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MAY 2004
Gee they all get up before Mom again, Ian seems
MUCH better, he actually keeps some toast and juice down, and I check his temp,
it is 99.70 way
better than yesterday. Mom putters around, basically lost because of Taboo. I
set to making the memorial for my friend.
To see Taboo
clic here..
somewhere around 11:00 Keith comes in and says we should get to burying the Boo
Man, since he was in such a hurry to get to Boston yesterday, he just wrapped
him in a blanket and put him somewhere safe until we BOTH could get to him.
I
find some soft cloth to wrap him in and Keith has gathered his toys and some
Catnip. We bury him in my Circle (garden) in the back yard. I hold him the
whole tine Keith is digging. Man this is tough. The boys come out to say
goodbye and we place him in the spot I picked out and finish up.
Then
it is on to business as usual, tho Mom just isn’t into it. Dr Laura calls
to check on Ian. We do the grocery shopping etc and then settle in to watch the
Busch race on TV. Then it’s the
Mom isn’t to much better today, it
may be that absolutely everything just got to me and Boo was the proverbial
straw. I just can’t seem to get out of the funk. We have a nice quiet day
at home. Ian is so much better (temp 97.90)that Dad
tosses him and his brother outside to play, since they are making soooo much noise in the house.
Mom is still missing the Boo man, and I
have already told Keith that I HAVE to get another cat. I miss him so much.
Well I started looking on the internet yesterday and have found the most
marvelous website. It is called petfinder.com. You can find any kind of pet
that you want. You may see most of them BEFORE you go to the shelter.
I have
added the below link for them, since I have found
I went
to the shelter with a list of names that I had researched on the web site. When
I arrived I saw Sly, and Jewel and a few others then I spotted Toby &
Tyler. and I fell in love instantly, why??? Because as
a rule cats do not lick (give kisses) well these two started kissing my fingers
as soon as I put my hand in the cage. When I held each of them, I got face
kisses, and that was that.
I asked
how I go about taking them home. I had to fill out and adoption form and would
have to wait a few days since the Black one had not been neutered yet. ( I asked which one was which and no one seemed to know) so
I filled out the paperwork and was told I could pick them up Thursday. I was thrilled, I had a cat back in my life.
Today
was a busy day, I had to get home, and grab the boys off the bus and drop them
at Auntie’s and then get to school myself.
So to surprise them, I took the photo off the
website and printed 3 copies. 1 for each of them and 1 for
me. I placed them on their seats in the car. So that when they climb in
they would find them.
They
were just as happy as I was. Ian claimed the grey, and assigned the black to
me, and relegated the dog to Dylan. We laughed. They are ALL, OUR pets and we
will ALL share, I tell him.
I arrive at the shelter around
PHOTO OF TOBY AND
The 3 of us get home JUST before the boys
get home from school. I get them in and then let the dog outside. We go to the
family room downstairs and start to get acquainted. We are doing ok. Then the
boys arrive home and they scatter. We all spend most of today with them in the
family room, getting them used to their new home.
Keith
stops by to drop off the digital camera for me to get the pictures out ( these are of his senior design stuff) he also rescues Neo
who has gotten himself into the lazy boy rocker and can’t seem to get
out. (so much for the “I don’t want
anymore pets”
Z seems
to be the braver of the 2. (tho he wasn’t
neutered today, he was already done) around 7 ish we head for upstairs and Z is
the only one to come with us. Z is a bit nervous but adjusts quickly. And I
head to bed with a furry buddy.
When I arrive home @
Z comes running out to greet me, but there
is still no sign of Neo. Well I head for my napping spot, and snuggle in to
catch an hour of sleep before the kids get home.
Well no sooner
do Z and I settle in and “pop” up
jumps Neo. Seems he was sleeping in Boo’s old spot, under the bed. WOW
this is great; the 3 of us head off to slumberland.
The boys
arrive home and things are just as normal as can be. We get another surprise
visit from Dad. Seems as if his last lab was cancelled and he figured
he’d stop in and say hi.
He finds
Neo and foolishly tries to introduce him to the dog. That ended quite badly for
Dad, he was bleeding in 2 places and Neo was puffed up as big as a house. I
guess he won’t try that again. LOL
Well Mom
and Dad get up early as usual. The boys follow a few hours later and I get my
cards and hugs etc. Keith heads outside to mow the lawn.
