Lonely Hearts

Little Caiti still won't let us pet her. I know all of the websites on feral cats said the older the cat is when you try to tame it the longer it will take (or the more impossible it will be). But, we really thought that LC would see how nice we are and would warm up to us. Poor LC did have things worse than Inky (we was the first one caught in the trap, she was caughte multiple times, and then she had to live in our garage for 2 months while waiting for her foot to heal) so it's understandable that she would be a little more hesitant... but we are nice people! We haven't caught her since her paw healed, and we give her food everyday, and we don't kick her or anything like that. But you would think we do hurt her! Anytime I'm outside she runs past me at full speed. She watches me all the time and has only let me touch her once. She lets V touch her every now and then in the morning when she is too sleepy to realize what is going on but that's it. It's so sad though because I really think she wants some loving! Whenever I'm playing with Inky she lays down about a foot away and rolls around while staring at me. Hopefully she warms up soon because I feel so bad for her.

Inky has been super lovey lately. She has learned that if she meows it will get me to come outside and pet her for a long time. She didn't make any noise for the longest time so I'm happy she has become comfortable saying hi but it makes me feel so guilty when I leave her to go back inside. She's also started letting me pet her tummy which is adorable. She rolls over about every 45 seconds to make sure I pet every part of her tummy equally. She's a silly one.

Tonight for dinner we are having spaghetti with homemade sauce and meatballs. I don't really use a recipe for my sauce. I make sure I have two cans of each (this makes enough sauce to freeze at least 2 meals worth): tomato sauce, petite diced tomatoes, crushed tomatoes. One can tomato paste. 2-3 onions (diced), 4-6 cloves garlic (diced), 1 bay leaf, dried or fresh parsley, dried or fresh basil, pinch of sugar, tiny bit of dried oregano. Saute the onions and garlic in olive oil. Add tomato paste. Add one can each of tomatoes. Let reduce. Add another can of the crushed and diced. Only add the second can of sauce if you need to thin it out. Maybe add another can of died. Let saute for a few hours with a lid. Then let cool and divide into containers.

I can't remember what recipe I used for the meatballs. I made a ton of those (about 40 small) so I've still got some leftover. Once I do make them again I'll post what recipe I use. I will say, it's easy enough to make homemade meatballs and if you made a bunch in advance it's very easy and then you have quite a few pre-made dinners for weeks!