August 20 - I went back to work this week, so I had to leave my Sandy. There was not a lot that went on this week...that I know of. No telling what she did while I was away.
Friday, August 24 - I decided that Sandy was big enough to come and sleep with us. This was the first time in probably 13 years that Angel did not sleep with me and 8 years that Bear did not sleep with me. It made me sad, but Sandy snuggled with me. I was not sure what she would do. Most if the night she slept in my crotch. I needed to move so I picked her up and moved her with me. She did not stay, but later I felt a warm fluffy body against my back. She got under the covers. Sweet girl!!!
Saturday, August 25 - Night 2 of my kitty in the bed. She was all over the place. She was sleeping with me, attacking Jeff's feet, sleeping in between the quilt and sheet next to Jeff, and then under the bed probably torturing poor Bear-cat.
Sunday, August 12 - Sandy is now well versed in jumping over the baby gate. She used it to her advantage with Luke. She jumped over the baby gate in the kitchen and then ran over to the baby gate in the dining room. Luke can easily jump over the baby gate, but knows that he is not allowed to. He can jump a 6 foot fence. Sandy ran from gate to gate and Luke followed. I got tired of it and I don't want her to keep doing that, so I picked her up and brought up back over.
Monday, August 13 - Well, Sandy got even more bold. When I was upstairs changing, apparently I was up there too long. She came all the way upstairs. I went downstairs to do the dishes and she decided up go back up stairs. I went to check on here and she came face to face for the first time with Angel. Angel hissed once and then ran away.
Tuesday, August 14 - not much today other than looking cute. I went to Painting with a Twist and painted my sweet Angel.
Wednesday, August 15 - I have a fear that I will have another diabetic cat. Angel has to have 2 shots a day of insulin. I blame my father. Odd, I know. When I decided I wanted a cat in college, my father said to me "How are you going to pay for her if she gets sick?". I think he jinked her. Poor girl. She was healthy for years - despite her bulimic moments (if the bowl is empty, when it is re-filled, she will eat and eat until she gets sick and then throws up...ugh.). She went from about 10 pounds to 6 pounds. I will forever love Dr. Campbell for figuring out what was wrong with her. The vet before her just said that she had a nervous stomach and would be fine...no she would not have. So, what does this have to do with Sandy. I want her to have a good food with lots of good protein and little carbohydrates. Many a cat lover, professional, crazy cat people that have stores just for cats (love it!), say that in nature, cats in nature don't go into a corn field and chew on corn. They are carnivores. She was eating Neutro, but I did some research and they have had some recalls. Not for my precious kitty. Luke, my dog, is now eating better food from a fancy dog place. They carry a little bit of cat food too. We will see how this goes. It smells bad, but if it is good for her, then I can deal. Only the best for my Sandy girl...I hope!
Sandy helping me with the computer!
Thursday, August 16 - Vet day. She meowed the whole way there. Once we got there, she got very upset and so I took her out. I felt like I had a real child. I walked her around to see the ladies at the desk, we looked at the fish, and then we went back into the crate. She was good for the vet until they took her back to draw blood for the Feline Leukemia test and the FIV test. She screamed bloody murder while they took the blood. It was horrible having to listening to it. She ran back into my arms. Poor sweet girl. She got her shots and I was told that she may be tired. Poor little thing. She has been so tired today, but she curled up with me a lot today.
Friday, August 17 - Garage Sale Day. We took Sandy upstairs to really meet Bear and Angel. They were sleeping together. I put Sandy on the bed with the "big cats". Bear hissed and hissed, Angel grumbled and hissed, but neither moved.
This video speaks for itself. Just the cutest kitty in the world!
Saturday, August 18 - More Garage Sale today. Mom came over to help and she got some Sandy love. Apparently Mommy's spot on the couch is the favorite for both Luke and Sandy.
Sunday, August 5 - Sandy is still precious. Nothing very new. She has decided that Luke's bowls are her toys. She likes to push them around the kitchen floor. Luke decided that he wanted to take over her toy. He has been an only child for too long. The 2 big kitties stay upstairs, so pretty much everything downstairs is his. I chased him round with the camera and then chased him to get his toy. Silly Luke.
Monday, August 6 -
Sandy loves her basket which is actually the recycling basket. It is most fun when it is empty! She also likes to get in there when Luke is in and playing. It is a lot harder for her to run away from the dog when she traps herself in the basket.
Sandy really likes to drink out of Luke's water bowl more than her pretty pink Fiesta dish.
In the picture above, you can really see her black lips with a tiny spot of pink on the lower left.
Jeff scratched Sandy's cheek and her back leg began to twitch. It was really quite humorous!
Tuesday, August 7 - Kitty collar part 2. We don't know where the other one went, so she now has a new one. I did not think about this collar having a buckle instead of a snap. I can get the snap ones on is a second. The buckle takes much longer... this equals more time to bite the hand. It was this moment that she learned that she could really bite hard. She was really not happy at all. She ran around and meowed and bit at the collar. She finally collapsed on the couch from exhaustion. But...it is still on!
Wednesday, August 8 - Progress! Luke eating and Sandy drinking. A few moments after this, he chased her behind the couch. Baby steps!
Thursday, August 9 - I spent the night at John Bunker Sands Wetland Center, so I did not get any pictures of my sweet Sandy. Grandma and Grandma McGehee came over to let her out to play since Jeff was at work. Grandma said that when she put Sandy up for the night, she got a super sad and OMG you are leaving me big sad eyes.
Friday, August 10 - I got home from the workshop and Sandy had obviously been cooped up too long. She was all over the place. She finally collapsed for a few minutes.
I went upstairs and unpacked and apparently I was gone too long because when I came back downstairs, Sandy was on the baby gate looking at me like - oops!
Check out those ears! I think that they may be growing faster than her body!
And the belly...not a light eater!
Saturday, August 11 - I got the good news on Friday that Sandy's mommy tested negative for feline leukemia and feline HIV!!! So this morning when Bear-car came down to see Sandy, I let Sandy continue over the baby gate to go and see Bear. Bear hissed and she backed off. I put her back on the other side after they looked at each other for a few minutes, but Sandy had another idea. She learned that there is a lot more to this house then just a kitchen, den, and a bathroom. She explored the game room and the dining room. She sniffed and ran and sniffed and ran... Oh my. My baby is getting so big!
