No Joy in Mudville

Jack is still somewhere outside, whereabouts unknown.
I am reconciling myself to the fact that
-if we are lucky, we will see him time to time, and he will just be an outside cat
- if we are unlucky, he is going to disappear completely, and I will always wonder where my silly boy went.

BUT
he knows, obviously, where the house is, so he must be finding something satisfactory out of doors. Its freaking COLD tonight, I hope his hidey hole is warm. And I hope it doesn't snow too soon, because he has only seen it first hand on one occasion, and he didn't like it one bit.

Wordless Wednesday

we had a Jack sighting on the front porch last night. Mustang Girl reached out to bring him in, and Audrey hissed and a dog ran out the door, and he scrambled away. But, he's nearby, and he knows where the door is, so I have hopes of luring him back in to safety. He's probably cold and frightened, and has found a hidey hole somewhere. MM and I spent a considerable amount of time outside with flashlights looking, but trying to find a black cat on a dark winters night is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. The plan? When the sun is up I will go out again, looking, and I will keep the house doors open and the dogs in check today. I hope he will decide to wander back in. He's got to be hungry...

Go Navy, Beat Army!

That weekend is coming again.
Yes, this Saturday, the Navy football team will, once again, beat the Army into total submission.
There is not a single doubt in my mind about it.
But, for the first time in many many years, I will more than likely miss the game.
I am working all weekend.
Because I did not check to see when the game was when I filled out the schedule.
Damn it.
Kick off is high noon, Philadelphia time. That is 9 am, my time. And I will HAVE to be sleeping, because I will have worked Friday night, and am scheduled Saturday night.
I will be begging to be on Call Friday night, more than likely.
I can't believe I scheduled myself for Army Navy weekend!
As I believe I mentioned last year, this game is huge. All four years I was in the Navy, I was involved in the filming of a commercial for the game. They have this competition for the Command area that can make the best commercial. We never won, so "my" commercial never aired. But we didn't care, it was a blast doing them. Then, on game day, everything stopped on every base and every ship. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
Oh wait. Thats something else.
Anyways. We would all be glued to the TV. We laughed, we cried, we yelled. I still do all that on Navy Army game day.
This year, I am betting I will be yelling Go Navy! In my sleep. You can count on it.

And on another completely unrelated downer, we discovered Monday night that my fearsome (fearful?) black cat, Jack the Ripper, apparently got outside, and he is now gone. As in we cannot find him. So now we are down a cat, and a dog. Granted, I know where Cheese went, but the loss of Jack breaks my heart. He is an odd little cat but I loved him.

weekend catch up, and a question answered

Ok so being the geek that I am, I totally had to google why Black Friday is known as black Friday. Here is what I came up with.
There is more than one explanation. One of them is that since everyone is shopping gleefully, many of the stores go from in the red (debt) to in the black (profit.). Therefore,'black Friday'.
And the other? It stems from Philadelphia, where it was first coined, in 1965. It originally was used by the Philly police department, because the opening of the Christmas shopping season created huge amounts of traffic jams, overcrowded sidewalks and mobbing in the downtown stores. The term started to get real use in the mid seventies, until it has now evolved into the familiar term we are all used to, now. Unfortunately, this past black Friday kind of made it worse. I think it is ridiculous, utterly maddening, and so very very sad that people are dying. I think all stores should CLOSE for black Friday. It is just waaaay too far out of hand. (Sorry Fairytales and Margarita's...).
Anyhow.
So there you have black Friday.
I am now refreshed and recharged from my relaxing weekend. We had a great Thanksgiving, a nice, home cooked meal, with plenty of leftovers, then, Friday we spent the afternoon with some good friends partaking of THEIR leftovers. Saturday, we hung out, and went to see Twilight. I didn't hate the movie, but in my opinion it was very slow. And, the 'smouldering looks' that Edward was supposed to be giving Bella were pathetic. Sorry, had to be said. Mustang Girl agrees with me. We've both read the books, however, so we were bound to be disappointed.
Sunday, we cleaned house, and put up most of our Christmas decorations. We also had one of our friends drop by, so we foisted off some of OUR leftovers on him. (I am liking this exchange of leftovers thing.) I still have enough turkey here to make Turkey Noodle Soup for tomorrow, though.
I should also mention that Cheese went to his new home, and the change is very noticeable here. The energy level is more positive, calmer. Handling two dogs is much easier. The girls are very laid back. They looked for him just a few minutes, after I let them out that first morning. Now if everyone would send their good thoughts towards the Cheese. I think he is in for the more difficult adjustment. I do actually miss the boy, but he was too much....
So there you go. All caught up in my daily saga, AND now you know why Black Friday is Black Friday.

early weekend

Yes, I know, this is the spot for the Mieography.
But its a holiday weekend, and I find I am wanting, well, a holiday. Not that I don't enjoy my blog, but, sometimes my brain is tired.
So blame the turkey, and the tryptophan. I will see you guys Monday
Happy Black Friday

Happy Thanksgiving

Was going to do a Thursday 13 on what I am thankful for, and trust me I am thankful for plenty of things, MM, MG, home, pets, food on the table ect.

But, its been a long long long worknight full of the usual pre holiday not so fun-ness, coupled with the pressed turkey "thank you for working" dinner provided by the hospital, and I find what I want to do most is go home, snuggle into my warm bed with the always warm MM while my turkey is baking. Eventually I will get up and we will make the other holiday goodness side dishes, then have a nice, quiet Thanksgiving, just the three of us.

So from my house to yours, Happy Thanksgiving, if you celebrate it. If you don't, I hope this is an exceptional Thursday for you.
See me next week for a regularly scheduled Thursday 13

Wordless Wednesday

This cat (Audrey) outweighs our Thanksgiving Turkey....