my legs…..neither one of us could move….lol  What is funny is that we never realized how large Alexis & Reggie were until we got the kittens….they are huge when next to them.

I finally got some work done today….I feel like it is a little more under control.  But that will change tomorrow.  I really need to sign us up for insurance tomorrow.  That will be my goal.  I just don’t look forward to all the info that I’m going to have to fill out.

My dad finally got a myspace account.  I’ve been wanting to set him up on that for the instant message system that they use.  I use that one for friends & family only.

We love the fact that Colin Powell endorsed Obama!  That is huge!  And the timing is excellent.

Current Mood: Esctatic & HappyIf you’ve read Torn’s post we now have 2 new members to our family.  In case you didn’t see his post, here are the pictures that he took, including our oldest 2. http://www.tornrose.com/Odds_n_Ends/2008_1015_cats/Alexis.jpg 14 + years/female http://www.tornrose.com/Odds_n_Ends/2008_1015_cats/Reggie_Miller.jpg 13+ years/male http://www.tornrose.com/Odds_n_Ends/2008_1015_cats/Sakura.jpg 4 months/female http://www.tornrose.com/Odds_n_Ends/2008_1015_cats/Drew_Brees.jpg 4 months/male The kittens haven’t really slowed down enough when a camera has been in [...]- [Read more]

Current Mood: Hidding from the World

We spent the week out in Ohio.  Not really happy to be in that part of the country, but love visiting with our friends there, they are great, so it makes up for it.  We stayed our friend’s new place and he has a great new spread.  Torn got a lot of work done with them, since it was a business trip, and we both learned a lot of what has been going on.  Since we are out here in Oregon, we don’t always keep up.  It is always a great learning experience when we visit with them.  Torn is probably going to be out there to visit every few months and I’ll be going with him sometimes.

We really enjoyed visiting with  Trisha Uptown & Brandi Love. They are both really great women and really down to earth.  Which we love.

We now have a Members Only Social Network with a few other sites, like Trisha Uptown & Brandi Love & Raven Riley.  So check it out and create your new profile.  Now I can really get the chance to get to know you.  =)  I spent time filling my profile out and trying to learn it.  I was trying to upload a song but it didn’t take.  =(  I’m going to have to play around with it more.

I spent the last week getting my work done, visiting and playing catch up with everyone.

This weekend was a bust.  I did get all of our stuff unpacked and washed.  I really need to pick up dishwasher soap tomorrow, just used the last of it tonight.  Kind of stressing over the gym tomorrow…..just because I hadn’t done it all last week due to being out of town, but also can’t wait to get back into it.  Felt very strange not to be going.  But I will say it was so kind of nice to eat without counting my calories last week.  Even treated myself to my beloved chocolate sundae with strawberry topping at DQ.  I’m a major DQ addict.

At least a few of my teams won, even though my Purdue was beaten.  =(  Saints & Colts won, my Bears lost. I did get a walk in today and one late last night.  I may need to do more night ones, it was kind of nice.

I’m wondering when did it become a crime to be educated?  Most of our founding fathers were self taught and many of them felt very consious of the fact that they didn’t have “proper schooling”. It was the goal of families to get their kids educated as much as possible.  When did being uneducated made you more of an American?  The Class War Before Palin  I think the GOP as made it so, so the educated rich ones can get away with abusing and using the uneducated.  The less you know, the more they can abuse you.  You are nothing but sheep being lead to slaughter.

Why is everyone surprised that the rheotic of McCain/Palin  is fanning the flames of racism?  Rep. Lewis clarifies controversial remarks about McCain, Palin  Palin enjoys the culture wars (Palin heightens rhetoric on abortion ) and the dirting of people with code words and sneaky smearing.  She is a female Rove….disgusting.  McCain is going to really regret this.  Deep down, I don’t believe he is a racist, I think he is desperate and has sold out.

