I spent the morning cat-proofing the house. I don’t think I ever took the time to KID proof my house for crying out loud. The kids settled on the name Shadow and she’s settled herself in quite well. The birds have been hung in their cages where she can’t get to them. I’m not worried about the snake…her cage has a sliding cover that locks into place. Another few weeks and the snake will be large enough to hold her own anyways. I’ve given the boys the rules. They’ll be taking care of the cat…litterbox duty…feeding…brushing (she’s a long haired black cat and had mats the size of golf balls on her). The FIRST time the cat shits or pisses anywhere other than the litterbox, she’s history. It remains to be seen if I’m going to take her in for declawing. Most vets aren’t doing it anymore because it’s seen as cruel. Yeah, I know…don’t even get me fuckin started on that. I’d have had her done when she was spayed yesterday but my normal vet doesn’t do it anymore and gave me the lecture. I told him it was no problem if he didn’t want to do it…I’ll just find some old country vet somewhere in the backwoods around here and pay him to do it. “It’s just not something we do anymore because it’s seen as unecessary and cruel”. Gag me. I’ll tell you what’s cruel…the cat getting her ass beat because she claws my new livingroom set because you clowns won’t declaw her.
I’ll give her a chance to be a good kitty. She really is the most friendly cat I’ve ever met. I haven’t once seen that “Are you talking to ME, lowly human?” look yet. I am grudgingly dealing with this turn of events. I hate to see any animal tossed aside like trash…even a cat.
In other news, the witching hour is closing in and the boys and I will be driving to a bookstore 40 miles away to go get the new Harry Potter book. I don’t know who is more excited about this book…them or me LOL. Yeah, so it’s not the greatest literature ever written…who freakin cares? I’ll read almost anything you put in front of me and, as for the boys…any book that creates this much excitement in two boys that doesn’t contain bells, whistles and flashing lights is okay with me. I’m lucky because they DO like to read…anything, not just Harry Potter books. But sometimes with all of the electronic entertainment around this house, they forget.
I’ve had to buy two of each book as they’ve come out but this time around, I have to buy three. I sure as fuck ain’t waiting to read it, my oldest is simply salivating over it so I can’t make HIM wait to read it. And my youngest is very proud that he’s finally old enough (8) to read it on his own. It’s kind of silly to buy three copies but, again, anything to get their noses in a book this summer. I’ll probably finish it before the weekend is over, so blogging will be light until Sunday night at least.
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