I want to
get the gardens in the back yard cleaned up too. It looks like rain so we head
right out. We get the gardens cleaned and the boys play yard cleaned up. And
the grass cut, just as we sit down in the lawn swing to admire the work, it
begins to rain. What timing!!!!
I am to be taken out for Mom’s Day to my
traditional place. Yangtze
We have a nice dinner and then head BACK to
Wal-Mart to pick up the photos I dropped off on the way to dinner.
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I have taken a whole
roll of film on the cats, just to make sure I have some of them for your
viewing pleasure LOL. Looks as tho Neo has
taken to the place, just fine, here he is making himself at home on the
staircase ledge in the living room, you can view just about the whole 1st
floor from here. Tho at this point he
still hunches up like a Halloween cat every time he sees the dog. Hopefully he will
get used to him with a lil more time |
Here we
see the ring leader of the group, Z (
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When we
get home from dinner, Mom sets to creating the largest and the cheapest
scratching post for the furry boys, we have purchased 5 rolls of Sisal Rope and
Mom and Ian take to fastening the stuff to the Lolly Column in the middle of the
family room downstairs. We are using the Hot Glue Gun and wire. This thing only costs us $10.00 and
it’s over 6ft tall. And Z LOVES IT.
Mom tries to study for her final on Tuesday to no
avail. Neo will not stay off the notebook and Mom is tired so the 2 of us head
for a nap.
We have dinner and then Keith and Ian pack for
their trip on Tuesday. Mom studies a little and then joins the family for ice
cream and The Simpson’s.
The whole house heads to bed at
Ian is to
be tested today for possible placement in the HONORS Program, when he enters the 5th Grade
in September.
Also we
have to head to the Pediatricians office after they get home form school, Dr Susan
wanted blood tests after 3 weeks and we can go to the local office, rather than
all the way to
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P |
CPK or CK |
Aldolase |
Von Will |
LDH |
AST |
ALT |
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10-15-03/Wed |
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516 |
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~~ |
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10-22-03/Wed |
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501 |
15.3 |
- |
527 |
58 |
25 |
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10-25-03/Sat |
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130 |
15.3 |
170 |
489 |
37 |
25 |
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11-05-03/Wed |
50 |
35 |
8.3 |
261 |
322 |
22 |
19 |
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11-26-03/Wed |
50 |
23 |
6.5 |
301 |
319 |
22 |
24 |
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12-24-03/Wed |
50 |
36 |
8.1 |
241 |
290 |
19 |
20 |
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01-21-04/Wed |
45 |
39 |
9.3 |
205 |
265 |
21 |
16 |
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02-26-04/Thu |
20 |
56 |
7.8 |
107 |
298 |
23 |
17 |
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04-21-04/Wed |
10 |
92 |
6.7 |
158 |
310 |
26 |
19 |
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05-10-04/Mon |
9 |
84 |
9.5 |
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298 |
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NORM |
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4-175 |
3.0-12 |
5.0-150 |
110-295 |
2.0-40 |
3.0-30 |
TUESDAY MAY 11TH TO
NATURE AND ME
Dad dropped BOTH kids at school today, since
Ian has sooooo much gear. Dylan will come home alone on the bus today.
Mom had an INSANE day at work, no time to
study and the Final is tonight. Yikes!!
Ashley
arrives as usual and I head to school. I think I did fine, tho before I leave I
know I started with a 99 since I asked a friend about one of the questions and
I was wrong. Phooey.
WEDNEDAY
Gee today
would have been my Dad’s 87th birthday Hmmmmm I dropped Dylan off at school and headed to
work. Man I am so not used to having all these people around. I am used to
being alone on the roads etc.
Keith
headed to camp this AM, he is scheduled to be in the same cabin with Ian, this
makes me feel better.
Well got my
Final Grade back. Got a 90…yahooooooo and an A for the
course
I receive
an email around
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Here he is the 1st day At Camp. He would never have been able to do this last
September. The lil guy in the Blue T shirt is his friend Ryan, These photos arrived BEFORE They even got home Thanks to Ryan’s MOM Emailing them to me |
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She says the boys are having a BLAST. I
know that Dylan is really missing his big Brother tho. He can’t wait for
them to come home.
