051 ~ O'Riley

This pic of O'Riley was taken on the 4th... and it's been almost that long since I've posted on this blog!

It's Wednesday, December 24, 2010!  

My last post was on Wednesday, December 8, 2010!!! 

SIXTEEN DAYS AGO!!!

Well, it's easy enough still to backtrack...

(as long as you've made a few notes about each day along the way)

Thursday - 9th - was spent mostly in preparation for having a houseful of guests for our TW party on Friday; plus doing a few things to be ready for a dance party on Saturday night that some friends of our were hosting.  And making sure we had the necessary items at home in case Friday's storm really did turn into a blizzard... we were on the fringes of snowfall at that time so it was still possible we'd just get a lot of rain and maybe some sleet plus icy roads.  Then we got word that Saturday's party was canceled due to a possible blizzard - rescheduled date was yet to be announced.

042 ~ Wet Cat

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

(late) (sigh)

Poor O'Riley!

The silly cat ran outside yesterday and then proceeded to roll all around in the dirt under the bushes!  When he finally came in he HAD to get a bath!

And I'm sure y'all know how much cats love baths!

LOL

These are some of the pics taken AFTER the bath!

Poor Kitty!

He's actually a pretty good sport about it and didn't mind too much that he got so wet... 

but drying off took him quite some time...

and a lot of work! 

Well, it's the last day of November, 2010. 

Another month and we'll be in a new year!

I'm starting to think about how this year has gone.

And beginning to plan for what I want in the coming year.

What about you?

Did you accomplish something you planned to do?

Are you disappointed that you didn't meet some of your goals?

Just a few thoughts to get you started! :)

023 ~ Cat in the Box

A cat in the box! LOL  What a great place to curl up and go to sleep!


O'Riley discovered the box our latest Melaleuca order came in.  The products were out and in use :) but the packing materials (air-filled plastic bags) were still there and apparently make for a nice, soft cushion inside this box!

018 ~ Tick Tock Time

Time is a funny thing. Most days we feel we don't have enough of it. Yet there is not a single day that we can get anymore of it than what we started with, what everyone else has, and what it's always going to be.


In the pic today is the one-day-old O'Riley MacYard Dunderson... at this stage in his life he's so vulnerable, so dependent on others to keep him alive, and so small when compared to the white tiger mini beanie baby right next to him.  Would you believe 17 months later he's the cat in yesterday's pic?


Time.  We can't start it.  We can't stop it.  We can't change it.  It waits for no one.  But we sure do funny things with it.  Take for example "Daylight Savings Time" - now I could do the research to make sure of all my facts but all that really matters at this point is knowing whether it's time to fall back or time to spring forward and what weekend it is that we are doing this!  


Tonight, we fall back, thus gaining an hour (for sleep if you're like me, or for getting more done if you're like I used to be) overnight.  I'm sure it will help a lot - instead of getting dark at 5:30 it will now get dark at 4:30 and instead of getting light at 7:30 it will get light at 6:30.  The earlier light will help out those school kids waiting for the bus at 6:30-7:00 in the morning... and those parents worried about leaving the kids alone at the bus stops in the dark.  But in a few more weeks, before the days begin to get longer again, we'll be right back at being in the dark at 7:30 still.  Having it get darker sooner doesn't seem to have any real advantage.  My schedule doesn't change.  Any energy saved by having it lighter an hour sooner is spent because of it also being darker an hour sooner.  So where's the supposed energy savings?  The real savings and benefit would only be seen if that extra hour actually meant an extra hour of daylight.... if we got 10 hours of daylight tomorrow instead of just nine like we had today!


Imagine what we could do if we could "pocket" or "save up" an hour of time to use another day whenever we felt we needed it!!!  Now THAT would be a real Daylight Savings!

017 ~ O'Riley MacYard Dunderson

Trying to snooze... 

and probably thinking

"What's she doing taking my picture now?"

Our sweet O'Riley

came to us 17 months ago

as a newborn

apparently abandoned

and clearly needing care

if he was to survive

against all odds

And survive he has!!!

At 15+ pounds now

it's hard to believe 

he was once only 3 ounces!