She’s got taste! – The beloved husband made a small table for one of the granddaughters. She is creating a “Zen corner” in her room. Here is the finished product with the “Zen” color she picked. It’s currently being examined by the quality control team.
The real first sign of spring – (Setting the scene – in the background you hear strands of “Oh when the ants come marching in…”) We had a rogue group of ants in the laundry room this week. They must be those searcher ants looking for food or water. Fortunately none of the cats eat there so they got nada. They did get terminated though.
Hairstyles – I’m a sucker for hairstyles or anything that makes you look younger. (It’s a hobby but I can tell you nothing works.) Occasionally I click on a link from a magazine article. The “styles for older women” are always modeled by women on the sunnier side of 30. Seriously, if I was 30, I wouldn’t worry about a hairdo to make me look younger. How do I know if it makes anyone look younger if it isn’t modeled by someone older?
More $$ for less? – You don’t save money by buying the Kindle version of a book. It costs the same as the paperback version but you don’t have the book cluttering the house. It’s up there in the cluttered, but unseen, cloud. This week the beloved husband looked at a newly released book and the Kindle version was more costly than the hardback version. He’ll wait until it comes down or borrow it from someone else. ‘Splain to me Lucy – no paper, no delivery – how can it possibly cost MORE?
It’s in the genes – Oldest Stepdaughter (who has two dogs and two cats) recently adopted a pair of older cats whose owner passed away. The cats have always been together and were adopted as a couple. So far there is cautious optimism. Her pets are used to new animals but these two are wondering where the two funny looking cats (dogs) came from. Saving animals runs in the family.
So how was your week?
Love, love, LOVE the zen table! It’s a great shape and I think the color is fantastic! And I love hearing how your stepdaughter is another animal rescuer. We need as many animal-sensitive people as we can foster Good for her…and I’m sure you’re a wonderful encourager!
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All four of the stepkids (who are in the 40s) are animal people. I always say that my husband has 2 granddaughters and 13 grandpets. We were wowed by the paint color she picked but it’s her favorite color!
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That’s a great looking table and I love the color.
I wish I could do kindle just for the space saving but I love holding a book in my hands. But that’s just me..:)
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I love it for the space saving especially after we donated about 30 boxes of books. I got used to the Kindle. Now I find it easier to carry to doc’s offices and other places where I have to wait. Can’t beat the smell and pictures in a real book though.
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My son insists that the first bird of spring is a mosquito.
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We haven’t seen any mosquitoes yet but then again, it’s snowing.
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A wonderful family trait. So glad the older couple found safe harbor and hope any rough sees soothe quickly.
Gorgeous table and color choice ( a nice pedestal for a certain grey, too)
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Nothing new goes untouched by cats. Guests will find a sleeping cat in their coat if they don’t hang it up!
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Well, have to make guest feel like part of the family..nothing does that as well as wearing part of the family…
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I’m in the midst of March Break Madness… so my week is going to be far from boring.
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Yuk! I hope you get some good blog posts out of it.
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I love the color she chose for the table, very soothing. Rogue ants, huh? And who was the terminator? Kate, your thoughts on the hairstyles for older women reminds me of those commercials where young women with the whitest teeth you’ve ever seen are complaining about having yellow teeth. Really! The least the advertisers could have done was to select a woman who actually had yellow teeth! The Kindle book price is a very interesting conundrum indeed? Dogs and cats living together? What a concept! 😀
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OMG! I’ve seen that “white teeth” commercial. That woman doesn’t know what yellow teeth are!
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LOL! That, or she’s color blind! 😀
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… but I want books cluttering up the house! They’re my friends! I’ve decided that Kindles are not for me. I never remember what I read on one of them, then end up buying a book which turns out to be one I’ve already read on the Kindle. It’s a gimmick. 🙂
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I’ll send you my books!
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So happy the older cats were adopted together! Little zen table is adorable… I have a place for it in my zen room! Yes, I really have a zen room! Kindle version book prices are ridiculous!
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I am curious to see what she puts on it. It’s still in transit. Stepson is driving it out to Denver slowly.
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Slowly and carefully… 🙂
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The new girls are settling in just fine. They don’t even notice the dogs but our other cats are not friends (yet). We named the black and white girl Luna (w the help of the nieces). Ginger girl came w the name Mitzi and it seems to suit her. Sweet loving kitties! Can’t wait for you to come visit them!
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Luna is perfect!
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Saving animals is a wonderful gene to run in a family…mine are the same.. out feeding stray cats on the golf course ten miles away, starting animal protection societies in Zimbabwe… my siblings all do it….
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So good to hear!
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Oh when the ants… come marchin’ in, oh when the ants come marchin’ in, oh when the ants come marchin’ in… Great, thanks, Kate. I’ll be singing that till bed time tonight now. – Marty
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You’re welcome! Glad to oblige!
