Tim and Jen Live Here

But I got another one! The kitten I’ve been waiting for, and visiting regularly, finally got a clean bill of health from the vet today. And the first person on his waiting list adopted him. I went in tonight to visit him not knowing this and found out that one of the vet techs at [...]

Oh, yeah, it was me. Have you ever tried to make cheese? Barbara Kingsolver made it sound so easy, fun, and delicious to make 30 Minute Mozzarella in her book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, which I’ve mentioned before, and which is a great book. So I bought the beginning cheesemaking kit from New England Cheesemaking Company, [...]

People always say you should think about what you’re grateful for. You know, instead of dwelling on the negative.
On this day when I sat through a few hours of freezing rain and snow, only to leave the football game at halftime and come home, where I warmed up too quickly in the shower, resulting in [...]

Abridgment of recent conversations (trust me, as long as it is, it is truly abridged):
Me: Maybe getting a kitten would stop Lila from attacking Tabby. Or maybe the new kitten and Lila would gang up on Tabby. Or maybe they’d all hate each other.
Tim: Uh huh.
Me: But if getting a kitten would stop Lila from [...]

Absolutely nothing to do with politics or voting, but who doesn’t love a cute cat?
Lila finally found the courage to jump from our footboard up onto the Ikea storage unit where we keep our clothes. So she’s about 7 feet off the floor and exploring all sorts of new things. I am waiting for the [...]