10 awesome tips for making your groceries last longer (for realz!)

by Natasha on August 19, 2013 in Uncategorized

Do you get emails like this?

“25 unexpected uses for a tennis ball in your house”

“45 ways to use wine corks”

“56,127 tips and tricks that will change your life FOREVER!”

Usually they’re such a ripoff but every once in awhile I come across one that is actually awesomely helpful. Today the girl’s Grandma Ann sent me an email with the following grocery tips, I haven’t tried them yet but I think they’re definitely worth giving a shot. They make a lot of sense to me! You have to tell me if & when you try any of these & I’ll let you know when I do too!

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Foxy Girl

by Natasha on August 15, 2013 in tutorials

The other day Sophie asked me why I don’t sew her any dresses?

UGH! ((twist knife))

I guess Sam is just so much more vocal about her interest in fashion & dress design so we end up having these little sewing pow-wows in my sewing room & I make her things. That and the fact that the bigger she gets the more she needs clothes whereas Sophie Monster inherits all of her sister’s hand me downs.

Once I crawled out from underneath the massive amounts of guilt I promptly took her to my fabric stash & let her pick out what she’d like me to make her dress out of, in true Sophie fashion she went straight past the glitter & princesses & chose a tshirt with a giant sly fox head on it. We do love foxes in our house… The dress was a breeze to whip up, it’s a peasant dress top based on this tutorial (the same one I used for Sam’s DIY Cinderella dress) & then three strips of upcycled knits for the skirt. (*tip* I used the hemline of the original tee’s sleeves as a casing for the elastic on the dresses’ sleeves. Love me a shortcut!) I also chose to do the skirt seams on the wrong side to add some little pops of pink. The headband, which might just make Sophie edible it’s so stinkin’ cute on her, is made from a leftover strip of the leopard knit, serged pink on one end & tied in a messy bow that’s then stitched in place.

EAT. HER. UP! Love that kid.

(A few of you asked about the dresser in the background, you can find the before/after makeover of it here!)

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How to make a too big t-shirt smaller, cuter & something you’ll actually wear

by Natasha on August 13, 2013 in tutorials

P brought me home a shirt from his radio show that I was so excited to wear except for one small detail…

It was so big it could show up on doppler radar.

I had a choice, stick it in the overstuffed ‘maybe I could wear it as a nightgown’ drawer OR makeover!

(I know, a bit crass, but seriously, have you met my husband? This is tame.)

Here’s how I did it:

I took a shirt that I already loved the fit of (tie up retro tee from Juicy) & used it as a pattern. Since this shirt was GINORMOUS I had to take the sides in too but I think most shirts you could probably get away with just changing the neckline, sleeves & maybe the bottom.

I cut out the same shape as the main part of the tee, the sleeves & also removed the neckline.

(because of the ties in the front of this tee the front piece had a different shape than the back, most will be the same however)

After I cut out the pink tee so it roughly matched the pieces of the blue one it was time to put it all back together.

First I opened up the front & back of the tee & pinned the sleeves in place, after attaching those I sewed the side seams shut. Even though knit doesn’t fray & you could leave the edges raw I went ahead & ran them all through my serger with dark pink thread. For the neckline I also then folded the serged edge over & stitched it down. Basically, I thinly hemmed it. Finally I folded the sleeves up twice just like in the Juicy tee & lightly tacked them in place. The whole process took less than an hour & now I can actually wear the shirt in public without looking like I had been zapped with a shrink ray gun. Speaking of, have you seen Despicable Me 2 yet? The girls & I just did & now we’re minion OBSESSED in our house, they want to be the little yellow cuties for Halloween, I can’t wait! Although I could do without watching this youtube video for 16th time today…ok, that was a lie, it still cracks me up.

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Mommy Metamorphosis

by Natasha on August 12, 2013 in mommy blog

Peek-a-boo!

Wondering where the heck I dropped off to this past week? Perhaps it was a secret caribbean vacation that P swept me off to, or maybe I won the lottery & was busy shopping beachfront properties while also building orphanages. Or maybe, just maybe, I was sucked into the sick kid’s blackhole where you spend a solid week holed up in your house cleaning vomit, diarrhea & nose bleeds while also keeping track of who had Advil when, when was last time the little one peed, do we think a shower might happen today & oh yeah, did I ever get around to brushing my teeth? Ew. And of course, all of that on around 2-3 hours of sleep a night just to keep it interesting. Oh motherhood, what a blessing.

