Tainted: To the owner of Iggy, the cat killed by a vehicle on Nov. 4. You're not a responsible pet owner letting your cat run loose. It's not impossible to keep an animal indoors or under control. Leashes are made for controlling animals, which should've been attached to the collar you say the cat had on, and you should've been at the other end of Iggy's leash.
This is an example of a much-needed change to the regulations covering animals in St. Paul. Cats running loose doing their business in others' gardens, shrubbery and yards should be licensed and required to be controlled the same as dogs. Cats can be leashed and are by many responsible owners. Don't blame others for your lack of responsibility. Iggy has my sympathy for being allowed to run loose and then be run over.
LYLE PUPPE
St. Paul
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I agree with Lyle Puppe. :-<> It annoys me that everyone gets all upset about a loose dog (as they should)...but, cats do their business in our sandboxes, get into our garbage (in our garage) and eat from our dog's food-bowls. All this in a fenced in yard.
Who let the dogs out? Lyle Puppy thought about this for 2 weeks? They are cats and dogs...forget the guilt, just go get another! For all his anxiety (supossed) about his response, he could have worked at a shelter (for humans) for 2 hours!
Pat, you're supposed to sleep in on the weekends.
Here's Mom and Dad party card...Last night Deacon party in Cherokee...tonight at the Whittemore golf club...Cedar Rapids for Gerry Straub (not really a party)...Sioux City for the Bishop's party...Algona for the Bar assn. party...and the list goes on! I'm impressed and jealous.
Tell us about parties your Christmas parties!
I'll tell you about mine...
Neighborhood traveling party tonight (stupidly scheduled during the Big 12 game)...Monday the "fancy" realtor party... that's a good one for gossip, last year the recruiter for the company (female) was seated on a high stool, another woman (drunk) went over to greet her, they leaned into each other to kiss, she fell off the bar stool and grabbed the other woman, she had a topless dress on, the both went to the floor with the dress pulled down to her waist. It was quite a moment!
I wouldn't buy a house from that firm.
Did you see the story about the Louisville (university) band member on ESPN? He was born with no eyes and crippled, as he grew up they realized he was a "music prodigy", piano, etc,,,but he really wanted to be in the marching band when he went to college...So, now his Dad works nights for UPS, so that he can go to campus for band practice and push his son in the wheelchair 'cause he is in the marching band. It was just halftime and there was the son in the wheelchair and his Dad pushing him in formation...it's a cool story.
Louisville is winning.
OK, where is everyone? Great UCLA win!
Today, around 4-ish, we are taking the boys and Betty to Whittemore to see Santa. Granny and Grandpa are gonna meet up with us. It's fun to go there 'cuz the Elves give the kids paper sacks filled with popcorn and unwrapped candy! :-<> Nice to live in a small town. ;-)
Jude should come over to our house and watch Guinness do, almost, the same thing! Yuck!
Saw Santa!
1.) Liam was so cute and carried on a sweet conversation with Santa. He asked for a PlayStation. However, Santa gave them one a few years ago and it's been broken for over a year...don't know that Santa will give them that again!
2.) Eli was timid and asked for a Nintendo Ds...or, something like that. :-<>
3.) Betty didn't know what to ask for and ultimately asked Santa for, "World Peace!" :-)
I agree with Joe Jayjack. The tip-off is the last name-Puppe.
Well, if some good comes out of this Iggy will not have been squashed in vain. He gave his life so other dime-a dozen cats wouldn't get squished. That's how much Iggy was loved.
Mary told Santa she wants a shelf for Christmas. Santa's face was priceless!
Emma can't think of what to ask for.
Mary told me that I needed to wish to be a nice Mom!
Tom - Randy wants phesant for his birthday dinner. And sweet and hot red cabbage. We have the bird and the cabbage is prepared and in the freezer. Here's my dilema... how should I fix the bird? I need a recipe that I can handle and that will go with the cabbage.
Betty - future Miss America!
We are avoiding as many parties as we can, although the realtor party story makes me rethink our strategy. I would love to see that at a Farm Bureau party (ain't gonna happen!)
Who in Nebraska schedules a party during a Nebraska football game?
I'm being audited by the diocese today. Apparently there's more to a "reconciliation" of a checking account than just checking yout bank statement against your checkbook? That's what the look on the auditor's face said last Friday. We all want her to go away. Anyway they should use another word than "reconciliation" for a Catholic parish. It seems to imply something sinful took place.
