Posts by mommakitty

If I'm following my own posts, does that mean that I am chasing my own tail?  ***Norm Alert***.  I needed to get the current utility bill, and I knew it was here because I was the one that checked the mail (post) on Saturday.  I put Norms mail in a stack.  There were other things for him as well.  #1-a letter from the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).  His license has been suspended AGAIN because he failed to appear in court after his traffic ticket for speeding in July.  Now there are two warrants for his arrest in the state of Washington.  (Dad bailed him out of jail, so is Dad now out the $2000 bail money?)  #2 was a notice from the company that he pays to have the breathalizer device on the pickup.  They will not allow him/or anyone to drive the vehicle until his court issues are resolved.  WTF Norm?  It also showed a past due amount on his account.  (Norm is stepping into some deep do-do right about now).  #3 was the utility bill.  It too is "past due", and is threatening to be shut off if payment is not received by June 30. 

I don't consider this snooping; rather self-preservation while living with Norm.  If there is a bomb coming I'd rather know about it in advance.  Two days ago BU had take-out food.  She was sitting at my feet and I noticed that she was acting "funny".  When I looked, OMG, she had a sparrow in her mouth!  RIP birdie, you have no neck now.  (keep in mind this all happened so fast!)  I picked up the neckless bird (close your eyes Moochie), took it out to the dumpster, came back inside the house-BU is looking around for her "dinner".  She looked at me like "what have you done MOTHER!"  I finally sat back and laughed at the situation. This whole process probably only lasted about 30 seconds.  My BU, the great "hairy" hunter.  That night, while she was laying in the crook of my arms, she yawned!  This was the worst breath I have ever smelled in my life.  Holy Moley BU!  Go away!!!  While DH and BF's have given off toxic fumes, none can compare to the bird-breath from a cat!!   Larry would appreciate this.

Well, I'm off to spread more joy!  Last day of class for this week; I need to make sure I have tortured each and every of the other students in an equal manor.  Just spreading my love to the rest of humanity! PC------>BU from afar as she still has birdie breath.

Are you building muscle?

Moochster, I know the ar*e thing.  I'm back from my visitation to pre-hell.  I swear, I do not know why my parents don't think I can handle my life by myself........Murrah, well, when Dad called him to come over for dinner so we could meet, Murrah said that he had hooked back up with an old "friend".    Their next best effort is their neighbor, Jeff.  Crap, I had to have dinner with Jeff 3 out of 6 nights.  Jeff is a very nice man........Jeff is disabled.  Jeff is about 6" shorter than I am.  My dad kept suggesting that he would be better than no man.  DAD!  EEW, ICK!!  I went over and looked at what Jeff had to offer me and BU as far as living area was concerned.  I am sorry ladies, I could not get past the turquoise walls and the carpeting that was decorated with dog ****.  (Dare I mention that Jeff doesn't wear his dentures??) My Dad kept saying that Jeff would be a better roommate than Norm. (Dad, are you senile???)

Now, I have never said that Norm has approached me physically in a sexual manner, have I?  This Jeff person has told my Dad that he is looking for a woman!!  WTF is Dad thinking??

I got home this afternoon and the living room is torn up.  Norm has moved a "cot" in there.  I told him months before I left for LaGrand that I will not clean his "bedroom".  He has slept in the living room way over a year now.  I know that I am not wrong about this issue.

Moochie; can BU and me move to Australia and live with you and Larry?  While I was in LaGrande I applied for housing.  It is a "cute" (you ladies know how much I resent that word) apartment.  BU is welcome.  I guess it will be about Friday before I will know what the "F" is going on with me and BU. 

Yikes, new classes start tomorrow............I just about forgot.    PC & BU

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Moochster!  It gets even better.  There are still 5 points to be added to my final grade which brings it up to 91.1 (A-)  Holy Moly!  A's in both classes.  This next term should be a cake-walk.  Just some nutrition classes.  I'm glad that Larry still loves his Mum!  Poor BU, spent the night out in the cold last night.  I didn't realize that Boob Norm had closed her window.  She came in and devoured her food.  Then just wanted to snuggle to the point of becoming a pest.  Now she's back hogging my lap and begging for attention.  How can I resist? 

I spent quite a bit of time helping Matthew with a final paper he had in another class.  I think the instructor is an arrogant SOBstress!  Between the two of us "we" put together a brilliant paper.  He was having a brain fart on how to begin it.  So I jumped in there (hell, it's not my grade), and starting writing  what I thought what the answers were.  He took it from there and put it in his own words.  I am so glad that is done.  (He helped me in chemistry; I owed the favor).

It is supposed to freeze tonight.  I guess I need to go dig up my potatoes that I planted this spring.  I have read to harvest when it freezes.  I'm leaving for my Greyhound excursion tomorrow afternoon.  I wonder if Norm will water my glorious sunflowers.  I suppose I better play farmer this afternoon.  I'd like to keep the heads that are dead for the seeds.  Funny, in this package of seeds that I planted, I don't recall it saying that there was a variety of sunflowers.  I only wanted the ones with the black centers that produced seeds.  Some of them look more like big yellow carnations.  Pretty, but not what I expected.  Hmm!