Now that I have my complaining out of my system, which by the way I think is perfectly fine to do as long as it’s in a get it off of your back to someone who understands type of way & not a constant poor me pity party way, here’s what happened & more importantly this kind of amazing ‘Ah-Ha!’ moment that came out of it.

Some nasty virus who couldn’t even be decent enough to have a name so I could at least google it compulsively invaded our house on Monday of last week. It was the typical, sluggish cranky kids where you start to scratch your head & think, “Huh, I wonder if they’re getting sick?” Then by that evening someone has flushed cheeks & has a barely there fever, no one feels like eating & soon enough, just as you had probably predicted, it’s 3a & you’re woken up to 103+ fever & without a thought you go into full on ‘sick kid motherhood mode’. This continued with both Sam & Soph having moderate fevers, headaches, tummy issues & a cough for Sam on through Wednesday, but then as Soph was turning a corner Sam’s cough became brutal. Especially at night. Let me remind you in case you’re new around here that this isn’t our first time to the up all night kid’s cough rodeo. For some reason her little body freaks the #@!K out when it gets any sort of sickness by giving her an OUT OF CONTROL COUGH. The kid has had pneomonia/asmtha/bronchitis diagnosis more times than I can count. We’ve been to multiple doctors & specialists but no one seems to really get why she coughs so overwhelmingly much when she’s sick.

This time it even landed her in the ER because she started gagging on her coughs & vomitted continually until she was dehydrated & then after that was under control she started getting nosebleeds every time she had a coughing fit. Poor baby right? After 5 solid nights of this I became ‘that mom’ & basically demanded that her doctor give her a prescription for cough syrup. You know, the kind grown-ups get when you have bronchitis? It has codeine in it & knocks you off your rump. Yup, Sam got slizzurp. A baby dose of course, but nonetheless codeine cough syrup. I know that may sound crazy, I even questioned if it was the right thing to do but at some point you need to have faith in your motherly instinct. You are their advocate. The only one who is with them at 3am when they’re so miserable they just sob in your arms. YOU are the only one who can continually persist & question on their behalf, no matter how annoying you might be, you just have to do it.

The ~~good~~ GREAT news is I think Sam’s finally feeling better. Last night was the very first night she didn’t wake up coughing during the night. She slept 13 glorious hours. Instead of an alarm clock I woke up to the sound of a chorus of angels singing “HAAALLELUJAH!”

While I think it’s important being a ~~pain in the butt parent~~ advocate for your child isn’t the main thing I wanted to write about today. On Saturday night Sam had her first dose of cough syrup & I stayed up most of the night watching TV so I could keep an eye on her breathing. (the risk with any narcotic is that it’s a depressant, when you have a kid who’s already having breathing difficulties it’s a scary thing to add to the picture). I was watching a documentary on HBO & while most of it was just kind of odd there was one quote that stuck out to me, the labor coach warned the very pregnant woman that “Once that baby is born everything will change. The person you were before children will be quick to leave but the mother in you is slow to emerge.”

I got to thinking about how perfectly that applied to the situation I was in & really, have been in since Samantha was born. A child demands selflessness of you from the minute they’re born. And you’ll give it to them, because you’re they’re mother but that doesn’t mean it will come easily.

Being a mother is more than just the protector, the nourisher & the changer of nasty a$$ diapers. After this exhausting, brutal week I realized that truly becoming a mother is to cease being someone else’s child. Let me explain…

Yes, your kid is sick so you may have to cancel fun plans, stop blogging & become dead dog tired but you do that because you have to. (and of course, because you love them) I’ve automatically done that from the moment Sam popped out but I’ve just realized that it’s actually taken me years to fully & selflessly accept that role. When you evolve into a mother you stop looking for someone to save you. You cease from being the child who is wanting someone else to help them, save them or take responsibility & instead become that person. That mother.

Now let’s be clear, that in no way means you shouldn’t ask for help or shouldn’t receive praise & appreciation for what you do. I think every mother should receive a once a year parade in their honor.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that quote really resonated with me for some reason, it felt true on a visceral level. Tell me, what do you think it means?

“Once that baby is born everything will change.

The person you were before children will be quick

to leave but the mother in you is slow to emerge.”

