How To Entertain Your Cats In Two Easy Steps

Step One:

Have your husband, who has been in a bad stressed out mood for weeks because of his new job get mad at having to wash bird poop off of the patio because the bird feeder is right next to the bricks. Decide to either stop feeding the birds or move the bird feeder somewhere else.

Step Two:

Move the bird feeder closer to the house where you can still see the birds and they won't poop on the patio.

Wait a few days for the birds to find it and there you go, instant cat (and human) entertainment.

Buddy and Mimi spent at least two hours laying at the back door yesterday, totally transfixed by the birds in the feeder and on the ground. I also enjoyed sitting on the couch and watching all the doves and little sparrows getting their fill. Until the big scrub jay comes along and muscles his way into the mix.

Please disregard the sorry state of our backyard, it is (still) a work in progress. And will never be finished.

Now, Keith's stressed out mood. He just can't seem to stop worrying about this new job and what's to come down the road and all the studying he has to do and how he can't seem to retain all of this information. He was ready to quit the other day but I think after talking to Joe and me trying to get it through his head that he just needs to take it one day at a time instead of worrying about what's going to happen 3 weeks from now, he seems to have calmed down a little and may just make it through. We also refilled his testosterone now that he has insurance again and it doesn't cost $275 a month which we couldn't afford so has been without for almost a year now. When a man has low testosterone, it makes him tired and cranky and lose muscle tone and all kinds of other health issues, and I'm hoping that now that he can start getting his hormone levels back up it may help him even out and not be so damn tired (and cranky) all the time. We will see.

No More Bread?

Or potatoes, pasta, and rice?

Keith and I went back to the doctor yesterday afternoon for our follow ups on our blood draws and we both have too much fat in our blood (and on our bodies) and our cholesterol is too high and have to eliminate starch from our diets. Like bread. I love bread. What the heck else do you eat for lunch if it's not a sandwich?

Salad? Yeah, salads are great as long as you can have some BREAD with them.

Soup? Same thing, you need some BREAD along with that soup.

Rolled up lunch meat with cheese inside and no BREAD? Sounds good, but when did a rolled up piece of lunch meat with cheese inside ever really fill you up?

Eggs? Sure, eggs are great when you've got some TOASTED BREAD to go with them.

A hamburger patty? Much better on a HAMBURGER BUN MADE OUT OF BREAD!

Arghh.

Then even without the bread we've got to make sure the other stuff we eat isn't too high in cholesterol. Like eggs. And hamburger patties. And salad dressing. And cheese. And lunch meat.

Arghh.

We also need to exercise more, so after dinner last night, which was leftover chicken enchiladas which we'll probably never get to eat again because of the tortillas, and low carb tortillas are not an option, because have you ever TASTED one of those, I made Keith go for a bike ride around the neighborhood. I really enjoyed it, but he went under protest. I reminded him of the days when we went bike riding all the time and remember how enjoyable that was and is this really all that bad and don't you feel better for getting a little exercise and fresh air?

He does have a good excuse for not wanting to do anything, though. His testosterone levels are way way low, and have been way way low for quite a while now, and not having enough testosterone in a man's body causes them to be tired, cranky, irritable, gain weight easily, have bone loss, and lots and lots of other things. So, despite the INCREDIBLY high cost of the meds, he is going to start using a testosterone cream that you put on your shoulders and arms each day that will fix that low testosterone thing and hopefully renew his energy and in general make him feel much better. And not so darn cranky.

We'll see.

And wish us luck on the no bread thing. Keith's favorite snack after work is nachos and chips are like even more evil than bread, so...