This, That and the Other Thing

Today was a day of getting things done around the house. It's cold and gloomy outside and I just didn't feel like walking/running in the woods. Brrrrrrrrr! Yes, I'm doing some trail running. I've only fallen once! And it didn't hurt too bad! Damn tree root!

Among my other trail injuries is a Harry Potter lightning bolt shaped scratch on my forehead from pushing into a thicket to get some a--hole's empty water bottle. I HATE litterers! As soon as Kazi saw it she asked (sensitively-HAH!) "how'd ya get the Harry Potter forehead?" I also have another scrape and bruise on my forehead from bending over to clean out the kittys' litter boxes and I whacked my head on the laundry tub!

So I have to stay home til I get healed up - I'm not allowed out in public!

So here's what I accomplished today (so far...):

• made oat scones
• made granola

I think I should be called Oaty McOatface!! Hahahahahaha! Click HERE if you're not sure of my reference :)

I think I hit my head too hard!

Carrying on...

• I finished my first infinity scarf - now that summer's on its way..... 

•  the cats got into a hissy fit over the cat beds so I had to separate them. For some reason they both prefer the FIRST bed I bought and neither wants to use the other two for Pete's sake! So Lily "volunteered" to use one of the newer beds and of course I had to take cute pet photos :)

Lilypad

Luna- the big fat balloona!

Maybe it's because Luna needs two!!

• a piece of paint got chipped off my LOVE decor item so I mixed up some green and blue acrylic paints and touched it up!  

• I worked on  couple other things in the workshop - the piece below fell and got chipped so I had to smooth that out plus I'm flattening the top (it was rounded) so that it can hold a beautiful rock once it's polished. 

•  I worked on another small piece and have the final shape figured out - it's going to be a shadow box carving. (I didn't feel like polishing today.

•  I went around the entire house to find the perfect spot for this little art piece below - it's one of my Talize $1.99 finds when my seester and I went thrifting - I haven't shown you ANY of the great stuff I got - that's another post I guess. I hope I can remember what I bought! I fell in love with this - the frame is great and the silver/silver-plated/steel??? work is so intricate and far eastern-ish. 

 Here's a closer look:

Isn't it great?
The photo below shows its new home.

So that's my day - it was pretty productive. Oh, and I also read for awhile. See, I get a lot done when I don't go outside!

Did you have a productive day? Any new injuries lately? 

Now for a beer!

Cheers!

More Real Food

 My latest efforts with eating real food includes making my own granola. I have a basic recipe that calls for large oats, brown sugar, butter, chopped nuts and cinnamon. Pretty easy peasy. For now I'm using natural raw sugar but I will experiment with honey or blackstrap molasses as a sweetener. To the basic recipe I add sesame seeds (high in iron and calcium among many other things), pumpkin seeds (lots of protein and iron) and sunflower seeds(high in vitamin E and the B vitamins). I buy seeds and nuts RAW and unroasted - absolutely pure!

Put melted butter and other ingredients in a large saucepan and constantly stir over medium heat til golden brown. The first time I made this I also put it all on a cookie sheet and toasted it under the broiler because I didn't think it was crunchy enough.

I ran downstairs to attend to the dryer and when I came back up there was a burning smell in the air. I whipped the cookie sheet out of the oven and a portion of the granola was a tad burned.

However, when I stirred it all together it was absolutely delicious so I did that again this time but kept a close eye on it. There is something yummy about slightly burnt butter and sugar!!

While I was making granola and scones my daughter made this:

It was so pretty I had to take a picture! She wasn't finished yet but so far her nacho chips each have exactly one piece of onion, tomato and green pepper! Still to come - jalapenos, shredded cheese, sour cream and salsa.

Having determined that the kitties loved their new kitty bed and because it was so hard for both of them to fit into one bed I went back to Dollarama and bought two more. It was several days though before they would each sleep in a separate bed. So when I saw that they had finally figured out that they could each have one of their own I took a few photos.  Cuz that's what I do :)

Soooooo cozy! (Lily)

Totally out of it. Luna.

 I am drunk with sleep - Lily.

Can someone bring me a cat treat? Luna.

 Awww, they are so cute!! Me!