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Hug-To-Go 1st Day of School Bracelet

by Natasha on August 5, 2013 in tutorials

We all hope that the first day of school is full of fun & excitement for our little ones. We picture them finding new friends & catching up with old ones. They’ll finally get to use that perfectly anticipated new backpack & they’ll hang it in their brand new cubby that’s just waiting for a year’s worth of memories & learning experiences to begin! Unfortunately whether it’s pre-k or elementary the first day of school doesn’t always get off to such a happy go lucky start. The tears & clinging to mommy’s pantleg can be absolute torture, & I’m sure they’re not exactly peachy for the kids either.

When Michaels asked me to create a project for their “Back to School Adventure” I knew I wanted to make a little token my girls could keep with them during that first nervous day which could bring a bit of comfort & remind them that mommy loves them & she’ll be back very soon. Hopefully that snuggle reminder will help distract them long enough to break the sobfest & get them closer to jumping into all the new & exciting things that by the end of the day they’ll be dying to tell me about!

This is a super easy craft project that you can either surprise you’re little one with or use it as an opportunity to talk with them about how this bracelet can help them feel better while you’re making it together.

You’ll find everything you’ll need for this project at your local Michael’s:

Assorted foam sheets, you’ll need one non-adhesive sheet for your bracelet & 1+ adhesive sheets for the heart & “U”
Googly Eyes (I just love saying ‘googly eyes’, heck just saying ‘googly’ makes me happy, maybe I should rename this project!)
Superglue
Velcro Dots (or if you aleady have velcro at home you can cut it into small circles yourself)
Sharpie Marker
Glitter Glue, Markers, or anything else you’d like to use to personalize your bracelet

Step 1: Print out the template below by right clicking on the image, saving it, & then printing it full size (“fit to page”)

Step 2: Cut out the bracelet template & trace it onto the piece of foam that will be your bracelet, use your sharpie to outline the edging & therefore giving you a clear cutline. You can also use the sharpie to fill in the finger outlines on each hand. Cut out the bracelet.Step 3: Using a piece of adhesive foam cut out a small heart & stick in the center. To the left to of the heart use superglue (mom’s only step!) to attach one googly eye & to the right of the heart attach a letter “U” that you either can cut out yourself from adhesive foam or you can purchase a pack of adhesive foam letters in the same section.

Step 4: If you don’t have velcro dots then you’ll have to cut them out yourself. I suggest sticking both sides of the velcro together & then cutting out a small circle of both at the same time. You’ll need to glue one half of the velcro dot to the outside of one hand & then the other attaching dot will need to be glued to inside of the opposite hand. This way, when the bracelet is closed shut the hands overlap eachother completing the hug.

The superglue can take a bit to really get a good seal between the foam & the attached pieces to be sure to give them a firm push before letting them dry for a few hours.

Make sure when you present this bracelet to your little one you also give them a good tight hug, then tell them to remember how safe & warm that hug felt & to think of it everytime they look at their bracelet. (:

A few things maybe you didn’t know about Michaels…

*Teachers receive a 15% discount EVERY DAY! So cool, just ask a sales associate for more info next time you’re in.

**Need a large quantity of one back to school item but don’t see enough on the shelves? Michaels offers a bulk ordering program where you can order as many supplies as you need and save up to 20 percent.

***Don’t forget to download the Michaels app so that you will always have the latest deals and coupons at your fingertips! I have to say I use this one all the time since I never can remember to bring my 40% coupon with me!

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DIY Dip Dyed Ombre Window Panel Curtains

by Natasha on August 1, 2013 in decorating, tutorials

It’s funny that in yesterday’s post I had found those teal dip dyed curtains because a few months ago I actually made some myself for my home office! I had stashed away the tutorial because back in April I submitted it in hopes a certain publication would pick it up but alas, it’s now officially August & I think it’s safe to assume it didn’t make it. Good news is that means I can put it on here & share it with you. (:

I know these look intimidating, heck I even had the supplies sitting in my laundry room for a good month before I got up the guts to give it a go but honest to goodness it was not that bad. Truth! In fact, I’d say this is a great project for the first time dye-er who has always wanted to try their hand at customizing their fabric items. I dyed the panels with powder fabric dye, a Rubbermaid tub, a curtain rod & my bathtub.

