hash brown casserole recipe is here. I must have made that a LONG time ago, because I don’t even remember eating it.)
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If the person interested in the song sung by Chemda (of Keith and the Girl fame) wanted to email me, I might find my way clear to making a copy of the CD I bought off eBay and sending it your way (since it’s no longer available in the stores or anywhere online). You’ve gotta make at least a $5 donation to KATG in return, though, or buy something from their store.
I’m considering asking Fred to get me the KATG hoodie for my birthday.
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I’ve been tagged by Denise.
The explanation:
Obligatory intro: According to the rules…Each player of this game starts with the ‘6 weird things about you’. People who get tagged need to write a BLOG of their own 6 weird things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave a comment that says ‘you are tagged’ in their comments and tell them to read your BLOG.1. I desperately want to use the word “frippery” in a casual conversation, but I just can’t seem to make it fit in any of the conversations I’ve had recently, damnit.
2. I love peas. I LOVE PEAS. There’s no casserole on earth that won’t be improved by the addition of peas – preferably baby peas. I know that not everyone loves peas – my friend Liz reacts to unexpected peas in casseroles as if they are a personal affront and I think she fully believes that wars should be launched over the existence of peas – but I do. LOVE THEM.
3. There’s blog I am aware of, but do not read, that lists me under a column entitled “People who link to me.” I have never linked to this person, and sometimes I absolutely FUME that she has listed me as linking to her when I NEVER HAVE. I have no idea why it pisses me off so much, but it really really does. (Note: I don’t dislike the blog or the person, I just don’t read her, because I’m chronically behind in the journal/ blog reading I already do and don’t have room in my life for another blog unless I absolutely adore it.) (Note also: I fume about it, but I don’t email the person and ask her to take me off her list, because I know how fucking petty it is that it bothers me so.)
4. I can wiggle my ears like nobody’s business. If my ears were a little bigger, I do not doubt I’d be the Incredible Flying Woman. And to prove my ear-wiggling prowess, I present to you a movie I like to call “What a freakin’ dork” (you can really only see the ear on the left side of the screen wiggling, but trust me – they’re both flapping back and forth to beat the band):
I was all amused by myself at the end because I got confused between wiggling my ears and raising my eyebrows. I’m a mental giant, is what I am.
(Direct link here)
5. It doesn’t matter how many books I have
Books I own and have not yet read.
I always want MORE. It’s an illness. (Nance can attest to this one)
6. When I’m concentrating on something – usually reading – I wiggle my toes and my lower lip at the same time. Toes go left, lower lip goes left. Toes go right, lower lip goes right. I’d offer up a movie of that, but I’m afraid I’ve blow my badass cred already with the ear-wiggling thing.
As far as tagging six people, well, if you’re reading this, consider yourself tagged! Or if you want me to tag you, let me know and I will. How’s that?
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When I went to make that ear-wiggling movie above, I discovered that I had quite a bit of Maddy footage that I didn’t even realize I had. I edited it together (poorly) and here ’tis:
(Direct link here)
Damn, I miss that evil little brat.
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A few months ago, after I posted this entry and said I will be so thrilled to see the ass end of him that I will most likely do the goddamn Cabbage Patch as he goes down the driveway., I got a couple of comments and some emails suggesting I post a movie or pictures of myself doing the Cabbage Patch.
I don’t currently have a movie to offer you, but rest assured that I haven’t forgotten the request.
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I took the Christmas kittens to the pet store yesterday afternoon, and I was so proud of them. Unlike two weeks ago when I first got them, they were a little scared, but also very curious, so they didn’t huddle in the carrier and hiss at me. They wanted the hell OUT of that cage, of course, but they didn’t look terrified, and in the time I was there a lot of people stopped and exclaimed over how cute they were.
(Before I left the house, I had to use my manicure scissors to trim some of the fur from around Jack’s behind, because the thing about longhaired kittens is that they tend to get nasty stuff stuck in their fur, and there was some nasty stuff stuck in Jack’s hair that I couldn’t just pull out with a baby wipe. Poor Jack. I also took the cat brush into the room with me yesterday morning to see how they’d react to being brushed, and they LOVED IT, Jack especially.)
The volunteer who was there to clean the cages and I got to talking, and I discovered that she has fourteen cats. FOURTEEN.
I said to Fred, “I know you think we have too many cats, but -”
Fred said, “Whatever you’re about to say, keep in mind that I’m STILL going to think we have too many cats.”
