Michelle and Mannie (GA)
Member Since 2009
Good Morning LL!! 
(Ahhhhhh.... elixir! Thanks Elsa), and Happy Catmint Caturday!
LL! It's is I, Elsa, KBP, president and CEO of Coffee Cat! Life is GOOD! GUESS WHAT! Paw Prints Pizza is open and ready for business! They are running a Caturday Catnip special today, in honor of Catmint Caturday - lots of nip in those pies! They have even used their signature nip cheese.
Best order early! The new pizza ovens are great, and so far... they been good pies! Lola and Bug say that they makes excellent nip crust. Mannie's tree house has become the new HQ for Paw Prints Pizza! They sure host alot of pizza parties up there.... Kitties are always coming and going, mega cool! so. well. anyways. Coffee time! For today, I proudly offer Elsa's special 10 hour energy coffee, and triple shot espresso, beans from the heart of central Ethiopia. and for my mocha fans: Venti Quad orange and vanilla mocha, laced with orange swirls, topped with chocolate whip, garnished with orange zest, slivered vanilla beans and chocolate swirls....SWEET! OH! No worries, a dollop of orange and vanilla and chocolate swirl ice cream, on top of a dollop of fudge, topped with crystallized oranges and chocolate drizzle.... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh....... mega good!
I hope everyone had a great day yesterday, and a great week. The days with the boys have been good ones! We have been very busy, that part of life has not changed. Yesterday, like all Fridays, was very much a water day, what with swimming in the morning, and swimming again in the evening. BUSY!!!! :shock: :razz: Swimming was as good as it always is. The energizer fishie was in his element, and continues to have a great time in the pool. That swim test continues to be elusive.... one of these days we will get that done! ;-) The guards are making an effort to come over and talk with him about his pool stuff, and he has started talking with them. So maybe as that improves he will be more comfortable working with them in a class environment. I've been teaching him what I can. He continues to swim two, sometimes more, widths of the pool on his own again yesterday. We are starting to get more "big arms" swim in, which is kinda cool. He's been trying to swim on his back too. LOL: might make a swimmer after all.
His favorite thing to do continues to be retrieving objects, usually rings, from the bottom of the pool, and still takes a bucket down with him, to collect them before coming back to the surface. That is cool! We still swim at the MLT pool, not his main pool, on Friday nights. I continue to be grateful to my DMIL Connie, who still watches William on Friday mornings so Nicholas and I can go to the pool. Wednesday's swim was also a good one, many many swims under the surface! He still looks forward to our after swim Friday Night Burger Feast too. That is just so fun: burgers and fries, in the car, just him and me, with lots of fun stories. Last night we again talked Mariners Baseball, as well as reliving his visit to the river park and RR museum on Thursday. I still love that drive from the pool to his house: 30 minutes of little guy stories, my little back seat driver! Quite the imagination he has. He tells stories, we continue to look for rainbows and sunsets and views of Seattle. Great drive home! AWESOME TIME!
Wednesday, after pool time, Nicholas and I decided we needed to walk the pool trail and see if more berries were ready yet. So we packed up William and off we went in search of berries: salmonberries to start. Nicholas was so excited when he found so many more than last week, promptly gobbled them up, all 41 of them (!!) and proclaimed they were all sweet and juicy and delicious. He found some for William too, who eagerly ate teh first one, but by the fifth one he was no too sure he really liked those salmonberries. :lol: :lol: I too find them to be an acquired taste. :lol: It was alot of fun. We also looked for the beginnings of the other berries that are found on that trail, and saw that the huckleberries, thimbleberries, raspberries and blackberries are beginning to make fruit. There ought to be primo berry picking and eating there in the next few months. Funny: before we headed into the pool on Friday morning he had to make a quick run through of the beginning of the trial to see if any berries were an easy grab and gobble. LOL: there were. Down the Hatch!
