Happy Birthday Barnaby

 This doofus is 6 years old today.    He is just another example of fate, and how things are meant to be.  I had to run into the pet store for our ailing kitty Batman to get some food for him as we had run out.   

As I walked towards the back, there was this guy, sitting in the bottom carrier in a stack of many cats waiting to be placed in cages for an adoption event.  I quickly grabbed the food I needed, came back and asked the girl if I could hold him while she set up.  She let me.   

He just laid there, calmly, purring and soaking up the attention.  He was maybe 6 months old.  Little did I know this fucker was tricking me.  IYKYK.

I asked for an application, and she said she had forgotten to grab them.  She told me to go online and apply.   I stood there for a while more, people were stopping to look at him.  I said he was mine... staking my claim. There was a woman there with her elderly mother looking at the cats as well. 

I went straight home and applied for him.  I got a call the next day saying that someone got their application in a minute before me.   Whhhat? 

Turned out to be the lady with the elderly mother.  I was horrified.  The mother was asking "Will they get bigger?" I jokingly said "Only if you feed them".  The rescue adopted him and his brother out to these women. I told them of the conversation. I wasn't happy but it wasn't my decision.  Her application didn't get in before mine, they just agreed to take two so they won. 

Oh well, wasn't meant to be.  We went on our scheduled vacation to Vegas for a week, and when we got home I saw his photo posted on Facebook.  He and his brother were returned to "no fault of their own". After owning Barnaby for a while, I know he was too much for them to handle.

I called them immediately and said I was on my way to pick him up.  They wanted me to take the brother too, but I didn't.  I had room for one cat at the time. 

I picked up Barnaby and the search for a new name started. Blue, Mr B, Bandit?  Nah  Barnaby stuck. 

We went through a year of no sleep.  This kitten had boundless energy.  It had been AGES since we had kittens so I think we forgot but this unique doofus did not let us sleep.  He chewed everything plastic in the house.  We had to Barnaby proof.  At night, we had to place him in a thunder vest to get even a few hours of sleep before he started his shenanigan's.  

A month after we got him, Batman lost his battle with CKF. Matt was sad and we started on a search for another kitty that was like Batman.  Little did we know that kitty would calm this one.  We got Bear a few months later and Daddy Barnaby came out.   Thank goodness.  Purpose.  He took care of that baby and we finally got some sleep. 

Fast forward six years later.  We have 5 cats and Barnaby raised 4 of them as his own babies. He sleeps through the night, but his attraction to mischief is still there.  First thing this AM, he pulled down the mop bucket and spilled the water everywhere.  Then went to my mother in laws room and banged on her door. 

Life with Barnaby is interesting, he makes us laugh.  He is a kind soul, everyone that comes to my home loves him and today is his birthday.   Happy Birthday Doofus.

Idiom or Idiot?

I serious do not get Idioms sometimes.   I can totally screw one up, and it makes my husband laugh so hard.  

A few of my good ones: 

"He thinks she is better than sliced pie"

"We’ll cross that road when we get there"

Today I was talking to someone about an email I sent, where I was addressing an issue.   I asked their opinion, and the person said ....  "Those emails went down like a fart in a space suit". 

Me:  *Blink* 

I had to text my husband for explanation as the person promptly signed off after saying this to me.

I can do many things, but understand this stuff... um no.  

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"Back in my day"

Someone told me recently...  You should tell your story.  YOU are an influencer.  I kind of looked at them sideways like "Where did you get that from?"  They say my experiences may help young women in this world.  I thought to myself "Oh, so I am now at the point in my life where my story should start with "back in my day". "

I do not think the experiences I've had would help todays woman.  She has so many more challenges with interactions and meeting people.  Everything is virtual now.   Meeting someone in real life is almost unheard of anymore.  The world is a bit more scarier as information is more easily found.   Gone are the days of remaining anonymous or mysterious. Yet are they really that different? 

Back in my day, before the socia media norms of myspace, FB, Twitter..... you could write a story online, make a comment or even meet people, yet maintain the safety of your information based on what you shared.   Nowadays, it doesn't take long to find someone.    

Just search their username... They overshared somewhere. Follow the trail on their social media pages.  

This person will find your birthday for fun.  She wont share your personal information, but she will prove that no one is safe. It is kind of fun to watch. 

What I am getting at is, my experiences and situations may be similar, but how they are overcome is vastly different.   Would someone just as easily do what I did "Back in my day" 

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What up people....

 It is 5/24/2023.   Biden is President, running for re-election at 80 years old.  Interest rates are at an all time high for homes, vehicles and credit. 

Rents are so high in Florida, many are living in RV's on properties. To buy a new home, you have to pay 3x's what it is worth at 8% interest and that is still cheaper than RENT.

Culture wars ongoing.   State of Florida Gov. deshitstain and his red friends are banning transgender people, mislabeling them pedophiles, while old white men are being arrested and charged with sexual assault.  Hell, even a candidate for the republican party, who has been held civilly liable for sexual assault from the 1990's, is running.  Mr. Frumpy Dump himself.  Yet he still goes around disparaging his victim, because he doesn't care. 

Lets look back at Bill Cosby, who was ostracized for doing the same thing, even serving jail time for it, yet these white, red party cult members are lifting up their guy for being disgusting. 

Conservative groups (Born right here in Brevard county) are taking over our school boards nationally. They are banning books, and even a celebrated poem read at our last presidential inauguration by Amanda Gorman, a 22 year old poet speaking of hope to repair our nation after such great divide.    These "Moms for Liberty" are attacking any ideas that allow freedom of thought for our children, our future and creating a Dystopian reality that puts the women's movement back 50 years. 

Speaking of,  Roe v Wade was overturned and states are now banning abortions at alarming rates. Not only was a woman's right to choose removed, but a woman life is now at risk, as doctors cannot perform the needed healthcare that one may need if issues arise during a pregnancy.  The woman's life has to be in peril for it to be actioned. For example,  if you have a missed miscarriage, and you are over 6 weeks, a D&C is not an option unless you are septic.  If your water breaks, and it is certain the baby wont survive and you are over the week limit, you cannot have treatment until you are deathly ill 

Women no longer have control over what happens to their bodies.  Old white men serving in office, are making decisions based on their religious beliefs, science be damned!   What happened to separation of church and state?  It is essentially gone.  I drive around my area here in Florida, and pop up churches are holding services in public schools on the weekends. More like propaganda spreading hate groups. 

Today, while writing this, Tina Turner died and Douchesantis announced his bid for the republican nomination for the 2024 Presidential race. Today is a sad day indeed.   The cultural war monger of Florida, deshitstain of the nation, is going to run for President.  This man declared war on the house of mouse, Disney for not agreeing with him.  

So in this year, women have lost their rights to their own bodies, and people that are gay or trans are not allowed to be who they are.  You cannot discuss it with a child, you cannot use pronouns, you cannot have open discussion in school.  Now deshitstain also passed a law that bans gender affirming care.  So the people that have started, can now not continue.  Those who have already transitioned, cannot use the bathroom of sex they identify with. 

People say "Oh I do not want a man dressed as a woman following my wife/child into the women's bathroom".   Ok, so what are you going to do when someone who has transitioned to a man, walks in as a man into the women's bathroom?   Transgender people are not using the bathroom to prey on women and children. These are just people, trying to live their lives authentically, while people act offended because they don't like or understand it. 

The world is going to hell faster than anyone imagined.   Leave a comment.