luvcatzzz

TO EVERYONE I OWE A SWAP TO - I THINK I'VE PM'D EVERYONE, BUT IF I MISSED YOU, I'M REALLY SORRY!! I'M TOTALLY CONFUSED ON THIS AND HAVE BEEN SO COVERED UP WITH KITTY ISSUES, I JUST DON'T KNOW.

i'm actually about to get to work on some of these swaps, things have calmed down a little bit. i'm not working at petsmart anymore. my back said no. you may not. snarf. now if my family would leave me alone... ha!

i got a pregnant mom and i put her in my spare bathroom, she had two little ones on july 7 ... they're doing well. they're gorgeous... a calico mom with one solid white furball and the other one solid white with a black tail! how weird! :-D

THEN i got 6 feral babies that someone dropped off at petsmart about a week after that... petsmart donated a huge dog cage and some kitty furniture and i'm working on fattening them up - when i say they were covered in fleas, lemme tell ya... they were COVERED in fleas).... and all this on top of my own bunch!

and on july 30, a woman came in with about a 2 day old baby kitten in a panic not knowing a thing about what to do with the baby. i guess God had me working that night so i could be there... i told her to let me have the baby, if she could just buy me a can of the formula. she was so thrilled she hugged me so hard i thought my brains would squish out my ears! she got me four cans and a bottle and all the goods. :-D i gave her my card and she said she'd email me so she could follow his progress. he's doing well and eating good... so i hope he'll be ok.

then ... yes, there's another THEN... my two bobtail babies got so so sick, yesterday on jul 31... i rushed them to the vet and she thought they might have distemper... even though they've been vaccinated. one of them i thought was a goner... he was not doing well at ALL. when i went to mom and dad's (my brother and wife are in town... argh) one of my kitties had him wrapped up in his legs and was licking him to pieces, it was so cute... but i was sure that when i got home, he wasn't gonna be with us anymore. but when i got home, he was up and so i fed him and his sister some canned food and they ate it up. how wonderful! so maybe he just had a really bad tummy ache or something... or all the prayers everyone has sent up have worked.... but i'm hopeful for them to both do better now....

so please bear with me. i'm really covered up and when i get home from work and get everyone fed and taken care of, i sit here at the computer looking longingly at my craft area ... but i can't even muster the energy to put a smoke in my mouth... sigh..... :-D gotta luv it.

BUT I'M SORRY! I'LL GET CAUGHT UP! RATE ME A '1' - SERIOUSLY! UNTIL YOU GET YOUR STUFF OK? I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL! I PLAY BY THE RULES!!!!! I AM SO SO LATE ON SO MANY AND I'M ABSOLUTELY SO SORRY. YOU WILL GET YOUR STUFF.... i'm just so ... overwhelmed with the kitty stuff and it's making me a little nuts. thank God for xanax 'eh? :-D

I'm 48, love cats, and love to craft! Check my little site out and go to 'the herd' and you can see some of the furbrats i've had and still have!

i live in charlotte nc where all the drivers are wanna be race car drivers and totally obnoxious! GRRRR

i also foster kittens and have a few of those little nuts flying around here right now as well! Can always use LARGE BILLS ($$$$ hahaha!).

Have one 27 year old son in Oklahoma. He is the most amazing human... i have no idea how he turned out so wonderful! :-D

and please - if you're late sending to ME, i don't care. i have a ton of stuff going on in my life messing me up as you can see and i fully understand. you don't need to send me extra stuff or anything... i love ya anyway and i just don't care that you're late. just know that i feel for you if you have issues in your life. pm me and say 'hey, i'm gonna be late!' and it's all good! seriously. :-D

*ONE MORE THING! ANYTHING I SEND OUT IN A SWAP, WHETHER IT BE BOUGHT OR HANDMADE, YOU HAVE MY ABSOLUTE PERMISSION TO REGIFT OR RESWAP IT IF IT'S NOT TO YOUR TASTE OR WOULD BE PERFECT FOR SOMEONE ELSE! SERIOUSLY... THIS IS A BLANKET PERMISSION SLIP! :-D

• a LITTLE country (the nitty gritty dirt band comes to mind)
• david bowie!!!!
• metal
• jimmy buffet
• jazz
• old time gospel
• alternative
• classical
• trance
• 80's alternative

NO BIG hair band ballads... ugh! love songs make me want to YARK!

