A Crazy Cat's Life

...'cause we got an eighth cat. Yep, eight. We are crazy. About a week after getting Loki, we noticed that he was really sad because the other cats wanted to have absolutely nothing to do with him still. The poor guy just wanted a playmate and the look of disappointment on his face when none of the cats wanted to play with him just broke my heart. The breeders gave us a decent price on a second kitten so we snatched one up from the same litter. I chose one of the black smoke males and we have since named him "Monkee." Darren has been dying to name one of the cats "monkey" and it fit this time since his black face kind of gives him the look of one. Plus he's a little troublemaker. :) I decided to give him the name with two e's as a tribute to one of my old time favorite bands, The Monkees. Here are a few pics of him and Loki...

Yesterday, the NHL and NHLPA said that they had an "agreement in principle" that needs to be ratified by the players and Board of Governors before the details are made public. Is this a Good Thing? Ya, I guess. It means that the year-long lockout may finally be over. Whether or not it was worth losing a season over remains to be seen. The only detail that is known is that a salary cap will be in place, something the players said they would never agree to. Geeze. "At the end of the day everybody lost." - Wayne Gretzky on the tentative agreement to end a lockout in the National Hockey League.

Ah the little fellow is home now. We brought him home this past Saturday and he has added so much positive energy to us. I forget how much fun a little kitten can be. He already has the run of the house and the other cats are getting used to him. The first few days there was a lot of hissing and growling, but that's expected. I told Darren to give it a week and things should be back to normal. I brought him to the vet today for an exam and to get a stool sample tested. There were two litters together in the same room at the breeders and the other mother tested positive for round worm and giardia. The breeders were upset by this since their house had been worm free and they offered to pay for the test. I'll get the results back tomorrow and we'll see if he needs any additional meds. Joy. Other than that, he's very healthy. Though he wasn't happy about getting his rabies vaccination. It took three of us to hold him still for it. Poor little guy.