Having cats around, too. Curious cats, who jump. Impatient cats, angling for "people food" hand-outs, whose theme song would appear to be "Nearer, My Cook, to Thee."

And the always-possible Dumbsh*t Factor, of turning on the wrong burner--you know which one I mean: the one that still has the &%$*#!& cover on it. Man, that enamel paint stinks up the place....

~ K., whose January is January-ing all over her at present