The Birds Have Arrived!

what the hell - that's as good a reason as any to post.
Shit.
if i were a GOOD blogger, like megan is - I woulda taken some PICTURES of those dang ole birds who were swarming my backyard birdfeeder today!
crap.
note to self - ... well, you know what it is.

anyway.
sure haven't felt like posting lately have i?
and no, i'm Not going to use capital letters anymore unless i damn well feel like it. so deal.
i don't do it in IMs or email, so i ain't a'doin' it here neither.

Lotsa stuff has happened in the, oh, THREE months since last we visited.
what's most important??
oh let's just randomly tawk....

- we got a new kitty. her picture is above. her name is Reva. she came with the name rhonda, but i didn't like that.
long story short - i got an itch to get a new kitty. i Wanted a white and/or orange Kitten. so i started checking out petfinder.com.. or org. whatever it is.
then i checked my local news site - they do a shelter pet every tuesday.
i saw her picture.
she'd been in there for over a year. her kittens were long ago adopted, and she was still there.
i mean, that Face!
she wasn't white, or orange, or a kitten.. but, i knew she was destined to be mine.
so, applied for the adoption, got her later that week, and it's been, um, 5 or 6 weeks now and she's doing really well.
kept her closed off in her own room for the first week - she was really spazzy at first. had short visits with her. got her used to the feeling that she wouldn't have to go to petco every saturday anymore. then had longer visits. then started leaving the door open - gate up (WHY OH WHY do dogs like cat poop????). bella and chia started hopping to fence to visit. went mostly ok.
then, i took her in the bathroom with me one saturday when i took a long 2 hour bath. it was only then she realized i think that there was more to her new home than that one room. so slowly she started coming out and exploring little by little. then i stopped putting food in her room so she'd have to go downstairs where we feed the other two and get it there.
did i say long story short???
anyway. now her litter box has been moved to the basement, with the other two. (a 4th is in the bathroom up here, but only my crazy cat uses that one - it's a "Clever Cat" style - with a hole in the top of the lid, instead of the side like usual. keeps the poop eating beagle out, but so far also keeps out 2 of my 3 kitties.
so... she came in the bathroom today while i was drying my hair and circled my legs.. as cats do.
she tolerates me picking her up from her cozy bed and holding her in here in a big hug in my room while we watch tv - dogs and cats all around snoozing.
i wuv her.

- we are going to the UK in July to see LUCIANO PAVOROTTI!!!
my honey is So fucking awesome!
long story short -
(?)
i mentioned in dec. that i got a cd at starbucks that has a luciano song on it that i loved. mentioned that it would be cool to hear him in person one day - his voice Moves me.
(it also moves our two moms, but that's not actually my influence - i just luv what i luv ;))
um.. so... xmas prezzie day - he approaches with a "3 part gift".
ok.........
#1 - luciano cd - cool!
#2 - a book on etiquette and customs in Great Britain - ummmm..... HUH?????
#3 - a printout from ticketmaster of our tickets to see the Great One at Warwick Fucking Castle this summer!!! i mean, REALLY!!!
who woulda ever thought??????
blew me away.
so, now we need to book our flights soon and get busy doing homework on how best to use our time there. i think we're actually gonna do 4 days in UK and 6 days in Ireland.
our beloved dog Max was a Kerry Beagle, from, natch, County Kerry on the Green Isle, and so we have fantasies of researching his breed while there and finding ourselves a new little puppy max. don't know how realistic that is, but since i think i have irish roots (have i ever metioned my hillbilly family NEVER apparently kept track of the history of our heritage??), i wanna see the homeland and such.
so, that's fun. :)

- um... god. i know there's tons more to talk about. but it's after midnight and the ole sleepin pills are kicking in.

but, i will say this - i miss my fi - hope you're back online soon sweetie.
my husband's brother had a baby, and apparently i'm not supposed to give a shit, so i'm not gonna. dont miss him and apparently it's mutual, so fuck'em.
feel so grateful for my 3 other bestest friends who remembered my bday last week.
oh that.
yeah. i turned 40.
yippeefuckingyeah.
i'll stream of consciousness about that later.
still dealing.
so, hey, if you're here, drop me a howdy will ya?

p.s. - mark - get the FUCK outta my dreams man!
God!