I decided to paint the two mud colored walls in my room a nice white. Although the mud color certainly wasn't horrible, it really was not that nice, either. It will make it a little brighter in winter, and make it feel a little bigger. Of course, if I got rid of some stuff, it would feel bigger too. It SHOULD have been quick and simple, but when removing the corner shelves I put up a year ago, the dark blue peeled up. When the wall paper had been put down, the adhesive had not been primed over, so the paint came off like big blisters. Hmm... okay. I have a little of that paint left, so I will see if I can make it work without having to empty my entire room and repaint the other two walls as well. I guess this will be a good time to start another round of "Should It Stay or Should It Go". Le sigh. The yard has geared down from Spring flowers and exploded into the summer décor. The tea roses are out in full force, which means I have a small ocean of them along the front drive. The day lilies are now blooming, and the California poppies are up and waving their pretty orange selves around. My garden in in for the year. It is small, but I am watching to see how things do so I have a better idea of where to put them next year, and maybe what needs to be done to the soil. I also have mentally wandered around the outside of the house, making not of the little projects I need to finish up, and which I can do alone, and which will take a day visit from my friend Tom. Now that the garden is in, I need other things to work on so I don't get fat and lazy. Hahaha! Mom and Dad came a-visiting the last 2 weeks of May. It was wonderful fun to show them where I hang out, and explore the state with them a little. Dad and mom both helped with projects that needed doing, and it was nice to get and give hugs and kisses every morning! We are already planning next years' trip. I also figured out why I can no longer post pictures here. I would need to load another browser because Google has decided that explorer 11 will only be good for everything BUT loading pictures. So, you will be picture less here until either A. They get their act together and do an update or B. I get frustrated enough to upload Chrome. I am betting they can out wait me, but I am going to give them a run for their money. My photos are on Facebook if ya wanna see them. I have been letting Faith outside for supervised visits. She is one of our two blind cats, and it is hilarious to watch her outdoors! I am trying to establish the boundaries of her new realm in the same way I let her know her boundaries inside her old realm. She gets the loud "Nuh HUH" voice when she tries to go to close to the street, and a happy "Good Girrrl" when she immediately changes direction when hearing the Nuh huh. Lately she has been making me laugh at just how much like a child she is. She heads off and tries to cross the boundary I have set. I say 'Nuh HUH' and she either immediately lays down and whines like a 3 year old, or drops into low rider position, speeds up, starts her 3year old whining, and goes for it into Unallowed Territory. This gets her caught, scolded, and put back in the house (all the while I am laughing on the inside because it is so damn cute). Today she did great, though. A couple of Nuh HUHs made her drop to the ground and whine, and then she would flop over and 'stare' at me for a bit. Then up she would get, and start exploring in the correct direction. She even went back up to the house and in all by herself. What a wonderful, silly, funny little girl she is! Mamma Kitty was put down a week ago. She was in the last stages of kidney failure. She had been going thorough phases of eta/don't eat for a while, but the last round was turning into the whole 'I want to eat, I am hungry, but nothing you put in front of me will taste good' thing. Then she started having seizures. We made the appointment as soon as we could get one, and she is happily resting by Misty in the back of the shed, covered in Lily of the Valley. So, we are down to 5 cats again. Since 6 seems to be the magic average for this home, I am wondering what Mother god will deposit on our doorstep next. I know I already know which one I want, but hey, they are all kitties, and I want them all!

It rained yesterday. A beautiful long soak. Several, actually. We were really starting to need them, too. We had a tiny bit of lightning and thunder, too. What I like about the thunderstorms here are the long rolls. Last night, each roll of thunder was about 45 seconds to one minute long. You hear them move across the sky like a big truck. It's amazing!

I am sitting here, doing my normal morning routine. Get up, let in/out various kitties, check email and Facebook while being interrupted by various kitties for pets and loves, and then get suited up for work and head downstairs for the downstairs portion. It is time to suit up, and I don't wanna, Not because I don't wanna go to work. I am actually looking forward to that. I don't wanna because it's so freaking stuffy in the building that it is miserable. I need to read the dress code and see if I can come in with peddle pushers on that are made of jeans material. If so, I might convert a pair of pants so I can be a little cooler. Now that I am not management, I am enjoying my job again. Just wish I could get more hours every week. Le Sigh. I see the last post I made was before the parents showed up. I need to finish the photo editing portion of their visit and bore ya all with pictures!