Friendly Fill-Ins

Sorry we're late friends! I had my first bit of technical difficulties since getting our new internet. But we're here now, and it's Friday, which means we're ready and excited for the Friendly Fill-Ins challenge. We'd love for you to join in on the fun. My amazing co-host Ellen of 15andmeowing came up with the first two fill-in statements, and I came up with the second two.


1. _________ is something that boggles my mind.

2. I hope to _________ this summer.

3. I could really use some recommendations for _________.

4. _________ wasn't my best idea.

My answers are below in bold.

1. Humanity is something that boggles my mind.

(I'm just going to leave it at that.)

2. I hope to bake some new desserts this summer.

(I enjoy baking, and I make some sort of homemade baked good for my family every Sunday. I have my personal armory of desserts that I'm decently good at making. I'd like to expand that, though. I've been wanting to learn to make new kinds of pies and cobblers with certain fruits, like peaches, and I feel like summer is the perfect time to learn to make that kind of sweet treat. It would of course be served with a hefty side of vanilla ice cream.)

3. I could really use some recommendations for books to read.
(The reality is that I don't actually need more book recommendations. After all, my list of books I want to read is already devastatingly long. But, there's something about discovering new books and having so many options that makes me so very happy.)

4. Leaving a dozen freshly baked chicken breasts on the edge of the counter wasn't my best idea.

(So I have this dog named Astrid who is generally a very good girl but who is also sometimes a bit ornery and who is also addicted to chicken. She's also 80 lbs and very tall and can easily reach the edge of the counter. Only one chicken breast was laid to rest in her stomach in this particular instance, but I certainly knew better.)

Now it's your turn!

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You are also welcome to complete the fill-ins in the comments below,

or in the comments on Ellen's blog, 15andmeowing.

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Who's ready for their Friday Eddy fix? You are? Good, because that's what you're getting. The only problem is that little miss Eddy couldn't focus on the camera because she was a tad bit distracted with her backyard snoopervising duties.

Eddy takes her job very seriously. She keeps an eye on the her entire backyard kingdom, high and low.

Someone has to snoopervise those birds and squirrels, and of course those neighbors. And Eddy is a pro.

Happy Friday, friends!

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Flashback Doodle of the Day

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Tip of the Day

Is your kitty, or even your pup, a water dumper? Especially cats often like to dig at their water bowls, one reason being that this mimics the motions they make as kittens in order to stimulate their mama cat’s milk production. If your kitty is one of those who turns a water station into an ocean, there are ways to help prevent this.

First, you can simply try using heavier bowls. Stainless steel bowls with weighted and often skid-proof bottoms might be one solution, for example. Sometimes even simply a thick, heavy ceramic or glass bowl that does not easily give in to a cat’s slapping paws will do the trick. You can even try getting a skid-proof mat, on which you can place a skid-proof water bowl to help even further reduce the chance of spillage onto the floor. There are also bowls on the market that are meant to help prevent spillage from digging, such as bowls situated in a stand with grates, so that splashed water can drain into a basin beneath the bowls rather than onto the floor. If all else fails, you could even attempt a bowl that is in some way attached to the wall or floor, so that the bowl is unable to move altogether. In such a case, though, still always ensure that the bowl can be removed as needed for cleaning and freshening.