Hey Tillie,
Ok, I'll keep eating all of the fruit. :)
WTG! On relining those cupboards. :D

I got 2 of the cupboards all wiped out and relined. :D

What makes this task so very hard is the 5 cats all trying to "help" me.

Tomorrow I will finish by doing that last cupboard.

MayMay
Keep eating that fruit & you should be all better very soon. :)

Right now Cory and Matt are outside in the backyard. I just looked out the window to check on them and noticed that both of them were laying right on top of the swimming pool cover. It was hilarious. Lol. I think they miss being able to swim in the swimming pool.

YAY!!!!! I'M FINALLY STARTING TO BE ABLE TO SMELL AND TASTE STUFF AGAIN! :D
I'M SOOOOO HAPPY!!!!! :D

Hey Tillie,
That's how my room is too; it's always the warmest room in the house during the winter. That's mostly because of my space heater though. If I didn't have my space heater then my room would be the coldest room in the house during the winter. Right now it's 75 degrees in my room. If I didn't have my space heater then it would be more like 20 degrees in my room.

I am getting really tired of that same old 1 degree every morning.

But I shouldn't complain. I have seen it get down to 35 below 0 here two different winters.

I have 3 cupboards in the kitchen. All with double doors.
Today I plan to wash and reline at least one of them with the new contact paper that is not that super sticky stuff but can easily be lifted up.

The kitchen is warmer than the rest of the house. :D

Stay warm! :)

I just got a cute new idea for my tattoo that I want to get in Hawaii! :D

I want to get little dog bones tattooed around Cory and Matt's paw prints. I want some of the dog bones to be red with a black outline, and some of them to be blue with a black outline. :)

I just woke up about an hour ago. I'm starting to feel a little better; finally! :)
Right now I'm just surfing the Internet on my iPad and looking up tattoo shops in Hawaii. :)
In May, me, my mom, my dad, and my mom's whole side of the family are all going to Hawaii for 3 weeks. :D
I'm sooooo EXCITED for the trip!!!!! :D
One of the things that I want to do while I'm in Hawaii is get a tattoo. I actually want to get 2 tattoos while I'm in Hawaii. I want to get 2 tribute tattoos; one of the tribute tattoos will be for Cory and the other tribute tattoo will be for Matt. I want to get their names and paw prints tattooed on my rib cage. I want both of their names to be tattooed in black ink and then I want Cory's paw print to be tattooed in red ink and Matt's paw print to be tattooed in blue ink. :)
I got the idea to get Cory and Matt's names and paw prints tattooed on me after I saw a picture of a girl that got her dog's name and paw print tattooed on her foot. Plus I love Cory and Matt more than anything in the world, and I've always wanted to get a tattoo, so I figured that getting their names and paw prints tattooed on me will be the perfect tattoo for me because I know that I will never regret getting it. :)

HI :)

Another 1 degree day.

Drinking tea and trying to stay warm.
The Nevada Governor has declared a state of emergency due to the cold temps.
Many pipes have burst causing a lot of displaced people and damaged buildings.

Today I will do the daily cat related tasks.
Sweep the floors.
Vacuum the carpet.
Need to dust.
Do a quick tidying up of the bathroom.
Stay inside except a very quick trip to the mailbox and I will take out the trash on my way.

TTYL :D

OK

Finally got brave enough to wash my hair. :)

Then I cleaned all 3 drains here with baking soda and vinegar then a hot water rinse. Just because I can now that I have a proper drainage system. :D

My little cat removed the wall board that covers the back of the bathtub access area in my hoarder's bedroom closet.
Went on an adventure under the bathtub where he had a big knock down drag out fight with something big and evil (his words).
Finally was able to coax the kitty out but he keeps on wanting to go back in there to finish the mission.

Oh well. :(

Right now I'm just sitting on my bed next to Cory and Matt and eating one of the many apples that my boss got me last night. :)

Wow Tillie! 1 degree? Where do you live?...Antarctica? ;)

I have "1" degree.

Today I will be shivering!

That's GREAT!

Now eat ALL that fruit! :D

THERE IS SO MUCH FRUIT IN MY KITCHEN RIGHT NOW!!!!! :)

Earlier this evening I texted my boss and asked him if he could drop by my house after work and bring me an apple. He said yes; but when he arrived at my house he didn't have an apple with him. Instead of bringing me just one apple, he brought me 2 bags of apples, 2 bags of oranges, and a bag of grapes. So I now have 20 apples and 20 oranges laying around the kitchen and a huge bag of grapes in the fridge. Lol. :)

Ask somebody to bring you some apples and oranges.
Then eat them.

I think I'm going to eat some tomato soup. :)

The only fruit we have in the house are bananas; and I hate bananas. The last time I ate a banana was when I was 14 years old. My high school health class totally ruined bananas for me. ;)

Still very cold today. A whole 12 degrees F.

