The kitties LOVE the raw food. Fenchurch won't eat it unless it's mixed with canned, but she still leaves the "lumps" of the canned variety. Today I'm going to buy some organic whole chicken to see how they do with raw flesh (washed, perhaps parboiled to kill surface bacteria) and if they're interested in raw bones. I've learned that while cooked ( Read more... )

...yeah. I've been sick for a few days now. It's annoying more than anything, because I have so much going on in the next few weeks. For instance, tonight I'm playing in a concert that'll last about 3 hours, and I really shouldn't be hacking my lungs out in front of a sold-out audience, even if I'm sitting in the back. Then on Tuesday I'm playing ( Read more... )

Just read this, and subsequently left a message at my husband's clinic that I'd like to make an appointment to get him diagnosed/treated for depression ( Read more... )

The good stuff

• I've lost 1.5 pounds in the last two weeks and haven't massively changed my eating habits, only made myself more aware of what I eat, and that having treats and snacks is OK, within moderation. This is extremely exciting.
• I have two paying cello gigs, one this week and one next.
• I have no obligations today until about 3pm.
• I have no ( Read more... )

Phew, yesterday was tough. Some seven or eight hours spent creating a quiz on a topic about which I have little prior knowledge and pretty much no interest, all in multiple choice format. Stuck at home all day because of the quiz, didn't get out, didn't get as much housework done as I'd wanted, didn't get the groceries done... But oh, well ( Read more... )

Is it possible to ever be anonymous in this world of internet literacy? I'm on several dozen pages with similar email addresses, user IDs, screennames, and other identifying features, all easily linked to my real-life identity. But we all need our own space, don't we? And with the crowded place I live in, cramped into a one-room apartment with my ( Read more... )