I'm depressed. We lost our cat o'mara. We took her and murphy to the vet this evening and she was doa. Murphy had to have surgery to unblock his urethra. He should be home tomorrow. Mara died of an asthma attack.

For those of you in the CF communities with me and the SPO communities you'll know who I'm talking about (fanfictionaxis)

Why is it their posts never and I do mean NEVER make sense?!  I can't follow what is said or why they bother trying to post.  They think they are smart and witty but they end up looking like an ass because the posts are confusing.

I just skip any posts they make and ignore their stupid comments to my own posts.  (If you had read the post you'd know that your comment was ignorant, fanfictionaxis)

Thank the goddess they are CF!

I have a large vintage shoe collection and a few pairs just don't fit me.  If you know anyone that is looking for some cute vintage shoes send them my way...

I can't wait until our next camping trip!  Johnny is going to take a week off of work so we can go.  I think we'll leave the boys with my parents this time.  I bought a "new" vintage Coleman picnic cooler off ebay.  Its green and white but a little red spray paint can fix that.  I also found a conversion kit that will turn our white fuel stove into a propane stove. 

I want to get new sleeping bags instead of using the backpacking ones.  Nice big king size fluffy ones.  I'd also like to have an SUV but that may not happen.  *la sigh*

I found out there is a group of vintage trailer collectors called "The Sisters on the Fly"  A womens group that take their travel trailers camping, fishing, hiking etc just because they can!

I've found bunches more pictures of old trailers.  Here they are...


1952 Yellowstone Travel Trailer


1956 Shasta Travel Trailer


1962 Shasta Travel Trailer




Travel Trailer Birdhouse

I thought it was time to post my fat mug...



Yeah, I'm a cam whore.  I just don't post anything.


Yes, that is a rat on my shoulder.  His name is Asahi. 

A picture overload of our kids...
Hee hee!  I am going to make them fishing vests for our next camping trip.  Plus I'll have to get them life vests for the boat.


The cats are spoiled.  They have their own room!

After cutting milk out of my diet it seems my body has waged a bloody mutiney against cheese of any kind!  I was fine last night was a cheese burger(processed cheese no doubt) but have a tiny bit of cheese in a garden omelet and I'm as sick as a dog!  Now it seems I won't be eating cheese on top of milk!  I am beginning to hate life.

Life has been slow around the Miller home.  The dogs are lazy as are the cats and the rat seems to be a bum too.  Johnny is enjoying his video games and I'm perfectly happy surfing the net.

Our Disneyland passes expire on March 14th but we are going to wait until after August to renew them.  With schools out for the summer and the heat it was never worth it to go during that time. We mostly went during fall and winter when people were getting the kids back in school and worrying about the holidays.

I'm still collecting things for our future trailer.  I know, I'm crazy.

I woke up this morning to the doorbell and found a few of the packages I was expecting and that it was raining!  I love the rain and we really needed the rain.  I was afraid we'd have another dry year and extremely hot summer.

Well, I started coffee and opened my packages.  Let me just say I had been waiting for one of them.  I had ordered a few orchid hair clips to go with a pair of shoes I bought for VLV.  I am not happy with the quality of the work!  I have a friend who makes bows and hair clips for a few of the rockabilly/vintage shops near us.  She is very concerned with making sure every thing is well made and will last.  The clips I just got are crap!  They are just some very cheap fake flowers hot glued to a clip with a quarter inch drop of glue.  I do have to say it is my fault for buying them off Ebay and not a well known web store.  The flowers are so cheap if I pop them off the clips the fabric will rip.  I had opened a dispute last week for these clips as I have been waiting since the beginning of Jan. 

I hate shoddy workmanship!  Well, if any of you ladies have any suggestions on where to get some fab flower clips that would be great.

I've been looking for images of old canned ham trailers.  I've come across a few so here they are!











I am still dreaming of my own canned ham trailer.

I am lactose intolerant.  I went to the doctor yesterday after trying to figure out why I was having issues at night before I go to bed.  Turns out that glass of milk I have to help me sleep is making my tummy hurt.

I guess I'll have to switch back to soymilk 100% of the time.

It's just another day here at Casa de Miller.  Lemme update everyone on the recent events.

A few weeks ago I got an email from an Ebay seller I bought a purse from.  She offered to let me pick it up seeing as she lived a few streets over from us.  I walked the corgis over to her house and ended up spending the evening over there chatting and "ooooh-ahhh" over all her neat vintage/retro things!  We have been hanging out at least 3 times a week since then!  Johnny even likes her and her husband!  We've had dinner with them 3 times(once at their house, once out and the last was here).

I got the wind chimes I ordered and they are fab!  They have a nice tone and a great look!  I had picked up some wire/cocoa hanging planters at Big Lots before the spring rush.  At $4 a pot they are worth the money and the waiting til spring.  Johnny and I want to get some more bamboo privacy fencing to give that tiki look in the yard.  Johnny wants to recover the side yard where we already have some bamboo. 

