Silly me, what was I thinking?

Random musings that Chris and the cats don't want to hear anymore...

Monday, November 20, 2006

My little Heat Miser

I'm pretty sure I know Vin's favorite feature of the condo: the heating vents. They're located down by the floorboards instead of up near the ceiling, which is great for us. But I think Vin thinks we arranged it just for him. I suspect we'll be seeing a lot of this in the winter:



Can't you just hear the "Ahhhh..." from him in this one?



I've seen him napping in front of the warm vents and I've also caught him turning around so he's evenly heated on all sides. My little rotisserie kitty.

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Free shoe shopping

One of my favorite features of our house is the built-in window seat/storage unit in the master bedroom. The middle section has two doors that open out to reveal pull-out shelves for storing shoes. (Well, I supposed you could use them to store just about anything that will fit, but it's perfect for shoes, and my first thought when I saw the drawers was, "SHOES!") The day we moved in, Chris lined up my shoes very neatly on the shelves, and with a sigh of utter satisfaction, he pushed in the drawers and closed the doors (we had issues at our last place regarding my shoe storage, or lack thereof).

For the past 3 weeks or so, I've been wearing the same 3 pairs of issues over and over. They're comfortable and slip on and off easily, so they're among my favorites. A few days ago, I noticed that none of those 3 pairs really went with my outfit, so I opened the storage cabinet, and holy cow! So many shoes! Lined up all neatly and attractively, just like in a shoe store! It had been so long since I looked at those shoes that I'd forgotten about some of them. It was like getting a dozen pairs of new shoes, for free. I was like a kid in a candy store. I almost changed my outfit just so I could wear one particular pair.

So in light of our new restricted financial state, that's my new plan: hide away at least half of any one item (books, CDs, DVDs, clothes, books) and every few weeks, swap everything out. New! Shiny! Exciting! I'm still trying to figure out how to stash away Carlo, though.