bloody mary sunday//reading "the other boleyn girl"//talked to maryd - need a foster 4 tiger momcat
"...hoped for, wished for, wanted, grew in our hearts, loved by, welcomed to the world, a blessing that was worth the wait..."
i hear this more from people adopting animals than people talking about their kids/blood relations
just finished another junie b book, the one where she loses her teeth. just my speed after hectic days.
also reading: "The Other Boleyn Girl" (2001) is a historical fiction novel written by British author Philippa Gregory, loosely based on the life of 16th-century aristocrat Mary Boleyn.
Reviews are mixed; some said it was a brilliantly claustrophobic look at palace life in Tudor England, while others have consistently pointed out the lack of historical accuracy. It has enjoyed phenomenal success and popularity since its publication.
The Other Boleyn Girl concerns the sister of Anne Boleyn (one of the wives of henry viii who henry had decapitated!) little is known of Mary Boleyn, even though she was involved with Henry BEFORE anne was.
The book is inspired by the life of Mary Boleyn, Gregory depicts the annulment of one of the most significant royal marriages in English history (that of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon of spain (she was more of a princess than henry a prince and she was married to henry's older brother before henry. there was a lot of respect between the two of them, even though the marriage was annulled by henry so he could marry anne boleyn. he had a daughter with catherine - Mary and a daughter with anne boleyn - Elizabeth I) and conveys the urgency of the need for a "legitimate" male heir to the throne (he had other heirs from other affairs and they state he really didn't whore around that much for someone so young, who is also a rich king. wild times back then.
he was an athlete up until he had a leg injury jousting and then he became obese from lack of exercise. henry was over six feet tall, but you can't tell from the paintings of him.
i've had an exhausting couple of days. there is still a pretty tiger striped mom cat with 6 newborns that need a home. i need to call fosters to see if anyone has space. its dangerous for them to be in a shelter because the babies can pick up disease, when they are little like that, they have very little immunity and are fragile. very sad. this new manager offered to microchip them as well, which would realllly help a lot.
i always wonder if the adoptions stick and what happens to the rescues, and a microchip would track the animals. it sounds like he is trying to do what one of the managers from a few years ago attempted to do, but it didn't go through back then AND the amount of death at the shelter made her have a nervous breakdown so she quit after about a year...she was walking around crying all the time. have no idea how people work in a place animal shelters that are high kill and most of them are high kill.
called maryd to see if she would foster as her cat died and she said no. she bought one of those cheapie houses that are near our house up north (you can pick them up for about one third of what they went for a couple of years ago. stunned she moved on it so quick last year, her daughter's house is in foreclosure, but foreclosures take years. its amazing, mary's daughter is more ill than mary. very sad. before all this she was an executive at xerox. now she is on disability. everything has changed there. the older daughter moved back to georgia by her father's house and the younger one is waiting it out. she also put her house in tampa up for sale because the area changed - its not worth much anymore. she is lucky she got a mortgage, she put 1/3 down and it still took MONTHS.
so after the chaos at the shelter, went to k's. he is in better spirits (to be honest, having kittens always puts him in a good mood. i think it does that for a lot of people. more people should try rescue as a hobby. many people don't because they don't want to do the adoption part, its not work of the animal part that bothers them - so if they hook up with a rescue who does adoptions, problem solved, or just fix them all and keep them.) he starts out complaining and then he ends up happy. he seems to have his eye on the white mom cat, which would be great for both of them (though her baby is only five days old, so long way to go - three months, before she would be adopted).
k has bloody marys every sunday, his entire life (this is amazing because his father was a minister, wouldn't expect alcohol on a sunday). if you go to his house in the early afternoon on a sunday, they are all tipsy and generally enjoying the day in the back yard.
the new handyman put in sod and more periwinkle plants and a couple of trees. they are saying to me, so what do you think...and i'm thinking it looks different but have no idea why. (i miss the original yard which had a beautiful old tree that lent a lot of shade to the entire back of the house and k had the tree taken down because he was afraid it would hit the house. reallllly wish he would have left it. he's lived there 20+ years and it didn't hit yet.
the handy guy seems very comfortable there already, he is in the garden house. k is from the south and sometimes calls his handy people "houseboys" (which amazes me since his father was a minister, that isn't a very nice expression). he watches it, otherwise he would just say it. this guy like the rest of k's handy people, drank ALL of k's rum as well as the bottle of irish cream i brought over for k's b-day. so here we are again. i don't think he has ever had a handyman who doesn't also drink to excess. i am assuming the new guy is an alcoholic as that is a lot of alcohol to consume in a couple of days. there is going to be drama there and k won't care as long as the guy gets his work done. amazing. he is going to have to lock up all the alcohol and i have no idea if the wine will be stolen as well (drank), that will need locking too. amazing he puts up with this.
he had out coffee and fresh fruit and vegetables, which totally hit the spot after a crazy day. he is back to looking at acreage because with a handy person there, you can get a lot done. so back to being himself which is nice to see. not sure if it was the lack of help or having cancer on his back that was dragging him into an abyss. (though as soon as the cancer was cut off, he seemed more himself).
e also has cancer on her face right now. k says basil and squamous cell are treatable and no big deal (he has had TWELVE of these. i didn't know that. black salve can get rid of pre-cancerous cells, no surgery needed. but malignant is a death sentence. can't believe i actually have conversations like this nowadays. old age sucks. i'm still getting pressure after switching to 3 baby aspirin instead of one adult aspirin. no idea what to do about it. and still bored with the "taking it easy" thing, though i have no choice - i have to go to the doctor every two months until they get all this under control. grrrr.
i hear this more from people adopting animals than people talking about their kids/blood relations
just finished another junie b book, the one where she loses her teeth. just my speed after hectic days.
also reading: "The Other Boleyn Girl" (2001) is a historical fiction novel written by British author Philippa Gregory, loosely based on the life of 16th-century aristocrat Mary Boleyn.
