kitty's claws

Generally I am a happy person but sometimes I see myself getting stuck in the "if onlys"? "If only I had more money." "If only I had a better job." "If only I had a better body." "If only my parents had encouraged me more." The "if onlys" get me nowhere. I do better when I work with what I have…. with whatever tools I have at my disposal.

Sometimes I become philosophical and try to think about how fortunate I am to just to be alive. Am I grateful that, one day at a time, i am living a life free of disease with a roof over my head, food in the refrigerator and freedom to come and go as I please? When i dwell in the "if onlys," i get stuck in yesterday and forget to live today and hope for tomorrow.

It does make a difference what you call things.
--Kate Douglas Wiggin

Most of us think of dandelions as weeds. We buy special tools and poisons when they crop up and complain about them as surely as we welcome the spring that brings them.

Yet is there anything more lovely than a sea of yellow dandelions by the side of the road in June? Or as remarkable in transformation as the filaments of the mature dandelion blowing on the wind?

Sometimes we let someone else define for us what are weeds and what are flowers. We don't have to. Much of the beauty of the world is that we ourselves decide what is beautiful according to our own feelings. How lucky we are that, when we choose to, we can open our eyes and see and define things as we want.


i am truly sorry.

Silly getting to know you quiz

1. WHAT COLOUR ARE YOUR KITCHEN PLATES?
white with little yellow flowers

2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Nothing right now... i should go to the library

3. WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
i don’t use one

4. FAVORITE BOARD GAME?
trivial pursuit

5. FAVORITE MAGAZINES?
Style at Home, House and Home, Toronto Life

6. LEAST FAVORITE SMELL?
Pooh

7. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?
Him

8. FAVORITE COLOUR?
pink

9. LEAST FAVORTIE COLOUR?
don’t have one

10. HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?
zero or infinity, my message says "i proably didn't hear the phone ring..." and that's the truth.

11. FUTURE CHILD’S NAME?
Jack

12. WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE?
family

13. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?
CHOCOLATE

14. DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?
only when necessary.

15. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?
no

16. STORMS - COOL OR SCARY?
scary

17. WHAT MAKE WAS YOUR FIRST Car?
GM

18. IF YOU COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE WHO WOULD IT BE?
This is a really hard question.... i am gonna say PET, he was a really cool guy

19. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?
Red Wine

20. WHAT IS YOUR SIGN & BIRTHDAY?
Capicorn - Jan 15

21. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?
Yes i like to live dangerously ...i heard it killed Homer Simpson once.

22. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB WHAT WOULD IT BE?
i kinda like my job right now... even the shitty parts

23. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY COLOUR HAIR, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Strawberry

24. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE?
yes

25. FAVORITE MOVIE?
The Wizard of Oz

26. DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS?
Sometimes.... what kind of geek do you think i am?

27. WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?
Christmas decorations

28. WHAT IS YOUR F...

[ Continued ]

You taught me how to love you by
The way that you loved me;
And by your unseen sustenance,
To see what you could see.
You gave to me through who you were
The gift of what I am.
Your pride in me is now my pride;
Your faith, my caravan.

Your life does not conclude with death,
Nor will it end with mine,
For all the lives I touch, you touch,
And so on through all time.

She plays wipeout on the drums
The squirrels and the birds come
Gather round and sing the guitar
Oh i. . .have you got nothing to say
When all words fail she
Speaks
Her mix tapes a masterpiece
Walks through the garden
So the roses can see
Oh i. . .have you got nothing
To say
And you can see daisies
In her footsteps
Dandelions, butterflies
I wanna be kate

Everyday she wears the same
Thing
I think she smokes pot
Shes everything I want
Shes everything Im not
Oh i. . .
Have you got nothing to say
She never gets wet
She smiles and its a rainbow
And she speaks and she
Breathes
I wanna be kate

Down by rosemary and cameron
She hands out the
Bhagavad gita
I see her around every couple
Days
I wanna see her so that
I can say. . .hey kate