Thought I'd post a little piccie of the tree I put up. We had it already, and it is a small tree so why not right? I just put a few of my squirrel stuffed critters to make it feel, well, a bit more me. Also, here are the nuts I won for the door prize at my Christmas party last night. ^..^___#

Well, just got our heat fixed (we were completely out of oil) to find that I have a leak in our bedroom roof around the skylight. urgh

Man, I need to commission some LJ icons sometime, I need some cute little mood icons or something.

Well, started writing a journal then erased it since it was dredging up the crud in family life. This journals gonna be positive!

I will first start by saying my trip last weekend to see Ollie and Thea was awesome even though I didn't get to see that much of Thea since she had to work. They have some cute kitties and bunnies and a cool house (I love the town they live in and really miss the mountains). On Saturday, we took a ride to Punxsatawney (did I spell it right this time?). That was fun walking around and getting to see the groundhogs and all the Phil's painted up around town. Enjoyed the weather center and I know I would love that if I was a kid, wish we would have had a fieldtrip there. Saw Gobblers Knob and all the important sites which was cool and was happy to think that I will be going there for this Groundhogs Day! I was able to find a few squirrel items that day. Sunday was a day around Cumberland just stopping in a few shops (got another squirrel puppet!) and a few flea markets which both me and Ollie enjoyed poking around. The rest of the weekend was spent looking through some auction finds Ollie had and watching pawpets which was fun cause I was bidding on a few items and got some good mentions on the show. :) Ohh, Thea also let me try on the marmot head of doom which was cool cause its the first time I wore a real fursuit head and it was pretty cool though the vision was not much so will have to get used to that.

On other notes, after today I will be off work until the 1st of December. In that time I will be spending most of the time at my folks just taking a break from things and hopefully enjoying the Holiday. may be dampered by my cousins health issues, but again, not getting into that since this journal is POSITIVE! :) My sister will also be coming down so it will be nice seeing her family as well and hopefully will just be a few days of rest and relaxation cause once I get back, it will once again be work work work. In the short term I will be going to the bowling meet Saturday with my squirrel friend Cachette which I always look forward to. From there I will be meeting Thea at Dels on Sunday/Monday I think and will take her up to CT to get her VW. Hoping that everything with that goes smoothly so she once again can have a ride (I know that has to suck not having a car)!

My suit should be getting close. I understand it is a harder one to make so have been patient. I am hoping that in the week after Thanksgiving I start hearing more about it being completed. Would love to have before Christmas! I know she and Nick do great work, I am hoping it is as every bit as great as I expect it to be. I am sure that it will be a premiere suit just for the fact that its different from most others (for species). It will look awesome, I know it! Okay. This is long enough now. Have to get back to doing some work today. XD

Well all, figured I would post here since it has been awhile and work is slow.

My suit is currently being worked on...YAY!!!!! I asked Lacy and she said they would try but were not sure if it would be done in time to make a quick run to MFF this year. I am just really happy that it is being worked on, I know this suit will be awesome beyond compare. They are expecting the tail to take a little extra time due to it being upright and they want to keep it as light as possible.

My personal life has been okay as of late. Me and my mate Cachette are doing well but haven't gotten many opportunities to see each other of late. This past weekend I did get to see him however and celebrate his birthday together which was nice. We attended the bowling meet in Delaware which was great and I surprised him with a cake which everyone seemed to enjoy. Thanks to Kittens for helping to lead singing Happy Birthday, he does a great job in organizing the events flawlessly! I decided to wear my Kigu bowling this time which was fun as it was sorta like suiting (had to sign the waiver to do it haha). Bowled only so so that evening, nothing over 200. :( On Sunday we had a nice lunch together and I decided to skip going to Frightland that night and simply left later after a good bit of snuggling that afternoon.

I am also happy to know that a recent accident that my friends Thea and Ollie had wasn't any worse than it was. The car is wrecked, but other than some bruises and such, they escaped unscathed. Depending on what they decide to do, and when, I may take a quick trip with them to pick up the replacement bug.