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I don’t get Amazon pricing at all. Most of my books come from the library, second hand stores or BookBub (if you don’t know about BookBub, you might want to look into it). We are thinking about signing up for Amazon Prime – free shipping plus a large selection of books to borrow. I’m so glad the beautiful table for your granddaughter passed the four paw inspection.
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I had another picture of 2 sets of ears peering around it so it got a thorough check up.
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I love that #catrescue is a family affair. So happy she took those two old-timers!
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Me too. She does things like that. She has a ginormous dog that was overly active when young. She kept working with him even as he mowed down people with his exuberant happiness.
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Hahaha, aw. I am glad she does this stuff. Makes my heart feel good.
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It’s been a long time since we had quality control in our home. Wonder if our standards have slipped.
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I can send out two cats to check it out. Just let me know.
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How will you send them? By catapult?
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Fed Paw Express or Parcel Putty Post
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LOL
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Ah, how wonderful the old cats were adopted together!
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Yes and they are doing well. One is a little more timid than the other but they are both coming around.
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I love the quality control inspection and your refections today Kate!
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QC is very tough in this house!
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😺
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As long as quality control doesn’t inspect items too early, they’re adorable.
The paw prints they leave behind are not.
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Fortunately everything was dry. I did have a cat somehow get yellow paint (which was what I was painting on the walls) on her paws. There were footprints all over the hardwood floors. Argh!
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I can’t get into reading books on Kindle or Nook, even though I have the free ap. We live on an ant colony so we get them too. Hate them! LOVE the table and it’s purpose. Happy Sunday!
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Happy Sunday to you!
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I love that ZEN table! Great color and clean lines. Well done!
I won’t pay more for a Kindle book than for a paper book. Ever.
To solve the clutter problem, I donate paper books to the library once I’m done reading them.
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What I need to do is join our local library. You can borrow an “e” version for 2 weeks from them. No books or charges. Our local library hasn’t been taking book donations for a while. There are still places to donate books but they are disappearing. Little neighborhood book boxes are popping up. Love to see the recycling.
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If our library doesn’t need the donated books for the stacks, they sell them at the Annual Book Sale. I love the little lending libraries too. I see them around in parks, etc. There’s even one in the lobby of the library.
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The whole high priced kindle version irks me too! If e-books were offered at a fairer price that would encourage more readers, and thus more literacy, and thus more e-books purchased. Wouldn’t that be a win-win?
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Yes but the paper industry would take a hit. There’s always a loser. I don’t want to accumulate loads of books again. We have downsized and e-readers are effective for us.
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I used to read a lot of paperbacks. I don’t have a kindle but the wife has one and reads all the time. I may own stock in some of the books if I check, I know she buys enough of them.
Makes you wonder why they don’t do as much for men. Men just don’t care enough? I enjoy natural in women, they are who they are and you love them for that.
We have the little black ants (Sugar Ants we call them) they love to invade houses as temps warm. We also have the dreaded Fire-ants that hurt when they bite and start this time of year building the mounds about 9-10 inches tall that you have to destroy which causes a huge spread of them. They seem immune to anything short of nuclear attack, but the radiation from the bombs tend to kill the grass.
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We have the sugar ants. No fire ants here so I don’t have to worry about a nuclear holocaust in the neighborhood.
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Loving that Zen table. The beloved husband’s got mad skillz!
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He does and the granddaughter has crazy color picking skills too!
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I’m a huge fan of grand daughters wanting zen areas … what a smart kid! The table will be a perfect addition to the zen since it was made with loving hands. Win/Win!
I am so happy that those cats hit the lottery, and are able to enjoy the winnings together ❤
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Yes, she adopts the less adoptable. I love that about her. A few years back she adopted one from her vet’s office. The reason is always “it needed a home.”
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I LOVE the little table. Skillfully made, great color. Can I be a granddaughter? I am a *little* long in the tooth maybe, which leads me to ALL THE WRINKLE AND HAIR COLOR PRODUCTS pitched to make you “look younger” with models just as you say, WHO DON’T NEED THESE PRODUCTS. They might as well go ahead and lie and say the 30 year old model is really 82! And look what their products did for her! (When I *do* see an actual older woman in an ad I know it’s for something bad: incontinence, rotting bones, bad backs, hot flashes, *forgetfulness*, “retirement living”…
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Yes and sometimes even those models are on the sunny side of 60 or photoshopped!
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“Splain to me Lucy – no paper, no delivery – how can it possibly cost MORE?”
I suppose the Kindle people follow the policy “You don’t get if you don’t ask.” Or they are cynically hoping the readers don’t compare the costs.
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Really hard not to compare. Sometimes I get paperbacks because they are cheaper. I still want the author to get their fair share but….
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