Concert in the Park

Shawn and I met up with Todd and Wendy at the free concert downtown. It was a nice evening... and mostly free (Shawn had a few beers and a hotdog so we didn't get off scott-free!) With our Disney trip booked and costing more than we had originally expected (Shawn added a day), we need all the free and almost-free things we can find from now till then!

I FINALLY got my photo program running and the pictures in the computer. I even managed to post some to my Facebook page and send an album of the February Disney trip to family. Only took 5 months! Now we'll see if I can add more to my program without deleting the first set of pictures! Since I'll be using the same memory chip, I wonder if ALL the pictures will be inserted when I upload more photos or if I can somehow select where on the chip to start uploading from. Guess when I get enough new pictures, I'll find out!

Speaking of Facebook, it's kind of addictive. I find myself checking it a few times a day. That's not good. I need to get it in perspective before I get lost in it.

Knocked Up

Augh! I am pretty sure Tiger Lily was gang-raped yesterday. I tried to save her from the two male cats that were cornering her but she just ran... and they ran after her. She finally came home this evening after being gone since Saturday night. And Tucker and the kittens are sniffing her backside, smelling something 'odd'. I failed her. Tomorrow I'll call the vet to see if they can 'make it right' for her. God, I'm a lousy cat-parent. I try so hard to take care of them and I just seem to fail over and over again. She came home ravenous and I'm sure she's going to sleep for a long time once she stops eating. Or maybe she'll eat in her sleep. Who knows. And to top it all off, I'm in desperate need of kitty litter. One box probably won't cover what I need. Have I mentioned I suck as a cat-parent?

Tom's Respite

So we are suppose to relieve Kathey of her children every week-end for the rest of the year - yeah, that didn't go down so well. They have reworked their plan after 'feedback' and they are now asking for 8-8 every other Saturday for all the kids. I signed up for four week-ends with Ana, including two overnights. I guess I'm suppose to start tomorrow but I don't know if I'm doing the chauffeuring or if Kathey is. I suspect it's me. That's fine, then it will be more like 9:30-6:30! Show Kathey what it's like to never be timely!

I'm going to take Ana and Susanna's girls to the pool for the afternoon (let's hope it doesn't rain!) and then to Long A&W for lunch. It should be a fun enough day, and not one that involves chasing Ana off the computer (which she won't be allowed on anyway.)

I'm slowly piecing together a will via the Suze Orman web site. It's not exactly easy. The trust is going to be even more of a challenge. And getting Shawn to do his stuff will be nearly impossible. But I'm determined to get some stuff done this month.

It Takes a Village --Not!

The latest crazy from Tom - he wants people to take his daughters every week-end from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning (which means Sunday evening) and the boys 8-8 Saturdays for the rest of the year! So they can get a break from Mom. Right, it's so Kathey can sit around all week-end eating bonbons and watching porn (or whatever she does all day while they are in school). How would being away from your stuff and your friends EVERY week-end for 6 months benefit the kids? I had already decided to decline the invitation to have my life disrupted so Kathey can play before I mentioned it to Shawn, who went ballistic over the idea. Kathey needs to get therapy for her issues and a few drugs into her system and buck up and be a parent. Or she needs to relinquish her rights and put the kids back up for adoption. She is ruining their lives and encroaching on everyone else's. You don't parent by calling the cops and shipping your kids out every chance you get. But Tom is more concerned about Kathey's mind frame than the kids' health and safety. This time I am not bailing them out. It's time for her to grow up.