Things left undone.

Today I was going to:
- Return the rental truck to the dealership and pick up my car.
- Bring in the bag of dog food from my trunk.
- Bring in the bag of potting soil from the garage.
- Start seeds for the garden.

I got the truck returned and my car is now in the driveway. The dog is eating dog cookies for supper because it's cold and dark and I don't want to go outside. And the seeds are waiting until tomorrow. Again.

We did also go to Costco and pick up some nice vittles. Some things that will be very useful for someone who is the only person eating cooked food in this house half the month. It's hard to justify cooking for one person. Especially when that person isn't allowed to eat said cooked meal while it is still warm. Might as well have cold cereal. On that note, I'm also in the market for a microwave. Just need to find a really small one. And maybe an electric kettle, so that when I have to boil water 3 times for my cup of tea, it doesn't take all day to do so.

In Katie news, she started pulling up to stand today. Without my help. And she is mighty pleased with herself until she falls down. Luckily, that has been just as slow as the standing, so it isn't actually painful, just infuriating. Still no teeth on top, but I'm hoping by morning. I can feel ridges, so it shouldn't be too much longer. But I've said that before. She also likes to stand up with the steering wheel in the car, makes for some cute pictures. Today I stood her up there and said, "vroom, vroom." And was rewarded with hysterical laughter. So naturally, we repeated it for about 10 minutes. There is nothing sweeter than baby laughter.

And the obligatory photos.
a mighty-pleased-with-herself Katie.

The Mighty Shrew Hunter (I won't subject you to a photo of the actual shrew)

and Charlie. I've decided that he is horribly non-photogenic in the winter. He really looks good except when I take his picture.

No pictures of Bailey right now, she's on the dirt list. She ate my nice work gloves again, and she was only alone with them for about 10 seconds. Stupid dog won't touch Andrew's gloves, maybe I should soak mine in drilling mud too. And, she doesn't go out with us to feed the horse anymore because she thinks she needs to eat all his grain, which of course makes her sick.

No pictures of Jose because he's a fish and he's not very exciting.