i've succumbed.

BIG NEWZ: just kitten has gone tumblr! it's probably going to be a load of nonsense and more pictures of cats but that's cool right? here she is.

one more thing: while i was browsing tumblr trying to figure the dang thing out i stumbled across this gem. cashcats.biz. all it is is pictures of cats with money. go ahead. take a look. you are so, so welcome.

(ps. last night i showed chris cashcats while we were hanging out with some friends and he rolled his eyes at me and said "oh my gosh mal" like he does whenever i show him anything that has to do with cats. especially around other people. and then later that night he told me he wanted to look at it again, and i said "what! i thought you hated that!" and he said "i don't. not really. i just didn't know how to tell you that i liked it." hahahahhahahaha)

spooks & catz.

ladies and gents. today is a very sad day. we gave up the last of the little guys. i had to bid farewell to this little fluffball.

i may have cried my eyes out about it for a good while. such a cute little kitty. gah. i just wanted to keep them all.

:(

on a lighter note. WE ARE KEEPING CARL!!!

i am so joyous about this. carl is my little babe and has been my pal from the beginning. so glad we're keeping her. she's just the best.

so ends the kitten era at my house. 'cept we still have carl. but what a fun time it was. i'm going to miss those little guys.

and...

HAPPY HALLOW-WEEN!!

i am going to be a cheetah. it was inspired by this awesome makeup which i am going to attempt.

now go party your pants off, all you demons!! i am stoked to see pictures of everyone's costumes.

official advertisement.

shame on utah for making a law that you can't own more than two cats. i would keep every one of them if we could. but we just can't. we have to give them up. the time has come to send the kitties off to their new homes. except, they don't have homes yet. so if you want a kitty, please let me know and you can have one by october. i cannot even pick a favorite because they are ALL so perfect. you have no idea how awesome my life has been for the last 1 1/2 months. there are 4 of them and they are all super fun and playful and adorable as heck. i am going to die when they leave. OH. and we think they are all girls except for the black and white fluffy one. click for the original story. and scroll down for cute overload.

white

fluffy (one green eye, one blue. best thing ever.)

tiger black

grey

(okay...maybe he is my favorite. chris and i named him carl.)

they like perching on you.

and sitting in your lap.

bundles of joy

obese

Pip is starting to look so preggers. When we got her she weighed under five pounds. Then she got sick and lost even more weight. She was the skinniest little pregnant twig. Now she eats about 27 times a day and cries about it nonstop and we can't feed her fast enough. She's getting more obese by the minute. She is also such a super grouchy brat and has the craziest mood swings. Typical preggers.
She's also been sneaking into my closet. She'd better not be scouting out a good birthing spot in there. So help me, if she has babies all over my shoes...

surprise!

So you know how we got our precious new kitty? Well she got sick. Sneezing and hacking and lethargy and such. So I took her to the vet to get her looked at. And the doctor is examining her. He starts prodding her belly and then says, "She's pregnant." Oh.
I am still shocked, because she is still so little, and how on earth could the shelter have missed that? It looks like we got a killer deal. Ten cats for the price of one! And we have never had a girl pet before and therefore have never had to experience the miracle of catbirth. I am bloody excited.
So, we will have kittens in a month or two. Seriously a dream come true. You are all invited to come on over and have a heart attack from kitten overload.





yes. Yes. YES. BE EXCITED.

so much goodness this week

WE GOT A NEW KITTY CAT. My mom has been watching too much Cats 101 lately. Heh heh heh. Basically she started wanting a cuddly lap cat because Gary is a psychotic, rowdy crazy that just wants to play all the time. Completely spontaneous, she went to the animal shelter and got this little bundle of joy. She is the sweetest most cuddly cat ever. She even purrs and meows like a normal cat. Imagine that! I LOVE HER. So so so much. Her name is Pippi.



(of course, Gary is still my one true love.)



On Friday it was Chris's birthday. The big 2-0!! Crazy! We finally went to Sammy's Cafe in Provo for his birthday. Dang it was good. And we went shopping and mini golfing and all kinds of neat things. It was just a really fun day.



We also longboarded Provo Canyon this week.







And we celebrated Meggie's birthday!





And now we are having a nice relaxing Father's Day. Happy Day, Pops!



What a good week.

swaddled

Kitty got a bath today.



Now he is super soft and smells like flowers. Plus, my arms are not bloody shredded stumps. Result!

kitty loves me

day 8: un momento.

A moment? I've been pondering this all day. Any moment in my entire life, huh? K I've got one.

So two summers ago I stayed with my Grandparents in Michigan. I was there for a month when my mom and brother also came to join. And they brought a grand prize. My doggie Eddy and my much, MUCH missed kitty Chili.



