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Meow Monday

Just another picture of my little guy (who is not so little anymore).  I told you he has a thing for paper towels, so here, he has unrolled all of them and is playing in the pile on the counter.  That's my boy!

My boy has done gone crazy ...

This is a funny picture.  This is my cat Maxwell.  He has a thing about paper towels - he likes to attack and destroy them.  So in this picture, (once you get passed the glowing evil eyes from the camera reflection), he has wedged himself into a package of paper towels ... all the better for shredding.  Ahh ... yet one more item that I have to keep behind a closed door so he can't get hurt.

Meow Monday - Maxwell has found the top of the fridge

and now Mr Mischiefalso known as Maxwell has found the top of the refrigerator. 

It's not like I don't already have enough to pick up from him knocking stuff one the floor.

Happy Halloween

That's my boy in his devil costume.

The indignity of it all.  Cats are not like dogs and my Maxwell was not too happy playing dress up.

No kids tonight, so I guess the candy will be brought into work tomorrow.  I think we missed some because we got home kindof late from work, but we usually don't have too many anyway. 

Still Playing

with the new camera.  Haven't had all that much time, but did take a few minutes to play around with pictures of the cats.  This one is of Mattie.  It was on total automatic and the camera did pretty well.  It fared less well with my white cat.  Had trouble distinguishing what to focus on, so I've got to play around some more.  What I really like is that the red eye reduction really works.  You know how with some pet pictures you get the red demon eye - this camera compensates for that very well.  This photo was with a flash, but no demonic eye. 

Mew is gone.

Today we lost our baby Mew.  He was almost 15 years old.  This is a picture I took of him last month for the 365 album.  I have raised Mew since he was a baby, bottle fed because he wasn't weaned.  Yesterday hubby called me in Tampa and said he hadn't eaten, which is just not like Mew, who has never missed a meal.  Today he went to the vet first thing.  They found a tumor in his abdomen, and he had fluid in his lungs.  At his age, and with the type of problems he had, the best option was to put him to sleep.  It was a very difficult decision for us, more so because I am out of town.

He is at peace now and breathing fine, visiting his siblings, Amy, Sonny, and Andrew.

We will miss him dearly.

 

Our New "Daughter"

I wanted to share a picture of our "new" kitty.  We've actually had her for a few months.  She showed up on our doorstep thin as a skeleton.  We've been feeding her, got her shots, and will shortly get her fixed. 

We've named her Marjorie - which happens to be Jay's paternal and My maternal Grandmother's name. 

We now have 5 M's.

Mew, Monty, Mattie, Michael, and Marjorie.

We're trying to convince her to be an indoor cat.  She stays in for awhile, but hasn't figured out the litterbox situation.  She will in due time I'm sure.

Cat Update

Monday, I took one of my cats (Monty) to the vet for a cleaning (a couple of weeks ago at his yearly shots and exam the doc said he needed a cleaning).  To make a long story short, he ended up having 2 teeth pulled - they do look sparkly white though.

So we brought him home Monday evening and he was still all wonky - kept tripping over himself and misjudging his leaps and jumps.  He's on liquid antibiotics and if you've ever tried to give a cat medication, just think about trying to squirt something in a cats mouth where he has just had teeth pulled.  It is oh, so much worse than normal.  He is just all legs and squirms all over the place.  I've got a technique now so it's done and over in a few seconds.

All and all he is recovering well, not quite liking the ground (or now they call it pate) style food since we normally feed him shreds or chunky bits, but he is dealing with it.  No crunchy food or treats for a week and we go back to the vet this weekend for a checkup.

Now I just need to schedule my own dental appointment and all will be good.

Cat Layout

So, I totally missed the Thursday Thirteen yesterday.  I had a topic all picked out, but work was just too busy, so I didn't make it online to post.  Check back next Thursday because I'll be here.

I started working on my kittens album, so here's a layout with one of their first photos.  That's Mattie and Michael (the terrible). Hard to believe that they are almost 4 years old.  This one is done with Scenic Route paper.  Enjoy!

Picture PostCard

I want to make this picture into a card or something.

It's my mother in laws cat and hubby took the picture.  You can tell just how fat she is, and the chair in the background gives you the optical illusion that she's even fatter.