Those crinolines look short--am I misreading that? I do love the nice trim on that one, though. Not for this outfit, but for something with plainer a topskirt, it's lovely.

Maine Coon or not, he's a beauty. Have you had part-Siamese cats before? The one Siamese trait that is absolutely not recessive is chattiness; my God, will they talk you to death. It's thoroughly charming, but also exhausting.

Also, dude. Today I am a total BOSS. Despite raging allergies, I have attained a reasonably healthily fed child, an if-not-clean-then-at-least-much cleaner kitchen, and a twice-vacuumed living room. I also put away the last of the laundry, found our digital camera, nearly totally rehabbed Matilda's revoltingly grungy lunchbox, made a trip to the recycling center, unclogged the bathtub drain, paid the bills, and, with the help of the awesome help desk lady at the craft store, mended the original zipper on a vintage dress instead of having to take it out and spend a jillion hours putting a new one in (moving-out neighbor had abandoned it because of the zipper and it's been on the mending pile for almost a year since). Dude. I did not even know it was possible to do that. THANK YOU AWESOME CRAFT STORE LADY.

Now Matilda and I are watching Betty Boop run around in a spooky proto- Forbidden Zone/Corpse Bride ghost nightclub-cave while Cab Calloway sings "Minnie the Moocher." Later I might take a hot shower, just for the pleasure of watching the water drain right out again. Today totally gets a gold star from me.

Damn, JZ, I am tired just looking at that list!

I think JZ deserves a gold star.

I'd settle for a martini (sadly, just at present a gold star is more attainable).

I'm afraid a kerfuffle may be getting ready to go on my Facebook page. I hate conflict. Why did I re-post something political when I promised myself I wouldn't (for just this reason)? Kicking myself and really hoping that the guy who just agreed to stop mansplaining at me and sorta almost apologized won't rise to the bait just posted by my former boss...please, please, please.

askye, for the record, the cat I just lost was part Maine Coon and had the best personality of any cat I've ever known. Though you might want to keep size in mind if that's an issue. Domino was about 20 lbs - not really fat, just huge. And I noticed they didn't mention his size in the ad. But only you can know if it's the right time for a new one to come into your life.

Today totally gets a gold star from me.

Damn, woman! #winning

And dang, JZ, you definitely kicked your to-do list's ass today!

You deserve a martini and a gold star.

My first serious boyfriend had a half siamese cat. He was chatty as hell. And huge.

Neither Dean nor Maddie were chatty cats. Occasionally Dean would make some noise but it was unusual. Penny is somewhat vocal but not a lot.

I got her this to entertain her [link]

She loves it. It took her a bit to figure out how to get the ball over the hump but she's a champ at it. I think I'm going to ask for a second track for Xmas so she can have more fun and 2 of the balls to chase.

Will thinks I should wait until spring maybe to think about an additional cat. This one happened to hit the parameters I set (adult, male, where I could verify his health history, needs a home because someone is moving / or cant' keep for other reason).