Drigger and Twitch. Animal shelters. Weather. Idol.

This is Drigger sitting, sort of, on the sofa. I just thought it was cute so I took a picture.

This is Twitch, the other of two cats that this "flatness" is the favorite laying position.

Yesterday was a pretty good day. Although it was a bit chilly (high 20's low 30's - Fahrenheit), it was sunny most of the day. We stopped in to talk to the people at a shelter about taking some of our cats to try and find homes for. They obviously can't take all of the 21 that we want to have placed in new homes. But they did say that when we're ready and have $15 each for worming, flea baths and shots, to call and they'll tell us how many they can't take (probably a couple at a time). We're also going to keep calling our local animal shelter and try to get as many in there as possible. It not only would be a shorter drive, but because we live in this county we wouldn't have to pay $15 for each cat. The shelter in Lebanon told us that tabbies (which we have 3 of), black cats (we have one), orange ones (have 5), and disabled kitties (we have one of these too), are all "hard to place" unless they are extremely friendly and/or very unique so it would be better if we didn't bring them in. However, there is another shelter that does place those types, so we just need to find their phone number and location and talk to them.

We also got some differential fluid added to the van's rear-end differential for $4.95. It's a little quieter, but still somewhat noisy, which means we still need to replace the rear-end. Hopefully it'll last longer though, so if we can't get it replaced soon it won't go out on us. *crossing fingers*

Today the weather is miserable - cold (32) and sleeting. Here's the forecast according to Weatherbug:

Periods of freezing rain...sleet and a slight chance of thunderstorms. New sleet accumulation around 1 inch. New ice accumulation around one half of an inch. Highs in the mid 20s. Light and variable winds in the morning becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Chance of precipitation 100 percent.

	And lastly, although this years American Idol is being hyped as "the best competition ever", I have not been all that impressed with the singers so far. It is early though, so hopefully they'll get better.

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