I found out something new this weekend. My friend, Jennifer, and I were talking about the Holy Day of Obligation coming up...Immaculate Conception. We were always under the impression that it was in celebration of Jesus' inmmaculate conception...or, should I say his Mother's. Anywhoot, that's wrong. It is the celebration that Mary, although conceived through the usual "biological means" was conceived without original sin! Did you guys know that? I have asked a few people, in my world, and they all thought what I did. Interseting...eh?
FTR: My husband didn't know it either. :-)
I bet 95 out of 100 Catholics don't know it either.
There's a lady who walks a cat every morning in our alley. She peers disapprovingly into everyone's back yards. The lady, not the cat. The cat looks bored, like she has to walk this lady every morning and doesn't really want to.
Well, at least the lady is on a leash! Doesn't sound like I would want HER in my backyard.
Hey-
I knew what the immaculate conception was.
But, I will admit, didn't know until I was about 27 years old.
I hate when I see people walking their cats on leashes on the sidewalk. Cats need to dig in dirt to poo. Do their owners make them go on the sidewalk? What if they do allow their cats to poo in the dirt, after they dig a hole to go in? Do the owners have to undig the cat business and pick it up in a baggie like with dogs?
If I had a cat I had to walk on a leash, I would walk the cat and dog at the same time, then let the dog eat the cat poo.
I've had plumbers have the same reaction when dealing with Kohler fixtures/faucets and stuff. I think they are highly overrated.
My Mom...who attended a Catholic-all-girls-boarding-school...just found out **this Sunday** in her Church Bulletin. Whadupwihdat?
your plumbers walked cat's on a leash?
I know this may seem premature...but, are YOU coming to Christmas in Whittemore? Do tell.
We won't know, for sure, until shortly before the holiday.
Hey, I had a snow day Friday... and Monday too. But the kids had to go to school Monday. How cool is that? All I did was clean the house, though. In the nice, lovely quiet.
My part in the parish audit is over. The auditor said somewhat ominously that she won't have a final report until January (not about my part of it, but the whole parish report.) Funny how just the word "audit" causes anxiety, makes you feel like you must have done something wrong, even when you're clean as a whistle.
Grace, if you want me to, I'll pray for more snow.
Yesterday at the grocery store, I saw a woman who was blind and deaf. At least, she was blind and doin sign language into a guys hand like helen keller.
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I always wanted to be Anne Sullivan.
We have furnace problems too right now. It won't get above 65. Some of you may think this is ok but it is NOT. And plus what if it then gets even more broken and won't get above 55. We think it's the pump (like i had anything to do with it) and found a new one on ebay for $100. Let's hope that's it.
OF course, ours is in the basement. No climbing a ladder.
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Pat, maybe she was blind and the guy was deaf?...what was in her cart? Maybe he told her the store was out of chicken cause he wanted steak...or maybe he told her there were no more Heath bars!
No way...you have too much hair back there to get, "frost bite!"
We cut off Jude's mullet last night but now he looks like blonde Dorothy Hamil and he won't let us get near him with the scissors. And he is taking all the ornaments off the tree and hiding them around the house. No furnace problems to report here.
Life can be strange. There was an old, reclusive woman who lived two houses down from us. Untill eight years ago, she lived there with her mother. One night mother died in her sleep and the woman left her lying in the bed for two weeks before she told anyone about it. Anyway, the old woman died last week and left the contents of her house to a friend. The friend had never been in the house because the old woman never anyone get past the porch. turns out the place is crammed floor to ceiling with stuff she had accumulated over the years. The friend thought she would have to hire someone to haul the stuff to the dump. Turns out they found some treasures in that junkpile. So far two Oscar Howe paintings have turned up, each worth between $10,000 and $50,000. I'm sure they are scrutinizing everything now. The way that old woman lived, you wouldn't think she had two nickles to rub together Bob
What do you think???
THREE WISE WOMEN
Would have asked directions,
Arrived on time,
Helped deliver the baby,
Cleaned the stable,
Made a casserole,
Brought practical gifts,
And there would be peace on earth.
Makes yah think twice, again, before you, "poo-poo," a new friend.
Bob...maybe you can be the art advisor (for a % fee) for the treasures found. Are they early Oscar Howe's?
Ha! :-)
But there would be peace in Iraq - whoops, I mean on earth.
Tom, I'm going to ignore that comment. How much did the furnace guy charge?
Who has Tom for Christmas? How about a gift cert. for a butt wax!
Or, an ear candling!
So,
Woman solicits feedback on theory that 3 wise women instead of 3 wise men would have lead to peace on earth.
Man responds that women would have screwed up in an equivalent but different manner than men.
Women, plural, immediately endorse methods of torture for man.
Peace on earth indeed.
