Classic Mrs. Slocombe from "Are You Being Served"

These are the types of things I can say now that we have a kitty.

And Then There's Maude!

Maude relaxes on the ottoman in our living room. She hid under the chair at first and I think she spent most of last night under the guest room bed, but she has used the litter pan (praise Jeebus!). She has only used the litter pan once in 24 hours, but she hasn't appeared to go outside the litter pan. She is a great cat, and we have no regrets. She loves to be petted and rubs up against us all the time. Things couldn't have gone better.

Riding Home from the Shelter

We picked our new cat, Maude, up from the DC shelter last night. She meowed all the way home, but has been adjusting pretty well to home life.

Living In a Musical

We went to visit Shane's grandmother in an assisted-living facility and we had to "SING" in and out.  Above is a photo of the Guest Registery with what we found out later was a slight typo.  I wish we would have figured that out before the second verse of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina."

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #247

There is no "Y" in Monkees and Davy Jones looks dead.

This is my caption for the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #247. Click the link to enter your own caption and also share it here by leaving a comment.

Yoko Ono Is Following Me on Twitter

I was playing around with Twitter over the holiday weekend and started following a bunch of people, including Yoko Ono, widow of John Lennon.  I was very surprised when she followed me back.  Now, she will be closely monitoring all my important tweets.  I hope she doesn't try and break up Shane and I.

You also might notice that I added a Twitter gadget in the sidebar.  Follow me and I'll follow you!  Also, if you follow Yoko, she'll most likely follow you too.  But, be ready to get lots of messages about peace and ending war, etc.  She's crazy about the peace.

Lunch at the Mucky Duck

Shane and I drove out to Capitva and had a wonderful lunch at the Mucky Duck. I had the seafood platter and Shane had BBQ Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp. Yummy!!!

Shane On the Beach In Front of the Mucky Duck

The Seafood Platter at the Mucky Duck

Enjoying the Mucky Duck Red Ale

Tweet of the Day -- Paula Poundstone on Kagan

Unable to discuss cases that might come before her, Supreme Court Nominee uses time during Senate confirmation hearings to clean out purse--Tweet from Paula Poundstone, 6/30/10.

We're Expecting!!!

Shane and I went to the DC animal shelter tonight and decided to adopt Maude.  She is about 3 years old and very fat. Her current name is Imagine, but we are going to rename her Maude.  She is a little stressed in this photo because she doesn't like other cats and they were out all over the place.  We think she is going to love living alone (with us) without all those other cats around.  We still have to pass our interview, but we hope to have her home with us very soon.

Maude and Shane

Maude

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #246

We'll have to go to plan B and throw him under the bus.

This is my caption for the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #246. Click the link to enter your own caption and also share it here by leaving a comment.

Goin to Carolina In My Mind by James Taylor

In my virtual run to Florida, I'm halfway through South Carolina and I heard this song today and thought it would be appropriate to post.

Viirtual Run from DC to FL -- Update #16

This is another update on my progress doing a virtual run from our home in DC to our vacation home in Punta Gorda, Fl. It is a distance of about 1,003 miles.  You might notice these updates are becoming fewer and farther between, but I am still keeping track of my progress and still plugging along.  Now the big question is will I make it to Punta Gorda before the oil (not likely).

As I mentioned in my last update, I slacked off a bit on my trip to Florida over Memorial Day and fell behind in my progress. To make up for this, I have begun the Streak, which, as of today, is at day 19.  This is by far the most days I've ever run in a row, and I find it a great motivator, because I don't want to mess up my streak, so I run a minimum of 3 miles every day. EVERY DAY!  I realize there are people with much longer streaks.  I've read articles about people that have run every day for 70 years.  I am not one of those people... yet.  I'd have to live to be very old to become one of those people.  Here's an update on my progress.

Total Distance Run Since Last Update (May 26): 84.5 miles

Total Distance Run in 2010: 484 miles

Total Run Time: 66 hours 57 minutes

My Virtual Distance to Punta Gorda: 519

I am on track to being halfway to Florida (over the 500 mile mark) by July 1.  There are 6 more days in June and I plan on running at least 3 miles each day. As far as where I am on my virtual journey, I'm in the middle of South Carolina, just past Interstate 26 on I-95.

PUSH UPS

Goal for the year: 10,000

Total Push Ups Since Last Update: 25

Total Push Ups in 2010:  2,701

I have all but given up on doing the push-ups.  I hate push-ups.  HATE.  I am going to concentrate on the running goal for now. 

Where In the World Is Shane?

Shane is traveling this week.  He took this photo last night from a riverboat excursion he went on as part of a conference he is attending.  He is flying to Florida from his business trip, and is staying at our house in Punta Gorda until Sunday.  Can you guess were he is?  Below are photos from his hotel and another from the boat. 

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #245

Jesus Christ!  Who still uses Sanka?

The above cartoon is the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #245. Let me know if you come up with any captions too.

Landscaping the Yard In Punta Gorda

Below are some pictures of the work being done on our yard in Florida.  It was a mess.  The sprinklers were broken, the grass was a weedy mess, and their were huge hole where previous owners had removed (sold) the palm trees.  We're getting a new sprinkler system, trees, and sod.  We're going to have the house painted and then flower beds with concrete boarders installed.  I'll show before and after pictures when it is all done.