True. I will have to remember to pick up said towel is the main challenge, or the elderly cat who has decided to retire to the bathroom will use it in preference to her litterbox (which is RIGHT THERE WHY CAT WHY?) but that is actually true of the bathmat, too. Hence the washing to disintegration.

Thanks to Oz's tendency to pee on the bathmat (his litter is nowhere near the bathroom.) I've stopped using a bathmat entirely. I just dry myself off before I step out of the shower.

I have a bloody footprint bathmat, but as my cats love sitting on it and their litterbox is right there in the bathroom, it's getting pretty grubby. I was considering getting some kind of wire tool to beat the dirt out of it like a saddleblanket rather than risk it in the washing machine.

OMG participating in local government is so tedious. And important, yes, blah blah. Right now it involves sitting and listening to white guys talk at us.

And using various euphemisms for brown and black people.

Oh, good, now the arguing.

You're doing the right thing, Dana!

Timelies all!

Drove from Ottawa to Toronto today, with a stop to meet a friend and her wife(who we met once, in 2005) for lunch. Awful traffic on 401 in many spots. To top it all off, Mr. S was being more unruly than usual at dinner, and now he won't go to bed.

Did I mention it's our anniversary today?

Oy, this is worse than con panels where people start with "I actually have two questions..."

I have a couple of white mats similar to this [link]

reversible, no rubber backing. The people I nannied for a million years ago in NY had ones like this and I liked them so much more than the polyester rubber backed things I grew up with. They are old and stained and I just keep using them. They are GREAT for soaking up water spills also.

Happy anniversary, Sheryl. I hope Mr. S conks out soon so you have a peaceful evening.