Bob is currently Schroedinger's cat, as we haven't seen him for several days. We had allowed him to sleep in the laundry room while the nights were frosty, and he knocked on the door Thursday or Friday at 5 am, bored and craving attention. I carried him to the door and put him outside as I wasn't inclined to entertain a cat at 5 in the morning. ( Read more... )

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Halee liked her doll. She took her out of the bag, smiled and hugged her. Everybody else went nuts over it, even Tanya, who sews for a living. Kris said she got tears in her eyes, but I think she's still having postpartum depression.

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It's been raining for the past few days, so the laundry piled up. Gary came over to spend most of the night and managed to perch atop the clothes basket. Joe said he went in once and Gary stretched, then started to slide. He flailed, and landed headfirst in his food dish ( Read more... )

However, I like this woman's work: http://orriettacat.livejournal.com/21859.html
I don't know what the Mexican kids would make of it.

that were meant for the sides of the monitor, we'll have to put them on the wheelbarrow.

Made a pretty fair cream of broccoli soup (easy!) yesterday and have egg noodles drying on the racks for tomorrow's chicken soup. It's wonderful to have the time to do these things again.

Bob the Cat left a mouseicle by the side door. A little salesmanship: "I could rid your home of pests like this if you'd only make me your inside cat!" We let ( Read more... )