OK, I think it's time for the first ever poll on this site...

Should I clean the kitchen floor or not?

Wow, so glad that's over, an overwhelming response tells me that I can have lunch first and play on the computer instead....at least until this evening.

Another hot day and the rain won't be back until probably Sunday.  I'm bored, too darn hot to work in the yard until after dark, and if you've ever tried to keep a house clean with 7 kittens helping....well you just havn't lived.

Slept in the morning with  a tooth ache, seems to be a trifle better now, but please wish me luck on it going away.

Talking to Ruth this morning and told her I'm going to try to get back to the "family" stories this started out as.   As is  very evident, the last week has just been trying to get used to actually typing every day, so now that I'm better at that it's time to create and see what happens.

One cat story tho',  What I live in is basicly a single wide house trailer that has been expaned....so you get the picture.  The main living are is the original trailer; a kitchen/dining area that is divided from the living room by a counter, a short hall get you to the bathroom and the bedroom.   All in all it's about 14 feet wide and 70 feet long.   For useless information the addition is roughly the same size and is two room an Arizona room and my sisters bedroom.

Last night had all the doors in the main part open so the kits discovered they had a 70 foot long drag strip.

One of lifes great joys is watching 7 kittens play tag and run relays in a space that large....I would imagine that if you were able to get all 7 to hold still on a scale they would weigh a total of maybe 5 or 6 pounds.   How they can set off seismic alarms 2 states away, well I have no idea officer.

One of the funniest things was watching the 3 older indoor cats take this all in.   Dolly, DollyMama and Silver Belles just sat there (in very out of the way and hard to get to spots) and watched with indignation and would every so often turn to look at me with a "aren't you going to do something about this" face.  Then they would turn away in disgust at my laughter.

You just can't please all the Katz all of the time.

I think that's in their contract

God Bless

Still hot, after all these years....well the weather is anyway.  Just checked and it's officially 95 degrees in Mayer the closest reporting station, about 8 miles west of here and almost a thousand feet higher in elevation.....my front porch thermometer which has been in the shade for the last 2 hours said 92 or 93......

Not much happening these days, looking forward to going to the bright lights  and big city of Prescott Valley on Monday.

Monday is the 3rd of the month and that's the day the gummint pays me to stay home and not bother people that work for a living.   Little do they suspec that I can bother people long distance  from the comfort of my computer.

Today is a Charmin day....Charmin is one of 3 little sister kitties that I'm fostering, she and her sister Amaretto take turns..Charmin gets me today, and tomorrow (like yesterday) Amaretto will sit on my keyboard, talk to me and generaly demand lubbins.

Training camp for the Cards opened yesterday...so the long dark days are over until next off season.  High hopes this year and looks like the players and coaches are really focused.  

Not going to be able to go up to Flagstaff to see them practice this year....have been a few times and it's lovely up there (about an hour to the north of me), they are at a little over 5,500 feet on the side of the San Francisco Peaks and surrounded by pines and a dash of cool breeze.    

Anyway, that's all for the moment....

later that same day, across town.

A friend of mine said I should be able to write more often if I just used "train of thought"......Now that's just disgusting, do you realize some of the places my mind has been?    Ycch....how rude.

So to avoid that I'm just typing random keys and if the letters happen to make a word...that's you problem.

Good prayer meeting tonight....Really enjoy my Church family, a great group of people who seem to care a great deal for their fellow humans.

Little bit cooler today I think our high was "only" 97 with about 70% humidity.   

Allie, a friend of mine, is taking 3 of my little fostering kittens to hopefully be adopted on Sunday.  I say hopefully with some reservations, these are 3 of the sweetest little orphan kitties I had in a long time....in fact Charmin is laying across my left wrist as I type this....and occaisionally bitting my thumb.    

Actually have 7 fosters at the present; Imp, who is almost 6 months old and the last of his litter,  D, Evie and Fabian are about 4 months old and it's very hard to tell them apart..they are all black and the same size so I have to look for little things in them....and then the 3 little girls, Amaretto, Beauty and Charmin...sigh, wish I could keep them but that's just impossible.