The entire project was completed in one afternoon & the end result is a great way to add a pop of color into your home decor, I absolutely love the warm glow the bright pink gives my craft room. It has a soothing effect that was completely unexpected & in this house, anything that’s soothing & doesn’t carry jail time is MORE than welcome.

I decided it would be easiest to get the most continuity between the panels by dyeing them together. I hung a cheap-o tension rod in my bathroom over the tub & then secured the panels by pulling them over the rod until they were shortened enough that the entire area I wanted to dye was in the plastic tub below, I pinned the panels in place with pins. Next I took the panels out of the tub & set them aside while I mixed up the dye. (They were still attached to the tension rod, just not IN the plastic tub) I’m not gonna lie, I did not follow the package directions because the package directions confused me. I just put 3 packs of Rit Powder Dye in Fuchsia in the tub & filled it until it was about 8″ deep with hot water. I used a long wooden spoon to mix the dye until it was completely dissolved & then gently placed the panels back in the tub. I used the spoon to press on the towels gently so they’re completely, and as evenly as possible, submerged. Set a timer for 30 minutes & keep all creatures human or non away from that bathroom to avoid catastrophe!

After 30 minutes I carefully raised the panels up around 12″ & repinned them. The part out of the water will be the lightest part of your finished panel. Oh, and don’t worry about how dark it is now, much of the dye will end up rinsing off. Set the timer again for 30 minutes & then repeat the process. In the end the last section will have sat in the dye for an hour & a half.

Now this is the only tricky part. Rinsing. Well, not so much rinsing as the removing. I didn’t want to take a chance that the dye would stain my white tub if I rinsed them in there so I chose to ever so carefully raise them out of the water, squeeze out the excess dye (wear gloves my friend or you’ll regret it) & then carefully lower the dyed portion into a garbage bag. I transported them outside to my back deck & then hung them over the side & rinsed them with a hose until the water ran clear. I was really careful about this last part of the process because I didn’t want to get any splatters of hot pink dye on the top parts of the white panel. That would suck.

I let them dry in the sunshine & then ran them through a quick cycle in the dryer to soften them up. This did get a little hint of pink of some of the top parts of the panel but nothing you can really even notice. In fact, I kind of like it.

Here are some other rooms from Pinterest that used dip dyed curtains, it’s bold statement but I say go for it!

(from left to right: Orange Curtains, Baby Pink, Blue with Couch, Blue with Stool)

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Teal Tween Bedroom Makeover

by Natasha on July 31, 2013 in the nest

Do you remember ohh, about a week or so ago I was telling you about my neighbor who’s daughter wants a bedroom makeover? Well, she’s officially 12, TODAY! After chit-chatting and going through pictures from my ideabook & pinboard that I created for her room she decided to go with a more neutral wall so we could go crazy with teal everywhere else. She LOVES the look of ombre (a girl after my own heart) so we definitely have some dip-dyeing in our future!

I thought a good next step would be to create a type of mockup. I don’t really know how this works in the professional design world, this is my first time creating a room for someone other than myself, but I’m going to show them to her this afternoon. I’m kind of nervous, I hope she likes them! Eek!

Below are pictures of what her room looks like now & then I used my super newbie photoshop-esque (it’s actually picmonkey) skills to overlay how I envision her room. Kind of. They’re a little wonky. Tween Teal Bedroom Makeover::Little Pink Monster

I really hope that with a bit of imagination the design I have in my head (which is totally awesome by the way, my life would be so much easier if I had a magic projector that could beam an image of what I’m thinking on a wall. Well, one with an ‘off’ switch, no one needs to be seeing everything that goes on up there, yikes!) will be conveyed through these pics. This has been a challenge designing for someone else, I’ve really loved it though, fingers crossed it’s what she had in mind too! What do you guys think?

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Sam’s Katy Perry (or Candyland) Birthday Party: The cake, decorations & activities

by Natasha on July 30, 2013 in tutorials

TheDecor: More than just Ms Perry the party was specifically inspired by the California Gurls video. I was a little worried about how to pull that off but it turns out there’s tons of great ideas out there for a Candyland themed party & most of them worked perfectly! The giant lollipops were probably my favorite though, and so easy! They’re from this pin & the basic idea is you blow up a balloon, tape the knotted part to a dowel (mine were rolled in glittered duct tape) & then wrap up the tops loosely in cellophane & tie shut with a ribbon. So clever, right?? I stuck mine in a drink tub filled with floral foam to keep them in place. (I bunched up some extra cellophane & stuck it in the tub to cover the floral foam too)

I’m not sure if you got a good look of any of the peppermint garland but those were pretty darn cute too. They’re from this pin & are basically two colored disposable plates taped together & then wrapped in cellophane to give them the look of a giant wrapped candy. If you make a handful of them & staple the top corners together you’ve got yourself a mighty cute garland. That was my original intention but I forgot my staple gun & had to settle with using them to line the walkway into the party. Oh well, cute nonetheless. I also used this Kurt Adler 8′ Plastic Large Candy Swirl Garland along with a ‘Happy Birthday’ garland over the entrance to the pavilion.

