OH LOOK ... A PRESENT!!

There's no use telling you what the weather is like, because you already know.  Cold with a lot of wet fog.  I really wasn't gung-ho to be getting up since I had an accounting appointment.  It doesn't help when you-know-who wants in and out, in and out.  Last night Kitters insisted on going out into the foggy night.  At 2:00 am she was knocking on the bedroom door.  At 3:00 she was knocking to get OUT!  At 3:30, she wanted back in.  This is not going well for MOI!

Just for kicks, I wanted to show you the lights I got for the back yard, which I admired every time I opened the door.  These are the ones Ray and Cindy have in Yuma, though theirs stand out much more because they have actual REAL light poles that illuminate them a bit more.

These are just stuck in the flower beds ... and it's pretty dark outside.  They are all solar and look like tiki lights that flicker.  Of course when it's foggy all day, they don't work so well.  Come summer, they will be VERY cool looking. 

Right off the bat, while still sipping my coffee, this kid pulled this heavy drawer out and crawled inside, after pulling most of the stuff out and dropping it unceremoniously on the floor.  Thank you for the mess I now have to clean up.  I had forgotten much of what I knew about kitties.  Outside she went.

Soon after, I heard the MEOWWWW.  Boy do I remember THAT tone of voice from my Mom's siamese kitty.  OH LOOK ... A PRESENT!  It's a darn good thing I saw that before I opened the door wide enough to let her in.  

Just a few minutes earlier, I saw a big hole by the fence.  She was on TOP of the fence looking down as I covered it up.  Apparently she went back out and somehow caught this gopher.  SO PROUD SHE WAS!!  Yes that's lovely, but no thank you!  I tried to take it away, but she was having none of it.  I finally distracted her, grabbed it quickly and tossed it in the trash.  She might have eaten it ... but that would mean I had to clean up the guts on the back step when she threw it up.  Sorry for the visual!!

I had forgotten all the times the siamese brought in rats, mice and snakes, to throw them against the wall in the hallway ... SO PROUD!

Time for bookkeeping.  When I called the main office, I hoped no one would answer.  They did ... so off I trekked for three hours of trying to manage so many accounts and sort out which could be combined.  It's daunting ... especially when I discovered several vehicles on the property were not currently registered.  YIKES!!  Truly, I am not looking for work ... I'm RETIRED.  I started making phone calls to see who might want a new well paid job.

When I got back home, I decided to try another one of those viral recipes from the internet.  Big mistake ... BIG.  Here it is ... cake mix, pudding, milk, chocolate chips and peanut butter cups.  Bake for 35 minutes.  

Wasn't I shocked when I opened the oven at the BEEP to smell BURNT CHOCOLATE.  Big sigh!  Yessiree ... burned black as could be on the bottom!!  I think 25 minutes would have been just fine (and yes, my oven temp was correct).  

I scraped off the top for a taste.  Meh ... it was okay, but nothing special, and not near as good as plain old box-made brownies.  Forget the cake mix part.  Half of it went in the trash.  Viral videos my foot!!  Or maybe THEIR oven is off!

So let's try another one!!  This is a surprise though ... I'll let you know tomorrow whether it worked or not.  It's been a long time since I made this one!!

Kitters is being a pain this morning, knocking everything off my quilting table.  What is it with CATS??  Mr. Cooper is never a problem ... mostly anyway.  

For my last trick ... I'll explain tomorrow ... I get to speak to someone in a foreign country about a charge on my credit card.  That should be FUN!!!  Hey, I'd rather do that than get a dead gopher present!!