Wow! well now that I have a few minutes to write let me sum up the last month and a bit
My car I have to say, I love Roxy (her name). She's the greatest little car ever! Lots of spunk, and attitude, but she's 16 yrs old, and well... having some difficulties in her twilight years. The week after I got her, some fuel intake thingy went and she went into the garage... A few weeks after that, just after an oil change, the oil pan rusted o back to the garage, then a week after that... grey smoke started pouring out of both ends of the car and it was over heating... Why? Well some gasket blew and the engine needed to be taken apart, and flushed (Several times) 'cause the coolant was getting sucked into places it shouldn't go and was mixing with the oil... and yada yada yada... back to the fucking garage... Needless to say, I had to give up certain luxuries, like SG for a few weeks until I had paid off my credit cards... BUT she's back on the road and doing quite well... She's getting new tires soon 'cause she deserves new shoes after everything she's been through... AND she'll be sporting a new SG decal as soon as it's dry out, and I remember to grab one of my stickers!
IN OTHER NEWS... An ultimatum from my Ex-Wife...
So I get an email from my friend Sarah, written in a very subdued tone telling me that my X had asked her to speak to me. The problem, one of OUR cats that she has been caring for was pissing and shitting "all over the house" and with the birth of her (My X's) 4th and (hopefully) final spawn she was either going to send poor Claudia (the cat) to the Humane Society, or have her put down unless I took her. I TOOK HER OF COURSE!!!! My sweet little Claudia couldn't spend her old age in a home! Or be put to death 'cause she's having some trouble... I asked about her health and why she was having bathroom trouble... Turns out, it wasn't an old age problem, it was that my X and her husband (my former friend, adulterer, and DJ at our wedding) had allowed poor miss Claudia to become so morbidly obese that she was no longer able to climb down the stairs to the basement (Where they kept her rarely cleaned litter - Sarah said there house smells like cat piss). So she was pooping in corners. She's 12yrs old, and weighs in at around 26lbs. When I saw her for the first time in 8yrs I almost didn't recognize her, or that she was even a cat, it made me a little sad... When I reluctantly let the cats go to live with my X Claudia was a little round at 16lbs... But she's double that! Needless to say we were at the Vet that same week, and she is now on a new prescription diet, and we are working at getting her weight down so she doesn't develop any other health problems. It's very nice to have her back... She's so sweet and beautiful... The girls (Willow and Ash) haven't adjusted to her yet, but it's only been 3 wks. But she's already lost some weight, she runs up and down the stairs to my roommates room, and has only had a couple of accidents (because I forgot to clean the litter). She sleeps at the foot of my bed, and purrs the second you look at her...
Miss Claudia
Her fatness... She's so spherical and sweet...
What else... I celebrated 7 wonderful months with my saucy lady friend last week! At Thanksgiving we went to Ajax and I met her ENTIRE family!!!! Cousins, aunts, uncles, brothers, father, step mother... We went apple picking with her Dad, which was way fun, and I even survived the 3 hours she left me alone while she went off to pick up her youngest brother... Easy-peasy!
We (me and my sisters boyfriend) finally finished the Reno of my Mom's kitchen! Thank the gods! My blisters had blisters... It looks amazing! (not to toot my own horn - I just held things in place and snapped chalk lines mostly). So my Mom has moved onto the living room... New couches on the way... I won't complain, because I'm getting there old stuff which is gorgeous, but Monday before work, I'm slugging furniture...
1/2 through the project... lower cabinets are in...
The end result!
Work is going well. Very busy and we're just starting some Renovations here now, so I'll be working some weekends, and slogging furniture all over the place. BUT its all good. They are paying for my MCSA certification and my A+ and Network+ stuff too. And because we just became a Rogers dealer, I will be getting a bunch of technical training for Rogers Wireless and Blackberry etc... Today we had our Hallowe'en (Samhain) Potluck... I brought Kitty Litter Cake, made with the assistance of my talented lady friend. It was a hit! But a number of people told me they just couldn't bring themselves to eat it... If you want the recipe let me know! I made a PDF of it so I can email it to you...
So much fun to make!!!!!!
What else... I have to say, I've missed being on SG! So many fun things going on! SG on CSI:NY!!!!! Tooooooooooooooooooo fun! And it was a good episode! Nixon rocks!
SO WHAT IS EVERYONE DOING FOR HALLOWE'EN???? CTO on Sunday????? Anyone???? I'm going as the "Naughty" Professor...
Anyway, this is way long... Hope you're all doing REALLY well and the universe has been treating you right... I promise to message everyone once I've caught up on your journals...
Peace!
