Jun. 23rd, 2008

Awww, Juls, you posted a survey Friday-ish that I was about to do but it was gone :P

Had a good weekend - didn't go out and do much, but it felt great to stay in and be mundane :) Got a ton of work done in the backyard, and also did a fairly good house cleaning including shampooing the carpet and couch. Matt put a pretty black fence around the front yard as well :D

As far as fun stuff goes, did my eyebrow appointment on Saturday, did some shopping, went to the drive in cinema, and last night Matt got to try out the grill I got him for his birthday! Yum!

My mid 2008 resolution is to be more charitable. I've sent an email to the Idaho Humane Society for the form to set up a monthly funds transfer to donate to them. I'm thinking $50 a month, I really feel that Idaho is a bit lacking in the care for homeless animals, and instead of donating items, I'd rather donate funds because a lot of charities have cheaper access to needed items than the general public does.

Speaking of charities being able to cheaply access - did you know the Idaho food bank can by about 7lbs of food for a dollar? And nearly 1 in 8 children in Idaho go home hungry every night. The food bank also just lost a sponsor for one of their programs for feeding children (they would send kids that were on the school lunch programs home with a backpack of food for the weekend), so they had to drop that program.....times are tight right now, and charities aren't making it, as more people are needing instead of donating.

I know I bad mouth public assistance programs often - but that is because I do not believe it is the job of the government to force people to offer aid - and often aid that doesn't cut it, and where most of the money brought in to give aid goes to overhead and nit-picky-government-BS. I believe it is the heart of the people to want to reach out and help one another, and I think that if we weren't so bogged down with taxes and demands to give away portions of our income to a government that we see doing a shoddy job at their meager attempts to offer aid...we'd feel a lot more generous.

So we should suck it up...and donate a dollar or two....when you're tempted to go to the snack machine at work...pocket the dollar...remind yourself you could have a bag of chips, OR you could feed a family dinner....you could have a candy bar, or you could buy a bed for a canine friend...you don't have to give up everything, but what about giving up one out of three times? We can all make small differences, and that adds up to a big difference.
You know how sometimes people on your friend's list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when are they working THERE? Since when are they dating HIM/HER? since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you *should* already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.

Please copy mine below, erase my answers putting yours in their place then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration! One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out :)

1. First Name: KiKi. No I wasn't born with it, but it did start with my mother calling me that, so it's still one of my "given" names :).

2. Age: It's scary, cos I often forget my age - I'll be 27 on October 30th. Sometimes I get confused and think I'll be 28..

3. Location: Body is in Idaho, heart's in California.

4. Occupation: I'm the front office manager for a not for profit homeless/underinsured clinic in Boise, Idaho.

5. Partner?: Married to the wonderful [livejournal.com profile] rudestlink - you may know him as Mr Sexiest Guy EverTM from my journal from a couple of years ago. Yat for things that work out!

6. Kids: Do some kitties and puppies and rats count?

7. Brothers/Sisters: One sister named Cheryl, she's 28 and she lives in Hawaii. I'm going to visit in two months!

8. Pets: What about animal family? I have a japanese chin called Astrid, a wolf named Ronin, a ragdoll kitty called Impy, a ragdoll kitty called Sophia, a tuxedo kitty Morrighan, a brown rat called Triton, and a black and white rat called Tinkerton.

9. List the 3-5 biggest things going on in your life:
-home/yard renovation-getting it into suitable shape for selling eventually, and purging myself of things no longer needed/wanted. Getting my back yard under control
-reconnecting with friends, I've felt reclusive, school isn't helping
-finding my muse and centering my mind, I've been lacking in the creative juices, mainly due to stress and being so busy

10. Where and for what did you go to school for?: I'm currently attending BSU for social work

11. Parents?: My father passed away about six years ago. He was very morally conservative, but somehow accepted me anyway. He was a Christian and a Marine - don't ask me how I turned out as I did. I think he brought me up well though, and I find myself to be fairly moral, even if most of my beliefs clashed with his. My mother came to the US from the Phillipenes when she was about 20 years old, my father met her when he was stationed there, and they ended up marrying, and then took on the long process of bringing her here. Despite living in this country for 30ish years, she still sometimes mixes up the letters P and F. She loves to travel, and she still acts very young.

12. Who are some of your closest friends?: To be honest, I'm so out of touch with people I don't even know. Matt, Martin, Corey, Lizzy. I wish I had more female friends in Idaho

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