Wordless Wednesday
This cat is bigger than the baby it’s lying beside!
It always amazes me when I see a big fat cat like this! I guess it’s owners have been pampering it and giving it too many meals or snacks. Personally I think it probably needs to be put on Leptovox or a weight loss pill equivalent for cats! LOL
I sure hope that baby’s parents don’t over feed him or her like they did their cat!
Is it sad that I’m tired of winter already and it’s only just started? Probably eh?
Later this evening we’re going to get some snow and then during the night there will be a mix of freezing rain, ice pellets and snow, with more snow to follow during the day on Wednesday. No wonder I’m tired of winter – we’ve already had several major snow storms.
What happened to our winters here in Toronto that were pretty much snowless? For years we had barely any snow during the winter and then once every ten years or so we’d have a really snowy winter, but last year and this year seem to be snow filled.
I wonder if spring plungers are some magical objects that instantly propel people like me who are tired of winter into spring? Ha … wouldn’t that be nice!
Are you starting to get tired of the snow too, or are you making the best of it and taking the kids out tobogganing, skiing or perhaps skating?
I think my dog, Midnight, believes our living room is her private playground. All she wants to do is play and the living room is where most of her play takes place.
She’ll run back and forth dropping her chewed up Nylabone and pushing it around with her feet – making her own game of it. Or she’ll drop it at her feet in the hopes that we’ll pick it up and throw it for her or kick it along the hardwood floor. I call that one Dog Hockey. She does make a good goalie.
Unfortunately with all this play our furniture is taking a beating! Our leather couches don’t look so nice anymore and she’s always banging into the tv stand and accidentally turning on the CD player. Lucky for her our home entertainment system isn’t working or else she’d probably be blasted by the music whenever she turns on the cd player!
When we have some extra money maybe we’ll look at different styles of tv stands, perhaps getting one with doors to hide all the electrical equiptment behind will help.
Actually I can’t wait until Midnight settles down. She’s only 17 months old so she’s really still just a big puppy. I’m told Labs start to calm down when they are three or so. I like the playfulness, but I think we (and our furniture) could do with a little less of it.
If you have a dog or cat do they have one room that they seem to think of as “their” playroom?
The other day Chris and I were busy running around, I think it was Christmas Eve, so we decided to get some takeout food for dinner as it was beginning to get late.
Can you believe the only place we could find open was a Subway? Even McDonald’s was closed. We got our subs and ate them at home. I hadn’t had a sub for ages and even though I’m not a big fan of eating a “sandwich” for dinner I thoroughly enjoyed it. Maybe instead of starting a jewelery business (15 years ago) I should have put my money into a Subway franchise. The business is certainly going strong!
What kind of take out food do you get when you decide you want something quick and easy? Hamburgers? Chicken? A sub?
So … How did the Holidays treat you? Did you have a nice time with friends and relatives? A big turkey dinner at Christmas? Get at least one present you really wanted? Party too much at New Years?
Chris and I had a nice Christmas and New Years. We went to his parents on Christmas day for a meal. No, it wasn’t a turkey dinner. Darn! My Mother in Law isn’t the best cook. She made mashed turnip, carrots, mashed potatoes, stuffing and uhm cooked up those pressed chicken breasts that you get from M & M’s.
The meal was OK, but for me it didn’t seem like a true Christmas dinner. So this weekend Chris and I are going to either get a small turkey or some turkey breasts and I’ll make us up a tasty New Years dinner either tomorrow or Sunday. Hey, it’s not the holidays to me if you don’t have some leftover turkey kicking around.
Chris’ older brother was visiting from Chicago and he brought his youngest son, 14 years old, with him. So on Christmas evening we drove from Chris’ parents home in Brantford back to our house in Toronto and all the guys ended up going to the park down the street from us to play hockey on the hockey rink. They actually did that twice a day for four days. So the guys got their exercise!
Unfortunately when they were in the house they watched hockey game after hockey game – old classics and the World Junior Hockey tournament pre-games so needless to say I’m hockeyed out. Chris’ cousin brought his two sons over for one of the days as well, so I think I’m “guyed” out as well. There was way too much testosterone around here last weekend!
Chris’ brother left on Monday and I’ve been recovering from the holidays and enjoying the peace and quite ever since.
Unfortunately for my nephew, I happened to go into the basement one day during the week and I discovered that he’d left a piece of his Samsonite luggage and a pair of jeans behind! I guess things like that happen to 14 year olds! Now I need to find out if we should ship the luggage and jeans to Chicago or just keep them until they come back for another visit.
It was really cold here at New Years so instead of going downtown to see the live show that they put on here in Toronto we stayed in and cuddled on the couch watching TV. We ended up watching the Niagara Falls New Years show and saw Roger Hodgson of Supertramp and Kim Mitchell perform. It was a great show!
Overall I’d say the holidays were great, but I’m tired out. I’ve been so sleepy this week. Maybe I’m fighting something or maybe it’s the Vitamin D supplements that I started taking (just found out I’m vitamin D deficient) that are making me tired. Either way I could sleep all day and night. Not good when you work from home!
I hope that the holidays were good to you and that you’re ready to get a good start in 2009! Happy New year and thank you for being loyal readers! I appreciate your visits and comments.