March 10, 2022 – Curious as a Cathy

Tuesday, I shared my theme reveal for next month’s A to Z Challenge. I committed myself, but not to an insane asylum as that’s where I belong no doubt for signing up for the blogfest. 🤪 I’ll do my best to crank out artwork the rest of the month for Rain’s Garden weekly art date. I’m unsure how I’ll handle next month’s TADs. Anyway, the prompt for today is the mystical, fantastical creatures known as “Faeries”.

This may be my favorite faerie sketch to date. Perhaps it’s because this little cutie reminds me of my little grand daughter. I did use her likeness for my illustration. 🙂

I think it’s only fitting for today’s theme to share with you this DIY project that’s perfect for the little people in your life. I haven’t done it but shared it with my daughter on FB since I felt it would be just the sort of thing our little 3-year old granddaughter might enjoy. It’s Make Your Own Fairy Potion.

Last weekend, I made goulash for the first time in a long, long while. When the kids were small I would make it using my late MIL’s recipe. I pulled it out again, took a look at a few recipes online, and came up with some good changes for a great start. I’m not ready share my revised recipe just yet but I do have something to share with you. I made the mistake of cooking the whole box of elbow macaroni. Why I did that I will never know. I didn’t want to freeze the cooked noodles, so I began thinking what I could I make and that’s when I decided to make mac n’ cheese. In the past I made homemade cheese sauce but I can’t remember if it was something I just threw together or if I went by a recipe which ever it was I don’t remember being impressed. While store-bought mac n’ cheese is good if you’re a kid…okay, it’s not too bad even for adults but when you like to cook from scratch then you know you super tasty mac n’ cheese is possible. I did a quick DuckGo search finding two recipes that sounded good. I started off thinking I would use just one but wound up merging them together and the results were pretty darn good. Here’s a copy for you to try if you’d like.

My blogging routine is all up in the air. Nothing seems to make sense. I know it’s confusing but hey it is what it is, so let’s just roll with it! Tomorrow is DH’s off Friday. I thought I’d toss in some giggles inspired by the ‘faerie’ theme.

Speaking of broken teeth, it turned out DH’s problem was an old composite filling fell out and his tooth wasn’t broken. Thank you, dear Lord! I mean, we literally braced ourselves for the worse possible scenario which was a tooth extraction and an implant while hoping it would only need a crown. Our dentist said his tooth looked healthy and no signs of any problems. WOW, right? I count this as a BIG Thankful Thursday!

Talking about blessings, it was such a joy to get out on Monday despite the horribly heavy rain and gusty wind conditions to see signs of spring popping out. The purple magnolias are bloomed, other flowering trees swayed in the wind, the forsythia is beginning to make a show across lawns, daffodils are in abundances in our neighborhood, and I even noticed the cheery little pansy faces in one neighbors’ yard. Last weekend it felt so spring-like with temps in the mid-70s. I even wore shorts outdoors on Sunday while we took care of a few things. That’s expected to change this weekend with our forecast showing the possibility of snow on Saturday morning. The weekend lows are calling to dip back into the teens which sounds awful. That’s winter making one last stand. Oh well…I’m still thankful for the gorgeous weather. This rollercoaster ride won’t last forever before spring is here to stay!

For those who are friends with furbabies from Brian’s Home, you may know that they had an unexpected loss. Sweet Dolly was at the vet this week for what I think was routine stuff when she threw up a blood clot and then another, then just like that she crossed the rainbow bridge.

My heart is so heavy for you, my dear friends and while I never met Dolly whiskers to whiskers or got a chance to stroke her soft long fur I felt a kinship with her, as I do each of your wonderful kitties. Dolly will be missed. You are in my prayers. I I found this beautiful song while looking for tunes specifically for a furry family member memorial with this one listed for cats.

Please, leave a message in comments so I’ll know to come by your place and thank you for making me a part of your day. Up next is the Sunday edition of Monday’s Music Moves Me. I hope you’ll join the party. This is CAAC signing off, have a doodletastic day!