Recently I started been reading a blog called 1000 Reasons I’m a Crap Mom. It is adorable. Being constantly bombarded by parenting tips she is constantly reminded of her failings as a mother. I don’t have children. I have pets. And even as a pet owner I have my failings. So its probably best that [...]
Wildlife
When Mice are Cute
I’ve been a fan of domestic rats for a long time. In fourth grade I babysat the class rats over Christmas break. One of the kids I babysat in high school had a rat that pretty much lived in her sweatshirt. As a college kid I had a few rats of various colours. I’ve always [...]
Cats
The “Other” Cat
One of the purposes of this blog is to stay in touch with friends and family. I post a lot about my life, the hubby and our pup Cooper. I sometimes mention Audrey, our pretty gray kitty. But I realized this weekend I very rarely mention our third pet. HappyCat is pretty much just a [...]
Cats
The Escape Artist
It’s been just over a year since we lost our cat Beavis. Since then, neither Audrey or HappyCat has been allowed to venture outdoors. Ex-stray HappyCat has no real interest in the outdoors. But Audrey has wanted to wander the world desperately. It’s her nature as a huntress. She’s always hunting everything that enters the [...]
Cats
Unseasonal March
Winter in New Hampshire has been disappointing to those of us who love snow. But the last couple days have been so nice that I couldn’t really complain as I did my runs. I think the weather may have been in the mid-60s as people joyfully celebrated in the outside patios of all of Manchester’s [...]
Cats
Cat multiplication
The last few days I have noticed a strange occurance. We normally have two cats. It’s an acceptable number because when we go away for a couple days the cats keep each other company. As much as they like to pretend they hate each other the cats are friends. Two cats generally do not cause [...]
Cats
Happy the Cat
Tonight I’m introducing our latest feline addition to the blog. We got Happy at the Manchester Animal Shelter a couple weeks ago and have yet to find him a name we like better. Happy is an approximately one year old domestic shorthair that was found as a stray. After a few weeks with us we [...]
Animals
New Hampshire Animal Shelters
As an animal lover and someone who likes to have harmony among the animals in my house I spend a lot of time when I’m looking for someone to add to our family. It usually takes me a few visits to several animal shelters before I find someone that really clicks. We had found Beavis [...]
Bugs
My Tic the Ticks
I’ve always heard about ticks. I didn’t really remember ever seeing one until a couple years ago when I found a wierd bug crawling on my sweater which Adam identified as a tick for me. We pulled one off his mother’s cat that had dug in under the cat’s chin. It was an adventure to [...]
Cats
Cats in the dog food
Me: Hey honey, I just bought this bag of puppy food to be ready for the puppy’s arrival. Where should we put it? Him: Oh we’ll just put it under the breakfast bar until he gets here. Me: But wont the cats get into the bag and eat the food? Him: Dogs eat cat food, [...]
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