The Crooked Acres jam (and hot sauce) shop is now open!
Go buy jam and hot sauces here.
(And there’s a permanent link in the left sidebar, for future reference.)
This morning I’m running Miz Poo up to the vet and dropping her off because she’s been licking her stomach and now has a sore that she won’t leave alone.
And then I’m going to come home and spend the morning canning chicken while waiting for 1:15, whereupon I’ll be going to the doctor because I’m pretty sure I have a urinary tract infection.
The worst part is that I actually HAD a doctor’s appointment scheduled Tuesday afternoon, but Tuesday morning I woke up feeling a lot better due to the cranberry juice/ baking soda in water/ Vitamin C/ lots of water home cures. I thought I was getting over this ridiculous UTI nonsense, so called and cancelled the appointment. Dumbass.
Then of course Tuesday night it got worse, and when I called first thing yesterday morning, the soonest they could get me in was this afternoon, so I took the appointment. Right now, I’m having what feels exactly like menstrual cramps (which would be a neat trick given my lack of a uterus), so I’m sure I either have cancer or the alien baby is PISSED and trying to get out.
You know you wanna be me.
The Crooked Acres Tour, Continued.
Standing in the doorway of the front room, looking down the hall. The first door on the left is the bathroom, the second is the stairs, and the third is the closet. The doorway on the right is to the guest bedroom.
The bathroom, obviously. This is the bathroom Fred uses (unless we have guests, in which case he moves all his stuff upstairs and shares my bathroom) because the shower’s a bit bigger.
Guest bedroom, from the doorway looking in.
And from the corner by the bed (Stinkerbelle is so disgusted by this picture-taking nonsense, she can’t even look at me).
Buster’s always got something to say. As you can see, when it’s not serving as a bed for weary visiting guests, it serves as a bed for weary cats.
The dresser might not be anything to look at, but it’s got a hell of a lot of drawer space.
Directly across from the guest bedroom doorway, the stairs. (In real life, the stairs are straight, not crooked. Can I possibly EVER take a straight picture, do you think?)
And last but not least, the closet. It’s okay if you’re horrified; I am. I did not straighten that closet one tiny iota before I snapped this picture. We keep the closet closed, because the hot water heater is back there, and when there are kittens running amok they like to get way back where we can’t reach them. Also, I can toss stuff in there and close the door and not have to look at it. Also also, YES. I keep my potatoes in the hall closet. It’s too warm in the kitchen most of the time.
Scenes from around Crooked Acres.
Hummingbird, keeping an eye on the feeder.
New pigs!
Boy pig.
Girl pig.
It took them maybe five minutes to get into the wallow.
The many faces of Georgie:
When the little ones whine, I always mock them by saying in a particularly whiny voice, “Wahhhhhh! I’m a BAYBEEE!” and then I laugh and laugh because I am evil.
I love that Jake and Elwood (but especially Jake) love the kittens so much, even the mostly-grown kittens like Buster and Rhyme.
I need to get some more pictures of Rhyme, don’t I? Y’all are going to start thinking he’s just a figment of my imagination, what with all the pictures of Buster and NONE of Rhyme. I swear, he’s here, he’s the friendliest cat on earth, I don’t know why I never manage to get any pictures of him. I guess he’s just not around when I’ve got the camera in hand.
Tommy would like you to know that he has retained his svelte kittenish figure, as proven by the fact that he can still cram his bulk into a canning jar flat.
Previously
2009: “That’s like me!” Fred said. “Maybe I’m schizophrenic! I always need stimulation!”
2008: And he likes the chickens, but I think if a hawk swooped down and snatched one up while he was watching, it would make his YEAR.
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: 9. What is your biggest mistake? Immediately believing what I’m told without standing back and thinking about it.
2004: Reader requests.
2003: Why have kids if you aren’t going to make them do the scut work?
2002: You know, I don’t even have the words.
2001: No entry.
2000: No entry.
I fear I am going to be labeled a SKIMMAH, but have you always had a boy and a girl pig or are you planning on piglets this time around? And, question number two/SKIMMAH threat, why don’t you have any goats (again)?
I LOVE your house tour. It amazes me that you can have little statues with all the cats. I have two cats and one of them regularly clears all surfaces. So I would think, percentage-wise, you should have at least one that would do the same!!
Georgie!!
I know this is a question you asked Robyn, but when pigs are raised for food rather than breeding purposes, the boys are castrated when they are little. So no little piggies!
Thanks, Maureen!!
You have a GORGEOUS house! I love the floors <3
Hey Robyn-Do you leave your toilet lid up all the time, and if so do the cats not drink out of it/play in it/ throw toys in it?
