Friday, August 12, Peeka joins facebook.

Today I have two check-in's so made sure the rooms were all okay. One of the guests wanted to know if they could check in early and I said yes. At 10:00 a.m. they arrived and settled in for the day. I already vacuumed (well, I used the Rhumba) so I'm pretty much at a loose end for the rest of the day. Spending time on Facebook is primarily what I did. I just recently started playing Gardens of Time and I have to tell you, it's addicting. I figured it would be good for my mind as it utilizes the memory. I need that. Unfortunately, this game calls for more and more friends if you want to expand your garden. I want a huge garden but I only have a few friends that want to play the game. I already bugged my immediate family into joining even though they don't play it. I really want a big garden. Seeing as how I have availed myself of everyone I could think of to sign up I had to come up with someone else to help me. I only needed one more person to get another grid so as I sat watching my cat I had a brilliant idea. Why can't my cat be my friend?? She doesn't do anything else to earn her keep. She could certainly be of some use to me instead of sleeping all day and wanting pets. So I signed her up for a facebook account. Yes, I lied a little on her application. She didn't really go to Chilliwack Secondary School and she really isn't as old as her birthday indicates. You have to be a certain age to join Facebook and she wouldn't have qualified if I had put the correct birthday on there. Now I just have to keep up with her facebook and mine. If this works out I can see a Facebook page for Tequila (Melissa's cat) and maybe even some pets that have passed to that great animal kingdom in the sky. I really want a bigger garden. Maybe I mentioned that already. So stay tuned for more non existent Facebook friends. They are going to help me get a garden bigger than the one I actually own. So until tomorrow I bid you good bye and happy gaming.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 Catnip junkies

Oh beautiful sun!! Another day in paradise. Yes, yes, yes. Got up this morn and made a big pot of coffee for my walk around the garden later. When Melissa got up we poured our coffee and went to count the goldfish in the small pond. Yesterday we could only count 7 or 8. We have new neighbors and they have 4 cats and they meander over here to hunt. If you were a cat you would love it here. Huge garden that must seem to them like Africa with lots to stalk and places to lie. We have a very strong feeling that one or more are coming over in the dead of night and having a fish dinner. We started with 25 on Saturday so where did they go?? Melissa is worried about leaving the rest in there because we don't have enough cover on the pond to protect them. Today there seems to be at least 7 so maybe we didn't lose any last night. We know it's not Tequila. Yesterday when she got a little close to the pond, the water had her very cautiously stepping on the rocks but she wasn't getting too near. She would NEVER put her paw in water. The bath she had the other night was enough to convince me that water and Tequila don't mix. She was actually howling like she was being tortured in some contraption that could only be imagined. I don't remember hearing anything quite like it. So we have ruled her out as the culprit.
After we came in Melissa sat on the side patio with a lemonade and her computer doing some work while both the cats were out there keeping her company. They both found the catnip and after getting into it for 5 minutes this was the end result. They are both high as kites and I expect soon they will have the munchies. So until tomorrow I bid you good bye and remember.....this is your cat on drugs.

Sunday, May 29, 2011 Michigan Rummy

 

Oh yeah......today we saw sun. We not only saw it but we felt it. Warm and comforting beating down from the heavens. I was delirious with joy. We worked outside most of the day and finished up some projects. Melissa and Hank decided to redo the pond so we could have more of a  waterfall effect. I really should have taken the photo of Melissa, all construction like, big gloves on and hair pinned back while she worked on the pond. The only thing she needed was a hard hat. Lifting the big rocks into place didn't seem like a whole lot of fun for her. Monica and Jack came over and Jack had made a delicious meal for all of us. It was really yummy and we loved it. Then it was game night and we played some Michigan Rummy. It's always fun playing with them, aside from some minor cheating that was or wasn't happening, we really enjoyed it. Monica was the nights winner and as we were cleaning up the chips Peeka went to sit on Melissa's lap and the one chip left seemed very entertaining for her. I guess her bid was one, as that was all she had left. I'm really tired and looking forward to sun tomorrow and getting some more work done outside. It was a great weekend. So until tomorrow I bid you good bye and a week full of sunshine. 

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 Peeka

Today I got some painting done outside even though it looked like rain. I just braved the elements and out I went. I wasn't really thinking about what I was going to take a picture of today. Melissa came home and I'm not gonna lie to you (why would I), I really was going to forget the picture for today. I know I made a commitment but I think this rain is putting a damper on my urge to get a great (or not so great) picture every day. I did get some more pictures of the pesky squirrel. I just figured that I used that already and didn't want to repeat. Our kitten (not really a kitten anymore) has a ritual in the evenings and waits for Hank to finish his supper then watches for an opening to go and lie or sit on his knee. Seeing as how it is usually the same thing every night I thought maybe a picture of her on Hank while he dozed was fitting. So here she is. She always looks mad but you really couldn't ask for a more lovable cat. Too much love most of the time. She gives independent cats a bad name. Until tomorrow I bid you good bye and sleep well, we might get sun tomorrow. It could happen. :)