Showing posts with label cats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cats. Show all posts
KITTY!!!!
Emily


Dear friends, meet our new kitty, Nori.  She's officially survived the first 24 hours in the Danger house, and she's adjusting fairly well.  About as well as can be expected, that is.  She's the most affectionate cat, always nudging and loving on every human in sight.

Nori is 5 years old and has been at the Humane Society for 2 years.  Why she's been there so long, we don't know.  She really is awfully friendly, but we think people probably just want a kitten or they don't like black cats.  There's at least 4-5 MORE black cats at the Humane Society.

You're probably wondering how we got our landlord to agree to letting us have a kitty.  Well, we convinced him by reminding him that he said he was planning on replacing our carpet when we move anyway.  He still seemed iffy about it, and so Ted told him we'd pay a pet deposit equal to a month's rent and get an adult cat that was already litter trained.  We didn't even care about the money that much (even though it's ridiculously expensive) we just wanted a cat so bad that we would have done anything to get her.



We thought she'd stay up and cry all night, but she was an angel, only meowing once all night that we heard.  Her favorite spot is a cubby hold in our entertainment center, behind one of our storage boxes.  She gets scared when we leave, but we always find her there.  She's eating and drinking and thank goodness she found her litter box.

Currently we're watching HGTV.  I love my kitty.

In other news, I recently went thrifting and found this gem of a chair for a buck:



T and I have been working on it and can't wait to show you the results.  We got inspired by Michela's chair makeover.  This is our first project, so we may completely mangle it. But, the thing was so ugly we couldn't do much worse that this, now could we?  Nope.  

Okay, back to my kitty.
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Russian and Cats, but not Russian Cats.
Emily
We're working on a Rachmaninoff piece in choir right now, and we're singing it in Russian.  We had an excellent rehearsal today that just made my heart happy.  It wasn't the best rehearsal ever, but they made music!  I love it when that happens.  I just thought I'd share.

In all our wallowing over med school, we decided to talk to our landlord about getting a cat.  He was pretty reluctant (according to T) but he said yes!  We only have to pay an extra month of rent as a security deposit.  I don't really understand this though, because he told us he was replacing the carpet after we leave.  I suppose he just didn't want the cat stinking up the place too badly.  Whatever.  We promised him we'd get an adult, litterbox-trained kitty.  :D

So, we did what everybody in our shoes would do, we went window shopping for kitties in the middle of a snow/rain storm.

Awww!  I think her name is Kadyn, from what I can tell on the Humane Society See, our local Humane Society is located in a downtown storefront, so when we get bored, we like to go look at the kitties in the window.  They have free reign over the place because all the dogs are in "foster care".

So, I guess we're getting a cat as soon as we can russle up another month's rent!  Ha....ha...ha...
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Owen and the Cake
Emily
I came home from work early today because I kind of felt like throwing up.  There's been a weird stomach thing going on all day with me, and I could barely get through Concert Choir, so I came home to lie down for awhile.  After about 4 hours on the couch, I felt better so I got up and made a cake!

Since T is on his mission trip in Juarez, Mexico, I decided to have some pals over for German chocolate cake.  I've never made a double layer cake before, but I think it turned out pretty good!  Yummmm.  Here you can see it on my gorgeous Tiffany cake plate that we got for our wedding.  It's the first time I've used it, but definitely not the last!  Love it!
 
We had a great time chatting, drinking tea and eating CAKE.  Oh my goodness, I almost want anothe rpiece just looking at this picture.  I think the only thing I'd do differently is to buy another can of frosting.  And, I'd put my frosting knife in a place where I can find it BEFORE I'm finished frosting.  Yup.  Hate it when that happens.

When I invited my pal Kit to invite the men in her life (her fiance and brother) I told her she could also bring her cat Owen.  You know how bad I want a cat, and I just LOVE this one.  I'd adopt him if he didn't already have a home.  He is 14 lbs.  Yes, 14.  He's a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig cat:


 
Awww!  He's awful cute and he had a ball exploring my apartment like a bloodhound with his nose to the ground.  It was so cute!  After awhile he settled down and we had a lovely time playing.
What a wonderful way to spend a night without a hubby.  It looks as though I won't be making my trip to Minneapolis this weekend because we had some nasty freezing rain and snow tonight.  Yuck and Boo.
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Of Cats and Cookies
Emily
Hello friends!  Today has been the most mundane of days.  T and I had no plans except to go to a party tonight, so we had the whole day to do something fun.  What did we do?  We lazed around until noon!  I haven't eaten lunch in my pajamas in like, 5 years!  Then I had the crazy idea to go visit the kitties at the Humane Society.


Awww!  Look at my hubby and the cute kitties!  (No idea why he's smirking at me, maybe it's because I insisted on dragging the camera with us??)  This is Cinco De Mayo on his lap, and above him is some big hissy cat that wasn't too friendly, I don't remember her name.  She kept smacking T in the back of the head with her tail, it was kind of amusing.  Anyway, we kind of fell in love with Cinco.


She is all black except for the little white triangle under her chin, which gives her a little bit of character.  And those eyes...doesn't she just look like a sassy girl?!  She's so petite too, the guy said she's full-grown.

Anyway, we had a long chat about if we should talk to our landlord about letting us get a pet or not, because our contract doesn't allow it, but on the other hand, she's already litter box trained and he told us he'd probably replace the carpets after we move out anyway.  (Our current carpet is all bubbly where it meets the linoleum and there's a huuuuuuuge wax stain from a previous tenant.)  It might just be worth a shot!

T fiddled with his truck all afternoon and then we decided that it would be good of us to bring munchies to the party tonight, and this is what we came up with:




White chocolate oreos.  Yum!!!!  Normally I'd make these for the holidays and put festive sprinkles on top instead of chocolate, but these look far more elegant for a January party. So what are they?  Double-stuff oreos dipped in white almond bark and drizzled with chocolate almond bark.  I like to do the dipping and T is an expert drizzler....we're a good team!

I heart being social!  We went to this party tonight and were definitely the youngest ones there (by about 15 years, if not more) but still had a great time!!!  Everybody brought hors d'oeuvres and we had a lovely time.  Our host introduced T to Bela Flek and the Flektones, Diana Krall, and showed him a really awesome DVD concert of Chris Boti.  I think T made a new friend tonight.  Then they talked about guns and WWII while I sat and marveled at the shoes Diana Krall was wearing in her DVD.  Anybody know what they are?  I think I need a pair.  They're diva shoes.  Definitely.

We're kind of disappointed, the big storm that we were supposed to get has so far been nothing more than rain!  The street next to ours has turned into a lake of sorts, because I think the storm drain is plugged with ice or something.  It's really weird to drive by and see a lake where a street used to be...  Maybe the weather will change and be crazy bad tomorrow or something.

So, I'm curious.  Who all is reading this out there in blog land?  Leave a comment!  Say hi!


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