The pot stirring has become more and more prevalent on the forums lately. Is it a phase of the moon?

There are just some people who seem to relish stirring everyone
up and then when the storm clouds gather, the back peddling or hand wringing statements of being mournfully misunderstood or their statements i.e. 'opinion' has been misconstrued as an attack on some particular gender/act/appearance/religion/political affiliation, whatever start flowing. Bollocks.

Yeah. BOLLOCKS. We are all intelligent people here, give us a break. Are you unhappy? Bitter? Angry? Do you enjoy the sight of unhappiness and the roiling feelings of anger and sadness you stir up with your 'innocent words?' There are many types of people in this world, with as many opinions to match. That being said has the saying "If you have nothing nice to say, then say nothing at all" strike a chord? I always try my damndest to be a decent person and mindful of people's feelings and I usually am pretty successful. I like people. Most of the time. I don't like to see people hurt or sad. It makes me unhappy and I don't enjoy being unhappy. Yes I know we mustn't sugarcoat the world; that is unrealistic. It would just be nice once in a while if the asshats of the world (and the NN forums) would just SHUT THEIR FUCKING CAKEHOLES and keep their mean-spirited words to themselves. It isn't too much to ask is it? Maybe just put some thought into that post prior to hitting reply? I know that won't happen cuz some people get their jollies off of stirring the pot, so the only thought process is "wooowheee this is really gonna get them jumpin I tell you what! *cackle cackle cough wheeze cackle*" That btw is not the sort of thinking I am talking about, prior to posting.

I just get tired of it sometimes. Maybe it's a sign that it is time to take a break from this place. If some random asshole stranger that I have no relationship with, nor will I ever, can hurt my feelings then perhaps I need to step away. I have a full life, almost over full so why should I waste my time with something that makes me unhappy? Maybe it is the monthly thing that is getting me down, but I doubt it.


Puurrs to all,

Currently listening to: The hum of my hard drive

I had a lunch date with a friend and she flaked on me! Bummer. Now I have to figure out what to do to fill in the time. Maybe I will just take my son out and surprise him with a Happy Meal. He always begs for McDonalds lord knows why, the food is gross. Maybe I can see if my hubby is free for lunch but since he had been off work for his convention for the past 8 days I doubt he will be able to take the time. Everyone else I know has plans

Well let me see if I can sway my kid away from the McGrease and maybe go to the deli and get a sammie and eat in the park. I think that would be a lovely lunch.


Puurrs to all,

Currently listening to: Foo Fighters "Skin And Bones"

I am making spaghetti for dinner. Anyone hungry?

It will be ready in 10 minutes, be sure and wash your hands before sitting down


Puurrs to all,


Currently listening to: One of the cats chewing a plastic bag, the little brat!

So this is how I spent my weekend, btw. I told Wrigley in his blog that I love geeks and this will prove it lol. Behold! Me in my pink Ms. Pac Man shirt that my adorable geek of a husband got for me. If you guys laugh I will be xxxxxx to smack you..

It's been a very busy Monday so far, lot's going on. Been in and out of the house and my husband is doing the load out for his arcade game convention today and tomorrow. I just made my guys some lunch - grilled cheese sandwiches, which they consumed with gusto. Who doesn't like a grilled cheese though lol? We watched an episode of Robot Chicken that was on the tivo and then back to work for everyone.

I have been doing random chores and went to work out while they guys did guy things that involved lift gates and appliance dollies. I am just killing some time till I take my son to the math tutor. I need to do some quick shopping so I will probably do that while he is at the tutor so we don't get caught in traffic when we are coming home. I am thinking of maybe making a nice big dinner as I am sure my husband will be famished after all his work today. Better go down to the basement and see what is in the freezer...add that to my list of stuff to do lol. Hope I can get to the freezer since the husband has games all over the place, and I am surely not gonna try and climb over a Radikal Biker or Galaga or that Golden Tee. Eff that, I don't want to cook that bad tonight!! If he has blocked my path then we will have to go get something or I will stop off and grab a rotisserie chicken at the grocery and that will be that.

