reflections in the mirror

I should have gotten this posted about an hour ago…but I got upset with something and had to take care of it. Oh well, I am here now

Thirteen random things for Thanksgiving.

1. The list of things for me to do today

Turkey ~ must go into the oven at 10 am @ 325F
Potatos ~ scrub and get into the oven at 1pm
Acorn Squash ~ start working on this at 1:30pm
Stuffing ~ 2:30
Pies ~ cook between 10 am and 12pm

2. I made a really cute decoration…

This first one was a present for my friend

This one I made for our house

3. We have taken in another Foster Kitty. His name is Duke. He is about 2 years old and would make a great pet for a home with adults or older children. He would make a great one cat household, he feels stress when around other cats.



4. This weekend, I will go and get another Foster, Bruno. Here is his listing on Petfinders and his picture…



5. I am going to start doing an Adoption Day at the local Petco. A friend of mine and I will be taking some of our fosters there, with high hopes that they will be able to find a new fur-ever family. If you are considering adding a fur-baby to your household, please visit a No-Kill Shelter, or Petfinder.com

tired of cats yet?

6. During this holiday season, many people get a kitten as a present for their families…I would really like to encourage these people to remember that kittens grow up. If you plan to take a kitten in this time of year, please consider that your playful little kitten will be a cat. Kittens are really cute, but if you intend on dumping the cat off at the local shelter in 6 months…please reconsider. Cats do take work, they can also make wonderful pets.

OK, I’m done

7. I don’t go out of the house on Black Friday. I don’t like malls on a normal day, I am not going on a day when almost everyone is fighting to get “the sales” I do have to go to the mall…but I will go when the kids are in school.

8. I am working on another blanket. This one is for me. I dont have any pictures as of yet, but I will post them when I do

9. I also have not taken any good pictures of the house. I still have boxes and stuff everywhere, which has been my excuse. I will have Hubby take some of the boxes to the basement, so that I will not have them cluttering the dinningroom

10. I cant find my LoTR’s DVD’s!!!!

11. Eldest got her report card last week and she once again made the Honor Roll…ok, she would have if they had the Honor Roll in her school. She is in advanced classes this year, so that makes this report card even more special

12. I really like my “Mulled Cider” candle, it makes this house smell so good. I hope that everyone has a happy, safe, Holiday Season.

13.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Well, moving is always a whole lot of fun. This Thursday, I will list 13 things we are still looking for

1. My watch…havent seen it since the move, and I really miss it

2. Socks collar…somehow he got it off before the move. I was hoping that it was just put in a box and it would turn up, but we havent found it yet

3. The salt and pepper shakers…havent found them yet, and they are missed

4. The kitchen scissors…I really miss them too

5. My disc case…I really want to play Civ3.

6. Some of my candles are missing in action.

7. I am also missing some of my china collection, and some collectable plates

8. The little turn table thing that sits under my laptop and keeps it off the table

9. The de-icer for the pond. I know where it is, I just cant get to in…I think

10. The lemon butter seasoning for the fish…seems silly, but the fish just didnt taste good last night

11. My crochet pattern notebooks. I bought some hand spun wool and I am not sure what I want to do with it yet, having those notebooks would help

12. My slippers…my toes are froze

13. The cord for the pencil sharpener. I am sending pencils to school with the kids to get them sharpened.

oh, and last but not least…my sanity, though I havent seen that in a very long time

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ah…

Once again, I can join the throngs and post a proper Thursday Thirteen. I promised these pictures about a month and a half ago. But the move and other things kept me from getting the pictures.

So, Now I give you…My Thirteen Favorite Horses from Granby, CT’s Giddy up to Granby

1. #2 Reflecting the World

2. #4 State Line Colt

3. #5 Free Spirit

4.#7 Sunrise/Sunset

5. #8 I.P.A.