Other notes: Only event I have planned is AC2010. I am definitely going, staying in the main hotel, suiting my squirrely ass off, and having the time of my life. I would love to plan in advance for other cons but right now, I can't. Trigger Happy Squirrel asked me about going to FWA but at this stage, I just can't say yes for sure. I'd love to, will just have to wait and see I guess.

Thats enough for now, I guess I should get back to work. XD

Will be leaving tonight for Connecticut to see my folks which is cool, I always have a decent time visiting them. Not much planned as of yet except for visiting the Big-E, a massive fair up in Massachusetts. Really just looking forward to getting away for a few days, today has just been a little miserable. I did hear back from lacy regarding my suit which may not be done for Furfright now. I do totally understand, just pissed in the same respect since that's just always my luck, always. Doubt I could even go though anyways so that would have probably pissed me off more, having a suit but not being able to go. Urgh, sorry all, I just get pissy at times. :P I am sure we all do. Hopefully the trip away from work and shit here will help me relax some. If not, hopefully next weekend in which I will see my squirrely and go furry bowling will help. Well, almost time to leave here after a totally unproductive day due to being interrupted with the luncheon and meetings. Hopefully my flight will be on time. laters ^^

Well, isn't this weather just inspiring!


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Figured I'd shoot an update! Going down to Va Beach area to see my friend WhitePaw this weekend. He is working both days but I will get to spend time with him in between and may have a little time to visit the beach and see some of the huge surf that's forecast to be present thanks to Hurricane Bill. Next weekend it is a packed 3 days of fun starting with the Rennfest on Saturday. Sunday should offer a tad of recuperation and perhaps visiting with some friends. On Monday is a trip to Dorney Park in Pennsylvania which is cool as I never went there yet. All of those three days I will have my mate with me too so that in itself will be awesome and special. The weekend after that is a possible Rehobeth Beach meet. Far into the future I will be at Hershey Park on Halloween having a blast with other furs! Only thing planned in the future is a trip up to see my folks which should be mid September (Weekend of the 19th).

Other than that life continues to have its ups and downs. The time with my mate and seeing friends maintains my sanity from the cruddy workweek. AC in the house broke down a day ago and currently should be getting fixed this morning. There is just too much to keep after at times, I really just want to move and have less to look after. Well, that's about it for now, I should get back to work. :)

Guess its time to make lemonade! :P

Oh boy, well, its been an interesting week for me. For the past week, I been feeling okay I think, a little less depressed than I had been which is good. I have actually been forgetting to take my pills (my memory sucks sometimes) and have been off my depression meds for over a week now. Think I am gonna try to keep it up since I have actually been managing okay it seems. Been actually getting the urge to go out and do some work around the house (hoping to fix it up some in order to sell someday).

Found out today that CloudPouncer broke his arm which if you don't know is half of the Fursuits by Lacy team. This will most likely mean delay in getting my suit I would imagine. Perhaps a little less bummed than I would be cause the other day I found out my folks want to go to the Annapolis Boat show which happens to be the same weekend as Furfright. Who knows, maybe it was meant to work this way. I am sad, though I understand stuff does happen. I just really want to suit to see if I like it as much as I think I will. If it is, I do intend to possibly get another suit done of an otter character I still have to develop. I love ottahs! Just bummed out a bit about that but it is almost scary, I should be super bummed and I'm not. Perhaps I just got used to things being miserable at times that I am no longer affected. Perhaps knowing I am loved and cared for by my squirrely mate is getting me through. I just don't know.

In any case, I am looking forward to next weekend and seeing my mate and bowling and such. May try to get there earlier and hit up the picnic thing by the lake. Will have to see where abouts that is first though. That's about it, this weekend will probably be spent cleaning my truck I think. Oh joys!

