A VISITOR AND A TURKEY DINNER

About a month ago a stray cat showed up at my door.  She was so sweet, rubbed against me, wanted to be held and petted.  Not a feral cat at all.  You could tell she belonged to someone at one point.  But she was like a walking skeleton.  I began leaving food out for her and trying to find her a home.  I wanted to bring her in and keep her but our little princess Jenny was having none of that.

But every once in awhile when Jenny was upstairs Oreo (as we named her) would sneak in, eat Jenny's food, get warm and then leave.  Sunday night, however, she came in for the whole night.  After she ate she curled up on the sofa and went to sleep.  Jenny was furious.  Hissing, snarling, growling.  Oreo didn't do anything, didn't even acknowledge that Jenny was there.  I had great hopes of things working out.  But after spending the night Oreo was at the front door howling, scratching, and trying her best to get out.  So I let her go.  She still comes running for pets when she sees me and eats the food I put out (she's gaining weight) but she doesn't want to live inside.  Go figure.

I took some pictures of her when she was in here.  She is so cute.

This is why I call her Oreo.  She has a black head, black tail, and is white in the middle with cookie sized spots on her.

Look at that face!

She's very clean and gave herself a bath after she ate.

She washed every bit of herself.

And got into some weird positions.

Before finally settling down for a nap.

 So after that experience I had Monday off for Columbus Day.  I had a 5 pound turkey breast in the freezer that I wanted to use, so I invited Carole and Walt over for dinner.  They are so good to us, help us out so much, that I wanted to do this for them.  I don't like turkey and rarely eat it, but I do know how to cook it.  Everyone said it turned out wonderful.  I had a whole Thanksgiving dinner -- turkey, gravy, stuffing, potatoes, green beans and cranberries.  I even had pumpkin pie for dessert.  It was good.  There was not a lot left.

Tuesday it was back to work.  Although it was busy, it was not overwhelming and was a rather pleasant day.  It's so nice to have more pleasant days than not at work.  Ever since the kids have gone back to school the whole atmosphere has changed.  I'm enjoying it.

And so now it's about 1:30 a.m. and I am still trying to get things cleaned up for the Physical Therapist and the Nurse who are coming to see Joe tomorrow while I am at work.  So much still to do.  But I am really tired, so I think I am going to go to sleep for a few hours and get up and finish early tomorrow before I go to work.  Oh the life I live.

Until later...

Tuesday -- sunny
High:  73 degrees at 3:05 p.m.
Low:  49 degrees at 7:05 a.m.
Sunrise:  7:11 a.m.
Sunset:  6:20 p.m.
11 hours and 9 minutes of daylight.