I saw a great quote today. It went  something like this:

Love is blind; friends try not to notice.

I think there is some truth in that statement.

I just got my haircut tonight--it looks good. I'm happy with it. Right now the kittens are piled on my lap and purring like little motors. I love that. This is what the kittens looked like when I first got ( Read more... )

My kittens have really been comic relief for me the past couple of weeks. Tonight especially. Scout, the orange and white little boy, has truly been acting like his namesake--always scouting out a new adventure. He knows when I put my sandals or shoes on, to meet me at the front door. He's very curious about what happens after the front door, ( Read more... )

My niece was born today. She is absolutely gorgeous! As I was holding her, I marveled at how much she looks like my sister. She has the same little nose, thick dark brown hair, and face structure as my beloved sister. And perhaps the same ears, though the jury is still out on that. My sister's husband captured a picture of my niece Addison that ( Read more... )

I just read an article from the Guardian about how almost 20 publishers in the UK rejected the works of Jane Austen, minorly adapted, according to the article. The article indicated that only one publisher pointed out that the researcher was submitting proposals for works already published (by Jane Austen ( Read more... )

It's been a rough few weeks without Nala. I counted on him to help me wake up in the morning, as was his custom. He was hungry in the morning, and wanted me to feed him! I've been late to work many days since he was put to sleep ( Read more... )

My cat Nala was 12 years old in April...I adopted him in June of 1995. I have lots of great memories of his sweetness, him licking my arm when I cried about something, and his purrs when I would scratch him behind his ears or under his chin just so. He always loved rubbing his face on feet--anyone's feet. He was truly the sweetest cat ever-- ( Read more... )

I am so excited. I'm driving down to Nashville to visit a very good friend of mine to celebrate my 32nd birthday this weekend. I'm excited about many things, which are ( Read more... )

I keep having this recurring nightmare. At the beginning of the dream, I am riding over a small bridge of some sort, with my maternal grampa, and some other elderly person who refuses to speak. We're going to Muskegon, MI, but nothing looks like Muskegon in this dream. We have to cross over a small creek to get to the place where our family ( Read more... )

I live next door to a park that has a couple of baseball diamonds. I just realized tonight as I sat down at my computer that the games have begun again for the summer. The sounds of cheering and the tings of bats hitting balls are like a relaxing, summery lullaby to me as I drift off to sleep ( Read more... )

My nephew is 2 years old--he is one of the major joys in my life! Every time he sees me, he runs to me and gives me a HUGE hug. I attribute this to the fact that I look very much like his mommy. When he was a baby, he seemed to think it was funny that my sis and I looked so much alike. He would often choose to go to me over anyone else if my sis ( Read more... )