Tummy Tuesday: Rico

Poor Baby Trouble!
He wants to be friends with Rico so bad
But...

Rico just ignores him

It's Tummy Tuesday
every Tuesday
at LisaViolet's Diary

Shopping: Midnight Box

Midnight Box will be unveiling the new improved website tomorrow and promises to have 3 daily deals instead of only one. Sounds cool.
http://www.midnightbox.com/

Wordless Wednesday

http://www.wordlesswednesday.com/
The Friday Ark

Wordless Wednesday

http://www.wordlesswednesday.com/

Game Day!

Friday Cat Blogging: Got MILK??

Baby Trouble has boarded The Friday Ark and
don't miss this weeks Carnival of the Cats hosted this Sunday
at When Cats Attack

Here comes Trouble, day 14

The baby is doing well and has started eating some solid
food from a baby spoon. He is getting bigger every day!

Baby Trouble will be checking out
the Carnival of Cats hosted this
Sunday by Meowza

See you there!

Friday Cat Blogging

The Friday Ark

Work Related: Huh?

We have this button on our website.
"ask a question about this property"
so...
This chick clicks the button and types the following in the question window.
"how soon do the sellers want to close we are not moving until May of 2010"

Well, gee lady..most likely if the house is on the market now they are planning on moving
this year but gee, let me just ask them if they want to get tied up in a 9 month escrow with you not knowing even if you will be qualified to buy a house in May of 2010.

not

Wordless Wednesday

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Tiny Trouble Tummy Tuesday

Tough week for the baby cat with 2 visits to the vet.
He's had an enema, a shot and worm medicine too
The good news is
He is gaining weight.
He is up to a whopping 11 oz now
so far so good.

It's Tummy Tuesday
every Tuesday
at LisaViolet's Diary

Wordless Wednesday

http://www.wordlesswednesday.com/

Work Related: Your Mom Called

So over the weekend this WannaBe Investor tells me he wants to make a cash offer on a foreclosure.
OK, that's fine but then he says he wants to offer 20K on a 50K property.
Clearly he has been watching too much late night TV.

I explain that foreclosures are already marked low to attract attention, very competitive right now and very often go over list price.
Unless he wants to make a serious offer, I can't help him.

Then...yesterday afternoon I get a phone call.
From his Mom.
Why won't I work with her son?

Are you freaking kidding me?

Here comes Trouble, day 5

The babycat seems strong and alert but
not gaining weight.
I'm trying to up his food intake.

Keep purring!

Tummy Tuesday Twofur

Rico and Sawyer

It's Tummy Tuesday
every Tuesday
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Here Comes Trouble: Day 3

This baby will be needing a home in a few weeks. We are in the Houston area.
Email rafe@heckyeah.net

Baby Trouble will be checking out the carnival of Cats this evening
hosted at Mind of Mog

See you there!

Here comes Trouble, day 2

So far so good, the baby seems to be nursing well, eliminating on cue
and sleeps deeply in between

Just for size comparison.
6 oz cat, 12 oz beer

Keep those purrs and prayers coming!!!

Look What Followed Me Home From Work Today!

OK, it didn't exactly follow me but it did need me.

I found her at an abandoned house.

I thought surely the Momcat would be back for her but

I went back after I finished with my clients and she

was just lying out in the hot sun.

I wanted to give Mom more time but when I picked the baby up

her fur felt as hot as if I had bare handed a baked potato.

Of COURSE this is a holiday weekend, but I am hoping
to get her into rescue first thing next week.

Just say a prayer I can keep her going that long.

Friday Cat Blogging: Kate

Princess KatieDon't will be boarding The Friday Ark
See you there!

Topsy Turvey Sucks Continued

I'm sure it is hard to tell in this picture but
Topsy continues to grow UP and now Down
even though it appears to be pretty much dead.

The potted plants do not look much better.
The heat is really taking it's toll.

(click for larger view)

On a positive side, we have harvested one
rather odd looking cuke

Yes, I said one.

Wordless Wednesday

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Tummy Tuesday: Sawyer

I'm not sure what he is doing, but the tummy is

showing so there you go.

It's Tummy Tuesday
every Tuesday
atLisaViolet's Diary

Happy Father's Day to the Dad's I Love

My Dad

My Son

My Brother

My Hubby

Happy Father's Day

Bad Kitty

So Charlie walks by me this morning and I notice a small sticker stuck securely in his fur.

It says:
warranty voided if removed
Now....
I'm pretty sure stray cats do NOT come with warranties.

Bad Kitty.

In Houston: Terra Cotta Warriors

We are going to go see this exhibit today at the Houston Museum of Science.
The tickets are a little pricey, but John really wants to go see this interesting piece of history.
Should be fun.

