So, mother has quit smoking.  Well, I got her to 1 cigarette a day, then to a half, and now she's all done.  Thank goodness!  No more having to shut our windows when she's smoking and no more stinky horrible cigarette smells.  BUT now I can't kick her out of the room for smelling like smoke anymore...so that's a negative, but it sure outweighs her smoking!  I will be able to go back as much as I want to this summer!!  Whoo hoo!  So that's great.  

This year I am going to take her places.  Like to the botanical gardens (a few of them) and maybe the apple orchard in the fall.  She will want to go shopping, but I'd rather take her to go do things instead.  Why?  Because she's been better lately.  And I know she will be losing her memory soon enough, so I want her to have some fun while she can still remember it.  

Also, I will be building a catio soon for all the cats to go outside in, and they won't be allowed to go roaming around wherever they like.  I am tired of paying for vet bills AND it should help them not get fleas, too.  We can hope.  It will be outside her window so they can just come and go as they please even at night.  She got really excited about this idea, so much so...that she started taking over and trying to tell me what to do LOL  Sigh.  Like she's ever built anything in her life.  I already know how I am building it (which actually got even easier the more I thought about it) and I hate when she tries to involve herself in my projects (which she always does...when she knows about it).  

So yeah, that's my plans for the springtime.  Also, taking her to get a cute haircut (which I will be in charge of this time, because they always cut it super dumb and she allows it...when I know she hates it).  I would cut it myself, but I don't do women's hair, only men's.  

So, haircut, catio, and springtime adventures.  

Let's hope she doesn't mess it up with her narcissism.