Pets

I get so fed up with Sophie sometimes. We've made huge progress turning her from Satan-Kitty to Sort-of-Nice-Kitty. But she still doesn't interact well with her kittens. Honestly, I don't know how the kittens have survived this long. Sophie has just lost the priveledge of seeing her kittens unsup...

We've got snow that's nearly knee deep here, and it's still coming down strong. Looks like it's going to taper off later this afternoon and end by 8pm.We took some pictures outside this morning:The back of our house:The pond:Sara laying in the snow:Sara rooting around in the snow with her nose, i...

No pictures this time but the kittens made the transition from only being allowed out when supervised to being allowed out all the time. We left them out on their own last night while we slept, that was a first. Over the past few weeks we've been letting them show us while they're out what's…

Well, we took the kittens for their first vet visit. The appointment was at 4:15 so we had to leave right away when we got home at 3:30. Our vet is half an hour away and I had to stop at the bank. We made it right on time. About halfway to the vet we…

Current Mood: Relaxed but sleepy Current Music: I have Neverwinter Music stuck in my head. :) Those of you who've read my diary for awhile will know we adopted the little Tabby cat pictured above back in July I think it was. A co-worker of mine needed help finding a home for a stray cat…

I swear Sophie was put on this earth to test my patience. I'm about out, let me tell you. I have a pretty short fuse to begin with, on any given day there's at least a 50% chance that I'll have a bug up my ass about something.She'd been improving and then things started going…

The kittens turned 10 weeks old today. This is yet another milestone for them, they'll start leaving to go to new homes now.This is Kitten 1, he goes to his new home on Sunday. They're considering naming him Merlin, which I think would be absolutely perfect. I'll miss him, he's a sweety, he does ...

The kittens turned 9 weeks old today. They'll go to their new homes starting next weekend.Kitten 1, Black/Manx, Male:Kitten 2 Black/Manx, Male:Kitten 3, Black, Male:Kitten 4, Tortishell colored Female:Kitten 5, Grey Tabby, Male:And of course you can go here to see the kitten albums: http://www.ni...

Here's a selection of some of the better, fun kitten pics we've taken this month.Sophie playing with her babies:Kitten 5 kicking his brothers ass:Kittens 3 & 4 playing with mommy:Casper with one of the kittens:Everyone nursing:Not sure if this is kitten 1 or 2:Hubby getting their attention wi...

Kitten 1, Black/Manx, Male:Kitten 2 Black/Manx, Male:Kitten 3, Black, Male:Kitten 4, Tortishell colored Female:Kitten 5, Grey Tabby, Male:And of course you can go here to see the kitten albums: http://www.nilesweb.com/albums/kittens/