Thing One: It's supposed to be a cold winter, and I believe it: this time last year we hadn't even blanketed the horses. In fact, Mitzi got her blanket for my birthday in February, because up until then she hadn't needed one.

Thing Two: Remember our lovey cat and pony video? Well, thanks to that, I think I have learned that the Swedish for "barn cat" is "stallkatter." So if I get sued by the real band named Kowalski, I can change their name. Do not ask me why a band from Nova Scotia, composed of people of Acadian, Celtic, Chinese, and Indian heritage would name themselves after a Swedish barn cat. I'll worry about that if I need to. (I suppose one of them could have run into the term somewhere, liked it, and proposed, "Well, Jordy might be Swedish...")

(Oh, and also: Thing Three--sorry, we've gotten past The Cat In the Hat here--I forgot to mention Saturday was the second anniversary of the Strange Disappearance Of the Cursed Corolla. Not that I am still expecting it to turn up.)