I swear-the second anyone leaves it up in my house, it takes .2 seconds to have both cats throwing toy mice in it/drinking out of it/putting their paws into it with awe like ‘I have never felt water before”.
They ALWAYS have fresh water but for some reason they are toilet fanatics. (and don’t get me started on trying to brush my teeth or wash my face with a cat on each side of the sink, trying to stick their head under the tap and drink)
Hope you feel better soon. Let us know if it is an alien baby, we’ll be sure to send flowers. You crack me up!
I LOVE the ceiling in the guest bedroom. I don’t think I have ever seen natrual wood on a ceiling, except maybe in a log house kind of thing. But that room is all finished out, and that ceiling is FAAAAANCY!
Hi Robyn,
I’m no cook. I can follow recipes and the stuff usually turns out. If I experiment, watch out. So I have a stupid question. In your Green Tomato Chili recipe, it calls for 10 medium tomatoes. Can you give me any idea how many pounds of tomato that would be? IT will save me a field trip to the store.
I’m going to be making this recipe with the little Roma tomatoes that are left after the killer frost hit this week. I had one tomato plant that was loaded with tomatos and I don’t want to let them go to waste. I almost have 2 large mixing bowls full of green tomatoes and alot of them are the size of a cat turd (sorry – I could not resist the comparison that you and I both know all too well!).
Val
Well, I also want to know about the open lid on the toilet. Mainly because one of ours (Moxie, the youngest of course) has twice now flung herself into the bathroom in a fit of whatever and landed straight in the toilet bowl (thanks to the sloping seats on those newfangled low-flow models) in the half-minute while the lid was open.
I am so in the habit of putting the lid down that I even do it to the toilets at the office. (One good thing is the bf and I never have arguments about ‘you left the seat up’!)
I have never seen walls like the ones in your house before — we have the typical lath-and-plaster New England house. Is it common to have wood paneling like that in the South, or did you manage to scoop a lovely antique before somebody covered it in sheet rock?
Oh, UTIs are THE SUCK!!! Hope you get over it, or at least the PAIN of it, very soon. Don’t miss any of your antibiotics – take them ALL even after you start feeling better.
I do enjoy my caps lock, obviously.
Your house looks beautiful, as usual. The lighting is really good in these pics, which is nice for us older folks and our ancient eyeballs.
What scent is that Yankee Candle in the bathroom?
I’m loving all the animal pics today. 🙂
Your house — and everything about your property — is beautiful!! Just fantastic. 🙂
The Alien Baby thing made me snort! You are hysterical Robyn! You probably know this already but just in case-they sell the stuff for UTI symptoms-the pills that make you pee the scary orange over the counter at the drugstore now. It really helps while you are waiting to get into the drs. for antibiotics. It saved my ass once when I started with one on a black Friday when I was working retail. My boss totally preferred a quick trip to the pharmacy over having to leave on such a busy crazy day. I don’t remember the name of the stuff but it’s over in the ” feminine hygiene” aisle.
I love your walls too. We have vertical wood walls/bead board I think as chair rail in the dinette and in our bathroom-the whole room in there. I like it horizontal the way you have it. I think it is Southern. We rented a cool old house in Key West in Old Towne and it had it too. The brochure said it was typical of the older Key West homes.
The shade of yellow in your house is perfect so soft and pretty. It’s so easy to go too dark with yellow!
I love Buster instead of Bolitar! He looks like a Buster!
I have a question for your Friday answering-extravaganza:
I am moving soon to a city where backyard chickens are allowed. I am so excited! I want one or two, and I want a breed that’s both a cuddly pet and a good layer. Out of the breeds you’ve kept, which do you think fits the bill? And would you suggest keeping one or two?
Thanks!
Robyn, you may have mentioned this before, but what are the colors on the wall of your guest bedroom? I LOVE them! It’s just what I’ve been looking for.
Hope all turns out well for you and Miz Poo. 🙂
You have a very lovely home.
Oreo pig!
Did anyone else think “WEEEEEEEEE….weee…weee…WEEEEEEEE” when seeing that pic of the male pig jumping off of the truck ramp? LOLOL
Love the pictures, as usual. I’m thinking that guest room is just PERFECT (kitties and all) for a visit from me to you 🙂
No, actually was thinking of the both of them doing that all the way to Crooked Acres; then I thought he said “Thanks Fred” as he jumped off of the truck ramp. LOL (I love that ad)
When I put a box on the floor, my cats all ignore it. IGNORE IT! Damned cats.