Showing posts with label cautionary tale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cautionary tale. Show all posts

Friday, June 5, 2009

This is Allegra.


See that cute bundle of fur on the left, laying next to Mac?
The one that doesn't look like a chicken.

Her name is Allegra. She is neurotic.

She has taught the philosopher and I what it must be like to be a parent.
When your kid is swinging from the chandelier,
throwing spaghetti against the wall,
keying your car, or perhaps something worse...

When you are just about ready to stuff 'em into a crate,
drive far into the country, and just let them loose
they do something sooo cute
you forget why you were ever upset!

for the record: I would never really stuff my kid into a crate... I don't think! ;)
{Please don't report me to CPS }


What is it, you ask, that this adorably innocent-looking cat
is doing to drive us mad?
Screeching, screaming, clawing the couch, racing in circles...
Over and over and over again.


And did I mention she's clawed a hole
into every large plush piece of furniture we own
and built herself a little cave?
Our box spring, our sofa, our white leather chair...
Even duct tape can't keep her out!

{At least the holes are on the bottom so no one really knows!!}


The last thing I heard the philosopher say before I started this post
(or rather, the last threat I heard him make)
was that Allegra was about to loose her voice box -
and
not of her own volition.

But then, I know he'd never do it. Because she's just so darn cute when she sleeps!

By the way, if you would like to learn more about kitty neurosis,
living with a neurotic cat, or just want to read something

HI-LAR-I-OUS, check out this book by Stephen Baker.
{His book on neurotic dogs is pretty funny too!}

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Happy Mother's Day

I suppose it is ironic that in the photo series L & I made for our mothers I am blatantly ignoring some of my mother's advice: don't slouch. Note to self: Mom was right on this one. Although, given the fact that the wind was blowing my hair across my face in pretty much every photo, the slouching isn't the only issue. Oh well. What the picture lacks in grace we'll make up for later tonight with chocolate cake!

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Do Not Do This!