What about Angela of Germany? Is that not a woman leader of note?
Birthdays and Anniversaries.
I emailed out a, "rough draft," of this list to all that I could...I think?
Please, make your additions and/or corrections, as soon as possible, so I can re-type it and send out a final list.
***I would like to include everyone's **BIRTH YEAR.** PLEASE, forward that information to me as well. Thank you!
Oh! Some Straub's do not have access to a computer or choose not to...please, check their information too and get back to me. Thanks!
Let's say the 3 wise women were Golda, Francesca and Marie...probably in their early 30's...left the hubby and kids at home, bringing food, blankets and a bit of wine for Mary...they would have been on time (traveling fast, scary!) Besides for all the rest, they also can sing!
I like it! Why would Mary want 3 men watching the birth? (maybe that's why they were late!)
If it were three wise women; instead of gold frankincense and myrrh, it would have been formula, onesies and disposable diapers. I'm surprised the wise men didn't show up loaded, pull up a couple recliners and offer commentary on the birth.
Frank~What's your Birthdate?
Joe Jayjack~I'll send you the, "rough draft."
Don't forget peeps...I would like your BIRTH YEAR! :-)
my birthdate is 12/30/1969
say, about what size would Betty be?
Is "wise women" an oxymoron?
What about gentleman? Is that an, "oxymoron?"
this is a line from a review of Mel Gibsons new gory/violent movie Apocolypto:
"If you've ever wanted to see a jaguar bite off a man's face, this is your movie."
Actually, now that you mention it, yes, i have been itching to see that....
It's nice to see my brothers showing their true colors, you chauvanist, anti-semites. First you say that I shouldn't use the name Jude because people will think he's Jewish, as if that's the worst thing in the world. This from Father of Eli and someone named Joseph. Now you're saying women are totally inept.
I'm chillin'. I'm not mad, just participating in the dialogue. But yes, let's put it to rest. It's seems that joke based on gender are still acceptable and I'm wondering why. Jokes based on race or ethnicity are taboo, but jokes based on gender are not. TV shows always portray the husbands as bumbling idiots who get into fixes the wives must undo.
Can't let go yet...Tom mentioned one woman of note, but how many thousands of men have there been? All I'm saying is let's just elect women and see what happens. One woman tried and, in Tom's estimation, failed. Maybe that's not a true test. Ok, done.
I don't mean to bash white males, except those who make up our current administration. (I did hear a funny joke that Dick Cheney must be the ultimate gangsta because he shot a man in the face and the victim aplogized to Dick and his family for causing a problem.)And I do agree that we should be able to laugh at ourselves and others should laugh along with us.
Failed to be peaceful, that is.
You both just said people should not take themselves too seriously, but you thought we should drop the fun we were having!!!IT'S JUST FUN!
How come on many sit-coms the husbands are very large and the wives are petite!
SERIOUSNESS IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD BOREDOM! I took that from Oscar Wilde(he said it in a more clever way).
Wise women an oxymoron? hahahaha
Wise women may use oxy pads or oxydol soap...
Men on leashes isn't an oxymoron either, but it's funny.
I'm not baking, but someone else is gettin hot!
At one quite drunken Egan holiday party, I did see Mary swat Mike on the bottom with a belt.
I agree. Regardless of race, creed or gender I plan to vote for the most qualified white male in the next election.Is that bad? Traditional politics assume blacks would rally behind Osama, women behind Hilary, etc. I did vote for a woman a couple times-Patty Judge for Sec of Agriculture and then Lt. Gov. Also, I'd vote for that girl from the 80's remake of Flash Gordon (Princess something or other, not Dale Arden) if she ever ran for anything.
Cant we all just get along?
I have voted once in my life-Ross Perot(sp?). Don't know how to spell it-just checked the box.
Hey...leave Mike out of my rodeo...that was all a metaphor for loser guys...he said to me once "Mary, if I could lasso the moon I would for you"...and I believed him and it has truly been a Wondeful Life, no bullshit.
Joe...who was Patty Judge?...Allow me...patty cake patty cake makers man make me a man fast as you can!
I'm not at all sure Iron Mags was a woman.
Nothing in the Bible says that there were three, wise men or wise women. Actually, given the situation - poor young woman delivering her first child, nowhere to stay - three or four women probably did show up to help, and/or donate useful items, but weren't deemed worthy of mention. It was white males who decided what went into the Bible.
And, no male of that time and place would have hung around in a small stable with an "unclean" (having just given birth and still bleeding) woman. They probably took Joseph out for a few drinks and gave him all the presents. Ooh, it just makes me so mad...
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