Sad Cat Meow Monday

My cats are on a break this week. I know, aren’t cats always on a break? But we have “Sad Cat Diary” for your cat fix.
Don’t forget to stop by Oreo and Small Town Mommy to see what he’s up to today.

I was so happy to see who we would be featuring as the Lollypop Farm Pet of the Week. Cybil is so friendly and her markings and blue eyes are beautiful. She is a little on the larger side at 18 pounds but that just means there is more to her to love.

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Cybil is a sweet 5 year old Siamese mix with beautiful coloring. She’s in need of a new home to call her own. Come meet her at Lollypop Farm!

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Elle

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Throw Back Thursday

Join up with the Double O Twins for some Throw Back Thursday Fun. Today’s photos are from their trip to see us here in NY. Hard to believe it’s been over a year since they were here. We miss them so much!

In a few weeks, we are going to Disney World to celebrate our 30th anniversary! Here are a few photos of my very first trip to Walt Disney World, the year they opened, 1971. Pretty sure that’s what started my lifelong obsession love for all things Disney.

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Here I am meeting Donald Duck for the very first time. Of course I ran up and kissed him on the beak. I don’t know what that random kid behind Donald Duck wanted, because Donald was all mine. Big shout-out to the woman in the yellow polyester pantsuit. She’s looking groovy!

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This ride is long gone, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. You climbed into a very claustrophobic submarine to see the enchanting underwater world. Enchanting until your sub was attacked by a giant squid. The dead cat at the bottom of the sea wasn’t in the original movie, but disconcerting just the same.

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Here I am riding Dumbo with my brother. What you can’t see is that I’m wearing an outfit that totally matches my brother’s pants. It was the 70′s after all.

Don’t forget to stop on over to Double O Twins to see pictures of the cutest twin boys ever!

Elle

 

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Homework Decoy

J-Man was having a hard time getting his homework done. Jezebel wouldn’t stay off his papers and was attacking his pencil. So we had a great idea, we set out some decoy homework and a pencil.

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As you can see, she totally fell for it. Then this happened and she wasn’t so happy anymore.

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Looks like Snuffy fell for it too.

For more Wordless or Wordful Wednesday fun head over to Stacy Uncorked .

 

Elle

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What the Hell Wednesday

Wednesdays are great for Wordless and Wordful posts, but we decided to go a different route and create our own Wednesday fun. We figured what the hell. That’s how we started What The Hell Wednesday. Who are we kidding? That’s pretty much how we decide on almost everything. If you want to play along, grab our button on the sidebar, link up to us in your post and don’t forget to sign in to the linky below. Really, what the hell?

Stacy

Today I was reading online that they passed new regulations for what visitors can wear to prisons. It said, “No v-necks, no shirts with zippers, no overalls, no see-thru clothing and undergarments must be worn.” What the Hell? Is the lack of undergarments such a problem? I’m guessing it is if they have to put it in a new regulation. Who wouldn’t wear undergarments to a prison? Would you really want to be sitting on those benches and stuff sans undergarments? Besides the other items listed are pretty much common sense. It should just say, “No dressing like a slut, you are visiting a prison, stupid.”

Speaking of what people are wearing. Today I walked to Dunkins’ on my lunch break with my friend. In walks this girl in a black maxi-dress, black fringe sandals, and a bright orange knit hat. Oh and by the way, it was like 80 degrees today. Both my friend and I said, “What the Hell?” at the same time. Did she get dressed and think, “Hmmmm, this outfit needs something, oh I know, my winter bright orange knit hat.” I know it’s NH, but it’s not hunting season anymore, she shouldn’t worry about being mistaken for a deer. I’ve attached a picture below to help with the visual.

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Elle

A couple of weeks ago we had a new mail carrier at work. The very first time she came in she very dramatically threw her arm and upper body into the counter in front of me and said “I can’t believe it, I forgot your mail at the post office! They can deliver it tomorrow.” Then she paused and said “Or I can go get it and bring it back.”

WTH??!! I said that I would like her to get the mail and bring it back.

“What time do you close?”

“5 pm” and it was just a little bit after 12 when she was laying across my counter.

“Oh, I don’t know. I might not make it back in time but I’ll try.”

