Cat Hair

I have a cat named Ott, a large orange and white male who in his prime was known to slay neighborhood dogs and strike fear in birds, squirrels and other cats .  He came to me after participating in a serious fight with some other street thug and I was compelled to have him repaired.  He smelled like cotton candy. His purr sounded like distant thunder.  He needed me, and I cannot turn away any of God's children or creatures, and so we bonded. We are each others "significant other" these days, we are empty-nesters.

That was over 10 years ago.  Now he is retired and spends most of his day waiting for me to come home and feed him.  This morning while getting ready for work, I sat at the foot of the bed to dress.  Upon arriving to work, I realized I had also put on about 3 inches of white cat hairs.  He's taken to sleeping with me since the other animals went over the "golden bridge".  Today, while having lunch at home, he decorated selfsame pants with another dusting from our shared sofa.  Good thing I buy lint rollers in bulk.

I thought he was losing weight, turns out he's just going bald.  I often wondered what my golden years would be like.  Even though I don't have a husband, I do have a useless, overweight, and balding male companion who snores at night.  But he doesn't cheat on me, spend my money or make cracks about my weight so I think he can stay while I figure out how to wear light colored trousers year-round. 

Sundays with Yoda

After much thought and lack of interesting things to watch on television, it has become evident that I should have to entertain myself with deep thoughts, pithy prose and or shallow answers depending on my mood.

The daughters tell me I need to blog.  We shall see.   "Sundays with Yoda" seems like a good place to start.

First of all, I didn't sleep Saturday night, it was Sunday about 4am when I finally conked out.  I drank 2 cokes and a coffee yesterday which is way too much caffeine for me.   Still, I made it to church on-time with no problems.  I depend totally on my smart cell phone.  It's not a trendy "smart phone" but it has an alarm feature and automatically adjusts to DST, so that's pretty cool,  and when people ask me if I have a smart phone I can truthfully say 'yes'.

Pastor Joshua is doing the "7 Deadly Sins". Today's topic was Envy - turns out wanting money is not only greed, it's envy if you don't have any and wish you had a bunch.  So, I'm 2 for 2, with five more to go, and I'm pretty sure you'll find me 7 for 7.  And also,  I'm secretly glad that I wasn't a member of the early church because God struck dead a man and his wife for being greedy and telling lies. BAM! just like that, dead & buried and the service goes on. Check it out .. Acts Chapter 5, Vs 1-11.

Sunday is also family day, so I spent time with Mom, brother Joe and daughter Kelley.  Made a pot roast and cooked enough other things that I should be eating healthy this week and no-fast-food. At least that's the goal.  I have a few goals, but getting healthier is the biggest one for me.

Like I said, we shall see.