10/10/07

* * * Yesterday morning I let the cats out into the back yard, and I had to go chasing after Mister Boogers not once, but twice. Finally, I brought him inside and took off his collar and shut the door. Tommy and Sugarbutt were still outside, and when I heard Sugarbutt banging at the cat door, I went and let him in. Like a shot, Mister Boogers went flying by me, out the cat door, and into the yard. He was still collarless, and I thought about chasing him down, but finally I said “You know what, you fucking DOUCHEBAG, run away! See if I care! Asshole!” He wandered around the back yard for a little while, then came inside and took a nap. Maybe it’s not that he wants to go out of the back yard. Maybe it’s that he wants to be able to leave the back yard if he wants. Oh, who the fuck knows? Fred’s still got plans to make the back yard like Fort Knox, we’ll see how that goes.

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Have I mentioned that egg production has dropped off since the days have gotten so much shorter? Apparently egg production is tied to the amount of light a chicken sees in the course of a day. You can increase it by putting a light in their coop, but since chickens are born with the ability to lay a certain number of eggs (or so I’m told), we’re going to let things take a natural course and see how it goes. I think Frick is a little in love with me. He flies out of the chicken yard, usually around mid-morning, and if I step out into the back yard, he runs over next to me, looking up at me hopefully, and if I walk across the yard, he heels better than any dog I’ve seen. I know he’s really just hoping for food, but even when it’s apparent that there’s no food for him, he stays right next to me. Yesterday I was standing on the back steps taking pictures, and he stood on the step next to me the entire time I was out there, just looking up at me. When I came back into the house, he stood on the top step, looking through the cat door, for several minutes before he hopped down and went off across the yard. (flickr) I just know that one of these days he’s going to figure out the damn cat door, and I’m going to have to kill him because I WILL NOT have a chicken shitting in my house.
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The new fosters are doing well. They’re all friendly, at least to me, if not each other. They’re from four different litters and Patrice is the only really hissy one – she likes to stand in the doorway between the room and the closet (where the litter boxes are) and hiss at the other kittens when they go by. So far the litter box situation is looking good – no diarrhea, which is nice, considering what we went through with the Ka-Tet. Brolo REALLY likes that toy. Patrice really, really likes me. Keith is the most playful of the bunch, and very good at entertaining himself. Brolo goes for the sniff. “Hellew.” (Brolo) Pretty Chemda. Patrice is keeping an EYE on you. Such pretty markings, our Brolo. ******************************************** Tommy and Sugarbutt, feeling their oats: the pictorial.
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Previously 2006: As of today, I’ve been journaling for seven years. 2005: What I’m not going to miss is the rotten-egg gas Sugarbutt’s been suffering from lately. 2004: Off to Myrtle Beach. 2003: Instead, we should probably go for “Shizzle M. Andersizzle.” 2002: Why I journal. 2001: No entry. 2000: Okay, enough of that mushy crap. 1999: So. Welcome to my journal.]]>

46 thoughts on “10/10/07”

  1. Because we both keep forgetting to mention it, Frick is laying eggs now.
    But we still call her ‘him’, because that’s how we roll.

  2. Happy Journalversary!!! I love reading what you have to say everyday…here’s to another 8 years…at least!

  4. Oh, and it’s only been 8 years! Crap I thought it was longer then that, but apparently not! Here’s to another 8 more.

  5. Congrats on jornaling for so long.
    I really do not remember how long i have been reading your journal but i know i love to read all of your posts!!!!

  6. You’ve been the bright spot in our day. I bet we’ve all enjoyed reading you way more than you’ve enjoyed writing it. Keep it up!

  7. Well Happy Journalversary to you, Robyn. I think you were one of the first journallers I found online; can’t remember when that was, though.
    Anyway- please tell me you won’t kill and eat Frick. xoxo

  8. Happy journalversary! I’ve been reading for around 7 years. You make the internet a better place! 🙂

  9. Happy Anniversay Robyn! I so love reading about your life and your funny stories. I especially love the kitty pictures as I am a cat person myself. Its so adorable that you named the kittens after the KaTG show!!! Im a fan now, ever since you posted that first time you were listening to them, I went back and downloaded all of their old shows and they are what gets me through my days at work. So, Thanks for posting about them!! Keep smiling Robyn and Fred.

  10. happy journalversary. Oh forgot to mention that when you said you wanted chicken yesterday to smoke — I honestly thought “well, they’ve got a few in the backyard there!” — is that wrong?

  11. Hmm… I wonder how long I have been reading you. A long time that is for sure. I know had just started reading journals and you were a instant favorite!

  13. Happy Anniversay Robyn. I’ve been reading you for about five years, or maybe a little longer. I’ts so much fun reading about all the activities on the farm. Hope you stick around. Love all the kitty pictures. Thanks for sharing a bit of your life with us

  15. Happy Journalversary Robyn! I’ve been a reader since 2002. I started with Fred’s journal and you guys together helped me lose over 80 pounds. Now I’m a confirmed athlete, I’m doing my first Half Ironman Triathlon in 2 weeks. (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run) So, not only Happy Journalversary, but THANK YOU.

