Me and the Boys....and Sooty

Its coming up on two weeks since that fateful day when Remington and Dude got locked inside and it has not been uneventful.

So far I have not let the boys back outside, Sooty on the other hand gets let out anytime she asks for it.  The upstairs and the outside are her refuge.  Most of the time she is pissed off at them and hisses anytime they come to near her and swishes her tail in warning....only problem is that Dude thinks the swishing tail is a toy...that he has not attacked YET.

The boys have been sticking to the basement and the first floor.  Spending nights in their basement and putting on an acrobatic show for me and Sooty on the first floor.  Sooty begrudgingly seems to be amused by them...from a distance.

This week Dude has been coming upstairs in the morning when he hears activity (or maybe before) Sooty continues with her routine of heading downstairs and waiting for me to fill her bowl while Dude has been checking out things while I make my bed, then follows me to the kitchen where he too waits impatiently for breakfast.

This evening I came home from work with a head stuffed by allergies and went to get changed to go for a run to find Dude snoozing in the cat bed at the foot of my bed and Remington in the dirty laundry basket.  Worried about what Sooty will do if she sees him there but still happy that they are settling in I jump up onto the bed to get some snuggles.  Dude cuddles into me and starts purring and Remington hops up and takes his place in the cat bed.  After 10-15 minutes the stuffed head took over, plans of a run were postponed for a quick nap....that ended up being two hours long.  When I awoke both kittens were still on the bed...and lo and behold Sooty was on the floor...not hissing. I invited Sooty up and she came for a cuddle, seemed okay when she seen Remington in her bed, but Dude getting rambunctious was a bit much for her.

All in all I am really loving having these two fellas romping around the house.  It would break my heart if I thought Sooty was going to be permantly put out by it so am really hopeful that she is coming around.

Project TNR continues

Last weekend I opened my front door and the outdoor kittens Stanley and Earl Grey came in

I closed the door behind them and renamed them

Dude

Remington

I had decided to adopt these two, we have an appointment to get two of our outdoor kitties fixed tomorrow, the plan was that it would be these two boys.  I was going to keep them indoors after the surgery and that would be that....but I took them in early.

Now we have two spaces and these boys are no threat to any unsuspecting female cats out there so we decided to try and capture the mother cat  (who has had another two kittens since) and maybe one of the more approachable female cats (French Fry).  If we could not capture the mother our backup plan was to get Dude and Remington done.

Remington and Dude are happy to announce that when I came home this evening, not only had they refused to be corralled into the basement by Sooty, but there was a unfixed cat (not sure if its their Mamma or their Aunt) in the trap....so they get to keep their bits for a little while longer.

Tomorrow will be a fun day with Sooty still hissing at Remington and Dude and a couple more are going to be kept in my spare room while recuperating from their surgery....Yep cat lady.

A word of warning when googling hits of the 80s

One of my co-workers is in the throws of anticipation as her daughters wedding day approaches at the end of this month.  It is fun to sit near her and share her excitement. 

The latest tidbit is a request by the DJ to have each of the parents pick 3 songs each for him to play.  I imagine this is to ensure that his playlist satisfy all guests.  She asked for our help, which made us realize that the Black Eyed Peas would likely be disturbed if they knew how many middle aged people dig their music.  But we thought that the intention was likely to have music from the 80s played.  So we googled top hits of the 80s....this is a warning....DO NOT GOOGLE TOP HITS OF THE 80s, if this is your genera. 

I admit that I had the lyrics to "You Light Up My Life" written on my school binders but I have grown....some would say evolved.   I am more than happy to resign 80s music to the past. Ever since that supposed harmless google I have been prancing around the kitchen singing into the end of the broom "Pour some sugar on Me" while making coffee and even more irritating, the tune "Ive been to Paradise....but Ive never been to me" wont leave my head.