Animals I Love

The Mellowest Cat Ever

I love him because he playfully grabbed my fingers and purred at me like we were old friends, just sitting on the floor of our living room.

But we were at Home Depot, he was in a shopping cart, and I was a stranger.

I might have stolen him…

if his owner hadn’t been so sweet and funny and obviously smitten with her little feline friend.  She told me that Kitty is easier to shop with than her children were when they were young.

Good Kitty!

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Llamas & Rabbits

My son and I love the Llama Llama books by Anna Dewdney.

We have three and can’t wait to get the others.

Dewdney’s latest is on the right – Llama Llama Home With Mama.

Here is a sneak peek at one of her charming new illustrations – hope I don’t get in trouble for sharing!

You can’t read this title online as yet, but you can peruse the others with this link to wegivebooks.org.

This site offers a great way to donate books to children who need them, but you don’t have to donate just to look.  Don’t worry if a donation message pops up.  Just click the “x” to finish.  Unless you want to donate!  🙂

While you’re there, check out Nobunny’s Perfect too!  We have only read it online and it’s already another of our favorites.  The bunnies have a few behavioral issues in common with my son.  😐

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A Sly Squirrel

I don’t remember where I got this little fellow – maybe a gift from the lovely mom-in-law??

Every year, I forget that he’s in the closet, waiting patiently with the other decorations.

When I open the box and find him inside, I always feel like I’ve bumped into an old friend.

He is my favorite little bit of Fall.  🙂

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Happy Monday!

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P.S.  Someday soon I’ll post more pictures of the things my son tapes to the walls in our house.  He does it so often that we almost don’t notice anymore.  Almost.

This thing was taped up across from the laundry doors for over a week.  😐  It was really in the way and we never understood exactly what it was, but we left it alone.

What can I say?  The boy loves paper and tape and weird little stuff (just like his mama) and he does everything with such purpose.  If he thinks it needs to be on our wall, then it’s pretty much gonna be on our wall.

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#14 – Things I sorta already knew…

but learned again this week:

• If I let the child mix the colors, the cupcakes will have dusky purple frosting and his fingertips will be blue and red for several days.
• If we get to Pump It Up right when it opens, the little boy will actually tire out and want to go before they make us leave.
• It’s fun to make popcorn with your kid.
• No matter how many fights I have with our insurance companies, there is always someone dear to me who is fighting harder and getting less.
• I am not social with strangers.
• Despite my best efforts, my default demeanor, facial expression, and/or assumed disposition are NOT sunny and welcoming.
• I have the best two brothers in the entire world.
• I want my mom to let me choose her next dog.
• I love to read good books.  Kindred has surprised me.  It’s not what I expected.  I know the minute I finish the last page, I will seek out Butler’s other works.
• I don’t like reading dust jackets or forewords or authors’ notes until I finish a book.  I go in blind, and either I’m engaged or I’m not.
• It’s not possible to find the right loaf pan for my pumpkin bread recipe.
• Our dishwasher is dying.
• My son always leaves his fast food toys at the restaurant.  On purpose.
• If I find a beauty product that I like, they will stop making it or at least stop carrying it anywhere that doesn’t charge $5.00 for shipping.  This goes for cheese too…sigh…Vons hasn’t stocked the Saga classic blue brie since I raved about it to my facebook friends.  And Leerdammer…best cheese ever…I don’t know where to get it locally either.
• I go through thirft store withdrawals if I don’t get to one of them every few weeks.
• My oldest cat doesn’t see as well as she used to.  Yes, Poupon, that’s a cat treat on the floor in front of you.
• The little boy really never tires of his Legos.
• I really hate carpet next to sinks and showers.  Gross.
• Our cats shed enough fur to make another cat.
• I don’t want another cat.  Especially not a fake one crafted from fur off the others.
• The words “vacation” and “break” can be defined as a period of time in which mothers are required to work harder.
• Everything really does seem better when you already know when your next chocolate is happening.  🙂

Happy Tuesday!

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My Preferences

A. The cat doesn’t barf.

B: If the cat is going to barf, then he warns me first.

C: If the cat is going to barf and isn’t going to warn me, then he does it out in the open, on the tile, where I can see it.

D: If the cat is going to barf somewhere obscured from my view, then he at least has the courtesy not to do it under my favorite dining chair.

E. If the cat is going to barf under my favorite chair, then he angles it toward the front instead of behind the back leg where it will smear all over the floor when I pull my chair out to sit down for dinner.  😦

F. If the cat is going to barf behind the back leg of my favorite chair, then he has a dry barf instead of a liquidy puddle that travels under the giant bookcase thing that I can’t move.

G. If the cat is going to barf a big runny river under the giant bookcase thing, then he at least waits until after I finish my dinner so that I don’t gag on my pasta because everything around me smells like old tuna and why the hell is that?!?  😯

H. If the cat is going to barf  under my chair and ruin my dinner, then he meows or something before I walk through the slimy, liquidy, chair-leggity pile and track it all over the kitchen floor.

I. If the cat is going to barf a pile for me to step in every time he freaking eats, then he doesn’t he eat so much so fast.

I. If the cat is going to barf up my evening so violently, then husband is home to witness my despair.  😦

J. If the cat is going to barf when husband isn’t home, then at least I remember to get my camera so husband can suffer it again with me later.

K. If the cat is going to barf, then he goes to a friend’s house to do it!

I’m just sayin’.

Evil dirty kitty!

Grrrrr.  😡

Happy Saturday!

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