Sept 23......

........The concert was a blast. Always is. I was really prepared to dislike the new guy as he was taking the place of my favorite but he is sooo good and sooo sweet... well he is just a baby after all. His daddy is Bill Medley of the Rightous Brothers and Darren sounds an awful lot like him. They say he's 40, but he looks about 25....
......Saturday I got a letter from the Washington State CASA and I have a full scholarship for the state convention and seminar in Oct. I have never gone before because I couldn't afford the convention and the hotel ..... Saaed chewed me out last year for not putting in for a scholorship so this year I did. It seems nearly every year there are some that go unused.
.......Wednesday night was the dinner for the Juvenile Court Volunteers and everyone usually gets a door prize. I got a gift certificate for $50 for dinner at Silver City Brewery. I can do that.
.......Today just as Roy and I were going to leave to go to St Vinnies to take some bedding down.....how on earth we ever got so many blankets is beyound me. We must have taken 10 or 15 down and still have an ample supply.... anyway Lora and Estella showed up with a cat. Lora rescued it from running amoungst the traffic on Petersville Rd.... the people at the garage sale said that it had been around the neighborhood for a few days. So Lora brought her to me and we have her in the kitten cage... Roy will take her to the shelter tomorrow. She is really nice and friendly and a quiet kitty.
........While at ST V's we found a door for the laundry room. The price for a new one was outrageous cause we need a window in it for in there cause when we put in a door and take out the window it will have very little light. (the laundry room we are speaking of here is my sewing room and Mike's old bedroom.) I will share space with the washer and dryer. I wanted to put the door off the other downstairs bedroom so it was easy to get to the garage but Marc pointed out to me that that would entail a set of steps and much construction that putting it in the other room would not. Why did I get these kids who have to point out to me the pitfalls? What really gripes me is that they are usually right.
......well off with me, I have run on long enough and ...... oh yes I forgot the call from Matt at 10:30 the other night... seems the person they gave Pa Rat to had given it to someone else and they had put it out side in the rain in its cage so they went and took it back and gee didn't I want him? NO, not particularily... but I have him. He will likely be a better pet once we clean his stinky mess up. I dont' think they had cleaned him since forever.
.......So now I am off and am gonna go read my book.

Stuff I forgot last time......

......Aundrea has begun to knit. Her stitches are not too even but for 7 years old she is doing great. She just doesn't have much time. I pick her up after school and she goes directly to dance, 3 days a week and on Wed she is here for a couple of hours and friday for about 20 minutes. Maybe on her way to dance is going to be her best time.
.......Our friend Mike Peterson just became granpa again to a little girl. When she was born he was in the waiting room with his grandson Andrew. I think he is about 3.. anyway after the baby was born, Dad came out and took Andrew in for a quick peek at his new sister. He came running out shouting...... her got out!!
.......I planned this trip to the concert for this weekend so I didn't have to go to Roy's mom's birthday party..... well ok it was the date the band set.... so Roy decided we had to go down to day to take his mom her present. Blaaap. She makes me crazy... I guess she always did and she is just getting very forgetful... and it is probably mostly just I have no desire to have to put up with it after Aunt Ethel and then Ray. Her back steps are horrid and so is the walk. I keep telling Roy we need to put up some hand rails all the way along the walk. She is unsteady but so is Estella with her bad knees or hips or both. And so am I for that matter. None of us are getting any younger.
.....Well I am off of here got to check the CC balances to see if I can get back from Ferndale.....

What happened to August...?

.......Wow, it is September already. Summer came and went so quickly, did I blink? Of course we had dance and summer school and misc other things. The big "Manhatten Dance Project" didn't happen. Tho they are still holding our money..... It is planned for later I think? The dance performance at the fair did go and I hear was wonderful. I got darling pictures back but that was the day to set up for my class reunion so I didn't get to see it. No great loss as I hate the fair. It is just hot, dusty and expensive. How is that for 'sour'? The class reunion was fun tho. This was the first one we actually had at the school and as it was sort of last minute we didn't have a large turnout but what we had was fun and it was also the 1st ever when anyone did any decorations. Usually they just have it at Dick's house, which is very nice and totally generous of he and Pattie to host it, but no one does any decorating. Well I know why now. Our school colors were black and white. Try to do that with out making it look like a funeral. But we did and we had enough food and cake for an army.
.......I just heard from a friend in New Orleans (well Dallas now)... who lost everything. They left in the early morning with 2 daughters and 4 large dogs and 1 cat in 2 vehicles with the computer tower and clothing for 2 or 3 days and have nothing to go back to. Now these people are fairly wealthy and have good insurence, if they ever can get back in to access the damage, but it is still heartbreaking to know they lost all pictures and just everything. She is trying to be very up and brave but I know they are devestated. And another friend who is now in Atlanta is still waiting to know the outcome for her house. I can not even begin to comprehend the devestation.
.........We have a new batch of kittens, 6 of them again. Of course very cute and fun. But poopy little devils. They are having a hard time understanding LITTER BOX! When we took thier mom in last Saturday, we got a cage for them and that is helping. My goodness the stink that 6 itsy littles can make. But they are learning..... At least I hope so.
.........Next weekend Eileen and I are going up to Ferndale to see the Raiders. They havent' been around here for 2 years so this will be a treat. We havent' seen the new guy either. We have tickets, hotel room, rented car and gas card. We may live on crackers and cheese all weekend but hey we have done that before.