Tag: Bakersfield

Cat Spirits

On By Michel McDonaldIn SpiritualityLeave a comment

Ever since we moved to Bakersfield I have had the feeling that we aren’t alone. When we lived in the 1 bedroom house next door I slept on the couch and there were so many times that I’d be laying on the couch and it felt like my cat jumped up on the couch and walked over to my chest area and I’d open my eyes but there was nothing there.

When we moved into the big house I have my own bedroom and sometimes when I am laying down on the bed I can feel a cat jumping up, because when a real cat jumps on the bed it puts some pressure on the bed because of the cats weight and then you can feel the cat walking around on the bed.

So one time Darrin was laying on my bed and he had his eyes closed but he wasn’t sleeping and he was holding the dog and he knew the cat was outside on the patio and he asked me if our cat jumped up on the bed and I turned around and saw no cat and said I am so glad you felt that too because I am always feeling that.

So that brings me to my point. Last night I was laying in bed and I felt 3 cats jump on my bed. 1 on each side of me and one between my legs and I could feel it putting pressure on my blanket and I could feel it like kneading the blanket on my leg. I am not afraid of cat spirits and so I held out both hands and said here kitty kitty kitty and asked them to come closer to me but I just felt them near my leg area. I think it’s kinda cool.

PSP

On By Michel McDonaldIn Games, PSPLeave a comment

I’ve been really thinking about it for the last month and I really want a Sony PlayStation Portable aka PSP. I’ve been looking at all these websites trying to find a good price and where is the best place to buy one, online or at the store. Well because Christmas is this month all the stores are out of them.

Last night and this morning I saw the Wal-Mart in Bakersfield (2 of them) had them still but then all of a sudden they sold out. But they still had some at their website and so I decided to just get one.

I know I could have waited or you know, I don’t really NEED one but I want one. I didn’t want to buy a used one because I’m too afraid it might have a virus so I chose to buy a new one.

It’s the one with Daxter and the Family Guy freakin’ sweet collection and also it has 1GB of memory. I wanted the Star Wars one but that didn’t have a memory stick or a movie. Just the Star Wars game plus Darth Vader silk screened onto the back which I can almost guarantee will rub off.

So I bought it and it should be here next week between Monday and Wednesday.

Box of Buttons

On By Michel McDonaldIn Daily BlogLeave a comment

When I was 19 years old I asked my mom for a button and she went into her sewing kit and pulled out a little clear box with a pink lid filled with many different types of buttons that she has collected over her lifetime and she handed it to me. I dumped it out onto the table and looked for the button I needed and put it all back and she told me to keep it because you never know when you are going to need a button. So I took it and I had it for many years.

When we lived in Hollywood we had this neighbor named Meg and one day between 1994 and 1999 I don’t remember when, Darrin gave this box to her without my permission. He didn’t realize that this box of buttons, as insignificant as it may seem, meant a lot to me because it was my moms box of buttons. I felt like I couldn’t ask for it back because I don’t ask for a gift back after it was given. So basically, I lost it forever. Meg passed away in 2000 soon after we moved to Bakersfield and when we went to her house it had been ransacked and I never saw the box again.

Today we left Butch and June’s house (we came to visit early before Thanksgiving and came home today) and just before we left I went upstairs to see their tenant’s room that they are renting and as I was going down the stairs after looking at it I noticed this little box sitting on a shelf by the door. I went over to Darrin and asked him if he gave my box of buttons to June and he said no and I said I just saw my box and so I walked over to the door and opened it and grabbed the box and opened it to find it was filled with buttons. Darrin asked June where she got it and she said that she got it from the motel (they own some motels in San Diego as well as all over the United States). What that means to me is that the “friends” of Meg’s who ransacked her house when she died took my box of buttons and one day they were in San Diego and just so happened to have stayed at Butch and June’s motel and accidentally left the box and it ended up in the lost and found and June just so happened to take it home.

The box found me! After all these years it found me. I firmly believe it too. What are the chances that I would ever see this box again? Here is a picture of the box. By the way, before Darrin gave it to Meg I was bored one day and I had this sticky foil paper that you put over a book, it’s book covers in the mid 90’s and it is the type that when you look at the silver part it has colors and they printed it black with the silver flower outlines.  The top piece didn’t stick so I glued it on and the sides didn’t stick so I used clear packing tape and sure enough this has all that on it.  It is in fact my box that Darrin gave to Meg.

Cici’s Pizza

On By Michel McDonaldIn FoodLeave a comment

Why doesn’t California have a Cici’s Pizza yet?

When I went to visit my aunts in Texas for Christmas 2006 they took me to a Cici’s Pizza and I was in pizza heaven.  It’s a pizza buffet with I don’t know, 20 different pizzas to choose from at the bar but there are many possibilities like macaroni and cheese pizza.

If they don’t have it out you can request it, they will make it and then bring you 2 slices before putting the rest out for everyone to take.  They also have a small salad bar and a dessert bar which is really good by the way.  They have like a coffee cake in pizza shape so you take a slice of the dessert.  And as usual a soda fountain with all you can drink.

If I had the money and business degree I’d buy the rights to put one in Bakersfield.