Mina has defeated Jack Skellington

I did not know that deer eat peanuts. Anyway the resident blue jays are feeling a bit sassy about that.

How long before Mina attacks this?

Every part of my body is hurting today, I slept maybe 5 hours, it’s dark and cold - but the nurse mobile is gassed up and I am off to a 10 hour shift. Huzzah!

Me to my husband “I am overstimulated and overwhelmed” Husband “You knew my family before you married me”. Husband hands me wine.

I have now resorted to wiping things down in the kitchen that are already clean, and squirting Reddy Whip directly from the can into my mouth since I am alone here. Happy Thanksgiving. Pass the wine.

So now the Thanksgiving conversation has turned to duck mating habits and bird genitalia. Pass the wine.

It’s National Dog Show time. Don’t you dare change the channel.

My cranberries will be served jellied in the shape of a can, as God intended.

Nope. No cat here.

Oh. I forgot to do my annual take your frozen turkey out of the freezer and put it in the fridge to thaw post. Well, if you haven’t already done that, it’s past time.

Let’s put the teams from PopTarts, Oreos and Mt Dew in the same room and see what kind of crazy hybrid thing they can come up with.

In other news- a truck carrying live turkeys crashed on my route to work and the turkeys escaped containment. So the road was closed. You cannot make this stuff up.

Apparently having hips that click, pop and have pain is “not normal” and “a valid medical concern” and not “just something a lot of women have” and now I don’t know how to feel because I have been told for years that is “just how you are”.

There is food in her bowl y’all, I promise.

Went to eat at our favorite Mexican restaurant and the place was almost completely empty - the servers all heard that Border Patrol was in the area and didn’t come in. People should not have to be afraid to go to work. People should not be afraid like this period.

Sometimes you just need music you can feel in your bones.

Health insurance is the only “benefit” that you get punished for using.

Mina is blocking me from further setting the table for dinner.

Me: I need to use these eggs, so I have hard boiled them. Daughter: Ewwwwww Me: I have deviled the eggs Daughter somehow teleports to kitchen and eats four of them.

We had to replace our water heater today and Prussia the dog didn’t know how to help so she just stood around in the way looking anxious.

Why am I in love with the tiger from KPop Demon Hunters??

Happy 8th birthday to Prussia the Dog.

The catnip has escaped containment.

Happy half-price candy day to all those who celebrate.

We gave out a whole bag of potatoes tonight. I am really not sure why.

Prussia wishes you all a happy Halloween!

Where are all of my spoons???

I was GOING to warm up some naan in the oven with that pan…

My son “So will the jars pop?” Me “If I processed them correctly. See the lid here will be concave and..” son “How are you touching freshly boiled metal??” Behold the power of Mom Fingers.

It’s pepper pickling and drying day. My husband walked through while I was telling the canning jars to “take a bath” and was briefly offended until he realized I wasn’t taking to him. Mina does not like the brine smell and has shaken her paw at me and stalked out.

For those of you who think Mina is a perfect angel:

Who ordered biscuits?

I am watching Lost Boys and this is somewhat more intense than I remembered from seeing it in the theater when I was 14.

Yall wanna see a big Spider? I’ll put it in the reply.

If you were a ghost, what would be your go to haunting move? Mine would be to visit or pet all the animals so their owners would see them look and interact, but couldn’t see me.

When there is food, but you don’t have a can opener or thumbs.

It’s officially chew the strings on your hoodie season.

There must be a story here, but I don’t know what it is.

Prussia can only put up with Mina’s ear bathing obsession for so long.

Sheba is doing a scamper.

Words I just didn’t think I’d be saying “Can you go ahead and sweep up the dead lizard? I’ll clean up the broken glass, but I had to deal with the lizard yesterday.”

Halloween houses are out. I think I need a Halloween train.

It is lovely and cool outside. Time for a last fill of the hummingbird feeder for any migration stragglers. I know my backyard crew has moved on because I no longer have winged needles flying at my face and yelling at me when I go near the feeder, reminding me to clean out the ants.

Overheard at the Pizza place “it had a frog on it and you know frogs are my phobia”

Have you ever woken up from a dream and had a fleeting thought that something you dreamed was extremely important? Apparently for me it was “make sure you watch out for the evil fish”.

Size smol.

Everyone has on their Halloween collars.

The struggle in my house is real.

I was cutting up boxes for recycling and a piece of cardboard fell on the floor.