I don’t understand the question.
Why do they keep asking me how many cats I have?
What makes them think I have a lot of cats??
Ha.
That’s eight 40-pound containers of Fresh Step kitty litter weighing down the back of my car. Also known as 320 pounds of litter.
We were down to less than two 40-pound containers of litter, so I decided that a trip to Sam’s was in order, and I stocked UP. Needless to say, I didn’t get away with spending less than $100 at Sam’s this time around – but we’ve got enough litter for at least a couple of months (we don’t go through litter as quickly as you might think, really).
Then I stopped by Target and stocked up on canned cat food. And then I stopped by Publix and stocked up on baby food (which the fosters lovelovelove). Between the litter and the cat food, I should be all set for a while.
Unless someone dumps 30 more kittens on the doorstep. (That is not an invitation, Universe.)
With all that litter and cat food buying, I fully expected someone to give what I was buying The Look and then give me The Look and then say “How many cats do you HAVE?”, and I had a response all ready to go. Actually, I had two.
I was either going to put on my confused face and say “I don’t have any cats.”
OR
I was going to say “Just the one. But she poops a lot!”
But no one asked. Damnit.
Look what Aly made! It makes me laugh – I very well might have to use that picture to link to Jake and Elwood in the sidebar (whenever I get around to making them their own page, that is!)
Thanks, Aly!
Speaking of swooning, have you watched “Hung” on HBO yet? How is it possible that I have been unaware of Thomas Jane’s existence up until now? I sort of knew he was Patricia Arquette’s husband, but ho-ly crap! That man is SMOKING hot! I don’t even care that his umm…appendage may not measure up to his character’s (although a girl can dream).
I haven’t seen Hung, ’cause we no longer have HBO (we got rid of it because eventually all HBO shows end up on DVD, and we can sit and watch the shows to our hearts’ content), but it’s certainly on my future to-watch list!
I love Thomas Jane. He’s adorable!
Is it just me, or do the kitten’s eyes seem to be improving? I wonder if they could actually sort of “grow out of that?” They certainly look happy and healthy!
Their eyes do look a lot better since they’re not infected and goopy any more – but they’re not going to grow out of their eye issues, they’re all missing at least part of their upper eyelids. I suspect that they won’t all require extensive surgery (still waiting to hear back from the vet about that), but at least some of them will.
Wait, what? I’ve read some of the books that Bones is based on and I’m so sure she was never in a foster home. Did they veer pretty far away from the character from the books, then? (I saw 15 minutes of one episode, and that was all I could take. There were maggots. Apparently I can read about maggots but can’t bear to look at them.)
I read the first couple of Kathy Reichs’ Temperance Brennan novels, but I don’t really remember much about her personal history. In the show, her parents went missing and she and her brother ended up in the foster care system for a short period of time until her grandparents (I think) found out and rescued them. I don’t know why they felt the need to add that into the storyline, unless they thought maybe it added a darker, more tortured edge to the character (though you’d think that having her parents disappear would have been enough…)
About Firefox…
The new version has something I think they call “tab tearing”. If you click and pull down on a tab, it will “tear” it off into a new window. If you want to turn it off, there’s some instructions here: http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/07/08/how-to-disable-tab-tearing-in-firefox-3-5/
Thanks for that link!
Several people have recommended Google Chrome as an alternative browser to Firefox. I’m having such issues with Firefox lately that I think I’m going to give Google Chrome a try. I’ll report back on how it works for me!
Never realized how cool grey cats are. Those boys are adorable together. Wish I could see the intro to the general population. I’m sure you’ve done this in the past. Is there much growling, puffing up and hissing? That would be amusing to watch.
There’ll be lots of growling and hissing on the older cats’ part, I’m sure. It’s all going to depend on how submissive Jake and Elwood (I keep wanting to call him “Elroy”) are to the big cats. If they roll over and submit when the big cats get all hissy and smacky, things will probably go more smoothly than if they fight back.
I’ll see if I can’t get a picture or two of the new guys facing off with the big cats. It’ll certainly be an entertaining weekend!
“We had several hours of good, steady rain yesterday (I’m not complaining – we really needed it)” WOW! After all the rain you had this year, I never thought I’d hear you say that.
I never thought I’d have to say it either! But after that spring/ early summer of rain rain rain, we got a long stretch of no rain at all, so at this point we’ve needed the rain we’ve gotten this week. I’m never happy, you know – either I want it to stop raining, or it to rain!
I had trouble with my cat “Snickers” chewing on my lamp and telephone cords. I read somewhere on the net that to cure him of the habit to rub Ivory dish soap on the cord. I did that and he hasn’t been back to chew again.
That’s an excellent suggestion – I’m going to pick up some Ivory dish soap later this morning, and treat all the cords with it. With the new guys about to be running wild, I don’t want to lose any more cords to chewing! Fred lost a phone a few months ago because the kittens (Beulah and her siblings) chewed through the cord.
While I adore the show Bones (David Boreanz!!), I cannot stand Dr. Brennan. She’s gotten better through the seasons (the first two were really sort of awful), but I find her character so annoying I just want to bitch slap her and her wide-eyed, socially retarded self. Because, seriously, how can someone who supposedly knows so little about regular people and how to interact with them accessorize so well? Her nerd-like, research driven, self would NEVER know how to put together the necklaces and earrings she wears.
