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Cricket

“Train up a cat in the place she shall sit…

March 16, 2009 by Lauren 16 Comments

…. and when she is old she shall be weird.”

That's a uke book.

Cricket, like most cats, likes to cram her body into tiny nooks & crannies. There is no box she can’t fit into, even a box that doesn’t exist.

Ok, think ill of me if you will, but I let my cat sit on the counter. Not the food preparation part, but the ‘desk’ part where the computer is. It’s usually covered with mail/papers/boxes I don’t deliver, and she sits on the paper in a very “I’m not actually on the counter” kind of way. (If she does try to get on another part of the counter or on the table , you must yell “DharmaDharmaDharma!!” at her. Nothing else will work.)

So, a couple of nights ago I was trying to clean off the area and pulled a small envelope out from under her. Lloyd said, “Do you think she’d sit on a rectangle if you drew it on the counter?”

Hmmmmm.

Wisely avoiding the Sharpie, I went with tape. Sure ’nuff.

weird

Filed Under: Cricket, Journal Tagged With: cat, Cricket

Yo yo cat

October 29, 2008 by Lauren 6 Comments

(Warning: If you are eating breakfast while reading this, I say ‘poop’.)

So, I dropped a poop sample off at the vet to see why Cricket has had troubles the past two weeks.  They called with the results – no parasites, thank goodness, but she might be missing some beneficial bacteria from her system due to the antibiotic shot she got a while back.  The vet said, “Bulk up her diet with some special cat food (iams) and try giving her some ‘active cultures’.”  So, I stood in the dairy aisle and perused the yogurt selection….for my cat.

So many flavors.

Yep.  The stuff that’s good for us might just restore my cat to normal.  I actually hemmed and hawed on which flavor to buy, and then I realized that she’ll eat anything.  Really. Some of the things Cricket likes to eat:

Chips
Ice Cream
Donuts
Bugs
Red bell pepper
Avocado
Corn on the cob
Peas
Really, any veggies
Chocolate chip cookies
(I think she actually might be a dog.)

So, strawberry yogurt was obviously the way to go, because that’s the flavor I like. We’ll be splitting a carton for the next eight days.
Yum.

Filed Under: Cricket Tagged With: Cricket, vet

Project Funway

October 1, 2008 by Lauren 13 Comments

So Cricket’s been sick for a while.  In fact, she’s been sick since I made fun of her, dang it.  She’s got some , um, ‘leakage’…..  and I won’t go into details.  Anyway, we’ve had her quarantined in the bathroom for a couple of days to see if The Situation is getting better.  It is, but she should probably go see the vet.  This is a big problem because she is just awful at the vet.   (She once bit through my finger during an appointment.) I’m guessing that the upcoming visit may require some, er…. ‘rectal prodding’ …. and since I really like keeping my blood in my fingers where it belongs, I made this muzzle tonight while I watched Project Runway.

NOTE: I always ask Lloyd to read through posts before I publish them, and now I know that if you’ve never watched Project Runway, the following is completely unfunny.

Tim Gunn: Designers, your challenge is to take this ordinary leather glove and create a fabulous restraint system on a budget of no dollars.  Good luck.

gunn1.jpg

Tim Gunn: We’re sending in your models for a fitting.

gunn2.jpg
Heidi Klum: I’m so beautiful, let’s start the show.

gunn3.jpg

Heidi Klum: Designers, we found your work to be careless and unfinished.  Lauren – you are somehow the winner of Project Runway.  Cricket – have some cat food.

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Filed Under: Cricket Tagged With: cat, Cricket, restraint

Cheap re-do

May 3, 2008 by Lauren 6 Comments

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve actually been whittling away at the kitchen. Every so often I’d scrape a little more paper, and then decided to use up paint from the basement stash. We have so many leftover cans of paint you wouldn’t believe it. There are several cans from the previous owners, and various gallon, quart, pint and spray cans from my projects. It’s nuts.

The first attempt was the yellow from Brad’s room, and it was nice, but it didn’t go with the dining room. So, I used brown paint from the downstairs bathroom for the top part, and tan paint from the upstairs bathroom for the bottom. There: it’s all done and I only spent 4 bucks for new roller covers. To honor the event, I have made a movie! Cricket just loves when there are projects that require the ladder. It’s the ultimate cat toy. (Something went wonky when we uploaded it, so it no longer fits just right with the music. I do not care.)

Filed Under: Home 'Improvement', Lauren Tagged With: Cricket, house, wallpaper

Backlit Fat Cat

April 2, 2008 by Lauren 8 Comments

We say ‘chubby’, not fat.

It was not my best day. I won’t go into the boring details, but let’s just say: I woke up late and it went downhill from there. Taking the trash outside this evening, though, the sun was shining and Cricket was being brave. We’ll end on that.

Oh, wait:  Happy Birthday Jacob and Stephannie!

Filed Under: Cricket Tagged With: Cricket

So needy

January 17, 2008 by Lauren 9 Comments

My old grumpy cat is becoming quite needy in her old age. It’s no longer enough to just sit on my lap while I’m typing. *sigh*

The one on the right is Cricket

It’s Thursday night, 8:12, and I’m listening to my leaky kitchen faucet and waiting for the laundry to dry so I can hang it up.  30 Rock wasn’t on tonight, so there’s no reason to stay awake anymore.   Good night, cruel world.

Filed Under: Cricket, Lauren Tagged With: Cricket

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