Because I'm a Copy "Cat"

Call me a copy "cat" but I found this so funny on Bossy's blog today that I just had to try it.

Of course, the real person we are copying is HER.

I decided to show you my dance moves wearing my 

lovely new Hunter boots.  I would like to call this

my "first-and-a-half position" but sweet Minne-sota

wanted to come closer to my side.

Now this is my "second-no-fourth position" move.

Notice Marsipan is not as big as a cow.


Now I like to call this my "battlement frappes" position.

Notice I said "I like to" not that it is really.  Notice Marsipan

has spun around for a quick "glissade."


Minne is quite enthralled that I am in this position.

I will call it "focus on the cat plie." Not to be confused

with the "cow pile."


I entertain Minne with a "grand plie" and she does a

"ronds de jambe a terre".  Please take note that "terre"

means "earth."

To be good in ballet it helps to be flexible.

That is why I am wearing rubber boots.

Flexible moves.  Minne looks a little
irritated.  I wonder why?

Hobbes is working on the "cow pie scratch."  He has

got that move down.  

Now just to pick and choose, "which pie do I want?"

Preferably the drier ones work best.  "Plie, anyone?"

The cows hear me laughing.

Pas de deux...

They come for a closer look.

Oh, that might be my zoom lens.

The "rest" of the cows are resting. 

Flowers in her hair

I am a Snapdragon What Flower Are You?

My first attempt came up snapdragon:  meaning I am mischievous and love to make people laugh.  Which is true.  But I went back to get the quote about the snapdragon and couldn't find it so I re-took the test with the same exact answers and they told me I was a sunflower.  Here is the quote about the sunflower:  "When your friends think smile, they think of you.  There is not a day that goes by that you can't find something good about the world and your fellow human."  Now I love this quote because I could only hope that people would say or think that about me.  My blog name being "God put a smile upon my face" hopefully makes you think of me when you think of smile.  I try my best to find the good in everything.  I have to, I can't live any other way but to do this.  Life is too short and would be too sad without looking for the positive and good in it.  I have a poster above my work desk that is Ziggy running with a net full of stars.  It says:  "Capture all the joys life has to offer."  That is my motto.  

Now I will have to thank Sandy for having this little test on her blog.  Thank you, Sandy!

Andy Griffith

We actually watched this for our Sunday School class. It was a study on temptation. I love these shows. Can you believe they have made Sunday School material out of these?

Spunky the Wonder Dog, More Saga...

Now for the continuation of the saga, where did we leave off?  Ah, yes, the pitter patter of his paws...

Spunky had an unusual habit.  This habit began years ago.  

Spunky started his habit of going to work every day.  After my husband left for work, off Spunky would go (on his own four legs).  Sometimes early, sometimes a little later.  He would walk two miles down the highway to town.  He usually walked in the ditch.  I am sure he had a little rut worn after several years.  You can see in the picture above the rut he had made in our back yard.  He went to work winter, spring, summer, and fall.  (All you'd have to do is call) :D

He started showing up at the shop in town and he would be so happy to be there.  Some one would open the door and in he would go.  This was a machine shop, pretty dirty with oilfield grease, so no problem for Spunky to be inside.  In the spring, summer, and fall the doors would be opened up anyway.  Spunky was in hog heaven.  They kept a cat at the shop, so he had cat food to eat, could follow hubby around, watch the action going on, go outside, stand in the highway, and keep busy pacing back and forth.  (He was like a small soldier-like I said before think "Hitler").  This dog never kept still unless he was asleep.  After a hard day at work, Spunky would walk home and plenty of times my husband gave him a ride in the bed of his pickup.  He would tell Spunky to get in and even though he had short legs, he could jump high.  Spunky's next escapade involved rolling.........to be continued.  The first post about Spunky can be found here.

Fun Monday

I didn't know if I would do Fun Monday this week. I need to clean my house thoroughly. I thought I might post a short one about a website that I found that really did help me. It will probably sound silly but I had never seen a blog before Ree's Pioneer Woman. I was feeling very sad after my dad had passed away and it helped me tremendously to read her blog and laugh. I began to realize that blogging might be something I could do too. I checked out some of her reader's blogs like Janet. I asked her a few questions and got started. It was very helpful to me to record my feelings about Dad and now to blog for fun and post pictures that I take. I needed something like this and reading other's blogs has been pure entertainment and even friendship. It's great!

I found that Breathe Right Strips have helped me through four nights better sleeping. I really hate the sticky strip stuck to my nose but they have helped me breathe better through the night and that's all that matters. Maybe they're also good exfoliators! Sure does hurt to peel them off. :D

Head on over to Ann's for more Fun Monday happiness.

The Cow's Out of the Barn Again!

I found this on FreakingNews.com

I Love Lucy- Good vibrations

I can remember watching "I Love Lucy" shows when I was five years old with my mother.

Sunshine

Always makes me smile:

You need a healthy dose of it every day.

Vitamin D and a smile.

Add a little color and a kitty too.

Wordless Wednesday

"Ma-ma"

Hobbes finds a scratching post. 

A cow-pie, nice and dry.

Lambs-ear.

Ice cream castles in the air.

Feather canyons everywhere.

Sky ablaze.

Blanket.


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Stormy Weather in Oklahoma

We had some beautiful clouds during the day.

But some wicked weather last night.

The lightning in the clouds looked like a big fire storm.

Below that were the lights of town.  

