While my Mom and Sister are away on vacation in South Carolina I have cat duty. After work today I went over to their house to check on the "kids". As I suspected, they were very excited to see me today. Mee-Tu told me all about his day. Chablis demanded to be chased and Truffles played hide and seek...any idea as to who was hiding? I finally found her in my sisters bedroom on her dresser. When I spoke to my sister this evening she informed me that Truffles was sulking. Okay, I learned a new cat trick...and I thought I knew them all! Little Kiwi didn't have too much to say, which really surprised my sister. Kiwi is the voice of the people at my Mom's house; I guess that is only when they are home. There is something about having pets. After a few days away from them you are really ready to see them again and that is exactly how my Mom and Sister are feeling. (Although Beth, my sister, did admit that the first night away from home she slept great...no cats pushing her out of the bed and no legs falling asleep because a little someone was sleeping on them.)
I expect them home late Thursday or Friday.
My Jasmine has an ear ache...OUCH!!! She has been digging at her ear and has her ear out to the side of her head...holding it horizontal instead of vertical. Her ears are as clean as can be, so I'm not too sure what is going on. I've rubbed her ears down by the ear drum and that seems to be the sensitive area...off to the vets by Thursday if there isn't an improvement. Michele, the vets wife, has taught me the two day rule...if there isn't an improvement in two days it's off to see Dr. Adey. At the moment my sweet kitten is bathing Coco on the spare bed...I'm so glad they are comfortable. Such spoiled girls, but isn't that the way real life should be???
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Monday, May 28, 2007
Memorial Day Weekend
I love three day weekends!!
It was my turn to work at the bank on Saturday. What a great day! I have to admit that I am selfish when it comes to Saturday banking. I don't usually mind working on the long weekends only because I still get two full days off! So much better than working a long week and then half a day and all of a sudden you are back at the same old grind. Anyway, Saturday morning was spent in Auburndale waiting for customers to cash their checks or make deposits, chatting with the teller on duty and browsing through Martha Stewart's Living magazines...talk about a tough day at the office. Then off to Sherwin Williams to look at more paint samples for the interior of the house, no we still have not decided on wall colors...I mean, how tough is it to pick a neutral wall color???? After that we headed to BAI, beauty alliance, which is for licensed professionals only. Needed some shampoo and conditioner for a friend of mine and picked up some awesome shampoo for us too. Here's a tip, if you happen to use a lot of hair products like gel, mousse, and spray you might want to try Redken's hair creme...takes all the junk out of your hair and leaves it way soft...so soft that today I didn't use conditioner. For you fine hair gals like myself use this product on weekends when you don't have much going on. Of course a weekly trip to Lowes was in order, have to get the bird food. And then, Tom's favorite stop...Publix. Thank the Lord he loves to cook!
On Sunday we had "cat duty." My Mom and sister are on vacation in South Carolina and our job is to go to their house and do the cat chores. They have four siamese...Truffles, Chablis, Kiwi and Mee-Tu. I'm sad to say that last week they had to put dear little Qwill to rest. Poor little guy had kidney failure; he was a trooper to the end. On a happy note, the other four are doing fine. Chablis is a chocolate point with a terrible flaw...she has a pink nose! Obviously not show quality but she is a character. She will turn 5 on June 1st. I've been told by my sister that we will be having a birthday party and a "gotcha day" party for Kiwi and Mee-tu next week. I'm sure my sister will be serving something tasty for all of us to enjoy. Kiwi and Mee-Tu are siblings and were adopted last June. Kiwi is a sassy girl, like my Jasmine, and Mee-Tu is a sweet little boy whose tail was somewhat chewed off by his mother. Originally, Kiwi was to be adopted, but the more Mom and Beth thought about it they just knew they couldn't leave her little brother with the stubby tail...hence, Mee-Tu became an addition to the family. Truffles is the grande dame of the house. I just love her! She stands on her tip toes when you scratch her back and the most amazing thing is she has no teeth! Two years ago my sister made the decision to have Truffles' teeth extracted due to severe mouth sores. The poor kitty would go to the vets office for shots and she would be okay for a while but then couldn't eat. She got very thin and the vet suggested removing the teeth. Lo and behold, the old gal is off the shots, she has gained a ton of weight and chases after the kittens like she was one herself! Ah, the miracles of dentistry!
Today we had a nice quiet kind of day. We are working on putting our utility room back together..a muti-day job. We have a lot of stuff from Tom's parent's house. It is very difficult to part with treasures, but I really don't think we will ever use a canvas tent...the holiday inn is as rough as I get.
Over all, a great weekend spent with my best friend, my sweet husband.
I'm lucky; Tom never makes me feel guilty if I don't feel like cleaning, he strongly encourages my hobbies ( how great is that ) and he tells me to chill when I say it's time for me to work on my most frequent hobby...laundry.
I hope you all have had a special weekend with your loved ones!
