I’m ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMillle!

I have one just like the one on top. The white mittens are the cutest.

Glad you saw the movie. I saw it years ago – and it stays with you. William Holden in his prime and Gloria Swanson probably past hers. You know of course she was famously Joe Kennedy’s lover? He was in Hollywood looking into making movies, and he agreed to help her with her finances – and the rest is nasty tabloid history. Traveled on the Queen Mary with Joe and god I can’t for the life of meremember her name – Rose. There. Say I was just at your entry with the French drains. Are they to keep water out of your basement? Do you have a basement? Nervy question, that.

Maritime mace? Interesting-for pirates huh? Who would want to scare away Johnny Depp?

There’s Stella! Thanks for posting a pic of her. The twins are precious, but Stella is still the Queen! You know, I have my own version of Stella now-so sweet she is.

I like this very determined solid, I am not frivolous in charge view of Stella. This year I am determined not to take quite so many risks with my personal safety. Those are looong kittens. Netflix kept telling me I could watch movies online now but then it turns out you have to have a PC not a Mac. I wonder if that would work for Lost for you.

I got scared by the “cat toy” that looks like it might eat the cats.

Gloria Swanson’s character is only supposed to be 50-something if I remember correctly and that was considered old and washed up!!

To qoute the venerable Doctor Suess RE cat 1; Oh no, they should not put you in the zoo the circus is the place for you!

So, you don’t want us to call you???? I’m in much confusion.

Calicos always look a little strange, don’t they? Ours looks a little insane and somewhat confused at times.

*blinks* Most if this entry was lost on me, I’m afraid, not knowing tv or movie people well! I never watch tv anymore and not many movies! But the kitties are adorable!

The kittens are mighty cute, but Stella is by far, the Queen of Sheba!

I have or had a picture of my favorite cat stretched out like your first cute cat picture. He had a similar expression and white in all the same spots. I can’t find it, but this is close: http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f187/f0t0z/darblue.jpg

I don’t remember ever hearing of the Video from Hell. It doesn’t sound very compelling, so I guess I’ll pass on it, too.

Stella does look pissed off. Back when I used to carry Mace my brother saw it in my purse and thought it was breath spray. Yikes! It just occured to me that with your sense of humor you would enjoy the Jasper Fforde books. His first is The Eyre Affair. His books are surreal and funny.

Thank you for being careful on your hikes. You know how trusting we outdoor types are when we are in the state park, saying hello to total strangers from God knows where. Ever since I was a juror on the serial murderer trial, I have thought of how easy it would be to be targeted in a wooded state park. It’s easy to befriend people (like at any campground) and plenty of places to throw a body afterward. Because of that trial, I stopped being afraid of spiders, but became painfully aware of all the ways someone could kill me without necessarily getting caught. You don’t see that crap happening at oceanside state parks because there’s nowhere to hide the body! I remember the pictures from some of your hikes-all were great! Thanks again for being so careful. You are a super person and I like that you are in the world.

whoa. i think you need a BIG dog if you are going to go hiking alone.

ryn: LOL Yeah. I hear you. But I typically like winter. This one has just been hard because of the last two weeks being sick. I just can’t get rid of this sinus headache! I think it’s the wet snow? I don’t know. *smiles* Wah! Wah! Wah!

Yeah, now there’s blu-ray and/or HD. Once chip memory becomes more stable, everything will be on a chip smaller than your fingernail.

When I suggested catching up on Lost via Netflix, BD told me impatiently that she has caught up on Lost episodes online. The networks post them, not that I could tell you what network Lost is on. So it’s FREE.

Never heard of specialized mace before. Here we can only get pepper spray. Am glad you’re being more cautious.

Thank you so much for the recipes!!! I made the Honey Wheat one tonight. I’m waiting for it to come out of the oven, but it rose (yay!) and it smells fantastic. I’m not sure how close it is to bread that bakeries make, but it actually looks like bread this time! Thanks again, John

I’m not sure anyone in our family is good at forgiveness. Don’t remember talking about it growing up. Some are good at looking the other way but it’s not the same thing. Perhaps your neighbor will trip on the stolen steps, crack his head and legs, end up in traction in the bed beside R, who has a terribly contageous bacterial infection…

Neti pots are good, very effective. There is a – hold on this sounds really gross – mucus solvent called something like Alkalol which the Walmart pharmacist keeps behind the counter but does not require a prescription. It has eucalyptus and other strong minty things in it. If you add it to saline, it is even more helpful but don’t use it full strength. I’m staying away from antibiotics. I’ve developed food intolerances and antibiotic over use is a suspected cause at this time when not much is known on the subject. I’m looking at ordering a 100 pack AYR kit on Amazon. $17. That seems like a lot for a little table salt and baking soda and a sports bottle. But not a lot if it prevents doctor and pharmacy visits.

I wish we had a cat. As soon as a field mouse comes in, I’ll have a great excuse to get one. Good idea on the mace. I think ultimately, you need to trust your instinct and know that you are vunerable. I think that keeps people the safest.

A week without an entry. Is everything OK?

RYN: The party went okay. David’s really not a huge fan of things like that. I don’t think I’m over doing it with the workouts, they’re about four times a week, I walk for 30 minutes and do weights. Nothing that I haven’t done before, and I’ve been slowly working up to that. I have no idea where this sudden exhaustion/hives thing has come from. Hugs, John

Am glad the neti pot is a benefit. Are you mixing a saline solution yourself or buying it? I wonder how many tons of antibiotics could have been avoided by use of such a sensible tool… P just told me tonight that the doctor she works for recommends only using it once per day. She uses it twice. I’ve rinsed three times already and am doing it once more before bed. Does that make me a salineadict??

Just finished an entry and saw your note-SHE’S HOME!!! Thank goodness. Poor kitty. She’s doing great though.

yes, the caucas format was the same as woman in the moon described. take a corner. biggest number of deligates for one candidate wins. much mulling and pursuading before the final count occurs

>.< my spelling is atrocious, sigh. i guess you can guess how many times a day i correct my work. heh.

I love the way cats tell you exactly what they’re thinking by their expressions – there’s just no mistake is there??! Have added Sunset Boulevard onto my TESCO rental DVD list – it certainly has good reviews on their site.