Mother-in-law

I smurfed this from kR8ViTy over at the PC forums — thought it was really cute and wanted to share with y’all.

(Though for the record I want to state that I dearly love my soon-to-be mother-in-law and this is all in good fun! *polishes halo*)

A man, his wife, and his mother-in-law went on vacation to Jerusalem. While they were there, the mother-in-law passed away. The undertaker told them, “You can have her shipped home for $5,000, or you can bury her here in the Holy Land for $150.00

The man thought about it and told him he would just have her shipped home.

The undertaker asked, “Why would you spend $5,000 to ship your mother-in-law home, when it would be wonderful to be buried here and you would spend only $150?”

The man replied, “Long ago a man died here, was buried here, and three days later he rose from the dead. I just can’t take that chance”.

MonstersGame: Vampires vs Werewolves Menu v0.75 released

I’ve updated my MonstersGame extension — big version jump in this one, I pretty much re-wrote all the backend, but the GUI looks the same.:

Install / Download: [ Firefox site ]

Screenshot:

Description:

Browse the MonstersGame: Vampires vs Werewolves (UK) website with ease conveniently from the Firefox browser menu. Menu options available for World 1, 2, 3 and 4 players, as well as the forum, news, and support links in addition to other resources. This is a must-have tool for died-in-the-wool MonstersGame junkies.

Note: You need to have an active account on Server 1, 2, 3, or 4 in order to access the in-game pages. Once installed, you will see a new menu option in your Firefox browser menu called ‘MG’. For in-game play, use the options in the sub-menu appropriate to the server where your account is located.

A big thanks goes to: Tommelchen for his help in making this extension possible, the MonstersGame forum users who have helped out with ideas and testing, my clan members for inspiration and advice, and YOU!

Comments? Bugs? Suggestions? Feel free to contact me through the email in the About dialog box, or via my website. (Please do not use the feedback/rating system at AMO for support.)

Version Log:
0.1 – Initial Release!
0.2 – Aesthetic fixes.
0.3 – Added Training links.
0.4 – Added context menu.
0.5 – Added UK Server 3.
0.6 – Updated code.
0.7 – Added localization for US & UK.
0.75 – Added UK Server 4.

Something to talk about …

I was hoping for phenomenal news this week, but didn’t get it. A potential situation that I was hoping for fell through and most likely won’t happen at all. Oh well, life moves on.

Jim and I had bought Bonnie Raitt tickets for his mother for her birthday last month. The concert is this Saturday in Pelham, and her beau won’t be able to go … so she invited me. To tell you the truth, I was hoping to go because I’ve always loved Bonnie Raitt and really wanted to go see her.

So at least that’s one good thing going on this week.

Hobie is doing MUCH better — a big thanks to all who’ve expressed concern and support. I really appreciate it. Ever since going on the mega antibiotics, she’s almost back to her old self — whining, pouting, begging, and all! *LOL* She’s sounding and acting more like she was before she got sick — though I’m afraid I’ve spoiled her (more than usual) with all the rich food I had bought to hide her medicine in.

I hate to disappoint her when it’s time to come off the meds and go back to her regular food.

I found out that I had a few more vacation days available at work than previously thought. I’ve been busting my ass for the last few months (more so than usual, even), and I’m quickly burning out. I’ve requested to take a few days off and might do so next week. I found myself losing my temper with another employee I’ve had problems with and was two steps away from walking out.

Honestly, I’ve quit better jobs than this … I *so* need another job.

I’m finding myself wishing my Ladies Night Out group was meeting this week, I think I need a drink. In fact, that sounds like a pretty good idea. I’ll go home tonight and have myself a few. Jim’s ex has Jessie tonight, and I’m in dire need of a “drink and code pity party”. LOL I have a CD full of new WordPress template ideas that I started but hadn’t had time to finish.

Or maybe I’ll play a little UT instead … killing aliens and robots always makes me feel better.

(That reminds me … Jocelyn: I need to know which CSI disks you need! )

Aw damn :(

I’m not sure what was worse … that we lost today (to Arkansas!) or that I wasn’t at home watching it like a loyal Bama fan.

I’m a bad girl, I know.

I listened to the last few minutes and both overtimes via radio on the way to my Ladies Night Out Meetup. Was very disappointed in Tiffin’s performance. Hopefully next week he’ll stop shankin’ — or Christiansen will be healed enough to be back in. *sigh*

Anyways, at least dinner was good. Had a LOT of fun, the apple martinis were nice and puckerifiously sour! The food was excellent, and the location made for a great gathering (and after-dinner lingering in the park area outside!).

