This sounds like a title to a new book, huh? :) Hmm...might pursue that one someday.
L and J put the Christmas tree together last night. The cat kept looking at it. Finally he decided he wanted to "taste" the tree. I saw him snacking on a couple of wire branches last night. Of course we had to chase him away. J started to put up an ornament and the cat watched with amazement! A shiny ornament for him to bat at while we weren't looking! WOW! We were careful not put any ornaments on the bottom branches as we figured he would want to practice his cat skills on the tree. We found a bell ornament and rang it. The cat did not like the sound of it. I guess we should have many bell ornaments on the tree maybe that would scare him off. He sat on the arm of the couch last night looking at the lights and the ornaments. I don't know if he had his way with the tree overnight or not. Everything looks okay.
The cat is a big fan of our space heater. Whenever we have it on he jumps up next to us and get friendly. Yeah, right. He loves the heat coming from the space heater and wants to warm up his little fur body. I have to admit cats are interesting creatures.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Kansas 6-0!
KU basketball is starting off in true fashion with a perfect record so far. The true test however will come up December 2 (a Sunday afternoon) when KU meets USC and the infamous OJ Mayo.
Brandon Rush is back in strong force in the line up. He was the lead scorer with 17 points, followed by Darnell Jackson with 13 and Mario Chalmers with 11. Close on their heels in points was Conner Teahan (the Zac Efron look-a-like, although when I saw him he didn't look much like him. Conner is better looking!). Teahan scored 9 points, all three-pointers and he came off the bench to do this. What a future this kid has with the Jayhawks and I can't believe it that he's just a walk on! KU won the game 87-49 over a Rex Walters (former KU player) team of FAU (Florida).
I have heard that the students have not shown up in strong force, leaving a lot of seats open. If I were a student I would be there every night! Also, if I lived in the Lawrence area I would try to get sesaon tickets, although it IS a pretty hefty price!! Guess it would be better if I was an alumnus and contribute to the Williams fund to get better seats. But since I don't live in Lawrence and I'm not an alumnus then I guess we are pretty lucky to go to a game when we can.
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I still haven't put the tree up but I heard that the cat was under the tree blanket this morning. I can imagine what it will be like when the tree is finally up. Cat thinking: "Hmm..Which ornament shall I attack today/tonight?"
Brandon Rush is back in strong force in the line up. He was the lead scorer with 17 points, followed by Darnell Jackson with 13 and Mario Chalmers with 11. Close on their heels in points was Conner Teahan (the Zac Efron look-a-like, although when I saw him he didn't look much like him. Conner is better looking!). Teahan scored 9 points, all three-pointers and he came off the bench to do this. What a future this kid has with the Jayhawks and I can't believe it that he's just a walk on! KU won the game 87-49 over a Rex Walters (former KU player) team of FAU (Florida).
I have heard that the students have not shown up in strong force, leaving a lot of seats open. If I were a student I would be there every night! Also, if I lived in the Lawrence area I would try to get sesaon tickets, although it IS a pretty hefty price!! Guess it would be better if I was an alumnus and contribute to the Williams fund to get better seats. But since I don't live in Lawrence and I'm not an alumnus then I guess we are pretty lucky to go to a game when we can.
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I still haven't put the tree up but I heard that the cat was under the tree blanket this morning. I can imagine what it will be like when the tree is finally up. Cat thinking: "Hmm..Which ornament shall I attack today/tonight?"
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Blog without a title
"Dancing with the Stars," is one of my favorite shows. Monday night was the finals and on Tuesday the results came in. It is so interesting to watch the "stars" become dancers. I enjoyed watching Jennie Garth, Cameron Matheson, Mel B (A Spice girl), Sabrina Bryan (a Cheetah girl), Marie Osmond, and Helio Castroneves. The past few weeks my favorites were Jennie, Mel B. and especially Helio. I was shocked when Jennie was voted out and Marie Osmond won over her. It was a definitely a fan base that got Marie Osmond that far. After watching her on Monday night as a "wind-up" doll, I thought about how she was on the "Donnie and Marie" show. It was entertaining, but I really didn't like it at all. It was free-style dancing, yes, but the moves were sloppy. Whereas, Mel B and Maks did a pretty good routine and by far the favorite (in my eyes) was Helio and Juliana. I never knew much about Helio until I found a magazine ad touting that he was an Indy 500 race champion. Hmm...I'm going to have to start watch the Indy 500 this next year. Helio had class, personality, and technique in his dancing. I loved to watch him smile while dancing. It was great that he won DWTS championship last night.