It was my turn to work at the bank on Saturday. What a great day! I have to admit that I am selfish when it comes to Saturday banking. I don't usually mind working on the long weekends only because I still get two full days off! So much better than working a long week and then half a day and all of a sudden you are back at the same old grind. Anyway, Saturday morning was spent in Auburndale waiting for customers to cash their checks or make deposits, chatting with the teller on duty and browsing through Martha Stewart's Living magazines...talk about a tough day at the office. Then off to Sherwin Williams to look at more paint samples for the interior of the house, no we still have not decided on wall colors...I mean, how tough is it to pick a neutral wall color???? After that we headed to BAI, beauty alliance, which is for licensed professionals only. Needed some shampoo and conditioner for a friend of mine and picked up some awesome shampoo for us too. Here's a tip, if you happen to use a lot of hair products like gel, mousse, and spray you might want to try Redken's hair creme...takes all the junk out of your hair and leaves it way soft...so soft that today I didn't use conditioner. For you fine hair gals like myself use this product on weekends when you don't have much going on. Of course a weekly trip to Lowes was in order, have to get the bird food. And then, Tom's favorite stop...Publix. Thank the Lord he loves to cook!
On Sunday we had "cat duty." My Mom and sister are on vacation in South Carolina and our job is to go to their house and do the cat chores. They have four siamese...Truffles, Chablis, Kiwi and Mee-Tu. I'm sad to say that last week they had to put dear little Qwill to rest. Poor little guy had kidney failure; he was a trooper to the end. On a happy note, the other four are doing fine. Chablis is a chocolate point with a terrible flaw...she has a pink nose! Obviously not show quality but she is a character. She will turn 5 on June 1st. I've been told by my sister that we will be having a birthday party and a "gotcha day" party for Kiwi and Mee-tu next week. I'm sure my sister will be serving something tasty for all of us to enjoy. Kiwi and Mee-Tu are siblings and were adopted last June. Kiwi is a sassy girl, like my Jasmine, and Mee-Tu is a sweet little boy whose tail was somewhat chewed off by his mother. Originally, Kiwi was to be adopted, but the more Mom and Beth thought about it they just knew they couldn't leave her little brother with the stubby tail...hence, Mee-Tu became an addition to the family. Truffles is the grande dame of the house. I just love her! She stands on her tip toes when you scratch her back and the most amazing thing is she has no teeth! Two years ago my sister made the decision to have Truffles' teeth extracted due to severe mouth sores. The poor kitty would go to the vets office for shots and she would be okay for a while but then couldn't eat. She got very thin and the vet suggested removing the teeth. Lo and behold, the old gal is off the shots, she has gained a ton of weight and chases after the kittens like she was one herself! Ah, the miracles of dentistry!
Today we had a nice quiet kind of day. We are working on putting our utility room back together..a muti-day job. We have a lot of stuff from Tom's parent's house. It is very difficult to part with treasures, but I really don't think we will ever use a canvas tent...the holiday inn is as rough as I get.
Over all, a great weekend spent with my best friend, my sweet husband.
I'm lucky; Tom never makes me feel guilty if I don't feel like cleaning, he strongly encourages my hobbies ( how great is that ) and he tells me to chill when I say it's time for me to work on my most frequent hobby...laundry.
I hope you all have had a special weekend with your loved ones!
Thursday, May 24, 2007
recipes
I'm very behind in sending my easy recipes...so here are two of them.
Chicken Surpise:
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
Cream of Chicken Soup
Swiss Cheese
1 Stick of Butter melted
Stove Top Stuffing - chicken flavored 1 box
Place chicken breasts in baking dish. Pour soup over chicken and spread evenly. Cover with cheese (I always use swiss, but have heard muenster is very good). Mix the stuffing mix with the melted butter and scatter over the cheese topped chicken. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake another 15 minutes until brown and bubbly.
Crispy Chicken Tenders
Chicken Tenders
Hot Sauce
French Fried Onion Rings
Dip chicken tenders in your favorite hot sauce ( we marinate ours for about 30 minutes to an hour but you really don't have to) roll the chicken
tenders in crushed onion rings. Place on a baking sheet (spray with Pam)
and bake at 450 for 10-12 minutes. You can also spray the top of the chicken with Pam, but we usually do not.
Enjoy!
Chicken Surpise:
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
Cream of Chicken Soup
Swiss Cheese
1 Stick of Butter melted
Stove Top Stuffing - chicken flavored 1 box
Place chicken breasts in baking dish. Pour soup over chicken and spread evenly. Cover with cheese (I always use swiss, but have heard muenster is very good). Mix the stuffing mix with the melted butter and scatter over the cheese topped chicken. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake another 15 minutes until brown and bubbly.
Crispy Chicken Tenders
Chicken Tenders
Hot Sauce
French Fried Onion Rings
Dip chicken tenders in your favorite hot sauce ( we marinate ours for about 30 minutes to an hour but you really don't have to) roll the chicken
tenders in crushed onion rings. Place on a baking sheet (spray with Pam)
and bake at 450 for 10-12 minutes. You can also spray the top of the chicken with Pam, but we usually do not.
