Barbra's back in style.

Back in 1992 I was driving around Kansas City and ran across a garage sale. I wasn't going to stop except that I could see from my car a giant picture of Barbra Streisand. What the hell?! So I stopped and walked over to see what this was. It turns out they were selling a giant, and I mean giant, painted, wooden wall-piece of one of Barbra's blown-up album covers from the 70's-- "Songbird" to be exact. It was FAB--U--LOUS! And I just had to have it. I paid the $10 (only 10!) and fit it into the back of my little CRX and drove home to my new house-- my very first home outside living with my parents. I put it up on my bedroom wall and had it hanging on various bedroom walls through my moves over the years.

However, upon moving to San Francisco, my interest in the wall-piece and, honestly, my interest in Barbra had waned and I didn't want to hang it. I also didn't want to throw it out since it still was so FAB--U--LOUS. So it's been hiding in my closet ever since I moved here 3 years ago.

Well, now it's back in style, of sorts. Amaya, my cat, has been pooping and peeing in my little entryway for a few weeks instead of using her litterbox and I've done everything I can to try to clean the area and stop her from doing it there. But she persists. Yesterday I closed her off in the kitchen while I went to work so she would have to use the litterbox. There seemed no way to stop her from going in the entryway since there's no door or anything to block off the area. Then, it hit me-- Barbra! It's such a huge piece that I could use it to block the entryway. How perfect. It even has a picture of a dog in Barbra's hands which is perfect to stop a cat. Well, anyway, today's the first test of the new Barbra blockage system and I'll let you know how it goes. Again, Barbra's back in style!