"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Cats, Distractions, Playing With Weather, Ruby the Dog, Utter Silliness, videos on Apr 13th, 2010
I let Minnie outside for a little while today. Griswald is banned from the Great Outdoors because he always gets “the call of the wild” and tries to break for broader and greener pastures. Then I have to chase all over the neighborhood trying to recapture him. Also, he is very, very, very stupid and […]
Posted in Cats, Distractions, dumb things I have done, Photo entries, Utter Silliness on Dec 13th, 2009
Too bad if you didn’t. For a bit of context. I don’t know why, but when I lay on my stomach to read, Griswald seems to think that it is a great idea to curl up on my butt. I suppose it is a warm, soft cushion, and cats are magnetically drawn to anything that […]
Posted in "Greenie II", bike commuting, Burley, Cats, Playing With Weather on Nov 21st, 2009
Today started out a little frustrating. I took off from home to head to work, and heard a weird noise coming from my back wheel. Turns out a staple had made itself at home in the tread of my tire. I tried to pull it out, but one of the ends broke off in the […]
Posted in Cats on Oct 26th, 2009
$110.00 and a gruesome car ride behind me, both cats are vaccinated for another year. Bonus purchase of flea treatments all around, as Ruby has managed to bring in a late-season infestation of fleas. Ruby’s vaccinations took place back in August. The cats were due last month, but I was too broke, so it had […]
Posted in Cats, Distractions, Family, Utter Silliness on May 7th, 2009
This entry is mainly for my sister’s amusement, though I am sure other folks will enjoy the adventures of Maru, a Scottish Fold cat from Japan. You can watch videos of Maru in bouncey, pouncey action, too. Maru is a round-faced, round-eyed, stocky mostly-grey-tabby cat who reminds me of Boda, my sister’s glorious oaf of […]
Posted in Cats on Mar 11th, 2009
I began to see the (dark) humor of the situation: Okay…back to the beginning of the story. So, yesterday, around 5:00 p.m.-ish, I decided to boil up some water for a pot of tea. So I filled the pot, turned on the burner, and set the cat on fire. Wait…WHAT??? Yeah…let’s try that one again. […]
Posted in Cats on Mar 10th, 2009
Griswald An Owl Big, pointy ears Big pointy tufts that look like ears Large yellow eyes Large yellow eyes Shaped like a small tree stump Shaped like a small tree stump Surprisingly loud, yet squeaky voice Surprisingly loud, resonant voice Is hell on mice Hell on mice even moreso Gallumphs through the house occasionally running […]
Posted in Cats, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Sewing on Feb 6th, 2009
I recently finished making a new blouse, and it turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself. I decided today that I was going to take a picture of it on myself, since my modern dressmaker’s dummy is broken and it looked lousy on the circa 1914 one. So, I set up my […]
Posted in Cats, Ruby the Dog, Utter Silliness, Words I Like on Jan 29th, 2009
As a pet-owner, I have many nicknames for my pets, individually and collectively. I figured what the heck, I might as well highlight a bit of the silliness that is my life with critters. This one is Minnie Pearl. Mostly known as Minnie, but also as “dammit, kitty,” “kittygirl” “Little Miss” “Pesty-pest,” “small-cat,” “dumbass,” “Satan,” […]
Posted in Cats, dumb things I have done, Ruby the Dog on Jan 25th, 2009
I am obviously not a prescient woman, and have one especial blind spot in my planning; I scrub out the bathtub twice every two weeks. Okay, so I scrub it out once a week, every week. However, every two weeks, I give the dog a bath, and almost invariably, the dog gets her bath in […]