Our weekend was full of cat trauma. Somebody in our little household decided to give the cat an essential oil massage. Turns out essential oils are toxic for cats. So much opportunity for learning in every moment. AHHHHHHH.
Alas, we are on the other side. The family pivoted. A birthday dinner was postponed, a cat was given fluids at a clinic in Scarborough, feelings were protected. The best part: nobody has to live with killing their cat accidentally. All this to say, incidents got in the way of my normal Sunday post.
Will you join me in offering up some mundane gratitude instead? What’s mundane and good in your life? Let’s encourage each other!
I am in the midst of folding 6 loads of laundry. Mostly mine. Emily hasn't been home, so I have fallen behind. What I have learned is, I need to get rid of some clothes and donate to the Red Door and I need to keep my routines in order. I am glad your cat is okay!
I like mundane life. :) I'm grateful to be living in the boonies where my worst problem is probably having to keep everything bear- (and racoon- and skunk- and coyote- and...) proof.
There was a mixup with my pay last Friday and it’s been sorted, and I am way grateful for that. Seems stores enjoy money in exchange for their goods, so the delayed weekend commerce has commenced.
I'm glad your kitty is okay. Our house is like that too: if a pet is sick, daily life grinds to a halt.
The key thing to remember about cats, as you probably know by now, is that they lick themselves and are amazing contortionists, so they can reach places we couldn't imagine being able to reach. Therefore, stuff that's safe to apply to a dog or human could potentially poison a cat. There's a label on my fil's dog's tick repellent that states, "DO NOT USE ON CATS," just for that very reason.
I'm sure your cat would appreciate a plain massage, though. :)
I went for a hike yesterday with my friend and I was REALLY COCKY!! I said "I know where we are" and then I sent us nearly 8 km in the wrong direction. I am grateful for my friend who laughed about it and grateful that I can eat my humble pie! I am glad your kitty survived the love-bath!!
Oh wow, this is so delicious! The picture of the cat who clearly had a stockpile of lives to make it through the oils, the feelings being protected and just the mundane gratitude idea... I love it. I will add this, I have an intense gratitude for my kids putting their own shoes on, and a deep joy and giggle when they put the wrong shoe on the wrong foot... if you can remember Best in Show with Eugene Levy who had two left feet... this cracks me up so hard and gets me through the walk home with two exhausted and desperately hungry toddlers. :)
I am in the midst of folding 6 loads of laundry. Mostly mine. Emily hasn't been home, so I have fallen behind. What I have learned is, I need to get rid of some clothes and donate to the Red Door and I need to keep my routines in order. I am glad your cat is okay!
I like mundane life. :) I'm grateful to be living in the boonies where my worst problem is probably having to keep everything bear- (and racoon- and skunk- and coyote- and...) proof.
There was a mixup with my pay last Friday and it’s been sorted, and I am way grateful for that. Seems stores enjoy money in exchange for their goods, so the delayed weekend commerce has commenced.
I'm glad your kitty is okay. Our house is like that too: if a pet is sick, daily life grinds to a halt.
The key thing to remember about cats, as you probably know by now, is that they lick themselves and are amazing contortionists, so they can reach places we couldn't imagine being able to reach. Therefore, stuff that's safe to apply to a dog or human could potentially poison a cat. There's a label on my fil's dog's tick repellent that states, "DO NOT USE ON CATS," just for that very reason.
I'm sure your cat would appreciate a plain massage, though. :)
I went for a hike yesterday with my friend and I was REALLY COCKY!! I said "I know where we are" and then I sent us nearly 8 km in the wrong direction. I am grateful for my friend who laughed about it and grateful that I can eat my humble pie! I am glad your kitty survived the love-bath!!
Oh wow, this is so delicious! The picture of the cat who clearly had a stockpile of lives to make it through the oils, the feelings being protected and just the mundane gratitude idea... I love it. I will add this, I have an intense gratitude for my kids putting their own shoes on, and a deep joy and giggle when they put the wrong shoe on the wrong foot... if you can remember Best in Show with Eugene Levy who had two left feet... this cracks me up so hard and gets me through the walk home with two exhausted and desperately hungry toddlers. :)