A - Age: 34
B - Bed Size: Queen
C - Chore you hate: doing dishes
D - Daughter's Name: No kids
E - Eyes: green/blue
F - Favorite color: Green
G - Gift you last received: A plush little otter
H - Height: 5'11'
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Senior Scientific Analyst / Programmer
K - Kid(s): Hell no
L - Living arrangements: In house with the ex.
M - Mom's name: Susan
N - Nicknames: Scooter, mm, squirrely
O - Operations: Wisdom teeth
P - Pet Peeve: furry drama, and people that can't drive!
Q - Quote from a movie: ""
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: Older Sister
T - Time you wake up: Highly variable (between 5-7 AM usually)
U - Underwater or up in the air: Both. I am a certified diver yet I like flying!
V - Vegetable you dislike: Avacado (or is that fruit?)
W - Ways you run late: Traffic!
X - X-rays you've had: Teeth, ankle, and a panel done for studying liver function.
Y - Yankees or Mets: Barf! Don't like baseball but if I am rooting, go Red Sox!
Z - Zoo favorite: Squirrels! (usually only Prevost squirrels but they are cool)!

Hello to anyone reading this. I am at the Doubletree in room 925. That is all. ^..^___#

Hey all,

Me and Cachette are leaving in a few minutes to drive to Pittsburgh! Will be staying in the DoubleTree somewhere, will try to post my room number here and FA when I get it. See you there!!!!

Bout time I did an update again. Will try keeping this one short. Gonna be heading to visit my folks for the Holidays in Connecticut later this evening. Looking forward to seeing them and I will also get to see my sister and her family while there since they will be coming down as well. Kinda a last minute thing, wish I could of had it planned a little better and could have saved some airfare money, but it is still a decent price. At least I will have 4 full days there which means I won't feel rushed. I do seem to have fun when I go up there, my parents treat me well, not too mention that my birthday is next week so they are planning on cake and cookout this weekend since I will be up. Yays! As far as other news I have been pretty happy as of late. Things are slowly falling into place in my life and I can see a bright future. Not sure since the final paperwork hasn't arrived but the divorce stuff is all wrapped up so thats one big thing off my mind and makes it easier for me and my mate Cachette. Things are going real there too as I have a total blast every time I am together with him and we show soo much love for eachother. Its a good feeling! I am going to be busy in the next few months with camping, Anthrocon, and possibly a work trip to Guatemala coming up. Once again, I will try to update a bit more often. Follow me on twitter (ScooterSquirrel) if you aren't already!

Hey all! Just wanted to say that I had a most enjoyable weekend with my squirrely mate. We went to Ocean City to see the doodah parade and saw quite a few suiters there. What an awesome day to be there, nice, sunny, warm and it was a pretty neat area to see. Kinda like a small Ocean City (Maryland). Feel bad we didn't get to meet up with the suiters or anything, but we got to partake in festivities and it is nice knowing that perhaps next year I could hopefully walk in the parade myself, with my suit. After the parade, we walked around a bit then decided to drive down to Cape May to look around (I have never been there). We found an awesome plushy shop and I got two more squirrels I didn't have, one even chitters! Well, as I am rather tired (have been lately, think its allergies) thats gonna be the extent of my journal. Hopefully I can spend many more awesome weekends like this with my squirrely! Go check out my pics (sorry, I take aweful pics). http://www.flickr.com/photos/22606043@N07/sets/72157617148121560/

Okay, I felt bad on the question about stepping on a squirrel (would take it to a vet). meep!

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This past weekend was a great one! 

The weather was beautiful and it was really nice getting outside and spending time with my friends.  On Saturday, Cachette was able to drive down to my house and arrived at about 8:45 in the morning where I proceeded to give him a tour of my house since it was his first time here.  He also got to meet three of our five cats (other two were in hiding I guess).  We soon headed out and decided to go to the local flea market (which was going that day, perhaps it is only on Saturdays?).  Not too much was open yet but hit a few shops including the comic book store which had a few plushies but nothing great.  We then decided to drive down to Saint Mary’s City since Cachette wanted to see that and it was a nice day for a drive.  Stopped at the College and took a self guided tour though this historic site which was the ruins of an old house and it was pretty interesting as far as “history” goes.   After that was lunch at Applebee’s in California (Maryland that is) which was pretty darn delicious.  Had one of the Pick Three Meals which are always good and Cachette had a Cowboy burger which he liked.  I really love having a chilled out, relaxing lunch, which we had the past few times.  That afternoon we headed over to Calvert Cliffs Park to dig fossils.  It is a nice walk to the cliffs (1.8 miles) and was an awesome day so really couldn’t ask for a better time.  The tide was up when we got there but we were able to get to a decent digging spot and found quite a few good scallop shells this time including a whole one.  (I planned ahead this time and brought some long neck screwdrivers which worked well for digging).  Happy with our find, we headed back home.  Later that night after cleaning up, I cooked some chicken out on the grill and we watched some TV before going to bed. 

