Huey's first video

Sorry but I tried to get him to look at the camera but he was more interested in the ink pen. Hubby and I were feeling a little better by this afternoon so we spent a lot of time with Huey. Oliver only hissed once at him so maybe he is starting to get used to him. I noticed earlier today that Huey was batting his little mouse toys under the door to Oliver. LOL Oliver came running down the hallway with them and hid them behind the recliner. I had to take them all back to Huey. Oliver has one still to play with.

Here is the only picture I was able to get of him today. LOL I had to hold him down to be able to get it though

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Carrier Day

First let me say thank-you to all the wonderful advice on the litter box problem. I tried several of them. As of now Huey is using the litter box.
Today he has spent time in the pet carrier. I have him in the living room so he can be with the rest of us. The cats still are not real happy but they don't seem as freaked out as they did yesterday. Both of them have gotten a good look at the kitten inside the carrier and hissed at him. Oliver seems a bit calmer today. He was playing with the kitten outside his bedroom door for awhile (swatting at each other under the door).
I was going to do a video today of Huey but I haven't felt real good today. Hubby isn't feeling well either. I still haven't been able to take a decent picture of him. He is doing just fine though.

Litterbox Woes

Things went fairly well on our first day and night together. We have run into a tiny snag though. Hopefully anyone who has had to deal with this might be able to give me some advice. Huey doesn't seem to like the litter box. Luckily we had newspaper and a plastic sheet under the box. He did this morning poop in the box so that was an improvement. I went and bought a smaller box and hope that works. I have never had this problem with any of the other cats except when they got really old. Any ideals on how to get him to use his litter box?
He sure has a lot of energy for something so tiny. I did buy him a ton of toys and I think at 2 am this morning I almost wish I hadn't bought the balls with the bell inside of them. We keep him in one of the spare bedrooms away from the other two cats. Neither of them are very happy right now about a kitten being brought into the house. I haven't let Huey wander around the house yet. Hopefully the 2 adults cats will settle down.
I slipped in his room a little bit ago and snapped a picture of him cat napping. Hopefully everyone won't tire reading about Huey. What can I say, the little guy makes me smile.

Meet Huey

I waffled back and forth for a couple days on whether or not to get a kitten. I went down to my vets office today to take a look at the kittens they had for adoption. They only had 1.
Huey is 8 weeks old. He weighs just a little over a pound and half. He purrs like crazy when you hold him. You set him back down and he demands you pick him back up. He just barely squeaks. Usually kittens can holler fairly loud but this one is really quiet. Sorry about the picture but hubby had a hard time holding him still to get a photo of him. Will try and get better pictures of him tomorrow.

A New Book

Yeah I know I buy books all the time. Today we went out to Sam's Club to buy new tires for the truck. While wandering around the store hubby bought me a copy of Stephen Kings new book called "Under the Dome". This is one really long book, 1,072 pages! So if I am not seen for awhile (kidding) you will know why. I had been wanting the book but didn't have the money for it so it was awful nice of hubby to get it for me. Will let you know what I think of it when I finish reading it.




Oh and before I forget, Sam's Club has the book for $21.95 (reg.$35.00).

Twitter?

Well I now have a twitter account, again. The first time I couldn't figure out how to use it so I deleted it. I noticed a lot of people have accounts over there so I signed up again. Now, can anyone tell me how you add a button to the side column here so people can find me over there? I noticed several people have banners and was wondering where you found them at?
Here is a link to my twitter account if you want to add me to you list.
http://twitter.com/KathyChristine

Fall Clean-up

All those pretty leaves have all decided to fall now. So for the next few weeks we will be doing clean-ups on our accounts. This usually goes until about the second week of December. One thing hubby forgot to buy this year was some dust masks. We have to wear these just to keep from breathing in all the dust from the leaves. Here are the last of the fall pictures I took back last week.

Loves Me Like a Rock

Hope you well bare with me but as I was setting around this morning I was thinking of some of the corny things that me and Fluffy loved to do. One thing was he loved me to sing to him. LOL I can't sing worth a hoot but that cat loved it. I bought a Paul Simon CD a few years ago and every time I played it Fluffy would come running. He really enjoyed me singing this song to him.



Hope everyone has a blessed day. =)

Fluffy

Fluffy passed away this morning. My heart feels like someone has ripped it out of my chest. I woke up at 3:30 and found him in really bad shape. He had suffered a massive stroke. I sat with him for the next 5 hours until he passed away. We were going to head to the Vet when they opened but he died before we could.


There is a big hole in my heart now. I miss my little furry baby.

R.I.P.

Fluffy

Happy Halloween!

Well we don't have anything planned for today. I think I will head down to the video store and see if I can find us a couple scary movies to watch tonight. I would love to see Psycho again. I haven't watched it in years and I remember it scared me silly the first time I saw it.



