Category Archives: Cats

Today’s Coffee Was for the Birds

Posted on November 16, 2017 by judisunshine

You know the saying that spilling your coffee is like the adult version of losing your balloon, or dropping your ice-cream cone? I think that is especially true if a) it’s your first of the day, b) it’s purchased from … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats, Coffee, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Food, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized, Women | Tagged birds, coffee, McDonald's, mornings, Mr. Peanutbutter, Nevada Avenue, patience | 2 Comments

10 Reasons for Joy In My Day

Posted on March 22, 2014 by judisunshine

1) Having the very last slice of TH pizza for the season as my breakfast — thank you Trevor Stice; it was delicious. 2) Learning a few new tasks that keep Jan-Pro running, and that I can now help with. … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Family, Friends, Lists, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Women, Work | Tagged Bally's, Crispin, exercise, Faith, Frozen, hope, Jan-Pro Cleaning of Southern Colorado, Josh, joy, Love, Manitou Incline, Manitou Springs Colorado, small town, step climber, This is the day the Lord has made, Tommy, Townhouse Lounge Manitou, Townhouse Lounge pizza, working out | Leave a comment

Then You Can Dream About It, and It’ll Be a Whole Garden.

Posted on December 24, 2013 by judisunshine

You know, George, I feel that in a small way we are doing something important. Satisfying a fundamental urge. It’s deep in the race for a man to want his own roof and walls and fireplace, and we’re helping him … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Childhood, Family, Friends, The '80s, Work | Tagged A Day Late and a Dollar Short Terry McMillan, apartments, Christmas, Colorado fires, creche, cruises, Dorothy, Fontanini, George Bailey, Holly Hobbie, Hurricane Sandy, it's a wonderful life, jimmy stewart, Little Orphan Annie, miracle on 34th street, natalie wood, nativity scenes, ornaments, Shannon, St. Nick's Day, Wizard of Oz | Leave a comment

Rewatching “Buffy”: My Top 15 S4-7 Desert Island Eps (Starting with 4!)

Posted on October 15, 2012 by judisunshine

Guys, it’s so sad. Like, I’m near tears as I write this, because Josh and I only have three more episodes before the glorious “Buffy” rewatch marathon winds to a finish. But on the happy side, I was right to … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Buffy, Cats, Celebrities, Dreams, Driving & Other Transportation, Entertainment, Friends, Lists, Miscellaneous | Tagged 'ships, Alyson Hannigan, AmberBenson, Angel, Anya, Buffy Season 4, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, character driven, cheese man, comas, crying on camera, Die Hard, Dreams, Eliza Dushku, Emma Caulfield, Faith, Fear Itself, FX, God, Halloween, Hush, Joan of Arc, Joss Whedon, Joyce Summers, Lisa Kudrow, Little Red Riding Hood, Marc Blucas, Meisner versus Stanislavsky, method acting, My Two Dads, New Moon Rising, Nicholas Brendon, Oz, Phoebe, Punky Brewster, Restless, Riley, Sapphos, Sarah Michelle Gellar, scary bunnies, Scooby Gang, Selfless, Seth Green, short black wigs, so sad, Soleil Moon-Frye, Someone's in the ceiling, spells as sexual metaphor, Staci Keanan, Tara, tears, The Baby-Sitters Club, The Prom, This Year's Girl, trolling, TV marathons, vans, Who Are You, Wild At Heart, Willow Rosenberg, Xander | Leave a comment

The Ballad of Pecan

Posted on August 18, 2012 by judisunshine

It was a Spring day in 1996. I was in my bedroom on the third floor of my Baldwin family home, with two new kittens that were now my babies. One orange and white, one tabby/stray that earned him the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged 1996, ACE bandage, Archie Andrews, Bootsie's Ghost, brothers, cats as family, cats glaring at you from underneath the Christmas tree, Christmas, Cordelia Chase, Crispin, Cupcake, cynical cats, Da End of Da Road, Da Kitties, Da Pets, Dead Man's Party Season 3 Buffy, family moving away, Game of Thrones, happy for the community, hot apple cider, Jughead Jones, Ken Kesey, long life, madonna/whore complex, Magic Trip, Molloy college, North Shore Animal League, obligatorily indignant, Oneonta, Pecan, phileo love, poets, possums, proverbial eyebrows, Pumpkin, RIP, Rupert Giles, Seth Green, Spring, Spring 2008, Stella Luna is the best restaurant in Oneonta, tabby cats, The Shield, the sixties, Tommy, tummy rubs, turning 25, Vic Mackey, Walton Goggins, Welcome home Tommy, West Side Story | Leave a comment