Can someone explain to me how she can claim that she has been cleared in the report ?  Palin Makes Troopergate Assertions that Are Flatly False ““There was no abuse of authority at all in trying to get Officer Wooten fired,” Palin said.”  Is it me or did she just admit that she abused her position?

Current Mood: Reflective

I’ve kind of been in a funk the last 2 days.  I have no idea why, but just haven’t felt like doing anything….couldn’t even force myself.  It was kind of annoying.

I finally got down to it, grudgingly, today.  Got about 95% of my work caught up.   We did watch Purdue lose to Penn St….which we knew was going to happen, but it won’t have been so bad if our kicker would’ve at least made some of the field goals.  Indy won thankfully.  Hopefully Brees & the Saints do good tomorrow night.

I’ve just been news surfing and given into my politics addiction.   I have been disturbed by the VP debates. It has been rolling around in my head since Thursday.

Palin didn’t have any substance, gave no solutions or plans,  talked in circles, didn’t answer questions and played it “cutesy-woosy”.  ( The Palin Problem  ) She is a disgrace to being a woman going for one of the highest offices in the land.  She is acting like it is a beauty contest and if she smiles just right, she’ll win.  She seems so artifical and fake and it annoys me.  If Clinton tried any of that, she would’ve been roasted by everyone.  But unlike Palin, Clinton actually knows policy and issues.  I want a policy geek, someone who knows the issues in office, not a beauty contestant that doesn’t have a clue.

Biden did really well, came off extremely knowledgeably, kind and presidential.  You could see him holding back just so he didn’t get accused of beating up on a woman.  Which is BS since she was able to do the attacks and he couldn’t truly fight back like he should.  If it was against Clinton, she would’ve been treated like any other office seeker, like it should be.

Then the McBush camp wants to treat us voters like we are idiots.  Trying to distract us with innuendos and lies about Obama’s associations : Will Palin’s Obama-Terrorist Speech Backfire?

Which has some racial overtones.  But of course that isn’t going to stop them lying.  Most people don’t do their research, they don’t have time or access to it for the facts : Fact Check: Is Obama ‘palling around with terrorists’?

I really do like the fact that Obama has called the McBush camp on the lies and even used their advisers words against them since it proved it :  Obama in Asheville to Hit McCain for Adviser’s “Turning a Page on This Financial Crisis” Remark

What very disturbing is an article that we came across : Will Dress Code Affect Your Right To Vote?

Wearing campaign buttons and shirts while voting has always been part of American Politics.  So this really annoys me and worries me on what the slimmy operatives will do to stop people from voting.  It is disgusting.

I thought this was a very good article and example of Obama being able to be friends and work with people with different ways of thinking :  Obama’s Other Pastor This is the man that married Bush’s daughter.

But here is a bit of history on the word Maverick and the family where it came from  :   Who You Callin’ a Maverick?

Current Mood: Amused

Current Mood: Cool

Today was a complete bust on working out for me.  I had only gotten 5hrs of sleep so it really sucked the life out of me.  So I planned on only 15min on the treadmill and then weights.  But we encountered our 1st asshole at the gym and left early.  I did get some of my abs in.  I normally do some more abs in before my shower, but I could barely do them….just felt like crap.

I did some work but I couldn’t get my mind to work, so we laid down for about hour.  I felt so much better afterwards.  I finally got my work done this evening, that was tough….not motivated as much.

I found this interesting article from last President child that actually served in combat, while his dad was in office  : Presidential Children Don’t Belong in Battle 

I read this article the other day and I have been disturbed by it ever since  :  McCain and the POW Cover-up

This man has been responsible for lost of 100s of men by covering it up and treating the families of MIA/POWs like crap.  I can never look at McCain the same again.  What little respect I had left for him has been trambled on.

