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$500 gets you a free kitten

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I had been on a streak of blogging for a while….until yesterday, but I had good reason.  One of my dogs became deathly ill (I’ll save the squeamish from any details).  There were lots of fluids, she was shaking, falling over, the whole bit.  So off we went to the vet.  We were there for about 2 hours while she had fluids, tests, x-rays, the works.  The doc could find nothing wrong with her…fabulous.  We left there with 3 prescriptions, a still barfing dog, a wallet $500 lighter and a kitten.

Now I would hope that you were caught off guard by that last item.  Here’s what happened.  While we were waiting to be seen a lady came out of one of the rooms with a humongous carrier.  We overheard that there were 3 generations of cats in it, so of course we HAD to look.  That look, was our downfall.  Inside were cats ranging from 2 weeks to 3 years old, all beautiful pure bred siamese (or is it siameses?).  Turns out the lady wanted to get rid of the kittens because she was sick of having them in her parents’ house.  So she pulled out Rosebud, a 3 month old lilac siamese with bright blue eyes.  And we were DONE.  The second she snuggled, I got the order to call Dad at work to ask if we could keep it…and it was a go.

She went from Rosebud to Willow Lil Shit.  No, she is not Native American, but she is a Lil Shit.  About an hour into her being home with us….we lost her.  You would be surprised at how a 2 lb cat can squeeze into the darndest places.  We called her (even though she had no clue she had a name) and even went on youtube to play videos of cats crying…nothing.  An hour later we find her sound asleep behind a bookcase…that lil shit.  While she tends to be scared of everything she is slowly settling in to her new home.

By the way, CeeCee is slowly getting back to her old self, no surgery or extreme treatment required.  So I am left wondering.  If our bill is around $1500…do I finally get a pony?

Monday mission: Find a new ringtone

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A few months ago I was on a quest, a quest that required hours of tedious research, a quest (read the rest of the sentence in a dramatic movie voice) to find my ringtone. When I first downloaded my present ringtone, I thought I was going to be all cool.  It’s a YoYo Ma song that sounds like African drums (and no I don’t know why I thought this would be cool). I knew no one else would have it and it would be something that I recognized.  And I was right.  The thing was, the low notes were hard to hear across the house or in a car with the radio on. So to assure all of you who had attempted to contact me, I was NOT screening, just not hearing the tone (except for…well you know who you are).

So the time has come again to find a new ringtone.  Unlike most people who will download any hit song, hack it up and make it a ringtone, I am very picky.  Here’s what I’m not looking for:

Something that sounds like it was made on a Casio keyboard from 1980

Songs with lyrics (they end up getting stuck in my head, think what you will)

Stupid voices, like the guy who screams PICK UP YOUR PHONE

Animal sounds, because they are just dumb

A download from a service that will spam my phone

To pay for it

So as you have probably surmised, finding a new ringtone is not exactly an easy process in Amandaland.  I want a musical, easy to hear, not to short or too long, free ringtone. Is that too much to ask?  I think not.  So far today I have spent a little time surfing random sites that claim to offer free ringtones, but only the first 2 seconds are free, you need to pay $2.99 if you want the whole thing.  Stupid.

I must say, this time my task has been easier. I found a tone that I am fond of and suits all of my criteria.  The only catch is that I am not in love with it.  Which means I will be sick of it in one week.  So my hunt continues to find the perfect Amanda ringtone!  Here goes nothing…