Reviews are mixed; some said it was a brilliantly claustrophobic look at palace life in Tudor England, while others have consistently pointed out the lack of historical accuracy. It has enjoyed phenomenal success and popularity since its publication.
The Other Boleyn Girl concerns the sister of Anne Boleyn (one of the wives of henry viii who henry had decapitated!) little is known of Mary Boleyn, even though she was involved with Henry BEFORE anne was.
The book is inspired by the life of Mary Boleyn, Gregory depicts the annulment of one of the most significant royal marriages in English history (that of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon of spain (she was more of a princess than henry a prince and she was married to henry's older brother before henry. there was a lot of respect between the two of them, even though the marriage was annulled by henry so he could marry anne boleyn. he had a daughter with catherine - Mary and a daughter with anne boleyn - Elizabeth I) and conveys the urgency of the need for a "legitimate" male heir to the throne (he had other heirs from other affairs and they state he really didn't whore around that much for someone so young, who is also a rich king. wild times back then.
he was an athlete up until he had a leg injury jousting and then he became obese from lack of exercise. henry was over six feet tall, but you can't tell from the paintings of him.
i've had an exhausting couple of days. there is still a pretty tiger striped mom cat with 6 newborns that need a home. i need to call fosters to see if anyone has space. its dangerous for them to be in a shelter because the babies can pick up disease, when they are little like that, they have very little immunity and are fragile. very sad. this new manager offered to microchip them as well, which would realllly help a lot.
i always wonder if the adoptions stick and what happens to the rescues, and a microchip would track the animals. it sounds like he is trying to do what one of the managers from a few years ago attempted to do, but it didn't go through back then AND the amount of death at the shelter made her have a nervous breakdown so she quit after about a year...she was walking around crying all the time. have no idea how people work in a place animal shelters that are high kill and most of them are high kill.
called maryd to see if she would foster as her cat died and she said no. she bought one of those cheapie houses that are near our house up north (you can pick them up for about one third of what they went for a couple of years ago. stunned she moved on it so quick last year, her daughter's house is in foreclosure, but foreclosures take years. its amazing, mary's daughter is more ill than mary. very sad. before all this she was an executive at xerox. now she is on disability. everything has changed there. the older daughter moved back to georgia by her father's house and the younger one is waiting it out. she also put her house in tampa up for sale because the area changed - its not worth much anymore. she is lucky she got a mortgage, she put 1/3 down and it still took MONTHS.
so after the chaos at the shelter, went to k's. he is in better spirits (to be honest, having kittens always puts him in a good mood. i think it does that for a lot of people. more people should try rescue as a hobby. many people don't because they don't want to do the adoption part, its not work of the animal part that bothers them - so if they hook up with a rescue who does adoptions, problem solved, or just fix them all and keep them.) he starts out complaining and then he ends up happy. he seems to have his eye on the white mom cat, which would be great for both of them (though her baby is only five days old, so long way to go - three months, before she would be adopted).
k has bloody marys every sunday, his entire life (this is amazing because his father was a minister, wouldn't expect alcohol on a sunday). if you go to his house in the early afternoon on a sunday, they are all tipsy and generally enjoying the day in the back yard.
the new handyman put in sod and more periwinkle plants and a couple of trees. they are saying to me, so what do you think...and i'm thinking it looks different but have no idea why. (i miss the original yard which had a beautiful old tree that lent a lot of shade to the entire back of the house and k had the tree taken down because he was afraid it would hit the house. reallllly wish he would have left it. he's lived there 20+ years and it didn't hit yet.
the handy guy seems very comfortable there already, he is in the garden house. k is from the south and sometimes calls his handy people "houseboys" (which amazes me since his father was a minister, that isn't a very nice expression). he watches it, otherwise he would just say it. this guy like the rest of k's handy people, drank ALL of k's rum as well as the bottle of irish cream i brought over for k's b-day. so here we are again. i don't think he has ever had a handyman who doesn't also drink to excess. i am assuming the new guy is an alcoholic as that is a lot of alcohol to consume in a couple of days. there is going to be drama there and k won't care as long as the guy gets his work done. amazing. he is going to have to lock up all the alcohol and i have no idea if the wine will be stolen as well (drank), that will need locking too. amazing he puts up with this.
he had out coffee and fresh fruit and vegetables, which totally hit the spot after a crazy day. he is back to looking at acreage because with a handy person there, you can get a lot done. so back to being himself which is nice to see. not sure if it was the lack of help or having cancer on his back that was dragging him into an abyss. (though as soon as the cancer was cut off, he seemed more himself).
e also has cancer on her face right now. k says basil and squamous cell are treatable and no big deal (he has had TWELVE of these. i didn't know that. black salve can get rid of pre-cancerous cells, no surgery needed. but malignant is a death sentence. can't believe i actually have conversations like this nowadays. old age sucks. i'm still getting pressure after switching to 3 baby aspirin instead of one adult aspirin. no idea what to do about it. and still bored with the "taking it easy" thing, though i have no choice - i have to go to the doctor every two months until they get all this under control. grrrr.
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I couldn\'t work in a shelter, either. I would cry all the time. Bless those who can! *HUGS*
I agree with Michelle.. I couldn\'t work at a shelter. It was bad enough seeing Angela in the cage when we would come visit her before we adopted her. She was in the cage for a year. When we brought her home, she hid under a desk since that was the closest thing to a cage that she could find. It took a lot of work, but now she sleeps on the couch or in her carrier.