We have been storing a large box from our new fridge since March. It takes up quite a bit of space in the garage but on days like yesterday I think its worth it.
Tag: Marceline
A collection….
Just a collection of things Marceline believes should be on the top of her bookcase.
Sam has taken to calling Marceline a little magpie lately. It’s pretty appropriate.
Also just a taste out her amazing wall art.
Icicles
A short tale about Marceline and icicles.
Marceline and I were shoveling the driveway yesterday so that Sam could get out safely and her evening trip to the store. Despite it only being 24° f outside, we had a blast and stayed outside for quite a bit.
Even though it hasn’t been above freezing in weeks, because the front of our house gets so much sun we’ve had a lot of snow thawing and freezing on a roof lately, and the ice has been clogging our gutters leading to long icicles.
I knocked a few down for marceline. She carried them around the whole time we were outside. Only letting go of them to bend down and pick up snowballs to throw back on the ground just like grampy had taught her two weeks ago.
She refused to leave them outside and brought them inside with her after we had finished shoveling.
I gave her a tupperware container to put them in and she grabbed a spoon and started stirring and said “I’m cooking I’m cooking,” before disappearing into the house with the container.
Several times last night I walked around the house looking for this container afraid I was going to wake up to find a giant wet spot on the ground from melted icicles. I accepted my fate around 10:30pm and went to bed.
To my surprise (and thankfully not horror) Marceline had set it upright on the couch and it stayed that way all night. When Marceline saw it this morning she gave it a few more stirs again claiming to be cooking before we dumped it down the drain.
Cups vs Glasses – Monday August 31
I told Sam recently that I think we need to rethink out dishware and glassware. Almost all of our cups are coffee related or alcohol related glasses. The few pint glasses are stolen from the Old Pink or Essex St. Pub in Buffalo over a decade ago. A ritual from when we used to close bars at 4am in Buffalo in our early – mid 20’s.
The coffee mugs are all either gifts or stolen (my cherished Denny’s mug!). The only one that purchased outright in the last few years is the NPR “Stand with the Facts” mug we got when we donated to our local NPR station this year.
We have 8 resuable Starbucks mugs that are all over 5 years old and are our go to travel drink mugs. We bought two for a dollar each and were gifted the rest as Christmas presents.
And we have 2 Burger King Star Trek mugs left out of a set of 4 I bought for Sam years ago, a Coca Cola Buffalo Bills glass and a big yellow plastic mug that is 2 decades old and carries with it a fantastic story from a college Spring Break field trip.
All that aside, we have 5 Tupperware kids cups that Sam’s mother held onto for us until Marceline came along and we are grateful to have and use everyday for Marceline.
Essentially I’m saying we have no set of drinking glasses. If more than one of us sit down for a meal at a table, we would have different cups in front of us. Not a huge deal, but also kind of weird. On a daily basis we don’t use any of these glasses except for coffee mugs and Marceline’s cup. We (Sam and I) have two water bottles we carry around with us and use regularly, and other than coffee and water we really don’t drink much (I know…. there is diet ginger ale bottle in the background – but that 2 liter is 2 weeks old now).
Not sure if that is normal or not, but whatever…. it is what it is.
In today’s big news, Marceline got out a bottle of Worcester sauce from our Lazy Susan this morning. Not a huge deal, she likes getting bottle out and lining them up on the kitchen floor, and none of the bottle she can reach are very big. But she did drop it on her big toe, which lead to more crying than we have had in a long time.
Look at her poor toe!
Today’s list –
- Clean Living Room and Kitchen
- Vacuum Basement
- Scoop Kitty Litter
- Change out Marceline’s books in the living room
- Vacuum hallway rugs
- Walk with Marceline (she likes walking down the road holding my hand)
- Put away laundry
The Good – Thursday August 27
Yesterday I noticed some blood coming from Marceline’s mouth while we were reading books. Stuck a finger in her mouth to inspect her teeth (which by the way… ew), and her molar on the upper right side had burst through her gums. I’d been able to feel it under her gums for a few weeks, but it was there fully through – which Marceline promptly let me know by chomping down on my finger.
As far as reasons to bleeding from the mouth, that is pretty innocent.
But I am pretty sure that is also why she woke up at 5am this morning and didn’t feel like going back to sleep.
Oh, and the Cuyahoga River is on fire again. The 14th time! This time it is from a car accident that resulted in an oil tanker spill. And thankfully is much smaller than the larger garbage, trash and pollution fires of the past. Still kind of funny and sad that a river is on fire.
Marceline and I ate breakfast outside today. I think we will try to do this more often. The biggest difficultly is getting outside with Marceline and the breakfast without the cats joining us. They like to try and go outside even though 3 out of 4 of them are scared of being out of the house. They other one will go outside and immediately bolt for anything he finds interesting.
Marceline enjoyed it mostly for the three dogs across that were playing in the yard across the street. I enjoyed it for the quietness and ability to drink my coffee outside.
WCLV has been calming on what already feels like a long morning. I absolutely love that Cleveland has a classical radio station.
Today’s list:
- Buy cat litter (didn’t leave the house yesterday)
- Clean Marceline’s room (didn’t happen yesterday)
- Hydrate (I drank way more coffee than water yesterday)
- Put away laundry
- Vacuum, sweep and mop kitchen and living room
- Mow backyard?
- Organize downstairs bar*
- Dinner plan – Corn on the Cob, peas, chicken breast, garlic bread?
*the bar is a holdover from the previous owners. We use it as a tv/entertainment stand.
Cat Empathy
Sam sometimes complains that Marceline doesn’t understand when we are hurt or feeling bad. She doesn’t quite get when we frown or say “ow.”
But, while she doesn’t have that empathy towards us, she definitely has “cat empathy.”
When I comb out our longer haired cats, who continually get knots in their fur and hate being combed, they meow really loudly and clearly distraught. Marceline gets really quiet at that time, and eventually starts making noises that she is not happy. She actually started to cry once.
Today I was clipping our cats nails, and she did the same. Clearly she was not happy the cats were being restrained and fighting against having their claws nailed, and flailed her arms in a very concerned manner.
So while she may not care about us being in pain, she clearly doesn’t want the cats to be in any sort of pain. “Cat Empathy.”