The tub refinishing guy (Miracle Method) came back today, did an acid etch and spray-enamel of the tub.  Dirk sent me photos of it all gleaming white and perfect ( Read more... )

On a tip from a friend (or originally, from this friend's cat's vet), we rearranged the morning routine ( Read more... )

Where to put the cat box ( Read more... )

The cat has finally stopped acting like a crazy beast.  Maybe this determines that the memory of the feline is about 2 weeks ( Read more... )

We took Contessa Kittenworth to the vet last week.  (Okay, I sent Dirk to take her to the vet while I was at work... but the concept is there.)  Not much notable about that, the rabies booster and the poop analysis and then the thing we thought was ear mites was some kind of ear infection and she really is not loving the ear-drops, but the thing ( Read more... )

Today I went to work, and was given ( Read more... )

Hey, look, an Internet!!  We've got a connection at the new place, and that means we really live there, right? Of course, we don't have coffee, or tables, so we're at a handy cafe.  More on the apartment later.  This is all about traveling with the stupid cat.

First of all, consider - we drove almost three hours on Saturday, only 1.5-2 or so on ( Read more... )

We got a harness and leash for Contessa Kittenworth, on he theory that we sure weren't going to try to keep her in a box during the drive, and it would be nice to prevent her from launching out across the rest-stop when we open the car door.  My mom expressed concern that she'd totally flip out, since she normally doesn't even wear a collar - "if ( Read more... )

Oh, wait, I forgot the requisite holiday cat photo!!!!

One of our christmas gifts was a cat condo made by D's dad.  We assembled it when we got in last night, then took some dried catnip and smeared it all over the scratching-post parts, and rubbed it into the carpeting so she'd know it's hers.  The result - a totally drugged-out cat, with wild ( Read more... )

I finally dumped photos from my camera, and uploaded a few of our sweet Contessa Kittenworth.  She's been a really warm presence this fall - we got a super-soft plushy red throw for the wedding, and I love it.  So does the cat.  I think it takes her back to her kitten days; she spends a lot of time kneading around and licking it.  It's kind of ( Read more... )