So what's the scariest movie you ever watched?

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A Visitor

Yesterday I got to spend several hours with my brother. I haven't seen him in over a year. He is in town with a company doing a roofing job. He has never been over to my house. LOL I spent hours cleaning and still didn't really feel ready for a visitor, even if it was my brother. He didn't seem to mind. Oh wow we talked about everything. It was so nice getting to spend some time with him.
My cats didn't care to much for having a stranger in the house though. The boy cats hid the whole time. Missy, the female cat, kept walking into the living room and hissing at him and then running back to the bedroom. Have no ideal what her problem was.
He said he would stop back by before he left town and see me and hubby again. He isn't half bad for a big brother. =)

That's me he has his arm around. The other little girl is one of my younger sisters.

Daily Walk

I was able to get some nice shots of some really pretty trees right around the neighborhood. I notice I get a lot of strange looks when I am out taking pictures. Thats okay if someone asks I will tell them I just wanted a picture of their pretty tree. I am getting out everyday like I'm supposed to and walking. Its been kinda nice getting out everyday and walking. Don't think I have lost any weight yet but I do feel a bit better.

Update on Fluffy

Well it's not good news. Last year when Fluffy started having problems with his heart we knew then that we were really lucky to still have him with us. Fluffy has problems with fluid building up around his heart and lungs making it very hard (impossible) for him to breath. The vet put him on water pills. So far it has worked. Now the problem is the water pills are causing other problems with his other organs. The vet has cut the medicine down to half dose but said we can't stop because the fluid will build back up again.
Fluffy had what is called a stroke of sorts. The falling over sideways and walking crooked is from the stroke. A stroke in an animal is not the same as in a human. There is nothing that can be done for Fluffy on that. The vet said he may suffer from more of them. If he does than we have to consider having Fluffy put to sleep. We are to keep Fluffy stress free. So if he wants held, he will be held for as long as he wants. Of course Fluffy main thing he really truly loves is chicken. I'm serious, this cat is crazy for it. Doctor said let him have as much as he wants.
Right now he is laying in the bedroom window chilling out. He is glad to have a room all to himself.

Senior Animals

Our oldest cat Fluffy is close to 14 years old. He has had some heart problems that for the last year he has taken medicine for. He actually has done really well on it. I have noticed though in the past few weeks he has been having accidents in odd places around the house. Yesterday it got really bad. He decided to use the bathroom right in the middle of the kitchen floor.

So we have moved a litter box to one of the spare bedrooms and made Fluffy a bed in there. I put his food and water in there for him. He seemed to do okay last night when we put him in there. He used the box.

This morning though he seems really confused. I let him out of the room when I got up and he wasn't sure where to go. Fluffy is almost completely blind. When he came into the living room he went to turn the corner and just fell over.

Well I guess a trip to the vet will be made today to find out whats going on with him. I hate when my babies get old.

What a shock!

When I got up this morning I had really hadn't planned on making my weight an issue. Heck I know I am fat. When I went to get dressed though I realized my last pair of jeans are now to small. I will be honest and tell you guys I have not stepped on a scale in probably 5 years. I had no ideal what I weighed. All I knew was that it had to be bad because I now wear plus sized clothes. It bothered me at first having to go to the larger clothes. Then I just got used to it.

I don't know if you can say when you first started putting on the pounds but I can tell you exactly when my weight gain started. In the summer of 1999 I got my first computer. I was a skinny gal back then. I wore size 2 and had to wear a belt with my pants even then. As the years have gone by and I have spent more and more hours in front of this computer so has the weight piled on. It wasn't until I got my camera last Christmas that I actually started to spend some time out doors.

I made a phone call this morning to a weight loss clinic here in town. I had gone out there years ago and it did help me shed some weight. When I stepped on the scales there at the doctors office and realized I have doubled my weight that I weighed just 10 years ago that dang near made me cry. I mean I knew it was going to be bad but I truly didn't expect it to be that bad. The doctor gave me some helpful advice on weight loss and gave me medication. We shall see how well it works.

First thing I did when I got home was put on my jogging pants and sneakers and head down to the park. I walked a fast paced walk for almost 50 minutes. Actually I felt really good when I finished my walk. The doctor told me I need to do this type of walking once a day. Of course I also have to start on a diet also. Bad thing about this doctor was all he would say about the diet part was stay away from the bad fats. Okay so I guess I will have to head down to the library and find me some books. Anyone have any ideals? I dumped all the candy out. Well actually I just gave it to hubby and told him to put it somewhere out of my sight.

I am up for the challenge of losing weight. Heck this will be a piece of cake compared to when I quit smoking. I don't have the money for going to a gym so I will try doing some workouts here at home.

Okay I will say one good thing about going out for walks everyday is that I can take me camera with me and take pictures. ;-)

Here is flowers I took out at the Zoo Friday.