My Chaotic Realm

Went to the Alamo Drafthouse last night to see the movie Australia... REALLY liked it. Don't know why reviews were so bad... but then again, what do "they" know? Hugh Jackman was just as awesome as always. And it was good to see Bryan Brown again.. I loved him ever since the Thorn Birds with Rachel Ward.

well, Tara has relieved our concerns about using the bathroom... sigh Kept taking her for walks yesterday & last night but no potty action. Tara apparently was finally relaxed enough to potty... peed twice & loose stool in 2 different places in library so I have spent last hour cleaning carpet in there, then closed off all rooms On the good side, however, she speaks CAT and gives them wide berth ... even Abigale can't seem to find too much to fuss about :-). She is adapting well to being inside, climbing porch steps, laying on HER bed (not on couch) and she is eating, drinking, well-behaved around yesterday's art folk. Our only OUTDOOR issue is that she has found a low spot in fence to exit yard. Bud is apparently too large to use that spot... Tara is not... bigger sigh...So now I head off to repair fenceline, right after I feed the other 15 beings that live here...

tonight we travel to Bandera Texas, Cowboy Capital of the World (I kid you not) to go adopt a lovely friend for our grandpuppy!! We are so excited. She was 'tutored' this week and will be ready to come to her new home tomorrow. Tara was found as a stray. She appears about 2 years old and weighs in at a healthy 60 lbs. She is very sweet girl and loves to wag her butt for attention like boxers do. She is a Boxer-pit mix, which should go well with our mastiff-pit mix. Sad Part now... CCPAL has lost their grant and will be closing the end of this year, allowing a "Kill Shelter" (how do those two words even GO together?!?) to take over the space. At last count there were still 46 cats & a dozen or so dogs needing homes... Please help if you can! Adopt, Foster, donate to your local shelter...something!! Otherwise, these & many more around the state will face the needle....

Lovely table, terrific food (that I Could EAT!!) and even better conversation with friends.. now THAT is a day to be thankful for. Wont even go into the food, I'll drool on the keyboard. But getting to sit in conversation with people that I care so much about it priceless. No event planning, no meeting to go over anything, no deadlines... just good friends getting to sit around and listen, discuss, laugh. Oh, and listen to Arlo Guthrie's Thanksgiving Day Massacre. yes...priceless!

well, I am going to visit some friends today and I hate to show up empty handed...and I hate to support retail ANYTHING this time of year... so I decided to make a gaggle of turkandles. I saw this idea on highlowaha ( a GREAT blog, if you've never been) and decided it had merit...altho, like usual, I had to do it MY way.. so no tissue paper tail feathers, and I liked the look of gold acrylic paint over the tissue paper. See what you can do with a paid day off and no feast to prepare?

Right now, as I type... she seems to be meandering thru Midlothian... home of three of the top ten largest cement factories in the United States : Texas Industries , Holcim and Ash Grove. Now you may be asking why on EARTH I know this... or better yet, hgow in the hell did Laureli end up in Midlothian sans concrete shoes? Stay tuned...let's see what tiny backwoods city she ends up in next...and WHY?

well... I was TRYING to blog a bit more often than every Friday...sigh... so what is my excure? Well, I am working on some other websites... and with that said, shameless plug for this one and it's sister site and I am still trying to keep the Yahoo eGroup sites up & current (art, book group, RCG, WTI, etc) and since I USUALLY do my web work during lunch at work, I am in arrears. This week has been busy (cold fronts tend to cause that desired effect) so I have been actually working through lunch... SIGH...WHINE... oh well... will keep on keeping on... Now, TURKEY DAY!! Rebel will be with friends, so I will be skating on the whole ordeal by doing the same... sharing it the joy with friends, and NOT AT OUR HOME!! Hurrah... sorta like a mini vacation. No Cleaning, no preperation, no cooking, no fluffing the pillows, etc... SWEET!! The only thing I will be missing will be my Grandpuppy :-( (whom I left indoors this morning, poor baby.. too cold and windy this morning!). M...