If we thought she was mad before...

[susandennis]

I just called the gym. The pool is open now. The pool will be open in the morning. Please, please, please do not tell Jacqueline. She will burst something internal, I am sure.

I got my errands run and the house is so clean. Clean house, deeds done, pool not closed, how much gooder could it get??? read on.

I think I have my watch set up so that I can flash my wrist at the gym instead of pulling out my phone. And I have a nice little calculator on it now. And an app for figuring tips.

And I bought it an insurance policy. $16 for two years. No deductible, lost, damaged, etc. with great reviews. Hope I never have to use it.

The cats are missing. It's been way too quiet so I got up to go look.

"Be quiet and take a handle, please." That was what my parents would edict when we were unruly in the car. What it meant was get as close to the door as you could and put as much room in the middle as possible. (When there were two of us in the back seat and seat belts were years away yet.)

I think someone told Biggie and The Smalls to take a handle. This is back in the sewing room.



I did make it to the food truck. Fail. They took way too long and the only place to wait was a sunless wind tunnel and the sandwich had some kind of hot spicy sauce on it that killed all the other tastes. I wish hot spicy was not the default on so many foods nowadays.

The FedEx guy came to pick up a package just now and both cats got up to say hi. And then went right back to their individual corners. Where they have now been for more than an hour.

Oh and one more cat thing. I added a litter box to the one already here shortly after these two took up residence. The only place to really put another one (without adding more litter box covering furniture) was in my bathroom. It's fine. It's an enter-from-the-top box so you don't have to see the cat shit. But you still have to smell it. Tidy Cats makes a couple of different scents in their light weight line. I tried one of them and turns out the cats don't mind at all (which was a concern) and the bathroom smells way better. Tidy Cats for the win.

Ok. Now I think I'll knit and watch the last British Bake Off episode. Christmas edition.

Comments

[gneu.livejournal.com]

I have to use unscented litter for the rabbit or else he’d eat it.

[daphnep.livejournal.com]

There’s two Christmas editions out. When you are done with both, I want to confer, because it is my opinion that the most beautiful thing made in bake off history is in that second Christmas edition just added to Netflix. I wonder if you will agree.

[susandennis]

ohhhhh I got sidetracked today but tomorrow for sure. That second Christmas one is the only one I haven't seen yet.

[susandennis]

ok... i'm all caught up and curious...

let the conferring begin!

[daphnep.livejournal.com]

Whoops! I replied without logging in, so it'll be "anonymous", gushing about Kate's lovely little restaurant house with all the detailed piping. I just think it's gorgeous.

[susandennis]

ahhhhhhh we got our episodes confused. I saw that episode last week and a different one this week. but, even so, yes, yes, yes, I totally 100% agree. (Part of my confusion was trying to figure out which one of the bakes on the episode I watched yesterday could even hold a match up to that one.)

I want her to open a real cafe and go to it. Meet me there?

[daphnep.livejournal.com]

Absolutely!

She has an instagram page, @treaclebakes, but it was disappointing, because I wanted it to have lots more beautiful cake houses on it...a whole village of them, in fact. It gets right at my aesthetic nerve that is so sensitive to wee beautiful things.

[susandennis]

cool. thanks! she should have a million photos of that cake.

also, i want her hair.

[siglinde99.livejournal.com]

I share your dislike for hot as a default. I want flavour, not heat for the sake of ripping my taste buds out. I love a local Mexican place - great atmosphere, lovely owner, interesting menu - but the food has gotten increasingly hot over the years. I have given that feedback to the owner and am now looking forward to checking out the competition, a new Mexican place just two blocks away.

[carriea31.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the British Bakeoff. I am totally addicted. I am a little in love with Paul Hollywood,  although I know he's a bit of a mess off the show.

[howeird]

About that fitbit - a theater friend happened to be the CSI who found the blood evidence in this case where a fitbit determined the time of death:
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[yshaloo]

I've found the regular Tidy Cats formulas (even in the lightweight) to be too perfumy. But I love their Fresh and Clean (unscented), not perfumy yet seems to keep the cat stink down.