I still need to find some patio furniture and patio lighting.  The few sites I found with the furniture I like want an arm and a leg for them.  I'll find something soon. 

I have a lot to do to get our camping gear ready for the spring and summer.  I have to put our camp stove back together and get the lantern looked at.  We do have a propane lantern but I'd like to get our gas lantern working.  I'd also like to find out why the lantern safe won't fit our lantern. 

As far as camping gear goes I have a few pieces I want to get.  I think we need the following small and large red coleman coolers, red lantern case, camp kitchen, folding table and chairs/stools, campfire chairs(director style), new tent! and a travel trailer!  We don't need the trailer but I want one.  I've been keeping my eye open for things for a trailer(stove, bedding, table etc).  I'm working on a second set of kitchen wares for a trailer.  I'm looking at yellows, copper and reds.

I still have a few things I need to do before Johnny comes home from work.  Like vacuum the area rug, put away clean dishes and mop the floors.

So it has been raining here for several days.  We get the most rain fall at night.  The lawn needs the water so I'm happy with the weather.  I was threatened with a ticket a few weeks back when I was watering our front lawn.  They are trying to conserve water here but they are being assholes about it.  They are showing video of people wasting water on the city's tv channel.

I went ahead and ordered my Aloha windchimes in lime green.  They should be here in about 2 weeks.  Last week I planted some "fiber optic" grass in the planters on the fence.  It looks good and LOVES water.  I wanted to put some Boston ferns outside but they only like indirect sunlight.  I found some nice sun loving tropical vines instead.  I have to order them through a nursery but they are located here in California. 

Today I deep cleaned the kitchen and washed the linens.  No big deal.  I also gave our rat a bath.

I spent the day washing, repairing and making toys for the furbabies.  I forgot we had sooooo many cat toys!  They don't even play with most of them but I figured they should be clean if they want them.

I've drafted my own patterns for sushi type toys for them.  I just need to buy the squeekers for the dog toys.

So, it didn't start raining until after Johnny got home from work this afternoon.  Yuck.  Too late in the day to start cleaning and late enough that it is going to be a very cold night.

I'm planning out my patio/garden for spring.  I want to add a few more creeping vine type plants in hanging pots and the wind chimes I mentioned before.  I'd love to have my Wedgewood stove off the patio come spring.  I might end up selling it if we don't bring it in the house soon.

We still need some nice chew proof outdoor furniture.  The set I was looking at last spring has some plastic parts and wouldn't last with our dogs.

Speaking of dogs... I woke up this morning to find 2 pairs of my heels out in the yard chewed up.  We blocked off the livingroom because the dogs are starting to chew up our things.  Mostly it was Xmas decorations and power cords for our cell phones.  But my shoes are a big NO-NO!

I finally found a site that sells the other set of Woodstock Chimes I want.  They are the Tiki Chimes!

I guess I have spring on my mind!

Last night was okay.  Not exciting but just okay.  We stayed home and had snacks and sparkling apple cider.  Just after midnight the fireworks and gun shots into the air started.  The dogs got a little scared and Johnny let them up on the bed to sleep with him until they stopped.  The cats hung out on the shag rug.

I slept in this morning and tomorrow I'm going to San Diego with my Mom and my Aunt.  Shopping trip to Old Town.

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Father went to college - yes
Father finished college - yes
Mother went to college - yes
Mother finished college - yes
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor - my uncle(aunt's ex-husband)
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers - yes
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home - yes
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home - yes (my Mom IS a teacher and brought home lots of books)
Were read children's books by a parent - yes
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18 - yes
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18 - yes (swim lessons, golf lessons and piano lessons)
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively-I'm not sure
Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18 - no
Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs - no
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs - no
Went to a private high school - no
Went to summer camp - yes (golf camp, swim camp, junior lifeguards and soccer camp)
Had a private tutor before you turned 18 - yes (french and chemistry)
Family vacations involved staying at hotels - yes
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18 - no (I thrifted some of my own clothes)
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them - yes (I was 23)
There was original art in your house when you were a child - yes (my Mom paints and sculpts)
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18 - yes (I bought an old rotary phone for myself)
You and your family lived in a single family house - yes
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home - yes
You had your own room as a child - yes (I'm an only child)
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course - yes (twice)
Had your own TV in your room in High School - no
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College - no
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16 - yes
Went on a cruise with your family - no
Went on more than one cruise with your family - no
Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up - yes
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family - yes (we used space heaters and we lived in California)


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Johnny and I are spending Christmas day by our selves.  I have the dinner planned out.  A nice honey glazed ham, potatos, rolls, smore's pie, stuffing, veggies and some wine. 

We want some time to ourselves since last Christmas(our first after we got married) we spent it with his extended family and had a rotten time.  We were treated like children being told we couldn't leave the house even to see a movie.  We had to leave without anyone knowing just to visit my extended family for dinner.  I felt trapped.

Anyway, we are having dinner with my parents on Christmas Eve.  The day after Christmas day is with his parents.

I want to wish everyone a very happy holidays!