All I ever do is cats

Winter is coming, did you bring your sweater?

Why can't caffeine wake me up like normal people?

I'm sitting next to the suggestive sculpture on the 6th floor Education building, waiting for my financial accounting class to start.

It's 2h45m long, and I'm already struggling to stay awake. Also, my exciting prof is away, and we have a sub. Its not looking very promising for this evening.

Classes kind of swept my feet from under me.

I swear, its still Friday, two weeks ago.

Jasmine - Videos

In organizing my photos, I found a couple classic videos of Jasmine I never shared. Hope you enjoy!

This is after getting home from getting spayed. We put the collar on her because she was licking her incision, but as you can see, this arrangement couldn't last long.

Here she is, getting a good bum wiggle in before pouncing.

When she went into heat, Kyle found out (by accident) that his impression of Lil Jon sounded a lot like a male cat!

On Cats

In my lifetime I've had 3 cats. Kind of. I got Dalila when I was 6, and we had to put her down earlier this year because of a stroke. She was nearly 14. Even though her pedigree stated I was her owner, she chose my mom. I was only ever her play friend, maybe some version of a litter mate. She got along much better with me in her final years, but she was never really my cat.

Then, Jasmine, though she stayed with us only a brief few weeks, became an important part of the family. She adopted Kyle and followed him devotedly, tripping him in the kitchen, eating his garden as he tried to weed.

Sunshine is the first cat to pick me. We have a grand time together, she snuggles against my legs while I read in bed in the evenings, she'll poke at my back through my desk chair in the mornings in order to convince some quality petting time out of me. She still flinches if I move a little too quickly or do something unexpected, but if I call her or motion to pet her, she'll come running.

Having a cat is nice.

More on Sunshine - Videos!

Sunshine and her new goldfish toy.

I mentioned earlier that we had her in a mesh kitty tent in our living room at nighttime in order to socialize her more effectively. Here's a video of her clamoring for some attention one morning as I got ready for work.

And this is her favourite toy, the laser. We call the way she plays "Laser Dance".

Good Morning, Sunshine!

{Sunshine, posing}

Say hello to our new PFA foster cat, Sunshine! She is quite the opposite of our former cat, Jasmine. She is a quiet, timid kitty, but we're sure enjoying her company!

It took her a couple days to come out of hiding, and she's been staying in a little mesh tent in our living room.

Now, whenever we let her out of her tent (she spends the day roaming the house, nightime inside) she loves all the attention she can weasel out of Kyle! His quiet habits during the day and his tendency to ignore her and let her do her own thing has really allowed her to open up to us.

She really does have a sweet little round face, and would probably do very well in a quiet household. It takes her some time, but she's opening up into a wonderful quiet cat!

Farewell, Jasmine!

{Crafting; mini M&Ms}

I'm getting ready to sell crochet cat toys at the People for Animals Fundraiser. Returning to crafting has been interesting. If I could not work and just do this, I'd be very happy.

{Jasmine finds a half knitted toy and destroys it helps with the process}

{See? Helping!}

Jasmine got adopted tonight! Hurrah! We're really happy for her, she was such a nice cat.

A new addition to the family: Jasmine

We've recently started fostering a cat for People for Animals Saskatchewan. Her name is Jasmine.

{Jasmine; lounging}

She's a very young cat, about 8 or 9 months old, and she's already had 7 kittens. Her kittens

have been weaned, and are up for adoption now. They're staying with another foster family.

She loves her food, and does a really good job of making a menace of herself in the kitchen.

{helping make supper}

We took her to my parents this Sunday for an afternoon outside. She adjusted really quickly and had a really good adventure outside!

{mom's hands; new harness}

{a nap with Grandma}

She's become really attached to Kyle (who isn't very interested). Everyone agrees that its adorable to watch him interact with her. She'll sit on his lap at the computer, or follow him everywhere.

{helping Kyle weed the garden}

If you live in the Regina area and are interested in adopting a wonderful cat, get in touch with me!

Catchphrase

Strong, like the Hulk!

A brief recap

Here's a quick preview of future, more detailed blog posts to come!

{The life of a great friend}

{And having to say goodbye}

{A return to a favourite pastime}

{Kyle's convocation; Bachelor of Science with Honours, Physics }

Including an introduction of our newest family member, Mr. Fish, aka Mista Eff.

The major source of stress at home

Good god, this is my life right now.

(if you can't tell, I'm one of the losing people with a lower threshold.)

Late nights

Kyle just woke himself up talking, and I quote:

"kldsjfLWOEFKJAL DKFJSJ

CRAZY THINGS!


...what?"

"you woke up and said 'crazy things' "

"I said what to the who now?



...



fuck

..."

aaand he's back asleep ~1.5 minutes later