Literally. Charlie and I came home from running errands yesterday and found the cats huddled on top of the stove. Why, you ask?? Well, it appears a BIRD has made a NEST in the exhaust hose directly above our hooded cooktop. Upon further investigation, it seems that it flew right in from the outside. I’m sure it’s quite warm and cozy up there, what with the heat from the apartment wafting upwards.

Seems harmless enough, unless Mother Bird forgets about Baby Birds, and then we have a problem. If we have to fumegate, I’m moving to Texas, immediately. Our landlord assures us this will be taken care of as early as next week. Until then, we are living in the middle of the Wild Kingdom. Literally, standing in our kitchen is like standing in the Bird Pavilion at the Lincoln Park Zoo. No need to pay for the zoo, people, just hang out over here. I can make coffee.

In order to get a reprieve from the chirping and to help out a friend, I’m blogging from Emilyn’s house today. Both girls played hard this morning, ate a fulfilling meal of chicken nuggets and craisin’s (which are really addicting, by the way!) and are now amazingly asleep. Let’s pray for a nice three hour chunk of time for just moi.

Pictures of our day coming soon…..