I Have An Eye On You, Bitsy
kittens
Pals
Ginger Boy and Ollie are best of friends. They were both abandoned at different neighbor’s homes, at different times. Both neighbors brought them to MrsJ’s attention, knowing she was a volunteer at a local shelter. Ginger was one of a litter, but he escaped the initial round up. 
The next day the neighbor called and said we had missed one. The lone holdout was Ginger Boy. These are his siblings on the night before they were taken to the shelter. They were quickly adopted.
All Good Kitties Go To Heaven
The best ones get to come back as black panthers. RIP Jake Panther
True to form, the foster kitten (here) who hid himself in my desk drawer to have some alone time from his 4 siblings, chose to spend his last day in my office. He was his own cat until the end. He will be missed.
I’ll let you guess which one of those cuties was Jake. LOL
Tidbits
French toast and those teeny breakfast sausages are a big hit around here, Mrs J is up for this anytime. Me, too!
This is another Harvey rescue. Cute as a button and already adopted. SQUEEE!
Kroger has these chicken quarters on sale pretty often. I think they are asking about $1/lb. I usually buy several packages and put them away in vacuum bags.
Crinkle fries and baked beans with the chicken are just perfect. Mrs J is the crinkle fries fan, but I’m no slouch at putting them away.
More of that crockpot Italian beef, this one on a deli bought roll.
This is a really hopeful looking kitteh. It’s not a Harvey rescue but don’t let that stop you! http://www.stfrancis-care.org/
One moar!
I just pulled this lasagna from the oven. It’s made with those no boil noodles. We are going to have it for dinner tonight and I’ll have more photos later.
Blog Needz Kittehs! I Fix!
And a puppeh!
Tidbits
Like I said, the killer app for steaks is sous vide. These spent the afternoon at 136°F. A quick sear then a rest while a pan sauce was made from the bag liquids, butter, wine, and soy sauce. That was a big rib steak, even I didn’t eat the whole thing.
A veggie beef soup follows leftover steak at our house. A smoked pork sammich turned the soup into a real meal.
Kitteh! The kittens were recipients of a round of claw clipping, they were a bit disturbed and needed a firm grasp to hold them for the task.
I told Mrs J to mention that too firm a grasp causes their little kitteh eyes to bug out.
Teeny weenies! Hash browns and eggs! Mmm… breakfast for dinner.
Mrs J spends most of her volunteer time in the kitteh house but she does catch the occasional pupper. This little girl came in when her owner passed. She’s heartworm positive but is expected to be fine.
Fried fish for the win! I made a tartar sauce with fresh dill, lemon juice, lemon zest, minced dill pickles, and mayo.
I’ll finish with an adult cat. No info at all on this one but Mrs J days she’s very friendly. She’s been at the shelter for a week or so.
Tidbits
Worm sign! Mrs J drew my attention to this Swallowtail caterpillar on one of the parsleys, it appeared suddenly and was gone the next day. 
Moar kittehs! Mrs J brought back several good pics of the current kitteh crop at the shelter from her last volunteer stint.
We decided it was time for another smoked pork shoulder. This one spent the day with peach chips smoldering under it, then it finished in the oven.
I made a batch of buns for it, I think I’ll do some tacos later.
A couple of times a year I’ll trundle the mower down to the back pond to knock the weeds and grass down. The pond is murky from recent rains, it will clear up over the summer. We have it stocked with bass, redear and bluegill.
We both favor these BLTs and are satisfied to make them for either lunch or dinner.
Moar kittehs! As TaMara once quipped, “it looks like the kitty printer is running low on toner”!
Tidbits
Lasagna! Each of these holds just enough for two. I used egg roll wraps again for these because I am lazy and they work very well.
The layers were Italian sausage in tomato sauce, plain ricotta with a couple of eggs whipped in, and various shredded cheeses. We ate these right away, the others were portioned and frozen, then sealed in vacuum bags.
Kittehs! Mrs J says they have a good crop at the shelter – nearly 30 that are still with their mommas.
Smoked chicken, just out of the smoker. No seasonings other than granulated garlic. I bought a case lot of those aluminum pans a couple of years ago and they have proved handy.
Ginger Boy has filled out, he’s not as big as Toby but that’s not from lack of appetite.
I canned a bunch of tomato soup one year, put it up in quart jars. That is the perfect amount for two servings. 
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