 

On Sunday, the squirrel and I got up decently early as we were meeting Thea, Radar, and Delphanaeous in DC at 11.  Stopped and gassed up the cars then caught breakfast at McDonalds since we were still a little early.  We both drove separately up to the metro station since it would put Cachette closer to home when he had to leave.    The Metro ride in was pretty slow as track maintenance was being done (this amounts to about 8 people on the track eating donuts, standing, or talking).  Not one of the damn people was working!  Grrrr.   We arrived right on time and met Delphanaeous and eventually met up with Thea and Radar since we went to the wrong building.  The art exhibit was good but it was pretty crowded for me.  Once done, we decided it was a nice day so we all went to the zoo which was also crowded (must have been the nice weather).  We had a good look around (loved watching the otters!!!!) and had lunch in an outdoor pavilion as well as hunted for plushies at a few of the stores.  We then walked back to metro and parted ways on the train ride (since we had to transfer).  The ride back was hell.  Stupid track maintenance again basically meant it took almost an hour longer than it should have to get back.  Having known they were doing that, I would have parked on the Blue line at Largo, made for a frustrating end of the day.  Me and my squirrel parted ways in the parking lot then headed our separate ways home.  

It was a most awesome weekend! 

Pulled from kindomfiend on FA.

Is there any good news as of late?  This just makes one appreciate the freedoms we do have over here even though we all bitch about the current economics of our country (me included).  Things can always be worse!   My prayers go out to his family and friends.

Some guys car alarm keeps going off atleast once maybe twice per hour and it is annoying as hell!   I am five floors up and it is parked somewhere near my corner of the building.  Other than that, work is busy as hell I and I am starting to get tired as I have been here since 4AM.  Oh, on another subject, I am also attempting to make an otter tail out of some leftover fur (some project long ago).  We will see how that goes, I want to wear it bowling this weekend! 

Found this on  another message board during lunch.  Turns my stomach.

www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/09/16-illegals-sue-arizona-rancher/

Where does the nonsense stop with this crap?  This sort of thing really ticks me off, this is like the cases of shooting someone coming into burgularize your house and getting sued by them.     Urgh, I don't even know why I read the news anymore, its nothing but crap.

Tis the morning....

Well, after a typical commute into work (the roads were a bit icy but not bad) I get into the parking lot at work.  It is one giant sheet of ice!   I was sooo wanting to go to the far end of the parking lot and do doughnuts with my truck in the parking lot but I am at a semi-professional place with guards and crap so thought better of it.  I just can't believe who ever takes care of the lot didn't sand/salt it.  I am just hoping that someone doesn't slam into my truck!  Can you say lawsuit!  urgh, only makes me mad since my family does that type of business and I used to help and people were real pricks about sanding and all.   

In other news not much..  My sister in New Hampshire is expecting possibly 20 inches of snow in the next day (must be nice).   We got what we typically get here (crap).  Thats about it.  Little bummed since I see my freind Evilsquirrel commissioned a big stuffed acorn (anime style) which is pretty damn cool (saw it on the persons LJ).  I had had a thought of doing something sorta similar for my suit (just a regular type of stuffed acorn) but it won't be ready for awhile still.  Kinda would suck now since if I did it would sorta feel like copying now, guess I have to come up with something else.  It's just hard to be orginal anymore it seems.  Well, atleast I am not a wolf or fox (JOKING!).   Atleast it is pretty warm in the office today.   

While it may only be a quick snow shower that didn't amount to much, it was still really nice to see it snowing this morning.  Looks like we could get a couple inches or so before it turns to sleet, freezing rain, then rain making things a slushy mess.  Urgh, while I like it getting warm out sooner in the spring, I do miss the winters of the Northeast, where you actually get snow!   Well, anyways, looking forward to our snowy slushy mess coming up!