I have last minute shopping today.  Walmart-Ho!  BU needs food AGAIN.  Minx, I agree with Mooch, you one hot momma as is girl!  ~PC

I was told when I had the same symptoms last year that I had a low-grade flu.  No barfing, felt fine all day until the sun started to set.  Hot bath/shower didn't help, uncontrollable chattering (that's impressive since I wear dentures and had removed them)  Didn't really feel feverish, but that is not surprising because I went into the hospital 2 month ago with a 104 temp and didn't realize it.  Hopefully it will pass within 3 days.  Don't ya just love how the body reacts? 

Hello Afab!  Glad to have you.  We tend to run them off quicker than it took some to write their original post here.  Take the time to check some of us out.  Me and the Moochster and an occasional Minx still show up.  We bring our pets in to visit sometimes.  I have to discuss my idiotic roommates antics.  He is just so asinine sometimes.  Story worthy though.    As angry as he makes me, by the time I repeat it it is funny even to me.  Only 8 or so to go!  Wow!  That's wonderful! 

You can tell us all your stories!  Promise, we won't repeat them. 

Moocherist of the moochers!  I did pass chemistry.  By the seat of my pants.  I got a 66.7 out of 120.  After I recalculated my points I realized that I could have skipped the test all together and still pass the class.  Balancing equations is not my bag.  I'll either end up with a high C or a low B.  I know that's not much to brag about, but this was the hardest friggin' class I have ever taken but at least I won't have to repeat it.

I manage to do 80% of my shopping once a month.  I still need to buy something at least once a week.  I think that comes from living far away from  decent grocery shopping when I was growing up. 

I broke down and bought some red meat today.  It was too good of a price to turn down.  I also portioned it out into 3-4 oz packages and am freezing some in marinade.  I labeled it "liver" for Norms sake. (he, he!!!)  I labeled the chicken breasts as haddock (fish).   Just when I'm getting good at disguising food I think of moving!

I bought some hamburger and will turn it into meat loaf patties.  Fewer calories per gram after you add in the onions and mushrooms.  I'll probably grate in some carrots as well.  A 4 oz pattie will have fewer calories that 4 oz of plain hamburger.

Well, of to Ninja chef cooking for a bit.  I want to have all this put up before Norm gets home from work so he doesn't investigate it closely.  Kissy-face PC and BU

red beans, pinto beans, red pepper flakes, garlic, and onions boiling in a pot smells absolutely divine. so simple and yet so delicious....

which leads me to yet another SURVEY!!!! YAY!!

1. what is the absolute best 'carby' smell?

--fresh baked bread for sure

2. what is the best dessert smell

--bread pudding w/raisins and rum sauce

3. what is the best dinner foods smell?

--lAnything Italian

4. what is the best breakfast food smell?

--coffee cake

5. what veggie smells the best?

--onions

6. what berry smells the best?

--strawberries-ditto

7. what fruit smells the best?

--peaches

8. what "fatty" food smells the best?

--Fritos

9. what snack food smells the best?

--Fig Newtons

10. what food sends your appetite through the roof when you smell it?

--corn bread

11. what smell makes you want to vomit/ruins your appetite?

--don't have one

12. what smell brings back memories of childhood?

--The smell of Wednesdays-that was Mom's "day off" and she baked everything that day.

A hematologist checks your blood for things like anemia, thyroid, cholesterol, HIV, etc.  What?  No wine!  Here I bought a giant jug that I guess I'll have consume all by myself.   I know, switch to a White Zinfandel.  I like that better anyhow.  I don't even know what red meat is anymore.  That is the Moo?, right? 

Disturbing news on the chem class.  Someone that took it last semester said that the highest grade anyone got for the final exam was a 65%.  That is not great to hear.  I have to take that test tomorrow. 

I'll be leaving on the 9th to spend a week with my parents and won't be home until the 15th.  No computer!  What will I do??? That also means no Matthew as there won't be Skype either.

Well, Norm pulled a big boner the other night.  As you know, he doesn't like to wash the broiler pans or what ever he uses to bake his various meats in.  He had this really nasty pan, that he decided to put into the oven and turn on the self-cleaning controls.  What the F was he thinking?  The pan is ruined.  All of the non-stick surface baked off and now has a white chalky residue on it.  (LOL )-at least it wasn't one of mine or I would have unleashed some pretty ugly cougar fury onto his stupid arse. 

It's dinner time and I'll try not to find something ugly to fix.  Oatmeal!!  I'm glad that Tuesday is the first of the month.  Groceries are pretty low right now.  At least BU has her food.  ~PC

I generally buy Special K bars at Walmart with a whole box  of 6 in the food aisle for less than $3.00 @box.  Maybe what you're looking for is not what I'm buying.  Good luck on your search.

