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28
Jul
Lunch…

Last week Fred Meyer had these on sale for $1 each. So, I bought some for lunch. Looks OK, doesn’t it?

Yeah, so I cooked it and got this:

I’ll admit it tasted better than it looked. Although, I probably could have eaten two of them. Or, I could have made a salad to go with it…but that would have taken more work. LOL By the way, the reason you can’t see the yummy five cheese filling in MY picture like you can in the box top is because mine was only about 1/4 inch thick and covered by the mass of lasagna noodles. Oh well.

So, Jeeves really likes his job as Office Manager of Taylored Office Solutions. Unfortunately, the whole day doesn’t look like this.

I could handle that. I would gladly welcome him sitting in that spot all day watching me work and taking a nap (him taking a nap not me). Sometimes he actually spends his day like this. I’ll take that too. Heck, I don’t even mind when he gets on my chairback and lounges. But, NO. My lovely bundle of energy likes to run across my keyboard, then claw up my back to eat my hair, then fly off (because I yell at him because it HURTS) to mess up my perfectly organized piles of work. He’s crazy, I tell you. C-R-A-Z-Y!

But, I love him.

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25
Jul
Updates

So, I’ve been doing random things today like updating my About Me page on this blog and updating my Recommendations page on here.  I’d like to say I was accomplishing important things but truthfully I was just distracted and did other stuff.  :(   Guess I’ll have to put in some time this weekend.

In other news.  I bought a mix box of these yesterday.  I got the variety box with four each Strawberry, Vanilla Crisp, and Chocolatey Drizzle.  They are 90 calories each which is a good thing because they are the size of my pinky finger and I just ate three of them.  (Partly because I wanted to be able to compare them for you but mostly because they are SMALL.)  I have to say I’m glad I bought the variety pack because I would have bought the chocolately drizzle and it was my least favorite of the three.  My favorite, surprisingly for me, was the Strawberry.  The vanilla crisp was OK.  So, if you need a simple quick snack for your desk…get the Strawberry Special K bars.  Just don’t yell at me when you see how truly small they are.

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25
Jul
10 Random Things for a Friday

It’s Friday.  Yes, I know it’s been a LONG time since I’ve posted any randomness so…

  1. Jeeves is learning to stay on his throne (aka the chair next to my desk) and let me work (most of the time).
  2. I have a friend coming by this evening and I’m cooking dinner.  We haven’t hung out in a while so I’m excited.
  3. My flowers outside are gorgeous.  :)   I love the warm weather and watching them grow.
  4. Someone (OK, a few people) at one of the organizations I belong to is irritating me.  They want to change things that DON’T need to be changed (as in dumbing down a good thing to make it “easier”).
  5. I have some movies I need to return.  I’ve had them too long…I should have mailed them back but keep forgetting.  I’ll take them to blockbuster today and get new ones.
  6. I’m really getting annoyed that I can’t perfect my iced coffee recipe but something isn’t right.  :(   Today’s version is passable, but last week’s version was passable too.  But, at 50 calories a glass I HAVE to perfect it.
  7. I just finished authorizing the transfers for all my domain names.  That was a chore.
  8. I just heated up my lunch.  It doesn’t look all that great but it tastes OK.  Now if Jeeves would just keep his nose (literally) out of it.
  9. I’m trying really hard to concentrate on work today but it’s FRIDAY and I keep get distracted.
  10. I went to a new (to me) bakery in town yesterday for lunch and brought home a sticky roll.  It’s DELICIOUS and I want more of it right now but am going to hold out since I cut it into thirds and the last piece has to wait until tomorrow.

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24
Jul
Jeeves

Jeeves has come to stay. That’s right. The nameless kitty has a name. Now, my Jeeves isn’t as helpful as his name would lead you to believe. But, bossy he is. He’s taken over the role of office manager for Taylored Office Solutions. Unfortunately, his idea of what work should look like and mine don’t always coincide, in which case he’s banished from the office. Although, I think he gets the good end of the deal there because I get stuck in the small, hot office with the door closed while he gets run of the house. Hmm….

But, the rest of the time he’s quietly observing to make sure I stay on task. I think he’s learned that the only way treats come his way if if Mama gets some work done. Not that the house is covered in cat toys or anything.

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22
Jul
Weather news…

I know, I’m obsessed with the weather. LOL It’s actually beautiful out today. Well, sort of. I’m inside and there’s a cool breeze cooling off the house without the need for electricity which is really nice. :)

And, I’m slipping in a little cat fact: the rambunctious one slept last night. Or rather he let me sleep. :) Honestly, I don’t care what he does, I just want him to leave me alone when I’m getting my zzzzzz’s. He did that last night. He spent most of the night next to me on the other pillow so maybe he felt safe and didn’t need to make sure I was still aware that he was there.

OK, one more cat fact. I think I’m going with Tux. My niece liked Mr. Tux as his “official name” but Tux it is. Unless I change my mind in the next couple of days. LOL Oh, and the niece and nephew met him yesterday and he did great ad they LOVED him. :)

Now on to more interesting topics. Saturday I heard some disturbing news. A friend of my brothers is a pilot and reads the farmers almanac to stay up on weather issues. I guess they are predicting our next winter to be harder than this past winter. Hmmm…maybe that will scare enough people that they will move away from here. Honestly, I only hope it’s not a long winter. I don’t really want to deal with another October – June winter.

Don’t worry…I’ll spare you cat pictures today.  :)

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21
Jul
Independent Creatures…

Whoever said cats are independent creatures obviously hasn’t met my little bundle of energy.  I know he sleeps, he has to but I have yet to see him sleep because he’s always on me.  Seriously, this cat follows me EVERYWHERE.  I love having him around but could do without the 3AM play sessions…you know when HE thinks it’s time to play and can’t understand why I want him to go back to sleep.

I have a feeling this is how my work days will be from now on.  He’s completely fascinated by the movement on the monitor.  LOL  In fact, at this very  moment he’s attacking my monitor because something (ie the cursor) is blinking.  LOL  All I can say is it’s better than him trying to sit on my lap.

So, I’ve come up with two names now….not sure on them though…any input?

Pengui or Tux.  I like Tux and everyone who meets him says Tux.  But, if I go with Tux I want it to be short for something and Tuxedo doesn’t sound right.  Pengui is a penguin cartoon my niece likes but I kind of like the name so….  Any thoughts?

I do know one thing…life will never be the same around here.  :)

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