Thursday, January 12, 2012

Thursday This and That

When your kitty cat could use some sunglasses in January, it's a good thing.
Fuzzy Wuzzy was living the epitome of a cat's life yesterday, snoozin' in the warmth of an intense sun shining from a brilliant blue sky.
Fuzzy Wuzzy's 13 this year, so if she could talk, she'd probably shout out a few praises of this winter right alongside her human friends.

The nice winter worked in a bad way for Bill yesterday.  
Whenever he gets off work early, he likes to go for hikes.
Yesterday---second Wednesday in a row---he headed for the Albertson wildlife management area on Gold Creek Road.
Even on the Albertson property, Bill can't get away from work.
His boss Mike called him.
Bill fumbled with his gloves and managed to pull out his cell phone in time to answer.
After saying good bye, he stuffed the cell phone back in his pocket---or so he thought.
He discovered, however, after arriving home from his hike,  that the cell phone was not in his pocket.  He looked all over his pickup with no luck.
I even went outside to the truck and called his phone. 
No answer.
I'm betting a coyote out there in Albertsonville probably heard it and yiped a few hellos.
But coyotes haven't been watching TV, so they don't know anything about "Can you hear me now?"
Today, after work, Bill will get to hike the Albertson property again, retracing his steps which did not follow any set trail.
I might go with him, carrying along my iphone and dialing his number every so often.
Had it not been sunshiny and nice, Bill would probably not be hiking that area, so we can blame it all on the good weather.
Can you hear me now????

I don't like to sound like a broken record too often, though I know it happens occasionally with ZAGS and weather talk, but I feel obligated once more to mention Miss Idaho.

Today is the last day of voting for the video contest determining the "People's Choice" finalist for Miss America.  
Genevieve Nutting continues to rack up the votes, and I can say she's definitely in the running.
So, one last appeal to any and all out there who know potatoheads who may not have voted.
Click on the above, then click on video contest.  
Scroll to Miss Idaho.
Watch her video and vote.
Simple as that. 
Tell friends, neighbors, all potatoheads and friends of potatoheads to vote today. 
Voting closes at 11:59 p.m.
If you're on Facebook, you can also get to know a little more about Genevieve by visiting the FB Miss Idaho Organization wall where photos of her activities at the Miss America pageant continue to be posted.
Again, my daughter-in-law Debbie Love knows Genevieve, through their mutual involvement with the Girl Scouts of USA,  and thinks the world of her. 
Miss America pageant will air Saturday night at 9 p.m. on ABC.  Ten finalists will be named and then the People's Choice finalist. 
Thanks so much. 
In the meantime, we're all mustering up our spirit and maybe saying a "Hail Mary" or two for tonight's ZAGS game against WCC powerhouse St. Mary's.
Come to think of it, maybe we'd better stick with the "Apostle's Creed" since "St. Mary's" probably has a monopoly on all "Hail Mary's." 
Anyway, it's gonna be a hard-fought game so we need positive energy to see the ZAGS pull off a victory.  
8 p.m. PST - ESPN2
Go ZAGS
Happy Thursday.

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