Cats Are Just Kids in Furry Bodies

Feb 222012
 

Having cats is a lot like having kids.

And just like kids, some of them seem to take longer to grow up than others.  On the flip side, they don’t graduate from High School so I can kick them out of the house to live life in the grown-up world.

When it comes down to it, my cats remind me of my own kids growing up.  And a lot of times, I find that I am saying the same things to them as I did to my kids.

“Stop picking on your sister!”

“Quit eating her food!”

“Get off the counter!”

“Well, you’re not getting anything else to eat until you finish what I gave you.”

“Go back to sleep, it’s too early to get up.”

But there are also those times when you smile and remember why they are in your life:

Just like kids, they are so innocent and cute when they are sleeping.

They will look up to you with beautiful, innocent eyes when you are cuddling them in your arms.

When you are sick, they will snuggle with you to make you feel better.

So when you really think about it, cats are just kids with four legs and furry bodies.  Except I’ve never had to tell my kids to quit drinking out of the toilet.

They had some manners, after all.

 

I Had a Dream

Feb 212012
 

It wasn’t a long dream, more of a commercial.  And I only remembered this tiny portion of it:  I went out to my car in the garage and had a flat tire.

I don’t remember anything before or after that.  Why am I telling you this (except to remind everyone that I am nuts)?  Because of what happened the day after the dream.

Rick goes out to vacuum up the water from the vehicles and dry out the garage.  When he gets the cars out of there, he comes back into the house and announces…

Yep, I had a flat tire.  Flat as a pancake.

WOAH!!

Naturally I told him about my dream.  Was he shocked?  Impressed?  Awed?

Naw, more concerned that it would cost over $200 to have the tire fixed.

But he filled it up with air and it has held air so far.  Good thing too, because I really didn’t want to see that tire laying in my sink to find out where the leak was coming from.

 

I’ve Swapped One Fever for Two Others

Feb 202012
 

Cabin fever is right on schedule.

We’ve gone past the midway point in February and the temps in the Northwoods have been downright balmy.  4 months ago when the temps were in the upper 30s to low 40s, I was freezing my tuckus off.  But now?  Heck, I’ll walk outside without a coat and soak up those delicious rays of sun!

But don’t you even think that I wouldn’t want 80 degree weather right now… because I do.  Desperately.

I want to tie back my hair, throw on some shorts & T-Shirt and a pair of gloves and head out into the garden.

So what kicked my green thumb out of it’s slumber?  Cat food cans.  Yep, you read that right.  Calie goes through those little cans like there is not tomorrow (which is a good thing) and I’m getting sick of throwing them in the trash.  And Saturday I did a huge head slap.  Save the little suckers and use them to start seeds for the garden.

Huge Duh factor.

And along with that little revelation came the planning of my garden that will happen in 3 short (YAY!) months.  But just when I thought that I didn’t have another bright idea in my mind, another thought hit me:  canning.

I had resolved a couple months ago that I would can more than I did last year.  Why?  Cheaper and better.

And because I know how.  And I have all the necessary equipment.  And my Mama would be very proud of me.

So I went onto my computer and went to the one place where I knew I could get Organic seeds at a great price:  Seed Savers.

Just look at the nummy things they have to offer:

Russian Pickling Cucumbers that will be fabulous for canning more of my Mom’s dill pickles.  I’m even going to try relish this year *high five* .

These Taiyo Sunflowers grow 5′ – 6′ tall and have 10″ – 12″ heads!  If I can find the right spot for these babies, I won’t have to shell out so much money for bird seed next year.

Please excuse me while I drool over these John Bear tomatoes.  Wow.

So after I ordered my new catalog, I hopped on over to the FreeCycle website for our county and posted a need for canning jars.  Any size or shape.

Yep, I’ve got the gardening fever pretty bad.

Which is better than the fever I was running last week that came with my cold.  That one, my friends, has been kicked out of the house along with my cold to search for a new home far from here.

 

My Week Ended Just Like it Started

Feb 172012
 

My week started off with 2 things:  a head cold and spaghetti sauce.  And it’s ending the same way.

I still have the head cold which is trying to move south into my chest.  Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) my nose is still stuffed (the left one now… just in case you wanted to know) so the majority of the germs are centralized north of my neck.

Yeah, my co-workers are really feeling the love from me this week… hehehe.

All that spaghetti sauce that I so lovingly prepared on Monday has been chillin’ in the fridge all week.  And last night I transferred it to ice cream pails (reduce, reuse ya’ll) because they are the Tupperware of the Northwoods.

Then it was a quick trip to spend the night in my car (the sauce, not me) because I wasn’t going to transport it at dark-thirty in the morning.  And since I live in Wisconsin and it’s February, the temp inside my car at night is as close to the fridge as you’re gonna get.  I’m good at planning these things.

And tonight the people that are attending the workshop will be served this wonderful sauce and bask in all it’s gloriousness.

At least I hope they will.  Remember, I really couldn’t taste it when I was making it because of this damn cold.  But Rick seemed to like it.  But then again, he’d tell me that dirt cakes were great if I made them.

Well, I’ll just cross my fingers and  hope for edible.

 

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