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We have 2 cats.

For those who have been here before that is NOT news. One thing that I do have to say is that we also have ‘The Sandbox Kid’ in the house. She gets into the litter box and then - plays in the sand.

It does not feel too good to walk barefoot in the hallway with litter on the floor. If you ever want to see a fat broad do the 2 step rather quickly, spread littler when the lady is barefoot.

We now keep a broom stationed permanently in the hallway right near the littler box. This little kitty loves to play in it when the litter has not been used. I have no idea why, it just gets all over the floor. I guess a dustpan would also be good. OW

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I believe that before I had mentioned that we have 2 cats….yes?

Did I also mention that one sat on the head of the other when the other was being very buggy?

Well, the sitter has decided to strike again. She wanted to sit near me and get some attention. I wanted to hold her higher and snuggle since she is very cuddly. Well, she decided that she was comfortable where she was and sat on my hand and wrist. Since she weighs nearly 10 pounds, my hand was rather weighed down..When I tried to life her, she pushed with her front legs and made herself heavier.

She sat on it again ! This time, it was my hand and wrist.

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I confess. Having been going through some attacks of the allergies that abound here, I have been trying to get some sleep which gets missed when coughing, sneezing, wheezing….etc.

Yeah, sounds pleasant doesn’t it - NOT.

Benadryl only helps so far, the rest is up to my body. Did I hear a moment of silence there? I know that I did on this end. My husband has also gone through this collection of nasty things. He is kidnapping one of our cats and is going to sleep even as I type this article out. He likes to have a furry person sleep on his side. He says that the purr helps him to go to sleep easier. Works for me, too.

What is really fun is having an opinionated furry person sleeping on your if you need to turn over. Especially when she makes her displeasure known by chewing on toes to get you to stop moving. It does not work. The foot moves even more.

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Have you ever been in a conversation, said something, and then realized that it really sounded bad or weird? If you haven’t done this, then you must not talk much at all.

Just yesterday I found myself saying.” I can’t get on the back of the couch, but you can.” Now that might seem like a strange thing to say since the title of this blog lets you know that I am not skinny. My cat wanted me to empty a chair that she has claimed and the only place to put the stuff was MY chair. She of course talked back. Don’t tell me that animals do not alk back, it happens all the time. Frontline news, animals also talk back, just like kids do. I have even heard the other cat we have mutter under her breath as she walks away from being told off about something. Kitty cat cussing would you believe. Amazing.

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Well, something new has happened. Our van might need a new wheel bearing on the front tire, and our station wagon needs a new serpentine belt.

Oh joy of joys. That was sarcasm folks.

We have ways to get around, but I really like the idea that we do not have to ask for a ride. At lest we didn’t need to for a while. The van has a flat tire on top of it all. If we fix the flat, we might be able to drive it a little, and slowly, until the car is fixed. Meanwhile, we wait for the monthly money to come in so we can get the car going again. It seems like if it wasn’t one thing, it would be something else. I know that life shouldn’t be one breakdown after another, but that is something that does not show up often.

I will not let it get me down, we have been in worse situations. We at least have a good place to live, friends that can help us, family that loves us, and 2 cats that show their love every day. We are not alone.

We live in a country that medical care available, food available, and transportation available. That is more than some have around. So, while life might get frustrating, it is life. It can change. We have hope. Meanwhile, I will grab one of our cats, hug and love in her, listen to her purr out of my good ear (that hasn’t gone quiet from this flue stuff), and thank God for what we do have.

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Hello, my name is MUD.

I was walking and found a white cat paw under the arch of my foot. It was not planned, but it happened. If there is any critter on the face of the Earth that knows how to glare, a cat know how to glare.

I didn’t plan for it to happen, but it did. When I followed the offended fur purrson to apologize, the apology was ignored and she stayed as far from me as possible. I also feel like mud. Her paw is a whole lot smaller than my own clod-hopper (size 10). How do you apologize to a fur purrson when that purrson doesn’t understand English?

Well, I am just going to have to cringe and bear it until she decided to forgive me my trespass. I hope it isn’t long. In the past we have had cats that held grudges for a while. Waking up at night to find toes being chewed on definitely tells us that we did something wrong.

What’s this? I feel a soft white furry body rubbing on my shin. I am forgiven - YIPPEE.

