Once Again

Kittens and puppies are NOT Christmas presents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Once again, the pet store near me has the "Kittens and Puppies Available" sign outside of their store. And the storekeeper is a alleged vet tech. One would think this person would know better.

Kittens and puppies given as Christmas gifts face a huge chance of all kinds of behavioral problems as time goes on. Most times, they are taken from their mothers too soon. Then they are removed from their siblings one at a time. Kittens could fare better as they can run and hide from all the hub bub of activity. But that also creates a setting for some serious problems down the road. Kittens and puppies need to be introduced to their new environment slowly and with lots of attention and love.

Who is going to housebreak the puppy on Christmas Day? The poor little thing won't have a clue. And will get in trouble for doing things it shouldn't. Same for the kitten. The wonder of a Christmas tree and all it's shiny toys is an invitation to play. Tinsel is dangerous for animals to swallow. Certain plants are toxic.

Please, if you are considering getting a puppy or kitten for Christmas for someone, or know someone who is planning to get one for their child for Christmas, beg....I mean BEG them not to do it until after all the celebrations are over and life is back to "normal" for them. Unless you know they are like me and don't celebrate the holidays. Then a kitten at anytime is welcome with love, attention and patience. (A puppy too)

Peace

And then the Wignuckets

The Wignuckets King was getting old. His farts were dull in color and didn't even smell that much anymore. He knew it was time to step down and allow one of his daughters to become the Queen. He had no sons, so he had to turn over the Kingdom to one of the girls. This didn't make anyone happy, especially the whole village of Wignuckets.

His first daughter was beautiful. Loving, kind and always happy. Alas, she didn't fart in colors. In fact, she didn't fart at all!!!

His second daughter was very very ugly. Always angry, hurtful and mean. And she farted in the most vivid rainbows that anyone could ever remember.

This made his choice so very difficult.

What should he do?

Wignuckets

Once, a very very very long time before time, there was a tiny little village in the deepest, darkest forest. Mostly inhabited by wood sprites and fairies, but out of the way and far away from the sprites and fairies, lived the Wignuckets.

There was a reason the Wignuckets had to live out of the way and far away. They farted. ALOT and not only were they SMELLY, they farted in colors!!! Different colors!!!

There was a king. His name was King Wiggerberrydo. He farted the most. And he didn't fart in just one color, his farts were of the most beautiful rainbow colors. That is why he was the king. Only the one who was found to produce the rainbow farts ever could be king.

And that is only the beginning of their story......................................................

Really Mad Baba

This morning, I happened to be listening to the radio and it was a "talk" show about Detroit and the "Big Three" automakers. And as I listened, my blood began to boil as I heard their words. (my blood didn't literally boil, but I was surely getting hot under the collar!!!)

Talking about how when the gas prices were near or at $4 a gallon, dealers couldn't keep high mileage cars on their lots!! And the Prius was a three month waiting period to get one! And then the prices began to fall again. And CONSUMERS were demanding trucks and SUV's again.

Now I have to ask. Along with companies who make "green" products while still making the "bad" stuff that hurts the environment, car companies just don't get the impact they could have on the environment. STOP making the gas guzzlers. We (they) keep talk talk talk about how we have to end our dependence on fossil fuels. DUH....double DUH. Only make environmently friendly vehicles!!!!!! If you only make them, that is all that will be available to buy!! Maybe for some businesses or certain things that need heavy duty vehicles (and it would have to be proven that the consumer buying the heavy duty actually NEEDED it)

This just makes me want to scream out my window......WE AREN'T GONNA TAKE IT, NO WE AIN'T GONNA TAKE IT. WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!

Force the people who don't care what footprint they leave for the future to care. It ain't all about who has the biggest and most toys.

Peace

Strings

Everything on this earth is connected with strings we cannot see. Like the strings in a spider web. And like a spider web, what we do to one part of the web affects all the rest of the web.

Chief Seattle said: “Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.” Any time you have a chance, search Chief Seattle. His quotes are powerful and have much meaning for the people of today's world.

We must care for the web of life. We must care for the earth. We are the keepers of the string. If we break the string, we cannot find our way.

Peace

Night/Day/Day/Night

As I read the post about the alarm and Saturday morning by Throwing Chairs.....and then the comment from Quinn about the eerie feeling when one wakes up and feels like it is morning instead of night.

This happened to me when my daughter was probably 3 years old. Her Dad worked 2nd shift and about 5pm she took a nap. I fell asleep on the couch. I woke up around 7 and she was still asleep and it felt like morning to me.