I said, “But (the volunteer) has fourteen cats. FOURTEEN.”
“And we still have too many cats.”
“Compared to her, though, we barely have any cats at ALL.”
“And that’s still too many.”
Hmph.
When you give little kittens a lovely little snack before you brutally snatch them up and put them in a carrier to leave them in a cage where strangers will peer at them and exclaim over their loveliness, do not be surprised if they are so taken with the yumminess of said snack that they do the following:
(A little bit of plain yogurt, and they were licking their lips for 45 minutes.)
“Oh NO SHE DI’INT!”
“Bob! Bob!! BOB! Dude, I need me some of that primo catnip like you gave me last ni- What? YES it’s already gone. There are five of us, you think I’m not going to share? Okay well, maybe I didn’t WANT to share, but I didn’t have a choice. Those girls held me down and threatened to kiss me if I didn’t share, and I do believe you’re aware that all females are infested with cooties, yes? I need the strongest ‘nip you have, my fine man. Stat!”
“::Urrrp!:: Oh! ‘Scuse me. I’m still a little buzzed from last night. I think I got high and chased Kringle around and told him I was going to give him a slammin’ case of the cooties if he didn’t share, I can’t quite remember. It’s a bit of a blur.”
Merry “Addled” Kitten is the new poster kitten for the upcoming “Just Say No” program.
All of today’s uploaded pictures are hither.
PS: I swung by the pet store this morning and Merry and Noelle had been adopted. Kringle, Jack Frost, and Faith were hanging out calmly in their cage, looking not scared at ALL. I thought about popping in for a quick cuddle, but thought that might get them worked up and sad, so I didn’t.
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Previously2005: I imagine that when all three of our phones are in the same vicinity, we’ll get them confused and hijinx will ensue.
2004: Reader questions, answered.
2003: “Um, no,” I told Fred when he asked. “And not only no, but HELL no, and I’ll be out of the house whenever they come to interview you and tape you exercising and all that goofy-ass shit.”
2002: No entry.
2001: I guess he defines “tension” as “getting drunk and pawing every female in sight.”
2000: I practically woke up screaming, I tell you.
1999: Suddenly, it occurs to me that nestled next to my underwear is not the best place to put a bag of very potent catnip.]]>
26 thoughts on “12/21/06”
Hee hee- I use you as my example of how we hardly have any cats at all.
Also, Andy has totally forbade me from volunteering at our no-kill shelter. I’m allowed to send them money, though.
Oh I so know the long hair poop scope and clean. It gets better when they are older, but man! We had to clean Chloe’s butt more times than not and she HATED it. Now she keeps it clean herself because she’s a big girl.
this made me laugh out loud: “I know that not everyone loves peas – my friend Liz reacts to unexpected peas in casseroles as if they are a personal affront and I think she fully believes that wars should be launched over the existence of peas – but I do.”
also, your ear wiggling video is adorable. have a great holiday, and thanks for the card! (a friend looked at it the other day and said “who is mr. boogers and why does he hate me?”)
I am so jealous of the ear wiggling ability! Sorry for tagging you, but I loved reading your weird things! And man, if I lived anywhere near Alabama, that little orange kitty would so be mine. I love orange kitties. 🙂
Sugarbutt and Maddy: The Movie. I could watch them play for hours!
Catie: I’m glad I can provide a “She’s crazier than us” example for you. Heh!
Denise: Don’t apologize for tagging me – I thought it was an interesting meme and it gave me something to do in my entry today. 🙂
You know, I think the Christmas kitties could easily walk into parts in the play Cats. They are so unusual looking. The photos you take just get better and better.
What about being a pet photographer?! Are there enough crazy cat ladies and mens;) to keep you employed? I think so.
“Kick his ass Maddie, kick it” PRICELESS! And where is the rule written that with kitten/cat play, a time-out for cleaning is understood to be a time-out automatically? I continue playing with Aimee and JoJo all the time and they give me a look like, “dontcha see I’m cleaning here — auto time out???”
I don’t see how you do it — I’d have 53 cats if I fostered….
Oh my- you are NOT my “crazier than me” example. You are my “why does Robyn get a ton of cats and I don’t?” example.
Silly.
Awww, Maddy was such a cute little bad-ass in training!
That was the best video ever, Maddy was sooo not afraid. Had me giggling like a loon.