For more photos
of
Got a quick phone call from Dad, they
really are having a blast, he says that HE climbed the wall and was the ONLY
dad to make it to the top. (Ian’s beaming since HIS dad is kewl)
He tells me the camp nurse is right on top
of EVERYTHING. She has her own place to dispense the meds, and those who need
them are rounded up at the meal and taken to the room for their medications.
That makes me feel even better.
Well I
get busy with laundry and dishes and the cats, and of course end up running
late heading out to work. I drop Dylan and NEED gas, get that and stop for Tea
and Coffee and finally get to work at 8:15, (should have been there at 8:00)
Seems I can’t get to work on time no matter WHAT time I have to be there.
MONDAY MAY 17TH TO
This is one of DAD’s 1st nights
home with us with no HOMEWORK. He is very upset with the way things are going
with the senior design project. He wishes that they could video tape the thing
working, just in case it doesn’t at the presentation.
Well I had already been looking into
getting another video camera, we haven’t had one since Ian was 3, because
the tapes seemed to lack vertical hold and were hard to watch, so I just put
the thing away.
So off
we went to
I get it
all charged up and ready for Dad to take to school tomorrow.
The
boys come home with their school pictures today…….what do you
think????
Pretty Handsome huh??
Well hooray the trailer has FINALLY arrived. I
called at
Lucky for us, Keith is off from work this week, so
we head to
It seems that they ordered the wrong color, they completely forgot that we came in on March 6th
and looked at trailer colors for at least 2 hours in the pouring rain, to make
sure of the color that we wanted.
The couch and dinette upholstery is hideous.
Everything else is ok, color wise, but I wanted the GREEN (Meadow) NOT the
BUT this
one has a BONUS. There is a rack system for MORE cargo that the factory has
been tossing on for free. And Keith REALLY likes it.
Our Salesman is not in today so I am told to call
him tomorrow 1st thing. (lil do they know
that 1st thing in the AM to me is 0500)
Keith and I and the boys have dinner at the 99.
Everyone gets a nice juicy steak and then we head for home. It’s been
another long day.
At 0915
I call and talk to my salesman, he says he doesn’t know what happened and
he will look into it and call me back. (note-he never does)
Well tonight I am not going anywhere. I have my certification
test tomorrow.
(for NOVELL CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATOR) I have my certificate that I finished the class
and now I have to test, to back it up.
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Note today is TONY STEWART’S BIRTHDAY – hence why I picked today to take my test.
Hoping for some GOOD Mojo !!!! J
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Well I
head to the test at 0915, good thing cause the web directions stunk. I arrive
at the testing center around
The
thing is set up and they give me 75 minutes to take it. Once you go to the next
question there is no going back. So I settle in and get started. Ok 22 minutes
later I see the end of the questions go across the computer screen and the
results flash up on the monitor.
I needed
to score 572 out of a possible 800. my score is
::::::::::drum
roll::::::::::::: 712 I have passed my CNA test. Yahooooooooooo! I am so glad I didn’t waste that
$125.00 testing fee by failing. I call Keith and let him know and then head up
to the RV dealer to hash out a few things.
When I arrive my salesman says he called and left a
message (I never got one) any who. We discuss the problem. The best they can do
with the trailer that is here is offer me a $100.00 gift certificate at their
store. – Unacceptable.
Next – we set about looking at the in stock
trailers that they have. We find 1 possible and then head to the Raynham lot to
check one other.
The WILDCAT that I look at has a nice bedroom for
the kids, tho it only has 2 bunks, and if we take company, which we normally
do, we will have to open the sofa or the dinette for sleeping. and we were trying to avoid that. And it is BLUE, again, not
my favorite color.
They will check to see how long it will be to get
me a new RIGHT colored COUGAR and a price for the WILDCAT. I am told to call a
lil later today.
I let Keith know all about this and head home. It
is a quiet night at home, since Keith doesn’t get back from working with
the “team” until
Senior Design
Presentation Day and LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
after
7.5 years
Happy Anniversary – 11 years married Today
KEITH’S GRADUATION DAY
LANCE/DAD/KEITH/JULIE
ALL THE KIDS
MOM/DYLAN/DAD/IAN
LANCE/MOM/KEITH/JULIE
THE GRADUATE
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