Yesterday was my birthday! So did I paint the town red? Not exactly. I adopted another special needs cat. (If I don’t do it, who will?) Equally adorable to the one I have and looks a lot like Morgan except they are missing opposite eyes. It’s been exciting (cat adoption is never normal for me) and there will be posts about the ride. More to follow.
The best thing – I had to go to our local pet food
store yesterday. I hate going on Saturday. All the rescues are there with their adorable homeless critters. There were five dogs and all were beautiful and very calm. There is always a commotion on adoption days. Kids yelling. One woman came up to me (I have that kind of face) to tell me that she didn’t expect to go home with a dog (her family including Dad had picked out a beauty). I told her not to come on Saturdays. She said that they were looking but this was going so fast. I saw the dog the kids and Dad wanted. He was a beauty. Some sort of medium-sized terrier mix. Brown and black. Just beautiful. She confided that she has a Yorkie and another small dog and this dog was much calmer than either of the other two. It’s a beautiful thing to see a successful adoption. Warmed my heart.
Dear Siri – Our local radio station has a “Dear Siri” segment. You can call in with questions for her. The answers are like Judge Judy with a lot of bleeping going on (due to naughty words). It was funny the first few times but now it’s too predictable. This week Siri did a car commercial complete with bleeped words. I’m surprised there isn’t some sort of copyright infringement going on here.
A week of happy people. – This isn’t my favorite time of year. In my family, people wait until January to die. It’s their revenge to make us stand in the cold at the cemetery. This week there was some good. A really nice staff person at one of my local stores looked at what I was buying and advised me to wait two days. Something about a holiday sale. (Is Martin Luther King Day another black Friday?) I saved 25% on my purchases. Then a Starbucks barista confided her secret to being so upbeat. She keeps her “crap” at home. Very good advice for anyone serving the public.
Spastic spellcheck – Spellcheck is having issues with “it’s” and “its.” It doesn’t know which is which. It’s easy really. If you can put an “is” in there (it is), it requires an apostrophe. If not, it’s possessive and doesn’t. Spellcheck has been changing my words back and forth multiple times (the same word). Maybe she needs a time out.
So how was your week?
Welcome, new unnamed cat!!! Can’t wait to learn more about you!
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Coming soon! Her name is Grace O’Malley and she’s living up to her pirate name!
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Happy birthday – always good to stretch it out a bit…birthdays as well as muscles before exercise….
Another Grey! Grace is perfect and landed in the purrfect place. (Are you worried the pet adoption people will start going “Hey, here’s another one eyed one…we know just the person to show how cute it is” ?)
We’ve narrowly avoided bringing another dog home – luckily each one turned out to have collars and tags and owners grateful for the recovery….but on borrowed time. (“NOT!” says RC)
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She has a brother with one eye. Hoarding situation. Eye herpes must have come through. Sad. Ducked that bullet but you are so ready for another!
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It has to stop raining – the back yard is a mud hole…and just got a call The German and Ella may be needing to visit…so it’s like we have 3 dogs already….(washing towels in preparation for muddy foot wiping…not to mention the floor…)
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Awk! I remember Jake, my last indoor/outdoor cat. Wet paw prints all over the floor. Can’t even imagine three large dogs galloping in mud. Jake’s pee towels are ready if you need help.
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I LOVE that you do that. People who care for animals in need are angels on earth. And they’re rewarded with all the love animals can give us. Cats and dogs are truly the BEST!
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Thanks! The new cat rewarded with a bite on my finger. Doggone thing hurts! All good though. Poor thing is still scared but getting more courageous all the time.
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Do you have to integrate the new cat slowly ie. isolating her in her own room and then slowly exposing her to the others over time?? This is what I normally do when getting a new cat. I call it a military operation. Just wondering if there is a quicker way…….
gmg
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If there is a quicker way, I don’t know it. Sometimes it goes fast. Mollie took 3 days. Hazel isolated herself from people but stayed close to Mollie. They were buds right away. Morgan was isolated about 3 days and all was good. Today is day 3 and the door is open so she’s exploring. There’s been some hissing and she dives under the bed. She eats separately and I’ll separate her to sleep. There’ll be more exploring tomorrow. Seems more like the homies are annoyed than she is.
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First of all, Happy Birthday. Sorry I’m a day late!
Second – Mazal Tov on the latest furry addition to your family 🙂
Third – how about calling her after the pirate Anne Bonney. Then you could call her Bonney (as in “blythe and bonny”) for short.
Last, but not necessarily least – it drives me CRAZY when people mix up “it’s” and “its”. And “you’re” and “your”. And “there” and “their”. Etc. etc. etc.
