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Synchronized Napping.

I have finally got my computer back to running how I like it. Doing so consumes 4 weeknights, all in all, so I hope it stays this way. I am celebrating by posting this picture, taken when the kitties started practicing last summer. They are now world class champions at napping.

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Ballard News.

We live in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, which has a rather interesting history including lots of Scandinavian fisherman, an independence from Seattle, and acting as a smuggling drop off point. (I'm told that "Snoose Junction" was how 19th century smugglers referred to Ballard; where they could drop off illicit cargo before going to Seattle.) With all this history, Ballard feels like it's own little community, and here are some of the community issues floating around lately.

First off, there's the Trader Joe's that's being built around the Little Old Lady's house. (It's the teeny brown house in the pictures at right. ) Well, it's not only a Trader Joe's, it's actually “a Trader Joe's supermarket, a health club, and a 468-stall parking structure”. There's a whole block of construction there, except for a chili joint, and one little house. According to folks on the bus, the owner of the house (a Little Old Swedish Lady) was offered a price three times the market rate, but simply wouldn't sell. It's a bit sad, actually, to see this one house, surrounded on 3 sides by another building three stories high. But the husband and I will be rather glad to get a TJs in our neighborhood.

Secondly, there's the saga of the old Denny's. (Also covered on the AP Wire.) These article contain most of the relevant details. I wonder what will happen to the little blue house with the boarded up windows near the Denny's? According to family history, the husband's grandfather and grandmother rented a room there when his mother was born.

Lastly, there's the this satisfying conclusion to the smashed cars that we saw after picking my mom up from the train station last week: Suspect Tasered in Interbay after wild ride, carjacking.

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Cats and Mice.

This Christmas, my mom enacted a policy of "no presents from China" - which meant a lot of hand made stuff. She was kind enough to include the kitties in the gift-giving. She knitted these wool mice, and filled them with organic catnip. Do the kitties like them? Why, yes, they like them very much. They get very excited when we go near the drawer where the mice are stored.

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The Cake May Be A Lie, But the Cookies Are Not.

Saturday afternoon was very relaxing. The husband played Portal and we discovered just how much of a lie the cake was. I enjoyed watching as I made some cookies. I started with a tube of premade sugar cookie dough, pressed into mini-muffin pans and then baked. I then dusted the cookie-cups with powdered sugar, and spooned some microwaved jam into the cups. Then I melted some chocolate chips, scooped them into a platic baggie, cut off the corner of the baggie, and drizzled the chocolate on the cookies.

If you do these, be sure to spray the muffin pan with sprayable butter to grease it. I messed up a second batch tonight by forgetting to do that. Also be sure to press the dough all the way up the sides of muffin cups; leaving a very thin shell of dough at the bottom of the muffin cup. And wrap the jam microwaving bowl in some wax paper to prevent an exploding molten jam disaster.

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It Was The Largest Box We Could Fit In Our Car.

Ingrid: Wowie! Look at the size of this box that the humans got for us.
Cotten: I think it's the biggest box in the world. I suppose we shall forgive them for leaving us all weekend.

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