a good day to stay in

it was a good day to stay indoors
after errands
that 
is

 had to drop off 
cat hair covered leggings 
at the dry cleaner

with all the weight i have gained
 and
 so far 
haven't lost 
tho
 there is that 
pound 
that
 comes and goes
 its a tease
 that pound
is

 anyway
 with all the extra weight
 all thats comfortable
 are 
leggings 
big sweaters 

lucky for me
 its winter 

so
 i went out
 got necessities
 like
 bread 
coffee filters
 at
 zabars 

coffee
 at
 irving farms 

citarella's
 turkey meatloaf
 baked salmon
 chunky mashed potatoes
 brown rice pilaf

 of course
 i didn't think it out
 if i had 
i would have
gone
 to
 citarella first 
zabars last 
that way
 i wouldn't have been schlepping
 all that 
so far

 after slip sliding 
a bit
 i stopped into stuart weitzman 
for boots
 that won't slip slide

 then
 home to warm up

 i was about to edit some photos
 for the blog 
when the doorbell
 buzzed
 it was our former neighbor and his new significant other 
what a treat 
we spent a few hours catching up
 i miss him a lot
 the woman who moved into his apartment 
is a voice teacher
 a lot of her pupils should not give up their day job

it was wicked cold
 so cold
 i wore a hat 
i hate wearing hats
 they make my head itch 
or
 in the case of the hat i wore 
a wool cap with ear flaps
forehead itched
 but
 i have to admit
 my ears were not cold

i also made cream of wheat again
 not instant
 wanted to add maple syrup
 but it was congealed
 friends on Facebook 
have instructed me
 on how to remedy this 
for next time 

apparently
 maple syrup like honey
 never goes 'bad'
 it crystalizes if you keep it in the fridge
 turns out 
the maple syrup
 i had 
was
 from 2007
 a vintage year 

ha!


  
here's jack 
ignoring me

why do cats
 always 
lay 
lie
 on 
the
 sharpest
 hardest 
thing

 he seems to be in charge of the remotes on toonman's desk