The weather this week has been off an on: cloudy mornings, doable afternoon weather,temps int he 60's. Thursday was a debatable one, with alot of morning rains in areas we normally would do for an all day out and about. Snoqualmie, a small town alng the I90 corridor had the better options, with no rains predicted. They also have a RR Museum there, so all considered we decided to go and visit the trains there. it is such a favorite spot of Nicholas, as he can get up and personal with all kinds of train: touch the wheels, climb in and on and under, see all that goes into an engine. He has such a good time there. William seemed to really like them too. We had a great lucnh outdoors in a small park next to the museum. The weatehr still was dent by the time we were done, so off to visit the Snoqualmie River at a spot we have been to before, a few miles north. There is a nice section off of one of the trail I hike that has a sandy beach section that Nicholas has really enjoyed in the past. We were able to spend a couple of hours there in the afternoon, What fun! William so wanted to be in that water, so it was a constant hand on his *****es to keep him at waters edge. Nicholas too helped with that. William would crawl in,we would pull him back. over and over again. :lol: :lol: :lol: Poor William got so mad each time we pulled him out. He had such fun just splashing in the water, getting wet, and didn't care that ti was cold. He so reminds me of Nicholas when he was that age. Another water rat is in the making!
Friday afternoon after swimming we ended up at the new local park we have found. Meadowdale Park continues to be a favorite of Nicholas's. The playground equipment is really nice, with good challenges for him, and well there is that zip line. :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: That thing is so fun. Nicholas just loves it. Yesterday he was ale to make it all work without Grammie's help. He has made a few new friends during our visits there, and on yesterday he saw a couple of boys he had played with last week. It was nice that they remembered each other. It is so great to be able to watch him play with boys his own age. They run and climb on everything. The laughs for them are endless. William watches it all, trying so much to be part of the group. :lol: What with Swimming in the morning and these park outings in the afternoon, we have, of late, been heading home after that, late afternoon, as both boys are beat, and some serious napping is in order. I know that the day has been good when I catch Nicholas smiling in his sleep. We all know that all that play, and all that swimming is HARD work!
Normalcy in MusketeerVille! What to say about the kitties.... They have been good kitties, and even Lola! Well sorta on Lola... Lola will always be Lola. Crazy fun Lola. When I got home last night I watched the usual Friday night run and romp. That is so fun to watch, and so what goes down here on FR nights. Elsa just watches, trying to decide if she wants to run too. We have been, lately, getting her to join in on one of the romps. She runs once, maybe twice, chasing Bug down the hall. Not too bad for my senior gal. :lol: :lol: This is about the only time I can ever get her to run like that. It is nice to see once in a while. There was nothing amiss when I got home, just kitties waiting at the top of the stairs. Just as it always is. LOVE THAT! Lola was rolling on the stairs, Bug was pacing, and Elsa was just sitting with that stare: where have you been? Definitely a normal Friday night for the kitties. I get a few meows, some leg rubs, they get scritches in return, and then off they go. The runs were endless last night. Lola has been fairly good, no plant issues, no torn papers, boxes remain intact. Today is shopping day so she will get a new paper bag. :lol: :lol: No doubt that will make her day. She still tries SO HARD to get outside during our warmer days, she runs from window to window hoping maybe those screen have disappeared. :lol: :lol: Yesterday she succeeded once: she is very quick and very good at leaping out the door, through those few inches of that opening... I HAVE GOT TO GET THAT CATIO DONE!!!!! I keep saying that. I am trying to find someone I know to build one, so I don't have to hire, as that route is so expensive. DO to the house layout, and the yard it would have to be off the house side and probably elevated.... She continues too to pound on all glass and plastic surfaces. What a hoot. Still walking the railing and the frig door. Crazy fun Lola! Bug continues to warm up to company more and more as the days go by. Sure is nice to see that. He came out and played with my son for a few the other night when he was over to clean out the house gutters for me. We get such a back up up there... THX kiddo! Elsa is still dong well, darn active for an almost 18 year old. She sleeps alot, but what the heck: part of being a cat. She' continues to be a very good lap cat of late, not normal for her, but it has been nice. :lol: With the warm weather she has been out in the yard alot. Lola is SO JEALOUS!!, and lets me know it whenever she sees Big Sis out in the yard. :roll: Kitties are good, and All are sound asleep as I write this.... Stay good kitties! Normalcy in MusketeerVille!
Have a great day everyone! I am off to get those chores done, do my laundry, fill the kitty pantry, and try and relax some. No rains today and abundant sunshine, so I hope to get out on a through the woods to the shore walk. YAHOO! Made it last weekend. It is so nice that the woods and the shore are as close as they are! The walks there have been great.