Better go make myself look presentable and head out the door to the tutor. Happy Monday, folks!

Puurrs to all,

Currently listening to: Deftones "Change"

Feeling better now, just had to shake off the 'mopeys.' I get this way once a month (thank you, Mother Nature) and I tend to get weepy and maudlin. I was rescued from my pity party by the surprise entrance of my husband and son who arrived home quite unexpectedly to be with me. That made me smile. That and the chocolate milkshake my hubby ordered for me when we went out to a late lunch lol.

Now I am just waiting for my favorite bed linens to be done drying and then we will go to bed. I should have started the dryer before we left for the afternoon/evening, so duh on my part.

So all is well for now in Kittyland, just feeling tired and ready for bed. Oh and thank you Longlashes for your words of wisdom. You are very right; I can't expect the people in my life to be mind readers. I have to learn to ask for what I need...it's just so hard for me to do it...


Puurrs to all,

Currently listening to: The hum of my hard drive

I am home alone now. I am not too thrilled about it because I am a strange person; I only enjoy being alone when I choose to be alone, not when I am xxxxxx to be alone. Does that make any sense? Probably not.

I shouldn't complain. I should be happy to have some time to myself, but strangely I am not happy at all. I feel kind of sad to tell the truth. I am in a sort of mopey/clingy mood right now and everyone else is off doing their own thing so there wasn't much alternative other than for me to go home. So I left. I went to the store and got some laundry detergent and stopped at the feed store and picked up 50lbs of chicken feed and went home and filled up the hen feeders and started some laundry. Damn. Such excitement, hold me back lol!!! Dunno if I can handle it all. Guess I will go load the dishwasher and find something else to do. I wish I was feeling better but it just isn't in the cards today and perhaps I have done way too good a job of hiding just how shitty I feel right now, because both my husband and my son seem to have forgotten. By nature I am not an attention seeker nor do I make a habit of asking for help, so it isn't often that I send up a flare so now that I could really use it, it's not there to be had. Funny how that always works out like that, huh?

Well I guess I should go and mope around some more and load that dishwasher. Alas, I have not been successful in teaching the cats to do the household chores. Damn them...


Puurrs to all,

Currently listening to: The hum of my hard drive

Lordy I am beat! Been on my feet all day and I finally have be able to sit down for longer than 5 minutes. My knees are killing me and the muscles in my thighs feel all tight and twinge every so often.

I spent all day - literally - at my hubby's convention (I was a volunteer) and I am enjoying some peace and quiet at home now. I am however very worried that I won't be able to get up when I am done writing this. My feet and legs may just say eff you biotch, you are staying right where you are! No getting up for you!! I still have litter boxes to do and kittahs to feed and put to bed before I get to go to bed.

I caved, btw and didn't wait till today to go to the doc. I couldn't take it anymore and so I went in yesterday. Diagnosis is a rather nasty infection of my sinus, ear and the lymph gland. Basically the left side of my face is jacked up. Doc thinks my previous sinus infection didn't clear fully so the yuckies were festering, and catching the sniffles from the gym just sent it into overdrive. My sinuses are super weak as it is and they just let me down bigtime this time around. My ENT wants me to have surgery to fix them, but I am way too afraid to go under the knife. I have little bones that bisect my sinuses that shouldn't be there and prohibit them from draining properly, so I have had chronic sinus issues for as long as I can remember. A simple cold or allergy attack can really fuck me up if I am not careful and I guess I wasn't careful enough this time. So lucky me, I have 10 days worth of Augmentin (whimper) and that should take care of it. Too bad it also does horrid things to me body besides curing it. I will be taking Amcut's advice and going to Trader Joe's tomorrow morning and stocking up on yogurt with the cultures in it. The antibiotic is making me feel sort of woozy so maybe it is for the best that my period started today. Can you believe my luck??? sick AND bleeding lol! Good thing I had a great shag yesterday, cuz I am down for the count for a week or so.

