cats & sundays

i live my week for this.
i'm home all toasty with a big fat
cat with big fat white paws purring
away on my lap. the computer is his
"safe house", i never try to trick
him into taking his medicine here so
he likes to get on the desk and crawl
down over the keyboard and onto my lap.
it's hard to get work done when a cat
is expressing his love to you so loudly!
so i do what i can one handed. not easy.
oh, and i stop a lot to snuggle.
he's my baby, can you tell?





ya see the thing about cats is that most
won't come when you call (hobie will)
but they will come to you when they want
to which i believe makes them all the more
special. they seek you out. sadly, when
they are done...that's it. they hop down
and go find a sunny spot.

today, gary may or may not head back home
from south dakota (he's pheasant hunting).
they didn't have much luck on friday and if
that were the case for yesterday then the
plan was to come home. if the action picked
up some yesterday then they would stay and
return tomorrow. my guess is, in that i haven't
heard from him yet, that 2 scenarios could
be taking place.

1). they knew they would come home so they
headed out early and gary's sprint phone
won't work and he didn't want to call too
early from the hotel....(he has been calling
at 8am every day).

2). they "over served" themselves and are
sleeping in.

my money is on the first one.

later today i'm bringing j back here to change
her hair color and head out on the town for
a photo shoot..hopefully she's up to head
into minneapolis!

okay, now for some fun news.
after dinner with jane and christopher last night
i called my mom, picked her up and took her to
the casino (mystic lake in shakopee).
my mom is always lucky. she furnished her
entire upstairs once on some winnings!!
but this was to be my night! now i'm not
talking car or thousands or anything but
on a $20 investment in my initial machine
my winnings grew to over $350. i cashed out
and played a little more and for another
$40, i got back $100. not bad. like i said,
i'm not quitting my day job but i hardly
ever go and i never come out ahead so that
was fun.

gary just called, they are going to stay another
day. no birds, it's too nice, he said.
no wind, too warm...just too nice. bummer.
so one more dinner alone i guess.
i think i'll take j home later and hang
out there tonight!
the following are some shots of j with
her many different looks to go with her
many different moods! :)
we'll be adding to them later today and
i'll be posting tomorrow the "after" shots.













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praise Him!