A Likely Story!

MUST. WATCH.

Watching When The Levees Broke.

I remember Rosie and King of Big Wheels watched it real time and both commented on their reactions.

My friend Chris was attending Tulane and as an RA evacuated with his students. My friend Jay, also from Tulane, lived thru it as a volunteer in the Superdome as did Patrick, a MySpace friend of mine. To hear them tell stories from their perspective is chilling.

WTLB is on DVD now and I've watched the first one, waiting on the 2nd and 3rd.

This should be required viewing, starting with 6th graders all the way up to college.

This is not how America should treat her people.

Happy :-)

What a wonderful weekend. I live for weekends like this.

Stayed in Friday night and took care of lots of paperworky details I'd been putting off for ages and started to pack for Saturday night.

Up bright and early Sat am (yeah, me up early...what a shocker!) to clean, do laundry, clean some more. Got more purple hair, made a library stop and dissembled a display on anti-clutter and organizing books, came back to finish packing, then off to Boulder for the Bex BD Bash.

Great times with Bex and Buddies at The Rio in Boulder. I wimped out after 3 Margs and headed off to my home away from home for the night....where I had one of the best night's sleep I've had in years. Pillowtop mattresses rock.

Sunday morning woke up to birds singing and a bright blue sky. Was within walking distance to Illegal Pete's (how way cool is that??) so passed up the hotel breakfast for a Pete's breakfast burrito. Had plans to meander along Pearl Street but the hordes of screaming toddlers playing on all the sculptures on Pearl put an end to those plans, so I headed home to read and vege.

Today, even tho it was a Monday, was great.

Finally found a dentist that uses a Prophy-Jet something I've preferred all my dentists use ever since my CA dentist used one in his practice. It cleans and polishes your teeth better than any hand-cleaning procedure and afterwards you feel like your teeth are brand new.

Also located 2 lawncare companies. After struggling with the 'I should be able to do this shit myself' I realized that gardening does nothing for me so rather than buying a lawnmower and other paraphenalia and dreading it every weekend, just go with a lawnservice. Am interviewing two tomorrow.

AND..best of all, my battered gazebo is 1/4 dissembled. The rain and wind bent the frame and rusted the screws, so it's taking some time to get it unstuck. At this rate, hope to be done in three weeks with a clean deck, flowers, and a patio table to go with the patio umbrella my buddy Andrew gave me. And then it'll be 'deck and drinks time' to which you are all happily invited.

Here's the last picture I took before it crashed under the weight of the snow.

Overall, a great weekend (and Monday) as weekends and Monday's go.

Lost That Lovin' Feeling

While I've never been 'in love' with MySpace it did seem interesting in the beginning.

Lately, I'm just not into it that much.

If I want to read blogs, I read my friends private blogs. If I want music, I go to my favorite band's websites. The bulletins I get on MySpace drive me nuts...even tho I have sent out a couple as well...but they still drive me nuts.

The close to final straw came the other day when my associate at work wanted to be my MySpace friend. I froze, like a deer in the headlights, when I saw the message.

I like my associate, both personally and professionally, but every new person I add to my MS increases the risk that they will go check out my friends, discovers who has a personal blog and next thing you know, they will have found my blog. I't not comfortable with that possibility.

My blog is where I am 100% myself. Always have been, always will be.

My work persona, while genuinely me, is the business side of me. A far cry from the Kath that you guys know and...tolerate!

I eventually did add my associate to my MySpace but not without trepidation

I belong to :

* MySpace

* Facebook

*VIRB

*Twitter

Anyone else feel this way, or is it just me??

It's Never Too Late

And you're never too old.

Way to go, Nola.

Visualize

How compelling is THIS picture??

Courtesy of Apartment Therapy.

Courage

It takes courage to stand up for what you believe. Never easy to do, but necessary if you are to be true to yourself.

Way to go, Christine.

Best of luck, girlfriend!

Honest, It's Not You...

And it's not me either.

Blogger Blows.

For those of you that have Blogger Blogs for some reason my Blogger sign in info is crapping out. Seems every other week it's acting up and I have to reset this or that and to be honest, I am just over Blogger.

Trust me, I'll still read and comment when Blogger 'allows' me access, but I have reached my breaking point w/ Blogger.

I'll be there in spirt...and in stats!

Please Take Me Off Your List

That's what the email from my client said. I've been trying to find a job for him close to his family in the Midwest.

He's on his way back to Iraq for the 4th time.

4th time.

National Call In Day

Do you stand for freedom? What about freedom of choice? What about freedom to do what YOU think is best for you and your personal situation? Tired of the increasing restrictions being foisted on us by the Bush Gulag?

Today is National Call in Day.

Show Your Support for the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA)

"Every American who values freedom and privacy should be troubled by the Supreme Court’s reckless decision to uphold the federal abortion ban. And every American can fight back. Wednesday, April 25, 2007, the third anniversary of the history March for Women’s Lives, is a national call-in day — a day for the pro-choice community to flood the phone lines of the U.S. House and Senate, urging our members of Congress to stand up for women’s health and safety and to co-sponsor FOCA."

CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
APRIL 25 AT 202-224-3121

Tell them to co-sponsor
FOCA House Bill Number: H.R. 1964
FOCA Senate Bill Number: S. 1173

I've had bad luck with birth control before. Sometimes you take all the necessary precautions and you still wind up pregnant. It's a horrible thing to go thru and something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. To be forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term is just barbaric and horrific....it's the nightmare to end all nightmares.

So that's why I'm blogging about this. Maybe...just maybe... when you can relate to someone that's been in this situation, it's easier to see this side of the issue.

Meme-licious

My buddy Rosie over at Rosalicious was handing out meme's like they were going out of style!

Here are the questions she hit me with :

1. If you could go on a hot date with ANYONE, who would it be and where would you go/what would you do?

A- Hmmm...anyone?? To be honest, no one comes to mind right away. Would never have any interest in dating anyone famous. As far as non-famous, the guys I've been interested in I've already hung out with. Probably the best answer I could give right now is Chris Chasse...guitarist for Rise Against. Had their latest concert DVD all last week and I think Chris is incredibly cool...at least from what I saw on the DVD. Cute and down to earth...and tall! I like the TDRF type. Tall, Dark Hair, Really Funny. Plus, he's a liberal...total brownie points there. Doesn't get picked out in public so as long as we were not around Rise Against fans it would probably be cool. As to what we'd do?

Grab a casual dinner...something like BBQ or Fusion...then off to a sporting event...Basketball first choice, Hockey second choice, then Baseball then Football. Or a concert...that would be cool. Dinner out followed by a sporting event or a concert is really my idea of heaven.

2. What's the best sex you've ever had and what made it the "best"?

A. Sex life is off the record and definitely off the blog. That's just me!

3. I just had to deal with a clogged up toilet and seeing as I am hungover today, the experience was exceptionally disgusting. What's the most disgusting thing you've ever had to deal with?

A. There have been many occasions back when I used to have roomies in college that were gross-a-thons, but probably the saddest..and grossest...thing I have encountered was my first bid as a Professional Organizer.

My clients lived in a nice ranch home...one level. Nice on the outside. Inside? Another matter. Don't know how to adequately describe what I walked into. My first thought was ' you have to be kidding, you staged this, right?'

Wall-to-wall clutter PACKED every single room up to my shoulders. I am 5'5". As you entered the house...living room off to the left...dining room off to the right...family room straight ahead...there was a sea of 'stuff' covering every square inch, save for a path that meandered thru the house.

The husband was a quadriplegic, confined to a wheelchair. The wife had full mobility.

They admitted that it took then an hour to make a space for me on their living room couch so I could have a place to sit.

Sat down to give them my portfolio made of of several client pictures (friends that were my guinea pigs so I could get my business started) and they read a letter from one of my friends that had not had people over for 7 years since his place was in such disarray. There were before and after pix as well.

The husband started to cry as his wife read the letter to him. She had to reach over to wipe his tears away. He said all he wanted in life was to have a neat and clean house. He wanted it more than he wanted to have use of his arms and legs back. The wife? The clutter didn't bother her at all.

The realization of what I was looking at hit me so hard I almost passed out. Their situatiuon was all about control. It had nothing to do with clutter.

Saddest and sickest thing to date I have ever witnessed.

4. On a more pleasant note, tell us about the best meal you've ever had.

A. Wow...there have been so many. Each the best in their own special way. Probably one of the best ones of recent memory was over at my buddy Howard's sister's house. She had a BBQ in my honor when I was back in FL in Feb.

There was so much to celebrate! I got to see Howard, meet his new girlfriend Renee, congratulate him on the recent selling of his condo and job offer (he is graduating from Respiratory Therapy school next month) and he showed me potential homes he was looking to buy. Was wonderful to see his sister Tonja and brother-in-law Dean again as well. Being his roomie, I got to know his family pretty well and the day I flew from FL to CO FOR GOOD I spent part of my last day in FL hanging out with Tonja and her mom Beverly.

The food was awesome (BBQ steak and chicken, baked beans, corn on the cob, mashed taters),the company (which included my friend/client Aree who I was staying with and who had become great friends with Howard and Renee!) even better and it was one of the high points of my trip back to FL.

5. Turn on your ipod. What song plays? How does this song make you feel? How did you discover the band? Does it bring back any memories or feelings?

A. Had your question in mind when I started up my iPod today. Closed my eyes, gave it a random twirl and wound up with the Shins 'Wincing the Night Away'. First heard The Shins when I saw Garden State for the first time....Caring is Creepy was a favorite. My buddy Andrew lent me this CD for iPoddage purposes and I played it alllll day today. It made me very happy and content...working away at home, slushy rain pounding the windows continuosly, iPod serenading me...made for a very happy and contented work day. That's what music does for me in a nutshell...makes for a happy and contented Kath!

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Anyone want a 'meme-of-the-day?? Lemme know!