Easter Irony

My cat just killed a baby bunny. Looked exactly like this, maybe 5 inches long, cutest thing I have ever seen. On Easter freakin' sunday!!!

I heard this squeaking sound outside, and half-joking said to my brother, I hope Xai-Xai isn't killing something. Then opened the door to look outside and she's running up the stairs to show off her prey. All I saw was something hanging out of her mouth, and I quickly shut the door and screamed, thinking it was a rat. Then I open back up to go out and do damage control, and this pathetic little adorable ball of fluff is squirming there on my porch! Help! We called the emergency animal center to see what to do, but it died while I was on the phone, Matt was sitting with it trying to see where it was injured. Sigh. I don't think I can look at my cat the same way....I wonder if she's making some sort of religious statement. She's never hurt anything more than a lizard and maybe one mouse, yet she kills a BABY BUNNY on Easter Sunday, which is still kinda freaking me out.

Sigh. This is turning into a horribly weird Easter weekend.

April [snow] showers bring May flowers?

Yep, so it snowed this weekend. My car was still coated with pollen and spring tree droppings, and then had a nice dusting of white stuff over the yellow. I think that was the oddest my car has looked. I actually 'swept' the outside yesterday - frozen pollen is relatively easy to dust off, fortunately.

Speaking of my car, I think I've sold it!! Won't know for sure until Thursday, when we're scheduled to meet and sign over the title, but that would such a relief to have that major thing taken care of already!

This morning was most likely my last Sunday playing the keys at Acts UMC, I will miss that place. I won't miss the extra commitment of time or stress, but I will definitely miss the people, and I will miss the opportunity to play and sing every week. Can't believe I'm already starting the goodbyes...

C is for Cookie

I'd like to take a moment to talk about my favorite food. Chocolate Chip Cookies. I know, how boring? I love all kinds of food, love eating at nice restaurants and know all sorts of fancy terms to describe the colorful matter that we dress up to send down our digestive track. But I love chocolate chip cookies the bestest. :) I have realized this because I gave up dairy for Lent. Not really ALL dairy, just "dairy I can see." Meaning, I can have bread, but not put any more butter on it. I gave up cheese, milk in my cereal, butter to cook my eggs with, yogurt, cheesecake...etc. And this was hard. But really not as bad as I thought, and there's only one week left. However, when I was thinking, "You know, I could really gave up dairy completely..." the moment where I connected that I would have to say goodbye to my almost daily chocolate chip cookie....that was a rough moment. This, I know, is sad. I could live easily without any other form of chocolate, and without most baked goods, but I would have trouble with the c.c. cookie. Maybe it's the number of C's in the word, a lot of things I love start with C:

• Carol (my mom)
  
• Cats, specifically, calico cats
  
• Chinese Checkers - I would like to point out another moment of revelation I had about Chinese Checkers this weekend - it is the only game I can think of that works just as good with 3 people as it does with 2! In fact, it can even be more fun that way. They should rename it "Third Wheel". Every couple should be required to own it so there is something to play when a single person comes over. Definitely on my list of favorite things.
• Cars - I love to drive. I like fast cars. No, I'm not 'into' cars like guys can be, but I admire from the periphery. I am excited about London and selling my car and using public transport, but I will miss the ability to randomly escape to another town or just drive around with my sunroof open on a beautiful day.
  
• Clothes. There. I said it, I do like clothes and trying to looking nice. I'm still happy in a tee-shirt and jeans, and I still don't really like shopping, but if I could just have a perfect wardrobe dumped into my closet, I can no longer deny how thrilled I would be.
• Cat-naps. Yes, pathetic excuse to disguise 'nap' as a word that starts with C, but I do love imitating my cat and curling up in the sun on a Sunday and falling asleep for a few minutes...or hours, as I just did. :D

I may think of more today, that was a fun trip back to elementary school and brainstorming sessions for writing. :)