Chill out!

Sooooo, why a picture of my kitchen today? And why two (almost) fridges? Well, our 12 year old fridge was dying so we bought a new one. No big deal, right? Delivery & set up (including icemaker hookup) included. Yeah. So, add an 85 year old house (with 85 year old plumbing) to the mix and you have a MESS! Turns out the hookup for the old icemaker was jerry-rigged (illegal as hell) and there is no way to turn off all the water in the house so you can hook up a new one. Plumber came to no avail. Deliverymen left two fridges in the kitchen. Tomorrow the city should come out to shut off the water, the plumber should come back and hook up the icemaker, and the deliverymen should come back to haul out the old fridge. NOTHING here is ever easy.

Kitty

Tonight I brought my cameraphone into Alie's room while her elderly Siamese, Tiffany, was deigning to sit near her on the bed. Tiffany is beautiful, but incredibly neurotic. She's about 15 years old, and her life revolves around sleeping on Alie's or our bed (always in the top left corner, thank you, and on HER blankie), eating, drinking and using the cat pan. No such thing as "play" or any sort of undignified or unnecessary activity for this kitty. This picture really captures her very crabby yet loveable personality!