I said that would be good. She left and was back in less than 20 minutes. Seriously, I was thinking “you have one job, you’re the mail-person.

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Tuesday Randomness

Stacy

Thing 1 is always worried about being on time to school. On Monday he was continually sighing loudly in the backseat. Then he said, “I’m going to be so late for school!” He got to school at 7:27 a.m., school starts at 7:40 a.m.! Usually we get there around 7:10 a.m. but still 7:27 a.m. is hardly late! I would much rather stay in bed a few extra minutes than get somewhere super early……which is probably why he was so “late” to school.

I’ve made it through my first week of classes. Not too bad so far. I think I’m doing a lot better than I did in high school, although that’s not saying much since I really wasn’t interested in high school. The only thing is getting used to the “online” classes. You have to post to discussion boards and then comment on other peoples posts. It shouldn’t really be hard since I sometimes post on our blog (okay maybe rarely lately), but I have to be careful of my sarcasm. Plus some people write a “report” that is 2 sentences. How can I comment on them when they didn’t write enough?

The other day I got a paint sample for the bathroom. I wasn’t too pleased at first with it, but since it’s dried I think I like it. Because our bathroom has a lot of wood molding and trim, there isn’t much wall space that needs painting, so I’m thinking one more paint sample and I should be able to finish painting. That’s a pretty cheap painting project, two paint samples at $2.68 a piece!

Elle

Stacy is soooo crafty.

Last night I saw a new Mother’s Day commercial from K-Mart. The family gives the mom a monkey. The monkey then proceeds to demolish the house. As monkeys do.

Everybody knows not to buy me a monkey. They are downright creepy and I never want to be known as “the woman who contracted a nasty case of monkey pox”. Everywhere I went after that people would say “Remember when she had that nasty case of monkey pox? They had to quarantine the whole neighborhood and everyone had to get anti-monkey pox shots”. You just can’t come back from being the monkey pox girl.

The AC at work is broken. That would be why I’m not freezing and my sweater is making me sweat.

Our trip is coming up fast! I can’t wait to get off the plane in Orlando and take the Magical Express to our hotel. Just the 2 of us.

I thought I’d be all done with my foster kittens today, but the lady adopting the last 2 can’t take them until Friday. So after the little girl is spayed I’ll bring her back to my house and take care of her and her brother for a few more days. At least they’re cute!

Don’t forget to join us for What the Hell Wednesday tomorrow!

Stacy

If it’s Tuesday this must be Random Tuesday Thoughts. Stop by, say hi and see what the Queen of Randomness, Stacy, is up to.

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Meow Monday

It’s Monday and you know what that means. We’re joining Small Town Mommy and Oreo for some fun.

Oreo is such a good sport. He’s always showing up in some new costume putting my cats to shame. They never want to get dressed up.

Today I thought I’d give it another try. I found a silly bandana for Jezebel and tried to put it in her head. As you can see it didn’t go over well and the end result was me bleeding. Sigh, why can’t they be more like Oreo?

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Here is today’s Pet of the Week from Lollypop Farm.

Scrabbles
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Scrabbles is a 3 year old male domestic shorthair. He’s the secret admirer type. When it comes to relationships, he’s very level headed. He doesn’t leap in paws first, if you know what I mean. But, give him a little time and then he’ll shower you with purrs, head butts, and plenty of lap time. In the meantime, you many not see a lot of him but he’ll be thinking about you.

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Counting Buses

J-Man missed the bus this morning. The second time this week. Or maybe the third. I don’t remember.

The first thing he said was “I don’t want to go to school today.” He was very sure of that. We talked about it and he decided that he needed to go to school since he had a big test to take.

Our chance of catching the school bus was getting slimmer and slimmer. He was pokey and a little grumpy.

The bus came and went and I had to drive him to school. I tried to talk to him on the drive, but he would only answer yes and no. I began to worry something was wrong. He had been quiet this week and maybe something was bothering him. I began to imagine what could be wrong. Maybe it was something at school, maybe he was worried about me going away at the end of the month, or maybe he didn’t like me working so much. I just knew something wasn’t right.

We pulled into the school parking lot, my mind filled with questions and wondering how I would find out what was wrong, when he said “Twenty-nine buses. I counted twenty-nine buses on my way to school.”