KITTIES! Remember: think BLUE, think GREEN cat_pet_icon
(Ahhhhhh.... elixir! Thanks Elsa), and Happy Catmint Caturday!LL! It's is I, Elsa, KBP, president and CEO of Coffee Cat! Life is GOOD! GUESS WHAT! Paw Prints Pizza is open and ready for business! They are running a Caturday Catnip special today, in honor of Catmint Caturday - lots of nip in those pies! They have even used their signature nip cheese.
Best order early! The new pizza ovens are great, and so far... they been good pies! Lola and Bug say that they makes excellent nip crust. Mannie's tree house has become the new HQ for Paw Prints Pizza! They sure host alot of pizza parties up there.... Kitties are always coming and going, mega cool! so. well. anyways. Coffee time! For today, I proudly offer Elsa's special 10 hour energy coffee, and triple shot espresso, beans from the heart of central Ethiopia. and for my mocha fans: Venti Quad orange and vanilla mocha, laced with orange swirls, topped with chocolate whip, garnished with orange zest, slivered vanilla beans and chocolate swirls....SWEET! OH! No worries, a dollop of orange and vanilla and chocolate swirl ice cream, on top of a dollop of fudge, topped with crystallized oranges and chocolate drizzle.... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh....... mega good! I hope everyone had a great day yesterday, and a great week. The days with the boys have been good ones! We have been very busy, that part of life has not changed. Yesterday, like all Fridays, was very much a water day, what with swimming in the morning, and swimming again in the evening. BUSY!!!! :shock: :razz: Swimming was as good as it always is. The energizer fishie was in his element, and continues to have a great time in the pool. That swim test continues to be elusive.... one of these days we will get that done! ;-) The guards are making an effort to come over and talk with him about his pool stuff, and he has started talking with them. So maybe as that improves he will be more comfortable working with them in a class environment. I've been teaching him what I can. He continues to swim two, sometimes more, widths of the pool on his own again yesterday. We are starting to get more "big arms" swim in, which is kinda cool. He's been trying to swim on his back too. LOL: might make a swimmer after all.
His favorite thing to do continues to be retrieving objects, usually rings, from the bottom of the pool, and still takes a bucket down with him, to collect them before coming back to the surface. That is cool! We still swim at the MLT pool, not his main pool, on Friday nights. I continue to be grateful to my DMIL Connie, who still watches William on Friday mornings so Nicholas and I can go to the pool. Wednesday's swim was also a good one, many many swims under the surface! He still looks forward to our after swim Friday Night Burger Feast too. That is just so fun: burgers and fries, in the car, just him and me, with lots of fun stories. Last night we again talked Mariners Baseball, as well as reliving his visit to the river park and RR museum on Thursday. I still love that drive from the pool to his house: 30 minutes of little guy stories, my little back seat driver! Quite the imagination he has. He tells stories, we continue to look for rainbows and sunsets and views of Seattle. Great drive home! AWESOME TIME! Wednesday, after pool time, Nicholas and I decided we needed to walk the pool trail and see if more berries were ready yet. So we packed up William and off we went in search of berries: salmonberries to start. Nicholas was so excited when he found so many more than last week, promptly gobbled them up, all 41 of them (!!) and proclaimed they were all sweet and juicy and delicious. He found some for William too, who eagerly ate teh first one, but by the fifth one he was no too sure he really liked those salmonberries. :lol: :lol: I too find them to be an acquired taste. :lol: It was alot of fun. We also looked for the beginnings of the other berries that are found on that trail, and saw that the huckleberries, thimbleberries, raspberries and blackberries are beginning to make fruit. There ought to be primo berry picking and eating there in the next few months. Funny: before we headed into the pool on Friday morning he had to make a quick run through of the beginning of the trial to see if any berries were an easy grab and gobble. LOL: there were. Down the Hatch!
