"And it was said....."

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Critics call it CAT-TACULAR

This blog is about my (or rather, Madam Cat's) adventures with catnip.

Petco. June 6th, 2012. Standing in the Cat Treat isle, holding two brands of catnip.

the purpose?

Keep Cat occupied while Mom (me) is at work.

why?

To prevent another calamity such as the Great Yarn Blanket Disaster of May 2012.

catnip: "induces exercise and playfulness in cats."

that was the biggest understatement. EVER.

Here is the photo journal of the first 4 hours.

what iz dis?

DIS IS AMAZING

smellz sooo gooooooooood

Mom, you have to twy dis.

HERE MOM. TWY DIS.

I MUST ROLLZ IN DIS.

ROLLING.

Effects are kicking in.

TTHHHIIIIIINNNNNGGGGGSSSSS

ssssssssssssssssssssssslow

downnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

and den go cwazy,

MOM NO I NEEDZ DIS.

WHAT IZ HAPPENING???

is this going to last forever??????

ARRRGGGGGG

my paw is dissolving!!!!

3 hours later

still going strong,

Cat tested, pet parent approved.

EXHAUSTED.

JK!!!!

LOL.

THEY SEE ME ROLLIN'

THEY HATIN'

my preciouss.ssssss.....

WE NEEDZ IT.

WE WANTZ IT.

four hours later.

toy holding up relatively well considering amount of stress and trauma.

minor stitch fraying.

and then it begins.

and that concludes Cat's kitty-weed delirium.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Marvelously Mundane

I realized today, that even at its most mundane points; my life is incredible.

I have finally accepted myself.

I do not try to gain other's approval.

I do not get my sense of self from an external source (people, things, or actions.... its actually really hard.)

I have realized my own limitations.

Most importantly, I decided I deserve nice things.

The problem in life is that so often we believe that we do not deserve the best.

you might be in denial, but those thoughts appear as

"Do you think I'm good enough for him?"

"I will never have a job like ____, I'm just not as smart."

"I'm never going to have that."

The real question is, Is he good enough for You?

why compare yourself to someone else? why does that affect what you can or cannot have?

What is keeping you from what you want?

As soon as you realize that YOU deserve the best, your life will be happier.

I sold my first etsy item today.

It was really exciting.

click here to see my shop

(you don't have to, I'm not spamming you *pinkypromise*)

Jon left me this darling note the other day before he left for work.

It was surrounded by an array of rice side dishes and PB&J ingredients.

This is also evidence in Jon's own handwritting of referring to cat as "Madam Cat"

Jon is pretty awesome.

He is keenly aware that ridiculously absurd things give me happiness.

like bringing me home a snail.

I've never seen one like this.

Look at his little eyeballs!

He was delightful, we named him Gary.

I then released him into a marvelous clump of bushes.

I saw this tree that had these amazing leaves.

It made me want to make a necklace out of them.

Naturally occurring two-tone?

Some people felt bad for Eve because she work a skirt of fig leaves.

I bet she was super stylin' though.

I'd wear a skirt made of these leaves.

Jon's work paid for us to go to outback steakhouse.

seriously.

they gave us both $20 gift cards.

So I ordered an 18 dollar meal.

and got a doctor pepper.

it was probably the happiest day of my life.

This is what I ordered.

Baby Back Ribs.

GETINMYBELLY.

Now I have to amaze you with my housewifery.

these are red potatoes.

they are delicious.

as you can see, I had many of them.

so I made things like Hashbrowns, potatoes cooked in butter, breakfast burritos...

typical potato dishes.

But I still have 20 left.

give me recipe ideas.

I will feature it in my blog and tell you if its worth eating.

or we can make a mockery of how terrible I am at following any kind of direction....

I also miss Mexican food.

Utah doesn't have any delicious places where I can dine on my native cuisine.

I made carne asada.

Doesn't it look delicious?

Then I took it, and made into enchiladas.

by using all the lovely things in the picture below.

Cooking is more than housewifery.

IT'S SCIENCE.

YOU SHOULD DO IT.

MAYBE YOU WILL MAKE SOMETHING EXPLODE.

Oh, and here is a picture of Jon and I being adorable.

we are 27 different kinds of cute.

Monday, June 4, 2012

RANDOM

I AM A GOOD HOUSEWIFE.

case and point: exhibit A

homemade rolls.

ya.

I'm going to be fat forever because I make delicious food.

I get to dress my cat up in Jon's clothing when he is not home.

*this entire blog has no purpose but for you to look at my pictures and witty captions

Oh, my parents adopted three kittens whose mother was eaten by a pig.

aren't they darling?

I tried to steal one, but Jon refused to harbor a fugative.

speaking of Jon: doesn't he make a great Mexican?

So, this little kids made terrible lemonaide, and their cookies would have been better at being bricks for the great pyramids. curse them for being so adorable.

manipulation at its finest.

I want a border collie.

SOMEONE ENABLE ME.

Are you stressed out?

Candles.

Bathtub.

its magical. go do it.

If you have ever seen Cake Boss or just want to feel like a master baker,

just put some little plastic quads on your sheet cake.

It's almost like you are a professional.

that awkward moment when your neighbor catches you in the dumpster pulling out snowboards...

and the next time you go outside.... they are in the dumpster.

I pulled these out of a dumpster. Aren't they an awesome find? Dumpster diving, For the Win.
It was rather awkward when I came out of my apartment to actually throw real trash away... and I saw my neighbor in the dumpster.... He was probably jealous of my marvelous finds.