Friday Cat Blogging: Rafe

Rafe is doing so much better!!

This is how he looked only a few weeks ago.

Just look at these pretty pink ears!

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In Houston: TS Erin

Today was not a good day to be in Houston!
I have class this week.
I was tempted not to drive in with a tropical storm raging, but the Weather Channel was saying Corpus would be getting the worst of it.
This class cost 300 bucks and felt I could tough out a little rain.

Anyway, the workshop lasted until 12:30. It was held at a hotel out at the airport and when I left, the parking lot was flooded halfway up my tires.
SO...
I waded out to my car.
I Hate wet shoes and socks...YUCK!

Then..
The cars were lined up and the feeder road was pretty deep leaving the parking lot.
Some cars were making it and some were turning around.
I stopped and waited it out for about an hour.
I just got this car paid off and have no interest in drowning it now.

Anyway...
After awhile I followed some cars around in a big circle and made it back up to the freeway and finally home.
finally!

Eye on the Gulf

TS Erin is working her way onto the Texas coast. It looks like our neighbors down in Corpus Christi will be getting most of the weather but it is raining pretty hard here this morning as well.

map from weather.com
click for larger view

We are also watching Hurricane Dean who is way out in the Atlantic somewhere.

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On the Canal: HOT

Friday Cat Blogging: Angel in her Forever Home

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Today is....

National Clean Out the Kitchen Cabinets Day

Thankyou, Rhett

My last post about.....

.....the refrigerator.
I got everything moved from downstairs to up.
Of course both fridges had to be washed out...yuck.
but...
Now both are clean and free of left overs and stuff that we won't eat but we put it in the fridge anyways.
AND I can have beer in two places.
A sense of accomplishment is always nice.

Wordless Wednesday

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Project BabyCats Update

The kittens are now on a waiting list for a Houston adoption program.

They will be checked out and fixed

on the 29th, then up for adoption.

I will have to take them to Pet Smart
every Saturday until they are adopted.

I'm hoping that will not be too many Saturdays
because that sure is a lot of good-byes.

If anyone out there wants a babycat,
please speak up before the 29th because
then adoption fees will apply!

As you can clearly see, they are not any trouble
*crossing fingers behind back*

Happy Dancin'

The fridge is fixed...YEAH!!
I was so happy to hear the ice cubes drop the first time I let out......YES!!!
The cats all spooked and scattered.....ha.

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Just Busy

I'm around ---just busy.

I took a couple of listings and did a lot of weekend showings.
Hopefully my business will be back on track soon.

I am trying to get the kittens into a foster program.
They are getting so big and worry if I continue trying to find homes on my own they will be out of that cute kitten stage and harder to adopt.

Rafe is doing a little better on his new meds and we are finished with his fluids now.
We will be glad when he is back to his old cuddly self, I miss those Meezer kisses.

After many phone calls I got someone to fix our fridge and he is coming out tomorrow.
That will be nice and the warranty is picking it all up...yeah.

Regular blogging will resume when I get caught up.

Work Related: Assistants

Some brokers are so busy they hire assistants to help agents in making the day to day contacts that must be made. I am also busy and make my own calls but this is not about that.

Anyway.
I have a client thinking of bidding on a property and the listing notes provides a website where more information, specific forms and offer instructions should be obtained before presenting an offer to the selling party.
I look all over this site and can not find it.
So I send a quick email, could I get the direct link to this file?

An assistant calls the next day (yup the next day) and cheerfully informs me that I can download these files off the brokers website and gives me the same URL I have been searching.
I explain to her that I have been to the site, but can't seem to locate it there....the reason for the email.

she says:
OH....Are you new to using the computer?

Excuse me?

Well after a short silence I asked again can she just email me the direct link and guess what she could not find the files on that website either.

and,Yes.
I resisted the urge to ask if she was new to being an assistant.

Our Anniversary

Yesterday was our 14th wedding anniversary and we almost forgot!
I don't know if that's good or bad, but we went out for Chinese and those Mai Tais were good.
Very good.

Wordless Wednesday

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I'm so Blonde: and I hear voices too

So it is around 2am and I hear a female voice calling out to me in my peaceful sleep.

The battery is low, the battery is low

John is in the bathroom and annoyed I yell at him
"shut that thing off already or put a battery in it"
What thing he replies... He didn't hear anything talking.

The battery is low, the battery is low.

"That thing!"I say, can't you hear that thing talking?

The battery is low, the battery is low.

Well finally he does hear it and I am glad I am not crazy but heck if we could figure out what in our house talks that has low batteries.

After ruling out the cameras, phones, alarm clocks and even the sleep apnea machine, the talking thing gives up her warnings and we went back to sleep.

The next day John looks up at the smoke alarm..maybe?
I pushed the test button and guess what??
The battery is low!
How was I supposed to know the damn thing can talk?

Now where did I put those batteries??

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My Birthday and The Game

Thanks everyone for your birthday greetings. I spent most of the weekend pouting about pushing *gasp* 50.
Gosh it hurts just typing it.

The Astros game was fun, even if we lost.
The people 2 rows in front were so drunk they could not function and that provided some entertainment until the jerks bought out the beer vendor of his 7 dollar Bud Lights before he could get to me..argh!

