Tuesday – 3/11/2015 – The Café Bites Into Sandwich Day!

Good morning KJ, MS! Feeling like I can breathe today without tearing up, although the tears are right there. You all have been so supportive and wonderful but then that’s why I hang out here. Oh my, it’s Sandwich Day, woo hoo, may have to stop in at the deli and see if they are running any specials! AND it’s election day here so will be going to the polls after Avery’s mom picks her up. Beautiful day here again in the Midwest, almost summer like really with temps up in the 70’s. I’ll take it!
I don’t know what that is in the bottom pic MS, (a roll with chocolate on it) and in the shape of a kitty–I’d like one with butter and a smooth, rich cup of coffee. I’ll just step into the cafe for the kits to whip me up some…later!

Hi everybody,

I’m dragging my butt into the café. I went to WWE wrestling last night. It was good fun and, of course, my man Roman Reigns was there (hubba, hubba). It’s so funny see how we all have our favorites. I need coffee and then who knows…

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Ice Cream Sandwich {Delicious Summer Dessert!}

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PG

Morning all! *passes* tissue box around …. we all get teary at times …. like Joan said, never know when it will hit you ….

Busy day, lots of inputting to do …. Mr. AV has decided to split a large can of wet food between the three girls in the mornings, so now they are all meowing at the top of their lungs when he gets up! ….. hard to sleep thru, trust me! Ve had to go to the v-e-t yesterday, her allergies got bad, and she need some roids and antibotics …. she’s feeling much better …. I rubbed some coconut oil on her spots, and the v-e-t was impressed that it helped so much ….. 3 weeks till they leave for LV …. counting the days 😉

… time for me to get busy – have a great day all! will catch up later

Like JJ, I have a cat cafe in the garden. I’ve been putting out some food I’d stocked up on for Rincewind, not long before he departed . . . Merlin will eat some, but it seemed a pity to waste the rest. And there are quite a lot of cats around here, mostly homed but a few I’m less sure about. So they get a little extra most lunch and tea times. (Not when the rain is hammering down – dry food isn’t nice when it turns to sludge!)

They must have heard that it’s Sandwich Day, because I too had four waiting for me today! Two black, two ginger, all now fed and happy.

Daft? Oh, probably . . . but one or two are looking so much healthier lately, sleeker and shinier. So the cafe will continue for a while, I think!

I get my sandwich once I’ve done my good deed for the day. Cheese perhaps . . . and I have to leave a little smear of butter for Merlin at the end. He’s not a great fan of human food, but he’s prepared to make an exception for a spot of butter.

Good morning all.
It’s wet here today and cool with possible thunderstorms later.
Loving the pics.
As for the cute cat shaped breads I posted here is the page that goes with them –
http://www.bakeforhappykids.com/2013/04/funny-cat-tuna-bread-buns.html
I’m not a fan of tuna but for those who are or who want to change the filling to vegetarian they sound great.
KZ, glad you feel a little better today. {{hugs}} So, you have the day we should be having. Just this once I will let you keep it as we seriously need rain, we have had a dry Winter and El Nino is going to punish us badly this Summer with little or no rain. 🙁
JJ, your own back yard cat cafe. I am sure they all appreciate your efforts. I love that thread you started and I too shed a tear remembering our pets over the Bridge especially my wee dog Duff. He was a bit of a mix of farm dog breeds and didn’t know if he wanted to be a heading dog, huntaway or eye dog. He had short legs but somehow still managed to clamber on the backs of sheep to move them along when in the yards. He even challenged the Alpha dog for all the working dogs on the farm(at least 30) when Beau got too close to me one day. Beau was smart enough to know that Duff was young,dumb and just protecting me. He was my first ever dog. Sadly when we moved back to the city we had to sell him and he escaped his kennel and tried to find his way back to me on a main road and the rest you can guess.
😥 😥
AV, you had me 😆 at the antics going on now that Mr AV has set a precedent with the can of morning wet food. Awww Ve, hope you feel better soon. Coconut oil is great.
JK, love the pic of the two threatening cats.
CWS, you also have a cat cafe in the yard. It’s lovely you can see the improvement in the cats now you are feeding them. Shadz is a wee cheese fiend and of course a little butter on the end of a crust won’t be ignored either especially if it has Vegemite or Marmite on it too.
I haven’t been able to feed my wild birds lately as the fruit shop I got cheap older bananas from has stopped selling them but at least it is Spring and food is plentiful for all the nesting birds. Shadz decided to climb to the top of her favourite climbing shrub yesterday and suddenly all heck broke out with swearing blackbirds dive bombing her. They must have a nest nearby, they birds even flew into the shrub to chase her down out of it. She didn’t appreciate me standing laughing though and slunk off to the other side of the house. I was forgiven later.
Ohhhhhhhhh, sun ! We have some sunlight. Yay.
HRH Shadz must have known it was coming as she is already outside investigating who may have passed through her territory during the night.
Hmmmmm, sun has gone and it is getting darker at 11am. Must be more rain on the way. I had better check the doors for a certain dappled Tortie wanting in.

