The Gurly Life

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Cricket, assassin-for-hire with cute calico kitty cover identity, sleeps on some plushy toys (a bear, an elephant and a bunny) on my bed. When I wake up in the morning and look at her, she lifts her head, she chirps, and she starts to purr.

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On being "arrested"

The last couple of weeks, I have been fundraising for the MDA, the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The deal was that a group of us from the office would get "arrested" by firefighters and get taken to "jail." Jail being The Old Spaghetti Factory, and "arrested" meaning a cute young firefighter 

 

who politely asked the receptionist to let us know he was there to pick us up. In a convertible Cadillac, no less - some paddy wagon! Look at me, I'm so jazzed to be next to that strapping young man, it's almost obscene. This young man is from one of our city fire departments, so how weird would it be if I had to sue myself for sexual harassment? Weird.

We rode in the comfortable luxury car to the restaurant, which serves gluten free pasta, by the way, otherwise there would have been bitching. The ladies hosting the event were very sweet, and they took this picture of us.

  

How you know that this is not a real jail is because of the big red hearts. Otherwise, it's TOTALLY realistic. Totally.

We sat at our table, and tried to look serious. This is the result.

 
 

We are terrible actresses. I need to remember than letting my boobs sag does not make me look serious, it just makes me look old.

One of the nice ladies came over to tell Ivy that her contribution paid for a day of camp for a kid with MDA (or something) and one minute of research. The she turned to me and said "Oh and you did great, too!" Eh-hem. Yeeeaaah. Ivy got a plaque because she raised lots of money. Way to go, Ivy!

After lunch, we go to meet Holly, MDA's goodwill ambassador, who told us all about summer camp. They ride horses (one person on each side and one person leads the horse), they swim, they throw goo at the camp counselors, and do all sorts of other fun stuff. But they need lots of assistance and helpers, and all that costs money.

  

Holly is in 6th grade, and what a pretty girl she is. Her eyes sparkle, and her little face is so full of life I felt so privileged to talk to her and hear what this organization funds. We were very glad we did this. I think next year I'll do it again, and will certainly continue to contribute to this wonderful organization.

Thanks to all of you who contributed to this event, it was fun and really sweet, and a great, great cause.

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Maliboo Kitty, who purrs so hard she makes herself sneeze, has love attacks. These include purring/sneezing, putting her feet on my face, and nibbling on my hand.

 

Not a bad way to spend a Sunday morning.

Monkey business!

All of today's post have an exclamation point in the title!

At Mardi Gras World's gift shop, they randomly sold these little magnetized monkeys. Since Ivy and I have a monkey thing going (we are both monkeys under the Chinese Zodiac), I got us these. Keep in mind that New Orleans is also known as The Big Easy, and the Crescent City.

Meet:

The Big Cheesy Monkeydala

And

Crescent Smitty Monkeydala.

They're brothers.

And by the way, here's how The Big Cheesy got to work today:

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This week we have a guest appearance, backpacking cat. Thanks to CuteOverload for the find!

Web-footed visitors

These young ladies came by our office parking lot the other day. They quacked and waddled around a bit, thwarted by an 18" wall, then found they way to wherever they were headed.

Shake your groove thang!

Happy Sunday, people. I recommend a stupid dance moment for everyone. Thanks to cuteoverload for the find.

Plan B

Found here by Ian.

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