6. #10 Sparky and Friends

7. #21 Horse of a Different Color

8. #25 SeaHorse

9. #27 Horse-ing around Granby

10. #28 Morning Glory

11. #32 Birches of Eden

12. #39 Mo-Neigh

13. #40 Foaling around Granby

Aaaaand a bonus (cause I couldnt just pick 13)

#22 Run for the Roses

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I was sitting here a few minutes ago, pondering what I was going to do if I posted my TT.

I still havent taken pictures of the house, and I cant do it now, as everyone is sleeping (it is 12:25am).

I havent worked on any craft projects in weeks, due to the move.

The move itself was torture and I am so happy it is over.

I have a strange “bruise” on my arm, everyone who sees it thinks I should be checked for Lyme’s Disease…

This evening, hubby noticed another “bruise” on the back of my arm…

…the same arm, just on the back where I couldnt see it.

I have a Dr appointment tomorrow afternoon, so hopefully I will know something about what is going on soon.

My right hand found a large, wooden, unmovable piece of furnature a couple days ago. The bruise actually got bigger over Tuesday night, so, I will be showing that to the doctor as well

My kitties were given a present my their HuGrandMom. It is a beautiful cat tree, and the cats just love it.

I took some Benadryl a little bit ago, I seems to have a little bit of poison ivy…either that, or I have fleas?!? I am betting on poison ivy as the cats are on Advantage, and there was poison ivy in my garden at the apartment. I had tried to get rid of it several times over the 4 years I lived there, but it always grew back and I would always get a good case of it every year.

I dont know what number I am on…but I cant think of anything else to write. As this is a lousy list, I am not going to count it. I hope (yeah, I know I have said this before) to take pictures of the house for next time…oh well

*Yawn*

Good Night

I am sorry everyone, I am going to take this week off. With moving and running like a chicken..I just dont have time to visit other people, though I would love to see all your posts. I will post next week.

Next weeks theme for my list, will be about the house. Please stop back to take a look next week.

I really dont know what to post today, so here goes my list…

1. Moving has left me exhausted, of course moving a good thing as we have to be out of the apartment by October 1st, exhaused is not.

2. I would post what I moved, or what is left, but I have done so much and still have so much stuff to do.

3. Today it is going to rain, so I will spend much of the time just putting things in boxes, to move on Friday.

4. I was going to take over 2 boxes last night, but I ran out of energy, so I will bring them over this morning, before I take my customary nap.

5. I am running out of room in the basement. Most of the boxes will be empty soon as they are filled with things what we will actually need and/or want.

6. I think I might try to make my sons bed today, he has been asking about it and the box is taking up room

7. I also have a TV stand to put together, today might be a good day to put it together.

8. I hope that my neighbor will be able to keep me company. If she cant, I will bring over a radio. It is nice to have a quiet house, but it is too quiet sometimes. The other day, I went to the house and all the little house noises freaked me out.

9. My nails have really paid a price this move. I am not one of those, who has a fit whenever a nail breaks, but I have one nail with a crease up the center of the nail. This nail decided 2 days ago to split up that nail, which is painful. I couldnt even clip the nail back to stop the split, so it is wrapped with cloth medical tape.

10. I am still not able to watch Animal Planet without starting to cry. Everyone needs to stop dying, or else!

11. My cats are pretty freaked out by the move. They see boxes leaving everyday and I think that they are wondering if they are going too. Of course they are, but they dont know that. Socks checks on me at least once an hour, when I am home, to make sure I still love him. He is sitting onthe back of the couch and nudging my head, kneedng my back, or jumping straight into my lap.

12. I really want this move to be over with. I dont like moving and this one is driving me crazy. Every other move, I have been healthy and ahead of schedule. This one I am scheduling moving around my headaches, and lack of sleep. It is frustrating and I feel like I am falling behind.

13. I did move most of the pictures/lithographs/paintings already. I have even hung a few of them on the walls at the house. Over the fireplace, I have a perfect space for a set of four lithographs, that are in one frame. I havent been able to hang that frame in the apartment, there was just not the right space for it in the apartment

OK, enough with my rambling on for now. Hopefully, next week I will have a better list for everyone.