Fed the cats. Gave them fresh water & filled the kibble bowls.
Swept the floors.
Tidied up the bathroom.
Still need to vacuum the carpet.

Then I will cook something. :D
Something hot and yummy. Don't know what yet but have many ideas.

Putting off relining the kitchen cupboards with fresh new paper until next week. I am still resting up from him being home ALL last month. lol

Hope everybody has a happy day! :D

MayMay,
Pickles have no vitamins and way too much salt.
Go eat some fruit! :)

OMG! I was just looking for something to eat in the fridge; and I just discovered that right before my boss, my boyfriend, and his best friend left yesterday, they taped all the jars of pickles that I have in the fridge shut; so that I can't eat them. LOL.
They don't want me to eat any pickles until my cold is totally gone.

Matt and Cory just woke me up from a deep sleep by jumping right on top of me. Lol.

Thanks Beverly. :)

Wow, another shooting. That's so sad. :(
I was really hoping that there weren't going to be any shootings this year.

I'm so sorry to hear about what happened to your bird. :(

Tillie! 40 degrees... a heat wave...hahaha It's been 29 here at night and I'm freezing. Can't imagine 4 degrees.

Maymay, I hope you fee better soon and can taste again.

We had a HS shooting this week in Taft. It's awful that shootings have become the thing to do for depressed angry young people. I guess this little town made national news.

A guy came to my house Friday with a flier about a prayer group at a park for the HS shooting and Paulie my little Jenday Conure few out to greet him. Then Squichie my little fan sitting cockatiel flew out and away. she made it through the night and answered my calls to her the next day. I found her in a tree 1 block away and waited laying down in my open trunk so she would fly down to me like she does when I'm laying on my bed. She finally flew to the trunk lid and then to the ground instead of me. I started to get up and a hawk swooped down and flew off with her screaming. I was shocked and horrified. She was so close to being home again. I had to sleep the rest of the day and finally forced myself to get up today. She was just starting to warm up to me and follow me around. Sooo sad. She's in birdie heaven now.

OMG! My bathroom looks like a rain storm just hit it. LOL. :)
Josh, Kevin, and John just finished giving Cory and Matt a bath; and now the whole bathroom is filled with water and Josh, Kevin, and John are soaking wet. I think they are even more wet than Cory and Matt are. LOL. :)
I asked them what happened and they told me that Cory and Matt kept wanting to jump out of the tub. LOL. :)

Hey Tillie,
Yeah when my boyfriend, his best friend, and my boss first arrived at my house, they told me that I'm not allowed to eat anymore pickles until I get better. Lol. :)

Right now I am being pampered by 2 paramedics and a retired firefighter. :D
My boyfriend Josh, his best friend Kevin, and my boss John just arrived at my house a few minutes ago with chicken noodle soup, some cold medicine, and a bunch of new magazines for me to read while I'm trying to get better. And right now they are making some hot coco. I had no idea that they were going to do this. They are so sweet. :)
My boyfriend Josh and his best friend Kevin are both paramedics. And my boss John is a retired firefighter who owns the bar that I work at. :)

Hello :(

Only 5 degrees F here this morning.

The weather report says that by Thursday we will get up to 40F.
I am really looking forward to that! Heat wave. lol

Went grocery shopping yesterday.
As always, I have a list and only buy what I need/want.
He bought too much for himself because he likes to buy the reduced stuff and impulse buys.
This is why I started grocery shopping only once every two weeks, to keep him out of the store. ;)

Today will be a simple stay at home day only venturing out if absolutely necessary.

Hope to see lots of people tonight in the chat group. 5pm PST

MayMay
Since you can't taste anything anyway try eating healthier stuff like oranges, oatmeal and soup.
Those things have vitamins that will help you get better sooner. :D

Wow! I have completely lost my ability to taste anything. Right now I am eating pickles with barbecue sauce and I CAN'T taste it at all. Being sick is awful. :(

Christina Aguilera has just inspired me to dye my hair again! :D
The first time I had my hair dyed, I had it dyed blue; and now the color is starting to fade away. So this time instead of dying my hair blue again, I want to dye my hair blonde, purple, and pink, like Christina Aguilera's hair. :)
The top half of my hair will be dyed blonde, the middle half of my hair will be dyed purple, and the bottom half of my hair will be dyed pink. :)
I'm definitely not going to have my hair dyed this weekend, because I'm sick. So I'll probably have it dyed either next weekend, or the weekend after that. :)

Thanks Tillie. :)

Sorry MayMay :(

Feel better soon.

Today I'm not feeling good; I have a really bad cold. So I'm probably just going to have a movie marathon today; and maybe do a little napping too. Right now I'm just laying in my bed and surfing the Internet on my iPad. And Cory and Matt are laying right next to me, all snuggled up under my new "Sons of Anarchy" blanket. :)

Cats have all been taken care of. :D

I have just been sitting here snuggling one cat and reading news online.

