An afternoon to catch up.

A.J.'s soccer game was this morning (they lost 11:1 - yikes!), and Jack has a bye this weekend. It is gorgeous outside, but looks are deceiving, as it is quite windy, and we were very cold at the game.

We've had lunch, and the boys are playing outside (though dressed a bit warmer than earlier!). I've had requests from a friend, so I've got some catching up to do online. While I'm doing that, I also hope to make some sense of my desk. It has gotten covered this week in kitty papers (a separate entry coming about that), and I can't find anything.

So. If you need me, I'm right here for the next several hours. Last night after supper, I put together the lasagna for dinner tonight, so all I have to do is turn on the slow-cooker in a bit. Should be a nice, relaxing, wind-free afternoon.

Leftovers Lunch.

I had a lunch of leftovers today.


Honey-Garlic Angel Hair Pasta with Carrots


Blueberries with Cottage Cheese


White Chocolate Tarts

SO YUMMY!

Where are all my tunes?!

I just realized that my iTunes library is practically depleted! I had over 30gb of stuff in there, and now it's done to about 4gb.

Hundreds of albums are missing, all my playlists, movies, and even my purchased tunes...

WHERE DID ALL MY MUSIC GO?!

ETA: I tried tons of fixes, but nothing worked completely. The best I've got is a back-up of my files from October. I've probably got about 8 weeks of work ahead of me to find and restore all the files that are missing. I'm just sitting here crying.

*curses*

What are we going to do with this cat?

Tuck has been pooping outside of the litterbox.

It first began about three years ago. I wrote back then that we were frustrated to no end, that he was pooping right in front of the litterbox, but not IN it. He would pee in there just fine, but he would only poop outside the box. We would clean and clean the floor, as well as use the pet odor neutralizing sprays. The spray only succeeded in him pooping in a slightly different spot than the time before. At the time, we had one very large box for all three of our kitties, and several folks suggesting that he might no longer be willing to share with the girlies. We bought another giant litterbox and immediately all was well.

Until about a year ago, when he began doing it again. By then, we had moved into this house. Once again, we used the sprays and cleaned up everything immediately. We had also begun buying completely new boxes and rugs for the cats' room (they have a rug beneath the two litterboxes, helping to catch the litter from their paws before tracking it all over) every six months. When he started with the behavior last year, we realized it was about time to replace everything again, and we did so. He immediately began using the boxes again.

A little over three weeks ago, he began pooping outside the box again. Twice a day, he would poop in either the office or a little-used corner of the living room. We replaced the boxes and rugs - no success. We tried extra positive attention and loves. We would literally talk to Tuck throughout our entire day, and we would constantly call him up onto the couch or bed to snuggle with us, ignoring the girl kitties in the process. It didn't help at all, either.

( This gets really long. )