A lot of exciting things have been happening revolving around Nigel and his harness.

He's regularly going outside now, and he generally doesn't *try* to take his harness off anymore, and he's even stopped pulling and swearing when he wants to go somewhere that he shouldn't or can't. Such as under the shed. Where the family of raccoons live. Because ( Read more... )

School be almost over, which is frightening and somewhat relaxing at the same time. But I thought I'd share this to commemorate the ending of school: the bounty of the school yard wilderness.

Well. It's not really the school yard, it's the wilderness beyond the school. But anyway, there's a pond and in this pond you can sometimes come across the ( Read more... )

The Twelve Worst Mistakes the People Who Make the Harry Potter Movies Happened to Make Whilst Making the Harry Potter Movies

IMHO.

Twelve because it’s a significant number in the HP universe, and I know that because I take my Harry Potter very seriously. And I have a lot of free time, apparently. This is a scarily long exploration of why I need to ( Read more... )

I tried to harness train Nige again and it was not very successful. I put the harness on him and he walked backwards for a while, but he didn't freak out like the first time. I think that this is good progress: he isn't scared of the harness anymore as an "unknown". But yeah ( Read more... )

Last weekend my dear friend Nigel was acting very strange. When my sister and I both headed back to school for the week, he continued to act strange. My mother was sure that he was acting strange because he disapproved of his harness training and had somehow been psychologically traumatized.

Then they found out that he had been secretly eating about ( Read more... )

And now because I miss my cat, I will post a journal entry IMMEDIATELY AFTER POSTING ONE ABOUT DELICIOUS PIE. But what can I say? Pie < Nigel.

First of all, I tried to harness train him on the weekend and he was extremely affronted. I shouldn't have done it while he was under the influence of catnip. Basically he sailed off of the bed, stood around ( Read more... )

After making the vegan appleberry pie so successfully I decided to make two more. Apple and blueberry - because it's March, and both of those fruits are in season in Ontario right now for serious. The apples were regularly priced but wow. Blueberries. Why you so expensive? It was four dollars per pint - and I meant to check the price first and see ( Read more... )

I just made this:


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Over the weekend my family went to see Dr Seuss' The Lorax. We had a lot of very cool picture books when we were younger, and here is a list:

- Planet Was by Amy Boesky
- The Amazing Amos and The Greatest Couch on Earth by Susan Seligson
- The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
- The Wild Swans by Yvonne Gilbert (Hans Christian Anderson adaptation)
- " ( Read more... )

I made this just last night. Minus the vegan whipped cream and the strawberry, most unfortunately. It tasted like a pie made of chocolate pudding. I will seriously have to use the filling recipe one of those times when chocolate pudding is simply necessary, because it was delicious.

My agar arrived in the mail but I was too tired and lazy and ( Read more... )