I haven't updated this blog for a while. All the weeks gone by, so many things I've thought to write about, but didn't have the time and sometimes the mood to blog. Many a time, I would begin a few lines and then I'd just delete the post way before I could finish. I'm not sure why. I wonder if this post would see the Publish button.
Here's what life has been like so far.
The dogPretty has been with us for two weeks now. I can't say she's on her best behaviour. After all she's still a puppy. By next week she'll be exactly three months old. She's kept Ray very busy in the last couple of weeks. She doesn't have routine times to do her business so he has to endlessly clean up after her. We can't even detect when she's gonna let go because she doesn't sniff around before she does her job!
Pretty craves for lots and lots of attention. She barks, whimpers and cries when left alone too long while we're at work. For many mornings, she's been waking us around 6am. Ray has to sleep on the couch to keep her quiet while the rest of us get some more sleep before our alarm clocks are set to go off.
She's so playful and full of energy. She walks over me like I'm a piece of furniture. She climbs on me and thinks my fingers and toes are chewable toys. She doesn't do this to Ray though, because he's her Trainer with the rolled-up newspaper as a training tool. When I let the cats in, she wants to play with them by dashing towards them the way she does to us. Obviously the cats hate it and end up running away. They hiss at her. On the one hand, I pity the cats because they're frightened by this girl's energy at chasing them. On the other hand, I also pity Pretty because she must be wondering why the other four-leggeds don't want to play with her.
In just a span of 2 weeks I've seen her grow. She's much taller now. Though taking care of her is not easy, we still adore her and her funny antiques.
Pretty in training to poo and pee on newspapers in her barricade.The catsThe girls have felt somewhat neglected last week because we couldn't let them in when Pretty was indoors because she had just taken her vaccination. I'm slowly trying to make it up to them and hope they will get used to having Pretty around. Prue and Phoebe lie low hiding behind curtains or in corners. Piper is a little more daring and walks about. But she feels safest being on top of some stacked boxes that Ray brought home. Look how comforted she is knowing that Pretty could never jump that high!
Piper takes the "high road" and Prue is behind that curtain while Phoebe is nowhere to be seen.Yesterday I found them to be part of the
365 Cats 2007 Calendar Girls when I browsed through a copy. I submitted their photos early this year, hopeful for them to get selected to be in print and I was delighted to find them each gracing a day of the calendar.
If you want to help out in this independent pet rescue effort, get a copy of the calendar for yourself or as gifts for cat and dog lovers. :)
Christmas timeChristmas is just a week away. We've been busy doing shopping for christmas presents. It's never easy thinking of gifts but once you get into motion and ideas start to come to mind, it gets you motivated and excited. Of course, in the expense of the purse. I would say we've worked very hard, walking about for majority of our weekend time finding all the gifts. Some of the gifts are all nicely wrapped up while some are still pending boxes that I don't know where to find from.
Some of our Christmas gifts for loved ones.Right now Pretty is barking like crazy. I can't write anymore. Till next time when my days are not as boring and revolving around only the 4-leggeds, I'll post some more.