So nothing is wrong, just my imagination. Why I didn’t remember this is my serious little boy, my deep thinker, I don’t know. He was just counting buses.

Jeff beach

 Elle

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It’s Wednesday? WTH??!!

Wednesdays are great for Wordless and Wordful posts, but we decided to go a different route and create our own Wednesday fun. We figured what the hell. That’s how we started What The Hell Wednesday. Who are we kidding? That’s pretty much how we decide on almost everything. If you want to play along, grab our button on the sidebar, link up to us in your post and don’t forget to sign in to the linky below. Really, what the hell?

Elle

Last night I had an earache. WTH??!! I thought only little kids got earaches and ear infections. It was very painful and there was lots of pressure. Of course I went to Dr. Facebook to complain about my problem. What the hell did we do before Facebook? Two of my Facebook friends left comments letting me know that earaches were common in adults and giving me tips on getting through the night. It seems a bit better but my children always seemed better in the morning and then later in the day the earache would come back. Last month I thought I had a sinus infection and just got through with sudafed. Maybe I should actually go to the real doctor and get my sinuses and ears taken care of especially since we’ll be flying at the end of the month. Too bad my doctor’s office is closed today. I’ll have to see how it is tomorrow and maybe go then, since she’s closed on Fridays too. WTH??!!

Sunday we went grocery shopping and I bought several 2 liter bottles of Diet Pepsi. Monday morning I desperately needed my caffeine fix so I opened one of the bottles. I took a big sip and almost spit it out. It was nasty! I looked at the bottle and the expiration date was 3/12/12!! WTH??!! How does a busy grocery store end up with a bottle of Diet Pepsi that expired over a year ago??!! Ya, that’s going back to the store.

Tonight I saw a want ad in the small local paper that our school district is looking for a “Vice Principle”. Yes, a vice principle. WTH??!! I’m hoping that it was the newspaper’s mistake and wasn’t the fault of the school.

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Meow Monday, Saying Goodbye

It’s still Monday and we still have time to join Oreo from Small Town Mommy on his special day.

A little sad on this Meow Monday. It’s our last night with our fosters. I’ll be bringing them back to Lollypop Farm tomorrow. There is still a chance I’ll have to bring two of them back home with me. The little calico might not be big enough to spay, then I’ll need to bring her and her brother back with me for another week. Okay, it wouldn’t make me too sad to have them a little longer.

Tonight I took a short video of them playing. Yes, they are in my laundry room and that’s why you can hear the washer & dryer in the background. The cuteness more than makes up for the background noise.

Which brings us to our Lollypop Farm Pet of the Week. Well, today it’s Pets of the Week.

Noisel and Little Girl
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Noisel and Little Girl are a bonded pair who came to Lollypop Farm when their owner died. We’d like to have them adopted together since they don’t do well without each other and have already been through a lot. We are offering both cats for the adoption fee of one. Noisel is a 9 year old female tiger and Little Girl is a 5 year old tortie. Neither one was into posing for their photos but they are both lovely girls and we hope you’ll come visit them and maybe take them home!

Noisel

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Little Girl

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Meow Monday

I’m a little late joining Oreo and Anne from Small Town Mommy for Meow Monday. I don’t think they mind.

My cats aren’t as cooperative as Oreo when it comes to photo sessions. I’m lucky to get the picture to be in focus never mind dressing up my cats. One of them gets downright nasty no matter what.

Spring has started to make a few appearances and the open windows are a cat magnet. Jezebel wants to go out in the worst way and lets us know it. We started fostering her when she was 8 weeks old, so her whole experience of living outside was in those first 8 weeks. Apparently she has a long memory and desperately wants to go outside.

Our cat Snuffy goes outside on a harness and leash. He knows he can’t go out unless he’s wearing it.

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She was more than a little annoyed that Snuffy got to go outside and she didn’t.

Mad Jezebel

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Our Lollypop Farm Pet of the Week is still waiting to go home. Do you have room at your house for Comet?

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Comet
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Comet is a 10 year old female domestic shorthair who’s looking for a retirement home. She’s available free of charge to approved adopters, age 60 and over, through our Seniors-for-Seniors program. Come take her home!

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