In happier news, per sj's recommendation, I made reservations for my friend Katie and me tomorrow at the Rose Tree Cottage for afternoon tea. Yay!

Also, if sj stops by, insent.

Happy Birthday, Suzi!

I am awake. ish. And could in theory easily make it to the caucuses. I'm not sure I really care enough to caucus. I would vote, maybe. But....effort! Also apparently you have to be there at 1pm but the real caucusing doesn't start for at least an hour. Boo.

anvils on asshats /And whiskers on kittens...

I like this song. :) Poor Sox. Best of luck.

Coincidentally, we just got a flier from the local farm and home store selling a 110 pound Anvil for $99.99...

In my family we always sang, "Whiskey on kittens."

I just paid all the monthly bills and I know where all the money is coming from! Yay me! I even have a little left over to buy more stuff for the new cat who, due to an unfortunate confluence of Kevin Smith love and the discovery of a new comic book, is under the potential threat of being named Ubu Bubu Kitty Fuck.

You probably already know not to play with the cat with your bare hands, but when you went shopping, did you see all those "kitten mitten" glove thingies with extended fingers?

I got some of these to play with my grown cats. Scared them shitless. They love most cat toys: feathers on the end of a fishing pole-like thing, feathers on the end of a bendy stick, pretty much anything with feathers. The glove thing caused one to run and hide and the other to back off slowly while in the classic cat arch, hissing and looking panicky from side to side.

It seems likely that most cats love these, since they're quite popular at the store, so I mention this not to refute Andi, but rather to say Ycat's-cat-toy-loveMV.

peanut butter toast:

I forgot my original reason for posting!

Happy Birthday, Suzi!!! May it be your best birthday yet, and the start of a wonderful year.

Wait, why aren't you supposed to play with kittens with bare hands?

Nora, if you don't want to talk finances with them, maybe tell them you gave up eating out for Lent?

Or just "Oh, I'm really sorry, that's not going to work for us, but maybe you can come by for drinks and dessert?"

why aren't you supposed to play with kittens with bare hands?

I think on account of the scratching. I have a pair of work gloves that do nicely but dangly toys on the fingers sounds way fun.

Nora, if you don't want to talk finances with them, maybe tell them you gave up eating out for Lent?

I read this as "gave up eating for Lent". I laughed out loud before I re-read and realized it was actually a good idea.