Mommy woke up really early today too. She’s already filled our food and water dish for the day too. Denali thinks it’s too early to get up though and isn’t budging from the couch. Mommy had to wake up early because El Paso is about an hour’s drive away, she’s meeting up with Grandma who is driving, and Mommy had to get ready too. Since the seminar is supposed to run from 8am to 5pm today, Mommy is busy making sandwiches to take with her and putting chips in baggies too. I immediately jumped up on the table to give Mommy a hand.

First we had to clear the table off though because Mommy left all the mail scattered on it. But after that was done, she gave me some scritches and asked if I wanted to help. Of course I did! Mommy made me get off the table though, but I did get to be her offurcial food tester. The sliced ham and beef she used in her sub sandwich was delicious!

After Mommy finished making the food, she put it in her purse (it’s big, green, and black, I’ll have to take a picture of it sometime) and then put her stuff in the car. I don’t really want to stay alone all day in the house so I tried to convince Mommy to take me with her by hopping into my seat.

Sadly, Mommy said I couldn’t go and took me back into the house.

I hope my Mommy will be okay without me, sometimes she does silly things and if I’m not there to watch out for her, well who will? I am glad to see that Mommy isn’t taking that slimquick stuff anymore though. It was left her with an upset and queasy stomach. I wouldn’t want her to be stuck in a seminar all day feeling like that! She didn’t even have one of her slimfast drinks either. Instead Mommy had a piece of toast, a yogurt, and some fruit. Mommy still needs to finished getting ready though, and to straighten her hair; I think her curls look pretty, but Mommy prefers her hair straight and “manageable” when she has the time. Still though, Mommy is off to a good start today. I’m proud of you Mommy!

Mommy woke up very early today because she’s intent on making posole, which is kinda like menudo but not, and it takes a while to get ready. First she had to cook the pork roast she bought yesterday. First she fried it (she called it “browning”) then she put it in a cooker to let it finish cooking. The whole house has been smelling really, really good since then.

Once the meat is cooked to her satisfaction she’ll drain the grease and water that gathered at the bottom of the pan and take the meat out and make into nice strips that will go into the posole. We’re not at that stage yet though. Since I’m the kitty who is allowed in the kitchen when Mommy’s cooking (because I don’t get underfoot, steal bites, and I help her keep an eye on the dishes) I’ll be sure to post again when we’re on the next yummy stage.

Mommy should consider making her own Christmas cards and use pictures from her cooking. Like her fresh banana bread, biscoitos, and and the posole when it’s finished. Wouldn’t you rather get Christmas cards with yummy pictures instead of those corporate holiday cards you can buy in packs at stores? I thought so.

I have to go now. I wanna help Mommy sample the pork roast to make sure it’s good! I won’t actually eat the posole because it has chili in it. But the pork meat on its own is safe.

Oooh they looked so yummy raw! We even got some of the trimmings. Then, when they were cooking, the backyard was filled with the wonderful scent. Heaven!

Even Isis was excited. She’s a finicky eater, but even Isis realized what a treat it was to eat Mom’s steaks!

There was other stuff that the humans ate as well, like grilled green stuff. But the important stuff was the steaks, definitely.