" I Don't Know What to Title this Post! "

Wow girls (and boys?) check this out. I have been promising my girl, Katie, that we would clean her closet out together. Soon. Yeah, I was really lookin' forward to that!
A little background. My Katie is not the neatest person around. Neither was my Ginny. Both of my girls are, I will be nice here, a little sloppy. Katie being the neater of the two. Sorry Ginny, I love you! I am, and you can ask ANYONE who knows me, very neat and very clean.
I remember the days when Ginny was around Katie's age (14 ). My husband and I knew it was time for Gin to clean her room when we found empty plates of food under her bed! In my daughter Ginny's defense, she has since grown into a much neater person. She was just not as compulsive about cleaning as I am, Thank God!
It is difficult, but I do turn a blind eye to Katie's room as it is her space after all. Something we all need. My son, Frank, on the other hand, took after his mom. You could walk into his room at any time and everything was in it's place and his bed was always made. He is still very neat, but with two young children and working full time he has relaxed a bit on that.
So onto the closet story. I believe my daughter was a bit bored this evening. I am really not sure. I didn't ask. I just came when she said " Hey mom, come here."
And this is what I saw!

You probably can't tell but on the left of the photo is a queen size bed. We counted approximately 25 assorted bags and purses. Several forgotten articles of clothing. A giant teddy bear that daddy bought when she got her first inoculation , a giant pink bunny rabbit, c.d.'s falling from above and pillows. Lots and lots of pillows.
Well now what? I have been saving boxes at church. I have a bit of hoarder in me. We'll save that for another time. So since my Katie took such a huge initiative with this gigantic endeavor, I had to promise to bring home the boxes to help organize her closet.
Tomorrow.
So my dear friends, please, while you are floating in your pools, smelling your gloriously beautiful flowers, and eating your heavenly fruitful desserts, don't think about me sitting in the middle of the pile of stuff with our cardboard boxes.
Remember, organization is the key to success in life. The sooner learned, the better!


Is he not an evil looking fellow? Looks are very deceiving. But you should all know this by now. This is the kitty that I am sitting for this week. Here is the funny part. I can't remember if the cat is a boy or a girl! It's a long story. Boring at that. But the kitty looks like a boy to me so I will refer to it as he. I have always been a cat person and have had many cats in my life. I can still remember the names of each and every one. The most I have had at one time was eight. In the house. Now I am down to four.
I still miss all of the ones that have passed.
This cat that I am sitting for is so lovable and playful. Oh crap, now I am missing Spooky. I'm alright!

He/She is very attractive, don't ya think?


I watched a really, really good movie tonight. It's not new but new to me. Many of you have probably already seen it. I do not consider myself to be in the loop so please don't think me silly for going on about this movie, But.........
" The Jane Austen Book Club " was a wonderful, fabulous, warm, funny, intelligent and romantic movie.
I am a not an avid reader. I consider myself strange as I love non-fiction, more precisely, reference books.
After watching this movie I am moved to read Jane Austen's books. I've seen the movie's. Does that count?
More importantly though, this movie, in many ways, reminded me of the friendships that we have formed blogging. I can envision each and everyone of you in this book club with me. Trying to figure out which character each one of you would be was the fun part. If you have not seen this flick, I would highly recommend it. I would not categorize it as a totally chick flick as I think my husband would have enjoyed it. That's saying a lot as he is a huge sci-fi, shoot-em-up and kill em fan!
But he does enjoy intelligent humor as well.

This is a movie that I would love to own!

Goodnight All!