BFFs

This is so cute.

Luna Kitty

"She's so high, high above me, she's so lovely."

My Loves

Two Headed Cat

Getting Through The Winter Together

Falling Out Of Bed

Someone's been hitting the catnip hard.

ExquisiCat® Crystals Fragrance Free Cat Litter

It takes two people to open the hypo-allergenic litter. Thanks Vinny!

It turns out one of the kitties, Luna Mew, is allergic to the new litter.

By allergic, I mean she shoots out 5 inch long green strings of snot upon one whiff of the WRONG and apparently dusty, LITTER.

Incoming!

And also keep your mouth closed when Luna sneezes. Eww.

Anyhow, I switched back to a fragrance free crystal litter, ExquisiCat® Crystals Fragrance Free Cat Litter.

After a few days of switching back to the dust free litter, Luna Mew's congestion is nearly gone. Hooray!

If your kitty has allergies, indicated by chronic congestion, sneezing or coughing ExquisiCat® Crystals Fragrance Free Cat Litter may be the litter for her!

Cat Cave

Laundry Basket Envy

Honey, I Shrunk The Cat's Legs

Room For Two

"Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz."


Nadia Dog: "Grrrrrrrrrrrrl!"
Luna Mew Kitten: "What?"



"Looks like a nice warm, EMPTY bed to me."


"Smells warm, too."


"U turn....."


"Don't know why she won't cuddle with me?"

Left To Their Own Devices.....

"There are doggy labor laws, prohibiting this sort of thing," says Nadia The Dog.

"Mom, will you carry my boogie board," whines Gio at the beach.

Even if he had said, "please," which he didn't, I would have said no.

"You're responsible for your own stuff," I remind him.

"Wah!" he screams.

I ignore him, and the beach-goers glaring staring that say, "you're a mean Mom! Help the poor kid for Peet's Coffee."

Poor kid? More like, poor Mom. However, left to his own devices Gio quickly came up with a solution to his problem.

"He, he, he," laughs Gio, amused by his own cleverness. "I attached the boogie board to Nadia."


Poor Nadia.

Chloe Reincarnating

"If I didn't have to work today, I would have gone to the SPCA to see if Chloe was there," I say to my BFF. "But that wouldn't work out mathematically in terms of reincarnation, would it?"

"No," says my BFF.

"How long does it take to reincarnate?" I ask.

"Fifty-two days," says my BFF.

And at the moment my brain still thinks Chloe's here. I can see her walking around the house in my mind.

I hear the blinds shuffle, and I see her walk out from behind the noise makers. She used to use the blinds to wake us up out of bed.

When I sit down on the couch for a breather, I feel her in my lap.

When I forget to close the door to outside, I worry she's gotten out of the house.

When there's something in my nose, I reach up expecting to pull out a Chloe hair, heading towards my sinus cavity. (We were close.)

I'm truly amazed how many times a day I think about her. I guess that's what happens when I live with someone for nearly 16 years.

Yes, I know she's in a better place, but without her, I surely am not. Death is hardest on those left behind. And right now, I'm having a really hard time.

In Loving Memory Chloe Kitty 1995-2011

Yesterday, Chloe showed me a picture of her Hubby, Shadow Cat, who passed seven years ago. I knew, then, she was ready to go to, whatever resides beyond our world.

She was the best kitty ever. Loving. Smart. Fun. Patient.

I miss her so much. She was my kitty soul mate. Now she is my kitty angel.

When I close my eyes, I see Chloe and Shadow, running through a field, chasing butterflies.

Nature's Miracle Skunk Odor Remover

Nadia the Dog, suspiciously resembling
the markings of her perpetrator(s).

Skunked Part 2 (Part 1 click here)

Midnight Friday August August 7:

"The dog can sleep outside," I say.

"No, she can't," says Hubby. "The skunks will come back to get her."

Of course, now there's more than one skunk. Oh the poor, poor thing.

"Well, she won't smell any worse than she does right now," I say. "Leave her outside, she's a DOG."

"I saw two opossums out there this morning, if the skunks don't get her, the opossums will," says Hubby. "I'm going to give her a bath."

And he did, at 12 o'clock in the morning, on a work night. True love. How sweet. Here's what he used.

30 minutes, and three dog washes later, he comes back in with the dog, and the smell. Granted it isn't as strong, but it's there, like oxygen in the air. Am I breathing? Not at the moment.

"See it's fine," he says skunk drunk. "I can't smell a thing."

And he was right he couldn't , but I sure as H-E-double hockey sticks, could.

"That's because you've been trapped in Skundedom for the last 30 minutes, and now you have skunk oozing from your pores," I say. "It's a part of who you are now, who you will always be.

Needless to say we moved the dog's bed, to HIS side of the bed before we went to sleep.

Friday August 7 9:00 a.m.

I wake up and notice the dog does not smell like a skunk. It seems Nature's Miracle Skunk Odor Remover truly is miraculous, but takes a bit of time to eliminate all the odor.

It's totally enzymatic! The last time Nadia got sprayed by a skunk, the headache inducing, nauseating, aromatherapy lasted a year. I wish I was exaggerating.

Application Instructions:
For the record, Hubby put it on right away and straight, no chaser. In other words, her fur was dry. He let that sit on her coat for about an hour or so, reapplying the solution several times. Then he washed her three times with shampoo, without rinsing the skunk remover.

Internet I sincerely hope you never need to know this, but if you do, whoomp, there it is.

Fan Club

The cat and dog were following me around the house this morning like a couple of groupies. There's nothing better, than a little love and adoration, from a fan club...