Around Here, Lately

1. It was good to see the squirrels this morning after tornadoes, wind, rain and power outages last night.  I guess they hunkered down into their little tree homes and waited it out just like we did inside.  Although, ....
2. They didn't have their boys flipping light switches that didn't work for 4 hours. haha.
3. Snow and tornadoes just hours apart!  Spring cleaning has been put on hold indefinitely since Spring isn't upholding her end of the bargain.  One must be able to fling the windows open and let warm breezes flow through the house to properly spring clean, don't you think?
4. Did you have a nice Easter?  We had a nice quiet one.  Still ate leftovers as of last night. Good thing I like my own cooking. haha.
5. The cats are all doing well.  All 15 of them. :)  It's been a whole month since Pepper died.  Charcoal here, is a pleasant distraction, though.
6. We're still in the middle of bathroom renos.  First bath 99% done.  Just some touch up work left to do.  I'm guessing they won't do that until the end of the 2nd one.  Maybe the before and afters of the first will come soon since those little things won't show up in photos anyway.  I must say we are doing remarkably well in sharing one sink/toilet/bath.  Wouldn't want to do it all the time but it's been just fine!  Loving the boys' bath and soaking in their huge tub.

So, what have you been up to? 

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Marmalade Sandwich

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Cat Fashion

Knee socks are back in style, right?

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Spring Fever

How are we supposed to get any spring cleaning

done when spring is calling us to be outside?

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A Pile Of Cats

Literally!

(cell phone shots)

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Cats With Human Facial Expressions

Can you tell which one I'm talking about?

Charcoal has always had human expressions.

It's just one of the things I love about him!

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Slice of Life Saturday #2

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Rainy Day, Sleepy Day

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A Little Look Back

Before the afterglow from Christmas is gone, I thought

I'd post a few photos from last week.

There was a flurry of wrapping gifts, giving little thank-yous,

filling slippers instead of stockings and feasting.

Lots of fun memories.

I said last night that I'm going to miss the tree when we take

it down.  It's our prettiest tree ever.  The living room will seem

dark and plain without it's glow.  It won't come down until

New Years Day is over, so we have a few more days to enjoy it!

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Cozy Kitchen

I cleaned the kitchen the other day.

Not just the normal straightening and wiping up, but

the real kind of cleaning.  You know, where you actually

get that spilled flour behind the canister and the dust

from the top of the fridge?  It looked so nice I took photos.

Tiger and Charcoal were the finishing touch to the coziness.

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TGIF!

Put your feet up!  It's the weekend!

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Charcoal

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This And That

1. Yep, still raining!  But there are up sides to this.  We haven't had to water some new grass with the sprinkler too many times, I haven't had to weed the gardens, and when you want to sleep late on Saturday, mid morning still feels dark as night! ha.
2. Can't get enough raspberries lately.  I bought two pints last week and didn't share with any of the men!
3. Making deviled eggs.  Yum.
4. Changing of the guards at dusk?  Or were we under some kind of threat that required two night time guards on surveillance duty? ha.
5. Samantha enjoying a rare dry afternoon and soaking up the warmth on the stone patio.
6. Blueberry smoothies.
7. If the sky isn't blue, at least the lobelia are!
8. This little girl was around every corner today!  She's been extra chatty, too.  Four weeks here already!  Still improving every day. She's been slipping into our bed at night and nuzzling into my hair.
9. Brown sugar cookies.  Recipe here.  Yum.

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Around Here, Lately

1. Salad bar dinners.
2. Overgrown shrubs.  But no more....as I type, landscapers are taking out the old.  In a few days, it will look totally different!
3. Reclaimed wood scraps turned flower markers.  I'm determined to learn the names of my flowers!  I want to be like Linda! ha.
4. Kitchen sink soak before a home pedi.
5. Lunch date.
6. Petunias.  Yes, I do know these!

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