A Crazy Cat's Life

The other day I was going through something online (either another blog or Facebook) and saw a link to an old cartoon I used to watch: Chip 'N Dale's Rescue Rangers.  I was a big fan of the "Disney Afternoon" back when I was in college.  I literally scheduled my classes to make sure I always had the afternoons free to watch my cartoons.  Sad, I know. A couple of people always ask how I started calling my kitties "Fuzzies."  It goes back to that silly cartoon.  In one of the episodes ("Bearing Up Baby"), a little boy gets lost in the woods and he refers to Dale as "fuzzy."  Then he comes along a bear and calls him "big fuzzy."  Silly, I know, but for some reason that stuck in my head. (go to about 4:58 to hear the little boy doing the "fuzzy") Anywho,about a year and a half later, I went with my friend to look at some kittens for her.  The owner had a slew of cats, I mean dozens all over the place and none of ...

...and I spent it inside doing lesson preps and writing exams. *sigh*

There are some days when this is very fitting:

Here is our Shadow.  He is probably the most feral kitty in our household but he's starting to finally warm up to us.  Next month, he'll be four years old and we've had him since he was a 12 week old kitty.  However, that is what the shelter woman said and she said the same thing about Dharma when we got her and she was actually six months old!   As you can see, his tongue is sticking out a bit.  He usually does that when he's happy.  That has become a guide to his happiness as the farther out it sticks the happier he seems to be. Shadow What really has surprised me is that the household has been very calm since Loki's passing.  Whenever one of our alpha cats passed, house usually would be in a state of chaos as all the kitties fight for that top alpha spot.  It was clear that Loki was the alpha but things are very subdued here.  What I am starting to believe is that they are probably mourning him.  I saw an article today a...