Menagerie

We've been trying to eat healthier, and one way we're doing that is by cutting our meat consumption by half. You might think this would be harder on Mitch or Olivia, both of whom like a little meat with their meat on their plates. However, the biggest adjustment has been by the family dog. Seamus pretended to enjoy his leftover tidbits of felafel and quinoa, but the other night while I was washing dishes, he showed me just how pleased he was to be going vegetarian. I was looking out the kitchen window when I saw him hop up and snatch a mama bird right out of the birdhouse. Then, he trotted over to the window and proceeded to chow down in front of me. Don't worry, we're working on giving him plenty of lunch meat snacks in the future.

Yesterday, Jack and I were helping Mitch move the small chicken coop over to my stinging nettle garden. As we lifted it, a nice family of rats scampered out from under it. I'm sure any of you reading this probably heard my blood-curdling scream. We've also found evidence of rats out in the shed, so, I had to pour myself a giant glass of wine. After the wine, I decided we needed an outdoor farm cat. I know! What a great idea, right? I looked on Freecycle, and the VERY FIRST POST was an offer of two free 8 week-old kittens. Since I believe in fate while drinking, I contacted the generous kitten-offerer and within an hour, our kittens were settled in.
The kids want to name them Charlie and Lola, but I'm calling them Chardonnay and Reality.

Seamus didn't think his life could suck any harder until last night.