Exhibit Information


Update: it was interesting but we wish there had
been more there. Even if it was just pots and arrowheads or
something. It took only 40 minutes to go through
even with John reading everything.
Even so if you enjoy history and seeing things that
have survied BC, this is worth the ticket.

Work Related: ALL CAPS

Working for a web based company obviously a huge part of my business involves email.

A couple of things get on my nerves when attempting to do business this way.

One would be the tendency for grown people to use U instead of You and 2 instead of too.
This is just stupid. Save it for texts.

The other would be...
TYPING LONG RUN ON SENTENCES THAT RUN INTO LONG PARAGRAPHS THAT ARE VERY MUNDANE IN CONTENT AND VERY HARD TO READ AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT THEY ARE TYPED IN ALL CAPS.

This afternoon I am reading one of this tedious emails and at the very end the guy says.

PS SORRY ABOUT THE ALL CAPS

People are so weird.

On The Island: A Seawall Icon Rebuilds

Pre Ike

Post Ike

Rebirth

Murdock's Boat House and Balinese Room

In Houston: Name That Pup

The newest arrival at the Houston Zoo is an 11 month old sea lion. He’s not ready for his close up just yet, but he’ll be joining Deano, Cali and Kamia at the McGovern Mammal Marina soon.

There is only one problem...he needs a name!

VOTE HERE

Houston Zoo

Work Related: Just Venting

I drove all over Houston this weekend just for people to waste my time.

I had buyers that let it slip that they are already working with another agent (she is out of town this weekend) I guess they just needed a tour guide. How nice of me to oblige.

I had buyers that lied about having a mortgage together (Dad "might" buy them a house if they find a cheap one) OK kids...next time Dad better be in the car with you then.

Two clients canceled AFTER I had already driven to the property.
And what time DID you realize you had better things to do?
because....gosh--maybe I had better things to do as well!
and
One client did not show up to the appointment all.
YUP....he stood me up completely after being in a panic to make an offer before the property sells to someone else.
In fact....I had to move one of the liars to another time to accommodate him.

WHATever

On The Canal: Babies!

(click for short video)

Friday Cat Dog Blogging: Our GrandPuppy Kendall Hart

Kendall has boarded The Friday Ark

Family Plug

John's niece Destiny and her husband Chris and 3 kiddos plus his brother Jimmy with his grands

Hurricane Season Begins Quietly

The season this year is predicted to be "average"

Of course
if a monster like this one is headed to YOUR house
statistics truly have no relevance.

Hurricane Ike

Galveston is moving along nicely but has a long way to go.
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As far as our own recovery efforts,
"The Cantina" is pretty much on hold due to lack of funds
but I did make some cute curtains out of a Mexican blanket.
I had enough to do both windows and

was able to use the existing the fringe from each end of the piece.

We will checking here daily for the next 6 months
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Here we go!

Work Related: Adventures in Foreclosures

I was working with a newbie investor this morning and the first house we went into had a dead rat on the kitchen counter.

Now please understand it was not just lying there dead.
Someone had posed it like it was about to jump at you.

What is kinda funny is that I had told my buyer only yesterday --even before we made these appointments-- that buying foreclosures are not for the faint hearted.

Luckily we did not faint.

but...
Ick.

Friday Cat Blogging: Lizzard 1 RicoLoco 0

The Friday Ark

The Carnival of Cats

Plants Gone Wild

So we got back from OK and the plants had gone nuts!

Topsy is going sideways now and attempting some bloomage.

Jalepeno is growing too, maybe one or two more days!

Cukes are not blooming yet but spreading out

And how cool is this?
Our first tomato (from the potted plant) and

a banana pepper bonus

They were both YUMMY!

Old Hall Cemetery, Lewisville TX

Historical Marker Text:
In the 1840's the Republic of Texas government granted colonization contracts to people who would advertise and bring new settlers to Texas. The Peters Colony, led by W. S. Peters, was located in North Texas and included the area later known as Denton County. In 1844 families began arriving in this area, including those of John and James Holford of Missouri. The place where the Holford families settled, on the prairie west of Big Spring Creek (Big Elm), became known as Holford Prairie. By 1855 a two-story building was constructed for use as a community meeting place. Referred to as Holford Prairie Hall, it housed a Masonic Lodge on the second floor, and the first floor was used for school and church purposes. This cemetery, situated next to the lodge building, became known as Old Hall Cemetery. The earliest graves date to the 1850s and include many infants and children. According to local oral tradition, the first burial may have been that of a man who died as his family was traveling through the area. The cemetery contains over one hundred twenty-five burials from the nineteenth century.