It Rained All Night!

We could have cared less about the weather at the lake this weekend. We have mastered the new wood stove, so let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Not really. We did have a lovely time. Got a bunch of little stuff done. I did ALOT of supervising. ALOT. Just look.

We just need to do a little grouting and the backsplash is done. Hans also got to work on the wainscotting in the hall. Three quarters of the pine was reclaimed from our demolition. We'll only have to buy a couple of packages to finish off.

We even salvaged enough chair rail so we don't have to buy any. I was supervising really well on this one. Well, I did get up to take the picture. I also managed to finish one whole book and start another. Hans (on his breaks) is reading his cousin Rainer's book about touring Europe on his motorbike. It's must be good, 'cause Hans has broken into a grin several times and once or twice laughed out loud. I'll never get to read it though, it's written in German, and even though I know how to ask for a little cake and coffee, I never did master the reading part. I'll have to settle for the odd translation. He didn't finish his book though. Not enough breaks?

The cats enjoyed the weekend as well. Ninja comes willingly, she doesn't even go hide when her carrier comes out of the closet. Phoebe can read a calendar as every other day of the week, so comes down from her closet perch at around 3pm, but on Friday, she doesn't budge. After I wrangle Ninja into her carrier, I have to get out the ladder and climb up to the top shelf in the laundry room and physically take her down. This time she grabbed her blankie and would not let it go. It's a large blanket, she sleeps on it up there. You can imagine me trying to undo each claw out of the blankie so I could push her into her carrier. It's a battle that I always win, but she tries every time. Once she is in the carrier, she promptly falls asleep while Ninja stays awake for the whole journey, huge eyes starring at us from the back seat.

Once there, they really enjoy themselves. Well, they do what cats do best. Sleep.

These are Hans and my chairs, by the way.

Ninja was awake for part of the day though. She kept us amused as she always does. This is her finding a hiding place on the couch. It's so cute that they forget about their tails.

After she was "discovered" under the cushions, she had that mad look that cats get. You know, they lay down their ears, back on their heads. Either they are mad, or are thinking they are great hunters when they get this look. She was mad at me after for pulling the cushion away. She put her ears back and refused to look at me. She did catch a couple of bugs though. So that makes her a great hunter too.