First Snow Today!

I am surprised we are this far into fall before our first snow; I figured this would occur in October. I suppose our 75 degree weather a week ago should have been my first clue that snow was on its way! I usually make homemade cookies on the first snow of the season, but I think I'll settle for cookies made with Nestle's refrigerated dough. No accumulation is expected, but it was nice to watch this afternoon. I should have snapped a photo.

The "pruning" is coming along pretty well. I am delighted that my tree has withered in the last couple days. 

Tonight has been a very quiet evening. The kitties pestered me for their supper rather early. I tried so hard to ignore them, but Howie kept jumping up in front of the monitor while I was trying to work, Zoe was tapping me with her little paw from behind my chair, and every stinking time I got up to grab something they'd squeal and trot toward their dish. Then when I'd settle in the recliner to read, Howie would jump on my lap and lay on my textbook, purring and rubbing up against me. UGH. SO CUTE but SO ANNOYING. 

We switched to wet food recently, and they are loving it, but I think they are getting hungry faster... or maybe they love it so much that they want it early. At 5:15 this morning, I woke to Howie nipping me on my cheek and doing his cuddly purr thing, trying to get me up. He'd then go knock stuff off the dresser until I yelled at him "NO!", then he'd go back to cuddling and nipping. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. Finally, I got up and fed them each a tiny scoop of dry food to hold them over until I got up later. I get back in bed and I hear Howie hacking up partially digested food- he had scarfed it down. The next 45 minutes I spent on puke watch and clean-up, comforting the little guy, but mad that he ate it so darn fast. I think we will supply a little bit of high-quality dry food during the night to keep them at least content until breakfast. This morning was nuts.

But anyway, like I was saying, tonight has been a quiet night. The kitties had their supper and now they are dozing. I'm doing schoolwork and watching Castaway on mute. 

I've been going back and forth between my recliner and the computer as I work, and each time I return to my recliner, Howie is laying it. Little thief. It doesn't help that he looks so incredibly cute.