simon

simon is a character. rich calls him the early adopter. everytime we bring new furniture into the loft, simon is the first to test it out. yesterday my mom came over to bring me some medicine, i had thrown up 7 times in 5 hours. i needed to go downstairs to push the buzzer and unlock the door to let her inside. simon was sitting on a stack of six cushions, at 4'. a stack i made intending to keep the cats from scratching up the new cushions.

as i walked down the stairs, simon was trying to get down. he tried all 4 sides twice, but he didn't want to make the jump. he just sat there surrendering while i shot this picture. i would have added some reflection and taken more shots, but i was feeling ill and not even wearing my glasses.

changes

green willow was the color i chose for a wall in the hallway six months ago. it was a green i had wanted on a wall for as long as i can remember. it wasn't long after the paint had dried that rich and i agreed the color was too saturated. i told him we'd get used to it. and we did. but last week i decided with all the clutter clearing and the 6-month renewal on our lease, that it is time for a new color. this time we went with a much more subdued hue. it's still green, pale parsnip, much more soothing.

i bought rosemary and lavender plants yesterday. i hope they get enough sun inside the loft. if not, they may become gifts for friends who are fortunate to have a yard with available spots with lots of direct sunlight. i also potted some cosmic kitty herbs, we'll see if they sprout. the seeds are a little old.

almost to the other side with the clutter clearing. a few spots left to be cleaned, organized, and purged. i'd like to be done by the end of the month. then once a week, i plan to maintain. we need to get a bookcase for rich's office area. i'm going to donate his old sofa to someone who will come collect it, but we haven't found a new solution for the space yet. oliver's claw sharpening habits are creating a problem. josh told me last night about rubber covers you put on their claws, it's a humane solution, and humorous too. http://www.softpaws.com/ rich doesn't understand that declawing isn't an option. i don't want to buy anything oliver will set out to destroy. it's a dilemma.

my other dilemma with the cats right now is changing their diet to organic. i wish i had started it when oliver was a kitten. i made some homeade cat food last week, they didn't want to have much to do with it. so we bought some organic wet food to mix with the remaining conventional dry. when that's gone, i think i'll get the organic dry and make homeade organic wet food. i'm switching their litter too. i hope this doesn't prove disasterous, though they mostly adapt well to change. i wish i had done this originally too, i didn't do my homework.

a styling job starts today. it may be a two week job, i hope, instead of just one. we'll see.