crickets!

there hasn’t been a whole lot to talk about; life is moving along at a regular and expected pace.
here’s alex enjoying a pile of blankets.

don’t tell anyone, but i’m kind of excited for the cooler weather so i can bust out the slow cookers for stews and seitan and chili (maybe even getting matt to eat a bean!).
matt’s brother came to stay last night because he had a training at one of the local stores, and i was itching to make some food, but he doesn’t get take-out that often, so the schweiger’s won. i didn’t give up much of a fight, anyway.
the chickens are doing well, tho they’re not laying with the frequency that they started, but that is to be expected.
all of the cats are well; nero is even hopping up on the couch to say hi more and more often. burnie, however, has taken to killing the toilet paper. we thought it was a particular brand that we switched to momentarily, but we’ve since switched back and she’s still at it. it makes me want to get those plastic cat claw cover things. but not quite.
i think we have only two more csa boxes… luckily the end of the season offers veggies that last a little longer than cabbage and lettuce, so i’ll be able to extend them a bit.
a while ago, i had considered getting my construction friend over to see if we could install some sort of canned goods storage cabinet in the basement stairway, but the more that i think about it, it seems odd to put something there that i would access semi regularly.
i’m also loathe to deal with lathe and plaster. what a mess.