Monday, December 28, 2009

Fat Cat Needs a Diet

Kitties went to the vet a few weeks ago because Nina (a.k.a. The Skinny One) has been licking herself bald. Both kitties also needed vaccinations. Turns out Nina has some compulsive licking behavior for which she got a steroid shot. Turns out Lily (a.k.a. Fat Hobbit) is fat and needs to lose a pound. Both kitties were hiss-hiss, growl-growl, and occasionally paw swipe-swipe with the vet and his assistant.

The vet said that the rule of thumb is a cup of food for every 30 pounds. Which means 1/3 cup of food for 10 pounds. Which means kitties had a rude awakening coming to them when they no longer had access to 4+ cups of food at any point in time and instead were rationed 1/3 cup of food every night, to be fed to each of them in separate rooms lest Fat Hobbit eat any of The Skinny One's food. Poor, fat kitty.

A couple pages of cat layouts from a while ago:

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IMG_2953_CatsInStuffLayout

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Firelight and Ab Cookies

Taylor and Taylor were pretty good on SNL this season. Especially in skits making fun of Twilight. Not that I dislike Twilight, but they were funny skits.

Digital Short: Firelight


Favorite quotes:
"I know what you are. Your skin is green. You have bolts in your neck. You freak out around fire."
"Say it, out loud."
"Frankenstein."

"Why won't you kiss me?"
"Because when I kiss people, I tend to accidentally . . . choke them to death."

Lab Partners


Favorite quotes:
"Notebooks are for notes, not for kissing."

"When he took his shirt off in New Moon, I saw those changes and I was like, Yes, I want to bake cookies on your stomach."

Friday, December 4, 2009

Baby Announcement - Sawyer

We got a baby announcement in the mail this week with the photos that Greg took in September of Sawyer:

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Cute!

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Pooper Scooper

Pooper scooper duties are among the less desirable chores in our house, for obvious reasons. We often try to negotiate with each other to get out of it or put it off (which kind of makes us bad "pet parents," but meh. We make up for it with love!). One day several months ago, I mentioned that Greg didn't do as good a job as I do when I scoop the cat poop. That comment prompted remarks from Greg questioning how I would even know if that were true when I've never looked at the litter box after he scooped it. It also prompted repeated sarcastic notifications following poop scooping that the litter box was ready for my quality assurance review, Ms. I-think-I-scoop-the-litter-box-better.

The other day, Greg called me over because he "needed my help," but really, he wanted to prove a point that he did a good job scooping the cat poop. For the record, I never said that he did a bad job of scooping the cat poop. I only said that I did a better job than him. And guess what I found when I did my litter box quality assurance review? Two chunks of clumped litter. And a bunch of little chunks that, in my opinion, should also be thoroughly scooped. So bam on Greg. I feel vindicated after all that ragging on me about the litter box. But Greg says he's going to check my scoop job next time just to show that I miss stuff too. I better be extra careful to do a good job. Heh.

PS. I love you, Greg!

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