Made fried okra last night. It was an interesting experiment, I don't think I've fried anything like that before. And SAM discovered that okra is actually edible raw. :) I didn't think it would be very good, with all that hair, but it was actually rather sweet and quite edible, if a bit slimy. Once cooked, it turned out very well - SAM had ( Read more... )

Took Mama Kitty to the vet Saturday. I found it weirdly stressful. (Especially considering I used to work for a vet...) The vet had a very abrupt manner, not sure if I liked her much. But anyway, she couldn't tell us a whole lot about when to expect kittens. (Two or three weeks, she says. I was thinking more like a week and a half - we'll see ( Read more... )

Looks like my dogwood has anthracnose. :( It doesn't look like there's a lot to be done at this point, just water it and hope it pulls through ( Read more... )

Oh no, sliding back in! Aaaaaaaughh noooooooO ( Read more... )

I feel a little less virus-doomed today. SAM sleeping through the night for three out of the past four nights helped! :) Also, I never put him in a diaper yesterday, and he was dry all day ( Read more... )

Event. Weekend. Pictures. Amusing anecdotes. All eaten by sniffles. :P

So much to do ( Read more... )

SAM was dry all day yesterday! No accidents, NO wet diapers, even at naptime! Now, this did make me a bit worried that he was dehydrated, but he's been drinking well, and I don't think throwing up twice would really be enough to dehydrate him. So yay ( Read more... )

SAM broke his little streak of sleeping through the night at around midnight last night, when I heard him sleepily fussing. I thought he might go back to sleep, but when he didn't I went in and found him trying to sleep on the rug in front of his bed. I got him back to sleep without noticing anything amiss, and he woke up late in the morning, ( Read more... )

To all who paint their houses: Let me recommend zero-VOC paint. (VOC = Volatile Organic Compounds, nasty carcinogenic chemicals that seep into the air for years and stink horribly) Not only is it less toxic to you and the environment, but you can actually breathe in your house while painting. It's great, it hardly has a smell at all! And it ( Read more... )