"O! What beauty!" 

Calgon, take me away...

My husband (a.k.a. Grouchy Old Man) and I are anxiously looking forward to our fall getaway weekend, which will be the weekend of the 22nd. We're off to Lexington, Virginia and Lewisburg, West Virginia for antiquing, sight-seeing, picture-taking, and relaxing. LOTS of relaxing!

I've especially been looking forward to seeing the autumnal splendor of the Blue Ridge Mountains and hoping to take many fabulous pictures. Unfortunately, I just called the Lexington Visitor's Bureau and they said there is currently little or no change to the leaves, so Mother Nature is going to have to get busy painting before my visit.

What sucks is that the mister has a broken ankle, thanks to his stupid motorcycle, so excessive walking is out of the question. Of course, that won't hinder my antiquing, as there are always chairs for sale or a sidewalk bench for him to sit on. The shopping must go on!

I'm not feeling very witty today; I guess I'm all burned out for the week. Until next time.

A click a day keeps the hunger away...

Obviously the Crazy Cat Lady is a huge animal lover, which is why I love this website: www.theanimalrescuesite.com

Just by clicking this site each day, you help to donate 0.6 bowls of food to a shelter animal. I'll let their site explain how this works:

Over ten million animals are abused, neglected or abandoned yearly. You can help each day with a free click! Visit The Animal Rescue Site at http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com daily and click the purple button. That simple action gives food to an abandoned or abused animal.

There is no cost to you! Funding for nutritious food is paid by site sponsors and goes to nonprofit animal welfare organizations who use it to feed animals living in their shelters and sanctuaries.

The Animal Rescue Site was launched in July of 2002 and generated 22.9 million bowls of food for animals in its first year, and more than 28 million bowls in 2003! your help, many more animals will benefit in 2004. It all depends on the number of people who visit the site.

Please click at The Animal Rescue Site once a day and forward this email on so more people can help give animals the happy, healthy lives they deserve!
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com

How great is that?! So click every day. And the site has links to feed hungry people, provide mammograms, and save rainforest, so click away! Purchases help, too, so keep them in mind for all your Christmas shopping needs.

Thanks!

Love those WV politics...

Man, I'll be glad when all the election ads, mudslinging, coverage, and crap is over with. As a conservative Repulican (who, unfortunately, is still registered as a Democrat, even though I saw the light before the last presidential election), I had planned to vote for Brent Benjamin over Warren McGraw for the State Supreme Court. He's endorsed by the West Virginians for Life, which pretty much did it for me. See http://www.wvforlife.org/2004-benjamin.html.

However, Benjamin's ads over McGraw's releasing Tony Dean Arbaugh have been so seedy that it's made me a little unsure. I'm beginning to think Benjamin is a little smarmy. And the latest ad, which features a ranting, Howard Dean-like McGraw, does show the looniness of my fellow Wyoming Countian, but come on, if you were being followed, having your picture taken doing "ugly things," you would sound a little nuts, too. http://www.mywvhome.com/audio/mcgraw.html

It all reminds me of the movie Brewster's Millions when Richard Pryor's character, Monty Brewster, sets out to lose the mayoral election as a way to burn some cash. His slogan is "none of the above," which is what I and a few others are now leaning towards.