Just Like a Cat

"Would the animal that got into the paint pan please raise your hand!"

Thanks for being honsest Mina.

Quote du Jour

I kept thinking to myself, "I need to blog- but, what to blog!?" Finally I tripped over a quote over on Michelle's FB profile that spoke to me and I knew I had to blog it.

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ~Anais Nin

Nothing like a thought provoking/inspirational quote to end a hectic week. Bon week-end tout le monde!

Do You Know What a Psoas Muscle Is?

Sorry for the anatomy lesson there, I had a hard time finding a bigger pic- but the Psoas major is what I'm talking about.

So adding to my list of 'how did you get that?' bizarre-like injuries I can now add a strained psoas muscle. It's not a major ordeal, for the most part. I'm uncomfortable at the worst. It's difficult to sit for long periods of time, can't really workout, those kind of things. At least laying on the couch, ice packs, and a whole lotta nothing does a world of good!

How did I do this? I'll spare you all the nitty-gritty details, as there are none. I simply thought I could lift Louie up on the porch when he got interested in sniffing something in the front flower bed. Little did I think (well I didn't think at all really) about how much Louie could weigh at this point and how it may not be wise to test how well I could withstand hoisting a dog who easily weighs half if not more than half of my weight. Yes, I do have serious blond moments now and then.

You may now laugh at me and roll your eyes.

Now for Something Completly Different!

I try not to get political in my blog as that's not what I want it to be centered around. However, I will say I have been really disturbed (not to mention confused) by some of the over-the-top reactions, conspiracy theories, and sometimes rediculous and bizarre accusations over Pres. Obama'a speech to school children has caused. I know he's a socialist commie nazi, but just imagine how much internal strife goes on inside him trying to balance all three completely disparent political philosphy and still find time to be a secret muslim. :-P (please note that last statement is ALL sarcasm)

So... here is a vid from YouTube. The clip has been used before to saterize different things, but it doesn't stop its hilarity as political satire for this particular situation.

Enjoy!

We Have a What?!

My roomie's parents came down from Iowa this holiday weekend for a brief visit. We've been having little house problems here and there, so, her folks swung by the house to look at them. Her father inspected a couple of places and told us what was up and what we needed to do. He also took a closer look at the massive tree in our front yard and declared it to be a pecan tree. Of course, I googled it, compared the leaves (which you don't see in the pic) and the green 'pods' (my term) in it and sure enough we do!

Now we get to figure out if we want to collect pecans or not. And then if we do what to cook? I know there's the classics such as pecan pie and sugar coated pecans. Is there anything else I'm not thinking of?

Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programing

Louie missed you! Sorry about the old picture, but, I left my camera at a friends house last night. Whoops!

The cable guy came on time yesterday to set up our internet! Not to brag, but, I'm impressed that I greeted him at the door sans make-up, coffee, and food and I still managed to smile. Jon set up the wireless router which my roommate and I named "TU Blondes" as an hommage to our alma mater. I have spent the last 24 hours catching up with blogs, checking out websites, and gaining a sense of connection to the world outside. Yes, it feels REALLY good!

My roommie and I split our bills up. Rather than keep track of specific amounts to pay one another for bills we take care of individual bills (me- water, electricity for example) and only worry about evenly splitting the cost of rent. Less stress and hassle we figured. Well, my roommate was incharge of cable and the internet. After much wrestling back and forth (what really went on I don't exactly know) she decided to switch to satellite service. Fine by me, as long as I get more the four channels to watch! The only problem is she canceled the internet, again why I don't know, as well and we ended up using someone else's wireless network which had the same name as ours. All was well until, obviously, a month ago when that wireless netwok we were using started having massive issues. Finally after some interogation she fessed up. Okay, fine, whatever let's just get the internet back.

My roommie did some online research at work and came up with one price from one service. Uhh... that's really not shopping around in my book and I was beginning to get a wee bit cranky about it all. Here I was unable to research myself, needing to be online for work, only able to get on inbetween lessons at the studio, and day by day getting more and more agitated that my roommate who has constant access to the internet at work isn't pulling her weight. Finally after going back and forth for a couple of weeks with her Jon did some research- actual good research with prices from a couple of providers and their respective speeds, costs, etc. I told my roommate I would put it all in my name and deal with it (but we were splitting the cost on this). She agreed and in no time I was signed up and a couple of days after that the cable guy came.

Moral of the story: Always stay in the loop with bills for services even if you aren't directly responsible for them.

Coming Soon...

I took control and internet service is scheduled to be up and running at ma maison this Friday or Saturday. I am practically shaking with joy and anticipation.

I have so much to tell... I have no idea where to begin. The dogs ate ant poison (but, are okay- my heart is another story); Jon and I went through a rough stage, but, all has settled down; I got a professional massage for the first time and have decided that wars would never begin if we all got slathered in oil and rubbed down; my new position is crazy, but, awesome; and oh so much more.

I can't wait to be back here on a regular basis. I hope you all are well and please know that I've miss you all very much!!

'See' you soon!!