And of course you can’t have a Candyland inspired party without an obscene amount of candy. I sprinkled wrapped candies all over each table & filled small tubs (also lined with floral foam) with these Red Swirl Pops and Blue Swirl Pops. Those actually made for some pretty darn cute pictures. The tables were first covered in splatter painted looking table skirts from Target & then to keep the wind from blowing them off I used these Red & White Striped Table Skirts that fit in with the whole peppermint look. Speaking of Target I majorly lucked out with those “VIP Backstage Access Dance Party” cards, they were originally thank you notes but I just glued a piece of glitter cardstock onto the backs & then attached them to a string with a lanyard holder. The kids received them on their way in as their ‘backstage pass’. To me this was brilliant, I was so proud of myself, but it was completely lost on the 5 year olds. Not only can they not read but they have no idea what the heck ‘all access’ is or why it’s cool. I mean, isn’t everyone invited?

Sam had fun glueing the Candy Land Reusable Letters onto a pink foamboard to make the entrance sign, the pack came with plenty so I also used them to label the popsicles cooler (with scissors attached!) & the all important ‘wardrobe’ area.

This really MADE the party. I swear the moment those kids put a wig on this super sassy alter ego came out, they were going BUH-NANAS. I actually turned to one of the adults at one point & said this is even more entertaining than serving alcohol! Our cheeks seriously hurt from laughing so hard. Who knew we all had these inner dance divas that just needed a little colored wig to come out!

Katy Perry Child’s Blue Wig, Katy Perry Child’s Purple Wig, Monster High Long Purple Child’s Wig ,Monster High Lagoona Blue Girls Wig, Ariel Child Wig

TheCake: Oh the cake, what a homerun that was. I immediately knew Oby from Bim’s Flavors could pull it off after her success with Sam’s Sleeping Beauty cake last year. Not only do they look perfect but the pink velvet cake inside is mouth watering good. Mmm, I wonder if there are any more leftovers in the fridge…. I sent Oby this pic of Katy Perry’s California Gurls dress for inspiration along with this Hairtastic Salon Barbie Doll:Purple Hair to be Ms Perry. IT.WAS.AWESOME.

TheDress: If you follow me on Instragram then you know I’ve been hemming & hawing about how to change this Old Navy popscicle bathingsuit into a California Gurls dress. If it was just a costume then I could go crazy & probably pull off something somewhat similar but this, this had to be waterproof. That certainly threw things a bit. In the end I hand sewed the ice cream out of shimmery lycra (swimsuit fabric) & also embellished the bow with sequins. Since Sam’s a newbie swimmer it was important that the suit still give her ease of motion & be fuss free. However to make up for the simplicity I sewed a circle skirt using this technique & 4 layers of awesome pink tulle that was pre-embellished with little red sequins. (JoAnn’s) I also hand made the peppermint swirls & blue bow that were attached in the front & back. She wore it to camp today for water play because she couldn’t wait to wear it again. I LOVE that she LOVES it, it makes it totally worth every evening I stabbed myself with a needle from sewing on sequins half asleep.

TheFun: Besides the wild dress up/dance party session the kids mostly swam in the pool. (no wigs allowed!) However they also had a good time with these Disco Ball Necklace Party Favors, the Inflatable Rock Star Guitars, some Rock Star Diva Jewel Tattoos & blow up microphones from Party City. At the end of the party I piled them all up on a table & told the kids they could take home as many as they wanted! I’m quite certain the other parents luvvved me for that, everyone loves when they’re kid comes home from a birthday party with a bazillion cheap plastic knick knacks that they’ll never use again. (;

All in all this is probably my favorite party yet, the kids had so much fun, we had a blast watching them & OHMYGOSH it was nice not to have it at my house!! I did not realize how much I’d love not having to clean up for people coming over & then not have to clean up after they leave. We just got to go home & let the girls duke it out over whether or not Sam had to share any of her new presents with Sophie. Tell me if you’ve got that one figured out, k?

