Monthly Archives: August 2007

Lost or stolen or strayed?

One of the cats is missing. We have two, both indoor cats. One of them, Oscar, occasionally tries to make a break for it to the great outdoors. The other, Max, is more of a homebody. Max is the one that’s missing. I can’t find him anywhere in the house, and although I don’t see how he could have gotten out, I did go out and call for him and got no response to that, either. Max has kitty diabetes, so my mommy-anxiety is of course kicking into full gear. Living in a house this old, there are a lot of nooks and crannies, and with a one-year old tagging along I can’t search as thoroughly as I otherwise might. So I’m hoping I’ve just missed him somewhere, except if that’s true why hasn’t he come out? But if that’s not true then where is he?

Here kittykittykittykittykittykittykitty.

I’ll take that as a compliment …

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(via Christopher)

Friday Video Blogging

It’s been a looooong week. The Hatchling got several shots last week at her 15 month checkup, and they warned us that she might have a reaction anywhere from a week to three weeks after the fact (I guess the delayed reaction time is common with the chicken pox vaccine). Sure enough, on Wednesday the Hatchling woke up at around 4 in the morning with a high temp, and was basically miserable all day Wednesday and Thursday. No appetite, no sleep no feel good. Add to that my having insomnia both nights, and we were a cranky, cranky household. But. Last night she slept like a dream, I slept like a kind of normal person, and everyone felt much better this morning. Plus, it’s the weekend! And it’s supposed to be nice weather! Calloo, callay!

So anyway. Here’s the Hatchling’s video recommendation of the week. I was so psyched to find this one again:

And here’s my recommendation. I effing LOVED this when I was watching Sesame Street, and it turns out I’m in good company, as it was apparently a big influence on The Bad Plus. Yeah, I’m cool:

Have a great weekend!

Shaken, but OK

Just wanted to post a short message to let everyone know that we weren’t on the I-35W bridge last night, though it’s a route we’ve taken many, many times. We’re all present and accounted for in the Squab family. Still shaken by the gruesome pictures of the bridge carnage, though. It seems crazy that a bridge can just collapse like that. I hope none of my readers were personally affected. Bless the rescue and recovery workers. It’s more than I could do.

Phun with Photos: a Brief Essay in Pictures

Before:
Before

After:
After

The Culprits:
Partners in Crime