Taking it All in Stride

Posted on August 19, 2010 by catzandalldatz

So there was a book out called everything I needed to know I learned from my cat or something like that. This is true. One of the greatest lessons we can learn from cats is their ability to be flexible. Nobody is perfect and occasionally I’ll oversleep and the cats will have no food. Sometimes they try to wake me up, but more often not, they just curl up at the foot of the bed so as soon as I wake up, they are ready to run downstairs and get their food.

When they can’t go outside they meow for a bit, but eventually they will move on and realize “hey, I’ll go out another time” They don’t care about the consequences and they don’t whine if they don’t get their way.

We should be more flexible in our approach to life. We may not get everything we want, but we will get everything we need.

Leave a comment

Posted in Cats, Inspirational, Life and tagged . Bookmark the permalink.

Just Being

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Azeena

Roxie At Peace

Some people are always searching, always asking for more.  Never content.  Never grateful for what they do have —    for them peace is not  option.   I am, I admit, a bit of drama queen myself.  Roxie, of course, is a drama queen.  But we have our moments of rest and relaxation.

Leave a comment

Posted in animals, Cats, Movies. Bookmark the permalink.

The View is The Thing

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Azeena

A storm knocked down my neighbor’s tree a few weeks ago. It took several days for contractors to clear the mess only to reveal a view of the car repair shop. It is an eyesore to me. Yet Roxie and Jean Claude don’t mind. They like sitting at the door on the back porch taking in the action.

Leave a comment

Posted in animals, Cats, Life. Bookmark the permalink.

Take Me To the Cats-Paw

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Azeena

Ok. so I went on a road trip  to Atlantic City for business with two of my colleagues, wonderful people.  We  stayed at the Trump Taj Mahal.   No, I don’t recommend it.   The check-in is the worse I’ve  in 30 years of travelling.  Rooms  are ok though and I had a view of the beach.  The best view is watching folks….the Atlantic City boardwalk has the best people watching in the world.   The Trump Tower is  connected to a nightclub …the Casbah, ala the 1938  film “Algiers’ with actors Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamar.   You can access  the club off the boardwalk.  One of my colleague told me about a group of cats that hang out underneath the boardwalk.  She  said they seem domesticated – got me thinking maybe Roxie and Jean Claude (who enjoy people watching from my back porch) might like a road trip.

Leave a comment

Posted in Cats, Movies. Bookmark the permalink.

‘Cause

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Azeena

Roxie and Jean Claude are with me this weekend.  CCL seems tired and needs a break.  I leave tomorrow on a business trip.   Roxie  has taken to hopping just ahead of me on the stairs and nipping my toes as I step down – don’t know why but there is a lot of love there.  I need it.   Lots going on at work but that’s not what this space is for-  I wouldn’t want Roxie to scold me if I started bellyaching on “her” blog about issues..  Still,  I have coworkers who a simply wonderful.   My office pal Pat’s husband gave me some apples and  this morning I sliced and cooked  them up with cranberry juice, cinammon, brown sugar and a little butter.   Made some biscuits too .  Follows is Tyler Florence recipe from the Food Network  web site.  (note you can break this down if you need to to two cups flour or even one cup flour just make sure to adjust quantities of other ingredients):

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 cup vegetable shortening, cold, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 1 1/2 to 2 cups buttermilk, plus additional for brushing

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Cut in the shortening using a pastry blender or your hands or a stand mixer fixed with a dough hook until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center and add 1 cup buttermilk. Using your hands, quickly fold the dry ingredients into the buttermilk until a sticky dough forms. You may need to add more buttermilk.

Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. Gently fold the dough over itself 3 or 4 times to create layers. Press the dough out to 1 1/2-inches thick and cut with a floured 3-inch biscuit cutter. Lay the biscuits on an ungreased cookie sheet and brush the tops with buttermilk. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until risen and golden brown.

Leave a comment

Posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.
← Older Posts
Newer Posts →