Next up…Sophie Monster’s MESSY PARTY!!! Woohoo! Only 3 weeks to go, time to restock my coffee supply.

Other Little Pink Monster Parties: Sleeping Beauty Royal Beauty Parlor Birthday Party, Little Mermaid Birthday Party, Cupcake Birthday Party,

(Yay! This post was given an award by partypail.com!)

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Cheater’s Steak House Salad

by Natasha on July 26, 2013 in dinner 101

Want to make a nice date night dinner for you & your honey but have less energy than a sloth competing in a watching paint dry contest? Here’s a little backdoor trick I pulled last night… (apparently I’m also still tired today because after staring at my screen for 10 minutes that was the best analogy I could come up with)

Usually a really good homemade salad, at least my favorites, require lots of mini steps to assemble them. You have to cook some ingredients but not others or maybe there’s lots of tedious chopping involved. Typically they aren’t as easy as you’d think considering it’s a SALAD. So here’s my shortcut, if your grocery store has a salad bar (usually it’s somewhere near the deli area where people can pick up quick lunches) then just raid that for your toppings. I chose some big fat croutons, perfectly hard boiled eggs, sweet corn & some raw cauliflower. (I had the apple at home already) I also bought a skirt steak, some salad mix, dressing & blue cheese crumbles. The other nice benefit is you can only buy as much as you need. Two adults really don’t use an entire bag of croutons for one salad, unless it’s a really bad day, then you might truly need them.

When I got home all I had to do was throw the steak on the grill (a frying pan would’ve been fine too, I also seasoned it first with salt, pepper, garlic powder & smoked paprika) & seared it on high heat for 3 minutes each side. Skirt steaks are FABULOUS, dirt cheap, cook quickly & with the right seasoning or marinade they’re one of the tastiest steaks out there. While the steak was resting on a plate (always let your meat rest for a minute or two so the juices can redistribute) I quickly chopped up my salad bar goodies. Also for the kids I heated up some of the corn & steamed the broccoli in the microwave.

(kid’s version: If I’m making a grown up meal the girls won’t eat like a salad I try to at least use ingredients that can be easily made into a meal for them like the one above)

To assemble the salad I first tossed the greens (the type I bought was half spinach half spring mix) with the dressing & then filled our salad bowls. Next I topped the salads with all the goodies including the steak in the middle, I gave the toppings an easy drizzle of more dressing & that’s it! (I don’t toss everything together at once because all of the heavy ingredients will sink to the bottom & I find it’s a lot harder to get a nice even distribution of toppings.) Perhaps that’s giving my salad just a bit too much thought but whatever, it tasted darn good that way so I don’t even care!

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9 lives

by Natasha on July 24, 2013 in Uncategorized

I knew I’d have to babyproof my house when we got pregnant but the lady at the Petsmart adoption center somehow failed to mention our cat would require that times 10.

kitty At first we thought, aw, how cute, a kitty in a drawer but then she dove behind the open drawer & we had to ever so carefully remove every drawer without squishing her behind anything. To this day she still dives in as soon as I pull out a t-shirt. Pain in the butt cat.

Just so you know this was a space bag I had sitting on the floor that she climbed in, it’s totally unsealed & led to a lonnnng talk wit the girls (and the cat) about how dangerous it is to put anything plastic over your head. 2 of the 3 listened much better than the fur one.

Now before you send me nasty emails speaking to the dangers of cats climbing in dryers or plastic bags I already know. I may be making a bit of a joke of it on here but I’m seriously worried that this cat is going to do something dumb when I’m not there to bail her out. Ok, snap a quick pic first, but then promptly rescue her. We keep doors closed to rooms that aren’t kitty proof, I also check the dryer, washer & dishwasher before closing them as well as we never leave plastic bags laying around.

I can’t figure it out, she’s not a dumb cat, not even close…does she have some sad, tragic past that haunts her so much that occasionally she just can’t see the point in going on? Or perhaps she’s a bada$$ with a sense of adventure that catnip mice don’t come close to satiating.

Or she’s just batsh1t crazy.

Anyone else have a pet with a death wish?

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