PROGRESS IS BEING MADE

She is still spazzy and she is still investigating EVERYthing.....again and again.  She is coming around tho', a little bit at a time.  I've been working with her and trying to "train" her to come when called and also to let me hold her longer and pet her without launching an attack on my hand.  I keep her favorite treats nearby and the only time I give her one is when she responds 'properly' :).  Seems to be working.

Chuck picked up a Christmas tree yesterday and when we were setting it up last night, she had what was her first {and hopefully last} adventure with the tree.  Chuck got it all anchored in the base while I was holding it, then he stood up to hold it while I stepped away to make sure it was straight.  Up she went, quick as a flash!  Right up the trunk and inner branches, while Chuck was holding it!!  Well, he shook the hell outta that tree and she flew out of there and ran upstairs like a shot!  Hopefully that did the trick and she'll stay out of it.  Only time will  tell.  It's a very heavy and dense, thick branches tree with a big trunk.  I don't think she'll be tipping it over, so I won't worry about that.  I just put the lights on it a few minutes ago and she is quite fascinated by the twinkling.  It might behoove me to turn the twinkle off, but I sure hate to.  My lights MUST twinkle, damn it!!

It's been kinda nice this year, to feel up to going out and about and do some Christmas shopping.  I did manage to screw it up, tho'.  I went on Thursday and got several things accomplished, then went to the Casino with Deb Thursday PM.  Went out on Friday to finish up my shopping and even after all the activity of the day before, by Friday PM I was still doing good and my back wasn't bothering me!  Saturday I thought of a few more things and off I went, but before I was finished.....bam!  My back started hurting sooo bad.  But I did manage to finish my last stop before I had to head home.   Still pretty bad today, but I am trying to decorate.  Chuck and I got all our goodies out last night and he went off to work for a few hours today and I'm supposed to be decorating.  I got the lights on the tree so far and that's it.  I better get cracking and get some more stuff on the tree, at least, before he gets home!  Oh, crap!  Here he comes now.........see ya!

Kitty Visitation and Casinos

Well, this morning I get to go to Fayetteville and meet "Rosey", my potential new kitty!  If she and I hit it off, and if the foster mom approves of me, I may have a fun new friend this weekend!  WooHoo!!  I'm not sure exactly how this adoption thing works.  I'm meeting them at Petsmart and really don't know if I will be bringing her home with me or what.  I'll find out in a couple of hours! 

My friend, Deb, conned me into going to a Casino in Oklahoma last night to play.........are you ready for this????  Bingo.  yep.  Bingo.  I haven't played Bingo since I was 8 years old and used to go with my Great-Grandmother at the fire station on Friday nights.  Wow!!  Has the world of Bingo changed big time over the years!! I muddled through, with much help from Deb.  She LOVES to play, LOVES the slots and is usually very lucky at it.  She did win $200 at Bingo last night.  I did not win anything :(.  I did get a Player Club card from the Casino and since it was my 1st time there, it had $10 loaded on it.  I used that and got up to $18 on the slot machines, but then went thru that pretty quickly.  So I put in one dollar of my own money and won $29.  Played $2 of that and quit and cashed it in.  The Bingo pack was $27.50, so I broke even.  Not very exciting, let me tell ya.  Deb was disappointed because I didn't have a very good time {as in, win anything}, but it was cool.  She loves to go and used to go once a week, back when times were a bit better for them.  It's been a very long time since she has felt she could splurge and she wanted me to go so badly, that I couldn't refuse! 

Truthfully, I would have rather stayed home and watched Big Bang Theory, but don't tell her that!  LMAO