Just hangin’ out, contemplating…

Yes, I know, I’ve been lazy in updating my blog.  I don’t really know if you can call it lazy so much as I’ve been crazy busy!  Seriously, BUSY!

May is the month of my birth, so we par-taaaaaayed!  Let me lay it out for you, ready?

May 4th – Dodger Game…LOSE and PAINFULLY SO (but I got a blanket out of the deal, so I guess it’s not a total loss)!

May 8th – For my birthday I wanted to see Iron Man 2, since the production company wouldn’t delay the opening a week for my true birthday we had to celebrate early.

A group of friends went up to CityWalk to see it and then we went to Bubba Gump for dinner.

YUMMY!!!

I have great friends!  …um, with wacky hats!

Following that, another dodger game.  LOSE! [dislike]

As a side note…Chris Vulture has forbade me to attend another Dodger game.  I do believe he thinks I’m some sort of jinx.  Do you believe THAT??!!

May 11 – This was a big day…BIG!  I’m the Camp Director for the youth girls in my church.  This year we decided to have a fundraiser to help offset the price of camp.  I suggested we do a concert.  There is a woman in my ward that is a professional jazz pianist and she is AMAZING.  I thought it would be fantastic to have her do a concert.  Long story short, we did it, people said I wouldn’t make much money, and I proved the naysayers wrong.  W R O N G.  It was a HUGE success, we made enough money so that the girls are all paid for and it has only had rave reviews.  Thankyouverymuch!

May 15 – Renaissance Fair.  Wild and Weird!

May 17 – Dinner at Red Lobster with friends on the actual day of my birth.

May 19 – Dinner with my good friend HappyTam.  HappyTam and I have been friends for, like, 35 years or something.  Crazy!  I love her!

May 21 – My good friend Bryce took me to Magic Mountain.  AAA had a deal where, for $25, you could go from 6-Midnight.  It wasn’t crowded at ALL, we stayed to the bitter end, and for the most part I had fun.

This?  Was not fun AT ALL!!!

DO YOU HEAR ME??!!!!

Top Speed:  76mph
Elevation:  20 stories
Length:  3,610 feet

However, Terminator Salvation could be my new favorite ride!

May 22 – Out of the house by 7am to go to San Diego to the Zoo.  Spent the ENTIRE day there.  My friend Elljaypea had a niece that was going to be there, so we wanted to go have a fun day with them.  And we did!  (See all pictures here)

May 24 – Took the day off to go support my friend HappyTam.  It’s not for me to go into detail, but she needed it.  As her son says, “My dad is hardcore!”  We’ll see about that.

Last night my friend Linny and I went to Anaheim after work to meet up with her brother who is here on business.  We spent the evening togther and had a great time!

SEE WHY I’M TIRED??!  And why I haven’t been around?

If I were a bird, this is the bird I would be!

Yesterday I cleaned the kitchen, the “dining” room table, the living room and my bedroom.

Today I bathed 2 kittens and a hedgehog.

Guess which was harder?

This morning I went over to my neighbor and best friend’s house to say good morning and to find out if my shirt was too big (it was).  This little guy was hanging out by their front door.

I foster kittens for the Burbank Animal Shelter.  I love doing it and I love the look on people’s faces when they find the perfect pet for their family.

I recently got 3 4-day old kittens.  What that means is around the clock feedings; every 3 hours to be precise.  How can you NOT fall in love with this?  I ask you…

Two of the three gave it a valiant effort, but sadly couldn’t survive.  I had them about 10 days and thought we were doing pretty good, but their little bodies and immune systems were just not strong enough.  Both of them struggled in the wee hours of the morning while I sat with them and tried to make them as comfortable as I could, talking to them and loving them.  I miss them, and I’m sorry they had to suffer and I couldn’t take that away.

This is Wookie, he is the last of the litter of 6 (and my 3) and he has quite a legacy to live, gooooooo Wookie we know you can make it!!

Wookie

qwendy and I love a good high-speed chase.  We’re glued to the TV when one starts and like to stay to the bitter end!  The other day qwendy was driving home from work and heard on the news there was one happening.  She called me immediately and I got the feed from the internet and gave her the blow by blow.  Until I slammed the phone down and went to the window to watch it pass right by my building!  He went zooming by with 5 cop cars chasing him.  Such excitement!!

In other news, I’ve been watching The Owl Box the past couple of days.  A guy put a nesting box in his yard and installed cameras.  He said it took a few years but he finally got a barn owl nesting.  Her name is Molly and her mate is McGee; as of this posing 4 owlets have hatched and we’re still waiting on another.  It should hatch, literally, any minute now.