Scolding the Crazy Cat

Nora now scolds the cats! Guess she hears us say these things a little too often.

The favorite thing to say is, "No, no, stop kee-tee"

Phebs is almost always her kitty of choice to scold and admonish with a finger. MOST of the time Phebs is sublimely rubbing a piece of furniture or my drafting stool. By the volume at which Nora talks to the cat this is a GREAT offense.

Those of you that know Phebs are aware of her crazy nature that does warrant much scorn from Rich and I. I shall list her numerous offenses that happen on a monthly basis

1. Licking vellum paper - at $1 a square foot a decadent treat

2. Licking plastic Grocery bags - for the kitty on a shoe string budget.

3. Running through the bonus room, ACROSS my laptop, and then plastering herself to the window like a suction cup car ornament.

4. Biting guests! I think the count is at 5 bites so far in the 5 yrs we've had her. There is something called 'overstimulation' in cats....give them lots of love and WHAM! Little S & M kitty that likes rough loving.

5. Biting my childs head, or at least trying to. The curvature of Nora's head is such that Phebs has never actually broken skin.

6. Nocturnal pestering of the most annoying kind! She 'pokes' you with her claws at all hours of the night. She could want food, water, or love(read previous entry)

7. Walking on the printers! Rich has gone so far as to put rolls of tape on them for MONTHS at a time. Too bad the cat is smart and realized it was gone.

Daddy's Littlest Helper

LONG ago, in October I set out to build Nora a playhouse for our backyard. This lasted approximately, 48 hrs and then the frame sat in the garage, much to the husbands frustration.

In comes holiday weekend! Rich and I decide THIS will be our project to finish, between the rain, rain, and more rain. It's actually fascinating to look at the radar this weekend for the entire nation. I don't think there's one state that's NOT getting rain.

I digress......

Rich and I started building as Nora played in the yard, thanks to the new fence. She eventually started showing interest in what mommy and daddy were doing on the hill.

Daddy explains:


Nora trying to 'help' but she doesn't have a drill


"I have the screws, thus all the power in this project process" ....she wouldn't give us the box, just one screw at a time




Relaxing on her new playhouse floor.

The Weight Thing

So here's the weight report!

What the heck the loyal readers should know from whence I came, for one I think it makes me realize the magnitude of the weight loss.

Top weight: 187.6( yeah, that was 5.4 lbs from top pregnancy weight, not proud of that)
Current weight: 171.6
Loss: 16 lbs!
height: 5' 5"(not that it's gonna change but never the less there it is)
Neck: 14"(-1")
Waist: 33.75"(-3.25")
Hips: 41.5"(-3")
Bust: 41"(-2)

I have some serious curves, almost text book hourglass shape, need about 2.5" to come off my waist.

Before:

After:


Hooray! Here's the crazy part. I'm SMALLER measurement wise than I was last year this time when I was the same weight! Sliding into some size 10 stuff these days, my jaw hit the floor in Kohl's today when that happened.

Still REALLY hesitant to buy a bunch of new clothes in new sizes with the baby time table right around the corner. Little person in the back of my brain keeps saying, 'Damn it, lose all this weight only to get pregnant again right away' the other part of my brain says, 'Woman it could be MONTHS before your pregnant stop obsessing' ERRRRRR, the war of consciences will continue I'm sure but the clock is ticking as I turn 32 in July.

Ok, that was scary saying 32....how did I get that OLD!