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It's hard for me to get into Christmas season this year. I don't know why. I think it's just too soon. At this writing Christmas is twenty-seven days from now. So I had to make room for our tree. I am decorating the house with my nutcrackers, mooses, angels, and Rudolph (minus a broken antler) and Clarice. I have my bare tree stand in the corner waiting to put branches on it. Then put the ornaments on. I wonder what Sasha (the cat) will do with our tree? He'll probably play with the ornaments. Batting each one with his paw. A kitty-cat's delight! No ornaments on the lower branches! I am hoping that he will leave everything alone!
I'm trying to formulate a Christmas list for people who live out of town. Thoughts of books, gift cards, homemade items (I doubt this), scatter my brain. I wonder what day to shop for these items; who would like what; and would they feel offended if they didn't get much this year from us? Decisions!!
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Last night I got my rest in as I didn't smell any smoke. Thank you! :)
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It's hard for me to get into Christmas season this year. I don't know why. I think it's just too soon. At this writing Christmas is twenty-seven days from now. So I had to make room for our tree. I am decorating the house with my nutcrackers, mooses, angels, and Rudolph (minus a broken antler) and Clarice. I have my bare tree stand in the corner waiting to put branches on it. Then put the ornaments on. I wonder what Sasha (the cat) will do with our tree? He'll probably play with the ornaments. Batting each one with his paw. A kitty-cat's delight! No ornaments on the lower branches! I am hoping that he will leave everything alone!
I'm trying to formulate a Christmas list for people who live out of town. Thoughts of books, gift cards, homemade items (I doubt this), scatter my brain. I wonder what day to shop for these items; who would like what; and would they feel offended if they didn't get much this year from us? Decisions!!
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Last night I got my rest in as I didn't smell any smoke. Thank you! :)
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Unrestful night
I couldn't shut my brain off, nor my hearing mechanism, nor my nose last night. I had a tough time getting to sleep and ended up taking a nap with the cat this afternoon.
First off, I was reading, as I always do on the Internet at night. I was playing with "Facebook" and ran across some young people that I hadn't seen in nearly 20 years. In fact, they were at my wedding, and they probably wouldn't remember it. My best friend of 20 years ago, "K" came with her two children, to my wedding. We were best buds working together for Ma Bell as operators. We would hang out together and she would fix me up with some real losers for boyfriends. Sure, she was a nice person but she was a lousy boyfriend finder. I can still remember her trying to get me to write for the office newspaper, which eventually I did write for it and became the editor later on. "K" was a great friend. She got married before I did. Had 3 children before I did. And she died before she was 50. She has been gone for nearly 6 years. She died of cancer. It started in her lungs (she was a heavy smoker) and it eventually went into her brain. Maybe that's why I hate it when I am around smoke. But thankfully, she did find God before she died and belonged to a Presbyterian church in W town. Her youngest daughter was only 12 when she died.
So I found her kids on "Facebook" and saw a picture of her oldest daughter. She looks just like her. My mind kept remember how "K" talked and I couldn't shut my mind off.
Then J was coughing so much last night. I don't know how much rest he got. He likes to sleep in the basement with us in the other room. He would walk upstairs several times to get a drink of water. I couldn't shut my hearing off.
Then finally I smelled smoke from our neighbors woodburning stove. They have an outdoor wood boiler and the stack isn't high enough to go over the roof. So if there is a north wind we get the smoke downwind and the odor seeps inside our house. I started coughing too and threw the blankets over my head trying not to breathe.
By this time 2AM, I've had it. I go upstairs and sleep in J's room (on the other side of the house). This way I don't smell much of the smoke. I finally sleep after having some strange dreams and hear S waking up at 6 AM.
Hopefully tonight will be a better night. Sleepily yours...MB.
