The Cubs-An Update

December 17, 2014

I don’t know the last time I have done an update on the cubs so since I am trying to have a post each day in November I figured now was a good time to write one. Alley Cat aka Elinore is also sick and I am not sure how long she will be around so I figured I should write down some memories of her because after she is gone I know I won’t be able to write about her without crying. If you are new here and haven’t read what I wrote about them before you can click here and check that out. Anyway lets get on to the updates on the girls.

* As I reading this post I realized that I may not have talked about Brycen before on here so if I haven’t he is my brothers son who just turned one.

Elinore

Like I said before Elinore aka Alley Cat is sick. We aren’t 100% sure what is wrong with her because I don’t have money to really do the testing to find out what is going on with her. The vet thinks it is probably inflammatory bowel disease and/or cancer. So all we are really doing to treat her is give her cortisone shots about once a month. Once those stop working though we will have to put her down. Alley also doesn’t mind being around Brycen which is crazy because most cats don’t like little kids. She will let him pet her and things like that.

Sylvia

Not much is really going on with Sylvia right now which is a good thing because I don’t think I could handle both of them being sick at the same time and having even more vet bills to pay right now. Sylvia hates Brycen around her. She just avoids him and if she does get caught by him she will just growl & hiss at him. She hasn’t ever tried to hurt him so we don’t have to worry about that with him. I don’t have any recent pictures of Sylvia so I am going to try and take one tonight when I get home from work so I can post it here.

So Frustrated!

March 25, 2014

I got the idea for this post from a past writers workshop and I knew when I saw it that I had to write about it. The prompt is: Something that frustrates you. I knew I had to write about it because I find myself getting frustrated easily lately and I figured this might help me get the things off my chest and maybe even get over some of them. Anyway here goes the list of things that are currently frustrating me.

Idiot drivers who refuse to use their blinkers before they change lanes. I also am so tired of people cutting me off and then getting pissed off at me when I honk at them. I guess I should just be okay with getting cut off and almost getting in a wreck. I will try and remember that next time.
I answer the phones at work and I am so frustrated with people I work with not answering their calls and also never returning their voicemails. I am so tired of getting bitched at by the customers who get pissed off because they are never getting calls back. I understand the customers being pissed off but it isn’t my problem and I can’t make anyone answer their calls and/or listen to their voicemails.
I am frustrated that I can’t figure out how to make Elinore stopping pooping outside of the litter box. I wish I knew what caused her to start doing this let alone how in the hell I am going to make her stop doing this. If you have any suggestions please let me because we are all at our wits end with her.
I am super frustrated with my health and not knowing what is going on. I hate having Multiple Sclerosis because you never know what is going to happen and what the coming day will bring. I am so tired of not knowing what is going to happen or not knowing what is really going on because there is no way to really know.

Those are a few of things that I am frustrated about right now. I know there are more things but those are top 4 things that have me super frustrated right now.

Do you have any advice on how to deal with any of these? What are you frustrated about right now?

One Thing Elinore Does That Drives Me Insane!

October 24, 2013

This week for the writers workshop I choose to write about number four which is: Your pets least likable character trait. I chose this one because I could literally list several things that she does that drives me up the wall and this is the one thing that drives everyone in my house insane.

Since I moved back home a few years ago Elinore has started only using the litter boxes to pee in them and not when she poops. She will go out side of the box in the laundry room and on the rug that we have right next in front of the door from the garage. I have no idea why she does this and what made her start doing this but needless to say everyone is tired of it.

When she does go outside and go to bathroom she will poop in the lawn but she will only pee in dirt or in a litter box so it isn’t like she doesn’t know what the litter box is for. She just seems to not want to use it when she poops. I have googled reasons why she has started doing this but everyone knows with cats you never know why they start to do crazy things.

If any of you have any advice on how to stop her from doing this I would greatly appreciate it.

What is one thing that your pet does that drives you insane?

Introducing . . .

May 16, 2013

Today for the Writers Workshop I am going to introduce everyone to Sylvia. I know I have talked about her on here before but I am going to introduce her and add a few clips of some videos that I have with her in them.

Sylvia is about 6 years old and my grandma is the one who picked out her name. I already had Elinore when I decided I was going to adopt a kitten and I wanted them both to have “old” lady names. She has always been a handful and has always hated to be held and picked up. She is to this day still hates to be held. While you are holding her she is growling and hissing.

She does have long fur so she gets mats. Since she hates to be brushed we just brush the mats out when they are little because she will allow us to pet her when she wants to be petted. When she decides that she wants to be petted you have to drop everything and pet her or she will hiss and run away.

She is the first cat we have ever had that is either sitting still or running full speed. She doesn’t seem to go anywhere walking well she never used to but she has had to start slowing down because we redid the flooring in part of the house and she slides everywhere if she runs.

Here a few videos of her: The second one shows what she does when she wants to be petted and I try and move her off of me.

She is also scared of pretty much everything and I believe that is because she picked up on everything that Elinore was scared of in the beginning. Since Elinore was abused before I got her she was super scared of everything and has since started growing out of all of those things but Sylvia is still scared to death of pretty much everything.

That is pretty much all of Sylvia and some of the crazy things that she does.

What crazy things do your pets do?

Most Important Thing In My Life Right Now

May 13, 2013

This is a question that was on Band Back Together site a few weeks ago and I am just getting around to writing the post about it. The question is what is the most important thing in my life. This was something that was easy for me to answer because I know without a doubt that the most important things to me are my two cats.

I could live without pretty much everything else but I don’t know how I would live without my two girls. It is crazy to me how much my two cats have become like my kids and are “replacement” kids for my daughter I placed for adoption. I am not sure people who haven’t placed a child for adoption would understand that last statement and I am not sure how to explain it to make them understand. I guess the best way to explain it is that when you place your child for adoption you still have the desire to mother something so instead getting pregnant again I got my two girls.

416313_3342442672551_171921593_o — This is Sylvia

What is most important to you?

Flip-Flops

April 9, 2013

This week for the Writers Workshop there were two prompts that I wanted to write about so I figured that I would just write about one today and the other one on Thursday. Right now I am going to write about the latest thing that my cat has destroyed. I am sure most of you know that Elinore was abused before I got adopted her so she tends to have weird quirks.

After I had her for about 6 months I got Sylvia and then all of my flip-flops started to look like one of them was clawing them. For the longest time I thought it was Sylvia because she is the one who has front claws and I didn’t see how Elinore be able to do that to them since she has no front claws.

After I moved back in with my grandparents my grandma finally caught the cat that was literally destroying any flip-flops that she could find which also included ones that my grandpa kept in his closet. It was Elinore!!!!!!!!!!!!! She bites them and then pulls parts of the foam off. If she find any flip-flops that are on the ground she will chew them up and destroy them. I can’t even begin to tell you how many pairs I have had to replace because she destroys them.

Here are a few pictures of a few that we just leave on the ground for her to destroy.

So as you can see she loves to chew them up. I find she mainly does it when she is mad at me for some reason or if she got in trouble. I have started just buying them when they are super cheap at the end of summer and giving them to her. I find that she likes her old purple on the best and I can always tell when she has been chewing on it because there will be little pieces of purple all over the place in my room.

What is the latest thing you pet destroyed?