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[Reesha]

Reesa, tell me again what that little thing is that your cat is chewing in your avatar?....I forgot but it was funny. It's such a weird photo! And your cat's expression is priceless.
I always think it looks like a little pink hairless newborn mouse..... =8-o

When I took Monkey home to mom's house for the first time (she was still a kitten) the first toy she discovered was a little plastic cat that belonged to a silly plastic cat 'catapult gun'. My brother had the sense to tie it to a string on a stick and fling it all around. These days she'd get bored or lazy after fifteen minutes, but back then she'd play for hours! You can see it more clearly in this shot:

[Biciclista]

your kitty is SO CUTE.

Day #4 without husband.
It was SO quiet last night. I sat and read for 2 hours. I am systematically cleaning our bedroom. All the things I do better when he's not here, but I still miss him.
He's in California preparing for the death ride on saturday.

[Reesha]

She really was the cutest little kitten. I adopted her because out of all the cats at the shelter, she was the only one to give me little sandpaper kisses



I'm a proud mom.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Thanks Reesha. Yes, your kitty is such a pretty tabby!

Mimi- Right now I am in the middle of reorganizing the big living room bookshelf.
I can't believe how the books have slowly drifted around and gotten mixed into the various themes so you can't really find anything anymore. Plus, some books are simply not relevant or used by us anymore at all, and they need to make way for newer books that we are actually using and needing to access regularly.
I managed to organize 4 of the 8 shelves so far. It's so great to have all my various cookbooks, bread/baking, food growing, and canning/preserving books all together on one shelf, organized, and easy to grab!
When one's husband is away, it's a great time to reorganize some annoying messy places. (as long as we are careful to not throw away any husband possessions without consulting them!- that wouldn't be fair after all)

[Biciclista]

the only husband possessions I throw away when he's gone are worn out underwear and white teeshirts.

[katluvr]

Awwwwwwwwwww, Reesha, very cute pictures.
Dealing w/ very sick cat right now...tooo sad to share. But enjoyed seeing your cutie!

[Zen]

You guys are mere amateurs.
You should see the stuff I'm cleaning out and throwing away.
Whew.
A whole lotta STUFF that I don't need now and probably never did.

[Biciclista]

I"m not tossing, here, just cleaning.
But I SHOULD be tossing stuff; just don't know where to toss it to.

[Reesha]

I like to use Freecycle or Reuse-it when I want to toss stuff. It's basically giving stuff away to other people in your area via (typically) a Yahoo group. I got some cool stuff that way and unloaded a whole lot of good stuff that I no longer needed.

[Biciclista]

good point. I think it will be hard to get rid of books though, i've already cherry picked and sold the good ones. I've donated some to the library too.
Or i can just leave the whole mess for my sons to sort out in 40 years. lol

[Reesha]

Haha my mom and stepdad just keep every book they've ever bought. They don't have bare walls in their house, just book shelves! (Won't that be a joy to sort out in forty years )

[Selkie]

My husband and I are both avid readers. We have held on to a few favorites but believe that books are for sharing. Therefore, once one of us finishes a book, it goes into the "donate to the library" box.

[Reesha]

Yeah, I have the same policy. I like to pass on all the books that I've enjoyed and keep only my very favorite and the useful ones!

[Zen]

When you have a job as big as this one there is no time to freecycle. It just has to GO.

Books stay, though.

[Fredwina]

oh dear, NPR (or KPCC) has jumped the shark
they're going to have live coverage of Michael Jackson's memorial service