Random Nothingness

I?m peacefully washing the dishes last night when I hear a strange squeal from my living room. As I go to investigate, thinking my eldest cat, Entropy, is just throwing up again (something she does everyday, it keeps her thin), I notice THERE IS A BIRD IN MY LIVING ROOM, being tortured by my cat. I screamed like the girl that I am, chased Entropy away, and ran outside to get Steve. There was no ?I am Woman. Here me Roar.? I also suspect Entropy probably just resumed said torture when I fled the scene. Overall, I failed in the handling of the situation.
Sadly, the little Towhee didn?t survive, I suspect he either died of shock or the murderous little beast of a cat broke his sweet little neck. That made for a very sad ending to an otherwise delightful day.
I will admit to being mildly impressed that my 14-year old cat managed to catch a bird, and a Towhee at that, they?re very quick.

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To celebrate Earth Day, Callum and I made peanut-butter pinecone bird feeders in our craft class today. It isn?t really supposed to be a craft class, but that is what it has turned into and I would totally be lying if I said that bothered me. A craft class? Ok! Where do I sign up?!
This was a great thing to do with him, as he made two feeders, hung one in Grandma?s yard for those birds and another in our yard with his Papa. So simple – just find a pinecone, slather it in peanut butter (go nuts!) and then roll it in birdseed. Tie a string to the top of it, and you have yourself a sweet little bird feeder. To attract even more birds for Entropy to torture and kill.
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We are seriously broke. I can not explain this, since I see no reason why we should be so stupidly broke. This means we?re reeling in the spending and that is sad for me. I enjoyed those few months of foot-loose, fancy-free spending. I blame the ridiculously high cost of groceries. When did THAT happen? I paid $60 for some fruit and veggies, 2 chicken breasts and a stupidly small bag of shrimp today. SIXTY DOLLARS.
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I am once again full of the germs. Steve refuses to come within a 5 foot radius of me as he is in heavy training for his ½ marathon on May 2nd and getting sick on running day would be a total bummer.

7 Responses to “Random Nothingness”

1. Angela says:

   April 23, 2009 at 3:02 pm

   I hear ya on the groceries, they have gone up so much it’s scary! When did apples get to cost so much?
   Craft class sounds awesome and my kids would totally be into it.
   I too would freak over the bird, that is a cat that will just keep on ticking!
2. Amber says:

   April 24, 2009 at 8:33 am

   Did you ever imagine the old gal would still be around?! well, I supposed I did, seeing as she’s a tough cat. She goes out, now, though, so we worry, but she seems to hold her own. At least she isn’t stupid. I couldn’t keep her in, she’s smarter than I am…
3. Angela says:

   April 24, 2009 at 9:57 am

   I bet that cat has at least 5-7 more years in her.
4. Mom says:

   April 24, 2009 at 10:29 am

   She is a smart little thing allright. But definitley mellowing, as she looks for love a lot more than she did as a younin’. The bird feeder was a hit with the dog. He found it the first time out there after it was hung. Poor little birdies didn’t stand a chance. He is a hound for peanut butter!!
5. Candi says:

   April 24, 2009 at 3:34 pm

   Cool idea with the pine cones. We just hung a hummingbird feeder. So far no luck, but we’ll see. And haha, crazy cat! My stupid cats can’t even kill spiders!
6. tarrah says:

   April 26, 2009 at 5:15 am

   Tell me how you (or Steve) finds time to run to train for a 1/2!!! I want to start running again, but between the toddler and the baby, there’s no time and no energy. How do you guys do it?
7. Amber says:

   April 26, 2009 at 3:45 pm

   I haven’t ran for months, just haven’t been able to find the time with everything else. Steve runs on his lunch break, one evening a week, and Sunday evenings – so it’s not like he’s really finding the time… it’s kinda given to him .