Sunday Snippets 12.29.24

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In Sunday Snippets 12.29.24, I will discuss what has been going on in my life this past week and what’s happening today.

Kasi will pick me up in a few hours, and we’ll go to lunch. I suggested we dine somewhere around where I live because there are so many lovely places we haven’t visited yet.

I live close to Cherry Street, a” foodies’ playground.” There are all kinds of restaurants and quirky stores, and Mother Road Market is also a mecca of dining choices.

Tulsa Market District is considered north midtown and has many restaurants, bars, coffee houses, bakeries, boutiques, etc., all packed into a small area. It even has an independent bookstore called Peace Of Mind.

Kendra:

Kendra is working today so she won’t be joining us. She rarely takes time off, and when she does, she likes to clean her house, which is about the size of mine, and be with her two dogs (Lulu and Thor) and one kitten (Millie). So it will just be Kasi and me today.

Millie, the kitten, is about seven months old. Another realtor found her and was going to take her to the pound, but Kendra couldn’t allow that. It’s been about four months since she took the cat in, and Millie rules the house.

Kendra recently got Thor a sweater because he seems to get cold. She said Millie picks on him when he wears the sweater, almost like she makes fun of him for wearing it.

She said the other day Thor had his back to Millie, and she was edging up to him like cats do when they’re going to pounce. Then she jumped at Thor and scared him.

Lulu, the other chihuahua, got mad at Millie for jumping on Thor and let her know it. She said they chased one another around her house, and it was like a circus.

Kendra and her boyfriend Scott are going to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, the first week of January, so she’ll have time off then—a little downtime. If she turns her phone off, I doubt she’ll do that.

Two Cats I’ve Inquired About:

Speaking of which, I’ve inquired about two cats from separate litters who have bonded. The black cat is male, and the orange-and-white cat is female. Their names are Drake and Carmella.

The rescue organization asks that they be adopted together. In fact, with kittens, they said they prefer you adopt two. Ivy isn’t going to be playful at first, if at all, I don’t think. So they’d entertain each other, just as they do now.

Aren’t they precious? The rescue organization isn’t sure exactly when these kitties were born, but they estimate they were both born around August.

How this works is that you inquire about the pets, and if they deem you and your home a good fit, you fill out an application. At some point, they pay to have them spayed and vaccinated, etc.

The cat tree I ordered has finally been shipped. I think I ordered it on December 3rd, but this family-owned company builds them, so I knew it would take a while.

I’m trying to get some of the weight off of Ivy. I don’t leave her food bowl out anymore, and I give her less. I’m trying to get her moving, but it seems all she wants to do is sleep—at least in the daytime.

Yesterday, she jumped off the guest room bed and hurt her back foot. Her foot seems to be okay now. I’ve ordered pet stairs, but I can’t control everything she jumps off of.

Kendra’s dog, Lulu, needs to lose some weight, and it took a year to lose just four pounds.

What I’m Watching:

I’m watching the end of Hinterland. I love this show! I’ll watch the last episode tonight. Dialogue scenes were filmed twice for this series: first in English, then in Welsh. The show was broadcast in both languages.

What I’m Reading:

I can’t find a decent photo of this book. It is called Blood Orange by Drusilla Campbell. It’s about a woman whose little girl disappeared. And she blames the case her lawyer husband is working on, about a man accused of killing a child. It seems the town has turned on him for defending the man.

The child is returned a month later and left on their porch steps, but she won’t talk. The authorities don’t think that she was abused, but so far in the book, she is still mute.

Amazon Snippet:

Dana Cabot cannot remember the kind of person she was before May 29th, the day she became angry at God, at her workaholic attorney husband, and herself. The day her seven-year-old daughter, Bailey, disappeared.

As the months wear on without a trace of her adorable but troubled child, Dana can’t help blaming her husband’s controversial defense of an accused abuser for playing a role in the abduction–and it shows in the strain on their marriage.

But then a shocking event reveals what happened to Bailey — and Dana’s unwitting role in it. Haunted by the unthinkable consequences of revealing everything she knows, Dana must decide whether to keep the truth to herself–or risk losing the rest of her family.

I was wondering the other day how many books I’ve read this year. It would be a lot!