Plans

So we got our taxes done on Friday. One less thing to worry about getting done. It could have been worse, but it could have been better. All that matters is that it's done. We're spending most of this week gearing up to go to Galena. I'm excited as I will hopefully be getting together with one of my high school friends. It'll be a lot of fun meeting her family. The main reason we're going is to play dungeons and dragons. (Yes, we play a lot! It keeps up out of trouble.) And to see our friends, of course. Kate is recovering from surgery, so they'll need some extra help. (Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Kate!)

The binding on Jamie's quilt is a little over a quarter of the way done. (See! I'm really working on it!) I'm hoping to have it done by the time I go to visit in April. Seeing as we will be gone this weekend, I'm going to have to step it up during the week. Especially since we're going to have a visitor in about two weeks. Zara sleeps on whoevers lap is available, as long as you stay still for at least twenty minutes. She really likes all of the quilts we have. (Don't worry, Jamie. I will wash your quilt before you get it so it won't smell like kitty.)

We love our kitty.

Just a few notes on the video....Zara got herself stuck in the bag. Jason and I didn't do anything except leave it on the floor for her to play with. And, one of her mice are in the bag. You can't see it because it's pink and blends in with the writing on the bag. She also played with the bag for an hour. We love Zara very much. She provides us with hours of entertainment from playing with plastic bags to sitting in the window watching the birds. She loves wrestling with Jason. As you can see, she does not like baths. (Yes, I actually give her baths. I use good smelling hairball prevention shampoo. It makes her really soft. Besides, she looks hilarious when she's done!) She is a stinker though and we're glad we rescued her. (We got her from the multitude of outside cats Jason's parents have.)

On another note, we had gorgeous weather this weekend. Then it rained Monday. And again Monday night. And again all Tuesday morning. While it was almost 70 this weekend, it is now in the 40's and they are predicting snow on Saturday. Oh, yes...snow.

Lots of Visitors

It's finally starting to feel like spring. We had the windows open on and off during the week because of the warm weather. Zara loves it and spends a lot of her time in the window sill staring at the outside. She's fallen asleep there a couple of times. It's been really nice having open windows.

Jason's parents were in Des Moines on Friday getting his dad fitted for a new leg so they came up to have supper with us before they drove home. We took them on a tour of campus to show them all the new buildings that have been built. Zara really liked having them here. She took a lot of time sniffing their shoes. I'm pretty sure she smelled other kitties. And dogs, and cows. Zara doesn't get outside the house much.

We also had Pat, Adam, and Matt over for the weekend to play dungeons and dragons. It was a lot of fun and we laughed a lot. We even took a walk on Saturday and found out Matt doesn't walk fast. He's a laid back kind of guy, but we had to give him a hard time about it.