Happy Birthday Teppy!
ION - I can has kitteh! We think she's a girl, and we've named her Pete. I'm taking her to the vet in a couple of hours for her shots, and to do something about her fleas (she's from a farm litter). She also looks to have an infected eye. But hey! At least she's not drowned! Stupid farmers.
She's very smart - she figured out the litter tray with no help from us. She's also an explorer, and a climber.
Yay kitteh!
Awww! Kitty! I think we need pictures.
Okay, I've a very poor quality camera phone pic up on Facebook -
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In cuteness news, look at what CBD brought me back from CA: [link]
My calendar says 6/23. IT'S TEPPY DAY!!
Carlin is gone.
Aw, fuck!
"vegetable suet." Is that just shortening?
I think there is specially flavored "vegetable suet" that's shortening plus, mostly, more salt, but yes, you can use Crisco in place of suet most of the time. (I made spotted dick once with butter-flavored Crisco and it turned out just fine. Turns out that even though lard comes in giant tubs in any old corner bodega, for suet you must go to An Actual Butcher and order it in advance.)
(This deserves its own post.)
HAPPY TEPPY DAY!!!!