Life Lately #6
I haven’t shared much about my girls in a while! I couldn’t help but snap this photo—it’s rare to see them smoosh themselves together and sit like that for any period of time! I swear that Sybil (the calico on the right) just wants to be besties with Rosie because she loves sitting close to Rosie and if Rosie is getting attention, Sybil wants attention, too. Rosie doesn’t really want anything to do with Sybil, though. Haha. It always surprises and excites me when Rosie is willing to let Sybil get close to her. My heart!
Not much has changed in their world. I’m saving money for a dental for Rosie, which may require a echocardiogram first because her vet hears a heart murmur (she’s heard a murmur since the first time I took her in, and I had an echo done a few years ago but they want to check again…). Both of those will cost a pretty penny. I’ve been managing Sybil’s tendency to develop crystals in her urine due to stress by feeding her a little bit of urinary prescription food every day (and of course, trying to minimize stress, which tends to pop up when we travel/leave the house for a while).
They are currently loving the beautiful weather we’re having. I’ve been opening the windows more often, and we (the cats and I) even went out on the balcony for a little while. They make me nervous when we’re out there because they want to jump up onto the short walls or climb through the railing so I’m trying to think of what we can add to contain them so I don’t have to worry about them. Maybe some sort of screen or shade? I’d love to let them out whenever and not have to watch them. (There was one time I accidentally left Sybil out overnight. I felt terrible! And I’m so glad she was okay. We have huge owls around here that would have no problem picking up the cats if they saw them…)
At the end of March, Korri and I attended two gymnastics conference championships in the Salt Lake City area, and on our way back home, we decided to take the scenic route by detouring through Twin Falls. We stopped by Shoshone Falls, which is known as the “Niagara of the West” and is actually taller than Niagara Falls at 212 feet (right photo above). The Snake River runs through it, and though it’s normally not super impressive, the central Idaho mountains received some incredible snow amounts this past winter, so the falls were roaring—and we were sprayed by it! (Word is that it’s probably going to be even more impressive in a couple of weeks when the snow really starts melting, so we might be taking another day trip back.)
We also grabbed a bite to eat at a restaurant situated right at the top of the canyon on the west side of Twin (left photo above). We had an amazing view of the Snake River and of the Perrine Bridge, which carries the main road going into Twin Falls from the interstate. It’s well-known in the base jumping world but that’s not something I ever plan on doing! The bridge, which was completed in 1976 (replacement to an old bridge), is 1,500 feet long and 486 feet above the river. I love exploring these cool places right in our home state!
This year’s Record Store Day landed on last Saturday, April 13th! We picked up an Audio-Technica turntable when a local business was going out of sale a couple of years ago and have been slowly building up our vinyl record collection ever since. I always take Record Store Day as an opportunity to add more records, mostly because there’s usually a couple of exclusive release I want. Plus, my list of favorite records to eventually buy keeps growing every time a new record I love is released!
This year, I picked up Imagine Dragons’ newest release, Origins, and Chvrches’ latest release, Love Is Dead. As usual, both sound incredible on vinyl! (I’ve been listening to these albums on Amazon Music pretty much every day for weeks now haha.) The one exclusive release I had my eyes on was a record of two Spotify singles by Kelsea Ballerini. It unfortunately had sold out by the time we got there, so I’m guessing they only got a couple in. Luckily, they were able to get me a copy, which I picked up today! Woohoo! Gotta love the local record stores. ;) Are you a vinyl record collector/listener?