today

today i've made progress. though you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at my apartment. right, sizzle?

auditing my own books is SO! MUCH! FUN!
eh, at least this is what i do for a living, so it's like old hat, except i'm usually auditing other people who LOVE me, and their love makes it all worth it.
/sarcasm

but actually, the fun will come when the other party sees that yes, i do have stuff in order, and yes, i can prove that he's a clippity clappity scumdiddliumptious flickety floo liar! yay!

in other news, i think my cat may be dying (Nicole); she just gets skinnier every day. i don't really get it, she seems so with it and healthy, and she acts the same, but she's shrinking a lot. maybe she cut out the carbs like i did. she's getting close to 14, but that's not that old, is it? i do fear that the move will be more than she can handle, though; the second we get in the car, she starts to hyperventilate, and five and a half hours just might push her over the edge. Minerva, on the other hand, does really well in the car. of course, so did Mia until i took her to the vet one day, and she came home without claws and without a uterus; so i guess we'll see. Minerva still has her claws (i'm trying the just clipping them thing), but i did take her for the hysterectomy, so she, too, may pee all over me the next time i try to put her in the car. thank goodness for cat carriers and for cats who just have to walk inside them the second you open them so they can see if there's anything of interest in there. yeah, you are now, silly! haHA!

the little sizzle wants to be a guest blogger here on thursday while i'm at my mediation. i immediately said yes then asked what she would write about. after she told me about all the embarrassing photos she would post and all the stories she would tell, i shouted out a big fat UH-UH and took away her guest blogger privileges before i even granted them. of course, i could allow her to be a "junior" author, which means i would get to edit all her stuff before posting; that's tempting, because little sizzle is pretty funny, and anything embarrassing she told on me could turn into a story about the sizzle... stay tuned.

please mind your manners... ok, fellas, before you just let loose and rip one, please glance all around, in all directions, and check and see that there aren't any ladies walking by... there are these men working between my sidewalk and my vehicle, and i usually just walk right through the work zone; they're hispanic, and i learned from both my prom dates that hispanic fellas like ghetto booties (was it just them, or all hispanic fellas? i don't know), and believe me, i have got it goin' ON back there. lotsa booty. anyway, they usually are not bothered when my big ol' butt marches right through their work zone, they just smile and shout Amen! and stuff like that. so today i turned the corner and was about to approach when RIP!! the fella whose back and backside were to me totally just let one go!! immediately, i adjusted my trajectory and started to make my way in an arch around the worksite. the fella who had seen me approach just looked at me; i made no eye contact for fear that i would scream giggle "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!" when i was almost to my car, the ripper still had no clue i was around, so finally the other fella said something to him; i don't know exactly what he said, it was in espanol and very softly spoken (so as not to disturb the free-flowing flatulence, i guess), but i caught some of the words (vato, gringa bonita) so i'm sure it was something like, "say, vato, you totally just farted right in front of that gringa bonita!" i could barely make it to the car, and as soon as i sat down behind the wheel, i subtlely glanced at the perpetrator and saw that he was laughing his head off, so i decided it was ok for me to laugh mine off as well. but still no eye contact.

um, what else? oh yes, click on this link and go buy Frank's t-shirts. unless the contest hasn't yet started, in which case i would say wait for it... Frank, are we tracking sales yet?

speaking of that, i'm such a good little minion/ronin/t-shirt babe/hawk. in casual conversation with my neighbors (soon to be former neighbors), i blatantly brought up Frank's shirts like this. "say, i'm a t-shirt model now!" "oh really? how's that?" "i entered this contest to be a t-shirt babe for this awesome website and i won! so now i'm going to model t-shirts!" "wow, SarahK, that totally makes sense, because you're such a hot babe, and you should model t-shirts!" then they asked if i'd heard the horrible news about Nick Berg, and i said, "yes, i did." one of my extremely smart neighbors said, "we just need to kill 'em all, drop a nuke over there" or something really smart like that. i said, "oh, you are a perfect candidate to buy Frank's t-shirts." i described the shirts to him and then repeated the name of the website at least three times and had them also repeat after me. I-M-A-O-dot-U-S. then i ran away because i was missing 24.

i seriously need a new banner for the blog, and i know exactly what i want to do, but i need Photoshop or something like that. suggestions, please, on software? i would prefer to just be able to download it, which is apparently not an option with MS's PictureIt! Premium, which seems to have all the tools i would need, or their Digital Imaging Pro or whatever it's called. why in the world would MS not have this available for download, am i just missing it?

i still want advice on buying a gun... which gun for a sprite tiny thing such as i who can handle kick but would like something compact so i can carry... and also a really rockin' gun to have fun with at the range... and also getting that CHL, where in the metroplex is best? or amarillo? help, please!
ok, i should sleep. big day ahead. ta!

