Sleepless nights, cookie mornings, & a product review.

If I can't sleep the night before, I try to be as productive as possible the next day so that I can be extra tired when it comes time for bed- let me tell ya, I've been quite productive the past few days!

This morning I skipped out on the barn...I was just too tired and needed to get a couple extra hours of sleep in. When I woke up I immediately began rummaging through my organized cabinets looking for something to bake.

Sugar, baking soda, baking powder, flour, vanilla..fresh eggs and butter?!

Since it wouldn't be a kitchen story without a blooper from me, I'd like to confess that I added the sugar in with the dry ingredients instead of whisking it in with the butter. (They taste fine. My mouth's a bit burnt, but they taste fine!)

We're moving soon, so my living room is currently separated into two wings- the "keep and move" wing and the "can we please go through this and get rid of as much as possible" wing. I stay out of that room a lot lately. I don't like clutter. Or piles.

I headed into the office to clean the litterbox.
Carson is half bengal, and LOVES the water. He currently eats Max Cat all natural food- half a can of wet in the morning and a bowl of dry at night. DO NOT try to give him dry in the morning. Oh my.

A while back I was getting worried because no matter how often I cleaned his box, it smelled, had a TON of kitty pee, and the litter turned to cement and was all over the box so I had to clean it thoroughly every day. I wondered about switching his food, this that and the other thing, and finally decided on (after my mom assured me it was just him, and he had been seen by a vet a few years prior) the fact that my wonderful son cat just had an overactive bladder. He always went IN the box, so that's a plus, right?

I heard about a cat litter that was supposed to be brilliant. It is made out of corn fibers and baking soda and was all natural. I picked up a bag, figuring it was the same price as the other bag we used and it was worth a shot-

Arm & Hammer Essentials Natural Clumping Cat Litter



I'm human. Sometimes I forget- this is more common if I'm working a 16 hour shift, or if I have a lot to do in the morning (like pack up an apartment) before work.

His litterbox sometimes suffers.

I went three days this week. I've already slapped my own wrist, trust me- but this morning I went to clean the box.

No odor.
No cement.
Perfect clumps.

There was NO proof that I'd waited more than my usual once a day to clean his bathroom.

I was afraid he wouldn't like the corn fiber- but he seems to be fine with it. Not only that, but it's softer and more inviting than regular litter, and the bag is so light, I don't have to worry about people staring at me while I walk in with nine bags of groceries and a bag of litter- (yes, I try to make only one trip!)

If you have kitties, and you enjoy the all natural stuff, please give this a try!