Sunday Happy

What, you don't have a large trough full of kittens?

Yup, that's right, the mr and I are currently foster parents to 4 little itty bitty kitties and oh hell are they cute and stinky and all sorts of crazy. But lets back it up here. The beginning of the week started off like any other. Did some work, picked a shitload of berries and all the cucumbers, had the kiddos over for brinner (breakfast for dinner), you know, the usual.  Then on Wednesday we went to Belvidere and spent some time with my family in the most magical place..We played in the waterfall, the mr went fishing, we found some cool rocks, just hung out with my people. Then it happened. Thursday, the mr and I were over at one of our apartment buildings where we have a barn that we keep all of scrap wood looking for well, wood. And there they were, a pile of freaking kittens, tiny as can be, living in the pile of wood in the barn. Long story short ,a few hours of super carefully moving wood, we managed to grab them all and get them in a box. And now they are living with us until they can find new homes. We have four crazy kitties that went from swatting and hissing to snuggles and love and now are the neediest little things ever.  Only is mad at us and doesn't want to come inside. I think he is jealous. We feel kinda bad so he got a can of tuna.

Barb came over Friday night to have a sleep over kitten party.  I had planned an epic night of Wayne's World watching (she hasn't seen them..Asphinctersayswhat?) before the morning trip to Ikea, but the evening turned into kitten time. And honestly, it's all turned into kitten time, but that's ok, we will Wayne's World party time, excellent soon.We did end up named them; Farro (the only boy) Quinoa, Tofu, and Jumper. Tofu because she is the runt and barb so tofu is the runt of the meat world. Jumper because she is constantly trying to jump out of the box, and Farro and Quinoa because we were talking dinner and that happened.

After finally settling down and getting a little sleep,  we woke up. played with kitties, the headed north of the border to Ikea where barb and the mr eat handfuls of hot dogs, we got a new kitchen faucet and some clothes hangers, then drove back through the craziest rainstorm any of us have ever seen. We all thought we were going to die. But we didn't because we needed to get back to the kittens..

Needless to say that today is probably going to a kitten heavy day. The mr made a little playpen for them to play in and I found that last night I ended up watching them for like an hour without even noticing.  Plus they all pooped last night next to the litter and managed to walk all in it so now all the kitten are covered in poop and I have to wash them all. So cute, so nasty....this is my new life for a little while.

Email me if you want a kitten. (seriously)

Stuff I saw on the internet that isn't about how to bath kittens.

-Gnawing Questions: Is Sugar From Fruit The Same As Sugar From Candy? Candy bar or bag of grapes.... Go with the grapes.

- How to Be Better at Stress. We could all be better.

-I have been on the seltzer wagon for a long time now. I drink Polar. Vanilla, grapefruit , and the new pineapple grapefruit are my favorites. Seltzer's Popularity Bubbles Up In The U.S.

-100 Years in the Kitchen: A Century of Kitchen Color Trends. I am all about the70's colored appliances. My fridge is harvest gold with wood accents and it's the best. 100 Years in the Kitchen: A Century of Kitchen Color Trends

-I want one of these. I have a very real fear that me or the mr are going to lose some fingers. Despite Proven Technology, Attempts To Make Table Saws Safer Drag On

-A 100-YEAR-OLD, PERFECTLY PRESERVED FRUITCAKE WAS DISCOVERED IN ANTARCTICA. Eat up!

-My sister wore this shirt all throughout her tween and early teen years. This shirt and kissing Steven Tyler posters. She was scary.

-What Brands Are Actually Behind Trader Joe’s Snacks? I knew it!!!

-So much neon light. Ultraviolet Break of Day: A Midnight Walk Through the Neon-Hued Streets of Asian Cities

-Traffic Accident Leaves Arkansas Highway Covered in Frozen Pizzas

Have a great day!

-C

Sunday Happy

This is the golden time of the summer. Warm days, cooler nights. It's still summer but fall is so close that sometimes you can almost feel it, like in the morning when it's chilly enough for a sweater or see it when you notice a few tips of trees turning colors. It's the best and I am eating it all up.  Plus I am really excited for apple soon. Early macs should be on there way and I am craving me some apple stuff.

