Sublime

I had a zen moment this morning, driving to work in the dark, just me, the crescent Moon, and Venus rising.   The radio on, rockin' out to Led Zepplin's "Kashmir".  Eight minutes and thirty-two seconds of perfection.

I am so happy to be alive today, my birthday.  Forty-eight years on Earth in this form and almost 14 billion years in existence for my elements.  And who knows what they've been in between...

I'm enjoying the journey.

Kashmir

Oh let the sun beat down upon my face
With stars to fill my dream.
I am a traveler of both time and space
To be where I have been.

To sit with elders of a gentle race
This world has seldom seen.
They talk of days for which they sit and wait
When all will be revealed.

xx

trish

A Blast from the Past

The Happy Van

My Hubby painted this van in 1999, back when we lived in Illinois.

We're a couple of hippy dippy dudes, for sure!  We had a blast driving it around town, I've never had so many offers to go smoke a doob in my life from strangers.  Too bad I don't smoke...

You can't see the plate in this photo but it read FLSHBCK.  I'll hunt around for some more pics, this thing was a trip!

 We sold it when we moved to Vegas, on eBay.  Two guys from Eau Claire Wisconsin came down to pick it up--a good eight hour drive each way from our old house.  I guess they were hippy dippy dudes, too.

Have a great Sunday!

xx  

trish

My Secret Vice

Friends, I have a confession to make.

I love Ru Paul's "Drag Race"!

There.  I've admitted it.

And if you want some unbelievably campy fun, watch the show!

xx

trish

Day Off

So I took a day off from work, only to be a total SLAVE at home!

My plan for the day:

sleep in--check

leisurely breakfast--check

read for a couple hours...

Here I deviated.

What I did today:

laundry, 3 loads

emptied, filled, and emptied dishwasher

changed sheets

cleaned up various kitty-related messes

alphabetized and filed apx 500 cassette tapes  for our business

How does this take up an entire day?

At least I had a couple of cups of excellent coffee for fuel and Hubby and I went out for dinner, wood-fired hamburger and home-made potato chips...YUM!

I'm off for the next three days, we'll see if I actually sit down and rest.

xx

trish

Monday, Monday

Although today is my Tuesday, I have to deal with folks and THEIR Monday today at work.  Buncha whiny crankypants!  Try getting up at 4:30 AM on Sunday...then we'll talk.

Da Bears lost their bid to play in the Superbowl.  I am so disappointed but not really surprised.  I'm a Chicago Cubs fan too so I'm used to being *this* close and then losing; the Cubbies haven't won a pennant in over 100 years.  Not that I've been alive that long.  Yet. 

I'm gonna root for the Steelers to win in two weeks.  Lousy Green Bay Packers, grumblegrumblegrumble.

The "new" Great room's feng shui is good!  All of Saturday's hard work paid off.  Felix is starting to accept the changes, he's a hard nut to crack.  May Ling and Sweet Pea have called a temporary truce until they can figure out the best ways to stalk and attack one another.  But the BEST part is this:  the remote that controls the TV's sound system Does Not Work from where Hubby sits--so I get to control the volume!!!  He claims he's not deaf but you would never know it...

My desk is against the green wall...and please note the Cat bed on the table!

xx  

trish

Deranged

So, I had a wild idea yesterday and said, "What if we move the dining table..."

AND THEY'RE OFF!!

Hubby and I spent three hours rearranging our Great room.  We do all our "living" there, it's a combo kitchen, living room, and two offices.  We swapped our two desks, moved the dining table, shifted the sofa and chairs, and wore ourselves out after three hours.  Needless to say everything got dusted and mopped and vacuumed in the process; and we had ALL kinds of helpful Cats except during the vacuuming.

Felix and Johnny slept through the entire process out on the Catio (it was 70 here in the afternoon) and when they woke up to come in for supper there was much rubbernecking...obviously if the furniture had moved there were MONSTERS in the house.  They looked like a couple of feline cobras assessing if it was safe.

Oh, I forgot to mention the feeding station was moved too, much to Johnny's consternation!  Once he found that he was cool with the changes.  Felix, on the other hand, made several passes through the area that evening, flicking his tail in obvious displeasure.  Change equals Bad in his world.

Hubby and I however, like the new arrangement, and Felix spends most of his time on the Catio...so it's all good!

Reverend Spooner

One thing I love is wordplay.

I've always enjoyed reading and writing, but I never did a lot of verbal wordplay until I got together with my Hubby, who is a huge talker and punster and introduced me to the joys of Spoonerism.

On my other blog, there was a great comment on the cat's potty habits post;  the ever witty Old Kitty Spoonerized "sturdy tools" into "Turdy Stools" which is CLASSIC, on so many levels.

(I gotta admit, I love poop jokes.)

Hubby and I have a few favorites:

Slow Moving becomes Mo Slooving

Taking a shower...Shaking a tower...or just "shake"

That band The Black Crows?     Crack Blows!!

and the coup de grace--

Slacking off on the Job...Jacking off on the Slob...bwahahahaha!

xx

  trish