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From the entry Well you know his name is Simon, Fran said:

Doesn’t it just make you want to give Simon big long wet kisses right on his filthy mouth?

From the entry Well you know his name is Simon, Melissa said:

OK. I was sitting here having chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk when your post came up on my google reader… and I almost spewed milk out of my nose.

You and Tony are in a group of 4 because we frequently have to clean the pee off the heads of our dogs. Or watch them try to remove long grass which hangs from their balloon knots (I say “watch” but there has been an incident which involved removal and a needle nose pliers). Or yell at Booker for violating The Chew. I could go on…

From the entry Well you know his name is Simon, Wendy said:

OMG OMG OMG ... what is that MOOOOOOVE!!!!

From the entry Grrr., Jasm said:

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From the entry Grrr., Valerie said:

We had a car like that in my neighborhood - the alarm was going off all the time and the owners never seemed to do anything about.

It ended up covered in broken raw eggs and canallini beans.

From the entry Grrr., Jen Boyer said:

This is kind of sinister, really. Like you said, they’re probably just on vacation, but my mind of course immediately goes to “there are people being held captive in the basement/the house is a meth lab/baaaaaad things are happening there.”

The car alarm would REALLY piss me off, though.

From the entry Grrr., Sandy said:

I don’t know why, but this story reminds me of the time I heard three loud bangs and made a call to my local police department.  I felt like a real tool, but I was like, “It may have been gunshots.  I don’t know.” I didn’t want to not call the police and have someone be dead like Kitty Genovese.  Thankfully, nothing happened, but the cops did come zooming down the street moments later.  It’s comforting to have good cops.

From the entry Literal Take On Me, Rebecca said:

Very funny; what the hell is it???

From the entry Wowsie wow wow wow! (TM Wendy), Audra said:

First, this is the gay Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Fourth of July all rolled into one with rainbow sparklers and lube.

Second, every time you say Wowsie, wow, wow all I can think is Wow, Wow, Wubsie - the children’s show I’m forced to listen to multiple days a week.

Third, Simon is right - he needs to put out a decent album.

Fourth, I’m so proud of him!!!

From the entry Wowsie wow wow wow! (TM Wendy), Sandy said:

I know, right?  Simon Cowell’s response made me go a little soft in the niblets, too.  My friend Amy asked if I thought the Claymates would be disappointed, if they were that deluded, and I was like, “Well, if my friend Danielle is any indication, this is like gay Christmas” (Ghristmas?  I don’t know.)

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vegan. teacher. opinionated. loves books, shoes, hanson, ‘the amazing race’, the 80s, ‘waiting for guffman’, mid-afternoon naps, musicals and breakfast cereal. four cats. one redhead. hi.

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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Kitty Update

I’m probably jinxing us by saying this but we’re actually in a pretty good cat place right now.  Things have calmed down and we haven’t had any accidents.  I’m not counting poop in the tub as an accident, because Ariel clearly does that on purpose, but we can’t fight every battle at once.  Time-outs are less frequent and Emmett actually seems to have lightened up with the old chase-and-pounce routine.  Tony gets 100% of the credit for all of this, because he has been completely consistent in dealing with their behaviors.  He is totally the Cat Whisperer.

The best thing is that we’re not on edge all the time, wondering where the next horrible discovery of pee will be, or when we will hear Linus screaming through the house.  Everyone is calmer, which is how we all like it.  Right now the sounds of Grand Theft Auto are the loudest things in the house, and that’s awesome.

I can’t begin to tell you how wonderful it is to see the cats settling into a more peaceful existence.  Linus and The Smoosh are never going to be best friends, but I can tell that things are improving overall because now they can be in the same room together without trying to draw blood.  A little hissing and growling at first, but now Linus can lie on the couch with The Smoosh nearby and she only gives him dirty looks.  Ariel is less stressed and Emmett isn’t as much of a bully.  We know The Smoosh is happy when she participates in her routine of putting her toys in her food, which she has been doing a lot more as of late.

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While they have definitely tried our patience through this (not yet over, I’m sure) time, I still can’t imagine how people get rid of their pets, or worse, abuse them.  It’s seriously unfathomable to me.  I’m sure we’re not out of the woods yet with their behaviors, but we’re close, and it was worth the effort.  These cats are so trusting and so completely dependent on us to care for them and they enrich our lives in so many ways.  They entertain, they love unconditionally, they give us something to care for and care about.  I know we’ll be better parents one day because of it.  When I think about what Tony has done day in and day out with these cats, it seriously makes me want to go all kinds of Dugger and have like eighteen babies with him.  Or one.  One would be good, too.  Until then my heart will skip a beat every time he picks up a litter scoop. 

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Happy cats.  Happy people.

Posted by Danielle on 05/18 | (2) Comments •
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Hooray for happy cats and happy people!

Posted by Craig  on  05/19  at  08:03 AM

Hi The Smoosh!

And, oh hai.

Posted by Tony  on  05/19  at  02:30 PM

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