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I am sitting here in my fleece pajamas, drinking my first cup of coffee. I have a lot of wash started and hope to get out and shop some later today.
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The "What are you Doing" Thread - 2016.
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Having my breakfast...about to get up and feed Artie..
Will do in a little while, for sure. I can't NOT share them. Considering I was taking them with my non-dominant hand (the dominant one was focusing on the toy) they came out pretty well, albeit a bit fuzzy in a few of them. Penelopy has some CLAWS on her I discovered!
Right now, finished up my first cup of coffee, about to go for a second. Wait, maybe this was my second and I'm going for a third...
About to head to the grocery store. I found out I won a $25 grocery gift card this morning and then 20 minutes later I also won a valentines day feast from them. Steak, lobster tails, a bouquet of flowers, chocolate covered strawberries and 2 side dishes. I'm going to pick it up and get a few other groceries.
I need to go shopping today too. I think I'll run over to Petsmart and see if I can pick up some "pill wraps" (as opposed to the pockets) since Sara doesn't seem to like the pockets so much anymore, and pilling her has become quite the task. She loves treats, but she just doesn't like THOSE ones. Hoping the Petsmart down the street from me has the wraps that I bought for Lucky months ago (this new one is like a "mini" store), if not I'll have to go to the further one. And then grocery shopping after that.
Congratulations!!!
Got my prize, worth about $65 and my $25 in free groceries. can't wait for dinner.
we're all feeling like popsicles here today! the wood stove is cranking out the heat, but we can still feel the cold outdoors 'pressing' up on the house. it's currently -2 degrees F and windhere, and the forecast is for a high of 3 degrees F -- not thinking that's gong to happen. i spent the morning using the oven (baking chicken breasts, then a batch of chicken enchiladas) -- may as well generate a little more heat that way! and this afternoon i'll bake a potato, in the oven. this evening i'm thinking i'll whip together a batch of baked oatmeal, which will use the oven again. and tonight, even with the wood stove going, i'll leave the thermostat set at 72 degrees -- so i can actually get some decent sleep, unlike last night.
today, i'm wishing i lived in Florida!
Just raided the clearance aisle at Persmart. Christmas in February!
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Get out a big soup pot and boil some water. Once it comes to a boil, lower it to a very low simmer. You can add some orange peels, cinnamon or other aromatic oils to it and your whole house/apartment will be warm and smelling good! The simmering water really radiates a LOT of warmth and humidity so you and your cat's skin doesn't dry out in this cold and crappy weather! You can actually turn your heat down a bit and save money too.
we're all feeling like popsicles here today! the wood stove is cranking out the heat, but we can still feel the cold outdoors 'pressing' up on the house. it's currently -2 degrees F and windhere, and the forecast is for a high of 3 degrees F -- not thinking that's gong to happen. i spent the morning using the oven (baking chicken breasts, then a batch of chicken enchiladas) -- may as well generate a little more heat that way! and this afternoon i'll bake a potato, in the oven. this evening i'm thinking i'll whip together a batch of baked oatmeal, which will use the oven again. and tonight, even with the wood stove going, i'll leave the thermostat set at 72 degrees -- so i can actually get some decent sleep, unlike last night.
today, i'm wishing i lived in Florida!
I do this when ever the temp drops below freezing and it works! You just have to set the timer so you remember to add water to the pot as it dissipates! It's currently 18F here right now but dropping down to 6F tonight. With the windchill it will be colder than a dog's a butt on an ice cube, so I will probably be simmering water later tonight. Right now, I have a roast in the oven so it is pretty warm in here.
She's very pretty and the kitties are gorgeous. You have another daughter don't you?
Good for you fighting to get what you paid for. Stop calling yourself old.
OMG -25?! That's awful. Will the stove thing keep you warm enough? You should take all 3 babies with you to bed.sending
right now, we all just finished our (approx) noon snacks and i'm now snuggling little deedee while sitting in my chair at the computer. deedee is a 'heat seeker', like i am.
it's quite cold here too! :nod: but tonight through monday morning is when it'll be frigid like Antarctica here -- saturday's day and night time wind chills are forecast to be -25 degrees F!
