Woke up this morning at 7:30. It was a relief to join the real world as I had several anxiety dreams--about home plumbing and work ( Read more... )

This evening Petunia is back in the house! Marisa saw her yesterday in the back room but she was too scared to come back in. Tonight she was meowing up a storm, so Marisa opened the door, careful to not let Petunia's children exit at the same time ( Read more... )

Sunday is grocery shopping day ( Read more... )

This morning I went into the backroom to put kibbles in the feeder for the stray cats. I shut the door behind me while carrying the large plastic container of kibbles. Just outside the door the brown long-haired cat that Marisa calls Crowley is waiting, smacking his chops and looking through the cat door opening (the door itself fell apart last ( Read more... )

Turns out the problem with my truck is a deficient fuel pump. The mechanics at Madison Motors measured the pressure and it was not doing what it should. As a result when just starting did not deliver enough fuel. Once the truck is going does fine ( Read more... )

Yesterday morning I saw Hannibal arise from his hiding place under the Birmingham chair, then yesterday afternoon he was out with the other cats ( Read more... )

Marisa and I picked up Petunia after 3 p.m. yesterday. She was anxious about being caged, but as Marisa sat beside the cat carrier on the way home, Petunia rubbed against Marisa's finger and licked it ( Read more... )

This morning Marisa and I delivered Petunia to the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon to be spayed ( Read more... )

Early this morning as I was attempting to go to sleep I heard sounds from the kittens and this streak of white rumble by the entrance to our bedroom. At first it looked like the larger of the kittens, the beige one, had run past the door. This, of course, didn't make sense. The kittens are blind and can only squirm around ( Read more... )

Petunia gave birth to five kittens this afternoon in Marisa's closet ( Read more... )