Pewabic Pottery and etc.

I spent Saturday standing in line in high winds and 30 degrees with snow on my person so I could get Christmas presents for my brood and support the Gleaners Food Bank. When I got into the car I could barely get my seat belt latched my fingers were so cold. This year they had the bowls outside, I am sure they were baking on better weather.

This bowl was supposed to go to my mother-in-law but Big Daddy wants to keep it. So okey dokey. You get your mom a gift.

I am starting to get a little PO'd about the election. I am left with a guy who is so oily he is sliding off edge, a guy who is all over the place, a guy who loves the thought of being back in the USSR and a woman who in 50 years has not been able to find a hairdo or a hairdresser. And don't give me any flak on the hairdresser, if you can't look presentable then you can't do shit. Angela Merkel, Margaret Thatcher and The Queen as seem to be able to look put together. I would not vote for a guy with a bad haircut in a shitty outfit either.

I need to get my act together on the mom trip, I leave in 2 weeks. Yikes.

It is a guessing game

The Plaque in front of Pewabic Pottery

Which ones are the Artist bowls and . . .

which ones are the children's art class bowls.

Looks just right for kibble to me.

Speaking of which Punkin Head is telling me I have to switch Zoey cat over to non-grain food. It seems Lou's Pet Store does not carry the clumping pine litter and we had to go elsewhere, so I am not sure about the non-grain food. And I don't want to change more than one thing at a time.

She is happy looking out at the squirrels and she and the Sammy Dog are not squabbling today (really due to Sammy holding himself back like a trooper) so for now all is well.

Oh she was a tad upset with Big Daddy this morning. He did not clean her litter when he first got up and she was not having it. Meowed until he cleaned it, we have been cleaning it twice a day and I may have created a monster here. It is a huge, the biggest they had and I put the whole bag in, but she wants it pristine. What a good kitty.

Belly Rubs

Time for a belly rub.

Well, when I left work early Thursday I am not sure I knew my name. I could barely talk and coughing was a horror story. Told everyone including the boss I am out for the count. And all day Friday people kept calling me and I just said no. No, dammit, figure it out yourself. And my boss fucked shit up again --according to his emails--and I don't care. Today I sound like a human. I was so sick I cancelled my pedicure today. Now that is a sick woman.

Friday the only thing I did was make a donation to the Salvation Army telethon. The poor woman trying to take my information was so patient. But I had to do it. They have food trucks that go out and feed the community every day. These trucks feed families in need and if I can afford to shop I can afford to support the food trucks.

Today I sent Big Daddy to the charity event at Pewabic Pottery. This is an historic pottery maker from Detroit with a storied history. Today you could buy bowls for charity and get a free bowl of soup in your bowl. BD could not get the soup as he forgot to bring his 'China" shopping bag but he got 2 artist bowls and 2 children's bowl. The children's bowl are for art classes and look just like something your child brought. home. They are glazed and now they are kibble bowls. Pictures tomorrow.

As I am trying to get Zoey the cat into a comfort zone and out of Drama Queen mode, I decided to feed the squirrels and any stray birds that happen by. The family room is really 4 huge 8 foot doorwalls with some bricks holding it all together. We have so many squirrels and no good place that we can find to put up a bird feeder that we do not feed the birds. But if the squirrels entertain the cat, we will feed whoever stops by. I wonder if the o'Possum is still around.