The week has been a little foggy very much productive. Foggy because my allergies have taken hold of my brain making me cranky and at some points unable to hold a single though. Productive because well we got so much done. See the porch(picture above) It's freaking amazing. The mr is so so good. (he did most of it)  And I am not the only one to think it. Every day that we are outside working on it, at least 5 old ladies have to stop and tell him how amazing he is. I think a few of them might have a little crush (hehe) So porch is built and painted and the sealant is drying out now, the rest of the house is painted, all the siding is finishes,  and it's pretty much done out there besides a few little things and landscaping. It's crazy, I didn't think it was ever going to happen. But it did and now on to the last big house project...The downstairs bathroom. Saving it for last because we have been using it as the dirty paint sink and litter box room (need to figure out a new spot for that) but now it's time and back to the fixations of a bathroom remodel.  I am on the hunt for a very specific, never to been seen in real life, cast iron corner shower base. I have seen a few pictures, but not many and I even had found one for sale but it was (was because they sold it) 4 hours away and we thought we could wait to buy it. Lesson learned on that one. We even took a trip to a few salvage yards and come up with nothing. So if you by chance have something like that, let me know. I need it to be happy.

Today is going to involve a bit of cleaning and organizing and bean picking? I have been slacking on my farm share pyo (it's beans and flowers right now) because the garden in the back yard has been keeping me plenty busy picking out there. The tomato plants alone are a freaking jungle with a thousand pounds of fruit that is going to need to be picked this week. I am going to have tomatoes all winter long. So yeah, go to farm, maybe library, clip my nails, just take it easy. You know, do the Sunday thing.

Internet reads from the wee.

-These Are the Foods Climate Change Will, Well, *Change*

-Don't just stare up at the sun, it will be bad. Planning To Watch The Eclipse? Here's What You Need To Protect Your Eyes

-Bring back the swing set so I can play on it. A Short-Lived Swing Set Makes a Splash in Burlington's South End

-It’s Officially Too Goddamn Early for Pumpkin Spice. I completely agree. Also to freaking early for all the Halloween candy on display at the grocery store. IT'S NOT EVEN FALL YET!

-I would like to think I would be fine with this but I am not so sure. I guess I need to try it to see .World’s longest suspension footbridge opens in Switzerland

-I would so buy it if I lived in Sweden, and had the money. This Gorgeous Greenhouse in Sweden is For Sale

-Why You Should Slurp, Not Sip, Your Soup. I am a slurper

-Why Newborn Babies Smell So Delicious. I hear it all the time from people around babies. What does it mean that I never find newborns to smell all that pleasant?

-Do you watch the GBBO? If yes, you gonna watch the new season? After seeing this, I am for sure. I mean, biscuits barfing up jam.... The New Great British Bake Off Trailer: Is It Saccharine? Creepy? A Surrealist Stop-motion Extravaganza?

-Vibrant Mushroom Arrangements

A few pictures from the week.

Bye

-C

Sunday Happy

 I am kind of unprepared for August. Not that there is really anything to prepare for, I just can't believe that it's almost here. This summer is blowing by so fast and I don't feel like we have done any summer time fun stuff. I need to get on that like soon before it's to late and I am all like apple picking and knitting. We need to get our summer on!

The week was good. More things got done work wise and life wise. We are getting down the nitty gritty and I just want it all to be done. A few more things and we are going to call it. (like the stairs. We have not front stairs anymore)I think that highlight of the week was when the littles came over for dinner and Judah learned how to fart with his arms. He spent most of his time arm farting and laughing at himself. It was fantastic. I am trying too think about what else happened this week but my head is a bit foggy. I either have a really bad sinus infection or my brain is about to blow up, either way I am tired and feeling crappy.

Feeling like shit means that today I just need to take it easy, drink lots of water and rest. A nice chill day. I am down with that.

Internet from the week.

-What it is really like to life off grid( in a warmer climate) Here's What It's Like to Live in the Woods, Off the Grid

-I wonder if space bread taste any good. 3, 2, 1 ... Bake Off! The Mission To Make Bread In Space

-Does Your Family's Century-Old Pyrex Still Rule The Kitchen? Pyrex for it all.

-Love this cottage. A Petite Farmhouse, Hidden Within A Beautiful Garden, In Oakland

-Are Avocados Actually About to Get Cheaper?! I hope so. I haven't been willing to pay the nearly 2 bucks a pop for one so we have been avocadoless for a while now.

-Scientists Have Created a Food They Believe Can Alleviate World Hunger

-Food news about meatless burgers and eating a donut.

