Our internet service is down. This is inconvenient.

Cooking always dims my appetite.

I cooked up the chicken liver for my cat, and she doesn't want it either, even though earlier she was licking yesterday's dishes, which was gross. Liver is her favorite cat food flavor, too!

She's just being a cat, Sophia. You know how they are.

Inconvenient is probably closer to true than my reaction, which is near-panic. It's like being snowed in with only one book.

On the rare occasions that I cook, I seldom eat. Eating is fraught for me anyway. I do better if someone else gets takeout/defrosts something/cooks and puts it in front of me so I don't have to give it much thought.

I worked on the closet some (and will go back to it, for another short stint), but rather than going out, I gave myself a therapeutic (rather than cosmetic) pedicure and increased (again!) both time and speed of my treadmill jaunts. I'm feeling better the more I'm able to do.

Uhg. I just hauled in a 50lb bag (jeez, couldn't they sell any smaller) of sidewalk salt in and parceled it into old catlitter buckets so I can easily carry it. And discovered that old catlitter scoops will work well for spreading it. But now I have 50 lbs of salt!! And I hate salting sidewalks cause it tracks inside something awful, but I get ice on my steps no matter how well I clean them off (from the roof) and that could be deadly.

Didn't replace the porch bulb yet. Got an outdoor cfl that I hope will fit, cause even a regular bulb in there is a tight fit. And I haven't figured out how to open the fixture. Hrm.

Also, I want 5 more of these : [link] which will make a huge difference, but none of the nearest stores have them right now. Boo.

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I want this house for me and my mom. It is even inside the area where my university gives us and $8,000 grant for home ownership (although I have issues with that, because they are trying to gentrify the area around the school, and I feel weird about that.) Not that I am in a place right now to buy a house as I can barely take care of an apartment. But it has an original kitchen. Of course if I weren't just fantisizing, my mom should really get the first floor because she is older and shouldn't have to climb stairs so much.

Ooh, that would be perfect! Have you ever broached this idea with your mother?

did you ever talk to her about moving in together?

that wasn't posted when I wrote it BECAUSE the friend that mac went to have pizza with and a wee night playdate, well his dad just called and mac was trying to bully the kid out of a toy and when busted on it he has been freaking out a bit. I may have to go over there and get him, the dad id not sure he will feel comfortable bringing him here alone. Fucking Hell.

She was a little resistant, and I don't have the energy yet to push, I think. The history is that the house she is living in now, which is hers, her parents made her buy when she was 28 because they were too old to get a mortgage (???) ANyway, they came up with a downpayment and she made all the payments. They paid for the utilities and she paid for food. It sounds like a perfect arrangement, but the personalities were bad and it was a really bad experience for her, and I would be asking her to step into the same arrangement, as the parent. to give her credit, she is also very concerned that I do not get stuck with her like she felt stuck with her parents.

But it is a great house, and even on my busline.