Monthly Archives: August 2007

lilly1.jpgI love the little cat. I really do. But she has completely disrupted the life of one of our other cats – FanceePantzz.

Fancee is so afraid and fearful of Lilly that she won’t even come into the kitchen for breakfast or dinner. Fancee stays on the tree my husband built for the cats and seldom comes down. I had to put a litter box near the tree but sometimes Lilly stakes it out and chases her out of it and back up on the tree. So Lilly has the run of the house and Fancee has been held prisoner (by her own fear) on the tree for almost two months now. We just keep hoping it will get better but I don’t think it ever will. Lilly knows she can intimidate Fancee and she is not about to stop.

I guess we’ll just have to find another home for Lilly. It hurts my heart to do it and I’m really going to miss her, but Fancee should not have to live in fear 100% of the time in her own home.

[tags]cats, pet behavior, kitties[/tags]

I’m flabbergasted. Utterly stunned. Mona (my daughter-in-law’s mother that recently passed away) didn’t have any life insurance. Okay, I think she had a $1000.00 policy but in my mind that’s the same as having no life insurance. I can’t imagine what she was thinking. She had a good job working for a doctor’s office and was treated very well there. I just don’t know why she didn’t have more than $1000.00 in life insurance.

My husband and I have wonderful medical and life insurance through his work, but I’m telling you people to listen up. If you don’t have life insurance this is something you might want to start doing something about it.

I was looking around at options Mona could have taken advantage of. She loved the internet and was on it all the time. There are websites on the net that give tips to get the cheapest quote for life insurance as well as home insurance, car insurance and just about any kind of insurance you’re looking for.

On a selfish note, Mona not having life insurance is going to take a toll on my husband and I. My husband has already offered to pay off her car (she didn’t have credit life on that loan either) so the kids (our son and DIL) will be able to keep it. This is just the tip of the iceberg and I still can’t stop being flabbergasted.

[tags]life insurance, insurance[/tags]

So I did a review on my geek blog for Loretta of Gadget Girl Accessories and I like her blog so much I think I’ll write about it here too. :)

I just read her entry titled Not your average heart shaped necklace and for some reason it made me chuckle. If that isn’t the perfect gift for the geek girl in your life then I don’t know what is.

I visit this blog a lot but I can see that I need to put Gadget Girl Accessories into my feed reader because I was just there and noticed that I missed out on a contest! Darn. I’m loading up my Google Reader right now – I’m not going to miss out on the latest gadgets anymore!

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before but fall is my very favorite time of the year. This probably sounds odd, but I feel more refreshed, more optimistic, and more ambitious during the fall then any other season. Maybe I’ll finally stop procrastinating and go ahead and purchase the dining room set I’ve wanted for so long.

I found a great selection of dining sets over at Great Priced Furniture and I do believe they live up to their name. I really, really like this North Shore Gathering Table Set.

In addition to great prices, Great Priced Furniture offers a 30-day money back guarantee and GE Consumer Financing with no interest and no payments until February 2009. I’m still looking at other dining sets on their website but so far the gathering table set is my favorite.

Our daughter-in-law (M.) is holding up pretty well since her mother’s death this past Sunday. She lives 100 miles from us so we don’t get to see her very often. My husband did make the drive Monday and spent the day with her. She has a LOT of support from family and friends so that’s one positive thing in her life now.

Our son T. called last night from Kuwait where he was still awaiting a flight. At least now I can say he is out of Iraq so this is good news. I’m not sure if he will be sent to Camp Lejeune before they fly him home or if he will be coming straight to Florida. I hope he gets home soon.