Monday

Today's todo is getting the King to the vet. He's over there on his heating pad oblivious to his fate. I hope the vet's office is not slammed today. I only need to see a tech so, hopefully, not a long wait. My plan is to hold off until about 10 both for road traffic and vet traffic.

My Twitter feed shows snow flurries in parts of town. Seattle is a city of hills so hills get flakes. I'm down at sea level (Elliot Bay out to Puget Sound is two blocks from here.) so we get any snow action last. I don't expect we'll see any today. We have rain right now but there could be some stealth snow mixed in Snow would would be such fun, but I'm not counting on it.

I keep looking out the window for snow and His Honor is also watching the same window but his "snow" is flapping their wings.

The only items on my calendar this week are vet visits. I could probably even eat well out of the freezer right through Christmas. And not even go to the grocery. That shepards pie I made out of the turkey, dressing, gravy and mashed potatoes? Turn out it looks really awful and tastes delicious. Plus you cook it for about an hour at 400 degrees and it makes the house smell like a feast. I have one left.

A few of years ago, we lost electricity on Christmas Eve - for all damn day. I could do without that excitement. I'm fine with same ole same ole, thankyouvery much.

Now I think I'll get into the shower.

Smartie Cat

Biggie was in his chair and I went to gather my stuff before bagging him. Before I even touched the damn bag, I came into the room with my jacket and shoes on and he ran under the sofa! The first time he's ever done that. Cracked me up. Treats would not even get him out.

I finally got him and we went with me laughing. The wait was very short and finally this time we got his feline leukemia shot. Every time before, I'd ask and they forgot and I'd forget to follow up. But now he's done. Whew. I got a really sweet tech this time. Not judgy like the last one - she wasn't terrible but a little judgy. She said to come back on Thursday and they'd pull out the remaining stitches and staples.

We can do that!

When we got home, we switched from the onsie to the collar and he seems fine with it.

I'm thinking about maybe making some gingerbread cookies.

What beats black cat and flour?? Well, black cat and powdered sugar, of course.

Yesterday, and pretty much Saturday, too, Biggie sat on his heating pad all day long.

Today, he's way busier. Bird watching, hanging out, pooping and running at top speed and... helping me bake. As if it's not a big enough mess without his help!

I made ginger cookies. I had a note to not cook them as long and so I did not. It was a mistake. They taste great, they just need to snap more. I wanted to try out this new recipe for royal icing. It was very simple to make but OMG what a mess. However, I do like the results - the taste and the look. I just need a better method

Now I'm making bread old. I need stale bread to make some breakfast casseroles. So I'm dehydrating some slices. That should do it. Sausage, egg, cream, cheese and broken up stale bread. In the fridge overnight and into the oven in the morning for 30 mins. The bread is just about old enough now. I think I'll crumble up the sausage and assemble.

And then I'm taking the rest of the day off. Junk TV for me! Birds for Biggie. Scuse my butt.