We woke up yesterday to our female cat distressed with a bleeding ear which we found out later was a cat bite. We realized it was too bad for home treatment as she had basically scratched her ear free of fur so it was off to the vet. $83 later we returned home with a contented drugged cat (until the drugs wore off that is). As a consequence our budget was sort of blown so we gave up food shopping for the weekend to stretch it for a few more days and planned an at home weekend to save money. We’ve ended up doing lots of things we haven’t done in a long time – banana cake with cream cheese frosting* for breakfast (!!), a marathon Sunday movie session of our favourite DVDs, bubble bath with candles, bottle of wine (thanks to visitors a few weeks ago). Best of all we’ve spent nothing at all this weekend ………other than on our beautiful, almost one-eared cat.
*Edmond’s Cook Book Cream Cheese Icing
¼ cup Cream Cheese
2Tbsp soft butter
1C icing sugar
Grated lemon rind
Beat cream cheese and butter until creamy, mix in icing sugar and lemon rind.