cody bear’s friends

it was a good morning, but a tiring morning….

we were short staffed at the rehab place i volunteer.  so basically we had 3 peeps doing the job six of us usually do.  i’m not mad though, i didn’t go last week because of the flu, and they were really busy without me.  i’m still learning the ropes at this place and i really like the people on my shift…

and the animals!  that’s a bobcat!  gorgeous, huh?

ok, so, now i’m off to meet with some dog geek friends of mine.  mostly dog trainers or volunteers that help at the animals shelter.  we’re going to have mediterranean food and then….play pictionary!  i haven’t played that in like….what….20 years.  i bought it for 6 bux at a second hand store and it has everything it needs. but, the pencils aren’t sharpened.  i have to find a sharpener.

so a moth got in some how.  penetrated our critter free fortress.  this vexes the cat, who decides the ironing board is the best vantage point to track the interloper and launch an attack.

i’ll skip the many picks where she scopes the moth, gets angry with me for ruining her attack, or embarrasses herself with some fake lioness posing.

ultimately…she doesn’t get tired of moth scoping, but rather, she feigns exhaustion to get me to leave.

fine kitty. but i will wake up in the morning and curse you for hairing the ironing board.  and the moth will still be flitting around, taunting you and eating my clothes.  sleep well.

i went to the dog park today…..

then i came home and took some pictures of my cat….

….naturally…

1. i never notice how much dust she has on her fur until i see her in high res! ( i have bad vision, so practicing with the manual settings has been enlightening…and difficult)

2. i have to go….tonight is promising to be the most dramatic lost EVER this season!

a few days ago we talked about on of spree’s kittyosyncracies: playing in the toilet.

here’s another silly thing she does….

that is the day bed at the front window.  the blinds are opened every morning so that they can look out the window all day. they love it.

IF i don’t open it soon enough, she sits there and stares through the blinds.  its very passive aggressive, i think.  “hello, why can’t i see out this window? oh, perhaps it is because the lazy human hasn’t waddled over here to open it for me….”

she also does this in the shower on mornings when i haven’t showered soon enough for her liking.  she sits in the tub and stares at me every time i walk by the bathroom or do something in there. “its 7:30 am!  why haven’t you baaaathed yet!?”

that’s my kitty, bless her heart.

it is time to blog about my cat (i can only remain wordless for so long!), who has been acting even weirder than normal, lately.  she will be ten this summer.  maybe she is going through a feline mid life crisis

have you ever seen those giant moth balls that are on a piece of plastic that you hang inside your bathroom bowl?  they’re really hard to find.  there is one store in town, some super walmart, that carries them.  i have to get them because if i don’t, …..my cat will spend all day playing in the toilet.  (before you suggest lowering the lid…it’s broken and i don’t feel like pestering the land lord for little things like that, as i want him to be more apt to help should a creepy neighbor problem arise)

anyway….it is gross.  she gets kitty litter/toilet water paw prints on the seat.  orrr, she will expect to sit on my lap and purr after that, then i have to treat her like a diseased mutant.

she also loves to hang out in the bathroom sink, but even more so…the tub.  she waits outside the shower curtain impatiently while i’m showering.  as soon as i open the curtain, she’s in.

that picture? that is her contemplating the giant mothball last night.  she hates those things!  heh heh heh.

she does weirder things, i can’t even mention them they’re so weird.

the dumbest thing she does….pounces on the dog when he runs in from the back yard.  he is tolerating it for the time being, but one day he might just put his paw down.

i love her, though, i do.  she gets over shadowed by cody bear alot.

ok, enough about the cat.

she does!  i brought some in off the line today, plop it on the bed and walk to the front of the house for some tid bit or other.  within a few minutes…

she’s camped out!

don’t even think about folding these t-shirts and jeans, cuz she is in for the long haul!

sitting at my desk last night, i opted for blatant procrastination over work.  i started pulling crap out of my top desk drawer, ….my collect all:

being the top desk drawer, it should have important stuff, that i use.  but it doesn’t.  i don’t use any of this stuff  . . . anymore:

paw print stamp

divot tool from scotland

wool dog doy, no squeaker, which is why it is unused

34 cent stamps

plastic 3″ ruler with letter opener

car dealership golf ball

pink chapstick

matches

dog bookmark

picture of long lost family members

hello kitty key ring with keys from house i lived in ten years ago in a different city

chopsticks

256kb jump drive. as IF!

garage sale dot stickers

red sharpie

swiss army knife

jewelry connectors for beading (i don’t, and have never, made jewelry)

1 dead AA battery

8 year old pepper spray

nail file

box of matches…with one match inside

and here’s the peanut gallery, wondering why i’m not just going to bed if i’m not going to get some work done:

sorry peanuts, but as cute and tired as you are, i must make myself more tired in the a.m. by not having accomplished anything.  that’s my destiny….

so, being medicated and tucked into my quilt, i had my trusty blackberry, my trusty cat and my trusty dog with me in bed.

the blackberry curve has a camera with flash in it.  lets see how this feature stood up to late night, decongestant induced product testing.

first the dog, resting by my feet…

oooh. that is NOT suitable for framing.

now the cat, coming back to bed after taking her nightly sips from a scotch glass of water she must have on the bedside table…

creepy!  i’m not sure i want these critters sleeping with me!

ok, so the blackberry camera feature is NOT up to snuff, but i still LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!

recapping, i did some lame blogging from my blackberry today during jury duty, which i  was not selected for. and my boss let me take the rest of the day off to rest up and kill this cold virus. i should be back to my normal congestion tomorrow!

now, i want you to see some more of my living room.  note: i do not have a couch.  i have a day bed and two cushy chairs.  the day bed has a picture window that overlooks the street.  this is where cody spends much of his time, perhaps, all when i’m gone.

he hangs out there, while i work on the computer. not here…

…on the doggie bed, 3. 5 feet from the day bed.

the cat typically can be found anywhere…

the moral of the story, if you’re thinking about getting a pet, maybe you don’t need to worry about spending the money on a cushy pet bed….

clearly they will still be comfortable.