On Saturday, May 26th, Danielle and I left our home in North Portland for a short camping trip with her family over near Bend, Oregon. That was the last time we saw Jesus, our cat. I don’t know if anyone has had a cat go missing before, but it’s a really sucky experience. Our dog Toula has been really sad the whole time, probably wondering if she was next on the chopping block. How do you tell your dog that Jesus left for Jesus?

Our friend came to our house on Sunday and gave Jesus plenty of spankings, as all cats love. That was the last time anyone we know had seen him. We came back home on Monday, and Jesus didn’t return. Concern became worry, worry became fear, and eventually we came to the conclusion our cat was gone.
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Yesterday I wrote a post about my gardening and my cool bamboo trellises I was building. The problem is, I needed more trellises and I ran out of bamboo. I felt like it would be really half cocked to have two bamboo trellises and two pine trellises. So late last night after a meeting I headed to Lowes.

I don’t know about the Lowes hardware where everyone else lives, but the one in North Portland suckkks. Especially if you go there around 7pm on a week night. Nobody knows anything and it’s impossible to find an employee. Luckily I went in knowing this, because I was searching for some fringe stuff; cargo net, wood stakes, and cat repellent.
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George, my name, means farmer or to farm. Today I did just that. After a few meetings this morning I decided to take the hot (81 degrees farenheit!) afternoon and spend it planting my vegetables in my garden. Keep in mind I have never done this before. I’ve had starters going for the last few months, and for the most part they are doing ok.

There used to be some bamboo that wouldn’t transplant in my backyard, which I stripped of branches and intended to use to support my tomatoes and cucumbers. And fortunately, Toula girl chewed them up even more, so now they are really sturdy; I hope.

Anyhow, a couple pics after the jump of my raised beads and bamboo trellis (still some netting to hang, but baby steps for this one.
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Here’s a short story I heard about someone who knows someone who knows someone. We’ll call him Tom (he’s everyone’s friend). Tom was approached by someone very close to him, who happened to be a volunteer for a children’s cancer organization, we’ll call her Pamela. There also happened to be a little girl in this story, Katie. Katie is five years of age and has brain cancer.

Katie told Pamela she loved a few of the shows and movies from the Disney Kids Channel. High School Musical happened to be a particular favorite of hers, and she was told by Pamela that it wouldn’t be too hard to obtain that album, as well as a few others off the internet. Pamela then proceeded to ask Tom (who was a geek) to find the albums on everyone’s favorite file sharing resource, bittorrent.
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I am a few days late in getting this one up, but hey it was tough to get back on my blogging horse this time for some reason. I spent the last five days over at Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast. It’s such a beautiful place, the weather was good, and I got to disconnect for a few days. Every so often I am graced with reflection time. It felt good.

I have never been the kind of person to have New Year’s Resolutions, or at least nothing I admit to myself or admit openly. However, maybe that’s why some of my personal flaws keep hanging around. For some reason this year, I feel a bit more bold. In addition to my personal goals, what follows are a few of those things I would like to see in 2007.
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