- Z
My car I have to say, I love Roxy (her name). She's the greatest little car ever! Lots of spunk, and attitude, but she's 16 yrs old, and well... having some difficulties in her twilight years. The week after I got her, some fuel intake thingy went and she went into the garage... A few weeks after that, just after an oil change, the oil pan rusted o back to the garage, then a week after that... grey smoke started pouring out of both ends of the car and it was over heating... Why? Well some gasket blew and the engine needed to be taken apart, and flushed (Several times) 'cause the coolant was getting sucked into places it shouldn't go and was mixing with the oil... and yada yada yada... back to the fucking garage... Needless to say, I had to give up certain luxuries, like SG for a few weeks until I had paid off my credit cards... BUT she's back on the road and doing quite well... She's getting new tires soon 'cause she deserves new shoes after everything she's been through... AND she'll be sporting a new SG decal as soon as it's dry out, and I remember to grab one of my stickers!
IN OTHER NEWS... An ultimatum from my Ex-Wife...
So I get an email from my friend Sarah, written in a very subdued tone telling me that my X had asked her to speak to me. The problem, one of OUR cats that she has been caring for was pissing and shitting "all over the house" and with the birth of her (My X's) 4th and (hopefully) final spawn she was either going to send poor Claudia (the cat) to the Humane Society, or have her put down unless I took her. I TOOK HER OF COURSE!!!! My sweet little Claudia couldn't spend her old age in a home! Or be put to death 'cause she's having some trouble... I asked about her health and why she was having bathroom trouble... Turns out, it wasn't an old age problem, it was that my X and her husband (my former friend, adulterer, and DJ at our wedding) had allowed poor miss Claudia to become so morbidly obese that she was no longer able to climb down the stairs to the basement (Where they kept her rarely cleaned litter - Sarah said there house smells like cat piss). So she was pooping in corners. She's 12yrs old, and weighs in at around 26lbs. When I saw her for the first time in 8yrs I almost didn't recognize her, or that she was even a cat, it made me a little sad... When I reluctantly let the cats go to live with my X Claudia was a little round at 16lbs... But she's double that! Needless to say we were at the Vet that same week, and she is now on a new prescription diet, and we are working at getting her weight down so she doesn't develop any other health problems. It's very nice to have her back... She's so sweet and beautiful... The girls (Willow and Ash) haven't adjusted to her yet, but it's only been 3 wks. But she's already lost some weight, she runs up and down the stairs to my roommates room, and has only had a couple of accidents (because I forgot to clean the litter). She sleeps at the foot of my bed, and purrs the second you look at her...
Miss Claudia
Her fatness... She's so spherical and sweet...
What else... I celebrated 7 wonderful months with my saucy lady friend last week! At Thanksgiving we went to Ajax and I met her ENTIRE family!!!! Cousins, aunts, uncles, brothers, father, step mother... We went apple picking with her Dad, which was way fun, and I even survived the 3 hours she left me alone while she went off to pick up her youngest brother... Easy-peasy!
We (me and my sisters boyfriend) finally finished the Reno of my Mom's kitchen! Thank the gods! My blisters had blisters... It looks amazing! (not to toot my own horn - I just held things in place and snapped chalk lines mostly). So my Mom has moved onto the living room... New couches on the way... I won't complain, because I'm getting there old stuff which is gorgeous, but Monday before work, I'm slugging furniture...
1/2 through the project... lower cabinets are in...
The end result!
Work is going well. Very busy and we're just starting some Renovations here now, so I'll be working some weekends, and slogging furniture all over the place. BUT its all good. They are paying for my MCSA certification and my A+ and Network+ stuff too. And because we just became a Rogers dealer, I will be getting a bunch of technical training for Rogers Wireless and Blackberry etc... Today we had our Hallowe'en (Samhain) Potluck... I brought Kitty Litter Cake, made with the assistance of my talented lady friend. It was a hit! But a number of people told me they just couldn't bring themselves to eat it... If you want the recipe let me know! I made a PDF of it so I can email it to you...
So much fun to make!!!!!!
What else... I have to say, I've missed being on SG! So many fun things going on! SG on CSI:NY!!!!! Tooooooooooooooooooo fun! And it was a good episode! Nixon rocks!
SO WHAT IS EVERYONE DOING FOR HALLOWE'EN???? CTO on Sunday????? Anyone???? I'm going as the "Naughty" Professor...
Anyway, this is way long... Hope you're all doing REALLY well and the universe has been treating you right... I promise to message everyone once I've caught up on your journals...
Peace!
- Z
I will write more later. Gotta fly!
That cake is so disturbing. I Love it! When I read your journal entry I was eating and before I realizes it was a cake it made me gag a little, thinking, awww, poor kitty, and just ewwww. (Your mentioing of the ex not cleaning her litter box) and that coupled with the thought of it being a cake and edible. Made me gag even more. That's just too cool. What an awesome party food!
The reno looks nice! I love renovating....well, starting it anyway, and then halfway through I'm always thinking, "God when will this shite be finished? Why did I start it anyway? Gah!" - usually after I've smacked my finger with a hammer that is.
I'm glad you're doing well, the car is behaving, yer kitty is safe, etc.....
Good to have you back!