It’s not spring here just yet, at least not according to the outside temperature which still prompts me to wear thick, long-sleeved shirts. (Chopper, meanwhile, wears shorts, but then Chopper wears shorts in a blizzard, so this means nothing. Well, nothing other than my constant ability to admire his shapely Chef Legs, but that’s neither here nor there.)

(Is there such a thing as “Chef Legs?” Chefs do a great deal of standing, and do therefore tone their muscles, rather like soccer players, who have, in my humble opinion, the best legs in the world… but I digress.)

So. Cleaning. Not quite spring cleaning.

The short of it is: we’re mired in it. I spent yesterday organizing our spice drawers, liberating old jars for new spices, and creating a new set of labels which I then slapped on the jars so that they’d all look pretty, like they matched, like they were part of a set or something. (From a distance, they even fool people!)

Today, we threw out things around the house and surveyed the garden (much, much pruning to be done), but more importantly, I’ve wallowed myself in deep reorganization regarding the computer and the website.

Short version: Blogging may be somewhat light until I get reorganization work done.

Long version: One gig of free space left on my computer and I’ve got how many photos and graphics I want to play with? Time to bite the bullet, snag a new hard drive and shuffle everything around so that Photoshop says nice things to me like “yes, I have room to play, thanks much” instead of “holyfreakinghell are you insane trying to save that huge-ass file?”

Second half of long version: Blog changes coming up. Things could get weird around here. I mean, weird, cuz, you know, we’re not at all weird now.

I said Mrrrreeeooowww.

Private moments with my catnip are strictly off limits!

(For more Weekend Cat Blogging, check out Clare and Kiri’s Eat Stuff!)

On the plus side, Platelicker clearly understands that stepping onto a frozen pond to retrieve a ball is a Very Bad Thing.

(Check out Sweetnicks for more Weekend Dog Blogging! Posts about food will continue when I remember where I buried the kitchen counter…)

We have an honorary new member!

Okay, so he doesn’t know it yet, and he missed the official day by a week or so, but see for yourselves. Wil Wheaton, the man, the dude, the Dennis…. no, wait… the Geek Extraordinaire (and one of my personal blogging heroes, I might add) has written a post titled Is it actually just about a sandwich? Yeah, I guess it is.

And is the post actually just about a grilled ham and cheese sandwich?

Yes it is.

And it’s hilarious.

Welcome to Gastroblogia, guymanndude. You rock.