Bouncing Back

Am on couch thinking how great it feels to not have to be anywhere for the evening. Over my right shoulder on the back of the couch is Newman. He is positioned so that he is safe from the chasing of Dagny and so that he purrs right into my ear. He is purring right in my ear because he is such a good boy and knows I love it. And he is reading this blog. I just realized he probably watched me type in the password and will be inviting all his cat friends in for scotch and cigars when I am at work. He would do that. Snuggle and sneak - side by side. That's my boy.

I spent yesterday afternoon and early evening with my friend Rene. We became best friends in junior high and remain friends today. She hasn't changed much either. By that I mean she looks great and hardly her age (our age). We had a great dinner at Wisteria and lovely visit.

I have been seriously thinking of getting a puppy. I am not sure if the feeling has passed or not. I confess that last night when my supposedly sick and elderly cat, Sadie, ran meowing across my sleeping body in the middle of the night - I thought perhaps I should ebay them all and just live free of pet hair. When I questioned Sadie in the am - she told me I had dreamed the entire thing. Full moon.

Walk Away

Dags hates the vacuum. This seems reasonable. What seems crazy is that when I do vacuum and she is in another room she will immediately walk into the room I am vacuuming in. She stands at the doorway and looks at the vacuum and then looks at me with the big brown eyes - much the look when she is begging for food but without the drool. And then she will turn and walk out. She doesn't make a sound and she does this EVER time I vacuum.

Flurries

It is snowing! It has been on and off all morning. It is not really sticking but I don't care. I love waking up and looking out the window to white fluff falling. Even now the snow is swirling around. This makes me happy. For the first time in a few years - I am feeling like we had winter. And somehow having a winter makes spring all that much better.