A Cat By Any Other Name

      Still life with cats: the story of me

 

January 1, 2009

A fine start

If the cats have any say, I won’t get much of anything useful done today at all. And actually, this morning, I am in complete agreement. I think that is a mighty fine way to start a brand new year. Now, can someone please bring me some coffee?

 

January 2, 2009

Bit of this, bit of that

…but also because days later one of us invariably turns to the other (okay, usually it is me) and, completely out of the blue, say “but seriously now, why did they *do* that”, and the other (usually it is Richard) rarely doesn’t immediately know what I’m talking about. Random non sequiturs of conversation; one of the bedrocks of any good marriage.

 

January 3, 2009

Belated

…at which point I exclaimed “oh gracious me, I forgot about the cake”, or words of a similar (but perhaps a teensy bit less ladylike) nature, and I dashed for the kitchen…

 

January 4, 2009

Vacation’s end

…with quite a bit of laughing and good natured quibbling over the rules (which, according to the game itself, is actually mandatory, so we were only doing our part to follow instructions)

 

January 5, 2009

Considerations

So maybe that $7 I spent on in the bargain bin on Amazon wasn’t completely wasted after all.

 

January 6, 2009

Transitioned

It has been a rather uneventful sort of day today, matching set of hives aside.

 

January 20, 2009

Bright, bright shiny day

Because right now, the most important thing of all to write about is the way the sun is rising across this great big beautiful country of mine, and how a brand new day is dawning, and how so many people around the world are filled with such an over abundance of hope that we have not felt in a very very long time.