Manitou Don’t Leave

Posted on June 25, 2012 by judisunshine

Dear Manitou Springs, With few exceptions, my major life downfall has been too many eggs, and not enough baskets. My grandmother recently wrote to my family that I have such a warm heart; if only I were more careful with … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Books, Cats, Coffee, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Food, Friends, Going Out, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Romance, School, TV, Vacations, Video Games, Women | Tagged 1991, 90 years old, artists, baby shower, Barker House, baskets, can I borrow four eggs, chills, Christmas ornaments, civilization, Colorado Avenue, Colorado Springs, comic books, don't put all your eggs in one basket, Don't you die on me bitch, Ed Harris, evacuations, fires, forest fires, ghosts, Gilmore Girls, grandmothers, High school, hugs, Jan-Pro Cleaning of Southern Colorado, Long Island, Manitou Avenue, Manitou penny arcade, Manitou Springs, mate, mush, myriad, national news, Old Colorado City, penny arcade, Pike's Peak marathon, pinball, restaurant jobs, Rockabye Baby, Ruxton, Smokey the Bear, South Shore Christian School, Stars Hollow, Stephen King, The Abyss, The Townhouse, Townhouse Lounge, trapped in a bubble, video games, waitressing, Waldo Canyon fire, wine | 4 Comments

Cupcakes, Wine, or Beer?

Posted on May 8, 2012 by judisunshine

So we’re speeding towards that time of year To the day that marks that you’re not here ~ Azure Ray It’s been a year. Today, it’s been a year, since. I’d never lived in any other state in my entire … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Food, Friends, Miscellaneous, Movies, Romance, Women | Tagged Azure Ray, beer, Chip, Colorado, cupcakes, Doctor von Rockenstein, Grandmother, hardest day of life, JFK airport, May, Mean Girls, mother, New York, November, Oneonta, pizza, Townhouse Lounge Manitou, wine, yellow roses | 2 Comments

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 10: Two of a Kind

Posted on May 3, 2012 by judisunshine

Right off the bat, you sort of know what you’re getting into with this movie, because there are John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John on the root menu, smiling, with matching feathered hair and Olivia Newton-John in blue ’80s sunglasses. So … Continue reading →

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Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 21: Like Father, Like Son

Posted on March 12, 2012 by judisunshine

“ICMN is just a front to watch all your favorite movies under the veil of irony,” my brother Eric texted me before when I told him of my illustrious viewing choice for this evening. And he’s not wrong, at least … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Miscellaneous, Movies, School | Tagged '80s movies, 7th Heaven, Autograph band, blondes, Bloody Mary, brain transference serum, Cap'n Crunch, Carol Seaver, Catherine Hicks, celebrities, cheerleaders, chief of staff, Chris Hammond, Cocoa Puffs, curly hair, doctors, Don Johnson, Dr. von Rockenstein, Dudley Moore, freeze frame, frog dissection, Funny Games, getting a C, giving birth at truck stops, Grey's Anatomy, Heather Locklear, High school, high-speed car chases, hospitals, ICMN, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Jack Hammond, Jaguars, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kids Incorporated, Kirk Cameron, lettermen jackets, Like Father Like Son, Linda Ronstadt, Margaret Colin, martinis, Merrick New York, Michael J. Fox, montages, Motley Crue Wild Side, mumbo jumbo, Northwestern University, Ozzy Luth, panthers, Pegasus, Peggy Sue Got Married, Principal Snyder, red Jeep, red jeeps, Rick, Sean Astin, shoulder pads, speeches, surgery, Sylvester Stallone, Tabasco, Teen Wolf, The Baby-Sitters Club, tinkly piano music, Tri-Star, Uncle Earl, wiseasses, yuppies, zombie video games | Leave a comment

5 Reasons To Watch Funny Games (2007 Remake)

Posted on March 11, 2012 by judisunshine

Spoiler alert! Though I think one could watch “Funny Games” and enjoy it after reading my blog, I do give potential spoilers for the movie! 1) The Soundtrack/Score I’ve always had a predilection towards metal and other scary sounds that … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Books, Cats, Celebrities, Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Food, Friends, Going Out, Lists, Miscellaneous, Movies, Music, Superheroes/Villains, Supernatural :o, Theater, TV, Women | Tagged 1987, Adventureland, Alanis Morrissette, awesome kid actors, Balls of steel, Bonehead, Brady Corbet, classical music, Devon Gearheart, Devon Gearheart is a prodigiously awesome actor, emoticons, every woman should read Gift of Fear and Tomato Nation, Funny Games, Funny Games 2007, Gavin De Becker, Gift of Fear, idyllic vacation spots, IMDB, Michael Haneke, Michael Pitt, Naked City, Naomi Watts, Naomi Watts 'cause she is a fucking rock star, Naomi Watts acting the hell out of all of it, score, Soundtrack, sympathetic character, T. S. Eliot, Tm Roth | 5 Comments

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