The weather this week has been off an on: cloudy mornings, doable afternoon weather,temps int he 60's. Thursday was a debatable one, with alot of morning rains in areas we normally would do for an all day out and about. Snoqualmie, a small town alng the I90 corridor had the better options, with no rains predicted. They also have a RR Museum there, so all considered we decided to go and visit the trains there. it is such a favorite spot of Nicholas, as he can get up and personal with all kinds of train: touch the wheels, climb in and on and under, see all that goes into an engine. He has such a good time there. William seemed to really like them too. We had a great lucnh outdoors in a small park next to the museum. The weatehr still was dent by the time we were done, so off to visit the Snoqualmie River at a spot we have been to before, a few miles north. There is a nice section off of one of the trail I hike that has a sandy beach section that Nicholas has really enjoyed in the past. We were able to spend a couple of hours there in the afternoon, What fun! William so wanted to be in that water, so it was a constant hand on his *****es to keep him at waters edge. Nicholas too helped with that. William would crawl in,we would pull him back. over and over again. :lol: :lol: :lol: Poor William got so mad each time we pulled him out. He had such fun just splashing in the water, getting wet, and didn't care that ti was cold. He so reminds me of Nicholas when he was that age. Another water rat is in the making!
Friday afternoon after swimming we ended up at the new local park we have found. Meadowdale Park continues to be a favorite of Nicholas's. The playground equipment is really nice, with good challenges for him, and well there is that zip line. :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz: That thing is so fun. Nicholas just loves it. Yesterday he was ale to make it all work without Grammie's help.
He has made a few new friends during our visits there, and on yesterday he saw a couple of boys he had played with last week. It was nice that they remembered each other. It is so great to be able to watch him play with boys his own age. They run and climb on everything. The laughs for them are endless. William watches it all, trying so much to be part of the group. :lol: What with Swimming in the morning and these park outings in the afternoon, we have, of late, been heading home after that, late afternoon, as both boys are beat, and some serious napping is in order. I know that the day has been good when I catch Nicholas smiling in his sleep. We all know that all that play, and all that swimming is HARD work! Normalcy in MusketeerVille!
What to say about the kitties.... They have been good kitties, and even Lola! Well sorta on Lola... Lola will always be Lola. Crazy fun Lola. When I got home last night I watched the usual Friday night run and romp. That is so fun to watch, and so what goes down here on FR nights. Elsa just watches, trying to decide if she wants to run too. We have been, lately, getting her to join in on one of the romps. She runs once, maybe twice, chasing Bug down the hall. Not too bad for my senior gal. :lol: :lol: This is about the only time I can ever get her to run like that. It is nice to see once in a while. There was nothing amiss when I got home, just kitties waiting at the top of the stairs. Just as it always is. LOVE THAT! Lola was rolling on the stairs, Bug was pacing, and Elsa was just sitting with that stare: where have you been? Definitely a normal Friday night for the kitties. I get a few meows, some leg rubs, they get scritches in return, and then off they go. The runs were endless last night. Lola has been fairly good, no plant issues, no torn papers, boxes remain intact. Today is shopping day so she will get a new paper bag. :lol: :lol: No doubt that will make her day. She still tries SO HARD to get outside during our warmer days, she runs from window to window hoping maybe those screen have disappeared. :lol: :lol: Yesterday she succeeded once: she is very quick and very good at leaping out the door, through those few inches of that opening... I HAVE GOT TO GET THAT CATIO DONE!!!!! I keep saying that. I am trying to find someone I know to build one, so I don't have to hire, as that route is so expensive. DO to the house layout, and the yard it would have to be off the house side and probably elevated.... She continues too to pound on all glass and plastic surfaces. What a hoot. Still walking the railing and the frig door. Crazy fun Lola! Bug continues to warm up to company more and more as the days go by. Sure is nice to see that. He came out and played with my son for a few the other night when he was over to clean out the house gutters for me. We get such a back up up there... THX kiddo! Elsa is still dong well, darn active for an almost 18 year old. She sleeps alot, but what the heck: part of being a cat. She' continues to be a very good lap cat of late, not normal for her, but it has been nice. :lol: With the warm weather she has been out in the yard alot. Lola is SO JEALOUS!!, and lets me know it whenever she sees Big Sis out in the yard. :roll: Kitties are good, and All are sound asleep as I write this.... Stay good kitties! Normalcy in MusketeerVille!Have a great day everyone! I am off to get those chores done, do my laundry, fill the kitty pantry, and try and relax some. No rains today and abundant sunshine, so I hope to get out on a through the woods to the shore walk. YAHOO! Made it last weekend. It is so nice that the woods and the shore are as close as they are! The walks there have been great.
KITTIES! Remember: think BLUE, think GREEN cat_pet_icon
