Saturday Stuff

– My plan today was to read the book I bought yesterday and clean the kitchen. I did neither of those. But I did get a huge amount of tidying done in the guest room (not proper overhaul-type tidying, but getting things hidden away so it looks presentable). And I had pizza and watched a movie with my mom. So, you know, nearly the same thing.
– I woke up at a sensible time this morning, which these days means waking up before 10:00. (Whereas, a couple months ago, it would have meant staying asleep past 7:00, as I kept waking up annoyingly early against my will.) So I had breakfast AND a normal lunch. Julie and I had been talking spinach the other day, so I was craving a spinach salad, which I made with avocado, dried cranberries, walnuts, and pickled beets. On the side I had a banana nut VitaTop, which is one of my favorite flavors so far. The kind folks at Vitalicious sent me a package for review, which I will be doing very soon. I don’t want to give anything away, but I’m sort of in love.
– My mom sent me home with a white, ceramic, life-size cat statue. It’s less horrible than you’re probably imagining. I think it was originally a gift from my grandma, and I remember it being around the house when I was little. None of our cats (Booty included) ever paid it any attention, but I was curious to see what Beany would think. I put it in the middle of the living room floor and called Beany in from the kitchen, and she came running in and stopped about five feet from the statue. She slowly walked the rest of the way towards it and started sniffing it. Then she walked over to Booty, who was also in the living room, and gave him a few licks on the head. And THEN she went back to the statue and licked IT on the head. And then I died. And when I revived myself, she was running at the statue and then jumping in the air and laughing. Oh, Beany.