Updates:
John and Kim are still hosting open mike night. However, they are joined by bass player Paul Liford and drummer Jeff Keeler. I actually managed to go to a show, Thanksgiving night. Unfortunately, the drummer forgot he was supposed to be there, but it was still a good show.
After viewing my mother's blog and my brother's blog, I realize that I haven't kept everyone up-to-date with my kids. Here it goes:
Back in October, I think, Laurel's school had crazy hair day. Here's my little creation.
And from the front...
Here's Cory doing what he does worst...dishes!
Here's another one of Cory with his favorite book series (one of mine too!), Pendragon...
I always told him, "If you don't like to read, you haven't found the right book." Now he has!This past spring, I told the kids we would make some vegan sugar cookies. We finally did last month or so. I was not happy with the recipe. I'll have to keep experimenting. Here are some of the results. Everyone helped decorate.
Oops. The decorating gel on the E (for Ezell!) ran a little. Here's a few more.
Cory is still playing the piano. His new teacher has been trying to undo the bad habits taught by his old teacher. Also, John has been helping Cory practice. We've noticed improvement in his playing, as well as more enthusiasm for the instrument.
Here's another one from the other side, lol. (Laurel is always trying to steal the spotlight.)
Speaking of Laurel, she recently has shown me that she can now do a backbend by herself! It hurts me just to watch her!
(She actually held this pose above for a few seconds for me! Ouch!)
She also went tattoo crazy while John and I were out.
Uncle Jason would be proud!Now on to my furry children. This next one is Charlie. He is the only "normal" cat I have.
He is a very inquisitive cat.
Next is my Ava Muffin (pronounced with a long A), also known as Ava Button.
She is missing her left eye. It was hard to get a picture of her. Apparently, she was starved for Mommy's attention and couldn't stay away. Ava has gotten into the bad habit of chewing on my new shoes. I'll have to break her of that. On a lighter note, she is my bathroom kitty. Everytime I go to the bathroom, she runs in, ready for some alone time with me.
(I promise I was not actually using the toilet in that picture.)Last, but not least, my Bazooka Butt. I call her that because she always has at least a little poop stuck to her butt. She wouldn't let me take a recent picture, so here's an old one.
She still looks the same, maybe a couple of pounds lighter. She has a chronic weepy eye, so she constantly has gunk in her eye.Well, that's all my "babies" that I live with. However, I work at the Humane Society, so I have a lot of furry babies that I take care of. On that note...
Dogs:
We have taken a few dogs out to the park since Alfie. Unfortunately, we forgot the camera for a couple. Kurt was a really boring dog. He was a very chill Chow mix. He had the most fun when we took him for a walk downtown. He really came to life then. lol
Sierra was another big dog that we took out. I forget what mix she was, perhaps yellow lab. Poor Laurel got squished in the car! I really wish I had a picture of that! Sierra loved the park, so much so that she dragged me around quite a bit of it.
Haute Dawg (pronounced Hot Dog) was a fun dog. She came in as an HBC (hit by car). We thought she had a broken leg. It turned out she tore a tendon or ligament. I'm not sure which one. She was fostered by a former teacher of mine, Dr. Carla Antonio. Shortly after the park, she was adopted.
It was so cold that day, I put a vest on her. It says "Adopt Me".
The latest dog we took out was a male named Popcorn. I adopted out his sister, Buttercup, on Saturday. They both are incredibly cute and sweet. All they want is to be loved on. The only problem is that neither walk on a leash very well.
Too bad I don't have a picture of me carrying him across Amboy Road. We all got really cold at the park, so we decided to take him home and watch an episode of MASH.
I believe in this last picture Radar is handing over a little extra cash that Hawkeye "requested". (Any MASH fans out there?)
What a sweetheart! I'll have to see if he got adopted when I go back to work tomorrow.On a funny note, Charlie did not like Popcorn being in the house at all. He puffed himself up so big that he looked like a different cat! Also, there was one point when Popcorn got off the couch to take a look around. Charlie was in the hall and didn't notice until Popcorn was right up on him. We all heard a hiss and looked over in time to see Charlie jump and slide across the kitchen floor with his back arched up! I felt bad for laughing at him, but it was so funny I couldn't help it.
When we take the dogs back, we make a little stop in the cat adoption room. I'll have to start taking pictures in there as well. I held the sweetest little gray kitty named Persephone. Her motor was running the whole time I had her.
Sorry this one was so long. I'll try to keep on top of it from now on. Remember everyone, spay and neuter your animals.