Comments

[Cowtipper]

Sleep go with sleep. Yourrrrrr gettttttinggggg sleeeeppppyyyyy!!!!! Waaaattttccchhhh ttthhheee bbboooounnnccciinnggg bbbbaaaalllll!!!!

[sarahk]

ha. sounds like i'm not the only one off in la-la land... ;)

[Cowtipper]

Me and sleep are close personal friends. I do not see him often but when I do LOOK OUT!!!!!!

[Chad Coleman]

Hi Sarahk, Im a graphic designer/web designer. If you need help on making a banner in anyway. Let me know. I'd love to help. Haha, great story about the flatulence. I was dying.

[VenusITN]

Hey there SarahK! Hope all went well last night, know my thoughts and prayers are with you through Thursday. I missed your little sis last night but was glad you have her to help. Such a battle, I was raised Roman Catholic, so don't use the word "Christian" to describe myself, what I am but I don't reference myself that way. When I moved to Texas from Michigan, I heard this word all the time. Thinking about some of the stuff the sizzle has shared with me about your life and know I don't know much, once again the word Christian came out and I thought, there is a reason if someone has to tell you they are a Christian that they cannot be trusted. If you have to tell someone upfront you are, you apparently aren't living your life that way. I've been reading this bad book, about Buddhism, tee hee. So weird, but their beliefs are how I have always been. Help others, do the best you can, be honest, work hard, etc. That is exactly how people who call them Christians are suppose to be, but I see how often they aren't. Sure you don't want to hear anymore about the neighborhood girl, Joan, but she has all these "Christians" who just tell her she is bad and wrong but they don't want to help, just harp. Like some of them need that shield. Reading this reminds me how bad of a speller I am, and how I tend to post and not read what I'm posting. Anyways, I'm for you about the Bush Administrative. When the war started I got a bunch of unsolicited emails, and they were mostly from Canadians and all they talked about was gas and oil? I'm like, do they not realize the US gets most of our fossil fuel from Venezuela? And what is up with these fuel prices? Thinking I need to figure out a way to fuel a vehicle with the cottonwood fluff in my neighborhood. I would make money, people would be happy, and we wouldn't be sneezing! Ok, got to go shower so I can go shoping with your sizzle and her man to get my little freezer. Handyman got the fence gate done. Funny how you mention the hunk next door was going to do it, and the handyman says, I told you I would, and shows up and does.

I kind of like this blogging stuff. LOL

Good luck tomorrow! Again my thoughts and prayers are with you. You have the truth behind you, and God is right there holding you in his hands. Smooches sweetie!

[toxic_avenger]

For concealment, a snub nose, .357. This gives you the versatility of firing .38 or .357 caliber ammo. A 5 shot model will keep the weight and size down. Be warned, though. A snub nosed .357 with an inferior handle is tough to hold on to. .38 loads will probably feel alot more comfortable, especially for plinking around at the range. BTW, stay away from automatics until you have some range time in. Some extra coordination is required, which is something you don't need to be worried about when learning (assuming you've never owned one). Not that your not coordinated, but any beginner with a single/double action automatic that forgets to de-cock, leaves their finger in the trigger guard while holstering, and loses a few toes will agree. Also, auto's can jam, but an old fashioned wheel gun will work fine every time.

Check out the Ruger SP101. Great feeling, heavy duty revolver.

[sarahk]

cowtipper, i'm with you.

chad, you're awesome. thanks for the banner. glad you liked the story, i love it when people embarrass themselves and i get to write about it. :D

Venus, better watch out or you're going to want your very own blog! it's addictive, no? well, sorry i'm stealing the sizzle again tonight, but i need her to do my bidding! ;) and amen on that cottonwood fluff, it's so stifling over there! thanks, doll, however tomorrow turns out is how it's supposed to turn out, it's in God's hands (and the hands of the attorneys and the mediator). the only thing i know about tomorrow is that i will be fine no. matter. what.

toxic, nice to see you here, i have your new blog bookmarked! thanks for the gun advice.

[Chad Coleman]

Anytime. Let me know if you want any changes to the banner.

About guns. I was disappointed to hear that the former owner of Sturm & Ruger, he recently passed on, was FOR the "assault weapons" ban. Which was a sad day for me, because Ruger is my favortie firearms manufacturer.

I personally carry a GP-100 .357 Magnum. And I love it to death...a little bulky though. But ole Emmy Lou and I go everywhere together.

[maggie katzen]

About the kitty, I recently wound up doing a lot of research about hyperthyroidism cause my cat had some funky blood test results. But they say one of the first(most common) signs is weight loss. and it's fairly common in older cats.

[sarahk]

thanks for the info, chad.

maggie, thanks, i'll check that out.

[djf]

Guns:

A snub nosed .357/.38 revolver. Check out the Scadium S&Ws. Second the GP100 also.

If you want an auto, make sure you can do the malfunction clearing drills. Good Autos, Sig P239, Glock 26, S&W 3913. All are 9mm or can be had in 9mm, so recoil won't be that bad.