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We have two cats. They both are in pictures in a way earlier post called “Internet Kitty”.

They have decided that they each ‘own’ one of us. The older of the two -Dipper- a dainty long haired female is about 6 years old now, she has claimed my husband. She weighs about 3 pounds.

The younger cat - Sami- is a short hair cat about 3 years old, has claimed me. She weighs about 9 pounds. They are so much fun sometimes it is amazing what antics that they will get up to. The latest has been almost a contest to see who can play with an invading cricket the longest.

The two cats will walk through the house side by side almost like one is the shadow of the other. The youngest one has never been fixed, yet still acts like a kitten is a lot of ways. The younger cat almost acts like a momma. Watching the two together can be fun.

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I’ve been thinking about some of the unusual animals that we’ve had. The one that comes to mind we called Junior. He was a neutered male cat that was solid black.

At the time that we had him, my husband was having seizures. He was having grand-mal and petit-mal types of seizures each day. One day he told me that when he would come out of a seizure, he would find Junior right next to him. The cat would be purring loudly right next to my husband’s head. I saw this happen one day when I had gone out into the yard to hang up laundry on the clothes line next door. Our neighbor allowed us to use it since she didn’t use it. While I was out there, I had locked the door to the trailer, because he was asleep. The next thing that I knew, Junior had found a way to get outside and was raising a ruckus. When I turned around and followed him, he led me to the front door, then through the trailer to the bedroom, where my husband had gotten out of bed and fallen onto the electric heater and was having a seizure. I rushed over and removed him from the heater just as it clicked on and the coils started to glow.

I expected to find that my husband’s stomach would be severely burned from the heater, but it wasn’t burned. Junior, our cat, had saved his life, if not his health. Another time my husband was standing in the kitchen when he toppled over onto the floor and went into a grand-mal seizure. Before I could get to him, Junior had inserted himself under my husband’s head and used his body to act as a cushion while my husband jerked in the seizure. He wouldn’t let me remove him until the seizure was stopped. The cat then got by my husband’s head and started to purr very loudly. My husband admitted that having Junior there purring helped him to recover from each seizure, and not be scared. We lost Junior in 1997 when he was 12 years old. We do not know why he died, we know that we miss him greatly.

People aren’t the only ones who can be heroes.

My husband no longer has seizures. We have other babies now. One of them, Dipper, is sensitive to when His blood sugar gets too low. God continues to bless.

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Yup, I said belly. Not mine of course, but the belly of our second cat - Sami (a,k,a, Samantha). I used to hear people say that cats do not demand attention, HA.

I’ve had cats for a while now and can very firmly attest to the fact of their demanding attention. Sami is mostly white and about 10 lbs of love. When she has decided that attention is needed, she will go belly up. Yes, that white belly showing is a sign of the need for petting. Her purr is rather comforting. If I try to rub the belly of our first cat, Dipper, well, where is the peroxide? Dipper’s picture is in another post called Internet Kitty. Sami has her picture there, too. Yes, Dipper still sits on the top of the computer and watches me as I surf the net. (That’s fun to say, now that I can do that.) Rubbing a soft belly is comforting to the person with fur who is being rubbed and for the person with skin who is doing the rubbing.

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No, this is not of a questionable nature.

When my husband and I sleep we find ourselves four beings in a two person bed. Our pets have decided to keep us company. I took a picture with our phone of my husband napping. He is ‘occupied territory’. There are two fur persons who are also sleeping. When we nap, we find that we have to move furry people before we can roll over.

This has gone on for so long that if my husband wants to nap, he expects to have at least one cat if not two with him to keep him company. One of our cats will even ‘tell’ him when it is time to nap by climbing onto his lap and yawning widely. Since he has heart trouble, we don’t mind the bossy cat demanding the nap. She has also been known to wake him up if he has trouble with his blood sugar dropping too low. He also has diabetes. This alone has saved him hospital visits. If a Diabetic’s blood sugar drops too low, severe medical trouble can occur, so it is important to monitor the levels each day. The American Diabetic Association has important guidelines for monitoring blood sugar levels.

Some people might not understand how close pets can get to their family. I am glad that ours seem to care a lot for us both. The attention they show is greatly appreciated.

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