Maybe one day I’ll convince Jim to go to one with me.

(Hey, T!! You should join us some time, you’d love these ladies, they’re nice!!!!)

Grrrrrrrr Google Calendar

I fired off an email to their Support team earlier today, per Carl’s suggestion. I poured through my settings and made sure that I had everything marked as it should be (to my best understanding).

I was reading through some of the material in the generic auto-reply I received from Google and a byline on one of the pages hit me:

“Currently, notifications only include events on your primary calendar. You won’t be notified about events scheduled on your secondary calendars or on calendars listed under “Other calendars.” If you’d like notifications for certain events, make sure to schedule those events on your primary calendar.”

Great … so in order to be notified of events on my other calendars, I need to combine them all. Now what about ones from other sources to which I am subscribed?

*beats head on desk*

I remember now why I hate Google Calendar.

She’s ok!!!

I have been up since 3am. Remember when we had to take my cat by the vet last week?

EDIT: Now that I think about it, I don’t think I blogged it. Hobie had been in immense pain and would not eat. Worse, she was very lethargic, slept only downstairs and on the floor — something she NEVER did. My cat is spoiled and has always slept either with me, or somewhere closeby. Anyways, it turns out she had a few teeth that had abscessed and/or gotten infected. They pulled 3 teeth, pumped her full of drugs and sent her home with some food additive to help her kidneys.

Well, Monday she started acting lethargic and wouldn’t move about much. Tuesday night she started howling again, as if she were in pain. I called the vet yesterday and they had me drop her off this morning. I stayed for a short bit this morning and watched a poor tech (read: VICTIM) try to give Hobie fluids and that cat screamed and howled and convulsed and twisted about as if she were possessed by Satan himself!

The tech gave up on the fluids and spoke with me a bit about Hobie’s symptoms. She had another infection, this time in her sinuses and lungs … her current medicine wasn’t doing any good. It wasn’t looking good … from the way things were sounding, we were going to have to put her down this afternoon.

I had to leave the vet and go home to get ready for work. I cried all the way home. I cried all the way to work. I’ve sat here at my desk and cried off and on for most of the morning.

The vet just called: GOOD NEWS! Dr. Allen recommended we switch her medicine — something stronger, a bit of a “kill all” type of antibiotic. They’ll give her some more pain medication. The catch is that I’ll have to take her by there once a week so they can give her fluids (via IV). There’s no way I could do that by myself, it would improve Hobie’s quality of life allowing her to enjoy it more, and it’s fairly cheap so I don’t mind the maintenance.

I really feel bad for the poor people at the vet … my cat is a bit of a bad patient. I was told that it takes a couple of people to hold her down for IVs, and she got so mad that she *ahem* relieved herself of every bodily substance at her disposal — everywhere. *sighs and shakes head* And apparently she’s got a lot of fight left in her than I give her credit (especially for an 18 year old!) — the vet tech told me that it took 3 people to hold her down and she bit the vet.

Yep, that’s my cat — the Hellion.

Seriously! I have a Christmas ornament that my mother gave me years ago of a Ragdoll (cats that look a lot like Hobie) with horns, tail and pitchfork. LOL

So, “Psycho Kitty” is coming home this afternoon and I’m sure will be all too thrilled.

She won’t like the weekly trips, but she’ll be happier and healthier, and that to me is the most important thing.

Now honestly, who’s surprised by this?

I smurfed this from Beth’s site …

You Are a “Don’t Tread On Me” Libertarian

You distrust the government, are fiercely independent, and don’t belong in either party. Religion and politics should never mix, in your opinion… and you feel opressed by both. You don’t want the government to cramp your self made style. Or anyone else’s for that matter. You’re proud to say that you’re pro-choice on absolutely everything!

It’s close on a few things, but honestly doesn’t cover all of the “Libby” bases.

Nice try though!

The things that come out of my fiance’s mouth

Jim and I were driving home this afternoon and I brought up a couple of ideas for the wedding. Jim says that he doesn’t care what we have as long as everyone shows up naked. I reminded him that friends and family will be in attendance; he replies “OK, then we’ll insist they be dressed then.”

LOL!!!

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

I don’t know what’s up with my Google Calendar, but it’s stopped sending me date reminders, so I totally missed Hobbit Day last week.

However, since tomorrow’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day, I thought I’d post early.

Things have been really busy … hope to have a spot of time to catch y’all up on what’s been going on soon.

So, in the meantime … YARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Sorry guys, ladies only! (NSFW)

The last one made me literally LOL. :lol:

Chipendales around the world

Africa

Egypt

Greece

India

Russia

Tibet

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