Curiosity could kill the cat....

I decorated for Halloween. Actually I did it three weeks ago. The light changed coming thru my windows one morning and I knew it was time. I tried putting up those fake spider webs with some spiders in them. They haven't worked out so well for one member of our family.....I heard a meowing and went to see what she'd done now. Honestly it looked like a scene from Lord of the Rings with Frodo and the big spider. I think she was trying to get one of the fake spiders out.
That stuff was pretty sticky and the more she struggled, the worse it got. I couldn't resist a picture or two!

Some Big news...

Actually, a lot of big news. Brian is finally to the point that back surgery is unavoidable. So he will be going under the knife in the next few months. We are also putting out house on the market next week.

So many factors have gone into this decision and though it makes us sad, we are really looking forward to the adventure! We will be moving slightly south of here, in the Eagle Mountain area of Utah. For those of you not from here, Eagle mountain in down by Utah lake. It is slightly in the middle of nowhere, but close to the freeway and an equal distance between Salt Lake City and Provo.

Although life has become more hectic with the de-clutterization of the house for the real estate photographer, prepping for listing the house and me getting ready for my trip to Washington, we are excited about the idea of moving. The kids are excited too, once we got past the initial queries of: "Are we still going to have a toy room?" and "Is the cat still going to be our friend?" they were good to go. (And for those of you curious, the answer was yes to both questions)

Oh, also a "little" side note, Sprinkles the hamster has left our home. After being harassed by Abby the cat for the last 2 months, we have found a new home for Sprinkles. She was a good hamster and the kids will miss her. I can't say I'm terribly broken up about it, and in hindsight, will never invite a rodent to live with us again.

So that is our life right now. A little crazy, but hey, that's what makes it fun!

A new arrival....

Abby the cat joined us today, Sunday, after much deliberation about the stupidity of getting a cat.
She has been so cute to watch, and she is so cute with the kids, very gentle and loving, yet very playful.
She taught this paper a lesson! It had the nerve to wave in the air when she was walking by! As I'm writing this, she came in and mewed to get up on my lap, so I let her and now she's alseep on my lap while I type. She is so cute!
Very playful too! It is actually pretty funny how we came to get a black cat. usually very allergic to black cats, like, can't breathe, eyes red, itchy, watery for days after contact with black cats. But I have no problem with orange cats, since we lived with Willy the cat in Bellingham. Well, we started to look for a cat that was orange, and the first one we looked at, was a freak! He wouldn't even come out to see us and scratched me so bad, I think I have an infection! Plus the house he came from was dirty and gross, so we didn't want that cat, which was a shame, since we drove and hour and fourty five minutes to see it, and the same home. Then the kids were at my parents, and my dad realized the neighbors had kittens they were giving away for free. So they went to look, they had no orange cats. I went by later to take a look, not thinking I would get one, but she pointed out a little tiny black girl kitty that didn't have a home yet and I fell in love! I held her, and rubbed her fur by my face to see what would happen, and nothing did! So, we went back today and got her. She has already been a nice addition to the family!