Accidental Musings » Pets

Daily Rant

Amy — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:01:11 +0000

The winter pits me against my cat. This is a conversation I have almost every day with Cookie.

[I walk up to Cookie as she is scratching at my glass door.]

Me: You do not want to go out there, it’s cold.

Cookie: You’re a liar, clearly it is nice spring weather. Now, let me out.

Me: There’s nothing to hunt out there, there’s snow on the ground.

Cookie: LAIR!! Let me out, or I’m puking on your boots.

Me: Fine, you can go out there, but I’m not letting you back inside in 20 minutes, you can just freeze.

Cookie: Whatever.

[I let her out and, sure enough, she comes back 10-15 minutes later. Despite my warning not to, I let her in.]

Cookie: Dude, warn a cat when it’s cold out there. And did you know that snow is made out of water. Well, I do now. Thanks a lot.

Me: I TOLD YOU!!

Cookie: Whatever, I’m going to go take a nap in the clean laundry. Wake me in the middle of the night, when it’s time to start fighting with the other cats and keep you up for an hour. I take particular joy in that activity.

Daily Photo

Amy — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:30:40 +0000

I am reaching back into some of my archives to finish out the year in photos. Mainly because I don’t have anything new, and I have no plans for the rest of the year. I title this one “I am a cat, your argument is invalid.”

Daily Picture

Amy — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:36:37 +0000

I took Oreo to a dog park this weekend. This picture shows some of the mayhem involved. A note- Oreo looks a little unsure in this photo, in fact, he was trying to scout out a place for him to sniff.

Daily Picture

Amy — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:06:57 +0000

Remember when I was all about my ‘Soul Bowl’? Yeah, now that I am working from home and spend most of my days sitting at my kitchen table working from my laptop, this is now my view. Awesome.

Daily Photo

Amy — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:00:52 +0000

Venus has a protector.

Daily Picture

Amy — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:19:43 +0000

We have a new addition to our home. An eight-week old kitten that we have named Venus. Or as I like to call her More-shit-for-me-to-take-care-of. There are a TON of photos here.

Daily Rant

Amy — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:41:56 +0000

You may know my cat Cookie, who I’ve written about here, here, and featured here? That little ball of fuzz that doesn’t even meow, she squeaks- that is how cute this cat is. The other night, Cookie brings me a gift. A cute baby bunny IN THE THROES OF DEATH CLUTCHED IN HER TEETH. Right to the screen door, not even kidding. So I did want any animal lover would do- I shooed her away and yelled at her to eat it somewhere else. Which immediately caused her to put the (STILL ALIVE) twitching bunny down by my door and walk around for a few minutes. Every watch a cute helpless baby bunny die slowly, yeah, well, it wasn’t on my to-do list either.

Finally (FINALLY) she picked the bunny back up and carried it out of sight. Next morning, I was informed that all that was left were some legs and backend. I don’t know how this 6lb. cat eats all that, but, still…ewww.

Since my separation/divorce, I have not missed having a man around the house too much. Except for right that moment.

I say again….ewww.

Daily Picture

Amy — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:48:49 +0000

Two minutes later, they were fighting- honest.

Daily Rant

Amy — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:34:42 +0000

Look, you want to rent your overpriced townhouse and I got cash. See how we fit together here? Don’t tell me you don’t want to rent to me because of my black lab. Here are the things I have heard you say and my responses:

1) Pets age a house. Noooo, age ages a house, having renters move in and out ages a house. My dog lays on the floor. I don’t see the connection.

2) You only want small dogs. WTF?! Have you seen the damage small dogs can do? It disproportional to their size. You have confused cuteness with appropriateness for you home. Stop it, it’s stupid.

3) You want an extra deposit. I’ll pay it, but just know that the deposit should be higher for every person you rent to that has a teenage boy. Have you seen the wreckage they can bring? It’s freakin’ amazing.

Rent me your house, you’re probably broke from paying the mortgage every month it sits empty. And, unfortunately for you, there isn’t a tax break for stupidity.

Daily Picture

Amy — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:47:01 +0000

This is my cat, Hook, who I’ve featured before. Hook only loves me for one reason and one reason only- I feed him. Here he is snuggeling with a paw on my shoulder as if to say- “If you move I want to know about it, on the off chance you might feed me.” I swear if I stay still too long, this cat will nibble on my fingers.