Hello everyone!  Just when you thought it was safe to read the fml
again......I'm Ba-a-ack!  Actually, I've never been away, just in
"lurk" mode recovering from "vacate" -a certain symposium and extended
visit to Missouri.  Other than the Symposium, which was wonderful, I
might add, I spent the rest of the time with my old friend (read
"known-her-for-42-years" old friend) at her new place in Foristell that
I named "Deliverance Acres" cause it's so far out in "no mans land" that
I swear I could "hear the banjos....."  Really pretty place.  Just SO FAR
FROM TOWN.  You have to understand, here in "Happy Valley" we consider
anything more than two miles away "so far away." (I'm not kidding.... ask
Margie....when we have to drive into Bountiful or Layton which are about
six miles away, if we have to make more than one trip, we fuss.  Well,
we do, she doesn't.....LOL!  The "Utah-grows-on-you-like-fungus" hasn't
attached itself to her yet........) I had to drive almost thirty miles
to get into town when she went to work and my nieces the Chihuahuas got
tired of me......plus I had to go daily to check on the "Queen Mum" --
but that is another story.....
 
Then, under two weeks of returning from "vacate" I got to go to an REO
Speedwagon/Doobie Brothers concert in Wendover.  (For those of you not
familiar with the area, Wendover is right on the state line between
Nevada and Utah.  Half is in Utah, and half is in Nevada.  There are
casinos there, and **GASP** "high point" beer on the Nevada side.)
Fantastic concert.  Went with a girlfriend of mine.  It is a tradition
that we go whenever they are here.  However, the two hour drive like to
have killed me, but....... Then, because the town's hotel/motel/casinos
were booked up due to the concert, a poker tournament, AND a golf
tournament, she decided to help out and offered to share our room with
the "Deliverance Twins....." (that, my friends, is another story.......
let's just say I slept with a beer bottle in one hand and even thought
of going to SLEEP IN THE DAMN CAR!!  I have photos......)
 
But, before I forget, the main reasons for this post:
 
A) Thanks to Dr. Jerry for bothering to fax his info on melatonin
implants to my wonderful vet who just "isn't into computers."  I know it
was inconvenient and long distance and I really appreciate it!  You're a
class act, Doc!  I mean it!  (I've also started to "work on" our vet to
go to the next symposium.  He says "You just won't leave me alone until
I go, will you" as he laughs.  He's actually interested.  And, since I
think that between Margie and I we finance his vacations and part of the
remodeling on the office, I might be able to convince him.  Cross your
fingers!)
 
B) Any of you have a "Hot Topics" store near you?  When Margie and I took
Angel (youngest daughter - 12 going on 20) to her acting class we always
stop there.  I got the MOST FANTASTIC SHIRT!  It says "Eagles May Fly,
But Weasels Don't Get Sucked Up Into Jet Engines...."  Since that is one
of my bylines -- when not quoting Elle Woods, that is - I HAD TO HAVE IT!
You've got to get one.  Now, ours only had children's and Junior sizes
in it, but they can probably order other sizes if you need them.
 
C) Yes, I get CHARGED by weasels when carrying a Fosters "Oil Can."  No,
I DO NOT FEED ALCOHOL TO WEASELS.  (Even if they probably have a higher
tolerance for the stuff than I do.......which wouldn't be difficult.)
They just have good taste, that's all.  And yes, it's probably so they
can scratch the crap out of me trying to get to it.  (For the record,
Fosters is GREAT beer - while at the symposium, my friends husband and
brother-in-law ran out of "suds" and saw my 12 pack in the fridge I got
for the week and a half I was there.  Lisa (my friend) said "Hey, those
are Cath's!"  Her husband Rick said "Well, 'Weasel Woman' (my new
nickname - I am now and forever "Weasel Woman."  Hey, not bad.  It's not
obscene!) isn't drinking them!"  They decided they weren't too bad.
They even left me a couple.  How kind!  LOL!
 
And yes, the cat comes to "Zorak." <EG>  What can I say...........
 
G'Day!
 
Catherine
Behind The Zion Curtain
 
"Eagles May Soar, But Weasels Don't Get Sucked Up Into Jet Engines"
[Posted in FML issue 4911]