Hi! Just a short post... We're in the process of moving right now to our new home. We'll finish the move this weekend when my parents come down with the truck, so we can move the big things that my CR-V can't handle. Cross your fingers we can move in between the scattered showers on Friday.

Jinx is wiped after a day of spazzing out. He has so much room to run around now that two-thirds of the apartment is moved to the new place. And yes, his mouth is open.
Get a free shelf for the craft room, and the cat claims it as his new perch. Typical.

Love Always,

Kaitlin

In Love

I'm absolutely in love with our new apartment. We picked up the keys on Friday, I packed up a bunch of stuff Friday night, and we've been moving stuff over ever since. Jinx even got to take a trip over there today. I think he was starting to get used to the new place, but the transfers were tramautic events...oh, the howling. He's now curled up in my lap.

Speaking of Jinx, he is a murderer. I let him out on the upstairs deck to prowl around. He's been just obsessed with the birds. So, I'm downstairs making dinner, and I hear a big thud. Thinking that he fell or something, I run up there to discover that he had himself up on the ledge with a smashed bird egg next to him. The mama bird is giving him the death stare. I don't know how he did it. The bird's nest was quite a leap from the ledge. Our kitty is a murderer of the unborn.

I love the flowers blooming, but I'm really hating this allergy crap. Hopefully these drugs will start working in a couple days like the pharmacist said. This sinus headache sucks. Come on antihistamines!

I'll post pictures of the new place once we get some stuff put away!

Love Always,

Kaitlin

Treadmills are Hard!

In the words of a friend's wife,"Treadmills are Satan's form of torture." And I fully agree. I think I did a little better tonight than my sad, pathetic attempt on Monday night.

• 5 minute warm-up, roughly .25 miles
• 12 minute run, 1 mile
• 5 minute cool down, roughly .25 miles

I don't think running more than a mile on the treadmill is going to happen. I need to get outside. And somewhere without a lot of hills, 'cuz the area near where our apartment is has too many hills. And a pedometer would be nice too. Oh, and something to hold my iPod.

Must.win.lottery.

Love Always,

Kaitlin

P.S. Jinx, the kitty, is twitterpated. He goes nuts when the patio doors are open.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I just started preparing my 2nd ever Thanksgiving feast; Nate has to work Thanksgiving again. The turkey is brining, and I'm making a cooking schedule for tomorrow. Because we all know how much I like "To Do" lists and schedules :). For the first time, I'm making an entire turkey. Last year, I just made a turkey breast. See here. I had to have Nate remove the giblets from inside the bird for me. I can't make myself eat the neck or heart, so my giblets have been reduced to the liver. And the only reasons I'm even doing that is because I'm hell bent on recreating my grandma's stuffing. With a little help from my cousin and great aunt, I have the recipe! Apparently it's my Great Grandma Rapp's recipe--I had no idea! I also had no idea that I was eating giblets for almost 20 years.

And a little Thanksgiving humor:

Differences from last year at this time:
1) I didn't just find out 2 weeks prior that I have a brain tumor.
2) I'm not having brain surgery next Tuesday.
3) I won't be getting any needles shoved in me for at least another 2 months.
4) I'm not on steroids and don't look like I'm wearing a fat suit.
5) Since I'm not on steroids, I'm having some wine with dinner!
6) And most importantly, said tumor is almost gone!

Speaking of wine, my new favorite store is World Market. And coincidentally it's right across the street from work in Greenway Station... along with Archiver's and Michael's :D. <= Happy girl! Apparently this wine called Beaujolais Nouveau is "fermented for just a few weeks then officially released for sale on the third Thursday of November." It's a French wine, and it's promoted as a Thanksgiving wine in the U.S. Obviously it's released before Thanksgiving day because I bought it last week. I thought it'd be a nice wine to try for turkey dinner.

This year, I'm thankful for:

1) Nate

2) Family

3) Friends

4) Doctors and Modern Medicine

5) My Job

6) People's Generosity

Well, that is all for now.

Love Always,

Kaitlin

P.S. Jinx is already taking his post-Thanksgiving dinner nap.

Meet Jinx!

The new addition to our apartment is sitting on my lap, purring, as we speak. Nate and I got a tuxedo kitten named Jinx. He's a little devil, but we love him!

Spazzing out

Spazzing out again

Nap time!

Hiding out

On another note, I love fall weather! However, this rainy, cold crap can stop anytime.

Love Always,

Kaitlin