I never even thought of the accessorizing angle – that’s a really good point!
You’ve actually given me a boy name to consider – our son’s name is Jackson, and we have another player that needs to be given a name… Samuel perhaps?
I ADORE the name Jack (the only reason George and Gracie aren’t Jack and Diane is because Fred’s stepfather’s name is Jack!), and i ADORE the name Sam.
Now, can I interest you in “Bitchypoo” as a potential middle name, perhaps?
Unless Larry and/or Erica are over 6 ft. tall, I doubt either one of them will respond to Dad. I had to look at “>the pic a lonnnnnggg time to even find the note!
The picture doesn’t really show it, but the post-it is pretty eye-catching. I’m only 5’5″, and it caught my eye immediately as I walked to the post office door.
Maybe I should take some post-its to the post office and write “Larry! Erica! Read this!” and post it at eye level, then draw arrows on a couple more post-its leading up to the note!
“Life is too goddamn short to sit in the drive-thru for 20 minutes, especially when you’ve got shit to do and kittens at home that need some love.” I read this as “Life is too gd short to sit in the drive-thru for 20 minutes, esp. when you’ve got to shit.” Heh. Thought you were getting a bit personal there.
You are not the first person to misread my “shit to do” as “need to take a shit.”
PEOPLE. I do not discuss my bowel issues, I promise, and further I would not put it in such a rude and crass way. I might primly allude to having to go to the bathroom, but as for details, well, those are better left to the imagination, I think.
Hooray! All kinds of great name suggestions in the comments. I was wondering, though, were the kittens just loose in your yard? Were they just hanging around the cat food? They obviously knew somehow to stay put and wait for their entrance into Cat Nirvana!
One of them was curled up on the door mat, and the other was playing with something under the steps. As we approached the stoop, whoever was under the steps ran out to greet us, and the kitten on the door mat stood up and stretched and came over to greet us. We were concerned that perhaps there were more than just the two, but we didn’t see any more of them in the vicinity, and no more have shown up (thank god).
You’d think they would have put the kittens in a box, wouldn’t you? We’re pretty close to a busy road, and Jake and Elwood are young – they could have gotten seriously hurt!
Now I’m getting pissed off again, just thinking about it.
Robyn – Forgot to give my own suggestion for a podcast to listen to. One of my favorites is called
How Much Do We Love – its about 2 BFF’s who talk about things they love. Ive found so many great things I like just from hearing these 2 talk about them.
It just so happened that I got this comment at the perfect time – when I had time to go check out the website and download a few podcasts – and I like it a lot! I’m slowly working my way through the archives (I think I’m up to show #15), and it’s the perfect podcast to listen to when I’m doing housework or driving somewhere.
Thanks for the recommendation!
We went to see Julie and Julia this weekend. It is about a blogger who decides to cook everyone one of Julia Child’s cookbook recipe in one year. This is her first time blogging and I thought about you when she was starting her blog. Did you get crazy or kinda freaked out when you got your first comment?
Way back in the dark ages of 1999, I don’t believe there were such a thing as comments on journaling sites, though some people had forums to encourage discussion of posts. I’m pretty sure that a few weeks after I started my site, I asked if anyone was reading (though I knew there WERE some people reading – I kept an eagle eye on my stats via Sitemeter) and got two or three emails from readers. And I was THRILLED.
I read every comment I get, and I still love getting comments. I’m not so great at responding to them, because I suck, but I love getting them!
75 things you can compost, and thought you couldn’t.
Plus, have you ever tried ‘Chicken Poop Lip Balm?” Google it, I think it is funny.
The only thing that really surprised me about things you could compost was urine. I had no idea! I don’t know that I’m going to start collecting my urine in a jar to toss on the compost pile or anything, but it’s certainly interesting.
That Chicken Poop Lip Balm cracks me up!
Have you watched A&E’s new series, Hoarders? If not you can see it on their website. There is a woman who hoards food, if you wanna get into “should I eat this” I really really encourage you to watch. It’s a trainwreck!
I haven’t – A&E is another channel we no longer get – but I’m definitely going to check it out! It sounds like my kinda show.
Looky looky who’s about to go be tested, vaccinated and neutered!
Look at that smile and those long monkey toes!
Craaaazy kittens!
Bath time for Sammy.
I don’t know which I love more – the folded-back ears on the kitten in the back (Bill, I think), or Sam’s thrown up “I surrender!” paws.
Annoyed Sam.
Wild Hoyt.
Is it wrong to love it when they fight?
Kitten in a bowl!
Lafayette’s all “I’m trapped! I’m in prison! I can’t get out of here!” and Terry’s all “Hold on, brudder! I’ll break you out!”
Spanky does not approve of this business where he’s inside and his people are outside. He sits at the door and watches us, and occasionally he howls his displeasure.
Previously
2008: I am SO PISSED at myself, because I do fumble-fingered shit like that all the damn time.
2007: No entry.
2006: Pictures, you ask? Why of COURSE I have pictures.
2005: No entry.
2004: No entry.
2003: You say tomato, I say fuck you.
2002: “Cats don’t have lips, you freak.”
2001: “…and we’re willing to give this to you – coupons worth two HUNDRED and twenty-five DOLLARS! – for only $19.95!” he said, aflutter with the thrill of it all.
2000: Does the phrase “Through a lovely laxative effect” strike fear into your heart?