-Life ideas.  How I Started a Small Suburban Farm

-Maybe don't use sponges. Your kitchen sponge harbors zillions of microbes. Cleaning it could make things worse

Pictures from the week

Happy weekend

-C

Sunday Happy

I don't know about you but this past week went by crazy super fast. We have been busting some serious ass this week and are getting so close to having the exterior of the house done, and it needs to be done because I am feeling burnt out. I have been spending more time on the roof or on a ladder then on the ground. My arms ans legs and everything are sore. And the mosquitoes are still trying to suck my blood dry so I basically have been covered head to toe in the hot hot heat, sweating and swatting and yet I still have managed 1000 bites and to get paint all over my body. . Same with the mr except he sprays the deet so is able to wear shorts and a t shirt but then gets covered in black soot from the siding. He looks like he has been cleaning out chimneys or playing in a coal pit. It's funny to see but annoying to clean (everything he touches turns black)

But that's it, not much else went on this week. Kind of lame but that's how life goes sometimes. I am just really excited for today. because we are not doing it today, no way. I am going to stay off the roof, step away from the paintbrush, and just drink all the coffee and read my book.  I would love to say that we are going to spend the day hanging out in the woods or something but I think we could use a break from all the mosquitoes. Maybe a bike ride by the the river (mosquitoes can't bite us while on a bike, right?) but I just want to stop itching for a little while. Is that too much to ask?

Some internet stuff from the week.

-Forest Bathing: A Retreat To Nature Can Boost Immunity And Mood. I could use a good bath.

-Can Air-Conditioners Cause Sinus Congestion? Short answer is yes.

--I think I might start doing this. There are times when we have to turn back home just so I can double check the stove. I have stove knob OCD. Take Photos of Stove Dials Before You Leave for Vacation

- Thinking your way into feeling. The Psychological Explanation for When You Feel Like You’re Being Watched

-New Split-View Trash Sculptures by Bordalo II Combine Wood and Colorful Plastics Into Gigantic Animals

-Do-It-Yourself Farmer Grows Strawberries In The Air. Very cool.

-There is science behind all that bread baking. More Than Bread: Sourdough As a Window Into The Microbiome

-The Kitchen Habit Chefs Can't Stand. I would be crazy about the tape too.

-The mr and I wantone of these. DIY Papercraft Light Shades of Aquatic Life by Vasil

-Why Sitting at Your Computer All Day Can Wipe You Out. I can barely sit at my computer for more then a half hour before I am exhausted.

A couple picture

Bye

-C

Sunday Happy

Holy FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!. That is what I have been saying every time I step foot outside my door. The mosquitoes are INSANE! I think I have gotten at least 100 bites in the past few days. No joke, they swarm around as soon as the door opens. They have chased me inside more then a few times and have taken more of my blood that I am willing to give. It is terrible and disgusting and I really really hate mosquitoes. (my white walls also hate the mosquitoes, there are blood splatters everywhere)

Other then the nasty ass mosquitoes, the week has been pretty good and super productive. Windows are re glazed and painted, half the siding is up, yard is clean and porch is painted. Give us a bit off good weather and we can get stuff done. We also managed to have dinner with Shannon one night then had Miley and Judah for dinner and crazy messy chalking another night (they discovered water and chalk makes a paste and covered themselves in thick war paint like chalk) I got a few new house plants and I am officially turning our house into a jungle. (makes me very happy)  The mr has been working on some sweet stencils so there is little pieces of paper and spray paint everywhere and I am thinking about where to set up my pottery wheel. ( I think the loft is going to be my new pottery studio) So yeah, a full week of fullness and summer and all the people. Oh, and the mr would like me to mention that he has invented a new way to cook an egg. He calls it a broached egg. It's when you are trying to hard boil and egg and accidentally break the egg when putting it into the water and the egg kinda seeps out and cooks that way. Half hard boiled, half poached... Broached. So smart that one.

Today brings with it some more fine weather. I don't know what we have planned for the day, but I am hoping it is not too much. Maybe take the kayaks out, maybe burn some more siding? Hopefully not much work related stuff, but you never know. Whatever we do end up doing, I want to be outside. I just really hope that the mosquitoes are all dead.

How I interneted this week.

-Cherry Season! ALL THE CRAZY THINGS FARMERS DO TO BRING YOU THEIR CHERRY CROP.  Where do I get a cherry cheat sheet?

-When I was a kid, every time I saw a banana peel I was sure someone was going to slip on it. The History of the Banana Peel Slipping Gag

-Does drinking a few cups of coffee a day help you live longer? Yes, yes it does.

-If your in need of some advice. This Is How You Get Stuff Done.

-Airline Passenger Checks Single Can of Beer As His Only Piece of Luggage hahaha

-Birds are smart so do forget that... Ravens Surprise Scientists By Showing They Can Plan

-The Uninhabitable Earth. Scary and very real shit people.

-I get it, sometimes you don't want to get out the salad spinner but when you don't wash your greens you are probablyeating dirt (and maybe some bugs) Here's Photo Proof That You Really Should Wash Your Leafy Greens

-Desperate Ways to Stay Cool on the Hottest Days of the Summer

-Just Smelling Food Could Make You Gain Weight. But who wants to eat without tasting... that would suck.

Pictures from the week.

Happy weekend!

-C