I'm Back!

Thanks for the well wishes and comments during my absence. I went through blog withdrawal, but with all the growing kittens around me I have been kept way, way busy outside of teaching. As far as I am aware the group that I am fostering with has three placements for the kittens. So far one little one (the yellow tiger) is not spoken for. In addition to the four we are fostering Sophie one of the other foster cats had four babies two weeks later. They are almost four weeks old balls of fluff.

Family wise: The first night I had access to my computer again Melissa decided to shut her thumb in the car door - it broke the bone in between her joint and knuckle. Then Matthew had a serious infection in his big toe that has been on and off for several months. He now has to have 1/2 his toenail removed and they will do something to it so that it will never grow back.

Food wise: I have missed the food competitions while I have been away! I will be slow in posting for a couple of weeks because I want to spend a little bit of time catching up with my blog land foodie friends. My favorite food while I am working over 60 hours a week has been the canned bean soups I had prepared previous in jars.... black bean, split pea, corn chowder, and lentil stew. That and some good whole grain bread can keep me satisfied for many, many meals.