My gosh, time sure flies when you have a kitty that likes to go for piggy back rides up and down the hall. Karen technically is an adult cat, but she is definitely on the small side. She still acts like a kitten,  I don’t know how long she’ll keep that up. I have enough “dignified” cats that are on the stuffy side, I just hope Karen doesn’t pick up on their attitudes any time soon. She still loves beans of all kinds, but also has developed a passion for Ranch salad dressing.  So can anyone blame me for choosing to “share” a salad with my kitty instead of updating my blog?

(Please note: Karen is never allowed to use any human dining implements of any kind. I have my own salad bowl, and she has her own kitty salad bowl.)

Whether you’re an adoptee, or gave someone up for adoption, or just have a ton of common sense, I would appreciate some advice.

I was talking to my younger sister and she brought up the names of some of the people we used to know in high school, and I did a google search on one I’ll call “Brenda Yarverver”. (The name is made up for reasons that will become obvious. This is going to sound like a Dear Abby letter or something, just giving you fair warning.)

I found an adoption site that mentioned Brenda Yarverver. The girl that posted it said she was looking for her birth mother, Brenda Yarverver. She said she was given up for adoption and wanted any information about Brenda.  All the details posted matched everything I knew about Brenda Yarverer, including her unique name and other information.

Here’s the sticky part: The last time I saw/heard from Brenda she was unwed, pregnant, doing drugs and involved in criminal fraud. As a matter of fact, that’s why I stopped associating with her because she seemed to be heading in a totally different direction than I.

So, do I email the girl and tell her, “Sorry, I don’t know much about your mom, the last time I saw her, she was asking me for money while high as a kite, pregnant with you and dating a man that had her using stolen credit cards?”

Is it better to leave her in the dark about her mother, or do you think she would rather know the truth? Personally, I can’t decide if I would rather know or not. What do you think?

Hydrox cookies are back for their 100th anniversary celebration and available for a limited time at your local grocery store. Personally, I would like to buy every pack in the metro Phoenix area and store them away for the future, but that probably wouldn’t be feasible right now, and besides, if I did that, then no one else in my area could discover their great taste and why they are far superior to Oreos. Don’t get me wrong, an Oreo isn’t horrible, and if you’ve never tasted a Hydrox, then you have no basis for comparison. However, many cookie purists maintain that Hydrox was the first of its kind on the market and Oreos are nothing but a cheap knockoff. Personally, I think that Hydrox do taste a lot better than Oreos, they seem to have a lot more chocolate flavor, while Oreos just seem to be sugar that’s colored to look like chocolate. Also, the Oreo filling seems like white sugary goo when compared to the Hydrox. Imo, the Oreo became more popular not because its a superior product, but because of superior marketing.

And yes, I know that Hydrox contains gluten, so I won’t be able to partake of them for now. I think that’s why I plan on stocking up on them so that I can indulge myself once I go off the gluten free diet. Then again, depending on their shelf life, maybe I’ll get a case of them for each person on my Christmas list this year.

May God bless and comfort those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001.

I am happy to admit, that after a lifelong quest, I have found that Someburros makes the best salsa in the world. It’s so good that I hope the streets of Heaven aren’t just paved with gold, but also lined with shelves containing an endless supply of their salsa.

However, their salsa isn’t very compatible with a computer keyboard, so after a heart-stopping OOOOPS moment, I am sitting at my big girl desktop, hoping that the laptop suffers no permanent damage.  Of course, all my bookmarks, my notes, and everything are on the laptop, so I don’t know how much work I’ll be able to do today. Heck, I can’t even get my IM program to work on this computer for some unfathomable reason. I’ll figure that out in a bit, but in the meantime, I have some delicious Mexican food to keep me busy. If you’re in the Phoenix area and are a fan of a good chile relleno, you have to check out the ones at Someburros, they are AMAZING! Just make sure that when you dig in, your laptop is safely put away first.

I’ve got about 2000 photos to sort through and watermark, so I don’t have time to do much writing today. However, if a picture’s worth a thousand words, then this should suffice for today:

I’ll be back by the 3rd. And despite rampant rumors to the contrary, my temporary absence has nothing to do with the Jerry Lewis Telethon, unicycles, dancing bears, or any combination thereof.