I showed my husband the picture of the smiling Kringle and asked him how could he not let me go to Alabama and adopt him right this instant. He just gave me a disappointed father look and lectured how we already have too many cats (we only have 4) and that one day we’ll be getting a dog so I should just quit talking about Kringle right now. Meh
Excellent ear wiggly video, and the ‘Just say no’ picture made me laugh out loud!
Thank you for the x-mas card, he’s hanging on our wall, hating on us whenever we walk by. Such lovely x-mas spirit the boog has 😉
Thanks for the card. I luv the Booger. My hubby brought the mail in and he was curious as to who the And3rson’s are. all I had to do was say ‘Bitchypoo’ and it was ‘OYeah! the cat woman online’. He loved the card. I’m always telling him to come look at something or I read him something from your blog. His favorites are the Mister Booger pics. thanks for sharing your life with us and bringing so many smiles and giggles.
I suppose I should have asked you long ago, because I have you linked on my journal under “Journals I read” or some such list. So. Do you mind that I have you linked? I won’t be offended if you’d like me to remove your name/link from the list, just let me know.
The ear wiggles made me laugh out loud…LOVE-IT
Now that you’ve lost so much weight, you need to buy some new frippery to wear the next time you and Fred go to the theater to see a musical. (“Frippery” is a GREAT word!)
Your ear-wiggling video is so damn cute. 🙂 And was Maddy chasing the shadow her tail made on the sunny carpet? Too funny!
Kath: Hell no, I don’t mind you linking me. I don’t mind *anyone* linking me, it just annoys me that she links me as being someone who links to her when I DON’T. In fact, if I *did* link to her, I wouldn’t mind if she linked to me as someone who linked to her.
It occurs to me that perhaps I need to get a life. 🙂
I’m glad you guys are enjoying the cards; I was extremely proud of that card. I don’t know how we’re going to top it next year!
Yeah I got my card last night too. I totally forgot I signed up. I’m looking at it all retarded thinking “Who the hell are the And3rsons? Do I know someone in Alabama? Do I know ANYONE that has my new address?” Then I opened it and was slap myself in the forehead duhhed. I’m such a tard. My kids liked Mr. Boogers though.
Love the video of Miss Maddy. Miz Poo really has a thing about butt sniffing. Even though you don’t have as many cats as the volunteer with 14, you still have your country cats. Once you move out there I’m sure they’ll become yours for good, even if they officially belong to the neighbors 😉 Newt is such a handsome boy.
hee! Loved the video. Can you give us a Maddy update? I’m dying to know how she is! 🙂
Loved the video of Maddy. I was laughing the entire time.
Now that you are going to live in the country you need to get some country cats to teach your city cats the ropes. Whole different world. See technically country cats don’t belong to anyone even it they sleep and eat at your house. So you can’t really count them.
Uh yeah. Fred thinks you have enough cats SO HE BUILDS A HEATED HOUSE FOR THE NEIGHBORS CATS! Sorry to yell but I think ole’ Fred is softer than you give him credit 😉
And yes Fred, if you feed/house/spay/neuter/love the neighbors cats it does NOT count! Somehow…
Oh, man.
I’ve been reading you for years and I think I’ve only de-lurked maybe once? But I’m not even done reading your entry for today and I HAD to skip ahead to comments and post: For the love of all that is holy, you wiggling your ears, raising your eyebrows, and cracking yourself up is the single most heelayrious shit I’ve seen in awhile. I shine with happiness!
Hee,gawd I LOVE you,Robyn-best cat photo caption writer in da world,and best cat mom par excellente’!
Okay Robyn. The more I see your cat pictures and cat videos, the more I want me a kitty. See, I used to be a total cat person. I wouldn’t even move in with my boyfriend 15 years ago, because he wouldn’t let me bring my cat with me. When I got married (see boyfriend above) he let me bring my cat with me, but he was a total ass about it. He hated cats and he really hated it when I got pregnant and then he became responsible for changing the kitty litter. He eventually started putting my cat outside, and next thing I knew, it ran away.
I have had one cat since then and it really didn’t work out. My new and improved husband is allergic to cats and we had to give her to someone else. I have found that I’m more of a dog person. But like I said, seeing all your fun pictures and videos makes me want another cat. But I can’t, because of my husbands allergies (or his clever lie). Do that make hypoallerginic cats??? HAHA
Ooh and one more thing before I end this book of a comment. We have 3 dogs and in our state (Kansas), they have a stupid law that says if you own more than 2 dogs, you have to have a permit and pay $20.00 a year. Do they have a law like that for cats? Since you own 6 I was curious if they made you pay a yearly permit fee on them.
