I swear that Oliver is growing by the day. He’s going to be a fairly large cat. Ack! Oliver somehow snuck in and spent the night up here with Mimi! Poor Mimi!

Had my Italian lesson. My Italian teacher liked that I adopted the cats and dog! She wanted to know how everyone was getting along. Well....

Went to the bank to deposit my check. While I ( Read more... )

I had major problems falling asleep last night. I got up and ate oatmeal. Got up again and did some dishes. I finally fell asleep around 3:30 AM?

Got up with my alarm at 7:30 AM. It’s cold out with a wind chill of -2 F/-19C. The puppy didn’t spend as much time sniffing outside as she usually does.

Lily discovered the kitty highway above the ( Read more... )

Got up at 7 AM. Zara was doing her feline mind-meld trick: FEED ME! Mimi doesn’t show up until I open the can of food. Got to make it worth her while.

Napped. Had lunch. Folded towels. I’m trying to figure out what to do with rags. I think that I’ll put them in a laundry basket and put them in the basement. Put clothes in the dryer.

I’ve been ( Read more... )

Woke up at 6 AM and decided to go back to sleep. Overslept a little, and got into work a few minutes late because I needed to take a shower because I need to run to the bank at lunchtime. Mimi is happy that I'm working now because she wants LAP TIME!

Apparently Mimi understands the word "food". I asked her if she wanted food, and she jumped off my ( Read more... )

Overslept and scrambled to make it to Italian. My teacher was fascinated by Dial-A-Carol. It was our last lesson before January. Huh, I just heard "before" in my mind pronounced as if it was Italian!

I'm looking at 20 gallon aquarium tanks and UPS backups for it. I found something that I like on Facebook Marketplace, so I should get it. It will ( Read more... )

I’m flagging a bunch of meals in my Meal Prep book. Yum!

I overslept, but it’s okay. It just means that I can’t take a nap after breakfast.

Will wonders never cease! Zara and Mimi went nose to nose with no hissing!

I booked the walk in the cloud forest in Costa Rica. I plan to go back to Costa Rica, so maybe I can see sloths then. Though hmm, ( Read more... )

Hmm. Someone on Facebook is organizing a trip to St. Lucia in April.

Went to bed early. Got hungry because I hadn’t eaten dinner, so I got up and ate. Woke up at 5:45 AM. Fed myself and the girls and took a nap. Woke up with my alarm at 9:30, rolled over, and slept until a little before 11. Oops. Zara is sleeping on my foot.

Aaargh! I’m having ( Read more... )

I also want to bring up to Dad that I am buying used furniture on Facebook Marketplace. I just found a (washable!) rug that I like. And a coffee table and end table.

I had problems falling asleep. I got up once to eat some oatmeal, which usually helps. Then I got up again to take a shower, so that I could sleep later. And then I woke up at the ( Read more... )

Woke up at 7 AM. Went back to sleep. Woke up at 9:30 AM. Dreamed that I moved to San Francisco.

Someone (Zara?) ate Mimi’s piece of turkey. Fed the cats and myself. Watered the spider plants because they were looking a little unhappy. Nap time. I woke up after only one hour. I guess that I’m caught up on my sleep.

Um. It’s snowing! It’s a good ( Read more... )

I’ve been decorating the library room in my mind. Mimi is not going to be happy because I’ll be bringing the wingback chair downstairs (what’s a library without a wingback chair?) and that’s her sleeping spot now. I brought a lamp with a small table from my mom’s house, but now I’m thinking of getting a good reading light and round end table. ( Read more... )