Watching The Daily Show tonight and Stewart brought up a point that has been bothering me for while…just because some one lives in the city or big town does not mean that they are any less American then someone in a small town in Midwest or Alaska.  I’m getting sick and tired of them saying that they are the “true Americans”  BULLSHIT!  I’ve lived in small towns, big towns, army posts, and on the outskirts of a city…….we are all True Americans.  Living in small towns doesn’t mean you are any better then the rest of us or our experience is any less American, because that is bullshit.  Hello, it was the “city dwellers” of Boston that helped to stand up to the British….New York was the our nation’s capital before DC, the Declaration was written in Philly.  All cities, large for thier time.  It was the ideals of the Enlightment that was started in the cities of Europe that helped to give our founding fathers their ideals and the determination to do what was right.

Small towns have the same issues as cities, just smaller since most people know each other so it is easier to control.  The problem that I have with really small towns, is that unless they have diversity, that you come across a lot more racism.  Is that a True American?

Current Mood: Amused

Current Mood: Beautiful DayI usually enjoy watching Real Time with Bill Maher, but last night was very lacking.  For one he had Nader on there and he keep grandstanding…and commentator Lisa Schiffren really didn’t add a thing.  So it wasn’t the great.  But what really bother me is Maher’s comments about Palin. Now I can’t [...]- [Read more]

Current Mood: Cool

I’ve been doing good on the treadmill, just need to stick around long on the weights.  Hard to motivate on those after 30min on the treadmill…but I need to.  I need to get that burn.  I am getting a burn in my abs.  I’ve increased the weight that I do on the ab machine.  When we get home, I do abs in the bedroom on my mat.  But I need to get the burning in my legs and my arms.  I worked somewhat on my arms today.  So tomorrow I’m going to go after my legs and try to get them burn.  May need to add incline back into the treadmill again, I haven’t been doing them as much been working on adding more distance within 30mins.

I’ve been getting work done, no where as much as I need to.  I really need to add more to the store.  But I’m a political news junky and with what has been going on I have a hard time staying away from news sites even if they haven’t updated.  That and I haven’t been motivated after all I did this past weekend.

This bailout…..I don’t know.  I don’t think they deserve the bail outs…..all this “descision makers” who have played it fast and loose….screw them.  BUT I worry about the rambations that will hit the rest of us if it doesn’t go through.  More about people like our parents….my dad has always been careful with their money and invested it safely….so I worry about that.  I worry about my in-laws pensions hoping that they aren’t at risk.

Then McCain pulling a political stunt….what an ass.  He is not putting “country first”, he must think that we are stupid.  He also doesn’t want to admit that Palin isn’t ready for the debate.

I really like this commentary :  Commentary: Sexist treatment of Palin must end

They point out that she facing sexism, not from the media but from McCain’s campaign.  They are doing the “manly” thing and protecting her from the “big-bad media”.  How much more sexist is that?  She is a poliation and she needs to be treated like every other person running for office.  I’m sick and tired of the special treatment she gets…no questions from the reporters…trying to use the media to show her in a foreign policy environment yet refuse to allow them to be there more then 30secs?  What the hell?

It is so frustrating to read the news sometimes, but I have to know what is going on.  It doesn’t help that I’m addictated to political magazines…The Nation, American Spector, MS, and Bitch and they sometimes highlight the injustices in the world that you know we shouldn’t have.

I need to put away the laundry….I have a huge pile of it….icks.

Current Mood: Surprised

AG: Don’t deport genital mutilation victim

The U.S. attorney general is trying to prevent immigration authorities from sending a Muslim woman to her home country, where she was a victim of female genital mutilation.

In a stinging order overriding federal immigration courts, Mukasey blasted a decision that said a 28-year-old citizen and native of Mali should be expelled “because her genitalia already had been mutilated [so] she had no basis to fear future persecution if returned to her home country.”

Calling the rationale “flawed,” Mukasey sent the case back to the Board of Immigration Appeals with orders to reconsider.

**Holy shit!  I never thought I would see the day that someone in the Bush Administration actually use common sense and call Immigration on one of their many screw ups.  I am just stunned.