Around midnight I woke to quite a surprise! I vaguely remember seeing sparks… followed by a thud.
Then there was a bunch of plastic-crinkling…and Frankie squawking.
Horrified I turned the light on to find Frankie suspended in a plastic shopping bag* hanging from the bed post!
I plucked the flailing terrified cat out of the bag…literally! I set her down on my pillow to see how she was. She seemed to be in shock. I help her for quite awhile till she calmed down.
Fortunately she was not hurt. She just very scared.
What I am guessing happened was that the poor dear received a static shock. Or, rather several shocks. Which startled her so much she fell off the bed into the bag.
So keep my poor dear in your thoughts.
*I keep an old shopping bag there for used tissues. Darn sinus and all...
♥ Grateful for anti-lock breaks, and traction control. (Had a scary near-miss!)
♥Cut down on the sugar in my diet and I feel great.
♥My blog-friend Ally (Ally of Shybiker, not Alli of Deviant Dispatches.) got her earrings safely. She was so happy she wrote a post about it! Yay! (I am a bit shy, and overwhelmed by her kindness, that I haven't written back.)
♥Had a great nap with my puppies.
♥Leaning about the human brain and neurology. Very interesting stuff!
Right now I am having a harder and harder time with outfit posts.
I have found myself putting them off...and posting later and later.
I am not enjoying them right now.
So, for the time being I will not be posting them. Until I think of a different feature (or you lovely folks suggest one) I won't be posting on Wednesdays.
Feminism:
♦Opting Out Of Media That Hurts [This article lead me down a feminist rabbit hole, see the following]
♦A feminine hygiene company won't use the work "vagina" they use ridiculous euphemisms instead. [I then found the next two terrible products, which could have gone in the WTF category as well]
♦The Smooth Groove (anti-camel-toe cup) I honestly thought this was a joke product at first.
♦Vaginal mints At best these are ridiculous, at the worst they are dangerous and could cause infections! Thankfully their site appears to be gone.
Comptine D'un Autre été by Yann Tiersen (A beautiful song from Amelie
♥Helped my Adopted Mom pick out a new phone. (Her screen died)
♥Then we had an awesome lunch. It was a fun afternoon.
♥I ended up getting the same cell phone Mom did.
♥Have been trying out oil cleansing. Its been working great so far. It really removes eye-makeup!
♥Found 5 cute shirts, a hoodie, and two cute skirts at the thrift store.
♥Raspi found an Affliction shirt for $10! (Its a low-key one, it doesn't have logos plastered all over it.)
♥Even had fun talking to a nice lady shopping there.
♥Also found a book for a friend, and a calendar for another (Its a kitten calender and I am going to make it into a lol-cat calender. Mwaaa ha ha ha!
♥We now have a magnet on our car.
♥Rasputin made me a an awesome Valentine with a corgi on it!!!!!
♥For him, I chiseled ice off of the sidewalk, and shoveled the end of the driveway after the plow went thought. His big surprise is that I am paying for a back massage. (Shhh don't tell him!)
♥The sun came out for a while, it almost felt like spring!
Sometimes I get some odd, unrelated comments on some of my posts. (They all get sent to my spam box) They obviously do not read the posts, they just copy paste prewritten scripts.
I thought it might be fun to share some of the typo-riddled comments with you. Please enjoy!
“It is thought by many and excessive sweating, according to the palms and armpits. hyperhidrosis can lead to less energy and poor health. Aluminium salts have been able to wear dress shields, triangles of water-resistant fabric pinned or sewn into their clothes. Sweaty palm is a normal human bodily function. It really is, everybody needs to cool you off at an article Know Sweat.”
I didn't mention sweating, deodorant or anything relating to bodily functions. ?????
“Stunning story there. What happened after? Thanks!”
I didn't write any story…I just made a huge list of links to gift ideas at different price points.
A different comment on the same post:
“Link exchange is nothing else but is simply placing the other person’s webpage link on your page at a proper place and other person will also do same in favor of you.”
I am guessing that English is not their first language. Most likely they plugged their prewritten script into a translator and this is what came out.
I may share more in the future, if you folks like these.
: )
Disabilities/Illness:
♦Spoon Theory: explaining Lupus and its effects on daily life (This is a fantastic explanation for dealing with many disabilities/health issues; chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, cancer, clinical depression... the list goes on)
♥My hair is trimmed, and styled.
♥Discovered a great soap maker. They use goats' milk to makes soaps, and lotions. We love their coffee soap, and their tea-tree lotion.
♥Made a huge batch of lazy salsa. We are sooo stuffed.
♥We watched The Lorax. Awesome.
♥Added a lavender sachet to my pillow...smells awesome. I have been sleeping better too.
♥Watched a great documentary; Farmageddon.
♥Found a pile of old papers about my family history. Some of my ancestors came to the US in 1760!
♥Also found some of my old report cards....ha!
♥Dr. Who Theme!!!!!
♥My mom has a new car! Congrats to her!!!
"A woman is beaten every nine seconds in this country. Just to be clear: not nine minutes, but nine seconds. It’s the number-one cause of injury to American women"
"there is a backlog of about 400,000 untested rape kits in this country—rapists who impregnate their victims have parental rights in 31 states."
Here in the United States, where there is a reported rape every 6.2 minutes, and one in five women will be raped in her lifetime
If you read the above post and are feeling really down, go here now! (This sweet little dog will make you smile.)
“If you could send yourself from 10 years ago one sentence of advice and it would actually be delivered….what would that one sentence be?” ~ Veronica Varlow
Mine would be: Trust your intuition! What would yours be?
