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Points to Ponder

  • MyHeritage offers a fun tool - "Find the Celebrity in You" - upload a picture of yourself (or someone else) and it will match the image to celebrities with similar facial features. No doubt the only time I will ever be compared to Drew Barrymore in my life.
  • My brother pointed out a site/online community called Zaadz. Zaadz is a myspace-type community with a twist, aimed at progressive/spiritual/conscientious types. Zaadz, from the Dutch word 'seed' says their mission is to "change the world. Our math goes like this: you be the change + you follow your bliss + you give your greatest strengths to the world moment to moment to moment + we do everything in our power to help you succeed + you inspire and empower everyone you know to do the same + we team up with millions like us = we just affected billions = we (together) changed the world." Their purpose/method? "Ours involves Conscious Capitalism infused with Spirituality and a healthy dose of Enthusiasm, Love, Service, Inspiration, Passion, Humor and Teamwork. People CRAZY enough to think they can change the world, Courageous enough to do something about it, AND Committed enough to stick to it when they feel like giving up." Not sure what to think yet, but the idea seems intriguing and I'm trying it out, so if you decide to as well, look me up here.
  • I thought I lost one of my cats today. My two-year-old cat Ella was missing for six-plus hours today. I looked (I thought) everywhere for her, and was completely ready to blame/kill my youngest brother for letting her outside. I made flyers to hang, put food out front to lure her home, searched (with my brother) all over the house, and no luck. I checked cupboards and closets - she's small and likes to curl up in places, explore, hide, etc. Grayer, my three-year-old cat was agitated and confused, looking for Ella and meowing. I went to meetings at church tonight in a despondent mood, and begged sympathy (readily given) from my parishioners. When I came home, I opened my bedroom door (where I had searched many times earlier in the day) and out she came. I have no idea where in the room she could have been that I didn't look. Phew. Much ado about nothing I guess!

Comments

toddwilliam said…
Ha! So quick to blame/kill someone else for an untidy room with many wonderful cat hiding places.

Perhaps this was a sign to push yourself towards better home organizational skills.

Blame-shifter!

:)
Suzer said…
My cats once found a hiding/sleeping place I just couldn't believe. If you have a regular bed with a box spring and your cats can get under the bed, take a look and see if the thin material covering the bottom of the box spring is torn at all. My cats would tear holes through the material and climb up INSIDE the box spring and fall asleep! One did this when he was ill and it was awfully hard to get him out again. Since then, I bought a thick plastic mattress cover and put it over the bottom of the mattress, so they can't get up through it.

Just a thought! I enjoy your blog and hope to read more as time goes on. Blessings....

Susan

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