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I would like ask those visiting to visit my new tenant, Ramblings from the not-so typical Stay at Home Mom. She has a wonderful, funny “Mommy Blog”. I have really enjoyed my visits to her site and I hope that you will too.

Ah, what a week. I have tried to keep to my “schedule”, and though I have not gotten some things done, I have accomplished others. So for todays Thursday Thirteen

What have I moved…

1. Food Storage. We got new shelving for our food storage and I have moved most of the cans to the house

2. My Closet. At the apartment we have walkin closets, which is good, as we do not have any storage. So, getting into my closet, is sometimes an adventure in itself…but this week, I actually found the floor, and the back wall.

3. From Youngest room. Toys. Not all of them, just some to give him something to do, when we are at the house. He has actually been very helpful…though at times his running around the house is a bit much

4. From Eldest’s room. Clothes, books, bookshelves and other non-essential items. I think we have worked out the “cat problem”. As none of my cats can go outside, and the doors will be open most of the day of the move, I have decided that Eldests room should be moved before the actually move date. We will put most everything in her room, leaving the bedding as it is now, so that the cats can be put into the room and the door shut, and they will be able to be left without to much stress.

5. Coat closet. This probably was the easiest part of the move. There isnt much in the closet except the coats, some boots, and tents. This took about an hour and I feel like I actually accomplished something.

6. Holiday decorations. I have boxes and boxes of decorations. At times I have had to find new places to put things after the holidays are over. Some of the stuff is under Youngests bed, some in the laundry room…I am just happy to have it all in one place.

7. Clothes. It is amazing how much clothing we had in our apartment. At this time we have moved about 15 boxes/bags/plastic containers of clothes to the house. At this point we have also brought 11 bags to GoodWill, Salvation Army, and a local church thrift shop.

8. Some craft stuff. I brought at least 5 plastic containers of fabric (I really need to get sewing) Cross-stitch kits, yarn (2 containers, and a bag), and a box of odds and ends.

9. Books. I have a large set of shelves in my current livingroom. I designed them, just for this apartment, which means that they are 8 foot tall (I have 9 foot ceilings at the apartment) and I will not be able to use them in the house, unless I have them “altered” to fit into the house

10. fragile stuff. Today, my goal is to bring over the breakable things that I dont let anyone but myself move. I figure that if I were to drop a box or if something were to break, I can only be mad at myself.

11. Patio chairs and table. I think that it is about time for me to get some of the stuff off the porch, so they will also go over today

12.Junk. We have some stuff that I am not ready to go through yet. Mostly because of the time it would take to go through the stuff. So, it will have to wait till I get settled some more time

13. Lastly, I rewarded myself yesterday. I said that if I moved all the holiday decorations, and the stuff in the coat closet, that I could put together the Dinningroom Table. I now have a room that actually looks like a room

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Todays list was inspired by my newest renter….

13 Favorite Tenants

~~in no particular order~~

Self Proclaimed Super Mom

CodePink of Peoria

Crouching Mommie, Hidden Laundry

Crochet all Day

Have a Great Rest of the Day

MissWeirDone

Pointless Drivel

The Life and Times of Dawn

The Pink Diary

The World According to Aargh

Free Samples!

CandleChic

Mystickal Incense and More

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It has been a slow week here, so I havent anything really exciting.

1. Eldest is away at Girls Camp till tomorrow,

2. Youngest is just enjoying the “dont have to share” time that he has.

3. I havent slept normally in a while and it seems to be getting worse.

4. I really have to get the kitties their dry food…I have put that off for over a week

5. Youngest and I have started reading a Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone together.

6. OK, I am reading it to him, at least he is now old enough to understand it.

7. I have figured out that there is literally nothing on TV…

8. I did figure out the Dragonscale necklace…

9. I made a new anklet…

10. My Youngest and I went to the park tonight, just to get out.

11. I turned off the AC, this evening

12. and opened the windows

13. and I am so happy that everyone is asleep and the house is quiet.

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