She's Too Good--What Should I Do?

I heard somewhere one of the definitions of going crazy is doing the same thing over and over and getting the same results. That sums up my tennis matches with Karen. She wins ALL THE TIME and beats me like a drum. I get so frustrated that I sometimes take it out on my racket. Even buying new tennis balls didn't help.

How do you think I should approach these games?

(A) "Hey, at least I'm getting a full body workout."
(B) Take some satisfaction from the few points I score.
(C) Take my beating and just be quiet, admiring her skill.
(D) Forget the racket and grab the dog leash instead.

Karen says she doesn't mind winning all the time and is happy that I still play with her. I just wish I were better. It would be nice to win at least once in a while. Since we've been playing over 14 years, I think I could count on one hand the number of matches I've won.

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What Baseball Snack Are You?

We enjoyed going to the Indians ballgame while on vacation last week. I love sitting in those Club seats because not only are they good seats for viewing the game, but great because you can eat all the food you want because it's included in the ticket price. This works out wonderful since I get the tickets free from work. I had a burger, hot dogs and beans, corn on the cub, a big slice of pizza, a brownie and orange sorbet and Moose Tracks ice cream. I would have eaten more ice cream, but I was full. Just had to take this quiz to see what baseball park snack I am:



You Are Cracker Jacks

You get a lot of delights out of life, and others are surprised by how easy it is to make you happy.  Yup! You are a creature of habit, and it's likely you've been doing the same things since you were a kid. Oh yeah! You are a very hard person to persuade. You make up your mind on your own.  Definitely! You appreciate strangeness. You understand how difficult it is to be different.  Absolutely!

Gerard was a hot dog. Please take the quiz and see what you are and leave your result in the comments.
What Baseball Park Snack Are You?

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The Sofa Bed Is Finally Moved!

Notice, there's no room for it to open.

When we first moved in 14 years ago, the movers were very happy to hear that this sofa bed was going on the main floor because it is SO heavy. We put it in our "music room" which is now our "computer room." I used it for a shelf and the cats liked walking on it.

The cats liked lying on it too sometimes.

It was our first cat, Moe's, final resting spot before he died. Sometimes, if Gerard is on the computer and I am waiting to go on again, I'll sit on it and read, but not often. I've been wishing it were in the basement instead for a long time now and finally decided to call a mover to move it downstairs for us. Unfortunately, the mover I called kept putting me off. He'd say he would come and do it and then not show up. Said he was going to call me but lost my number. Said he was gone for a week so that's why he didn't call. Blah, blah, blah. Finally, I took Gerard's advice and called Parma Movers instead who responded within a few days.

Down the basement stairs it goes!

Two young strong men quickly took care of it for us but took it out the front door and around through the side door to go straight down instead of manipulating it around the corner. I put Abby on her leash right away and closed the cats in upstairs rooms. Gerard took Abby out for a walk around the block and by the time he got back, the sofa bed was in it's new location in the basement and no pets got out.  Yippee!

Now we have room to open it up if we want to use it as a bed and have something we can lay on while watching TV in the basement. It was nice to cuddle up with Gerard on it while we watched reruns of "The Waltons" down there. Now I'm just debating whether to move that big picture above it back upstairs. I am so happy it is down there now. It cost us $157 but well worth it to me. Even the movers said it was heavier than they thought it would be.  There's no way we could have moved this ourselves and I didn't want to ask any of our friends or nephews to do it because I didn't want them getting hurt.

So, what are you procrastinating about?

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7 Things We Learned This Week 35 of 2011 (Blogging, NFL, Petties, Femara, pets)

Attack Site Warning

Thanks to Daisy, I learned that if a blog that is in your blogroll gets hacked, Google will mark your blog as an "attack site." Because of this, Daisy took down her blogroll. Of course everyone knows, Daisy, The Curly Cat is not an attack site!  I felt very bad for Daisy when such an awful thing as this happened to her.  I did a whole post about this last Sunday:  Your Blogroll Could Cause Problems.

NFL Football

When watching the preseason games I learned that every scoring play will be reviewed this season. It's good to get the plays called right, but doesn't this seem a bit overboard?

From reading Growing Up Colt, I learned he doesn't drink soft drinks or alcohol, he's from Texas, Colt is his middle name, he's been on mission trips to Peru to teach kids how to play football, he got married right before coming to the Cleveland Browns and cut his honeymoon short, he attends church every Sunday and is a great role model.

The Petties 2011 Award Winners

Spunky Likes Mr. Puddy too!

Did you vote? I did. Yes, there was actual voting going on for different categories of pet blogs and some of mine actually won like Sparkle, Cat Lady Land and The Conscious Cat, but Mr. Puddy did not win for the funniest which is who I voted for. He sure did an outstanding post though announcing the winners here: Who Is The Winner Of The Petties 2011! Even all our pets were interested in this. Check it out and then let me know if you don't agree that he is one funny, very smart cat!

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Comment For Charity in September: Best Friends

For July we had 175 comments plus August's of 255 for a total of 430 so we had more than enough to provide a goat for a poor family for $120 through Heifer International.  Thanks to everyone who commented on our blogs during July and August!  Why a goat?  Here's why besides the fact our readers voted for us to donate a goat: 

The gift of a dairy goat represents a lasting, meaningful way for you to help a little boy or girl on the other side of the world.

Goats can thrive in extreme climates and on poor, dry land by eating grass and leaves. The gift of a dairy goat can supply a family with up to several quarts of nutritious milk a day - a ton of milk a year. Extra milk can be sold or used to make cheese, butter or yogurt. Families learn to use goat manure to fertilize gardens.

Goats often have two or three kids a year making it easy for Heifer recipients to pass on the gift of a goat to another family in need. This great investment allows our partners to lift themselves out of poverty by starting small dairies that earn money for food, health care and education. (From Heifer Int'l website.)

At 50 cents a comment, we actually have $95 more to donate which we will give to Samaritan's Purse to provide relief to those hit hard by hurricane Irene.  We hope all our readers are happy with this decision. 

For September comments, we will donate 50 cents per legitimate comment to Best Friends Animal Society , a fantastic animal rescue organization. They help a wide variety of animals, including dogs, cats, horses, birds, rabbits and even pigs! You can visit Best Friends and make your own donation if you wish. We donated to sponsor one of the animals and signed up for the free magazine which has lots of good stories in it about the different animals.

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