Did you go home early? What happened at the vet?Lord, but I am cold.
And I'm really worried about Muffin. I think she has a UTI and I'm not so sure she isn't beginning to block up. I called the vet last night; they had no open appts at all and the earliest they had today is 2:45, so we're going in then. She's eating OK, but I watched her this morning and don't like what I see. It could just be me, but I think there's a problem.
ETA: We just found out that the boiler has broken down. Again. It's blowing COLD air. And nobody is concerned enough to turn the flippin' thing off. Just shoot me now.
The latest rumor is that they may allow us to go home. We are now at around 53 degrees.
Wow. All your Christmases came together. Enjoy everything. You deserve it.
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Thank you! She is my only child. The doctors told me years ago I could never have children - but I fooled them! She was born 2 weeks before my 36th birthday.
It was kinda funny back then because I remember going to my last OB check-up and the doctor asked how I was doing. I just broke down sobbing. I told him I wasn't ready to have her yet and was there any way I could stay pregnant for 2 more weeks! LOL I thought my doctor was gonna faint! He said, "In over 30 years of doing this I have NEVER had a woman ask to STAY pregnant an additional tow weeks"! My birthday is March 1st and her dad's is March 3rd. I just wanted to wait and have her on March 3rd! THAT didn't happen. Oh well.
And she had an awesome time at the concert last night!
We share the same birth date! No wonder you kick so much arse :lol3:
the -25 is the wind chill temperature, but -2 degrees F (-19 C) is the actual temp -- it feels just like Antarctica here! yes, the wood stove is keeping us warm enough, though i can still feel the extreme cold in my bones. with the stove going, it's hovering around the 78 degrees F range in my living room. of course, the kitchen temp is upper 60's -- always colder in there. i also have my thermostat set, so should it drop below 71 in the living room while i'm sleeping tonight the furnace will cycle on -- this is to prevent possible freezing of water pipes, which can happen during the winter months if the indoors temp drops below 60 degrees F.
oh yes! last night was almost as cold as today was, and it was the first night our little girls were 'out and about' in the house all through the night. both girls snuggled on top the blankets with me last night through the night. little deedee did snuggle under the blankets with me for a while, but didn't stay. our jaspurr snuggled with me for a while under the blankets, and we dozed together while i gave him scritchins. when i got up in the wee hours off the AM to add wood to the stove, all three cats were zooming around the upstairs, downstairs, and making the classic "thundering herd of elephants' noises. after they'd burned off some excess energy, they all settled in bed with me again. all three cats will more than likely be snuggling with me in bed again tonight!
Sounds great! Gonna try it, got some fresh oranges and I'm sure I have cinnamon and some cloves would smell nice too! Nala Ava Marie was scratching today for the first time I've ever noticed & I know she doesn't have fleas so I'm guessing she might have a little dry skin. She still doesn't shed! [emoji]128570[/emoji] My magical, non shedding kitten. (I think it's bc she's only 5 1/2 months old.)
I awaken and get up for other reasons in the middle of the night, but other than that, sounds pretty much like how things are here. Critters are nice and asleep, but then I get up and so do they. And then they're awake. Eventually calm down and come back to bed in the week hours of the morning.
I just got done brushing the youngin's toofies (they were ecstatic about that), and clipped their nails earlier (they were REALLY ecstatic about that). I bought an actual clipper for animals' nails and used it for the first time (always used human nail clippers before). It's quite a bit easier, I must say! But I also had a hard time judging where the actual cutting would happen. I was so nervous about getting the quick! To add to my frustration, I have trouble seeing up close with my glasses, and since I was looking even closer than usual, I had to take my glasses off. I didn't realize just how much I enjoy the protection from projecting nails that my glasses provide, lol.
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