Sorry, haven't posted in a while.

Before roothy yells at us, I decided to break down and post even though I have nothing to say.

I went to Texas to "nurse" Momcat after her surgery for 9 days in the middle of the month. I haven't checked how that threw off my finances but I think I was able to get the tickets for not too, too bad. The food issue was another matter. The only soy milk choice was Silk (which I like, but I like to change around too), one vegan butter choice, Smart Balance Lite and finally, after going to several stores to look, we found some Yo Soy yogurt. The most annoying thing was we kept accidentally buying things with hidden animal products in the processed foods I guess we should have stayed away from anyway. Smart Balance regular has whey in it, I bought some whole wheat poptarts that I checked and checked again but Kipsy found gelatin in the frosting and most irritatingly because we spent 30 minutes looking at each brand, some canned biscuits that had beef tallow in them! I will never complain about only being able to get the Tofutti Sour Supreme with the white top at my local Safeway ever again.

Other than that I was able to get all the ingredients to cook healthy meals for Mom and Woody and sometimes Kipsy every day I was there. I pretty much made all my standards that I can make in my sleep but Mom really liked all of them and I was able to sneak in enough fruit and vegetables that I think we even made the minimum standards of 5 - 9 servings a day. My big treat was finally being able to go to Spiral Diner. I just love supporting a vegan restaurant in Ft. Worth Texas and it was packed on a weekday pre-lunch crowd!

I brought enough books and DVDs to entertain myself while waiting for Momcat to wake from her daily naps and/or Woody to get off work so I was prepared for a lot of sitting around. We did do a small amount of thrift store shopping but I was hoping Ft. Worth would be cheaper than San Mateo but it was not and the selection was not as good either. Oh well, as it turns out, DFW airport are sticklers for the 2 bag rule and they made me condense the "Bullet" off brand personal blender I bought at Macy's (for 19.99,regularly 49.99!) and wouldn't have been able to bring anything home anyway.

It was nice having Momcat all to myself for that long of time and I realized when I saw Woody that it had been about 10 years since I've last laid eyes on him and it was very good to here him being comfortable and secure in his new job that pays well, has medical insurance AND appreciates him. I didn't get to see Kipsy at all until the last day and 1/2 but she was looking beautiful as always and also very happy in her new position. I was very sad that Roothy, who is taking over the next weeks nursing duties didn't get there before I had to go to the airport but I would have loved to see her new car.