Six Things Saturday

I didn’t get to a Friday Randomness this week. Usually I write my posts throughout the week, and publish early on Friday (at 4:23, my mom’s birthday), but I didn’t get to it, and I didn’t even write this post on Friday in time for an early Saturday post. C’est la vie, I’m going to post in real time.

1 – Cats
Let’s start with some very good news…kitty Anastasia was adopted last weekend! That made me so, so happy. The staff talked to the family who adopted her, told her that she would need her own space, need time to come out of her shell, and they seemed like they really wanted to give her her best life. <3 Now there are two little kittens.

Aren’t they adorable? They’re both very shy. The dark one ran away when I opened the door. The orange one stuck its ground, but hissed and seemed totally overwhelmed. When I wasn’t terrorizing them by giving them food and water and cleaning their litter box, they were playing with each other and being frikkin’ adorable. They are scared though, and have pooped up their beds pretty much every day, stinking up the place.

2 – Voting
You may have heard about our primary process for Governor this year. This is my ballot, which has 61 options. Ridiculous. I’ve been trying to decide between a couple of the front runners, but have been waffling. I’m 90% there, will likely vote tomorrow or the next day.

3 – Shopping Fun
Last week I wandered over to our local feed store to see if they had any water plants I could put in my new little backyard fountain. I love this store. You can buy a mask to keep the flies off of your horse’s face.

You can buy baby chicks if you want to have chickens and your own eggs.

You can buy goldfish for a koi pond.

You can buy Breyer horses, which are a lot more expensive than when I was a kid. Man, I loved my Breyer horses.

They have a claw grabby machine for dog toys. FUN. I found some plants and set up my fountain.

Here’s my little fountain. I’m not convinced that water lettuce was the way to go, perhaps it would look nicer with a taller plant. I’m not sure. Also, I clearly need to rake up the dead leaves on the ground. It’s so dry here, which is normal for this time of year, but I miss the late winter when everything is green.

Here’s a nearby trail, which is on the way to the feed store. Not completely dried out, there’s still a bit of green in the grass, but we’re getting there.

4 – LFL
Here’s Ted showing off our good work organizing the Little Free Library. The books look so organized and appealing, right?

5 – Breakfast for Dinner
We had breakfast for dinner twice this week. One night was pancakes, another was omelets. Here we have eggs, bread for toast, white cheddar cheese, Parmesan cheese, avocado, bacon, green onions, yellow bell pepper, yellow tomatoes, and chives. Plus some fruit salad for the side. They were very tasty.

6 – Trying to conquer the clutter, with so-so results
We have old cabinets, with pressed wood, and we have a lot of pots and pans and lids. The cabinet where we keep them is kind of a disaster. So I decided to give this product a try. The good news: It does hold several of our pans and lids. The bad news: It’s such a cramped space, you have to twist the lids to get them off the rack, because there isn’t room to lift them up straight. I feel like Obama – Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. It’s not perfect, far from it, but it’s better.

I hope you’re having a good weekend so far. Do you like breakfast for dinner? Are your kitchen cabinets a disaster?