G’morn MS – thanks for fun tuna bun link! 🙂
KJ – awesome color choice! Creative on a budget works for me too!

Yay, it’s almost that time – 1/2 hour to go.
Will head home, promised to air out Crockey
Then more leaf raking fun…well, at least it’s still relatively warm out!

Paw up waves wishing all pawsome rest of today…now a smooch for Tux, later all!

Just had another heavy squall of rain, HRH Shadz is right in heading to bed. I may join her later as noisy neighbours had a party that didn’t end until well after 2am. Very quiet at their place today. Where’s my chainsaw. 👿 👿
JK, give Crockey a chin scritch fro me please and happy leaf raking.
Almost noon here.
Catch you tomorrow JK.

Your kitchen looks so organized and cool. Great work, KJ. I have never heard of your oven cleaning method so I apologize for laughing so hard I nearly fell down.

If you can’t find your chainsaw, a weed whacker or lawn mower work just as well.

It’s been in the high 60s with sun for the last two days but we’re supposed to get snow on Thursday with freezing temps. It was windy today and all the leaves on my neighbors’ trees are in my yard…again. I just finished raking them up on Monday. Arugh

Remembering my loved ones in the Meadow is what makes me hoomin

Well MS, glad your rain is (hopefully) over for the day and rest of week. It was glorious here today and will be until towards the end of the week, but still mid 50’s aren’t that bad. Took Avery out for a walk which is a test of my fortitude as she wants to wander wherever and that obviously just doesn’t work. So I herded her towards the barn but we had to navigate through a dry creek bed and up a steep little hill. Of course she wouldn’t hear of holding my hand and as she jerked away from me she did a somersault down the hill and landed sitting up on her little butt. She wailed of course, while I laughed my head off (it was quite funny in slow motion and she deserved her little scare) and she ended up being a more obedient baby for a few minutes after that!
The absence of Katherine filled my heart with aches and my eyes with tears as she was my constant companion, always beside me meowing her questions to me and always staying just far enough ahead of me that if I bent down to pet her, she would dart off and lay down again. I found a rat that she left for me by the 4-wheeler. I don’t know why, but this has about undone me. She always left a shrew on the sidewalk to the mailbox and a frog on the porch. I am so grateful that you all understand and forgive me my ramblings. I know she is safe and whole, but I miss her dreadfully.
KJ, love your kitchen! I had to laugh about you killing your stove, but you know I took the door apart too to clean between the glass as it had dust and dust bunnies in there! Why would they make a stove where air can get up in there like that?!
Sorry I always seem to miss you JK!
Joan and CWS I love your backyard cafes! I guess I have always had one too, but like the idea of calling it a cafe is much more stylish!
AV you made me laugh about counting the days–I’m sure it hasn’t been easy trying to please the ‘grandcats’. And the coconut oil is something I learned from you — now Mr. KZ and I both use it everyday!
PG, don’t worry about those stinking leaves as the wind will blow again in the other direction and they will be in your neighbor’s yard next time!!