I freaked!!! First that she had slept all the way through the night. And then that her Dad wasn't home....he usually came home around 1am. I didn't know what to do!!!!!!! So I called my MOTHER-IN-LAW, who thought I was crazy and weird anyway, and began to ramble on about Child sleeping from 5pm to 7am and then where was her DAD????? He didn't come home from work????? My mother in law proceeded to tell me that it was only 7 in the evening and her Dad was still at work. And she asked me if I was okay. I didn't know what to say. She actually called her son at work and had him come home because I must be going nuts.....or worse yet....being the very early 70's....I must be on drugs!!!!!!!!!

Of course, I wasn't on drugs. Just fell into that night/day/day/night trap that I think everyone falls into at some point in their life.

Beware of:

Night/Day

Day/Night

Mother-in-laws

An Amazing World

The world today is such an amazing place. I cannot believe the speed with which the world of technology had moved forward. To think back to my own childhood and teen years and the difference there is today. Children can access their parents at a moments notice. From anywhere!!! Everyone has a cell phone it seems. And I remember how badly I wanted a Princess phone in my room. My best friend had one, I wanted one too. But alas, no. How excited I was at my first transistor radio. Rather big and bulky, but then I got one of the pocket sized ones!!! It was amazing.

Then when I got my first 8 track player. As time went on things started changing at a faster and faster rate. I remember Pong. I remember PacMan. I remember video game arcades.

And now. Games that could be interactive movies, they are so realistic. And fun. And the iPod Shuffle my granddaughter gave me! AWESOME!!! I love it.

Even for young children today. They have such a step up in learning. So many things are available to develop their minds in ways never imagined. As amazed as I am with the generation of my grandchildren, I hope I am around to see the generation of my great grandchildren. The accomplishments of the generations to come is boundless. It is a joy to watch things that were only dreams of moviemakers and SciFi writers become reality. And even better than they could have imagined.

What an awesome time to be alive.

Peace

Winter

How cold it looks......................winter

How cold it feels........................winter

How beautiful it is.....................winter

How it blankets this part of the earth..........winter

How it continues the cycle of seasons.........winter

Winter

A Song

This morning I heard a song I haven't heard in a long, long while. But like the grassy knoll, I wonder how many people today know what it means. The song is "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Neil Young wrote the song. A line in the song says "four dead in Ohio". How often things are written to commemorate certain things in life, so no one will forget. Whether they be written stories, poems or songs. Above you see a picture of an F-4 Phantom. The fighter that made it's name during the Vietnam War. And the song "Ohio" very much has something to do with the War.
Does anyone know why? I do.

No Such Thing

There is no such things as ghosts. What happens when someone crosses over? Are animals on the "Other Side"? I believe animals also have souls. Why wouldn't they? Wouldn't any living thing have a spirit? Every creature on earth and beyond? And then ask the question.....is there life out there? Of course!!!! How arrogant for us to believe that we are the only life in the universe!!!

There are no ghosts. But be aware of the visits from the other side. In dreams they visit. The feelings we get down deep in our hearts are their voices talking to us. Listen to them. People don't need a medium ( or a large, for that matter) to connect us to those loved ones who have crossed over. You just have to pay attention to the signs they leave for us. They are with us constantly. In our hearts, always. Believe that.

But there is no such things as ghosts.

Platoon

Watching the movie Platoon. If ever there was a movie to give a real feeling of Vietnam, it is this one. How did we not "win" there? Too many lives lost, too many lives changed for it not to be a winning situation. You can't leave things undone or they will come back to haunt you. And we don't want that to happen in Iraq or Afghanistan. If we liberated Iraqis and Afghan people, we need to make sure they stay liberated. Of course, it is up to the people of those countries to not let them fall to the dictators and religious crazies who took their freedom away.

No, we aren't and shouldn't be the world police. People should all have the freedom to live as they please. But we cannot let people be held prisoner by those who only wish for power over those weaker than themselves. What I don't always understand is why, if we go in like we did in Iraq, how do we justify not saving the people who deserve to live free in Darfar, Burma, North Korea, Congo....and on and on. All I can say is that when we start something, we need to finish it. Or lives lost were lost for nothing.

Peace

Dog Whisperer

I just got into watching this amazing man work with dogs. He is just something else. His canine psychology is dead on. What he can do in such a short time with a dog who doesn't know how to be a dog is just wonderful. If you love dogs, you have got to see this show.

Spiders and Flies

Today, in the spider sanctuary that is my bathroom, I watched as a very small spider wrapped up a fly that was about 4 times bigger than herself. It was not only awe- inspiring to watch how she quickly and with great precision wound her fine silk around him as he tried desperately to escape the web. But it was also terribly sad. I felt so bad for the fly as he buzzed his wings trying so hard to get away. But I also know that it is Mother Nature taking care of her own and we are not to interfere. But it was a most poignant moment.

