Saturday, October 29, 2011

Perfect Day to Curl Up By the Fireplace...

Snow starting to stick to our deck!


Chili cooking.  How does Megan make her food photos look so amazing?
...Only we don't have a fireplace.  Instead, Linda lit all her candles in the house to make it feel like a fireplace.  Day 2 and Chimmie's new bed is missing 1/4 of the stuffing.  He worked a hole in it during his 5 hour containment today.  Linda knows he is bored and that contributes to his chewing, but what is she to do?  There are 3 dog walkers who take turns, it looks like we'll need another.  She can't really be mad at him, but it's looking like he will just get old towels and blankets as beds from now on.  BTW, Chim looks adorable in his winter sweater coat.  Linda will take his photo the next time he has to go outside.  She had to carry him down the steps again because it's snowing/raining and he is afraid of the steps when they are slippery.  No lie, it is really freezing.  Linda is thinking about maybe (only maybe...) turning the heat on.  Right now we still have a window cracked and the heat off.  It's weird, Linda hates being cold, but she also hates the feeling of heat on inside a house.  Since she grew up without heat in the upstairs of her house, she is used to layering and just wearing a lot of sweaters, heavy socks and earmuffs inside the house. To warm her tummy, she is making a huge pot of 3 bean, whole wheat couscous and chopped veggie chili.  For our lunch, she is mixing tuna into our wet food since we are all out of chicken.