When I was that age, starting dinner on week nights was part of my regular share of the chores. Mom would plan out the week and I’d help shop too. It worked out well. I would do prep around starting homework. Any dishes to be baked would be ready to go into the oven when Mom got home. Younger sibs would help after with cleanup. Nowadays Hubs likes to cook so he does that part and I am the cleanup crew. Works out great.
Yep, nothing grabs a cat’s attention like hovering and loitering outside a window. If the wasps get into our screen porch while the cats are also out there, I head out with a fly swatter. Don’t want a cat chomping down on a wasp!
What a handsome boy. Much sympathy in your loss but you know you did the last most loving thing you could do for him. We have all been there and understand how hard it is. Try to think of Ziggy at the Rainbow bridge, young again, no pain, running and playing with all the other pets waiting for us to join them. Hugs.
Is that Le’letha’s recipe? I make it a lot and it works with a number of additions. My favorite is dried tart cherries with chopped nuts but I have tried the chocolate chips too and it is very good. You can also use dark chocolate or devils food cake mix instead of spice or yellow which overpowers the pumpkin flavor of the pure while keeping all the moisture.
Yes, it is essential to remove it from the can as a whole.