Productivity and a Betrayal

I'm home with the pets today. I'm determined to get some home front tasks done, so I've had my weekly caffeinated drink and told the pets that we're going to be productive. 

On the pet note, the cat has taken over Pepper's bed. This youtube video about dogs dealing with bed-stealing cats cracked us up this week. Pepper doesn't quite know what to do about this. She will sometimes curl up next to the bed, sometimes go somewhere else.

Pepper got a new toy a couple weeks ago. It replaces her stuffed "baby" that she has torn apart over the last year. She sleeps with it sometimes. I think it's awesome that our stuffed animal-looking pet sleeps with a stuffed animal.

Pepper with her baby

Justin experienced a deep betrayal last week and has still not forgiven Pepper. We returned from being out somewhere or other, and Anna let Pepper out of our room. Justin held out his arms and called to Pepper, and she ran down the hallway toward him...and around and past him and up to me. "Wow," he said. "Just wow." He asked a few days ago why we have pets anyway.  I suggested walking her more.

This morning's snow has melted, and we'll be tackling several large downed branches in the yard tomorrow. And, um, taking down the outside Christmas decorations.

Now to the dungeon basement to organize storage areas. I appreciate actually having storage areas, I do. It's a first for me in my adult life, but having the will to go down to a windowless room and arrange is a stretch.