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We were thinking along the same lines. I looked up female pirates. Anne Bonney was the second one. There was a Moroccan (I think) one first, then Grace O’Malley. I went with Grace.
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Congratulations on your new family member! A lot of people overlook special needs animals because they see them as so much extra work, In doing so they may be passing up the perfect pet. Our cat, Gent, may be old and have a lot of health problems, but I will never regret adopting him.
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I am retired so I can spent the time needed. While I was working I had a diabetic cat. I adopted him as a kitten but he developed diabetes when he was 9 and lived to 18. Two shots a day and it wasn’t a problem. Morgan and the new one are one-eyed. It’s all about the looks. Neither one will need meds for it. Morgan is a perfect pet and I am grateful that the shelter didn’t put her down. I’m sure I’ll feel the same way about the new cat but real connection takes time. We were at the vet this morning. It’s a cat only vet. There were two other “new adoptees” there and both were older cats. The vet said my cat is between 3 and 4. I love to see people adopt older and “harder to adopt” animals. They make wonderful pets.
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Happy Birthday, Kate and congratulations on your new adoption/ birthday present!!!
You’re right about the Siri infringement rights. Maybe someone just hasn’t caught up to them yet but that’s hard to believe.
Spellcheck might be turning into auto correct..:)
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At first I thought the Ask Siri was a syndicated thing but the local car commercial was not. Very surprised as a radio station would be well aware of all that.
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EXCELLENT Birthday Present! I can’t wait to hear what you name it. You could go with Nagrom. 🙂
I hope your year is full of wonderful gardens, cats purring, hugs from people you love and energy when you need it.
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We are going with Grace O’Malley.
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Great Name!!
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Happy Birthday!
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Thanks!
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I will look forward to getting to know your new family member! The story you shared of the family adopting a puppy–and it going “so fast” according to mom–reminded me of a similar time in our life. I gave in and allowed a puppy when the children were too young and our entire house was opened up throughout a huge multi-month construction job. The timing couldn’t have been worse, but I was weak and couldn’t help myself. We are all suckers, I think. But in a good way, I hope. 🙂 Happy Birthday, Kate!
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I’m sure you made the puppy work! We are all suckers for sure…at least for animals.
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Happy birthday to my early January birthday buddy! I’m so excited to hear more about your new kitty and anxious to learn its name. And speaking of “its” – I get so irritated when spell check says that “its” should be “It’s. It’s never the other way around. It’s like “its” isn’t in their dictionary. As much money as Bill Gates has, it seems like he could afford a better dictionary. It’s nuts.
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It’s all those foreign programmers who don’t understand English. We are leaning (at this point anyway) toward Grace O’Malley as a name. She would be Gracie.
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LOVE IT!
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Happy Birthday, Kate! And I am so happy a kitty that needed you, found you! Such a happy story and that kitty hit the lottery of love, kindness, and respect. Does this kitty have a name yet? Did I miss it? Just saw it… unnamed! Our week was filled with ICE… it is finally melting as I type. We have been stuck inside for four days… at least the power stayed on!
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We rarely get ice storms. We have an inch of snow yesterday but it’s almost all gone. She’s a love for sure. We are considering a few names. Soon!
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Happy Birthday for yesterday Kate! What a wonderful gift for yourself and the kitty. 💕
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Yes! Let’s hope the other cats feel the same way.
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Happy belated birthday and congratulations on your new addition- I can’t think of a better way to celebrate a birthday.
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Me neither!
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I am not sure if I ever told you my Siri story. I asked Siri for a phone number. It appeared and disappeared very quickly. I called her back and said she erased it to quickly, could she send it again….she replied, “Are you calling me a raciest!” OMG!!!!!!!!!!!
Can’t wait to see Morgan and the new gal side by side.
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Siri certainly has attitude!
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SO excited for you and such a lovely kitty! Congrats. I can only go into adoptions because we maxed out at 4 pets and our town has an ordinance about how many you can have.
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We have one too. Don’t remember if it’s 3 or 4. Oops!
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How exciting. Another kitty. What a great birthday present Kate. I’m very moved you took another cat like Morgan. God bless you good, as Anne Lamott would say…:) and Happiest of Birthdays to you.
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Thanks! You will love new kitty. Quite spunky.
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Happy Belated Birthday! You know how to treat yourself!. Not sure I could handle a one-eyed pet. Hope things work out when they all get together.
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We’ll find out this week. Slow integration. Once you get past the look, there is no difference between one and two eyes.
