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1. about 4 hours ago on Ten Cats

   Today is:

   NATIONAL WAITSTAFF DAY

   NATIONAL STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM DAY. And it’s still too early for strawberries here. They come in June.

   NATIONAL MEMO DAY

   NATIONAL AMERICAN RED CROSS FOUNDER’S DAY

   WORLD MEDITATION DAY

2. about 4 hours ago on Ten Cats

   I think Chesney is being sort of cute, acting out the story.

3. 1 day ago on Pickles

   I’m a woman and I can’t understand using tons of pillows either. You just have to toss them all off the bed when you want to go to sleep, so why pile them up there in the first place?

4. 1 day ago on Ten Cats

   Today is:

   NATIONAL BE A MILLIONAIRE DAY. I don’t even need a million dollars. I’d be happy with half that! Or with a quarter of that! Or a tenth of that! Yes, I’d be happy with $100,000.

   NATIONAL RESCUE DOG DAY

   NATIONAL SUGARBEE® APPLE DAY

   NATIONAL STREAMING DAY

   NATIONAL PICK STRAWBERRIES DAY. Strawberries are not in season here until June.

   NATIONAL QUICHE LORRAINE DAY

   NATIONAL GURU DAY

5. 1 day ago on Ten Cats

   Sorry, Chesney, but I have to ask. What’s the story with the big fish?

6. 1 day ago on Day by Dave

   Done! What’s the second thing?

7. 2 days ago on Ten Cats

   I didn’t find my deer whistles yet, but I’ll keep looking. I found them recently when I was looking for something else, so I know I have some. All the same, I was ready to buy more at Walmart yesterday, but we didn’t have any. The count said we have 3, but there were none on the peg. Maybe they were stolen. I don’t have much of a bumper on my car, but maybe just enough to mount the deer whistles. I’m on vacation this coming week (Monday through Friday) so I have some time to dig in the closet for those whistles.

   Anyway, I didn’t see any deer or any other animals on my drive home last night. I think I creamed a moth or some kind of bug that hit my windshield, but that was it. But driving to work yesterday, I saw a deer in the ditch in the general area where I saw the 2 fawns the other night. It wasn’t one of the fawns. This was an adult deer. Too far into the ditch to see its gender, but I can’t help wondering if it was the mother of those 2 fawns. That could explain why they were running around in such a confused state. I hope those fawns will be okay. If that was their mom, the poor babies must have been as scared as I was when I almost ran into them.

8. 2 days ago on Ten Cats

   Today is:

   NATIONAL DEVIL’S FOOD CAKE DAY

   TAKE YOUR PARENTS TO THE PLAYGROUND DAY

   NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY

   NATIONAL MAY RAY DAY. “May 19 is the time of year National May Ray Day celebrates the bright sunshine, warmer weather with just a slight breeze to cool your skin.” Slight breeze? Oh, YEAH?! no slight breezes here. its been more like gusting winds.

9. 2 days ago on Ten Cats

   So, how did the hole in the wall happen?

10. 3 days ago on Ten Cats

    Oh my gosh! My first night driving home from work in my wonderful new Impala and I came so close to hitting not just one, but TWO deer that I’m still feeling shaky over 3 hours later. I saw the deer (two young fawns, old enough to not have their spots anymore, but too young and inexperienced to know the dangers of traffic) running across the highway in front of me. I slammed the brakes on hard enough so the groceries I had on my back seat fell onto the floor. I missed the deer by maybe a couple feet. Luckily, the person driving behind me also stopped without running into me. Well, of course, I came to a complete stop. The young deer didn’t know what to do. They stood there a while, then ran back and forth in front of me, then off onto the side of the road, then in front of me again. When they started trotting alongside the road, I followed behind, doing about 5 mph in case they took a notion to run in front of me again. When they finally ran off and out of sight, I finally was able to go faster again. But I just can’t get over the panic I felt at almost hitting those two. I wonder where their mother was? Gosh, I hope they were not running around in confusion because their mother had been hit by a car and was lying dead by the side of the road! I didn’t see anything like that, but it was dark and my eyes were focused on the fawns. After they ran off, I did watch for any other deer before I started moving again, but I was looking for live deer, not dead ones. I’m still feeling shaky, but I’m so relieved I didn’t hit them. The deer are fine and the car is fine and I’m not hurt. Fine will take some time for me to achieve.

    In the morning, I’m going to take a closer look at my car to see if there is a place to stick deer whistles on the bumper (there wasn’t on my Malibu). I have some and if I can find them, and if I have a bumper to put them on, I will. I don’t know if they really work, but they can’t hurt. If I can’t find the ones that I know I have, I’ll buy more.