  17. Happy Journalversary, Robyn! I have been reading your journal for at least 7 of those 8 years. You’re a really great person, and I thank you for sharing your life with us. You have even given me a softer spot in my heart for cats! I found your journal through Fred’s journal. You both have been a real inspiration to me over the years. I have Fred’s book on my nightstand right now because I want to re-read it to refocus my efforts on my weight loss/exercise.
    P.S. On a side note – way to go Hannah! I’m trying to lose weight (hopefully more than 80 pounds over the course of the next year) by training for a much shorter triathlon than the one you are doing. Do you keep a journal online anywhere that I could read about your training and weight loss? I’d be really interested in reading about your progress. Good luck on your triathlon!

  18. Dear Robyn, I know I’m just a recent addition to your catfantastic reading groupies, but I want to tell you Thanks! I appreciate how honest you are with all you share and mostly how much you love your family. Especially all your furry kidz… Makes us other crazee cat ladies feel not as odd and offbeat(looney tunez?). It’s my belief there are one day going to be more of “us” and please dear Lawd, less of “them”(non cat lurvers). Saying this,my four rotten poopers are all slouched in various spots snoozing. So from Ozgood, Alice,Babylon,Kuchi,and me- Thanks!!!

  19. Happy Journalversary! I think I’ve been reading (close to daily) for 6 or 7 of those years. Wow, how time flies.
    I think you can litter train a chicken. Umm I’m sure of it. Why don’t you try it with Frick? Ha Ha! Just kidding – I don’t really know if you can train them. Frick is either a Momma’s Boy (girl) or just persistent on the hope of food.

  21. Happy Anniversary! Thanks from Sheena, Georgie, Kahlua, Charlie, Maya, Snickers and Turbo for making it OK to have seven cats!!

  22. WOW! 8 years already! I have been reading from the start- I was bored one night while working 2nd shift and found you-Time flies when we are having fun! 😉 Congrats on a great 8 years and I look forward to many more!

  23. Congrats on 8 years Robyn! I think I’ve been reading for about 5 years now. I wanted you to know, too, that you’ve inspired me to start volunteering for my local animal protection society. I start next month!

  24. More wishes for a Happy Journalversary! So surprised that the cats never think of getting a hold of one of those chickens. Have a great day.

  25. Happy Journalversary!! I think I’ve been reading about 5 years (would you by any chance have my first email so you could tell me? Hee) and enjoyed every minute of it! Thanks!

  27. I was asking myself “isn’t Frick a she?”
    Then I thought “ha ! Frickashe great chicken name”
    Yeah, I’m nuts, what can i say.
    Congrats on your 8 years. I have been reading for most of them. Ever since before Fred was Phat .Boy, time flies. :)))

  28. Congrats!
    I think I had been reading you for around a month when you posted the FancyPants poo episode. I thought/still think that you and Fred were hilarious trying to clean him.
    Speaking of poo. Have you ever noticed how chickens saunter across the yard and in a small pause…squirt the poo…then just keep doing their ‘walk like the egyptians’ walk as if nothing even happened? BTW, your ladies are gorgeous. They look so fluffy and soft.

  29. Happy Anniversary and many more, Robyn! It’s such a treat to get online in the mornings and read your blog. Thanks for all of the laughs, inspiration and information.

  32. Happy Journalversary. I’ve been reading you for a couple of years now and I love coming here cause you make me laugh!!!!
    Sounds like you named the fosters exactly right. Patrice hisses at everyone seems kind of fitting. And Brolo going for the sniff, doesn’t he always??? Good choices 🙂

  33. Happy journalversary! Yours is one of my all time favorites to read and always has been. I’m glad you’ve kept it up this long and hope you’ll continue to do it for a long, long time!

  36. Happy journalversary, Robyn! I’ve been with you the entire 8 years and I’ve enjoyed every single journal entry you’ve made. Both you and Fred make me laugh out loud frequently with your respective journal entries and it has been a highlight of my days, truly. I’ll clink my glass with yours to another 8 years, at least! :o)
    Janet

  39. Only eight years? It seems like you have been part of my life as long as some of my grandkids. I was “with” you and Fred (One Fat Man) since the beginning.
    Congrats!!!
    Sammi
    P.S. My favorite entries concerned the time Fred tried to “poison” you! LOL!!!

  40. I’ve been a lurker for a while. Just wanted to let you know that I’ve enjoyed your journal and checking in now and then. Happy journalversary.

  41. Happy journalverary!
    Frickashe!!! I love it!
    Did you mention lately if Jack Frost ever got re-adopted?

  44. Happy Journalversary from me too! I can’t remember how long I have been reading, but its a loooooong time! I found you originally by stumbling into Fred’s somehow.

  45. I’ve been lurking off and on since early 2000, before Fred had his journal. I don’t think I’ve ever commented, but I’ve definately enjoyed reading over the years. 🙂

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