Nothing to do today.
New fresh layer of snow fell over night.

Going to enjoy the day! :D

Good morning :)

I have a wash load of cat blankets out on the clothes line.
The wind is blowing and that will help remove some of the fur from them.

Just the usual tidying up tasks to do today.
Swish & swipe the bathroom.
Scoop litter boxes.
Sweep the floor.
In the evening wash up dishes.

I love waking up in the morning to a kitchen with NO dirty dishes waiting for me. :D

Have a productive day! :)

Today I'm going to go to work. And then after work, my boss and I are going to go to the shooting range. It's been a while since I've been to the shooting range. :)

Good morning :)

Woke up super early this morning.
Fed the cats their breakfast of canned food.
Scooped the litter boxes.
Gave them fresh water & filled their kibble bowls.
Brushed one cat.

Swept the floor.

Now I have the rest of the day to do whatever I feel like doing. :D

Hey Tillie,
Yeah the self-defense class that I took was just for women; and I actually had a lot of fun in the class. :)

I grew up around guns.
Used to go deer hunting with my Dad & brothers every Fall.
Taking self defense is great.
They also have courses just for women to learn how to stay safe or ways to get away from dangerous situations.

Taking the basic college courses online like english & math is good because it gets them over with and out of the way. :D

Thanks Tillie. :)
Yeah, I've been thinking about taking some online college courses. I have no idea what I want to take though. I'm thinking about maybe taking an English course. :)
I try not to let what happened to me rule my life. I never got counseling for what happened to me; but I did start taking some self-defense classes about a month after the attack happened. And my boss started taking me to the shooting range after The attack; so that he could teach me how to use his guns. Actually my boss is the only person that knows that I know how to shoot a gun. No one else knows about it.

Hey MayMay

Sorry you had a bad experience. :(

Please don't allow that to keep you from your goals.
Don't wait too long before getting back to the books. Maybe sign up for an online course?
If you want, most all colleges and universities will provide you an escort out to your car, especially at night.
Don't let that episode fester. Get some counseling if you think that will help.

Sincerely, Tillie

Hey Tillie,
I actually was in college recently but then I decided to drop out and take a little break from it after something really bad happened to me while I was there.

My boyfriend just woke me up by laying my Legolas cut-out right on top of me. And now Cory and Matt are totally freaked out by it and they hiding in my boyfriend's bedroom and they won't come out.

Thank you Cory :)

Today is going to be a fun day.
Planning on a mani-pedi while watching some movies.
A good day for hot chocolate. :D

MayMay
You have way too much free time on your hands.
I suggest you start taking some college classes to fill your spare time and expand your mind. :)

Ok, so it's around 2:40am where I live. And I just put my Legolas cut-out in my boyfriend's bed. Right now Cory and Matt are asleep in their dog beds in the living room and I am going to sleep on the couch. I can't believe my plan went so well. I'm so glad it went well because I was kind of scared that I was going to accidentally wake up Cory and Matt when I went to get my Legolas cut-out from my car to set it up.

Right now I'm getting ready to go to my boyfriend's house. Cory and Matt are sitting in the back seat of my car, and my Legolas cut-out is laying folded up in the trunk. Cory and Matt have no idea that my Legolas cut-out is in the trunk. Since Cory and Matt are terrified of my Legolas cut-out, my plan for tonight is to sneak out to my car and get my Legolas cut-out once my boyfriend and Cory and Matt are asleep; and then I'm going to set my Legolas cut-out up in the living room then hide it in the bathroom. Once I've done that, then I'm going to wake up Cory and Matt and take them into the living room to sleep. Then after that I'm going to take my Legolas cut-out out of the bathroom and sneak it into my boyfriend's bedroom and lay it right next to him in his bed. Hopefully the plan will go well and I will scare the crap out of my boyfriend. I love playing pranks on people. ;)

OMG! Today while I was in my closet I found my cardboard cut-out of Legolas from "Lord of the Rings". When I found it, it totally scared the crap out of me because I forgot that I even had it. I got it when I was like 13 years old because I had a really huge crush on Orlando Bloom. After I found it in my closet, I decided to set it up in my room. That was a big mistake because it totally scared the crap out of Matt and Cory, and now they won't even enter my room. I just took it down and put it in the trunk of my car because I just got a really funny idea. Tonight I'm going to stay at my boyfriend's house and then in the middle of the night while he's asleep, I'm going to sneak out to my car and bring the cardboard cut-out inside and set it up. And then after I set it up, I'm going to lay it in my boyfriend's bed so that when he wakes up tomorrow morning he will see Legolas staring right at him. Lol. :)

Tillie,
Your energy level never ceases to amaze me! Keep up the incredible work, but don't forget to take time for yourself. Build a nice fire in the fireplace and enjoy the evening and the warmth! 10 degrees??? Yuck!