Out of the Darkness

Please, please, please. Be aware of people you know.
Talk, talk, talk. If you feel like you just can't do it anymore,
tell someone.
Listen,listen, listen. If a friend needs to talk.
We know the pain. We will do all we can to help.
We understand.
Give us a chance to help you see that there is Light
We found it somehow. We might have found it in you. We want to have the chance to tell you that.
You are LOVED

Cat thoughts

Cats are the most interesting creatures. You cannot look at a cat sleeping without feeling calm inside. Dogs are needy, cats are aloof. Dogs have masters, cats have staff. I just finished reading a precious little book titled, "A Cat's Little Instruction Book" by Leigh W Rutledge. I found it at an antique store, although it isn't really an "antique" book. It was first published in 1993. But this book says it all. Just one quote:....." Try to avoid sitting around with your tongue sticking halfway out of your mouth; it tends to make you look slightly loopy".

This is the sweetest cat book I have ever read.

Ah, Tonight

Ah....tonight is the debate with Palin and Biden. I have to pop the popcorn and settle in for the comedy show. This ought to be good. I don't know alot about Biden, but Palin, I don't know how they could have got her "prepped" not to sound really dumb. Or maybe she has been faking us all out this whole time. It should be interesting. Very.

Alone

I
walked
alone
in
the
forest

I
saw
you

I
asked
why

you
smiled
and
said

YOU KNOW

Bailing out WHO?

My solution to the "bailout" that "they" are saying we need is to yeah, go ahead, get $700 billion, but don't buy the bad debt from the BANKS, who created the situation in the first place. Buy the bad debt from the DEBTORS. Save them from the bankers that gave them mortgages that they knew these people couldn't afford. They led them down a rosy path that the consumer soon found was full of thorns.

And then let the banks fall where they may. It is down here in the trenches that keeps this country moving. Not the fat cats with all the money.

Tell the FAT CATS that they have to go on a diet. Just like we, the people, have to do.

I am tired of their talk. I am tired of politics blaming the other guy. What a bunch of buffoons.

Peace

Today's Rant

I just don't get it. If they can make hybrid cars, why isn't that the only cars they make? Why bother with the gasoline only cars? Only make hybrids and everyone who buys a new car HAS to buy a hybrid. And DUH! sooner or later, everyone will be driving a HYBRID car!!!!

And if Clorox is making all these GREEN products, why not only make the GREEN products? Again, DUH.......if that is all you make, then that is all there is to buy. How hard is that?

That just makes me want to rant all day long.

Peace

Why...In My Room

The reason the blog is named "In My Room" is that it seems I have always been in my room. As a teenager, I spent so much time just being in my room. I love being alone in my room. And I am still in my room. And now it is even better. I have all the "things" I want around me in my room. And I love my room. Just as I did when I was a teenager. Only back then, I could put posters up on the wall or paint the wall whatever way I wanted. But my teenage room was my favorite color....lilac. Now it is a sort of white blue silver rag/sponge color. My paints, my sewing machine, some of my books and lots of my artwork are everywhere.

And it isn't messy......I know where everything is. It is a CREATIVE space.

Peace

Debates

I watched, with great interest, the first Presidential Debate. I am biased, I will admit. I love Obama. I think he is articulate, professional, and LOOKS like a President. I am not fond of John McCain at all. I respect what he has given for his country in a war that we didn't win. But to me, he represents the Old Guard in Washington.

As evidenced by the conditions in this country, the most serious conditions, we need new blood. We desperately need a new vision. We need a new direction. McCain will only give us more of the same. I can see that in what he says.

I was also put off by his refusal to look at Senator Obama. And for his condesending grins at inappropriate times. He isn't funny and he shouldn't try to be. It comes off bad and childish. He created no confidence in me whatsoever in anything he said. He, frankly, scares me. And what was with all the I, I, I he kept dwelling on. No, this isn't the man to lead this country.

Obama is. He is so well spoken and is totally grasping the pain down here in the middle and lower class. Although it does trouble me that neither speaks to the lower classes. The ones that are suffering the very most. McCain wants to freeze spending on EVERYTHING while giving out $700 billion that we have to BORROW to bail out the bad guys. Since when do we reward bad behavior? OH I forgot.....that is the Old Guard in Washington. This country needs Obama. We need Obama.

I clearly think Senator Obama made the best showing last night.

On the other hand, I think both candidates should have picked better running mates. Senator Biden, although I believe he has a right to say what he feels, is sometimes putting the foot in the mouth. Sarah Palin, however, talks to interviewers like she is talking to the PTA. Not the "maverick" I want as second in command. I am extremely anxious to see her debate Senator Biden.

We don't need "mavericks" in the White House. We need sensible leadership. And for that, we need to choose Obama.