RIP Artemis

Well, we are officially one less family member.  Last night while coming home from a Fire Department meeting I got a text from my niece who was about a mile ahead of me on the road to tell me that we had a kitten on the road in front of my house.  As I got closer to the house I prayed that it was the hussy momma cat not one of the teenage kittens.  Of course my prayers went unanswered.  It was Artemis, my favorite kitten.  She was a great mouser.  I even brought her into the house one night to get a mouse that I saw go under the couch.  She caught it right away and was so proud of herself.  She was purring and cuddling as I carried her back outside. 

So we are down to one hussy momma cat with an attitude and Apollo the other teenage kitty.  Momma just had kittens so I guess I better find them too.  I should bring the new kittens up to the house for Kara to play with.  She tamed the other batch of kittens so well.  She carried them around and they even got to go for rides in her Barbie Jeep to "Walmart".

RIP Artemis, I will miss you!

Blah!

So, here it is Monday.  No, wait I think it is Tuesday! Yep definetly Tuesday.  I bought a new DVD today so it has to be Tuesday.  As you can tell all of my days run together.  I am sitting at the computer trying to get away from Bejewled Blitz and failing.  As I look at my house from the computer desk I can see that it needs a good cleaning and I really don't care.  I am bored, not just with house work but with life itself.  I am hoping that when I start work on October 11th it picks up.  I need a new hobby or something.  I know! maybe a housekeeper!  Think of all the fucking off I could do if I had someone to clean for me! I know, that's everyones wish, but I think with my first paycheck, I am going to get me one!  That is my thought for the day!

Kara's "broken" feelings

Jeff and Kara were upstairs tonight watching Family Guy in bed and I was down stairs wrapping last minute presents. Thank goodness I had some stocking stuffers bought so I had something to wrap for Kara's gift exchange at school tomorrow. When Kara comes down stairs silently. Our stairs make noise that my "mommy ears" have down pat. She stands next to me crying saying that daddy told her to go to bed. I told her that it is late and she needs to go to bed. She says "well, he broke my feelings." I wanted to laugh but seeing her crying eyes made me hold it in. We went upstairs to tell daddy how she felt. He had a hard time keeping a straight face also. If you think about it it does make sense. Why would feelings get hurt? Wouldn't they be broken?

Visiting Santa

Kara and I were shopping in Waterloo on the 12th when we saw the man in red! We were in the hallway of the mall when Santa started waving at Kara. She waved back and hid behind my leg. I asked if she wanted to talk to him and she said no at first. Then Santa came over to her and said hello and shook her hand. He finally convinced her to sit on his lap. Kara told him that she wanted Strawberry Shortcake toys for Christmas. He told her that she was a very special girl. She took that seriously. We were walking through the mall when we heard the song about giving your heart away and this year saving it for someone special. Kara got excited and said that she was special because Santa said that she was special. I told her that yes she was special. Later that night at home she told Jeff that Santa said she was special. It was too cute! We finally got a cute picture of her with Santa.

Christmas Outing

On Saturday December 12th Kara, Jeff and I went to Cedar Rapids. We were going to brave the stores and do some Christmas shopping. BIG mistake. We were in the Kohl's parking lot moving at a snails pace in the parking lot. Jeff dropped Kara and I off at the front door and we browsed around the store for a little while but nothing caught our eye. I called Jeff and asked where he was in the parking lot. He said that he hadn't even moved 30 feet. So we jumped back in the car and sure enough he wasn't even two car lengths away from where he dropped us off.

We were making our was out of the parking lot again at a snails pace when we decided to switch spots. I took over the driving and he took Kara into Barnes and Noble to do some shopping for me. In the end it took me over an hour to go up one aisle and down another. When I was making my way across the parking lot I called Jeff and told him to bring me a grande white chocolate mocha from Starbucks when he comes out. I also told him that forgetting it would not be good for his health. Needless to say, he remembered.

After we made it out of the parking lot we tried to locate a new place to eat but settled on Ruby Tuesday's. That was interesting. Kara wanted her normal chicken nuggets and fries but I convinced her to have some of my steak instead. Thought i was getting steak, lobster and mac and cheese. However, the lobster was actually in the mac and cheese. Different, but not bad.

After eating we finally made our way to the theater. Seeing a movie was our real reason for going to Cedar Rapids. Jeff and I took Kara to see the Princess and the Frog. It was a wonderful film! Kara was great! She watched the movie and even got up and danced a few times. At the end of the movie she was in a hurry to go to the lobby. She wanted a pretzel with "little butter on it" needless to say, she didn't like the salt. LOL She did like the movie though!

Hello

Hello there everyone! I have started this blog to chat with everyone who is far from us! I am hoping to keep pictures and stories up to date. I am hoping this will become a regular thing for our family to use.