The House Where The Black Cat Lives: Musings on a Rainy Fall Weekend at The House Where The Black Cat Lives

Monday, October 12, 2009

Musings on a Rainy Fall Weekend at The House Where The Black Cat Lives

It was a long rainy holiday weekend here at The House Where The Black Cat Lives. Usually October is quite dry, but not this year. So what does one do when you have four days off and the weekend isn't conducive to much else?

Decorate the house for fall.
Bake pumpkin chocolate chip muffins in honor of the season. For the recipe, visit my other blog Mike and Mary's Kitchen: Recipes and Memories from Point Cadet.
Take the cat with the neverending urinary tract infection to the vet one more time. I swear Koko's bladder should be lined with gold by now considering all the money I've thrown at fixing it.
Read. Right now almost through "Laura Rider's Masterpiece," by Jane Hamilton. Pretty good. Great 1950s vintage looking cover jacket though the book is set now.
Shop for my costume for the office Halloween party. Our department's theme is "Pirates of the Arctic." Got the pirate part down. Not sure yet about the Arctic. Anybody got any ideas?
Watch Anouk Aimee movies on TCM. I can see why she is such a style icon. I covet everything she wears.
Wish it were a five-day weekend.

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The Story of the House Where the Black Cat Lives

Before there was a black cat, there was a tortoiseshell cat named Celie. She had five kittens, then left. Over the years, several other kitties have passed through. Two stayed. Ours is a happy house-- except for one very unhappy encounter between my niece and one of my black cats Sammy. Since that day, my place has been The House Where the Black Cat Lives. Life can get a little hairy, but my love of cooking, reading, decorating and traveling (especially Paris) gets me through. It just goes to show you can be a crazy cat lady and have a life, too. Come on in and visit. Hope you don't mind a little cat hair.