Thank you all for the wonderful insights of your own experiences.....I don't think that I said anything about them being disabled themselves.  My Mom has only said a couple of things that makes me think that the beginnings of "dementia" might be approaching.  I'm sorry if in my plea for advice, it might have seemed worse.

Dad will be 'damned" before he will go to a "community" for the elderly.  He really doesn't need any help, except with Mom.  At this point he is fine; sharp as an 80 year old tack can be.  Both of them are mobile and require no assistance.

I would not be moving there to take "care" of them; just to be closer.  (Mess with Mom's kitchen and you'll likely get a frying pan in your head.)  Really, that is not a bad thing.........just her brand of love .

It is the move itself; making new friends and getting established in a different town that scares me.  Gawd, I'm a woosie sometimes.  As far as finding a job; I would be more than willing to be a burger flipper at McDonalds, but I am trying to go to school to become a Dietitian and finally become a professional at something other than being mediocre. 

To answer other questions. Yes, I do have a brother with his family and  he has an established business, owning a Fed Ex outlet and lives in Portland, OR.  My nephews are in little league, and one is approaching the age of being drafted into the minor leagues.  My SIL has worked for Toyota Motors in the credit department.  She is the one that will call you to ask "what is going on-(you dirt bag?)--fork over your first born, or else. 

My own children are established and secure where they are.  I don't think it would be fair to ask them to uproot their lives.  So, by process of elimination, I am the natural choice. 

Remember, it's not the idea of moving. (Roommate issue will be outta my life).  It's not that I have to provide "care"  for Mum & Pops; it is the issue of the move itself and the financial and physical burden this places on them, especially when I know that it is just going to be me and Dad that are loading crap.

I don't know if I should have posted anything to begin with. This is like a Term paper for school.  I just spew words sometimes without putting them into intelligent format. I don't want to be psychoanalyzed by anyone; don't offer pity.  Thanks for your supportive words.  It does help to vent stuff. 

Welcome Jetta Twilight Layla DuPuis to this crazy world that your Gramma lives in.  I hope only the best for you.  Your momma is such a special lady.  I'm so happy that she made the decision to come back into our lives once again.  I missed her.  I hope to meet you someday soon.   Don't listen to what others say about me; I am not really crazy. 

Moochie, what essay GF?  I know what you mean about school being busy.  It's nuts here as well.  Glad you could come join us, even for a bit.  BU missed Larry. 

Another Norm story.  Two weeks ago I noticed something on the floor in the garbage room.  It looked like brown rice, or white rice with a lot of soy on it.  I just assumed, that Norm being Norm had overshot the can and it ended up on the floor.  I didn't look too closely; just swept it up.  Sunday when I was sweeping there again, I found more of these.  This time I put them in a jar to ask Norm what they were.  About an hour later I looked at the jar and it has a dozen or so flies inside of it.  And some of these brown things were moving.  Crap!  They're fly eggs, or cocoons, or what ever they're called.  They were hatching in the jar!  When Norm got home from work, I asked him if he noticed these things on the floor.  He said he hadn't (I wasn't surprised).  I told him that they were flies.  He said that was impossible.  I showed him some of the unhatched ones and he still told me I was wrong.  Then I pulled out the big guns and showed him my jar of flies.  Either I'm faster than a chop-stick and managed to sweep up a whole bunch of flies, or they are fly eggs hatching.  He finally had to admit that I WAS RIGHT!  (Victory to shove in his face).  I scrubbed out the room from top to bottom, hoping that he would be more careful when he threw garbage away.  This morning when I got up, there were two egg shells next to the garbage can and maple syrup on the counter!   He just makes me so mad!  If we have flies, it's not my fault.  I wish I could contain them and put them in his bed or something.  Yes, it's time to move.

Minx, I don't mind moving closer to my family as long as we don't have to live under one roof.  We all agree that is not good for us.  I hope you are well.  What have you been up to?  I think the Queen has abdicated her throne ladies.  She left in July and hasn't been spotted flying across the sky. (Must beg for forgiveness just incase she returns.)

I have class in 1/2 hour and I need to gather up my crap.  Chemistry, uggh!

Cougar; nah, just your loveable PC

1.  Captain Crunch

2.  Life

3.  Team Flakes (I don't think they make them anymore)

4.  Oatmeal (regular, not quick or instant)

5.  Fiber One w/honey clusters

I don't really have a recipe in print to recommend.  I usually just grab a tomato or two, an onion, some cilantro, maybe some corn and/or bell peppers and a couple of limes.  That's really all there is to it.  I've also added black beans to it.  When my friend had zucchini coming out the wazoo, I even cubed some of them up.  Almost forgot the peppers.  Many like the hotness of a jalapeno, but I prefer using Anaheim.