21 Nov 2015
by alightningbug
in Kitties, Mom Stuff, NaBloPoMo, Plant Life and Balcony Gardening
Tags: cats and cucumbers, NaBloPoMo, scaring cats, scaring the family, silly mom tricks for cats
If you’ve seen this video you might be tempted to scare your cat with a cucumber. I was. I was tempted.
There are several articles out now about how scaring your cat with a cucumber can be traumatic (such as this one). Some cats are fragile. The scare may cause him or her have a permanent fear of cucumbers.
Seems to me like those cats were already afraid of cucumbers. The only way to overcome the fear is to expose a cat to more cucumbers, right? I mean, it not like he’s going to get over the fear through therapy and cucumber photos. Right?
Well, before I read the advice from vets, I tried it. More
19 Nov 2015
by alightningbug
in Food, Foodie, NaBloPoMo, Recipes
Tags: caramelized onions, dressing, NaBloPoMo, stuffing, yum
I’m starting to think that the secret to all things yum is caramelized onions.
Well, caramelized onions for savory, cooked food. It would probably be the wrong kind of secret ingredient for cherry pie. Or Jell-o. And probably a little weird for peanut butter & jelly. But spicy peanut sauce may be another story …
For cooked and savory — if you have time to properly caramelize onions it will make practically everything taste better.
It’s like adding pure yum extract. More
17 Nov 2015
by alightningbug
in Green, NaBloPoMo, Oolong, Tea
Tags: Chinese Restaurant Tea, NaBloPoMo, tea for tuesday, tea teview
What kind of tea today? Pumpkin Chai? A nice oolong? Maharaja Chai Ooling?
I decided on a simple cup of Chinese Restaurant Tea. That is the actual name of this particular tea from Dynasty brand tea. The box of fairly ordinary tea bags says Chinese Restaurant Tea is a “blend of oolong, jasmine and green tea served in fine Chinese restaurants.” More
16 Nov 2015
by alightningbug
in NaBloPoMo, Writing
Tags: goals, half way, laundry, NaBloPoMo, setting, writing
Here I am having just crossed over the center line of November which is also mid-NaBloPoMo or NaNoWriMo if you’re cranking out words for either of those.
What I’ve learned so far is that I can wedge more writing into my schedule than I might think I can … but not always. And sometimes maybe it’s better not to squeeze so much in. It’s good to push to do more, but I need to be careful not to drop too many balls in the process. More
14 Nov 2015
by alightningbug
in Uncategorized
My heart goes out to all who have been affected by the tragic events in Paris yesterday and in Lebanon earlier in the week. Really, my heart goes out to everyone, ever, who has been a victim of senseless violence. And that’s what violence almost always is — senseless. (I won’t try to figure out when it might make sense — maybe never.) More
13 Nov 2015
by alightningbug
in Food, Getting Organized, Mom Stuff, NaBloPoMo
Tags: cleaning, freezer burn, fundraiser pies, NaBloPoMo, pie, tv vcr repair
I know that doesn’t sound very appetizing, right? Well, darn straight. Because it’s not. And as such, it won’t be a regular thing.
Some frozen food is good. The music department at my daughter’s school sold pies as a fundraiser. Frozen pies. Really quite yummy frozen pies (for frozen pies). So we bought several and so did my mom. No complaints there.
Now that my mom doesn’t live just down the road, I have to wait for a weekend to bring her the three pies that she ordered. So all the pies are in our freezer — her three plus our three. More
11 Nov 2015
by alightningbug
in Food, NaBloPoMo, The Daily Prompt
Tags: cats pet adoption, NaBloPoMo, The Daily Post, The Daily Prompt
It’s an odd trio, and it’s come full circle.
On this 11th day of November and of NaBloPoMo I checked out the Daily Post’s Daily Prompt and discovered that the prompt and my blog have come full circle.
The prompt for today is: An Odd Trio
It says, “Today, you can write about whatever you what — but your post must include, in whatever role you see fit, a cat, a bowl of soup, and a beach towel.”
It tasked us with this more than a year ago (has it really been that long?). On July 5, 2914 I posted:
Cat Soup and Towels, an odd trio but only for some More
10 Nov 2015
by alightningbug
in Black, Green, NaBloPoMo, Oolong
Tags: amwriting, Joy 2015 Flavored Tea Blend, NaBloPoMo, Tea Review, Teavana
It is Tuesday so that means it’s tea time. Today, I tried Teavana’s new Limited Edition Joy 2015 Flavored Tea Blend.
This is a much more traditional tea than some of the other’s I’ve had recently. It’s a blend of black tea, jasmine green tea, and oolong along with flavoring. In this case it’s flavored with apricot.
I noticed the apricot flavor in the aroma before I even took a sip of the tea. I could inhale it from the cup and taste it on my lips. It was fruity and playful. More
08 Nov 2015
by alightningbug
in Smelly Stuff
Tags: air freshener, autumn scents, Glade fall limited edition, Glade limited edition, NaBloPoMo, scented candles, wax melts
Autumn is one of my favorite times of year, in part, because of all the wonderful smells — autumn leaves, crisp clear skies, crackling fires, spices, apple cider, and baked goods (now that it’s not so hot outside that I don’t want to bake inside). It’s also the time of the year when there starts to be enough of a chill in the air that we start closing the windows more often. With no fresh air inside, I want to smell good stuff instead. I like smelling stuff almost as much as I like tasting stuff. More
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