I'm glad he's making some progress, Laura.

So I had the stomach bug or food poisoning Thursday, was okay Friday, and woke up with a probable cold this morning. Deeply unfair.

Giving Dana's body the stink eye. Not right!

Timelies all!

Took the cats to the vet this morning. Both are basically healthy, though they need their teeth cleaned, and poor Luna's claws had grown into her paw pads, so they had to soak her paws and give her an antibiotic shot.

We got a surprise new couch today! We bought a cheap "for now" couch and matching loveseat when we moved here and I hate them with a passion. One of our cats has basically shredded the back and arms of the couch and it was kinda ugly to begin with. I've been mentioning a new couch for months, but we are paying off credit card debt from having the garage roof redone. The DH found out about a local company which makes smart, sustainable and cool couches and we decided to check them out. [link]

We went today, just to see if they are actually comfortable. We figured we could get one in a few months if we save up. HOWEVER, they were having their annual sale and the exact couch we wanted was $745! Still a chunk of change, but affordable for a nice couch. I'm sitting on it right now AIFG. The people at the company were all very cool and helpful, too. Now we gotta save up enough to replace the loveseat and all will be copacetic, living room-wise.

That's exciting, Scrappy!

I took a boat to an island off the coast of Colombia and laid on a shaded bed thing all day. It is so hot here, but worse than that is how humid it is!! And then the water was bathwater warm! But now I'm back at the hotel for a bit in AC. Last night on this tour, starting tomorrow I'm on my own!

The smaller stage for BBQ Fest is set up right in front of my apartment, and the current band includes a singer who's screaming the lyrics of "Pony" rather than letting the instruments carry the heavy load. Having gotten a good look at the festival crowd earlier, there is no way I'm looking out my window to see if anyone is dancing to the song.

That's awesome, scrappy!

Still super jealous of/inspired by your trip, meara!

Having gotten a good look at the festival crowd earlier, there is no way I'm looking out my window to see if anyone is dancing to the song.

That sounds like the right call.

Just made cinnamon sugar scones that were posted yesterday on smitten kitchen. Pretty easy (though I don't have a pastry blender so the mixing in butter step took a minute with fingers) and very good. The two year old is now crying for "more cookie" so something is right.

I have a pastry blender, but the spaces are too wide, so it really only works to a point.

I have a confession: I went to get Domino's last night and got something I thought was going to be buffalo chicken bits but in fact it was chicken bits in a whole pile of melted cheese, and I couldn't figure out how I would store or re-heat leftovers, so I ate the whole thing and have felt gross ever since. Bleh!

Ugh, I know that feeling Jesse. Not a good one like making yummy scones.