Take care!
Loved the Maddy pics, especially where she was “playing” with Sugs and Ms. Pooh at the end. At least you can say you got her REALLY used to other cats 🙂 And I’ve never seen cats look quite as stoned as your foster kitties. You are one bad-ass nip lord-ess.
Books I own and have not yet read.
(A little bit of plain yogurt, and they were licking their lips for 45 minutes.)
“Oh NO SHE DI’INT!”
“Bob! Bob!! BOB! Dude, I need me some of that primo catnip like you gave me last ni- What? YES it’s already gone. There are five of us, you think I’m not going to share? Okay well, maybe I didn’t WANT to share, but I didn’t have a choice. Those girls held me down and threatened to kiss me if I didn’t share, and I do believe you’re aware that all females are infested with cooties, yes? I need the strongest ‘nip you have, my fine man. Stat!”
“::Urrrp!:: Oh! ‘Scuse me. I’m still a little buzzed from last night. I think I got high and chased Kringle around and told him I was going to give him a slammin’ case of the cooties if he didn’t share, I can’t quite remember. It’s a bit of a blur.”
Merry “Addled” Kitten is the new poster kitten for the upcoming “Just Say No” program.
All of today’s uploaded pictures are hither.
PS: I swung by the pet store this morning and Merry and Noelle had been adopted. Kringle, Jack Frost, and Faith were hanging out calmly in their cage, looking not scared at ALL. I thought about popping in for a quick cuddle, but thought that might get them worked up and sad, so I didn’t.
Hee hee- I use you as my example of how we hardly have any cats at all.
Also, Andy has totally forbade me from volunteering at our no-kill shelter. I’m allowed to send them money, though.
Oh I so know the long hair poop scope and clean. It gets better when they are older, but man! We had to clean Chloe’s butt more times than not and she HATED it. Now she keeps it clean herself because she’s a big girl.
this made me laugh out loud: “I know that not everyone loves peas – my friend Liz reacts to unexpected peas in casseroles as if they are a personal affront and I think she fully believes that wars should be launched over the existence of peas – but I do.”
also, your ear wiggling video is adorable. have a great holiday, and thanks for the card! (a friend looked at it the other day and said “who is mr. boogers and why does he hate me?”)
I am so jealous of the ear wiggling ability! Sorry for tagging you, but I loved reading your weird things! And man, if I lived anywhere near Alabama, that little orange kitty would so be mine. I love orange kitties. 🙂
Sugarbutt and Maddy: The Movie. I could watch them play for hours!
Catie: I’m glad I can provide a “She’s crazier than us” example for you. Heh!
Denise: Don’t apologize for tagging me – I thought it was an interesting meme and it gave me something to do in my entry today. 🙂
You know, I think the Christmas kitties could easily walk into parts in the play Cats. They are so unusual looking. The photos you take just get better and better.
What about being a pet photographer?! Are there enough crazy cat ladies and mens;) to keep you employed? I think so.
“Kick his ass Maddie, kick it” PRICELESS! And where is the rule written that with kitten/cat play, a time-out for cleaning is understood to be a time-out automatically? I continue playing with Aimee and JoJo all the time and they give me a look like, “dontcha see I’m cleaning here — auto time out???”
I don’t see how you do it — I’d have 53 cats if I fostered….
Oh my- you are NOT my “crazier than me” example. You are my “why does Robyn get a ton of cats and I don’t?” example.
Silly.
Awww, Maddy was such a cute little bad-ass in training!
That was the best video ever, Maddy was sooo not afraid. Had me giggling like a loon.
I showed my husband the picture of the smiling Kringle and asked him how could he not let me go to Alabama and adopt him right this instant. He just gave me a disappointed father look and lectured how we already have too many cats (we only have 4) and that one day we’ll be getting a dog so I should just quit talking about Kringle right now. Meh
Excellent ear wiggly video, and the ‘Just say no’ picture made me laugh out loud!
