The cats are in charge!
Just before I got sick I ordered what I hope will be a bigger more stable tree. But I need to rearrange furniture. Yeah, energy I don’t have.
Category: Cats
There will be barking as the green truck leaves the driveway and lectures for leaving them all alone.
Aren’t they the sweetest? I’ll catch Sammie soon. He’s big as a tiger but acts like a little kitten.
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is โsweet.โ Use it any way youโd like. Enjoy!
When you aren’t supposed to have sugar you have to find sweet elsewhere.
Here’s where I find it:
They are so adorable and fun. Better than a Snickers Bar for sure!
Your Dog Can Talk: A Step-By-Step Guide to Button Training by Christina Hunger
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I have thought for a while that communication is what we all need, and that goes beyond humans. Remember the conversation Koko held with Betty White? It doesn’t take much to see that animals have adapted to our language. Outside? Food, water, hugs, shake paw, roll over, etc. My dog understands my English words. I have no idea what he needs to say to me. I do not know doglish. What if he could talk to me? What would he say? Today I think he cursed out the cable guy nonstop for hours! No amount of reward for silence or punishment in the crate, stopped the heart stopping and ear splitting sounds. I do wish we could sit and have a talk we could come away from with understanding.
The zoo shows on Animal Planet, etc. show how even the most dangerous animals can be trained to do simple tricks to make their care more efficient. And so I feel obliged to do what I can to make my pets’ care better for all of us.
I started reading this on Libby but soon bought all the versions and joined all her websites. And I just bought my first two buttons. Outside, and water is what I’ll assign them.
If you get the chance find the books but even if not find Christina Hunger’s Instagrams and Facebook pages. See the many dog talks and cat talks people are having with their pets.
Linda introduces the prompt of the day “Symbiotic” sent by Sally.ย ย Please be sure to visit Sallyโs blog
My favorite Symbiotic relationship is the one I have with my pets. And that relationship is shared with my husband, brother, and son. These are the people, furry or fleshed who share this castle.
We love and care for our cats and dog. They sleep with us, keep us warm. They calm us, lowering our blood pressure and stress levels.
We feed them, give them our “people warmth” and calm them.
We do our best for each other.
Only three more days of NaNo. I need 1,200 words tonight to be on track. It has been such an ordeal this time. It has been a rollercoaster of emotions. I’ll be glad to see December!
I’m trying to learn a couple Christmas songs. I’ve always wanted to play Lucy and Linus and now I’m also challenged by the song in Polar Express
I pulled out all the Christmas songs to play with.
The only knitting making progress are my experimental slipper socks.
No finishing here. Just cuties.
Well, back to work. Words to go before I sleep…
There was a time when our home was full of love with our set of black-and-white dog, Kali, black cat, Rosey, and orange tabby, Teddy. They grew old and passed, leaving our home so empty for so long!
Through some wonderful magic in our lives, we have a full house of love again. Black-and-white dog Milo (formerly ‘Crunchy’), black cat, Shiloh, and our orange tabby, Sammie. It is the oddest thing, even now, that the combination of pets came just that way. We still mess up names and genders. Every parent knows how easy it is to call the wrong name of the naughty kid or when in an emergency moment hits. Most of the time, the kids don’t look the same. Autocorrecting the brain can save it. But if your kids all look alike (Italian, dark hair and eyes), it’s even harder. So I should be used to it. But this team of pets is uncanny!
I don’t want to go searching for the old team pictures (I need to write 2,000 words today–this distraction I can avoid), but here’s the latest of the ‘ILO’ team
And here’s Sammie from the other day. I like the picture so much that I need to see them again.
But this was just this morning. With temps being in the teens, I love the BTU of pets.
My life is full.
On the other hand, on November 1st, my yWriter app was empty. On November 30th, it should be full. I should be at 36,674 words. I only have 33,172. TrackBear says I should write 1,893 a day to reach the 50k by the end of November. But that is a lot. 1,667 is a lot. If I can push it today and for a few days, I might bring this project to something doable. Wish me luck! I need to bring this story to its full and proper ending. Let’s hope the brain isn’t empty!
Popping around to play NaNo Avoidance. It’s a game I play every year. The only rule is to do anything but write on the current project. I try to baby that child, giving in here and there but imposing tiny rules of my own. Just 333 words in an hour several times a day still brings that daily tally
But I’m not the only one popping around.
Sammy played Pop Goes the Kitty to distract me:
He’s way too big for the kitty tree now but he manages to play in it with Shiloh sleeping on the top nest.
Gives me an idea for my next avoidance trick.
Darswords 
One-Liner Wednesday
Where do accidentally deleted comments go?
I finally got around to catching up on comments. I got distracted and my clumsy fingers hit something. I glanced back as a red notice says, Undo. By the time I saw it, it disappeared. I went to the comment in my email. I hit reply and was told that comment was deleted.
By the way, Kim Smyth, thanks for your comment, cats are harder to dispel from laps. And beds! My Shilo is a big lump I have to lift up often as I readjust myself to sleep. ๐
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