Keiichi seems to have finally integrated into the household as evidenced by the lack of pummeling that normally occurs. He likes roughhousing with Ignatius--who seems to put up with it pretty well. Ælfgifu has taken over the middle tier of the tower because K-1 likes settling in there and blocks her from getting up to the top of the tower. Josie ( Read more... )

Last night, I noticed Keiichi wasn't in the living room with us, and I asked my sweetie if she knew where he was. I heard a few vague noises from the kitchen, so I assumed he was playing with a bottle cap or other toy. Flash forward to this morning. Keiichi was not on the bed--which is unusual. I took a shower, got dressed, and headed ( Read more... )

My guess that it is the Malvoisins exercising their Second Amendment rights in the back yard are true. One of their other neighbors stopped by the house asking if we were as disturbed as he is by the gentle sounds of gun play echoing through our residential neighborhood. He has a teenage daughter that doesn't feel safe playing outside, and the ( Read more... )

Ealdercote experienced a minor cleaning frenzy in preparation for a Visitation. The niece is looking at various colleges and universities to attend after she graduates from school. She was only a couple months old at our wedding, so now we can officially Feel Old. She and her mom spent the night with us and we took them on a little driving tour ( Read more... )

Josie has been barfy girl recently. We were worried that she was sick or had a major hairball, but it turns out she is sick because she keeps filching the kitten food when Keiichi has an attack of ADD or ADHD or the voices in his head tell him to launch himself off the counter. This morning, I sort of watched it happen. I put the big cats' food ( Read more... )

Keiichi is all about attacking my feet when I am sitting on the couch. I find this highly annoying, and he knows it. Even if I distract him with a toy, he drags the toy back over to my feet and then starts clawing and biting me. It is only slightly painful because his claws and teeth are not very long, yet. Furry little jerk.

No! No! Bad kitty ( Read more... )

I'm not sure if Josie has warmed up to Keiichi, yet. When I got home, both of them were sleeping on our bed, so the Variable Radius of Cat Tolerance has...well...varied. Little K-1 has discovered the joys of crawling under the covers and attacking the bed mice, much to my annoyance and much to my sweetie's amusement. All that movement under the ( Read more... )

The communications team just got a 3D printer. Why they need one is beyond me. They don't have any 3-D modeling experience.... However, they've got a scanner and some low-end modeling software on the way. I read a little bit of the marketing stuff on what they bought. Not too pricy individually, but if you add the components together to make a ( Read more... )

Keiichi has discovered the same joy that every feline the world 'round knows. An open box is a great comfy spot--even if you are a size 13 EEE cat trying to fit in a size 5 A shoebox. A small, empty "flatpack" box for bottles of tea turned out to be the perfect size for our kitten to snuggle into. I was lucky enough to get a picture of K-1 ( Read more... )

Little K-1 has definitely made himself at home. He now sleeps on the bed with us, much to Josie's annoyance. He has been exploring all the places the other cats are now too big to fit into, climbing and clawing the furniture (time to make a squirt bottle), harassing poor Ignatius (who, frankly, can use the exercise), playing with all the toys, ( Read more... )