Fun Monday

Lisa's Chaos is the hostess with the mostest this week:

She's keeping it simple

She wants pictures of our pets.

First we have fish:  an angelfish and pleicostomus and 

a corydoris

Then there's the lovable hugable Hobbes

Minnie or Minnesota as I like to call her

Marsipan the globe trotter

Ben the bengal, still can only get five feet close to him.

Neons

"She's always buzzin just like

Neon, neon, neon, neon

Who knows how long, how long, how long

She can go before she burns away"

Kissa, the Russian kitty

She came to us one night as a small kitty that was 

abandoned and now she rules our home.

Here's a small kitty picture of Kissa

This black cat is Velvet.

She moved to Grandma's house to keep her company.

She now lives with Aunt Sue.

Chicago poetry

Chicago:

Beaches and icy water
Cold steel towers

Industry and money

Camp near the edge.

The photo was over at Laura's blog.

She asked for a 15 words or less poem.

The above was my submission.  

The Moody Blues - Nights in White satin´67

What a great song from the past....

Sleep or the Lack Thereof

Sleep, such an elusive thing.  I don't know how many people have this problem but I don't always fall asleep when I want to.  I always wake up at the same time every morning, no matter what time I went to bed, or went to sleep I should say.  But here's how it goes for me, not always (Thank God) but sometimes.  Now I lay me down to sleep...but I am still awake!  My mind begins thinking about various things like what am I going to do tomorrow, what do I need to do tomorrow, what do I want to do tomorrow and so on.  I may think of what I said or did that day.  I may think of trivial things like how do you spell "gray" or "grey"? My sister-in-law was married to an artist and years ago was the first time I heard of the color "ecru."  It seemed to be an important matter at the time, getting it right.  I for some reason only knew "tan" or "beige."  Things I called "blue" might have been "green" and "purple" to me might have been "lavendar" or "lilac."  Then I could start thinking about Jennifer Aniston and whether she is pregnant or not and then by gosh who got her pregnant, I haven't kept up with this!  After Vince I lost track.  But back to sleep effort, I may fall asleep eventually, surely after I reach boredom stage.  But what wicked thing should happen a few hours later?  Snoring?  My husband's?  Mine?  Oh, my God.  Then another thing that concerns me when I can't fall asleep is the position I'm laying.  First, when I lay down I like to lay on my side facing the middle of the bed.  I can't always do this because somebody else is facing that way and I can't be breathing that close to anyone.  So I turn over to the other side facing the edge.  Then if I can't sleep, I start wondering what to do with my arm that I am laying on, I put it under my pillow or down at my side sometimes, it seems to get in the way and I start thinking maybe our arms should be detachable at night so they wouldn't get in the way.  Sometimes I get pins and needles from sleeping on my arm.  I think laying on my back is not a good position for snoring (if it occurs by me, I really don't know, haven't been told that yet).  Laying on the stomach is way too uncomfortable for several reasons.  First, the head and neck don't agree with smooshing into the pillow and second, the chest area gets smashed, not good.  I'm a mostly a side sleeper.  So I get too hot and stick one leg out, I get too cold and move it back in.  We have a down comforter and pillows which work pretty good.  When you first lay down, it is like heaven, but can change to a much warmer place quickly if the body heat gets trapped.  Then there could be another trouble that occurs depending on what I ate before I went to bed.  A quick trip is made to the bathroom, I always look at the clock to see what time it is and then I can tell how long that took.  Oh what misery!  Should not have eaten that crab wonton before I went to bed!  Then what happens?  Morning, dawn's early light.  Mercies are new every morning and I think I could use some mercy.  :D

Sooners Lose to Mountaineers

Oklahoma Sooners lose to West Virginia Mountaineers at the Fiesta Bowl.  48-28.  But I must say that West Virginia wanted to win very badly and played great.  Oklahoma didn't seem to show up.  They were better after the second half but the Mountaineers were too fast.  

My husband went to bed before the end of the game, probably the last two or three minutes.  So this morning before he was leaving for work and said goodbye to me I said to him, "oh you missed it, Oklahoma won!"  He said increduously, "They did?!"  I said, "No," while laughing.  He said, "You planned that all night, didn't you?"  I said, "No, I just thought of it."  And I did.  Sorry.  I don't usually do that but I couldn't resist.  I guess I could have just said, "Oh you missed it."

Pun intended!  

Wordless Wednesday-If a Picture Paints a Thousand Words

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If

I was so in love with this song when I was young.

New Years Day

Happy New Year's!

The Road of Life

It goes in both directions. 


It takes you along for the ride.


It is a wonderful trip.  Happy New Year 2008!

Fun Monday

Peter is our host with the most this week.
Here are his instructions for FUN:

I want you to tell us your favorite joke and/or show us
your favorite cartoon, don’t worry if there is some
duplication that just means more than one person
found it funny.
So come on and regale us with your best joke and/or
cartoon, remember its New Years Eve and we feel
like a good laugh, before 2008 comes along and does its thing on us.

PS, I've left myself too much time to think about this..... we all have
more than one favorite, Right!! hit us with your best selection!!!!!

This appeared in our newspaper under "Reasons Not to Mess with Children."

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.

The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale

to swallow a human because even though it was a very

large mammal its throat was very small.  The little girl

stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.  Irritated,

the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a

human; it was physically impossible.  The little girl said,

"When I get to Heaven I will ask Jonah."  The teacher asked,

"What if Jonah went to hell?"  The little girl replied, "Then

you ask him."