Posted in clarabelle, monte on Tuesday, 15 January 2008 | 3 Comments »
I came home today and saw that the cats had been up to NO GOOD. I walked in the door to find three Da Bird attachments (one still in its bag) and one empty Da Bird bag in my entry way.
Exhibit A:
I then walked into my bedroom to find my sock drawer—which just happens [...]
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Posted in clarabelle, holidays, monte on Tuesday, 25 December 2007 | 1 Comment »
I wish I could get a picture of all three cats, but Monte has sequestered himself upstairs until very recently. Now that the house is dark and quiet, he feels brave enough to jump on kitchen cabinets, throw up on the basement stairs, and snuggle up in my lap as I type this. Probably tomorrow [...]
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Posted in monte on Thursday, 29 November 2007 | No Comments »
I just caught Monte—the world’s most bulimic orange tabby—with his head in my queso. I fear that this night is not going to end well.
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Posted in life in general, monte on Thursday, 6 September 2007 | 2 Comments »
Almost. In the ongoing saga of Things Going Wrong, and in the spirit of using my blog to bitch unreservedly about my personal life, I add the following complaints:
my management company has not returned any of my three phone calls about the “fix-it” list. On this list includes the fact that I have no [...]
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Posted in clarabelle, monte on Sunday, 8 July 2007 | 3 Comments »
One of these days I’ll get my regular camera charged up and cleaned out so I won’t have to keep subjecting you to tiny thumbnail pictures. But in the meantime… how cute are my cats? I took a nap yesterday and awoke to this:
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Posted in clarabelle, monte on Monday, 25 September 2006 | No Comments »
Posted in monte on Wednesday, 13 September 2006 | 1 Comment »
Trying to, anyway.
(his eyes are a little freaky because I was playing with the green-eye reducer)
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Posted in chicago, clarabelle, monte on Monday, 11 September 2006 | No Comments »
…The Windy City.
There’s some debate as to the origin of this last epithet. Some say it was popularized by the long-winded and boastful speeches that were given in support of Chicago hosting the 1893 World’s Fair; others claim it had been used at least a decade earlier in reference to the “refreshing lake breezes.”
Decide for [...]
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Posted in clarabelle, life in general, monte on Friday, 1 September 2006 | 6 Comments »
I’m baby-sitting a friend’s two kittens, an experience which, although lots of fun, has overturned my fate as the crazy cat lady. Having four cats follow you into the bathroom is a bit much. Monte loves the kittens; Clarabelle… well, she’s coming ’round. And the kittens are, well, kittens: one of them has jumped into my bathroom trash can [...]
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Posted in clarabelle, monte on Monday, 28 August 2006 | 3 Comments »
One of my co-workers kindly burned a DVD called Cat Sitter for Monte & Clarabelle. It features a 20-minute loop of chirping birds, squeaking hamsters, and fluttering butterflies. Monte–who is severely ADHD–actually holds still for 15 minutes at a time, which is nothing short of a world record. Clarabelle, however, is a big ol’ couch [...]
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