I see you!
Awwww!
I can’t believe its been 2 years with this little man!!
Car seats…now with auto-drive!
Guess who got a new car seat!!! You guessed it – the kitties!!! Part of this is because I was reading online about pets who became bullets who flew threw the windshield in accidents, the other part is because I am slightly a crazy cat mom. The best benefit though is that it keeps all the nervous shedding and accidently bathroom breaks confined and off my car seats.
Pothole is a great passenger, she does fine even without a car seat so this was more of a test of the seat itself. I hope that the other cats do just as well in it. Although I have an image of Brutus jumping out of the seat and hanging over the front by his harness…..
In other news, we got the update to the Tesla with auto-pilot. The car seriously drives itself now!!! It steers and changes lanes and stops and goes. Its amazing, and scary, but mostly amazing. Here is a video of the car set on cruise on the highway following the cars in front of it. I then activate the turn signal so the car changes lanes on its own. so cool.
Leaves are falling all around
Its that time of year when the leaves are changing colors and I was really excited to ride today to see it. It was a beautiful ride!!
I also did a bit of exploring and took a new way home. It wasn’t as nice since it was mostly along the road but the trail did go farther west so I am excited to explore that in the future. While on the way home I passed this adorable church. I think its very cute with it’s princess turrets.
Overall a little slower today – a bit because I was exploring, a bit cause I haven’t ridden in a while, and a bit cause I got new biking pants. They are very warm (they are my winter pants) but they were also a bit tight so it was weird to get used to.
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 11.57mi
time: 01:06:40
pace: 5:46min/mi
speed: 10.41mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1225559525
After my shower I came out to discover Brutus had a new trick:
Best gift exchange ever
I participate in the RedditGifts Gift Exchange periodically. This time around I got matched with the most amazing “secret santa” who not only scoured this very blog for inspiration but then hand drew me a wonderful picture of all 5 of my cats!!
I think she did a great job of capturing their personalities, even including Brutus’ blep! They are surrounded by a purple blanket which happens to be my favorite color. It came all framed and matted so I could hang it right away!
She really went above and beyond to make this a great exchange and I am proud to display this work of art in my family room. If you want to check out more of her stuff, please check out her website!!
Luna
A couple weeks ago Luna spent a wonderful Sunday out on the screen porch on a pillow with a heated cat bed on it in the sun. It was 94 degrees out. The next day Luna was very lethargic and spent most of the day inside on a heated pad. The day after that she stopped eating so we went to the vet. Turns out she had Heat Stroke.
Yes you heard that correctly – my cat spent too much time on a heated pad in the sun and didn’t get up or move all day so she got heat stroke. In my 36 years of living with and owning cats I have never heard of this happening before. The vet told us that she would just get better but that we should unplug all heated beds in the house so she wouldn’t be tempted to continue to lay on them. (we have a lot)
The other cats were not happy with this decision and Luna wasn’t a fan either – so enemy lines were crossed and Winzig agreed to snuggle with Luna. If only to keep warm in the frigid 80 degree weather.
Luna didn’t make the recovery we expected so she had to go back to the vet. This time she had a liver infection. The Vet speculates that the heat stroke lowered her immune system which allowed the infection to take hold so then she was on Clavamox. She wasn’t as terrible to dose as I had expected, better than most of the other cats. She finished her last dose a little over a week ago and since they has been back to her normal mischievous self.
Roadtrip!
There is nothing better then a long weekend trip with a best friend. (Don’t tell Pothole, we are going to the vet)
Thug Life
Kitty Fashion Week
By the title you thought this was going to be a post of kitties in clothes, didn’t you? Well I hate to disappoint but this post is about my new clothes!
I got new pants:
And I got new shoes:
And I am totally not a crazy cat lady so you can put that thought out of your head right now!!
But seriously, here is a picture of Luna in a pretty dress:
Luna the innovator
Luna is a smart cat, but in a way different from my other cats. She has so many habits and mannerisms that I have never experienced before in a cat. I’m not saying she is special – who am I kidding, of course I am! 🙂
For example, Luna is what we call a “Chomper”. She really likes to use her teeth, regardless of what she is doing. Playing, fighting, eating, snuggling – it always involves teeth.
All this box chomping was done by Luna. Brutus really likes it because after she rips off a piece of cardboard and spits it out, he chases it around the house.
Another example is her obsession with fur and feather toys. She has these little rabbit fur pieces she loves to carry around and of course she love Da’Bird. However with 2 kittens the feathers wear out pretty fast (and start to stink but that is another story) so I throw them out.
Luna find them in the garbage, pulls them out, then carries them around with a self satisfied look on her face. Once she has them, she chomps on the base part and crunches the feathers until its a slimy mushy mess. Then she leave it for me to step on.
But I think her most clever thing to date is the “heat vortex” (patent pending!). Its obviously cold and kitties like to be as warm as possible. So Luna positioned herself over a vent, but under one of our drapes. You can see in the picture she is actually between the front and back fabric of the drape so she is surrounded, forcing the heat up, over and around her.
Happiest kitty ever!
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