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Having fun

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Got back to my deviantART account and have been playing with their paint program: Still pretty basic with it, but it is a cool option for doodling on long winters nights.

Selene Jude

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A somewhat better pic of her as I was giving her skritches under the headboard last night:

And it begins again

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Students are back, in droves, so everywhere in town is busy, busy. So far haven't run into any problems other than it takes an extra 10 minutes to get across town at times. Saw hubby's surgeon this morning, he'd had cervical surgery a couple weeks back and he is on track with healing quite nicely. He's been cleared to drive again so I can go back to being chauffeured everywhere I go LOL!! Puttering along at the house, we've been working on bonding with the new kitty (yes, ANOTHER new kitty, her people had to move and simply could not take her with them and they wanted to make sure she was re-homed in a good home). She still doesn't come up to us and doesn't ZOOOOMMMM!!! from the room when we come in. Haven't been able to get any decent photos of her, but here are a couple: She had been a feral, but is now 3 years old and edited. When they were able to finally catch her to bring in they discovered her tail would have to be amputated, so she has a l

Doctor Who Parody by The Hillywood Show®

Survived the weekend

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Pride was a blast, but I think I am going to have to see about having an assistant for outdoor venues. I was a wreck by the time things were over and taking everything down. Luckily there were some strong bodies when we got there to help set up the pavilion and haul the old school table out of the van. It is HEAVY!!!!! Had a bit of help getting the table into the van and someone stopped by to help take down the pavilion. I love helpful young people :) Made some money and gave out quite a few cards. Gave cards to the guy who bought the mobile last year, he says he has people stopping by his office and wanting to know where he got it. I really do need to get good pics of the others posted. Got plenty of cold, cooked chicken and pork on had for this week, also rice, broccoli and other veg for salads. We are supposed to have a bit of a cool down starting in a couple days, but that is for thunderstorms and we are tinder dry. I hope we don't get anymore fires, the ones we have are mo

ALMOST THERE!!!!!!

2 more days to Palouse Pride , time to finish getting ready. We are in a few days of cool down, in the 80s, so will take advantage of it tomorrow to prep things for hot weather meals. Went shopping last night, picked up broccoli and cauliflower and other veg for broccoli salad. Going to hard cook some eggs, make some pate choux and use the grill to cook up a ton of meat. Picked up a big fresh pork roast and more chicken breasts. I've still some chicken thighs and a whole fryer I will cook up also. I'll slice and dice everything and package it for the freezer so it will be easy to grab and thaw for meals. Will make a ton of rice to stash in the freezer, found a way to cook it in the slow cooker so will use the 6 qt cooker. I will then pack in gallon freezer bags, flatten them and then they will stack in the deep freeze nicely. Will be good to have on hand for last minute fried rice.

Survived another weekend

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Another warm weekend that was busier than I'd wanted (I'd brought home the new Deborah Harkness novel The Book of Life to read), but we did get things done. Got several new display stands done, so I am on the final countdown to Pride on Saturday. Will pick up the shade pavilion on Friday and load up the van so I will be ready to go first thing Saturday morning. I like to get there as early as possible so I can have everything set up and ready so I have time to relax before the festival begins. Finally found a new home for the queen sized futon mattress that was taking up space. Contacted the local animal shelter and they took it for a nice big dog bed. So I had my neighbor put it in the van for me and help with some boxes for the Hope Center. Dropped off the futon and a big bag of old sheets, blankets and towels at the animal shelter, then dropped off a box of knick knacks, a box of books and a bag of sheets at Hope. We have a big foam mattress pad we will drop off at Hope