10-3-25 Friday

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You might have mentioned before and I’ve forgotten, but who is the kitty on your computer?

The picture I use for wallpaper on my monitor is this picture of Tricki, who we fostered in 2014. I LOVED that silly, goofy girl. And if we hadn’t had 14 cats at the time… !

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I’ve seriously been thinking about getting a Roomba as well. Which one do you have or recommend?

I have the iRobot Roomba j7+ (7550) . I like it well enough, but I always say that it vacuums about as well as a teenager would – it gets the worst of it in the middle part of the room and close to the edges, but doesn’t do a great job in the corners. I usually vacuum with the “real” vacuum every 1 – 2 weeks to get all the stuff that accumulates in the corners and under the chairs and couch, but the Roomba makes it so that I don’t have to vacuum every couple of days, so I do recommend it. (I just wish it did stairs!) I should add – we also don’t have carpet, it’s all laminate downstairs. I can’t speak to how well it works on carpets.

Side note: we bought the Roomba nearly 3 years ago – Fred and I don’t buy Christmas presents for each other, but buy one big gift “for the house” – and while I hesitated for a LONG time paying that much for something that when it really came down to it we didn’t NEED, I don’t regret the purchase. It does a decent enough job, and also the fosters tend to be wary of it but not terrified…and I live in hope that one of these days one of them will climb on for a ride!

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Tango loves his mama.

Flamenco has white toes on her front paws.

Sashay does not. (That’s Sashay in the front, Flamenco in the back.)

Cuddle puddle. From left: Tango, Sashay, Mambo & Flamenco.

Mambo gives his foot the ol’ snifferoo.

They always look so serious at this age. (Flamenco)

Sashay, feelin’ judgemental.

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A stinkbug got into my office, and Esmeralda found it the MOST fascinating thing. I think it’s safe to say that she’s a bug hunter. (I did catch it and toss it out the window before she could squish or try to eat it.)

“Can’t believe you took away my toy, lady.”

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In lieu of permanent resident pics, here are a few pictures from the back yard. (Gardening season is winding down, even though it’s still TOO FRICKING HOT out there.)

Stick bug! This is the first one I’ve seen (that I know of) since we moved into this house.

Silver-spotted Skipper (butterfly) on a Zinnia.

Cicada! I know they’re hideous, but I think they’re cool. And they’re the gentlest bugs who don’t want anything to do with you, either.

Volunteer Cosmos. I know I didn’t drop any seeds, so the Cosmos in the pot up and to the left must have dropped seeds.

So pretty.

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Posted on social media (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr/ Bluesky) yesterday.

Happy Thlurrrrpsday, from ChaCha.

Throw Back Thursday: I took this picture in 2011 (and have posted it several times since). Looking at it made me a little dizzy back then, and that hasn’t changed in 14 years. Does it make you dizzy too? (That’s permanent resident Alice and foster Bolitar waiting for dinner.)

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Throw Back Thursday: With the Tiny Dancers moving past their hissing phase (there’s still a hiss here and there), I thought I’d share this video of the hissiest litter I’ve ever had: the Cardsharks! Hisses, growls and spits – those kittens were FIERCE.

Did you know I have a playlist of hissing kitten videos on YouTube (there are 50!)? Click here to see ’em.

OH WAIT. I bet I can embed the playlist. Let’s see, shall we?

Yep, that worked (well, at least for ME it did.) Thinking I need to make a page with all the playlists embedded…

This little face (Mambo) just kills me. He looks like a toothless old man asking if the dining room will be serving vanilla pudding tonight for dessert.

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Throw Back Thursday: It’s been 5 years since we officially adopted Charlie (his foster name was Aramis; we changed it. He didn’t have an identity crisis, as far as I can tell. 😉 ) He would wail and wail if he could hear us on the other side of a door, thus his name became: Charles, Prince of Wails. Here’s a video showcasing his wailing.

Happy Gotcha Day Charlie, ya big goober.

Esmeralda’s blissful little face as Fred pets her. She is just the SWEETEST.

The only reason I know that Tango is on the left and Mambo is on the right is because I wrote it down so I’d remember. I still can’t tell them apart if I can’t see Tango’s green ear – though he’s the heavier of the two, so if the paint disappears from his ear, at least I can just pick them up and tell who’s who.

Good night innernets. (Sashay & Tango)

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Previously
2024: “Lady WHERE WERE YOU?! It’s past time for breakfast and I’m having a starvation!”
2023: Kes found the morning sunlight, and she approves.
2022: Francesca’s face is killing me. “I guess if Mama says I need a bath, I get a bath whether I want one or not!”
2021: No entry.
2020: No entry.
2019: So there you go. All six kittens, Katriane looking off to the side, and Margeaux on the floor.
2018: Doesn’t Axle have the most delightful belly?
2017: Telstar and the Paws of Up, Y’all. (And the Open Mouth of Outrage.)
2016: Sodapop’s face is KILLING. ME. DEAD.
2015: Kittens usually smell like raw peanuts. These guys, however, smell like the broth from corn chowder: milky, buttery, and salty-sweet.
2014: Von and the Open Mouth of Outrage as she calls for someone to protect her from PW.
2013: “Juuuust rubbing my face on the track toy… ::boot::”
2012: Such a little floof.
2011: “What the-?”
2010: No entry.
2009: “Madame, I don’t believe I care for your tone.”
2008: No entry.
2007: Ingrates.
2006: Maddy is officially off the bottle!
2005: I wouldn’t say that Sugarbutt’s butt is at 100%, but it’s so much better than it was last Thursday that I’m not complaining.

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