I would love to be delivering the CEK’s State of the Household Address to you tonight, but Oliver was SO tired. Being the Chief Executive Kitten is hard work. After dinner, The Boy stood up to put his dishes in the sink and Oliver immediately left my lap to take over the warm spot in the recliner. The Boy returned, made a comment, and tucked the TARDIS blanket around the grey kitten. And that is where he is, still.
Luckily, a big controversy is brewing in the hall. The pundits have been talking about it all night – in between mentions of how Cathy McMorris Rodgers is relevant to me as an American woman because she is a MOTHER of THREE CHILDREN. That, by the way, is not picking on the Republican party but on the news folk who only feel the need to list family as a qualification IF the politician has/has had ovaries. I’M LOOKING AT YOU NBC.
But I digress. Back to the real controversy.
This box came home with us from our holiday travels. Kitten Thunder loves it. Someone is laying in it almost constantly.
The Boy says it is broken.
Obi? He says it is broken in.
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In other news, we made chicken masala last night. I prepared a lot so we would have leftovers. And today I made spaghetti squash to go with it instead of rice. The Boy saw me working on pulling the “noodles” into a huge pile and mentioned he wasn’t super hungry. I told him that was fine but that I was making it anyway for two reasons:
1. You can’t really control how MUCH spaghetti squash you make. That is controlled by the squash.
2. It takes two hours to make spaghetti squash so I can’t really wait until he comes home to find out if he is super hungry because then we wouldn’t eat until 9 p.m.
I told him he could eat just noodles, just masala, or noodles and masala. I also told him he could have a sandwich if he wanted and my feelings wouldn’t be hurt. More noodles and masala for me tomorrow!
But none of this is as important as the fact that I was cooking. And windows had to be opened. The brown kitten approved.
I swear to you, the pan started smoking before there was food anywhere near it. I think that may be why it was shoved way into the back.
Kitten Thunder: Life lessons and cat tales 
You can make spaghetti squash in less than 10 min in the microwave.
One side of that book is still standing!
Box…not book. I blame the baby. She makes me stupid. Anyways…the box is still good!
That’s what we said. Perfectly broken in.