The title for today’s classic A&J may be the easiest title for a blog entry that I have ever had to conjure. It was pretty obvious. There is a new cat in this household, about 8 months old. She would do something like this. Her name is Shiloh. Or Scoot. Or Scoot Scoot. Or Scooter. Or Woot Woot. Or Squirt Dauber. Or Squirt Blossom. Or Squeaky. Poor thing doesn’t really know what her name is. None of us do. I’m the offending party, mainly. I try to come up with a new name every few days. The above are just the names that stuck somewhat! But everyone knows the best cats have the most names. She is the only cat among three who will come when she’s called, no matter what that is.
Cat and Mouse
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136 responses to “Cat and Mouse”
Jackie is in Lafayette, LA now, the brokerage house is largest on Gulf Coast and I just had crab cakes with baked sweet potato and garlic wilted spinach at Blue Dog cafe, am back in motel alone. Boat is in Abbeville, LA and turns out to belong to my husband’s distant cousin who is from a most respectable Southern family. I am meeting him tomorrow afternoon. He is my age and sounds extremely nice. Don’t know him but his other cousin whom I did went to Harvard, not common in LA
So, I drove over here. Dodge is doing fine but he and I agreed we only drive Ford products. I admitted to selling Lincolns. Will wear my new black underwear bra and I am NOT telling what size. I under estimated.
Love, Jackie
Forgot to say I met two interesting people at yacht brokerage. The salesman was a retired 20 year veteran of LAPD Rounded like homicide then sold cars for 20 years, now power boats. Did not offer to do any driving of any sort but tried to up sell me a Miridien 391 they’d just taken in, with flying bridge and did look like 3 story condo.
Double or more the other one. Other guy was nice customer with Navy, antiterrism specialist who was picking up his pontoon boat.
Anyway, entertaining afternoon.
Junk stuff on the Yahoo home page:
https://www.yahoo.com/health/7-eating-habits-that-will-uncover-your-abs-114513376798.html
Take it or leave it.
emb
Did you watch Nova tonight?
“The Bible’s Buried Secrets”
Strong arguments linking Bible dates and Egyptian dates.
Finally found archeological proofs.
sand, during a practice alert at a remote location, an AF Security Policeman was posted at our work location. He promptly propped his M-16 in a corner, parked himself in a chair, and went to sleep. He was a big, friendly old Texas boy we liked, so all we did to him was pull the bolt carrier group out of his weapon and field strip the assembly. When the SP truck pulled up out front and honked, he woke up, saw what we had done, cursed bitterly, and swept up the loose parts and hid them in his field jacket pocket. He got away with it, and we bought his beers that night as thanks for the laughs we got from the look on his face when he woke up.
Early bed-check for Ghost tonight; oh dark thirty wake up for tomorrow.
I tend to avoid women whose abs are better defined than mine. I’d probably make an exception for Rhonda, though.
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1132963/images/o-RONDA-ROUSEY-facebook.jpg
Anyone else feel the slight (2.9) earthquake we had a few minutes past 6pm this evening? I was getting ready for church services when it struck; lasted only a few seconds. The 10pm news said it was centered near the small burgs of Crystal Lake & Lake in the Hills, IL.
I am just being curious as to how far it was felt from the epicenter.
Times are CDT.
Did not send you good wishes for surgery, Ghost . I am sorry and I never suspected you were old enough to have a cataract.
Trying to entertain with my tourist report. Boat is actually in Delcambe in marina. Interesting part of Louisiana .
Why am I fearless? Except for period of years after being kidnapped I have always been without fear. Checked into motel tonight and doors both unlocked and ajar. Didn’t scare me but I thought top of bed looked rumpled.I am sleeping jn king, odd suite, has an extensive queen on other side but no extra wall.
Be fearless too, Ghost and good luck
Love Jackie
Ohere Dark Thirty check in.
PS – Louvre Museum Official Website
http://www.louvre.fr/en- Offers a virtual visit. Very cool.
Good morning Villagers….
You are all so sweet to think I’m not silly. GR 😉 really liked that song…I’ll be humming it to myself today with an occasional shout of “all God’s creatures sing in the choir.
And Old Bear, you are right about caring for those who you care about.
And good luck and prayers for your surgery today, GR
I mentioned a several weeks ago that I had a cataract coming on in my left eye. Still have not been in to see doctor, and I was pleased to see so many posts of good outcomes. It’s bothersome, but not to the point of surgery yet.
Emb, I get those optical migraines too, not too often though, and never a headache after the squiggles disappear, sometimes they look like lighten bolts.
