This is totally "Coull"

I had a very very good friend at work when I was working....named Alan B. Coull. He is the ultimate sweetheart and quite the character. Well tonight I ran across his Christmas Video. He started it last year and looks like he has doctored it some since I last knew of it. It is totally country and totally "Coull". :) I love it and wanted to share it. It is something too good to be missed...especially if you can take a little country! Here it is!

Lookie What I Found on UTUBE! Awesome!

Just Mel...

Wanted to share a picture of me with you all so you know who is talking here! Enjoy!

Mel

The Lights of my Life - The Babies!

These are Grammie's best babies... The granddaughter Iris, four-years-old and the "babies" Mei Mei & Spiderman, at least half Manx rescued four weeks ago from the road as brand spankin' newborns. They are bottleraised (just coming off gradually as I encourage them to "eat") and just the sweetest. If you folks recall, I fostered 26 kittens over the Summer and kept three that I figured I had put too much into to have them caged the rest of their life for lack of adoptions. I figured with their issues noone would take them. Now I have three Seniors in the house, three juvenile kitties (who rule the house and cost lots of vet care $$) and these two. Hopefully; in spite of the vet's fears, these two will continue with good health and not have the impaired immune system disease that their Juvenile siblings have..... :) I forget the correct name but the nickname is "herpe's cats" and NO it is not contagious to any other species just allows them to catch every bug that comes down the street and keeps them down too often.

Anyhow; I talk too much. :) Hope to hear from all you cat lovers, craft lovers, soapers, sewers, grandmothers and friends soon! :)

Hope the holidays are treating you well and the shopping nightmares are not winning.

Melody

More Talk....Music

So last night I ended up staying up later than ever...even for me. I got started working on this and putting my Playlist in. After hours of effort and attempts I resigned myself to the fact that I could only get my Playlist on here, this site, as a "post" apparently meaning my site is not set up to do this like others and have it separately on the side or whatever yet. I will have to make some contacts later on and figure it out. But; for now, I have a playlist just before this post as a post. It is full of music of types and styles and particular songs that I have loved specifically for various reasons and songs I remember my Dad singing when I was a child. There are many more really old ones I need to find and get in there .... but; as for now, I am tickled with it. Thanks again Sue for putting playlist in your blog which inspired me to do the same!

Later!
Mel (running hours behind and chores behind but happy to be up this morning and be with her "kitties" in spite of the vets edict of their "condition" which we will discuss in another post.... Have you ever heard the term "herpes cats"? Well if you have you might know where I am going. I had never heard the term and was freaking out without research. Research put it in perspective and I realized I had heard of it but by a different name. Well if half my newcomer rescues from the Summer fosters (the rejects) and my two newbie babies have it...so be it. They are the most "special" cats I have ever had. When I can sit in the DR and call by name and they answer from whatever room they are "shut" in so I can come rescue them.. They are bright.

OK I quit now... I promise. Later!

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Whew & Thanks Sue!

Long long time no posting! Sorry folks...those who read this. I have been busier than ever fostering kitties on the bottle from day one, being sick and recovering from exhaustion when I left my job...and then the last month a round of bronchitis battles. Made it through Thanksgiving. We did ours yesterday. Went pretty well. As normal, particularly at holidays, I dwell on those members of the family who have elected to disassociate from the rest of us... I miss them. That is life I guess. Then too I keep thinking how little time there is til Christmas, how little time and energy I seem to have to spare and how much I have to do! Hope to see more folks posting here and to have time to catch up!

I thank you Sue for reminding me to get back in here and for linking to my blog here.... ;) Thanks again!

May you all have a blessed holiday.

BTW: I have been thinking alot today about pursueing again in my "spare time" herbs and their healing properties and adding salvemaking to my repertoire. :) More later on that. I need to get started growing the herbs as cheaply as possible. Lights and space I have.

Melody