I don’t know who needs to hear this but it’s okay to have a special interest or hobby that doesn’t have a bigger purpose than making you happy. If it does not make you happy it’s ok to stop. It’s all learning even learning you didn’t actually want to do that thing in the first place.

I was outside with Mina the cat and Prussia the dog when I saw Mina do a giant pounce under the bird feeder. I feared the worst, but this is what she pounced on

I could never commit a crime where you duct tape something because I can’t ever get it to tear. There would be like 5 wadded up pieces all over the place and a frantic search for scissors.

This was our visitor on the window today at work.

The hummingbirds are HUNGRY this week.

Bonus hockey is great until you have to go to work at 6 am.

Every NHL coach looks like a mobster.

At least someone around here loves me.

Instead of paying attention to world events, I’m just gonna lay on a blanket in the grass and look at the sky.

We found a dead green anole in the house today, and based on the behavior of Pixel the cat after we disposed of the body, we are suspicious that she was the killer. Pix “meow” Me “You can’t be trusted. You’ve killed once. You will kill again”. Pix has no remorse.

Prussia the dog has collected all of her favorite things in one spot.

Prussia begged and begged for a hard boiled egg, and now that I gave it to her she is sitting wit it outside with her head laying on it.

I have once again been told that not everyone has music or something going on in their head all of the time. Like, they just have silence. To people out there who don’t have music or something in their head - how? Also, doesn’t your brain get bored?

In the world of insurance prior authorization is bullshit, we have a med at work that comes in a 200 unit vial that cannot be split, and the patient gets 200 units, but the insurance only authorizes 199 units.

The hummingbirds are back!

Prussia gets the bed, Mina gets some shoes.

Airports are cursed places. Airport pickup lines doubly so.

Happy Birthday to Pixel the cat, who is 9 today.

I have been prepping my garden and Mina dug a little hole to sit in and watch me.

This is a new low, even for Pixel. She’s laying down to eat.

Spending the day at my second job - it’s a beautiful Saturday for some softball!

At the vet. Prussia has almost opened this door twice to make a bid for freedom. I fear lever door handles are too easy for her.

For the second night in a row I was awakened by Mina sitting on me purring and then abruptly starting to heave and make hacking noises. Nothing wakes you up faster than impending cat puke. Fortunately I was able to yeet her onto the bathroom tile in time.

Just look at this belly. Look!

Forget a squirrel proof bird feeder - how do I deter the raccoons? They stole an entire suet feeder last year but I really want a feeder closer to the woods to attract the shyer birds.

Ballpark doggo. Prussia is a softball fan.

Prussia the dog is staging a hunger strike because her kibble was not available in the small bits and only in the large dog size. She is 90 pounds but has to have the little kibble I guess for the mouth feel?? She is distraught.

So today at work we interviewed someone with a video interview (she has not yet relocated to our area) and the weather was a little scary so the power did weird things and her face was all pixelated and horrible with her mouth in the wrong place or the only thing moving. This was horrifying.

I let Prussia the dog out into the backyard to pee and when she was gone for a suspiciously long time, I spotlighted her with the flashlight to find her laying next to the woodpile nosing and absolutely harassing a possum. She didn’t understand why her new friend was acting so spicy.

Drinking green beer and shopping at the local makers market. Life is good.

I think Prussia has a nose whistle, but I don’t think my phone captured the audio ☹️

Mother, please do not get in the nasty water. I will bathe you like a proper cat.

Sitting in a hotel bar and people watching. This is one of my favorite activities.

Sheba may be old and cantankerous, but she sure knows how to sleep.

Is Miss Mary Mack asking her mother for fifteen cents or fifty cents? Either way it’s a bargain for elephant fence hopping.

Spot the cat

Someone talk me out of buying one of those hummingbird feeders with a camera.

It’s ok mother, we can just stay in bed today.

They BEGGED to go out 10 seconds before this (For those who are new, Mina gets supervised outside time with Prussia and she is physically incapable of leaving our fenced yard and emotionally incapable of leaving Prussia)

Every time someone showers Mina sits like this and chases the water droplets.

I am in a hole in the wall Mexican restaurant and this food is amazing.

That feeling when you are in a room at the doctor’s office and really have to pee but suspect if you actually go that will be the exact time the doctor shows up to see you and you will lose your place in line and have to wait longer.

Spotted at the stoplight beside my office

Best Valentine’s Day ever. Husband took me to the whitewater center off leash. They have cows.

So right before Thanksgiving I was freaking out because I couldn’t find all of my spoons. My family thought I was crazy but lo and behold my daughter cleaned out her car and guess what she found?

Mina isn’t spoiled at all.