Kittens are born with their eyes shut. They open them in about six days, take a look around, then close them again for the better part of their lives.
~Stephen Baker
Look what we brought back (to foster) after taking the two 9 week old kittens back to the local humane society…
Momma and FIVE 10-day-old babies.
Wook at that widdle face with the widdle tongue... I just wanna cuddle them every minute of the day!
Close your eyes and see the beauty.
~Author Unknown
(please feel free to use this!)
I love learning more about my fellow MilSpouse bloggers. So I created a weekly meme. Each week, I’ll post a list of questions on Thursday (so you can have your blog ready on Friday). Come back here on Friday (like today!) and enter your blog post into Mr. Linky below so others know who else participated and we can all visit other blogs. Please leave a comment too! And please feel free to use the button above!
1. The first thing I think of when I get up in the morning is do I really HAVE to get up?
2. Lately, I’ve been craving anything sweet or pasta because when you are restricted from having something, you want it all that much more (in my case: diet).
3. Whenever anyone says the word horse, it reminds me of my childhood because I grew up with them and they are definitely a life-long love of mine.
4. The happiest word I know is love, but I think it is overused (just like the word hate) and underappreciated.
5. My spouse may hate it, but I absolutely love talking about future kids and planning for things that may or may not happen.
Please don’t forget to add your blog link to Mr. Linky below by clicking on it. But also if you are not participating in MilSpouse Friday Fill-In this week, please do not put your link on there… I will remove it. It is unfair to others who do participate.
A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together.
~James H. Boren
(please feel free to use this!)
I love learning more about my fellow MilSpouse bloggers! MilSpouse Friday Fill-in took off even better than I could have ever hoped. I learned so much about my fellow bloggers and can’t wait to learn more… and hopefully even MORE will join in as we continue.
Here’s the skinny for newcomers about MilSpouse Friday Fill-ins (and when I say MilSpouse, I mean significant others, too!):
Each week, I’ll post a list of questions on Thursday (so you can have your blog ready on Friday). Come back here on Friday and enter your blog post into Mr. Linky so others know who else participated and we can all visit other blogs. And please feel free to use the button above!
Can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with tomorrow!
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.
~Jonathan Kozel
(please feel free to use this!)
I love learning more about my fellow MilSpouse bloggers. So I created a weekly meme. Each week, I’ll post a list of questions on Thursday (so you can have your blog ready on Friday). Come back here on Friday (like today!) and enter your blog post into Mr. Linky below so others know who else participated and we can all visit other blogs. Please leave a comment too! And please feel free to use the button above!
1. My spouse and I rarely agree on stuff that needs to be sold/not purchased, but always agree on the fact that we need to save more money and pay off debts.
2. If I could use one word to sum up the way I feel right now, it would be pain. Stupid neck/back/shoulder.
3. One of the things my spouse does that grosses me out is snots in the shower. Ewww. Disgusting.
4. My readers may think I’m crazy for doing this, but I really love to make charts. Of everything. From weightloss to chores to paying down debt.
5. Frankly, my dear, I don’t care what you do or what you think, just don’t shove your ideals down my throat (that’s for you, @minivangirl!).
Please don’t forget to add your blog link to Mr. Linky below by clicking on it. But also if you are not participating in MilSpouse Friday Fill-In this week, please do not put your link on there… I will remove it. It is unfair to others who do participate.
Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness.
~Ellie Katz
Yeah, I know, three posts in one week, plus my two MFF. Deal with it 
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So I was on Facebook tonight and one of my friends (E) commented on my status. She was a reporter at the local TV station in Michigan and I worked with her quite a bit until she moved to Arizona. One of the last times I saw her (if not THE last time) was when we were opening a new section of our museum, which included new rides (yes, a museum with awesome rides!).
As the public relations manager, I was the one to meet reporters at 0400 when they came to do morning live shots (okay, I had to be there between 0330 and 0345 to open the place). My CEO would usually join us because he was always interested in media coverage. Anyway, since it was so early in the morning, we obviously didn’t have guests for them to shoot video of so E went on the rides and did her morning reporting while doing them. Until it came to a ride that she needed a second person on.
This ride looks like a big hamster ball. It’s basically a gyroscope for those who know what it is. It will twist and turn and go one way and then another. You really have to have two people on it or the one person ends up spinning wildly (more wildly than normal) on it. My CEO turned to me and said, “You go on it with her.”
I probably looked like a deer in the headlights because I incredulously replied, “Uh, you realize I get sick on spinny rides, right?” He laughed it off and said I’d be fine. So I got strapped in. And when I say strapped in, I mean hair tied back, ankles strapped down, wrists strapped down… the whole she-bang. I looked over at E and warned her that these type of rides and I don’t go well together. She laughed and said to let her know if I needed to stop the ride but the cameras were only going to roll for 10 seconds.
So the camera starts rolling (did I mention this is LIVE TV?) and E does her intro about the museum opening the new section and the ride starts spinning. Upside-down. Left. Right. Violently. As my face goes whipping by, I can see that the camera is still rolling.
Ten seconds goes by. Still rolling… just like my stomach is starting to.
Fifteen seconds go by. It’s creeping up my esophagus.
Twenty seconds go by. I start telling E it’s about time to stop this (thinking the cameras had stopped by now).
Twenty-five seconds go by. I’m urgently telling E it’s time to stop.
Thirty seconds go by… the camera drops down and E says “okay, we’re done.”
And the ride stops.
My head and stomach are still spinning.
I get off the ride and my CEO takes one look at me and immediately starts asking if I was okay (must have looked pretty pale/sick!). He asks if I need a washcloth for my face/forehead. Insists I sit down. I must have really looked bad. I just said softly, “I told you I don’t do spinny rides.”
I look up at E and ask her why we were on the ride so long. She laughs and says the producers were having fun watching the two of us and were hoping one of us would throw up. My jaw dropped. I asked her if the cameras were rolling the whole time. She said yes. I swallow and then ask if it was live the whole time. She said yes.
I groaned and dropped my head and asked if they were able to hear me telling her we needed to quit NOW. She said the producers could hear it and were laughing, but the television audience couldn’t hear it.
So yeah. I was THISCLOSE to becoming a YouTube sensation of yacking on camera fame.
But what brought all this up? Like I said, my friend E commented a Facebook status and I responded and jokingly told her, “By the way, I’ve ALMOST forgiven you for making me nearly puke on air. Well, you and the producers who thought it was funny and kept the segment going longer than planned .”
Her response?
“You made my resume tape with that one 
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*groan*