First off, I was reading, as I always do on the Internet at night. I was playing with "Facebook" and ran across some young people that I hadn't seen in nearly 20 years. In fact, they were at my wedding, and they probably wouldn't remember it. My best friend of 20 years ago, "K" came with her two children, to my wedding. We were best buds working together for Ma Bell as operators. We would hang out together and she would fix me up with some real losers for boyfriends. Sure, she was a nice person but she was a lousy boyfriend finder. I can still remember her trying to get me to write for the office newspaper, which eventually I did write for it and became the editor later on. "K" was a great friend. She got married before I did. Had 3 children before I did. And she died before she was 50. She has been gone for nearly 6 years. She died of cancer. It started in her lungs (she was a heavy smoker) and it eventually went into her brain. Maybe that's why I hate it when I am around smoke. But thankfully, she did find God before she died and belonged to a Presbyterian church in W town. Her youngest daughter was only 12 when she died.
So I found her kids on "Facebook" and saw a picture of her oldest daughter. She looks just like her. My mind kept remember how "K" talked and I couldn't shut my mind off.
Then J was coughing so much last night. I don't know how much rest he got. He likes to sleep in the basement with us in the other room. He would walk upstairs several times to get a drink of water. I couldn't shut my hearing off.
Then finally I smelled smoke from our neighbors woodburning stove. They have an outdoor wood boiler and the stack isn't high enough to go over the roof. So if there is a north wind we get the smoke downwind and the odor seeps inside our house. I started coughing too and threw the blankets over my head trying not to breathe.
By this time 2AM, I've had it. I go upstairs and sleep in J's room (on the other side of the house). This way I don't smell much of the smoke. I finally sleep after having some strange dreams and hear S waking up at 6 AM.
Hopefully tonight will be a better night. Sleepily yours...MB.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Electricity Dependency
Face it, we are electrical dependent. If our electricity goes out, as it did today in H town, then we feel lost.
When the electricity stopped abrutly this afternoon I was just about ready to watch my soap and was reading an article on the Internet. Everything just turns black and dark. L checked on our breaker box to make sure it just wasn't us. No, everything checked out it was the neighborhood. I went out to the church thinking that things were probably fine there and perhaps I could vacuum. Nope. Couldn't vacuum; the emergency lights were on and there was an eerie silence in the church except for the ticking of the wind up clock and the dripping of the sink. I did however, find some work to do without using the electricity and I promptly put on my battery charged Mp3 player in my ears to listen to music.
After I was done working I checked on the town. The grocery store had put up a sign, "Electricity out will re-open when electricity back on," and on down to the Subway doors were open and the neon sign was darkened. I decided to see if the school kids were out playing in the yard. They were not. Hmm. Guess the teachers found some activitiy to do without the use of light or computer. Of course the hospital probably were using their backup generators. So I drove back to church and after one hour and a half it was back on.
I can imagine that some people were drying their hair, or baking a batch of cookies, or that businesses were in the midst of some important business and computers going out. Yes, we are dependent on electricity. It could have been worse though. It could have happened during a cold winter's night, it could have lasted longer. It was inconvenient. But it wasn't dire. We lost our electrical service one time during the dead of winter, the box was pulled competely off of the side of the house. It was cold and we lost a lot of food in our refrigerator. We were out for 3 days without electricity and had to leave our house. Now that's dire! I hope that we never have to go through that again. I admit it. I am dependent on my electricity.
When the electricity stopped abrutly this afternoon I was just about ready to watch my soap and was reading an article on the Internet. Everything just turns black and dark. L checked on our breaker box to make sure it just wasn't us. No, everything checked out it was the neighborhood. I went out to the church thinking that things were probably fine there and perhaps I could vacuum. Nope. Couldn't vacuum; the emergency lights were on and there was an eerie silence in the church except for the ticking of the wind up clock and the dripping of the sink. I did however, find some work to do without using the electricity and I promptly put on my battery charged Mp3 player in my ears to listen to music.
After I was done working I checked on the town. The grocery store had put up a sign, "Electricity out will re-open when electricity back on," and on down to the Subway doors were open and the neon sign was darkened. I decided to see if the school kids were out playing in the yard. They were not. Hmm. Guess the teachers found some activitiy to do without the use of light or computer. Of course the hospital probably were using their backup generators. So I drove back to church and after one hour and a half it was back on.