Well am now off to do a little surfing and will talk and/or type later, when the mind is actually awake.

God Bless

Morality...for fun and profit

Hello and Howdy, My inter net connection has been either non-existent or very sporadic and slow today, so am going to type fast to (hopefully) get this on site.

Been thinking about my relationship with God and the following phrase came to mind.

"Morality; for fun and profit"

Catchy hunh?

Trying to live what a person knows to be a Christlike and moral life is a goal, however it is not possible.   We are all imperfect and steeped in sin through and through.   

Even after one has been washed in the Blood of the Lamb, it is still impossible.   However it is an imperative to try as best you can to be as moral and righteous as possible.

Being a moral person in all ways is difficult, but one of the hardest for me personally is being moral in my interactions with others, specificaly with the opposite sex.   That would be the females (insert big silly grin here).   You should know that I will attempt to deal with this subject like I deal with all subject......laughter!   I mean no disrespect to anyone (especially God), but it's the way I tend to relate.

So now we come to dealing with the morality of the flesh (lust, adultery, fornication, etc.) for both fun and profit.... Pretty sick, right?   Wrong!   Whatever you are dealing with there is a right way (Gods), a wrong way (the Evil one) and the human way, which is to bounce all over the place making excuses and trying to justify our actions and make them less guilt ridden.  

God's way in this is very very tough.  Abstenance, Chastity, marriage only....... and in today's wicked world those are generally scoffed at by both believer and non-believer.    But, I look at it this way..... like THE Prayer says "THY WILL BE DONE".   God's will isn't the same as your Mom saying "I wish you wouldn't".   The consequences are much more severe for one thing.  Being sent to your room for a few hours isn't that bad compared to an eternity in hell.   So I really try to obey, one of the problems I have in obeying is the sheer number of women in this world that are just so darned pretty, lovely, beautiful, sexy, smart, friendly, and the list goes on.....   So what's a poor old guy to do.   Me (a good example of a poor old guy...or even an old poor guy), celibacy is best....celibacy and making fun of the whole situation.   Laughter cures.   Most of my friends know I'm celibate, and just shake their heads at that crazy Duane....doesn't he know that God will forgive him if he slips, doesn't he know that God is a loving and forgiving God....yep he sure does....he also knows that God doesn't WANT to have to forgive me for my transgressions.   So I have fun with the situation.   I'll make jokes about my age, my physical condition, my appearance, my cats and dogs (what woman in her right mind would want to share my bed with both me and Rosslyn and Rogue along with umpteen cats and kittens)....I can keep that line of joking up for hours.   

Well ok, that's the fun part, but Duane...you distinctly said Profit also.....what about the profit?

Sure did, the finest most wonderful profit ever available to mankind, my profit in staying as morally correct that I can, is an eternity with God and Jesus......just imagine, a new body, no wants, no needs.....and the most perfect beings ever as your Lord and Savior!    Now that is a profit.

A good devout born-again Christian doesn't earn their way into Heaven.....that's not the Christian belief system.   However a good devout born-again Christian does try as hard as is possible to please God, his creator...the One who loves him, no matter what......

So there....

May God Bless You in your life, as much as he has blessed this poor old sinner.

Hotter n'a $2 pistol

Once again we welcome you,

yes you!  

Why you, 

Because you are you and .....

tadaa

We like you.....

Oh, and to the point, who else would read this drivel.

It are hot in the Aridzone today (and this evening), my house was at about 104f today with humidity around 90% so it is officially HOT!

As I look with unabashed pride and ...er make that abashed near-sightedness around the room, it looks like the final resting place of the feline & canine communities.   Everybody is stretched out trying to soak up any cool breezes that might wander through by mistake.

Have been pretty much a hermit for the last few weeks as the heat takes over and the MS decides to bite my rear end....not a pleasant feeling I might add.

Anyway, is too hot to think of things that might amuse, educate or bother anyone so am going to use the period at the end of this line to say goodbye.