• stephen king
• dean koontz
• patricia cornwell
• anne mccaffrey (pern)
• crime/mystery type
• robert whitlow's books (awesome! i actually know him! neat neat neat!)
• jan evanovich and her bounty hunter series
• sci fi
• hobbit and lord of the rings trilogy
• tabloids (sorry, but they amuse me!)

DON'T like romance or non-fiction

• PIRATES! Anything with Captain Jack... :-D
• anything with johnny depp in his 'grungy pirate' phase
• LOTR and that elf
• princess bride (a classic!)
• labyrinth
• the money pit
• shrek (all of 'em!)
• tremors (i LOVE reba in this!)
• field of dreams
• ratatoille
• comedy movies
• bad boys
• men in black
• raising arizona
• stupid 'bug' sci fi
• action movies
• NO chick flicks!

my favorite quote about movies is "if nothing blows up, it ain't a movie" !

• hell's kitchen (oh isn't he AWFUL? haha!)
• top chef
• stargate SG1
• trick my truck!!
• anything about the weather/tornados/storms
• old dr who
• john edward crossing over
• monk
• the croc hunter (though i haven't been able to watch since he passed...oh that tore me up bad)
• law and order-criminal intent
• project runway
• CSI - LV
• x-files
• scrubs
• people's court
• judge judy (oh, you GOTTA luv that one!)
• ER
• ER vets on animal planet
• judging amy
• clean house on the style channel (omg people LIVE like that?!)
• comedy channel
• animal planet channel
• queer eye (LOVE those boys!)
• OH! My new hero even though i don't have dogs - the Dog Whisperer. is he COOL OR WHAT?!

• jewelry making
• polymer clay
• crocheting - sigh...getting hooked on amigurumi's....
• card making
• want to learn to knit
• quilling
• and just about anything i can get my hands on

i'm a christian. TRYING hard to be a GOOD christian! :-D

i'm open-minded but not so much my brains fall out

oh, i AM allergic to wool - i can have wool items, i just can't WEAR it

LIKES:

• just about anything!
• beanie babies
• LOVE costume jewelry cuz i can take it apart and make something new and cool out of it!
• i can ALWAYS use uncancelled stamps!
• i love every animal in the universe!
• computer snacks like salties and sweets
• feathers
• egyptian stuff
• every color there is 'cept orange and pink
• quick and easy recipes
• chapsticks - the plain kind (i tend to eat off the flavored!)BUT would love to try some melon versions! and carmex is fine with me!
• notecards & stationery
• anything to do with nature
• native american things and craftwork
• love all reptiles!
• and i love all bugs 'specially spiders
• johnny depp and that pirate!
• LOTR and the elf
• soft fuzzy socks that are loose for my fat ankles :-D
• other socks are cool too (me mum loves funky socks!)
• stickers...all kinds
• anything happy!
• pierced earrings, ALL kinds
• any and all kinds of beads
• any and all kinds of craft things...
• incense... the stick kind
• any and all food :-D
• coffee ... plain and strong
• getting to like tea ...
• anything FOR my cats!
• candles (i can't light 'em cuz of the cats, but i love 'em!)
• winter and fall
• ATC's (i'm gonna make a wall out of 'em one of these days)
• dragons

DISLIKES:

• not real fond of pink or orange
• can't wear wool
• clowns... i don't know why but they creep me out
• please don't send me dolls - dotee or otherwise, i'm sorry... but they do me like clowns do! :-D
• chick flicks or romance novels
• sad droopy music
• cone incense - i just can't seem to keep it lit!
• summer... ugh
• GRUMPY or SNARKY PEOPLE! :-D

• i would truly love to get old costume jewelry and old beaded stuff you don't want anymore...like i mentioned, i tear 'em up and make 'em new again.

• any little things for the furbrats is always always appreciated!