Thanksgiving

My favorite song of thanksgiving and praise Aaron Shust "My God"

Dear Follower

I have a mystery follower! Yes - that would be YOU since nobody else checks out my blog. Seriously - nobody at all - it's just here for me to play around with and try features or different blog apps so I can help my friends who use them for their businesses. PLEASE tell me who you are and why you follow...it would be very interesting to know what captures your attention.

Yes, Got Snow (4" and still falling)

Woke up this morning to fresh snowfall, the first one that counts.

Got Snow?

First snow of the season (no accumulation) arrived at 6:15 September 21st.

American Made Products

I'm going to post links to places that have American Made products. I've found a few great comprehensive lists such as:

http://www.americansworking.com/
http://www.madeinusa.org
http://www.usab2c.com

If you find more, please add to this post!

Passing On & Silver Linings

We are on day 40 of being smoke free. It's almost like an old friend passing on, so there is a bit of grief. And you just know there is no bringing that person back. OK, maybe a significant amount of grief. It's also like moving to a new city where there are all kinds of wonderful new opportunities, it's exhilarating. There are so many blessings to count, the grief will pass and life will be better - a great change.

Another significant change is literally the passing of our best friends. Boo and Jinx discovered the outdoors this summer and could not be kept indoors (they breached our very transparent pet security measures). After a few weeks 'at camp,' the boys disappeared. Natural causes are not suspected. Investigators note similarities in the disappearances and suspect a serial predator. I've been taking it pretty hard. I keep looking at the cats at the area animal shelters. All their stuff has been moved to the attic, and we don't have fur balls and cat mess everywhere, nobody is destroying our carpets and furniture....and nobody is climbing in our laps to watch the game. I'd rather have the kitties and the mess.

Screeeeeeech - name change

I found out there is another site out there with the name I was using for this blog, so rather than be confused with an actual, legitimate site, I'm going back to Squirrel Gone Wild. FAQ: Where did you get that name, from that stupid t-shirt? (A) Yes, that's exactly where it came from. Cracked me up when I saw that. Like my new shoes, just had to have it.