http://suzysays.net So Listen Up ! Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:59:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Quince with two of her seven babies: Audrey (behind) and June (front) The kittens turn Terrible Two today! They are two weeks old in this picture, and their mother was around nine months old. My neighbor, the wonderful and compassionate P, had finally managed to lure the cat close ... http://suzysays.net/2009/07/cattivo/ I always have a hard time getting to sleep when I know I have to get up early the following day, yet I have an amazing ability to be able to sleep right when the alarm goes off (like most of my few talents, this is not a lucrative one). ... http://suzysays.net/2009/06/rude-awakening-2/ The two brain cells I have left have melted. It's been mind-numbingly hot yesterday and today, especially in the convection oven known as Chez Suzy. Here's what I've done today: - Crawl out of sweat-soaked bed. Drink cold coffee. Kind of gross, but better than the alternative ... http://suzysays.net/2009/06/sun-struck-sunday/ Friday was finally sunny after weeks of fog and clouds. Though we don't get rain this time of year, I do find day after day of overcast skies depressing. I don't know how people who live in notoriously cloudy and rainy locales like Seattle can stand it. So ... http://suzysays.net/2009/06/happy-friday/ My new-ish (and so far unbroken) red microwave has a voice feature, presumably for those who are microwaving blind. You can turn the voice low, high, or off, and I keep it off, since I'm not a big fan of chatting with appliances or being told what to do ... http://suzysays.net/2009/06/ghosts-in-the-machines/ Lately, I've been catching up on the most recent season of Damages. Yes, it ended in April, but I usually wait until a TV series ends, then download it, so I can watch two or three episodes at a time instead of having to wait a week for ... http://suzysays.net/2009/06/lennui-suzy/ Ah, a Bay Area summer day. Wrapped in thick, pastel fog as you are wrapped in a thick, pastel sweater. Around 3:00, the sun peeks through, realizes it's looking at Oakhampton, shuts the curtains again and flees in horror to more salubrious (or glamorous) climes. So even though it's well ... http://suzysays.net/2009/06/covet-up/ Some things never change: June front & center, Audrey wandering off. They are two days old. The cats' vocabulary is slightly limited. Now this may be because they aren't quite two years old yet, and who among us (except possibly Oscar Wilde) can boast that their vocabulary was at all ... http://suzysays.net/2009/06/catspeak/ You know, one of the librarians is always kind of weird with me. Not the nice old lady, not the groovy, aloof guy (there has to be a story behind his working there), but the girl with the facial piercings and that 'tude. It started off with her remarking on ... http://suzysays.net/2009/06/contrary-library/ On Saturday morning, Brother-In-Law was changing my car's oil in the driveway. My sister and I heard him talking outside and wondered if he was talking to himself. Peeking out the window, we saw it was a Jehovah's Witness or two (they seem to travel in pairs or ... http://suzysays.net/2009/06/conversion/ Birthday Report Card Foggy, overcast: C Work day (ugh): D A million and a half birthday emails, some unexpected, and one announcing a new kitten and an engagement (in the PS!): A+ Also Facebook love: A+ Actual birthday cards (bonus points: Hand-written letter received the day before my birthday, with drawings): ... http://suzysays.net/2009/06/birthday-wishes/ I made it home in good time, and was warmly welcomed by the girls. I'm always relieved when I get home and find no-one has broken in and nothing untoward has happened - leaving your house with all the blinds closed and no car in the driveway for a few ... http://suzysays.net/2009/06/welcome-home/ Alas, my time with Jessica was short-lived. She had a t-ball game in Cloverdale on Saturday, so she had to be returned to her mother on Friday. Megan and I had a few errands to run, so we decided to take the kidlet along with us and return ... http://suzysays.net/2009/06/eye-of-the-beholder/ I'm back! I missed you, too. I'm sure you kept busy shopping for my birthday presents while I was away. It was the grand tour of micro-climates on my way up north: fog completely hid the dreaming spires of San Francisco, but became patchy around Frank Lloyd Wright's* Marin Civic ... http://suzysays.net/2009/06/jessica-thumbs-a-ride/ I haven't been up to see my brother and sister since Christmas, so I'm definitely overdue for a visit. Tomorrow I'll pick up some oil and a filter so the Jelly Bean Mechanic can take care of my car, stop by Trader Joe's for booze'n'food, bring the final boxes ... http://suzysays.net/2009/05/gone-fishing/ Today is my fabulous sister's birthday. As you'd expect, it's a national holiday. But she's not celebrating... Megan's sweet kitty Ramona decided to wake her up a couple of days ago by jumping on her face and scratching her eye. Clutching her bleeding eye, she asked her husband ... http://suzysays.net/2009/05/crappy-birthday-to-you/ True confessions: I slept in*, and wore my pajamas all day. With a sweater, because it's been cool and foggy all day - the perfect weather for curling up on the couch, eating cherries from the farmer's market, and catching up on "Gossip Girl". I love having a ... http://suzysays.net/2009/05/lazy-day/ I just finished reading Jeff Guinn's fascinating book, Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde. Coincidentally, today marks the 75th anniversary of their bloody deaths on a bleak back road in Louisiana. I never knew much about them - the closest I got was Eminem's eerie ... http://suzysays.net/2009/05/bonnie-clyde/ After yesterday's session, my boss and I headed out of the office. I turned toward the BART station, and he quickly corrected me, saying, "We need a drink." We did, and I followed him to the Mandarin Oriental's dimly lit and welcoming bar, where the staff seemed to ... http://suzysays.net/2009/05/postgame/ Well, the inevitable was delayed. I got to the office half an hour before the auditrons were due. An hour later, neither they nor my boss had appeared. I called him a few times before we connected, and it turned out that the fun was set to start ... http://suzysays.net/2009/05/round-three/