Thank you for the x-mas card, he’s hanging on our wall, hating on us whenever we walk by. Such lovely x-mas spirit the boog has 😉
Thanks for the card. I luv the Booger. My hubby brought the mail in and he was curious as to who the And3rson’s are. all I had to do was say ‘Bitchypoo’ and it was ‘OYeah! the cat woman online’. He loved the card. I’m always telling him to come look at something or I read him something from your blog. His favorites are the Mister Booger pics. thanks for sharing your life with us and bringing so many smiles and giggles.
I suppose I should have asked you long ago, because I have you linked on my journal under “Journals I read” or some such list. So. Do you mind that I have you linked? I won’t be offended if you’d like me to remove your name/link from the list, just let me know.
The ear wiggles made me laugh out loud…LOVE-IT
Now that you’ve lost so much weight, you need to buy some new frippery to wear the next time you and Fred go to the theater to see a musical. (“Frippery” is a GREAT word!)
Your ear-wiggling video is so damn cute. 🙂 And was Maddy chasing the shadow her tail made on the sunny carpet? Too funny!
Kath: Hell no, I don’t mind you linking me. I don’t mind *anyone* linking me, it just annoys me that she links me as being someone who links to her when I DON’T. In fact, if I *did* link to her, I wouldn’t mind if she linked to me as someone who linked to her.
It occurs to me that perhaps I need to get a life. 🙂
I’m glad you guys are enjoying the cards; I was extremely proud of that card. I don’t know how we’re going to top it next year!
Yeah I got my card last night too. I totally forgot I signed up. I’m looking at it all retarded thinking “Who the hell are the And3rsons? Do I know someone in Alabama? Do I know ANYONE that has my new address?” Then I opened it and was slap myself in the forehead duhhed. I’m such a tard. My kids liked Mr. Boogers though.
Love the video of Miss Maddy. Miz Poo really has a thing about butt sniffing. Even though you don’t have as many cats as the volunteer with 14, you still have your country cats. Once you move out there I’m sure they’ll become yours for good, even if they officially belong to the neighbors 😉 Newt is such a handsome boy.
hee! Loved the video. Can you give us a Maddy update? I’m dying to know how she is! 🙂
Loved the video of Maddy. I was laughing the entire time.
Now that you are going to live in the country you need to get some country cats to teach your city cats the ropes. Whole different world. See technically country cats don’t belong to anyone even it they sleep and eat at your house. So you can’t really count them.
Uh yeah. Fred thinks you have enough cats SO HE BUILDS A HEATED HOUSE FOR THE NEIGHBORS CATS! Sorry to yell but I think ole’ Fred is softer than you give him credit 😉
And yes Fred, if you feed/house/spay/neuter/love the neighbors cats it does NOT count! Somehow…
Oh, man.
I’ve been reading you for years and I think I’ve only de-lurked maybe once? But I’m not even done reading your entry for today and I HAD to skip ahead to comments and post: For the love of all that is holy, you wiggling your ears, raising your eyebrows, and cracking yourself up is the single most heelayrious shit I’ve seen in awhile. I shine with happiness!
Hee,gawd I LOVE you,Robyn-best cat photo caption writer in da world,and best cat mom par excellente’!
Okay Robyn. The more I see your cat pictures and cat videos, the more I want me a kitty. See, I used to be a total cat person. I wouldn’t even move in with my boyfriend 15 years ago, because he wouldn’t let me bring my cat with me. When I got married (see boyfriend above) he let me bring my cat with me, but he was a total ass about it. He hated cats and he really hated it when I got pregnant and then he became responsible for changing the kitty litter. He eventually started putting my cat outside, and next thing I knew, it ran away.
I have had one cat since then and it really didn’t work out. My new and improved husband is allergic to cats and we had to give her to someone else. I have found that I’m more of a dog person. But like I said, seeing all your fun pictures and videos makes me want another cat. But I can’t, because of my husbands allergies (or his clever lie). Do that make hypoallerginic cats??? HAHA
Ooh and one more thing before I end this book of a comment. We have 3 dogs and in our state (Kansas), they have a stupid law that says if you own more than 2 dogs, you have to have a permit and pay $20.00 a year. Do they have a law like that for cats? Since you own 6 I was curious if they made you pay a yearly permit fee on them.
Take care!
Loved the Maddy pics, especially where she was “playing” with Sugs and Ms. Pooh at the end. At least you can say you got her REALLY used to other cats 🙂 And I’ve never seen cats look quite as stoned as your foster kitties. You are one bad-ass nip lord-ess.