June meeting

[Our next meeting] is at Maureen's house June 20th and she lives at:

2908 Water View CT

Home phone 329-8711

Go up Alameda towards the lake. There is a red light at 24th Ave, continue straight on Alameda past 24th Ave, we are the second right off of Alameda (Summit Lakes Blvd) and then take the second left off of Summit Lakes which is Water View CT. Park in my driveway or in the circle.

There are conditions to coming to my house. Bob and I have just spent $5500 to put in Brazilian Cherry Bellawood engineered hardwood floors and I have had new built in bookcases installed up in the bonus room. The man who installed the wood floor stretched my "putting green" carpet in the bonus room because the previous homeowner installed it and did a crappy job. I've been waiting 7 years to get that carpet pulled tight. Lastly, an Edmond "redesigner/house stager" is coming to my house on June 9th to tell me how to arrange the furniture I have and/or if I should buy another chair for the living room.

Therefore, you must all tell me that my house looks beautiful even if it looks like ca-ca because I am broke. Thank you in advance for being such good friends ....

Love,

Maureen who is not doing any more remodeling projects for quite awhile, even if I had the money

S.P.O.T

At our last meeting, Carol mentioned that Dan had found kittens under Dan's World. I piped up and said that I'd heard of an animal welfare clinic (SPOT- Stop Pet Overpopulation Today) in OKC that performed spays and neuters for very small charges. A friend took a litter of stray kittens like Dan's to this clinic and they charged her only $5 per kitten.
There are some income restrictions, but apparently stray litters are special. If you want to know more, go to:
www.vawokc.org
Another group that will help out with low cost spay and neuter surgeries is Best Friends of Shelter Pets (SNAP). Its website is:
www.bestfriendsokc.org

May 16, Ellen's house

I guess there were eleven of us last night. Maureen came late 'cause both her munchkins were home from school. They had to eat and she ate with them, but didn't abandon the WWE.
The talk was of local politics to start. "Why I didn't vote for the new library," was the main topic. There was a little rumor-mongering about proposed locations mixed in with comments about taxes and traffic. The conversation gradually rolled around to national politics and who Obama's running mate will be. A woman governor, Kathleen Sebelius, from Kansas was mentioned.
The march to the main event, eating, was not led by Carol but instead Ellen took the lead. As usual, everything was delicious. There was cake, two kinds with coffee and tea.
We stayed late, breaking up about quarter to twelve.