So today started well,

But I have a story to tell.
All about how my life got flipped, turned upside down.

Fuck that, this is too serious a situation to use a Fresh Prince allegory.
I got back from a weekend in LA today, and I returned to my new kitten (Whom I got about 45 minutes before I left on Friday) and I was sitting watching the science channel and petting her, and Donatello sat in front of me on the floor.
[Side story, I've had Donatello for a year, and he's the reason I wake up every morning (and hack his hair out of my throat) and the reason I come home every day. He's the best cat of all time and has the more personality that most people I know and I love nothing on this green earth more than him.]
Anywho, Donatello just sat and starred at me, right into my eyes. Then, he got up and walked away. I started feeling really bad about it, and I wanted to go upstairs, so I put the kitten in the guest room and walked over to him. He thus proceeded to growl at me and hiss and walk away. I followed him to his hiding spot under the table and tell him how much I love him, but he kept the growling and hissing up despite my statements of love. Maj came over (right before I started to cry) and picked him up for me and took him upstairs to my room. He growled when he walked past me and then sat on my window sill and looked out of it in anger.
I let him out of my room because he was meowing at me to. When he started walking out, but then turned around and looked at me and I thought, "He does still love me!" then he swiped at me, growled, and walked down the stairs.
No, I am not some crazy cat woman, but this cat means the world to me and I am a crazy cat woman for him, and this is something that's extremely upsetting. I know its just from her smell, but seriously.
My cat just broke up with me.

My two favorite loves:

Mayonnaise and sandwiches! I saw these on Martha Stewart's page (Which, coincidentally is my homepage. Such the good woman.) and its a good idea, even more so since I've been looking for good new ideas for them. Its also great for burgers.


Start each with 1 cup mayonnaise and 1/4 teaspoon salt, then add: peppers (1/4 cup, finely chopped); Kalamata-olive puree (3 tablespoons); sun-dried tomatoes in oil (1/4 cup, drained and finely chopped); or pesto (3 tablespoons). Don't leave mixes outside for more than two hours; refrigerate in an airtight container for up to five days.

In respects to a first post:

So, after sitting here thinking about whether I should go about making this blog or not, then making it, then sitting there thinking, "Now how do I start this?" I think I'll ramble out an appropriate way. I've been keeping this book of recipes, design and cleaning tips lately and its been going off rather fabulously, so I thought I'd extend it to the blogsphere and the vast expanses of the people who surf them. Though, now that I feel the need to entertain and interest a wider variety of people other than the women who still believe in cooking and cleaning, I'll most likely extend this into the other facets of mind. Anywho, to keep on keeping on, this first post will be about something I learned about about a month ago and have been looking at almost all day (other than my normal lurking around marthastewart.com), Earthships.
No, they are not some sort of earth bound space ship (Though, that makes very little to no sense) but rather they are houses built from tires and bottles that are completely sustainable. The inside and out are extremely fluid and marvelous. And, one of my favorite features, a full front hallway/greenhouse. Year round fresh vegetables and herbs? Hello my new love. The heat and cooling is completly taken care of via tire main walls and the houses are built facing the southern sky. (North if you live on the other side of the equator) Regardless, any home with such unique lines and flow I always find nothing short of breath taking. They're also fairly quick to put up if you have a good strong team of people. All the water in the house is also caught from rain and is reused after your initial use. My dreams of living off the grid in the Alaskan wilderness might have just got a house plan. The main site for Earthships, earthship.net, provides a lot more great information on these really cool houses. If anything, the dome versin of this would make a great art studio addition to any normal house. Also, both www.tnstaafl.net and earthships.com have really great stories about two couples experiences building these homes. Lastly, on the earthship.net site, they show a sideshow of one extremely well built one (which are where the pictures featured are from) in Phoniex, Arizona and that can be found here.