Holiday Chaos

Geeze the holidays are excruciating!  This month has been a whirlwind!  I hate to say it is excruciating when I have had such a wonderful time seeing my friends and attending social events thus far during the holidays.  It is these last few days that take their toll.  I am so fortunate to have a very large number of extremely close friends.  Of course, I try to see every single one of them this time of year.  Unfortunately, this totally stresses me out – not to mention wears me out.  I am an old creature of habit.  I have had a migraine for two days in anticipation.  I think it is crazy that my body reacts this way, but I suppose I am frail.  It would be wonderful if I had an entire week off, but I am sure I would still manage to over schedule myself.  This is why the 4th of July is my favorite holiday.  There is no pressure to try to visit everyone and be 10 places at once!  Yes, that is truly the most wonderful time of the year!  However, I love all of my friends and all of their children and pets.  I look forward to seeing each and every one of them, even if I am sedated.  Merry Christmas!    

Kitsy

Anyone that knows me knows that I serious animal lover.  I worship my cat and I really can not think of anything I wouldn’t do to save his life.  My best friend, Angel is in a situation right now that is really testing this.  Her ‘Kitsy’ is sick.  She has had a tumor for a long time.  Thinking it was mammory cancer, Angel chose not to do anything about it.  Is it really fair to make a cat go through chemo?  Also, Kitsy was not sick, she acted fine.  However, a couple of weeks ago, it got so big, it exploded!  This did not heal, so she had to go to the vet.  The vet thinks this may in fact be a non cancerous tumor, because Kitsy is not sick!  Of course, here is where the money issue comes in to play.  She had to shell out money for meds and blood work, which came back great.  Now, there is going to be surgery on Friday morning.  This is going to be a lot of money!  However, at her VET, they offer 0 % financing for major animal emergencies!  This is the point of my entire story!  I find this to be fabulous!  Can you imagine how many lives this service is saving??  I know I plan to mention this to my vet and I think everyone else should too!  Let’s all keep Kitsy in our thoughts!!  She is too sweet to be sick!  I love Kitsy!         

Decisions, Decisions!

I guess I am getting a new car.  Not a new car, but one that is new to me.  I am trying to have this nonchalante, if it happens, it happens attitude.  However, that is just not me.  This is very stressful.  As crazy as this may seem, I find choosing an MP3 player to go with my new car the biggest decision.  I can’t make up my mind!  The only decision I have made is that I must have an MP3 player to go with my new car.  I am giving up my satellite radio, so it is not an option. 

What’s in a Name?

I believe everyone has strange stories from their family history.  I have found I am no exception.  I found out over weekend this very interesting story about my Father’s name Mack.  Mack is a very strong name, and I always knew it was a family name because my Grandfather was also Mack.  What I did not know is where the name originated.  It seems that as a baby, my Grandfather was never given a name.  There were so many kids, I guess no one bothered.  He was called, “Toe.”  They finally got around to naming him when he was 6 or 7 and asked him what he would like to be called.  At the time, everyone called each other, “Mack,” so he thought this name would be fine.  What the. . . ?  I am still in shock.  I suppose I always dreamed this strong family name came from a wealthy land owning Irishman and this name would one day assist me in meeting my Irish family when I go back to the motherland.  Yeah right, I suppose I will be better off trying to trace down Toe!  Unbelievable!       

To Blog or not to Blog?

I think I am blogging.  This is new.  I really enjoy reading all of the blogs my friends have started, so I figure, what the heck?  I have things to say!  Maybe someone would like to read those things.  I crack myself up ALL the time.  Maybe I can spread the joy.  I am already able to see this can be quite difficult.  I am insecure.  Am I being clever?  Will people want to read this?  All I have to say my friends better read it because I read their blogs!  Now, I am going to see if I can figure out what I do next.  Have a good day!