Ein the Cave Monster

My kitty Ein loves to bury herself in things. She's a big cuddler, and a super big hider. She's also a super bitch. I blame myself. During her impressionable years, (in my college days when I got her as a kitten), she was an only child. I think she got lonely. We have a second kitty now. But I think the damage is already done.

Back to the burrowing. A few nights ago, Lou and I came home to find Ein having burrowed herself in my new comforter on the couch. The funniest part...we're pretty sure we didn't leave the blanket in this nice spiral shape. There's so many unanswered questions. How did she roll the blanket up herself? Did she crawl in backwards? Was she hiding from the other cat? What possessed her to try this out? Did she think it through if we didn't see her and accidentally sat on the blanket???




She got bored during the photoshoot, and decided to fall back asleep.

Cuddle Buddies

Ein hasn't left my side for the past few days. She's a bit bipolar I think. The queen of cuddling, but also the queen of bitchy scratch-your-eyes-out if you move in a way that she disapproves of.
It's gotten to the point where, when I'm sitting in front of my desktop computer, I just lay the keyboard on top of her. She doesn't mind.




In other news...aren't these mini Saltine crackers the cutest ever?



Lou says they made the cracker mini, but forgot to make the salt content mini. Too salty for him. He's crazy...they're perfect. And oh so good in crab bisque soup.

boo Sunday

There's something about Sundays that will forever make me feel like I have school tomorrow and didn't finish my book report. I guess work has the same effect... Minus the book report.

Good news! I finished two custom orders and am thisclose to finishing another. I love productive weekends! It's so hard to keep myself motivated. Even though it's the best days for me to work, I always find myself wanting to slack off and play video games all day. It's the weekend, gosh darnit! Luckily my "work" is fun, so I think that's what keeps me at it.




I also found time to make some spinach and ricotta stuffed chicken! It came out pretty good. Except...lesson for next time...don't use "maple" bacon. The apartment smells reeks like breakfast, and my dinner kind of tasted like breakfast too. I forgot that "maple" and "hickory" aren't one in the same when it comes to bacon. my bad. I wasn't thinking.



I basically followed this recipe. Next time I'd like to flatten my chicken a little thinner. It wasn't until I wanted to make this, that I realized that I don't own a mallet. So I'm banging on the chicken with a frying pan. (it was the only flat heavy thing I could find!) It's making the loudest sound imaginable. Glasses are jingling. The coffee maker is shimmying down the counter. Upstairs neighbors are banging on the floor. It served it's purpose though!
I have a ton of ricotta left over now though. I'd like to think of something tasty to make with it. All I've ever used ricotta for is lasagna, but I'd like to think of something different. OH..cannolis? Yeah, those won't be exhausing and difficult to make.

Last night I snapped a few pictures of Ein "helping" me edit photos. She's so cute. A total beotch, but she loves to cuddle.




And today Lou and I stopped in the Christmas Tree Shop and oh my gosh I forgot how much cute and cheap dish and glassware they have! I found so many cute things that I thought would look great as displays for my Plinis at craft shows and whatnot. Like this freakin adorable polka dot plate. Two dollars. Are you kidding me?? I also picked up THE most awesome cake stand for four dollars! I've decided that I'm not allowed in there unsupervised because only bad money blowing things can come about when I'm left to roam.

a bit 'o flair

Paper Menagerie was nice enough to send out a free piece of "flair" in the form of a button asking whoever got one to take a picture of how they used the button. I must admit I took FOREVER, only having just finally mailed her my photo today and I received the button over a week and a half ago. I was trying to think of something more than just pinning it to my shirt or purse. What do you think?