Under the Sun

I usually don’t do memes because, well I don’t know why. I just don’t. This one from Meg seemed easy enough though.

Two names you go by: Kathy, Kat (oh wait, does Mom count?)

Two things you are wearing right now: shorts and a tee shirt

Two of your favorite things to do: spend time with my family, read

Two things you want very badly: a minivan (sad, isn’t it?), a digital SLR camera

Two favorite pets you have had/have: I’ve had cats and/or dogs continuously since I was 7, and all were my favorite. I guess whatever pets I currently have are my favorites. Right now that’s our dog, Dingo and our cat, Simba.

Two people you think will fill this out: I have no idea

Two things you ate today: ruby red grapefruit from the backyard tree, roast chicken

Two people you last talked to today: Bill, Dennis

Two things you’re doing tomorrow: juicing some backyard oranges if my mom brings my juicer back; planning for the upcoming week

Two longest car rides: Florida to Dallas, TX in 1995, New Jersey to Hallandale, Florida when we first moved down here.

Two favorite holidays: Christmas, 4th of July

Two favorite beverages: Alcohol–Irish Cream, Non-alcohol – water

If you want to do this meme, consider yourself tagged. Just leave a comment if you will, so I can read your answers.

It’s been about 15 hours since our printer gave out, and I’ve already needed it about a half dozen times. We can’t complain. It was a cheap Canon i560 and it gave us 4 years of almost daily printing. These days I suppose that’s pretty good. We did a little research and settled on the Canon Pixma iP4500. It has what we need from a home printer, and the price is decent. The problem? No local stores carry it. We found it on sale on Amazon.com, and paid extra for expedited shipping, but even at that we won’t get it until Tuesday. I hope I make it that long.

I finally got new glasses. The ones I had are two years old, and I had them two years too long. I hate them for many reasons, the main one being they’re extremely uncomfortable. Also, I was too cheap to pay for the transition lenses, so I’ve had to carry around sunglass clips for the past two years. I can’t even remember how many pairs of clips I lost. I’ve worn glasses since fifth grade, and this pair ranks in the top 3 of my most hated glasses. So, anyway, it was time for an eye exam and time for new glasses. So far I like the new ones. They’re titanium; nice and light and comfortable. But the best part is I went back to transition lenses. So of course, we haven’t seen the sun since I picked them up at 8 am yesterday. It tried to come out a few times today, but each time I ran outside to test my glasses, it hid behind the clouds. My neighbors probably wonder what I’m doing.

Thirsty Squirrel

Most of the time these guys annoy the hell out of me. They eat all the birdseed, climb up the outside of the screen porch making little claw holes in the screening, and taunt our Sheltie, who continues to try and herd them. It was hard not to feel sorry for the little fella though. Yes, he shamed me into filling the birdbath, but not before I grabbed my camera.

Time to go now. The sun is out. Must find out how dark my glasses will get.