I got some time alone yesterday afternoon and decided to scrub my kitchen floor and clean under the fridge and stove. Used a scrub brush and was on my hands and knees to get to all the little crevices mopping misses. I was wearing a t-shirt and nothing else (hey I was home alone and I would have been scrubbing nekkid had I not been using bleach cleaners and stuff) and my husband came home much earlier than expected. He watched me for a few minutes and then dragged me to our bedroom and fucked me silly. I hadn't expected that at all. Was it the smell of Clorox cleaner and Mr.Clean that got him randy? Dunno what it was that caused it, but I didn't complain lol. Guess I won't bother with buying some fancy French Maid's outfit if he got so turned on by seeing me do chores in a ratty old t-shirt, save a few dollars there ha ha.

I am gonna go deal with the kittahs and go to bed early for a change. Nighty night!

Puurrs to all,

Currently listening to: The hum of my hard drive

I haven't had much to say lately so I have said nothing. I am not feeling 100% right now so I am pretty much forcing myself to update this bitch or it would just go fallow and I would ignore it entirely for a few days.

I caught some cold, probably at the gym while working out. Gym germs. Yuck. I am the only one who has it here, but I have been the only one working out the past week. Hubby has had no time to get to the gym. The kicker is that not only do I feel crappy but the crud has immediately gone straight to my sinuses, my weak point. My head hurts and my teeth ache. My left ear is killing me and pops every time I swallow. It fucking sucks. I just got over being sick no less, now this. The timing could not have been worse because I just haven't time to be ill right now. Too much is going on. My husband will be pretty much non-present until Tuesday as his big convention that he helps put on is this weekend. No time for me to rest as there isn't time for him to really help watch our son. He is trying the best he can but he is spread so thin right now. I don't want to go to the doctor as I know I will be put on antibiotics and I just hate that. They make me feel awful and give me a yeast infection. The guys have it so lucky when it comes to shit like that; not having to deal with some of the crummy side affects of antibiotics. I am allergic to sulfa so that isn't an option for me. I know I will end up back at Kaiser and on antibiotics but I am trying to put it off as long as I can. My guess is by Saturday I will have had enough and will be miserable enough to call for an appointment unless the pain in my face and ear make it impossible to deal with. Yes I am a terrible sick person lol. I just HATE hospitals and doctors and taking pills that always seem to make me feel worse. No I am not one of those martyr types, either. I will keep trudging along and doing what needs doing until I pretty much fall over, and most won't realise how sick I am because I don't let on. It frustrates my husband (he says) as I refuse to be taken care of and let him handle things. I think part of it is my control freak nature that makes it very difficult for me to relax and hand everything over and just forget about it all. I just couldn't kick back and feel unconcerned. I get agitated just thinking about it, uck. I guess by now you have realised that I am an utter pain in the ass to live with lol. I guess the benefits outweigh the annoyances as he has put up with me for 12+ years.

He took our son with him to go help with set-up so I could have an hour or two alone, so I am gonna go lay down for a few minutes but first I need to track down my heating pad. The warmth may help ease the ache in my sinuses and my ear. Sorry this isn't more upbeat or anything, I am just feeling really shitty right now

Puurrs to all,

Currently listening to: Lush "For Love'

Holy moly it's freakin cold!! What happened to 'Sunny California?'
Yesterday was barely warm at all, I wore jeans and even a sweatshirt - in August! It looks like it will be another jeans & sweatshirt day again. I don't know what is going on with this weather but I wish it would warm up some. I am sitting here at my computer shivering and all bundled up in a big fluffy bathrobe. I am no fan of being cold, I hate it. It is windy again, too. Bugger. I am actually toying with the idea of turning the heater on. Maybe a nice cup of tea will warm me up some

Puurrs to all,

Currently listening to: Cake "I Will Survive"