Raining here and more rain today, then temps drop. The low Friday night is 22 degrees. Not a good day Saturday to be in an empty, cold, hen house. They removed some 68,000 hens in two days, and Ian said they were handled unmercifully. I’m glad I wasn’t there.
And David, yes, commercial agriculture is big business. Do you remember Ian’s definition of the hens? “Mom, they are bio engineered egg laying machines!”
Ya’ll have a blessed, dry day……
got it by the nose 🙂
http://cheezburger.com/8467909120
I am really glued to Jimmy’s new story line….go figure.
Nancy, I was wondering how your trip was going, so glad to see a good time was had by all. Good to have you back, too.
Black bra and panties, Jackie……shame on you 🙂 (they’re my favorite undergarments too)
Debbe 😉 Black bra and panties? Naughty girl! Of course, I heartily approve. 🙂
Most but not all cataracts are age related. They may even occur in infants. So the fact I have a cataract implies I am somewhere between infancy and death. Which I am.
I’m off to see the Eye Wizard.
Just the bra. No panties. But need to keep working on losing more. Don’t like panty lines. Actually don’t like bras either but no hope there without surgery.
Debbe darling I keep telling there is a reason I never took poultry production classes and why I ended dealing with death and maiming of humans instead. Well that didn’t go well either
Was proud of my self for avoiding etouffe and cram and corn bisque last night. Had to do appetizer and two sides to come up with a semi healthy plate. Waiter admitted the menu was far from healthy. I was always told Lafayette has highest per capita ratio of eating out which I’d believe but also heard reputation for partying
Here’s a get well present for you Ghost 46DDD. Now I can buy more, that fit right and comfortable
Love, Jackie Sent
Here’s the MDNR eagle cam site. Since it’s public, it has no ads. I suppose they could do reminders to get your fishing license and such.
http://www.webcams.dnr.state.mn.us/eagle/
Peace, emb
Good luck, Ghost. Think how much clearer the pokies will look when you are done!
RE: GR 6 12:44PM and etc I have my second cornea transplant next week. My granular dystrophy made my eyes illegal to drive and the best glasses still couldn’t make it better than 20/70, the legal limit in Texas. Doc said they couldn’t do lasik because I wouldn’t have any corneas left. With a lifetime of hypersensitive eyes I can’t believe I had the front of my eye sliced off and new one sewed on, the Valium was enough to get through it. I could live with just the one done, but that would be dumb. But, for me it’s like the Barrel of Fun where the floor drops down and you spin around on the wall, I did it once but still don’t want to do it again. I used to get the godawful cluster -allergy eyeball headaches, but have never had one in the new cornea, doc says there are tiny little nerves that get removed when a new cornea is put on
Old Bear:
“Did you watch Nova tonight?” I rarely watch TV. Watched Laugh In back in the day, and watched a lot during mid-Sept. ’01.
“The Bible’s Buried Secrets” If they are in the Bible, are they buried? Most of the predictions people claim they have found there haven’t panned out. Often, the people who made the claims went back to the text, “found” that it really meant next Columbus Day, and the same gullibles still followed them.
The KJV translators mistranslated the Hebrew word for ‘young woman’ as ‘virgin’. There is a perfectly good Hebrew word for virgin, used in the Bible often. What’s so great about being born of one? If an unfertilized egg somehow had two sets of chromosomes, it would be XX, and therefore female.
“Strong arguments linking Bible dates and Egyptian dates.” If true, good. That should be a help to real scholars.
“Finally found archeological proofs.” Of what? Why should a person of faith need proofs?
Peace, emb
Jackie, I think you picked a good time to not be home: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/tulsa-oklahoma-area-ravaged-tornadoes-n330316
Debbe: That plotting cat is not attractive. Maybe it’s lovable. emb
And, Ghost. Them are attractive abs. emb
Sad news from the Decorah eagle cam site [which has ads; the VW ads are a riot]:
http://raptorresource.blogspot.com/2015/03/decorah-eaglet-four-electrocuted.html
Peace, emb
John in Richmond, I have to admit that I’m not an organ donor, but your post is making me rethink that. Sight is so precious to me, and sharing that with someone else could be the greatest gift I could give to them…and to myself. Thank you, and David too, for helping me to see things a little bit more clearly. You’re in my prayers.
Ghost Sweetie, by now you’re through surgery, so I hope all went well and you are fine and dandy!
eMb, that story made me shake my head, groan, and laugh. 🙂
I am quite near-sighted, and have worn glasses since I was eleven. Often when I am reading or working on my cross-stitch I have to take off my glasses and bring the book or fabric closer to see it better. Now I understand why!
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