All in a Garden Green

Somebody in England dyed a cat pink and then tossed her into someone's garden...I doubt if the color-change bothered her much, but being thrown over a wall probably wasn't too pleasant... at least whoever did it was kind enough to avoid getting the dye on the more sensitive parts of kitty's face.

Pink is an interesting color for a cat, I'll give 'em that.

Now that I've had a moment or three to sit and not pack/clean/organize, last weekend was wonderful. Got in a bit later than planned on Friday night, woke up a bit earlier than I'd hoped to on Saturday, but otherwise was a relaxing weekend.

Visited with Grandma and Grandpa C, met Grandma's new kitty Babe, who is only 6 months old, and ENORMOUS. At least 14 pounds, and not done growing. One big smooshy kitty, double-pawed, and mellow as anything. He's lovely. I want one. Or two. (and we can have them now! Soon....) We think he's part Tonkinese, and definitely part something else, big.

Dinner was had, presents were opened, relatives were visited with. Went with F & B to a Christmas party at one of F's cousins' homes on Saturday night. Had a lovely visit and we all made out pretty well at the Yankee Swap. Met some relatives I didn't know I had, on F's side of the family.

Drive home was uneventful. The snow dumping that was working its way up the coast didn't hardly touch Maine. There was a dusting at the new house when we stopped by to check and make sure the heat was still on and not draining the tanks, but that was it. Cleaning supplies and trash bags have been acquired, the battle begins at 1PM tomorrow.

RockBand Rocks. :) We got as close as we're going to get to a 'chick band' last night, unless ninian_vesalius starts picking up drums.

Hooray for alexsaintpierre's XBox not exploding, and restarting ok when the partial Red Ring of Deathy Doom appeared at the beginning of the evening. Hooray for alexsaintpierre's awesome drumming of awesomeness, and valkyrie1972's singing, even when she didn't know the words, and for anna_mickel's groovy bass playing. Rawk.

Played some more songs on Expert, and did not fail. Found I still have issues with the movements that I have had issues with all along. I just cannot figure out fast 1 to 1-3 switches... argh. Got my first 100% on a song on hard difficulty (that I probably could have done on expert...), and made it through the entirety of 'Behind Blue Eyes' on hard. I have never made it past the beginning, stupid finger-pick acoustic section. HA! Thwarted! I am teh winnar! My pet_spider was there with me in spirit, if not in person. ;)

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