Biting Biggie returns!

Biggie bit me this morning - skin breaking bite. BUT this time I know what caused it and how to prevent it. We were snuggling just after we woke up and I was petting him and rubbing his head for a really long time - like 15 mins or so and I stopped and he wasn't ready for said stoppage. Next time, I just need to get out of bed after I stop petting. Easy. And fine.

He's been pretty busy this morning. Here, there and everywhere. He even sat in my lap for a while. He also let me trim another nail (with payment of treats, of course). There's a good bit of wind out and it's stirred up his birds so he's busy watching them.

Yesterday, I went out on the terrace to get something and he made like he was going out, too. NOPE. But, honestly, he didn't try that hard. I'm surprised at how easily, so far, he's taken to being inside only.

Amazon Fresh delivered groceries this morning. I had planned on going to Safeway but Amazon Fresh had everything on my list so why not. 8 am, they leave it in the hallway outside my door and send me a text that they delivered. Could not be any easier. And cheaper since I didn't grab stuff I didn't really want or need.

Today's chore is bedroom closets* and trash/recycling. I have one closet, in particular, that is combo medicine chest/storage/utility drawers. I often just drop stuff on the shelf in there when I'm in a hurry, instead of putting it where it belongs (think of the pile at the bottom of the stairs). So now I have a chore of making sure everything is put where it belongs in there, at least once a week. I can just toss stuff for 6 days and know it won't build up forever.

Also I need to get back into the freezer. I reorganized it a few weeks ago but did a piss poor job. This morning I wanted the sausage crumbles and could not find them. So today we will go for try number 2. I want those fucking crumbles and I do not want stuff to get lost in there.

And really that's it for the list.

Biggie just crawled into my lap and settled in for the third time today. It's his new thing and I don't hate it.

found the fucking crumbles

At the bottom of the bottom drawer. But, I found em! I did some culling and rearranging and I feel better about it all now.

I have a friend in New Zealand who sends me a beautiful photo calendar from there every year and has done that for about 25 years now. It's such an amazing treat every single year. Yesterday I got 2022. And, I'm reminded once again that New Zealand has an incredible number of holidays. Some years the calendars only include the most important ones. But, this one, in 2022, has something nearly every day including when school starts and some notations that I can't even translate. It's going to be a fun year.

Finally enough leaves have blown off that I was able to see that there is someone who lives in the unit directly across the way. He doesn't have much stuff so I couldn't tell if it was vacant or occupied. But I saw him last night. Then today, I see that his next door neighbor has put up a Christmas tree!!



You have to zoom in really to see it but it's there, just left of the Black Lives Matter flag. I wonder if they lived there last year. The folks who did had an inflatable snowman that was quite cheery. I can't wait for dark so I can see the tree lights.

Biggie finally remembered he has his own recliner.



And... he can see the birds from it. AND... they were killing him today. A dozen of them on the railing teasing him. Weird angle and hard to see but also hard to get Biggie and the birds in one shot.



The ham I got at Costco is wonderful. I had a thick slab for dinner, shavings in my eggs for breakfast and just finished a perfectly delicious ham sandwich. I do love ham and it's not as ubiquitous around here as it is in the south. The hunk I got is just the perfect size for me.

The Tree That I Hate had a windy day!!

I've always admired a good blow job.


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