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Happy Birthday! Woo. What a great way to celebrate – a new kitty! I can’t go near any animals for adoption… It makes my heart hurt. I would take all of them home if I could. Your Starbucks lady seems much nicer than mine. Jealous.
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I adopted her (unplanned) from a sad picture in the paper. I had to pick her up at the shelter (made husband go in case I ended up in a sobbing heap) but it was a nice shelter. My SB is staffed with really nice people — at least the morning folks. I read your post and that wouldn’t happen at my SB. They would even suggest things or replace it if you weren’t happy.
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Happy belated birthday, Kate! And congratulations on your new addition. It will be interesting to see how the others adjust. Great advice from the barista!
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New cat is still quarantined pending results of poop test. Other cats occasionally sit outside door in curiosity. We’ll go slow. That was great advice. She is an African-American young woman who calls everyone honey. She is so upbeat (at 7 a.m.) that I had to comment on it.
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Happy Birthday! As for my week, it was the antithesis of yours. Yours sounded much better: a new kitty and a pleasant barista and a friendly chatty stranger! Gives me hope.
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Your week was the pits! I have had anxiety (potential for cat revolution at home). Some health issues with new cat but vet apt is tomorrow.
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Maybe you could ask “Siri’ about why the spell check doesn’t understand its and it’s. Or perhaps she knows a good cat name? Anyway, it sounds like a birthday well-spent!
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Good idea but I think the name would be x rated. As for spellcheck, it was most likely concocted by someone who has English as their 23rd language. Many English speaking people don’t know the difference so it’s logical that someone who doesn’t speak English primarily would get confused.
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Happy (slightly belated) birthday, and (let’s get to the truly important stuff now, shall we??) HELLOOOO WELCOME NEW, AS-YET UNNAMED, PIRATE KITTY!!!!!
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I was hoping my readers would offer suggestions but so far nada! *going to look up pirate names*
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Yeah, I don’t offer name suggestions. I figure that’s up to you and the cat!
Though I suddenly find myself feeling partial to “Plank.” (As in “walk the…”) 🙂
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Looking at Grace O’Malley. Powerful lady pirate!
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Ooh, yes she was!
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Happy, happy belated birthday and what a perfect way to celebrate! I know your new addition will bring much joy (& stories😉)
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More than a few posts. She’s been here less than 48 hours and already there are posts in my head.
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Happy Birthday, Kate! And congrats on the new addition to your feline menagerie! Have fun coming up with the perfect name.
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This one is harder than I thought. I was set on a male cat but you don’t pick them. They pick you. I swear I heard her say “I want the blonde lady to adopt me. She has cat hair on her clothes.”
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Happy Birthday, Kate. And congratulations on your new addition.I look forward to reading about the adventures that follow!
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There have been some bumps. It will make good reading (as long as it’s not you cleaning up!)
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So happy you adopted another cat (especially special needs)!! Congratulations to all of you, especially the cat!!
gmg
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The odd thing about one-eyed cats is that they are not special needs in the way of extra work or requiring expensive medications. They are just not as aesthetically pleasing to some.
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Congrats on your new addition! We are now looking for the perfect dog to adopt too. 😊
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Good! It’s about time! Yesterday I saw the most beautiful adoptable dogs. I’m not a good shelter person because it makes me so sad but to see the dogs out on a rescue day is wonderful. The dog is happier and looks better. I hadn’t seen a dog adoption even in a long time and it’s worth a visit. The one that got adopted was one of my favs (I prefer mid-sized dogs) but there was a pit mix that was so sweet and pretty I could have taken her except that my cats would be all bent out of shape. They were all calm and the store was noisy and busy. It’s a good test. Good luck to you no matter how you find your next forever dog.
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You did paint the town red by bringing grey magic into your home and heart! what fun to name the new birthday gift to yourself
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We are struggling with a name. I like two syllables (you can yell that more effectively). My original chosen name was for a male cat but new cat is female.
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best of luck with the fun of naming!
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We’re going with Gracie!
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lovely!
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Happy birthday for yesterday Kate. Beautiful new puss. Smokey grey, so names spring to mind of Smokey, Misty and Whisper (depends if he’s quiet or not I suppose). I met a Dorkie today, so cute and so tiny! I’ve come across Jackapoos and Porkies, but never a Dorkie. Maggie was fascinated as he was smaller than her snout, and one sniff nearly blew the little chap over. Aw, bless!
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Ok, what is a Dorkie? Yorkie and….
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Daschund! He had the cutest little face, all spiky like a yorkie, but no dashie bits visible just yet.
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Dorkie doesn’t sound good. Yashie would have been better!
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I think you’re right.
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A belated happy birthday!
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Thanks!
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