Showing posts with label cats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cats. Show all posts
Sad Cat Diary
If I'm not mistaken, Sammy helped produce this video.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
Feline, Fit, & Fabulous
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| Sammy has control of my iPad. |
Two years ago I took Sammy in for his annual vet visit and learned that he weighed more than 20 pounds. This was not good. He was already on a diet regimen at that point, but obviously it wasn't working. I've really worked hard over the last two years to limit his food intake and keep him physically active (even if it drives both of us crazy sometimes).
So you can image my delight when I brought Sammy in for his annual check-up yesterday and learned that he is now a sleek 16.75 pounds. I think this is the smallest he's been since we lived in my first apartment in Boston.
Well done, Sammy!
30 Things to Be Thankful For - Day 12
I am so thankful I have had the joy of owning pets my entire life. My first word was Leo, the name of the family dog, and I used to tell all my middle school troubles to our cat Lizzy. Now I spend most of my time with Sammy, but I love to go home to be with Parker and Handy. My life wouldn't be the same without these furry friends.
30 Things to Be Thankful For - Day 4
But as I was working on this entry, he was playing with the blinds, scratching the dining room chair, and jumping on and off the kitchen counter. I had to use my trusty water bottle to get him to calm down.
He's exasperating, tiresome, and sometimes such a darn nuisance that I wish I could give him away. He's given me some of the worst scratches ever and nearly destroyed my computer.
Yet when he snuggles up next to me, looks at me with his big green eyes, and purrs, I melt.
Yes, I love this cat. And I don't know what I would do without him.
Big Boy
I took Sammy to the vet on Friday. He was as charming as ever, but I was a little embarrassed to learn that he now weighs more than 20 pounds.
I'm already drawing up plans for a cat-sized treadmill. Now the only question is — how do I make him use it?
Silver Belle
Almost two weeks ago, my beautiful cat Silver passed away. My family and I adopted her in April 1998, and I named her Silver after Michelle Kwan's silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Over the last year or so, she had not been feeling her best. My parents tried to help her get better, but she was just too sick.
Since my mom told me the news, I've been thinking about her and remembering all the little things that made her special. I keep remembering how tiny and cute she was as a kitten when she would "do the dinosaur" and chase after any ball we would throw around. When she was a little older, Paul and I would feed her Chicken Express off the breakfast room table. Her hair stuck to everything; all of my clothes had Silver hairs, and certain chairs would always be covered. She loved to climb in suitcases while we were packing but would always hide when we tried to put her outside.
Silver was a loving cat most of the time; she loved to sit in my Dad's lap and spent many nights curled up on my bed. She also was a spitfire at times, as Parker and the unfortunate Buddy discovered. As she grew older, her quiet moments became more frequent, but she still had spunk. During some of the hardest times in my life, she was always there to give me unconditional love.
In some ways, losing Silver really hasn't hit me yet. I haven't been home in almost a year, and when I was last there, she was still doing fine. Even with my Sammy cat here and Parker at home, I know that Thanksgiving will be a little different this year.
Silver was a special cat. After all, she was my figure skating cat. :)
Photography Class, Assignment #2
My photography class focused on flash and exposure compensation last week. We had to take pictures of the same subject using the different flash settings in our cameras. I learned that my camera has several different flash settings, which was really surprising to me since I thought I had only two: on and off. Sammy was the subject of my project this week.
Sammy with no flash
Sammy with flash
Sammy with no flash
Sammy with flash
His natural color, of course, is more like the second picture than the first. I still like the first one because he looks softer, and his eyes aren't quite as scary.
Only one more assignment and class left! This class has gone by quickly.
Only one more assignment and class left! This class has gone by quickly.
Save the Earth!
Sammy encourages everyone to use reusable shopping bags. You can fit a lot in them — even cats!
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