Jealousy is an animal instinct

 

Hi Natty!  How are you today, Honey?  I hope everything is great for you over there, and you are healthy and happy.  I want you to know that I love you with all of my heart.  You are MY girl, and I will marry you inshaAllah.

I did my laundry this morning.  Whenever I do laundry, I have to leave the back door open so the hose can run out.  The back door is closed in by a cage which I keep the motorcycle in at night, and the cats always venture into the cage to observe the world outside.  A male cat always patrols the yard as part of their territory.  Outdoors male cats don't have long lives, but there is always another to replace the fallen.  At this time, a brown male with a long tail and long fur patrols the yard.  Lookie went to the door of the cage and flirted with him.  Adolf Kitler saw her flirt with the brown cat and boy, he was furious!  He lunged at the brown cat, and tried to punch him through the wire mesh.  Lookie was caught in the middle, so she got upset and gave Adolf a swat.  Eventually I got there and chased the brown cat away.  But Adolf was still angry, and Lookie was angry with him, so I had to use a stick to push Adolf into the kitty litter room and shut the door.  That left me in peace to prepare my lunch.  While I did so, I gave Lookie a lecture: "Why did you have to make him jealous?  Oh forget it, I know why.  Let's just say that it's not necessary to make him jealous.  Don't you realize how strong he is?  And I'm the one who gets mauled!"  She gloated, and flirted with me while I was cooking for some snacks.  Adolf calmed down after a while, and I gave him some fish heads.  Lookie became more tolerant to Adolf after a few hours, just in time for dinner.  Yeah, jealousy is an animal instinct.  Just like suicide.

Yet another average day

 

Hi Natty!  How are you, Honey?  I hope you are well, and everything is easy for you.  It's another normal day over here for me.  Nothing interesting happening whatsoever.  I had steak and cheese sandwiches with fries for dinner just now.  Want some?

I did some shopping this morning, if you wanted to call that interesting.  I bought spuds, fish, and some cat food for Adolf Kitler.  I buy him the best cat food available, which is expensive.  A cat food may be expensive, but it needs to prevent FLUTD as you see above.  This cat food I get claims to help prevent it, so I just have to trust them.  I used to feed Adolf with rice and fish, but I couldn't keep up with fish prices and availability.  Anyway Honey, I'm going to take a shower.  I love you!

Just an average day

 

Hi Natty1  What's going on today, Sweetheart?  I hope all is smooth sailing over there for you.  There's not much going on over here, just the usual.  I just got done with dinner.  Spaghetti again.  Until the basil in my yard gives in, I will be eating spaghetti regularly.  Perhaps I should invest in variations but I can't afford the cheese, so spaghetti is the most economical option.

Right now, I'm working on drum tracks for Shadowplay's next album, "Rise of the Horizon Creature" aka "Search for the Beast".  Despite my limitations (no equipment, can't hammer on the drums, etc.) I'm quite pleased with it so far.  Gotta do the best with what we got, you know.  InshaAllah, it will turn out great.  Anyway, I'm off to the next task.  I love you!

Every soul delivers itself to ruin by its own acts

 Qur'an 20211006

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

71.  Say, "Shall we call upon others besides Allah, things that can do us neither harm nor good, and turn back after receiving guidance from Allah, like one whom the evil ones have made into a fool, wandering bewildered through the earth, his friends calling 'Come to us', guiding him to the path?"  Say, "Allah's guidance is The Guidance, and we have been directed to submit ourselves to the Lord of the worlds."

(The Cattle 6:71)

More peanut butter

 

Hi Natty!  How are you today, Honey?  I hope you are healthy and safe, and having a marvelous time.  Oh there's not much going on over here.  I spent most of the day in the kitchen.  The basil insisted on being harvested, so I made spaghetti sauce.  It was simple.  Just basil, garlic, onion, tomato puree, and a touch of salt.  No sugar!  The hardest part was peeling the garlic and pulling off the basil leaves.

I bought raw peanuts the other day at the Chinese market.  I also bought a bag of the cooked peanuts that I usually buy.  The peanuts I consume are called "Shandong" peanuts, noted for the long seed.  Costly stuff: the half kilo raw nuts were RM6.50 while a 900g bag of cooked peanuts cost 13 bucks.  I got the raw peanuts to make another batch of peanut butter.  I roasted it myself with a little oil and salt.  It looks OK, don't you think?  It had snap and a nice taste, but the fried peanuts I usually buy are way superior.  Those guys have the magic routine with these peanuts.  And it is magic because it's just peanuts, oil and salt.  But my intention was to make peanut butter.  I'm getting the hang of it, but I still need a little oil to get the mix going.  Cleaning up is a bitch, as you can probably tell from the snapshot below.  If there is something that's both sticky and greasy, it's peanut butter.  It was more practical to use my finger to clean the blender rather than a brush or scrubbie, then lick the peanut butter off.

Qur'an 20211005

 In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

63.  Say, "Who is it that delivers you from the dark recesses of land and sea, when you call upon God in humility and in silent terror, 'If God only delivers us from these, we shall truly show our gratitude'?"

64.  Say, "It is Allah that delivers you from these and all distresses, and yet you worship false gods!"

65.  Say, "God has power to send calamities on you from above and below, or to cover you with confusion in party strife, giving you a taste of mutual vengeance, each from the other."  See how We explain the Signs by various ways, that they may understand.

66.  But your people reject this.  Say, "Not mine is the responsibility for arranging your affairs."

(The Cattle 6:63-66)

So how's Vancouver doing?

 

Hi Natty!  How are you today, Honey?  I hope you are doing well, and enjoying yourself.  It's been a busy Monday for me.  I went around paying bills this morning.  I suppose I could do it online, but the queue is ridiculously long for the power bill.  Days long, at times.  It's quicker to go to the kiosk and feed the machine with cash.  My Internet bill isn't like the power bill, because the process is instantaneous.  I suppose the logistics are different but whatever the problem is with the power company, it's not the bank's fault.

So how's Vancouver doing?  I suppose I could look it up but I'm asking you, Honey.  You are Canada.  Over here, the price of the kitty litter I always buy has gone up RM2.50!  Yikes!  Serves me right for buying name brand, but I do have a pair of pampered pussycats.  Poultry has gone up, as well.  Eggs are RM10.80 for a grade D 30 tray, when 3 months ago it was RM6.  But otherwise, there doesn't seem to be a supply chain problem.  Everything is available, even easily available, so alhamdulillah.  Now if only I had lots of money...

Now check this out.  Even the water supply is cut.