I can imagine that some people were drying their hair, or baking a batch of cookies, or that businesses were in the midst of some important business and computers going out. Yes, we are dependent on electricity. It could have been worse though. It could have happened during a cold winter's night, it could have lasted longer. It was inconvenient. But it wasn't dire. We lost our electrical service one time during the dead of winter, the box was pulled competely off of the side of the house. It was cold and we lost a lot of food in our refrigerator. We were out for 3 days without electricity and had to leave our house. Now that's dire! I hope that we never have to go through that again. I admit it. I am dependent on my electricity.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
KU Wins!! 601 wins/1,000 points
What a game! KU played Arizona of the Pac-10 Sunday night. It was not an easy win. This was the first real challenge that the Jayhawks have had in their early season. It wasn't easy listening to the ESPN announcers either. Ron Franklin and Jay Bilas (ex-Duke basketball player) called the game and were singing the praises of Arizona great "Chase" Buddinger was. And of course they had to bring up the fact that a "Chase" Daniels QB from Mizzou beat KU Football team last night. I was sick of hearing the name Chase! (with the exception of KU's own Chase Buford, who saw no action tonight).
At half time the score was tied 40-40. After the half, KU was looking sluggish. It really didn't look great. We had slippery hands, not great on rebounds and too many fouls.
The star of the game, who was only supposed to play 20 minutes the whole game, was Brandon Rush. He had the steals, the great shots and nearly sunk in a half court shot at the end of regulation play. He did have 1,000 career points in this game. At the end of regulation play, KU and Arizona was tied at 62 points.
The end of the game Arizona had two players foul out of the game and one of them was ESPN's darling, Chase Buddinger (who also shot an air ball during the contest!). That makes 601 wins at Allen Fieldhouse for the KU Jayhawks. The top scorer for KU was Darrell Arthur with 20, followed by Brandon Rush with 17. It was nice to see KU win this weekend!!
ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!
At half time the score was tied 40-40. After the half, KU was looking sluggish. It really didn't look great. We had slippery hands, not great on rebounds and too many fouls.
The star of the game, who was only supposed to play 20 minutes the whole game, was Brandon Rush. He had the steals, the great shots and nearly sunk in a half court shot at the end of regulation play. He did have 1,000 career points in this game. At the end of regulation play, KU and Arizona was tied at 62 points.
The end of the game Arizona had two players foul out of the game and one of them was ESPN's darling, Chase Buddinger (who also shot an air ball during the contest!). That makes 601 wins at Allen Fieldhouse for the KU Jayhawks. The top scorer for KU was Darrell Arthur with 20, followed by Brandon Rush with 17. It was nice to see KU win this weekend!!
ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!
Saturday, November 24, 2007
KU's First Loss (Football)
I thought about some clever titles like: "Scalped at Arrowhead," but I decided against using that as the title. The score was 36-28.
I was sorry to see the Jayhawks go down in defeat. It was hard watching the team in the first half as the Jayhawks didn't make any score in the first half. I couldn't stand the ABC commentators at all. So at the half I listened to the KU broadcast team of Bob Davis, David Lawrence, and Nick Bukaty. It was much easier listening to it and then watching it (as a replay because of the TV delay) IF I chose to.
Blame it on the Sports Illustrated jinx (featured this week on the front cover), or blame it for being number 2 in the nation jinx. We had a couple of missed field goals that didn't help matters.
Depite my complaints this was a successful season for KU football. 11 Wins to 1 loss. We are at least bowl bound which I can say KU is better than K-State in footbal this year. lIt would have been nice to see KU play for the Big 12 championship game or at least the national championship in the country. But we did have a good year best in a long time.
Now I wonder what this will drop KU to in the standings? I wonder what bowl game KU will get to be in? Time will tell tomorrow where KU is in the rankings.
ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK
I was sorry to see the Jayhawks go down in defeat. It was hard watching the team in the first half as the Jayhawks didn't make any score in the first half. I couldn't stand the ABC commentators at all. So at the half I listened to the KU broadcast team of Bob Davis, David Lawrence, and Nick Bukaty. It was much easier listening to it and then watching it (as a replay because of the TV delay) IF I chose to.
Blame it on the Sports Illustrated jinx (featured this week on the front cover), or blame it for being number 2 in the nation jinx. We had a couple of missed field goals that didn't help matters.
Depite my complaints this was a successful season for KU football. 11 Wins to 1 loss. We are at least bowl bound which I can say KU is better than K-State in footbal this year. lIt would have been nice to see KU play for the Big 12 championship game or at least the national championship in the country. But we did have a good year best in a long time.
Now I wonder what this will drop KU to in the standings? I wonder what bowl game KU will get to be in? Time will tell tomorrow where KU is in the rankings.
ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK
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