(That's Chili. All of our cats are orange. We love Gingers, even in cat form.)
After a month in an animal-less home I was DYING to see my cat. We had wonderful bonding time, Chili and I. My Gran forbid him from my room but I snuck him in. We built card houses and made cookies and painted our nails and rode bikes. And we sat on the roof at sunset and viewed the world. Epic, right?? (ha) So we hung around for a bit then my brother and cousins and I went to Ohio for about a week. I told my Gran, "Take care of Chili and DON'T LET HIM OUTSIDE!!" And she said okay.
When we got back from Ohio I looked for Chili first thing. He was nowhere to be found.
I was getting scared. I finally found him in the deepest darkest corner of the garage curled up into a ball. I knew right off something was wrong because he didn't look up when I came close to him. I touched him and he cried. The worst noise I have ever beheld. I freaked. I picked him up. And he was like a ragdoll. He felt very lumpy, and so broken. I ran to my mom in hysterics and we rushed him to the vet. They said they would do everything they could for him. I got home and cried my eyes out. I knew what was going to happen. I just knew it.
Sure enough, my mom got a call. They'd put him to sleep because he had so many broken bones and internal bleeding. I told my Gran to not let him outside but he got out anyways, and prolly got hit by a car. I cried every night for a week. I can't express to you the amount of love I'd had for that silly cat. There is a whole separate part of your heart reserved for animals, I think. And when it breaks it's a certain kind of pain. It's horrible.

So now for the good, not horribly depressing part: On our way back to Utah, we stayed at my cousin's in Kansas for a week and a half. My mom and Aunt Sarah announced that they were making a Costco run. When they got back I was slumped on the couch with my back to the door, playing on a laptop. I yelled hello but didn't move. Then, the moment: suddenly, magically, miraculously, a hand appeared in front of my face and a perfect little orange kitten plopped right on my lap. I screamed and burst out crying simultaneously. 2 MUCH CUTE 2 HANDLE. All my cousins zapped as if magnetized right to me on the couch going "AWWWWW!!!! AWWWW!!!!!!!" And trying to pet him but I could not let him go. I was sooooooooo in heaven. We spent two days laboriously trying to find the perfect name for him. My cousin Olivia finally blurted out "Gary" and so it was done.



Aunt Sarah with baby Gary. I love that babe.

his insanity keeps me sane.

Came into my room and saw this.


Again, came into my room and saw this.


Yep. I was laying reading my textbook when he sat right on my chest and started savagely biting my face.


(Okay, okay. I love my cat more than just about anything and I will probably be like Dudley's aunt on Harry Potter that babysits Harry and shows him photo albums of her 70 cats. SO WHAT.)
(The only person that will ever bother reading this post is Nicole)
(I love you Nicole)

last night.

I covered him up and he stayed there. What a freaking cutie.

a kat a day keeps the doctor away.

You know how people have cravings for chocolate or to listen to a certain song? Well I am having a craving to hold a kitten. It's been waaaayyy too long.

Sourcie

so sick of doing homework

So I took a break and looked at this for a while. I want to spend forever on that blog. I LOVE ANIMALS SO DERN MUCH! They are the best things on the earth. I just want to watch them and cuddle them and learn about them and be friends with them and help them all the time. They are so innocent and happy. They are so smart. And really funny. And incredibly beautiful. They are the GREATEST.

Yesterday night Gary was sleeping on my bed and yawned and I saw blood in his mouth. So I looked in there and there is a HUGE gash on his tongue. It is the most painful thing to look at. It just gives me the chills thinking about how it happened and how bad it must hurt. It looks like a hook caught it and ripped a huge chunk out. It is all purple and red and white; it is really the worst. I would take a picture and show but it would probably make you throw up. My poor kitty. Bleh.

goodnight moon.

Tonight, my brother, my cat and Michael Scott were my friends.
Sometimes these antisocial nights feel really good and much needed.

far beyond the valley of insane.

Last night I was doing my homework like a good girl when I heard a noise outside. I looked out my window to see Gary sitting in the middle of the street. With a car driving mere feet away from him. Insane weirdo. So of course I bolted downstairs to save him.
I called him and he came running towards me. Then lo and behold ANOTHER cat came following him from the bushes across the street! I scooped up Gary and laughed in his face. He is starting a gang I bet.



The scoundrels.

Then he started getting all twitchy so I let him down and he ran over to the other cat and they started doing weird cat mewing at each other with their tails puffed up to 10 feet in diameter. Then Gary came back to the porch and the other cat stayed on our sidewalk. So I went inside because I thought they were afraid of me. And I peered out the window. Nothing happened. So I called Gary inside and went back upstairs.
Here's where all sanity left the world.
About 15 minutes later, I am upstairs and it is dark outside and I hear this vicious cat fight going on. It sounded like it was in my house. Our basement window was open. So I ran downstairs and saw Eddy in front of our back screen door whining and twitching because he wanted to go outside so bad. I knew he knew where those crazy cats were. So I opened the door. Eddy unleashed and sprinted over into my neighbor's yard through our trees. It sounded like a full on EXPLOSION over there. There was a few full seconds of all this SUPER loud banging and crashing. Then I saw a dark shape fly off towards the left along my other neighbor's fence. Then I saw another shape tearing over to the neighbor's yard on the other side. It was Gary. And this is how I could tell. He was streaking over there unearthly fast. Then he tried to jump over my neighbor's tall white fence and couldn't make it, so he slammed into the fence. Twisting and flying all over the place. Hit the ground and took off running.
He came back in later all exhausted looking and zonked out on my bed.
Unbelievable.