P woke up in the middle of the night, crying. When I went in, he said “I’m going to miss you Mom,” over and over. I wonder what on earth he was dreaming.
On the cute side, a few days ago I asked him how I looked (I had dressed up a little cause the bookclub was at our house). He said something I didn’t hear, and when I asked him to repeat it, he said, “You look……very distinguished.” Hahahahaha
This morning I looked out the back window to see if there were any cats out there, cause of course the various repellents must have worked.
There was one cat, a real mean one, sitting right on top of the little gel granule things. Right on top. On the wall. FFS.
I am not a cat person. They make me sneeze. I don’t really like their attitude. With that prelude, I have just finished putting down about 4 different kids of cat repellent in our back and front yards. A woman who lives up the road (2 doors) seems to like cats. She says they’re not all hers, but they all hang out there (I guess it’s the cool cat’s house, and they can have a party whenever they want. She probably even buys them beer). So we have a ton of cats–like 15–that go tromping through our front and back yards all the time. And poop. Everywhere. It’s freaking nasty. P, when he was younger, would pick it up and play in it. And our shoes….argh.
So I put down some scatter crystals on the back walls and anywhere that cats walk into our property (they smell like citronella and look like chopped up lime jello). Then we sprinkled a mixture of flour, cayenne pepper and dry mustard where the cats *really* like to poop. Coated that area. And put down some crushed chili flakes in other spots, like under the rosebush that the birds like to hang out in. So we’ll see.
On the upside, it was a gorgeous day today. Sunny and blue sky, and relatively warm (like 7 C.) So we went out for a walk, bought some onions in the market in the park, and had bagels for lunch. Played outside for a while. You can always tell if it’s a nice Sunday cause our street is lined in cars on both sides. We’re one of the closest streets to the park and since the market is today, people park here. It gets a little crazy, but it’s nice to see so many families out for a walk.
Apparently Jimmy is on attempt 670 of quitting smoking. Wanker.
I need to get a few more birth certificates, cause in Ireland they require a birth cert with freaking everything you apply for. While looking online for how to to it, I found the Massachusetts Registry of Vital Stats. What a massive rip off! If I want a certified copy of my birth cert, it’s *at least* $28. Each. Man, Ireland only charges like 6 euro, and even with the exchange rate, it’s not *that* expensive. I’m too scared to go find out how much California charges for a copy of our wedding cert.
Mothering Magazine this month has an article on how to create a peace file for your child. Basically, if your child (and I’m not just gonna say son, cause daughters will be part of the draft at some point) gets drafted and files for CO status, they need some type of documentation to show that. Mothering suggests tons of things, like teachers letters, photos of the child at peace rallies, homework/essays where peace is the main theme, etc. You get the idea. I think it’s brilliant, but also damn scary that we need to do something like that.
Dad’s quoted in this article…pretty neat.
And for other zen bloggers, I used the bookmarklet function that’s on the bottom of the create post page. Quite nice and easy to use….
So fabulous is this WordPress thing that we are going to use it in school for collaborations between European schools on a thingy called the Comenius Comet ( Sample Here ) which is written and designed by 15 yr olds around Europe. Its kinda cool!
Correction on the URL:
The Comet…it’s a PDF.
From Geek Break Up Lines
11. (A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail? R
(A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail? R
(A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail? F
Relationship failed.
10. Now that Half Life 2 is out, I need to refocus my priorities.
9. You have been unsubscribed from my dating list. Please click this link to confirm.
8. I need a lover who understands that 20 hours a day on the Internet is normal.
7. I don’t think we should date any more, but we can still be on each other’s buddy lists.
6. I’d like a true beauty so I don’t have to spend so much time photoshopping your ugly face out of our photos.
5. It’s like in X-Men number 135, where Cyclops and Jean Grey (as The Phoenix)…
4. Let’s face it. You love Intel, and I’m an AMD man. It’s not going to work out.
3. What do you mean your EULA says that once I’ve removed the shrink wrap I can’t return it?
2. After you e-mailed me your full-body shot, I realized I was looking
for someone more feminine
1. So long and thanks for all the fish.
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