January 4, 2006

CHRISTMAS IS OVER!!!! I am sooooo glad. Our stars got up and so did the deer... but now EVERYTHING is down and put away. We had Don and Eileen out on Christmas Eve and then went to Joyce and Mike's for Christmas day. Eileen came too. She was afraid she would run into Cheryl there but I kept telling her that unless it is a full on family reunion, Cheryl doesn't get invited to anything. Any way is was nice and quiet. We had terrible wind storms the night before and early morning and lots with out power but ours was only off briefly an jp and Mike got thiers back early on.
......The benefit show the dancer did was wonderful and the pants did not appear. As of today they are still not here and the receptionest at the studio said she was not sure they were even ordered. The least they could do is pay me interest on the money they are holding. Yesterday after ballet class the teacher asked Aundrea and 2 others to stay and told them they were moving up to ballet 4. Aundrea was so excited. Her friend Jessica did not get to go and that upset both girls. They have danced together since they were 4 years old and have always moved up at the same time. I still don't know why Jessica didn't get moved up but tonight was the first class and Aundrea was shy and holding back so the teacher let her just watch. She has danced with all of these kids before, most of them in ballet but she was just unsecure. Next week she will be fine cause she now knows she can do what they were doing.
......We are having such an interesting time with this group of cats. We adopted Mama June and she took to raising the orphans. Then she went into heat for about 5 days and nearly drove us all nuts. The other night one of the boy kittens did something awful (I have no idea what) and she put her paw on his head and pushed it to the floor and just held him there and stared at him for about 30 seconds. Later Bud swatted one of the boys and Cleo took him on and then Nick ran in to seperate them (we call Nick, Sarge!) and then Mama June jumped in the middle of it just to let Bud know they meant it I guess........... I just picked up the spray bottle and kept squirting until everyone went to neutral corners.
......And one more animal thing... we had some little appetizer thingies that look like quiche but aren't. Roy gave PapaRat one along with some french fries
and he grabbed it and the fries and took them in his house. A second later he came out with the cheese thingie and tossed it out the door. I guess he was displeased!
.......We had a lot of rain in December and our septic system along with many others in the county, was backed up and flooded. Flushing the toilet has been a trip. It took a lot of coaxing with the plunger and some swearing to get it to go. The other night I forgot to check the water level and flushed. Just as I let go of the lever I looked down and said $&*^*# and grabbed the plunger... but not before I got my feet wet. Tonight as Roy was "encouraging" it to work properly it gav e a large BELCH and seems to be fine now. I hope so cause we can't use the washer either and Roy went to the laundramat to do 2 loads and it cost 17 quarters a load for one and 7 or 8 for the other + drying. Well I guess we shouldnt' complain when we think about Louisana and then California is really getting wet.