It was Christmas in July and they gave aways some Astros Santa Hats, one of which has already been shredded by one or more of our resident Kitten Clauses......hohoNo bad kitty.
I can't leave anything out.

They photoshopped the players into Santa on the Jumbo Tron as they came up to bat and that was pretty cute.
They did the Padre players like Rudolph with red noses and that was a little rude-- but funny.

There were supposed to be fireworks and I was looking forward to that but it was cancelled due to the rain.
At least games can not be rained out here.
We play baseball inside in Houston.

All in all it was a good day...for a birthday I mean.

It's My Birthday

My good friend Anni left me this card at her blog and
I have several Ecards in my Inbox
Thanks!!

I am working this morning,
then we have tickets to the Astros/Padres tonight.
Should be a good day!

Friday Cat Blogging: Brotherly Love

Email Rafe@heckyeah.net if you would like to adopt
Jack, Sawyer or Charlie.
We are in the Houston area, but would be
willing to travel a few hours if a good home is found.

They are 4 months old now.

In other news.....

EveryKitty has been to the vet this week!

Rafe's condition has worsened.
He has an infection and the lesions are still forming.
We are treating him at home with antibiotics and fluids.
He seems a little better this morning.

*crossing fingers*

Every OTHER kitty went in to get treated for earmites...yuck.
Everycat got weighed and checked over.

RicoLoco weighed 12 and a half pounds,
OINK

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RoadTrip: Last Day

Fort PigSty, Alabama to home
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We got up early for the drive home.
We didn't think we could make it all the way but pushed hard and
got home around 8pm.

It was nice to sit on the porch with a beer
and be surrounded by kitty cats.

Now I have to buckle down and sell some homes!
Thanks everyone who stopped by.

total miles: 3515.2

Road Trip: Day Nine

Mount Jackson, VA to Fort Payne, AL
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No pictures today just driving.
We got pretty tired and trying to avoid the higher
prices went off road to the Fort Payne Inn.
It looked kind of old, but the price was good so got the room.

Well, they say you get what you pay for...not true
this place was really gross.
I should have gone right back in and
demanded a refund but we just did not feel
like movin' on down the road and figured
we could handle it for a few hours sleep.

I went looking for a pen and paper and
wouldn't you know if found an old
piece of pizza in a drawer....YUCK!

From now on we will remember Ft Payne as Ft Pain,
or maybe Ft PigSty..ha.

total miles: 2746.7

Road Trip: Day Nine and Ten

The last hotel was nasty and had no internet so I got behind, but will update tomorrow.
We are home safe and sound and really tired.

Road Trip: Day Eight

The Kids house in NJ to Mount Jackson, VA

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We had had a geat visit with the kids, even if too darn short.

I know these girls will be a LOT bigger next time we see them.

We drove pretty hard, but got really tired around 5pm and started
Looking for a room that takes my roomsaver coupons.

It was good we started looking early because a couple of
hotels said they are out of coupon rooms and wanted to
charge us double the price.

We ended up in Mt Jackson, VA

We found this Civil War Cemetary while looking
around for a place to eat.

(Click for larger view)

We will head out in the early AM

Total Miles: 2200.1

Road Trip: Day Seven

some pictures from the Bronx Zoo

Next time I am frustated driving in Houston,
I will remember the drive into to the city to see the zoo!
We are heading out this morning for the trip home.

It will be hard to say goodbye.

Road Trip:Day Six

We just took it easy today and played with the girls

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Jaeley looks just like her sisters

Lezley is so cute and funny, she has an answer

for everything!

Gelsey is has gotten so tall and grown up

No miles today

Road Trip: Day Five

Gettysburg, PA to The Kids House, NJ
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We goofed around in Gettysburg most of the day.

Site of the Gettysburg Address

We purchased a CD that has an Auto tour of the

battelfield sites. It was really interesting.

Then we headed up to NJ and made it to the kids house
after getting lost on the NJ Turnpike for about an hour.

One thing we discovered about NJ is the freeway signs

are not visitor friendly...nope!

Total Miles: 1828.5

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Road Trip: Day Four

Bristol, VA to Gettysburg, PA

4 states

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So we left Bristol early in the AM and could not have

special ordered a more beautiful day.

The day and scenery was picture perfect.

We took a jog off the freeway to visit the

Wolf Creek Indian Village.

Once again we are the only tourists attending and

get a private tour.

This is Gayle, one Indian Guides that hang out there.
I doubt he is a real Indian but he gave an

interesting talk about tanning hides.
ewww

John checks out one of the huts

And I went wading in Wolf Creek.
You know I am going to put my feet in the water.

We spent the afternoon on the road and it was easy to see
that you do not speed in VA. There are cops Everywhere!

Even so, John trusted me to drive for awhile and I got to
drive in 4 states in one hour!
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvannia!

After we got to PA, we looked at the map and John realized that
Gettysburg is not so far off our trail so that's where we ended up.


This is the Gettysburg Hotel
We are not staying here.
We have a $49 room up on the

freeway. It's really pretty though.

We ran across Mr. Lincoln in Union Square.

I had my map ready, but
he did not appear to need help with his address.

We are going to kick around here tomorrow, then head up to

NJ our final destination.

I'm not sure what time we will arrive.

There is a LOT for John to read here!

Total Miles: 1579.4