Well, we’ve got some new kitties to talk about. We’ve managed to trap 3 of the 4 kitties that were living in our backyard. Now we just have mama and her super-skittish kitten. They won’t go near our trap and the kitty runs away from everything. I feed them first thing in the morning and at dusk. They are getting more comfortable around us, so I hope that we’ll be able to catch them and work on getting them more socialized, fixed and hopefully adopted–preferably together as they are very close. Anyone in the Bay Area need a few super cool and cute kitties?
Here’s the typical interaction with the outside kitties (named “Mama” and “Baby Kitty”) and Sake and Scotch. Sorry the video is sideways most of the time :/ They like to sleep on our back door mat.
So this is my first week off in a bit. I was supposed to work, but our enrollment was a bit lower last week and this week so the other teacher and I took some time off. She had last week and I got this week. It works out really, because I’ll be in Long Beach at the end of the week for the Quilt Show. I’m super-excited too! If you are going to be there too let me know and we can try to get together for a meal or coffee break at sometime.
After a bit of a overwhelmed-induced freak-out, I am well on my way with vests. I have made 12 out of 26. I intend to finish the smalls and larges today, that’ll put me at 18/26. Since they aren’t due until August 7, I think I’ll be great.
I had a fundraiser at a piano bar for Team in Training last weekend. If you haven’t been to a dueling piano bar, I highly recommend it. Most places don’t have a cover, so they aren’t expensive. Essentially there are two pianos/players and the first one starts a song either through a request (the highest tip goes first) or of his/her choosing if there are no requests. Then after the song, of if someone tips more than the original song the other player plays a song. Some of the songs are silly, some of the words are rearranged, but it is a ton of fun and usually results in a group sing-a-long. Lots of fun.
Here’s player #1
Player #2
Here’s a bit of a video of one of the songs. I’m not sure why I chose this one to video tape. The next photo may better explain the situation.
On to that next photo.
Here am I and Tiffany, my fundraising partner in crime about to take a “chemo shot.” It was the shot de jour and we got a lot of the proceeds for this. It had some Jose Cuervo, Jack Daniels, and Jim Beam. It was nasty–hence the name, “chemo shot.”
I’m still down about $1300 from my fundraising goal. Fundraising has been tons trickier this year. If you donate at least $25 on my site here. I’ll make you one of these lovely photo charms and string it on a some sort of ribbon or leather necklace. You can e-mail me a photograph or I can also design one around your initials, an interest, etc. If you donate $50 I’ll make you two, $75 for three, etc. This is only good until midnight Wednesday (because I may have to get more supplies at the quilt show) so be sure to donate soon! Also, your donations are tax deductible!
