Good Morning,
I’m
starting to feel like a Debbie Downer. I
usually don’t sound so negative, but I’ve been hit with a lot of unpleasant (to
say the least) things in the last few weeks.
I
don’t know how much of our living situation Jerry’s shared with you, but it is
very cramped quarters, with me, my mom, Jerry, four cats and now just two dogs trying
to survive in a space of less than 1,000 square feet. It makes for some interesting situations.
The
blasted cats (that’s Shadow on the left and Gabby on the right in the picture
directly above) will lie in wait and reach out to paw at the dogs as they pass
by. Well, that is except for Stewie
(while he was still with us, of course).
He had made it quite well known that he didn’t like cats, and when they
would paw at him, they all would learn that he wasn’t afraid to nip them. The other dogs rarely give the cats any
satisfaction—let alone the attention they are wanting, as the picture of
Grayson and Shadow directly below shows.
The
dogs are the funniest after a bath. They
just can’t wait to get down and rub all over the carpet. I can’t begin to give it the description it
deserves, but it is a great night of laughter.
My
Mom is the cat person. I like loving
cats, but I’m really a dog person, and just recently, I found out that my Jerry
is actually bi-petual! I have not been
able to get a picture of the cats coming around for him to scratch their backs
(I would rather not mention anything about him rubbing on their bellies, if
that is okay with you) to serve as proof in court, but right up there directly
above this paragraph is a picture of Miss Callie (a.k.a. Momma Kitty) sitting
on the table next to Jerry’s chair in the living room. Logic dictates that she would not be taking
the time to groom herself if she was in an unwelcome area—does it not? By the way, that’s Stewie lying on the back
of Jerry’s chair, which explains why Momma Kitty is not looking out of the
window from that vantage point.
Mom
has been fighting allergies for several years, and we may have found the
problem. She moved in over here with one
cat (Miss Sassy, who is in the picture directly above) and she’s been an old
cat for the last 10 years. Miss Sassy
doesn’t have many of the problems that 20 year-old cats have, but she is determined
to sleep on Mom’s chest, which may be a problem for my mom. I’ve got to make an appointment with her
doctor to see if my suspicions about my mom possibly developing an allergy to
cats may be true, and if there is something she can take to alleviate the
symptoms. With four cats in this small
house, there’s cat hair everywhere, and my mom would rather die than get rid of
the cats. Of course, if she proves to be
the death of me first, I suppose I wouldn’t have a problem anymore.
We
went to my niece’s high school graduation Sunday evening (May 18). The senior class picked three from their
number to give speeches that went from serious to hilarious and back to serious. The first to speak was a young lady, who had
a more serious speech, while the next one was a young man with a message about
Miley Cyrus being a good role model, who even went so far as to sing part of
one of her more-subdued songs! The third
and final speaker spoke about how they’ve been labeled as entitled, spoiled and
so on. He had several examples of how
those labels didn’t apply to the class of 2014.
He ended his speech with four words he told us he would use at the end
of the speech. Making the hand gesture,
he said, “Live long and prosper,” to which the whole auditorium busted out loud
in laughter. To hear the principle tell it, this class had won more contests, achieved
higher test scores and really set the bar high for the rest of the classes to
follow.
Michaela
(my niece) is the last of my nieces and nephews to graduate, which really makes
me realize how fast the time has flown by.
I don’t know when I got old, LOL.
I
promise to have more on Michaela in general and her high school graduation in
particular when I can, but the sun is acting like it wants to peek over the
horizon. So, if I want to get any sleep
before my mom starts buzzing about, I need to shut this down now.
Thanks
for all the comments. They have been very
kind.
Later,
Arlynda
so Jerry's a bi-petual huh.....lol I never would have thought that about him. I know about that crazed rubbing on the carpet thing after a bath. Duke is quite good at it
ReplyDeleteAnn, what on earth am I going to do with Jerry? I don't know how long I can keep his secret from the dogstompo. Please advise!!!!! LOL
DeleteIt's worrying if Miley Cyrus is held up as a role model! Arrrrrgggggh!!
ReplyDeleteI've got two cats...very spoiled. I love them dearly. I've had a cat or at times, like now two, all of my life. I'd be lost without them. I've had dogs, too; and I like dogs,...but I can't have a dog here where I live...the property is not completely fenced and it just wouldn't be fair on the animal. The last dog I had was a cocker spaniel...Missy was a love black cocker. She was my brother's dog, but he could no longer keep her where he was living at the time, so I took her. It broke mine and his heart when I finally had to have her put down...back in 1997. I love cats, though. Cats and I get on very well.
Well, as much as I hate to admit it, these cats have grown on me, Lee.
DeleteCats Rule!!!!
ReplyDeleteHoly kitties, Batscot, the cat people are attempting a munity!!! Why did Jerry insist that I call you Batscot instead of Batman???
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