At the Toastmasters District 13 Conference

On November 19, I represented my division in the Humorous Speech contest with "Confessions of a Baseball Wife." I was the first speaker, which is always a difficult position. Later, many people told me how much they laughed throughout my speech.
Finally in the evening the winners were announced. I won Third Place in the District 13 contest and took home a beautiful trophy. Will I compete again next year? I don't know yet, since it will be a tough act to follow.

The Cat's Meow

Last week was a stressful week for our young cat Pocket. First, there was Halloween with a parade of oddly dressed small people knocking at our door. The next day a contractor came by to work at the ductwork in our garage. He had to enter the house and Pocket did not like it one bit. She actually hid behind a storage closet in our basement and let out a loud meow of protest while doing so. Unfortunately, that was not the end of her stress. On Tuesday evening we had a short in one circuit, which darkened a third of the house. Worst of all for my hubby, our TV was on that circuit.
The electrician we summoned could not come by until late Wednesday evening. Now there were two strangers in the house. Our cats, on the other hand, played Houdini until they departed. The short was in one of our ceiling lamps.
After all this excitement, Pocket behaved really strange and jumpy. In the meantime, she has finally recovered and has returned to her favorite spot: the bay window. From there she can watch everything--that is, whenever she isn't sleeping.