crazy cats...
last night when i was bringing in my 2nd load of groceries, the cats got in the car. i didn't see them when i got the third and final load. when conrad got home and we went to get them in, we saw them in the dashboard of the car. conrad went over and said, "it's locked." long story short: they locked themselves in with the keys in the ignition and we couldn't find the spare. they were in there 12 hours before the Lock Doc could come and rescue them and me this morning at 9:50. i was late to work and brought the kittens so they could get their shots tonight. luckily, they got over the entrapment quickly and still think i'm the best mother in the world:)
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
a few hours of trauma...
i had a good weekend except for a few hours. friday night, gracie wouldn't come in and we didn't know where she was. we finally got jack out of the tree after 15 minutes of calling for him and him responding with whiny, scared meows. i went to bed, sure that i'd wake up to gracie meowing at the front door wanting to come in. when i had to pee at 5:45 saturday morning (grr!) the first thing i thought was gracie never came home last night and told conrad (since he was incoherent when i got into bed the night before). i started crying and he said he couldn't sleep anymore thinking about her. so we went out searching. i bawled the whole time. i was thinking i should've got her in sooner than i did, etc., etc. conrad said maybe an owl got her. 5 minutes later we saw an owl swoop into a tree. huge owl!! i yelled at it "i hate you!" as if it could understand me. it's amazing how attached you get to a pet in just a short time. conrad and i sat in the living room for awhile. jack was meowing at the door. conrad went out to see him and said, "sorry about your sister, jack". he's so sweet with the kittens. can't imagine what he'll be like with our baby-amazingly adorable, i'm sure. he finally had to go so i went on a long walk. when i got back, i held jack. he doesn't usually like to be held, but was like my shadow. when i was watering the garden, i turned for no apparent reason and gracie was running toward me with her tail about 3 inches in diameter! i've never been so happy to see her face!! i started bawling again as i held her close and called conrad. he was very happy. this was about 9:30, and i was ready for some breakfast. after i poured my cereal, i saw something coming from the dining room. why's there a bird in the house? then i realized it was a bat....coming straight for me. it chased me out of the kitchen, i grabbed my phone (screaming all the while...if you can imagine that), and went outside to call conrad...crying hysterically. long story made a little shorter...we couldn't find it but it surfaced again when i was alone so i called my knight in shining armor again and he came and flushed it down the toilet. sigh what would i do without him? better get going to pilates, but thank God gracie's back and the bat's gone. my emotions took a toll on me...especially since i was sleep deprived to begin with.
i had a good weekend except for a few hours. friday night, gracie wouldn't come in and we didn't know where she was. we finally got jack out of the tree after 15 minutes of calling for him and him responding with whiny, scared meows. i went to bed, sure that i'd wake up to gracie meowing at the front door wanting to come in. when i had to pee at 5:45 saturday morning (grr!) the first thing i thought was gracie never came home last night and told conrad (since he was incoherent when i got into bed the night before). i started crying and he said he couldn't sleep anymore thinking about her. so we went out searching. i bawled the whole time. i was thinking i should've got her in sooner than i did, etc., etc. conrad said maybe an owl got her. 5 minutes later we saw an owl swoop into a tree. huge owl!! i yelled at it "i hate you!" as if it could understand me. it's amazing how attached you get to a pet in just a short time. conrad and i sat in the living room for awhile. jack was meowing at the door. conrad went out to see him and said, "sorry about your sister, jack". he's so sweet with the kittens. can't imagine what he'll be like with our baby-amazingly adorable, i'm sure. he finally had to go so i went on a long walk. when i got back, i held jack. he doesn't usually like to be held, but was like my shadow. when i was watering the garden, i turned for no apparent reason and gracie was running toward me with her tail about 3 inches in diameter! i've never been so happy to see her face!! i started bawling again as i held her close and called conrad. he was very happy. this was about 9:30, and i was ready for some breakfast. after i poured my cereal, i saw something coming from the dining room. why's there a bird in the house? then i realized it was a bat....coming straight for me. it chased me out of the kitchen, i grabbed my phone (screaming all the while...if you can imagine that), and went outside to call conrad...crying hysterically. long story made a little shorter...we couldn't find it but it surfaced again when i was alone so i called my knight in shining armor again and he came and flushed it down the toilet. sigh what would i do without him? better get going to pilates, but thank God gracie's back and the bat's gone. my emotions took a toll on me...especially since i was sleep deprived to begin with.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
a lovely drive...
on monday, i took the day off to spend it with conrad's family, since it was ranae and josh's last day in AF. one of their family traditions on the 4th is to go on a drive. last year, we went on the back roads to where conrad's grandma's parents settled and where she grew up. it was very interesting. ranae missed it last year, so that was the one thing she wanted to do for sure during their short visit. we took the back roads to malta and then decided to head up the pomerelle mountain. i've never seen it without snow! it was absolutely beautiful. i was glad i'd thrown my camera in my purse before we left. there's a few lakes up there and there's still some snow!! i can't wait to go up there again.
Lake Cleveland
just after RaNae almost fell in while she was sitting on that log behind us and I saved her (after screaming bloody murder (i know you can't imagine that:) the water was freezing cold!)
Horse Thief Lake 
Pomerelle
on monday, i took the day off to spend it with conrad's family, since it was ranae and josh's last day in AF. one of their family traditions on the 4th is to go on a drive. last year, we went on the back roads to where conrad's grandma's parents settled and where she grew up. it was very interesting. ranae missed it last year, so that was the one thing she wanted to do for sure during their short visit. we took the back roads to malta and then decided to head up the pomerelle mountain. i've never seen it without snow! it was absolutely beautiful. i was glad i'd thrown my camera in my purse before we left. there's a few lakes up there and there's still some snow!! i can't wait to go up there again.
Lake Cleveland
just after RaNae almost fell in while she was sitting on that log behind us and I saved her (after screaming bloody murder (i know you can't imagine that:) the water was freezing cold!)
Horse Thief Lake 
Pomerelle
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