With the good comes the... fur?

[judecorp]

Let me tell you, I am completely /psyched/ that the weather has warmed (finally!) and we can actually open windows and doors to let the fresh air in. It's nice to have the two screen doors and we can get a really awesome breeze. I LOVE IT.

But the breeze comes with a price. All of the cat hair that has been hiding all over the living room and dining room is now swirling everywhere like bad western movie tumbleweed. It's that time of year again, friends - tumbleweed time.

We're planning on majorly de-furring this week anyway because some friends with allergies are coming to stay, so I guess in some ways the fur decided to make itself known in advance. Yikes!

~//~

We made some homemade chicken salad and made sandwiches for dinner. It felt very spring and summery. And delicious. I'm off tuna until I get a baby, and I miss it, but chicken salad is a good substitute for now. Yum.

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[calliopeblogger.livejournal.com]

just curious-- what is your de-fur method of choice?
Cali

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

We have hardwood floors so it's usually lots of vacuum. And then of course the vacuuming of the couches. It's not terribly effective on the couches but with enough suction the fur slides across the floor and into the vacuum. I don't mind sweeping but the bending isn't working out so well these days.

Although I'm guessing that the de-fur tactic of this spring will be: crying. Because 'crying' seems to be the answer to everything these days. :)

[artemis44.livejournal.com]

"I'm off tuna"

Because of the mercury?

I was the opposite - I had a can each week for the omega 3s and such (and because I crave it even not-pregnant), and was just careful to limit it to one a week, per the reccomendations I'd read.

But then, I didn't eat much other fish, so that was really my only mercury threat, so it seemed fairly small for me (we tried to do free-range salmon, but when we cooked it it smelled BAD, and I couldnt' touch salmon the rest of my pregnancy! So tuna and tilapia were all I could stomach, other than fish and chips!)

Anyways, sorry for the ramble... lol!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

We eat quite a bit of seafood up in here. At least once a week we're eating salmon or shrimp or cod or something... or going out for delicious sushis. Mmmm. (Although we haven't been doing much of that lately, too much money.) So I figure canned tuna can be sacrificed in lieu of fresh stuff.

But canned tuna was a work staple of mine for a while... when I had nothing to bring for lunch, I brought a can of tuna and made some tuna salad. Or went to Subway and got a tuna sub because the tuna ones are cheap. Mmm, tuna.

We have a bunch of tuna in the house and I did use a can of it once to make a tuna-noodle casserole, but have been leaving it alone and trying to find fresh fish. Yum!

[mtgirl.livejournal.com]

One of my favorite restaurants in Boulder serves this delicious "Jazzy Chicken Salad" sandwich. They put red, seedless grapes in there, among other things. Have you tried adding grapes, it's soooooooo yummmy.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Mmm, that sounds delicious. I love grapes. I will have to try that sometime.

[(Anonymous)]

my mom and dad use the dyson animal vacuum ( the aniumal one)...you should get it. your house will be sooooooooooooo clean. even the hardwood.

--mittle kitty--

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

We are going to try the shop vac tonight, since we went and bought one for the basement. It is good at sucking.

(So is your mom.)

[(Anonymous)]

I will drive to Boston and scratch your eyes out.

-mittle-

ps....skybus.com is offering flights to columbus for $10.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Mittle, I love that you are reading my journal.