vacation kitten, now vacation goat!

vacation kitten was an old friend, read about him here. we haven't run into vacation kitten yet, but we met his friends, vacation goat 1 and vacation goat 2.

i'm tired and cranky and feeling "blah". i've been fighting a little head cold all week. i've tried bossing this cold to either "put up or shut up" but so far it's just hanging around, not fully kicking in, but not going away either. even pics of fat elvis babies, dan stealing cake, steve carrell & will farrell (presenting the award for best makeup in a film), and jennette acting like a dumb robot are not cheering me up!

me= whiner

even "vacation kitten" isn't cheering me up. ok, well maybe a little.... i'm not made of stone for god's sake!!!!

also, i have realized something important. it's going to be hard to take for some of my friends and family, but i have to say: i don't like zombie movies. i don't get it, i don't find them funny or cool or interesting. i know i'm supposed to like zombie movies, all the cool kids do.

another thing: the city i live in (mentor, OH) is something i've been wanting to blog about for a while now. it's an interesting city, very middle-american. the pics of the local city council show a lot of white guys in navy suits, and there are all kinds of civic pride things.

from wiki: "The city slogan is "It's better in Mentor," which almost rhymes because locals pronounce the city's name "men-ner", although in the media, "men-ter" is prominent "

the best thing about "men-ner" are the names of stores, or "shoppes" as they like to say. there are so many "shoppes", some of them "olde thyme shoppes"!!!

i am thinking of renaming the blog glittergirl in thine olde thyme shoppe..... (i just need to figure out how to blog with one of those cool old quill and feather pens!)

and finally: today was a "dress casual for the cure" day and i forgot! so, does my not wearing denim (and not paying $5 to wear denim) give some kid cancer? also, who still calls jeans "denim"? "wear dungarees to help kids hurt in conestoga wagon accidents!" day is next week. (and yeah, "the office" did a great parody on this last night, no doubt stolen from my blog...)

vacation kitten!!!

vacation kitten is becoming famous. this pic is my work computer wallpaper and everyone asks about him. when they say, "oh what a cute kitten, is it yours?" i get very excited and tell the the story of vacation kitten. on friday a coworker asked about the kitten, and an officemate answered them and said, "that's vacation kitten, haven't you heard about him?"

is that kitten mine? no, vacation kitten is everyone's kitten!

more random vacation pics...........

crabby chore guy's garage!

this seems very wrong........

beautiful house we saw along the way

dan's barn book. he should have autographed copies for folks in the store!

more of my beloved "vacation kitten"

also, i posted a bunch of creepy doll photos on my photo blog, go check it out!

my favorite vacation pics.....

little amish boy outside lehman's hardware. (it's ok to photograph the amish as long as you are respectful and don't ask them to pose.)

my favorite moment of the vacation, finding a kitten in the bushes outside a bank. i saw the kitten when i got out of the jeep, and as i walked over, he kept ducking behind the post. i would switch sides and he'd duck again. when i finally jumped over to his side, he fell backwards down the little hill. he jumped right back and stuck his paw out at me. i laughed so hard. he might have been animatronic, planted so that dumb tourists like me want to spend time in their quaint downtown area.

big heads on vacation

a ton of amish quilts

back in the city, with a little bit of amish country still with us....horse poo!

more photos to come on the photo blog.......