Day 122, 123, 124 & 125 - Stripes Galore

Been slacking on the posting lately. Don't even have a good excuse. Spent the weekend in Killington, VT on Elyse's annual ski trip. It was great fun. Exhausting, but great fun. Still trying to recover, catch up on sleep, and detox from the 3 long days of drinking and eating poorly. Think this year was more fun than last since we all know each other better than last year. That's helpful when you are dealing with 28 people.  Anyway here are all the striped socks I wore on my journey.

Day 117 - Mismatched Black

Not much to report for today.  My walk to the gym this morning was pretty treacherous.  The sidewalks are covered in a layer of ice. Tried to at least get the ice off my sidewalk cause there's more snow expected for tomorrow. 3 to 6 inches. Eww!! I don't really mind the snow, but I don't like having to shovel more than once a week. That's pushing it.

I swear every time Miles sees the camera he wants to get his picture taken. How could I resist? He's so cute! And Mia's back on her pillow in the background. She's been there for the majority of the day. Really being a cat mush be such a hard life..

Day 116 - Stripes

Mia has gone back to sleeping on her couch pillow. You can see her beyond my feet. She laid off for a while cause I didn't have the right pillow on that side of the couch, but now she's back to her spot :)

I have what some say is a strange habit, but it makes me so happy. Just this morning I thought about how great it is. Took a nice hot shower this morning after the gym. Enjoyed a nice cold diet pepsi while in there. It is such a great feeling. The hot water hitting my outside, then taking a big drink of a cold pepsi. It's great! I almost always take a beverage into the shower with me. And I don't get why people think it's weird. The hot and cold together are a great mix. It's not like my drink gets shower water in it. My shower here has a perfect spot on the window ledge free from the water of the shower. 

Even just drinking cold water in the shower is great. And a super cold beer is almost as good as the Diet Pepsi. Really there's not much that doesn't taste good in the shower. I reccomend drinking a beverage in a bottle or a can.  Glasses are much harder to control. And I'm always afraid of dropping the glass. It's ok to do if there's a sink or ledge outside the shower you can put the glass on. I think everyone should try it, at least once. Maybe you'll become a shower drinker too. Or at the very least stop thinking I'm so weird :)

Day 109 - Blue Cats

Dedicating today's blog to my Mia. 6 years ago today I brought her home from the SPCA. She became my very first pet. The day I brought her home she hid under my bed and stayed there for almost 2 weeks. She'd creep out at night to eat, but rarely when I was in the room. Eventually she got used to her new home and me. I remember the very first time she crawled on my lap and cuddled with me. It was almost 4 months. I'd been away on vacation for 10 days. I was on the couch catching up on my TV when she crawled on my lap. Nowadays as soon as I sit down, Mia wants to be on my lap. She is such a big part of my life. Almost every night she's sleeping my side.

Six years ago I never would have predicted that a cat could change my life so much, but she has. I feel like having Mia has made me a happier person. Every day she's here when I get home. She depends on me. I am her Mommy.  And if it wasn't for Mia I wouldn't have gotten my boys, Miles and Simon. Together the four of us are a family.  I love my kitties. And I love my Mia!

Some pictures of my bestest little girl.

  

Day 103 - Blue Dogs

There are some pretty ugly poodles on these socks. They entered my collection before I realized how much more wonderful cats are than dogs!

By the way, how cute is my Mia!!!!

Little does she know tomorrow we have to go in for her annual check up. I hope all is good with my girl. I know she needs to go on a diet. Hoping the vet can give me an idea how to do that.

Took down the Christmas tree today. Still have up the non tree decorations. They can wait til tomorrow. It's too much work to do it all in one day. My dining room looks a lot bigger without the tree in it. A lot lest festive though : (

Day 60 - Mismatched Stripes

These are one of the socks in the sampler set I bought at the sock store NYC. Still not sure my thoughts on them though.

So today my plan is to sit, read, and catch up on my DVR. Nothing too exciting but totally needed. Simon hasn't been letting me sleep much at night. 4am has become his witching hour. The hour he pulls boxes out of my shelf, knocks the kleenex box off the nightstand to drag around, mysteriously pulls tape off sock drawers and pulls out socks, attacks Miles, pulls up my rugs, and generally makes more noise than an 11lb cat should be capable of making. I don't know how to make it stop!!!

Check out this cute picture of my kitties sitting on their tree this morning. So adorable.....

 

Day 29 - I Love Paws

Another pair of my purple paw socks. I wore them today for my volunteer shift at the cat shelter. There were quite a few sweet kitties there today. There was one little gray girl named Olivia, who sat on my lap, climbed on my back and didn't want me to leave. It's so sweet. Of course no kitties are as sweet and good as the ones I have at home. I had to change my pants to get the shelter smell off, but now my Mia has found herself a good sleeping spot. When I first got her she wasn't much of a cuddler, but now she loves sitting on my lap and snuggling up to me at night. I love having my girl so close. It's one of my most favorite things.



Don't have much planned for tonight, past what you see here. Me, the couch, Mia, and my DVR. Good night at home if you ask me :)