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It's my friend, mishta rat!
At the end of a long, tiring day, this is just what I wanted to find in my toilet. It was either a small / young rat or a big mouse. My initial reaction was to blink at it (as I was tired), do a double take, and then back away before shouting "Oh My Gawd!"
( To see a picture of the poor little vermin open the entry. It died in a rather creepy position. ) -
Wookies are natural drummers
This song, "Crazy", is catchy and is now one of my guilty pleasures. You all must see the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrLuSUmYJW8 -
Grouse Grind in 54 min.
Today I did the Grouse Grind in 54 minutes. That's a new record time for me! Beat my time last week by 5 minutes. Yeehaw!
If anyone wants to come with e_lotus and I, we are making the Grind a weekly habit. More suckers... errr... brave souls welcome. -
R.I.P. Grandma MacGregor
Today my only remaining grandparent, Thelma Jean MacGregor, died. She was in her late 80s. My Mom entered the hospital room just before she stopped breathing. She had seen Grandma in her last conscious hours the day before ( Read more... ) -
Cursed Monday
This past Monday is a prime example of why Mondays will do down in history as the suckiest day of the week ( Read more... ) -
Bye bye Week-o-pain
Last week was terrible. Sunday was idyllic! Fall will be pretty spiffy, I thought. Until I started to get a dry scratchy feeling at the back of my throat. I didn't think much of it initially because I'd inhaled a lung-full of aerosol air freshener in the mid-afternoon. That itch developed into a monster sore throat (so much for the anti- ( Read more... ) -
Where'd Summer Go?
Time has flown like a metal clock out of a window and now summer is at a close ( Read more... ) -
Love and Marriage
This is not about love. This is, however, about marriage. What does marriage mean to our generation? What does marriage mean to you? Is marriage forever ( Read more... ) -
Life, stage, players and too much fretting
Life is a stage and we're its poor players. This would be fine except for all of the fretting, anxiety, confusion, hatred, lies and stupidity ( Read more... ) -
The skinny on being skinny
This topic is nothing new. Western culture has been idolizing the skinny body image for well over 20 years. Do you remember Twiggy? I don't, but I was not born the decade she gained widespread fame, the 70s. For those interested see: http://www.swinginchicks.com/twiggy.htmRead more... )