Escape from Muttzncatz's Place

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If you don't have followers it's sort of like talking to yourself.  I don't do well talking to myself.  I think I'm a nice enough person but super BORING!  Besides..... I always end up being angry with something or someone if I talk to myself.

It's raining today so no yard work again.  It's almost time to start dinner so watch the sun come out and the rain dry up. I always panic this time of year. I know there will be other days of cool but sunny weather yet before the winter weather sets in. 

Dinner is done and all my chores are finished.  The meds for the cats and dog are given and now it's my time until around 12:30 AM.  I have to start my husbands breakfast, pack his lunch and be done by 1:00 AM.  After that it's time for bed.

We almost lost Sugar today.   I let her out into the dog run while I was cooking dinner and when I went to check on her about five minutes later she wasn't there.  She had dug under the lattice attached to our deck and was digging to get out from under the deck to freedom when I called her back.  We put slats up so she can't do that again.  It's secure for now but we will have to watch her constantly.

Good Night From Muttzncatz's Place

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TGIF *YAWN*

This is Friday and I'm bored already.  The cats are all sleeping off their dinner.  The husband is growing roots on the couch and in-between snores watching wrestling.  The dog, in her box, on her pillow, sound asleep... is chasing after some unknown object of her dreams.  Here I sit blogging and yawning.  The beginning of this weekend is so exciting I can hardly wait to see what the rest of the weekend holds. *snicker*

I finished three of the wrist warmers and found out that only one pair will fit my friend in Hawaii.  The other pair is much too big.  I'm going to start a new pair that will fit her.  I want to send two pair this time.  After I get done with the wrist warmers I want to start beading again.  I have been asked to do jewelry for a wedding in April so I have to brush up on my skills.

I think we can forget about any snow this Winter.  It's almost February and we've had nothing.  Back East is getting hammered though.  I wouldn't want to have anywhere near that much snow.  I feel sorry for everyone that is going through all the problems caused by the many storms that have rolled through their area.

The yawns are taking over...I need slee.......................................................................................................

Goodnight from Muttzncatz's Place

Excellent Christmas!

Christmas is over and we made it through it.  When I filled the stockings for the cats and dog before I went to bed last night, Homer wanted every mouse and ball I stuffed into a sock.  I cleared the mantle of all the decorations thinking that he might jump up there for a better swing at the contents of the socks. When I got up this morning everything was still hanging where I left it....good kitty!

My husband got me a super gift.  I have a Nook e-Reader from Barnes and Noble.  I just love it.  He also got me a roll up pad to do puzzles on.  I haven't been able to do a puzzle for years because the cats take away pieces or push them off on the floor and the dog eats them.  I now can do fun puzzles.  My son Jeff, gave me a gift card to Michael's......that's going to keep my knitting needles clicking for most of the year. What a super Christmas!

For dinner we had prime rib, parsnips, petite peas, mashed potatoes, gravy, Watergate salad, corn pudding and steamed carrot pudding for dessert. Amazingly it all turned out pretty well.  The meat was a perfect medium rare.

Now we prepare for a New Year's eve party.  Nothing fancy....just a few people, snacks and Yahtzee.

Tonight... (on a sad note) two houses down the street a neighbor was taken away by the medical examiner.  He passed away two days ago in his recliner.  His girlfriend had not heard from him so she called the police and they did a welfare check and found him.  How sad he didn't make it through Christmas.  He was a diabetic, and a heavy drinker, which I didn't know until tonight.  God rest his soul.

My Dirty Little Secrets

I'm re-organizing our storage room.  I started in the closet (no, I'm not gay).  That took all yesterday evening.
I'm tossing out a whole bunch of things and repacking boxes that have one or two items in them.  It's hard to believe that my containers in this room end up with a single item in them, but you see......I might need one or two things and so I take those out and use them.  That leaves the single item in there and then when I put them away again they go into a new box.  I  (just in the closet) gained 10 empty containers.

 Unfortunately because of my Fibromyalgia, today I can hardly move without pain.  I hate having this chronic pain!  You work hard for a few hours and the you're down for a day or two.  How am I suppose to get anything done?

Anyway.....Now we have to make a trip to Goodwill to donate some items and our garbage cans are getting full of useless stuff.  That's another puzzler....why would I keep plastic greenery and half used candles?  Dull and scratched  (old) Christmas ornaments?  Beyond me, but I did.

At one point during my closet cleaning I could hardly get out of the room there was so much junk in the middle of the floor.  I tried to make piles for Goodwill, throw away, and re-pack.  This sort of blew up in my face when it all shifted into one giant pile as it got too high.  Now I have to keep going on the back wall of the room where most of the boxes are filled with Holiday decorations.  I would wait until Christmas was over except I've used that excuse almost every year for the past 10 years.  It's time to get it done!  I start feeling guilty for not doing the work I should around the house. I, of course, clean the house, do the laundry, cook and take care of the cat's and dog.  But many other things (like the storage room) seem to spiral out of control as I plod along doing my daily routine.

 For just a little bit you will have to put up with me ripping into the dirty corners of my home.