Enjoy!
Saturday, May 12, 2007
May Update
Hi,
Sorry again about the delay in a new post. Life has been hectic, but I have decided that hectic is the new normal. I will send the recipes to you soon, promise!
Our house repairs have been coming along nicely. The air conditioners have been removed and the walls look soooo much better. The house has been pressure washed and painted and it looks much fresher...I love it!!!
The cats haven't been too keen on the strangers around the house, but they are troopers and only have to endure a few more visitors. We have decided to have the interior painted by professionals. Too much of a hassle for us, especially since Tom's knees are so bad. After the painting we plan on tiling the Florida room and the backsplash in the kitchen; of course doing the kitchen will probably mean a new stove...Tom wants a commercial one. (He's got great dreams)
Our littles ones are still into everything. I made chocolate chip cookies last weekend and stored as many of them as I could in tupperware, the remainder went into a ziploc bag. I never thought the girls would bother a ziploc bag until I was awakend in the wee hours of the morning with bag of cookies in my bedroom...I was not pleased. And yes, it was my dear sweet Coco Chanel who had the sweet tooth. I hope she enjoyed the crumbs. Coco has been very busy with her new Teddy. She is on her third bear; she has this thing about chewing off their right ear. Her latest trick is to give Teddy a drink. All week long she has been trying to drown her bear. I find Teddy face down in the water bowl almost every morning. On the morning Teddy isn't taking a swim he is either drying in the drain board or being flung across my bed. Teddy can hold a lot of water...he might be part camel.
Tomorrow I am off to Clearwater with my Mom and sister. We are going to spend Mother's Day with our friend, Mary, who is the cat breeder. I can't wait to see all of the kittens...might tempt me to buy another.
Tom is in Connecticut for the weekend visiting his children. Jessica has completed her Freshman year of college and Tom is going to be bring a load of "stuff" back home for her. Time flies. His son turned 17 on May 1st...it seems like yesterday that he was a skinny little 8 year old boy with a dreadful ear infection, but he was quite the trooper as he was on vacation in Florida...makes me feel old.
I went to the local Scrapbook Studio today...what fun! Last weekend I spent National Scrapbook Day at my friend Christy's house. It was the most wonderful day. I got 7 pages done, which is quite an accomplishment for me. I was working on my pictures from Colorado and today I found some really cute 3d pieces for my title page. What a great day!!!
Off to find an old postage stamp of Colorado to add to my title page. I have to dig out the postage stamp album and see what I can come up with.
Happy Mother's Day to all!!
Sorry again about the delay in a new post. Life has been hectic, but I have decided that hectic is the new normal. I will send the recipes to you soon, promise!
Our house repairs have been coming along nicely. The air conditioners have been removed and the walls look soooo much better. The house has been pressure washed and painted and it looks much fresher...I love it!!!
The cats haven't been too keen on the strangers around the house, but they are troopers and only have to endure a few more visitors. We have decided to have the interior painted by professionals. Too much of a hassle for us, especially since Tom's knees are so bad. After the painting we plan on tiling the Florida room and the backsplash in the kitchen; of course doing the kitchen will probably mean a new stove...Tom wants a commercial one. (He's got great dreams)
Our littles ones are still into everything. I made chocolate chip cookies last weekend and stored as many of them as I could in tupperware, the remainder went into a ziploc bag. I never thought the girls would bother a ziploc bag until I was awakend in the wee hours of the morning with bag of cookies in my bedroom...I was not pleased. And yes, it was my dear sweet Coco Chanel who had the sweet tooth. I hope she enjoyed the crumbs. Coco has been very busy with her new Teddy. She is on her third bear; she has this thing about chewing off their right ear. Her latest trick is to give Teddy a drink. All week long she has been trying to drown her bear. I find Teddy face down in the water bowl almost every morning. On the morning Teddy isn't taking a swim he is either drying in the drain board or being flung across my bed. Teddy can hold a lot of water...he might be part camel.
Tomorrow I am off to Clearwater with my Mom and sister. We are going to spend Mother's Day with our friend, Mary, who is the cat breeder. I can't wait to see all of the kittens...might tempt me to buy another.
Tom is in Connecticut for the weekend visiting his children. Jessica has completed her Freshman year of college and Tom is going to be bring a load of "stuff" back home for her. Time flies. His son turned 17 on May 1st...it seems like yesterday that he was a skinny little 8 year old boy with a dreadful ear infection, but he was quite the trooper as he was on vacation in Florida...makes me feel old.
I went to the local Scrapbook Studio today...what fun! Last weekend I spent National Scrapbook Day at my friend Christy's house. It was the most wonderful day. I got 7 pages done, which is quite an accomplishment for me. I was working on my pictures from Colorado and today I found some really cute 3d pieces for my title page. What a great day!!!
Off to find an old postage stamp of Colorado to add to my title page. I have to dig out the postage stamp album and see what I can come up with.
Happy Mother's Day to all!!
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