Happy Sunday

Hope your day is peaceful & good : )

Hello New Kitty

Thursday my plans to foster a cat for the office fell through at the very last minute. Afterwards I stopped by the local animal shelter. I wish I could help them all! Too heartbreaking. I left, not knowing what to do. There was one kitty there--a 7 year old female, that had records showing she had been to the same vet that I use. I went to the vet's & they told me the whole sad story. This kitty belonged to an older couple. When the wife died their daughter moved in & brought her own cats. For some reason the daughter then took this cat to the shelter. Maybe it's because she's front paw de-clawed? I don't know. At any rate, my vet said she was in good health. I decided to pick her up on Saturday. I found myself with a few extra minutes Friday & stopped by to get her & boy am I glad I did...I am pretty sure they were getting ready to euthanize her.

Man, the whole subject is depressing. On the bright side, there is a new kitty to keep me company at the office now. She seems to have a very quiet gentle nature. She was scared to death when I first picked her up (I would have been scared too). Taken out of her home & put in a cage for six weeks is enough to freak any animal out. Even though she was scared, at the vets offce she didn't try to bite or fight at all. She's been here about two hours now & is starting to walk around the office exploring.

I'll keep you posted on her progress.

Oh, the name on her adoption card is "Patches" but she hasn't confirmed that with me yet...

De-nied!

My new office kitty that I was going to be the foster parent of was adopted before I even got to take her to her new home. I'm both happy & sad right now.

Another Raw Chocolate Vitamix Recipe

This is the time of year when bing cherries are so good, & I can tell you for sure that it is worth the time it takes to pit them. This smoothie is so refreshing & good! We use cashews that we have soaked in pure water overnight--somehow it adds to the general sweetness of the drink. Don't know how to explain that other than to say that we've tried almonds, flax, rice, etc., & the cashews are the definite winner.

1/2 cup cashews (soaked)
3/4 cup raw chocolate powder
1 cup bing cherries
1 glass (about 12 oz) pure water
1 cup ice
3 tbs raw agave nector or local honey

Blend cashews in water till smooth then add the rest of the ingredients, leaving the ice for last.

If you want a really intense taste, try adding a bit of cold coffee this--no more than a tbs or so. I also like this one with a bit of vanilla too if you're wanting something sweet.

Enjoy!

RIP Jay Bennett

The world lost a great talent over the weekend. Untertow Music Collective announced yesterday that Jay Bennett died in his sleep this past Saturday. Jay was best known for working with the band Wilco, but he also collaborated with Edward Burch & a little bit with Blues Traveler. Jay released five solo albums after leaving Wilco in 2001.

Decisions

I'm really considering applying to be a foster home for animals at my office but I don't know what it entails. Can anybody help out here?

Movie Night

I Redboxed (is that a word?) "Hotel for Dogs" last night. Now I've got to figure out how to open my own doggie shelter. Right this very minute!

Seriously, it tears me up to think about all the stray animals out there. I just wish I could do more. I can't even look at Petfinder anymore, I get too torn up.

But I was talking about movies right? Ok, there were two this weekend--both from Redbox. The other one was called "The Last Templar". Do yourself a favor & don't waste your time with it. It was seriously one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I kept waiting for the story to happen & it never did. No wonder I had never heard of it. That's two hours (seemed more like four or five) of my life I'll never get back...

So what did you watch over the weekend?

Happy Sunday

Hope your day is peaceful & good.

I Spy

With my South Carolina eye...

• 2 turtles (about a foot long each)
• bee
• shoe
• buzzard
• butterfly
• goose
• 3 dogs
• a bee-yu-ti-fal sky
• Randy playing volleyball with himself & an imaginary team & ball (the net was real)
  

Where am I?

Another Raw Vitamix Recipe

Tom made this one last night & it was so good!

Veggie Soup

1 carrot
1 stick celery
1 cup spinach
full glass water - 16 oz
1 tbs Braggs Liquid Amino

Add to Vitamix & set to High till warm (or hot if you don't want raw)

This is the best tasting cream of veggie soup I've ever had.

Enjoy!

Is It Really Too Early?

I like Christmas all the time. Seriously. Here's a deal offered by Perpetual Kid. It's a USB do-it-yourself Christmas computer set. They were selling it for $19.99, now just $8.99. Plan ahead, don't go through the drive-thru, get this for yourself instead : )



You know you want to drive your co-workers crazy by putting this up in July...

Here's the link.

Vitamix Recipe - Make Your Own Raw Veggie V8

3 really ripe tomatoes
1 stick celery
1 cup pure water or ice
1-2 carrot
dash ground coriander

Add it all to the Vitamix & blend with variable setting till smooth. Strain it if you can't handle the pulp--don't strain it if you want all the fiber.

Enjoy!

Something I'm Looking For

I'm looking for Kelloggs or Keebler packages marked with the various Star Trek promotions. If any of you have any of these packages you could part with I would appreciate it : )

Too Many Birds To Count

Yesterday morning in about a half hour while I was having my morning cuppa, I counted from my porch:

2 Robins
Some Finches
1 Unknown type of brown bird
2 Doves
3 Woodpeckers-2 different species
2 Cardinals
2 Blue Jays
1 Chipmonk
1 Baby grey squirrel
1 Grey squirrel
3 white squirrels! : )

It was raining while I sat there & that didn't seem to slow down traffic at all. Soon the hummingbirds will be out & that will be fun as usual to watch. It's funny watching the cats being totally oblivious to the traffic a few feet away from where they're sleeping...

Happy Sunday

Hope you're staying dry today.

Wow, Thanks NASA

This image was made before Atlantis and the crew of STS-125 had grappled the Hubble Space Telescope.

The two tiny little dots on the lower left-hand side of the sun are the shuttle Atlantis & the Hubble telescope. I did not enhance the image at all. Incredible...

Mooris Publishing Group Obtains Forbearance

From the Morris Website:
"Morris Publishing Group, LLC announced today that it has obtained forbearance until May 28, 2009 with respect to its failure to make a $9.7 million interest payment on its senior subordinated notes.

The interest payment originally was due Feb. 1, 2009. Holders of more than 80 percent of the outstanding amount of senior subordinated notes agreed to the forbearance.

Morris Publishing.s senior bank group also agreed to waive until May 28, 2009 the cross default arising from the overdue interest payment on the senior subordinated notes."

So the story continues...

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Another Raw Vitamix Recipe

I had this yesterday--it was delicious!

1 pint blackberries
1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds
3 tbs raw agave nector
2 cups pure water

Add the sunflower seeds to water & set vitamix to variable. Blend till smooth.
Add the rest of the ingredients.

Enjoy!

A variation to this (if you drink dairy) is to add about a cup of plain or vanilla yogurt and/or some ice.