Kittens!

[veritykindle]

So, my parents got kittens this weekend. (My father said this was done "somewhat spontaneously", but I am not sure I would call "talking about it for at least several *months* (I remember discussing cat names in early May), then staring in horror at the application forms we would have to fill out to adopt from the closest humane society (They had *

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[elishavah]

Kittens! I think, I hope, that I'll be finding a cat this weekend. If I do, you should come over! To see cat and get dvds!

[veritykindle]

Oooh! New kitty! Are you thinking of getting a kitten, or an adult cat? I would love to come over to see her! (Or him -- I keep thinking of cats as "she", since the last two cats we had were female, but now that we have two boy kittens, I guess it's time to switch. *g*) Were you planning to go to MSPCA, too?

I don't think I'll be able to make it on Saturday, but how about sometime Sunday morning? Anyway, I'll email you. :)

Also, that icon is just too cute for words. Kittens, yay! :D

[emrinalexander]

Oh they are so cute!!! Both of them are just gorgeous and so lucky to have a great home with your folks. I'd ignore their wanting to get out of the house - it does pass and cats who live indoors live much longer, healthier lives. It's also easier on their owners' nerve *G*.

[veritykindle]

I don't know -- I go back and forth about whether indoor is better than outdoor, for cats. I think there are advantages and disadvantages to both, and it's really not clear-cut, one way or the other. But yeah, you are right -- in this case, with a large road really close by, and raccoons coming by every so often, I think it's better to keep them indoors.

... It's just... all the cats we've had before have been so *happy* being outdoor cats, whatever problems or dangers they faced there. I am not sure it's fair to deny these kittens that same chance. *pats the kittens on the head* We'll just have to be extra nice to them, I guess. *g*

[scrubschick]

Rusty has spots on his tummy!! *swoons*

They are lovely. There is nothing cuter than baby kitties.

[veritykindle]

I love his coloring -- he's a tabby, but it's somehow very distinctively his own, too. I am very curious to see if it will darken as he gets older.

And yeah, just being around those kittens for a few hours has made me yearn for kittens of my own. I've spent all week thinking about sneaking in a kitten of my own into my apartment, condo rules be damned. The only thing that is stopping me is that then I would have to clean out my storage room, so I that can turn it into a room for the kitten, and I am too damn lazy to do so. Ah, laziness. It's probably the only thing that will save me from getting evicted from my condo. ;)

[vilakins]

Oooooooh, they're gorgeous! Mist (an unfortunate name in German!) is a beautiful dark grey colour, darker than my silvery-grey Claudia.

[veritykindle]

Oh, no! What does Mist mean in German?! Is it some sort of horrible swear word?! (This reminds me of Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, where the word "Belgium" was a horrible swear word on 20 different planets. *g*) Maybe it's not too late to change it to Mystic, since that's pretty much what my parents are calling him, anyway...

And really, Mist is much darker than I remembered him being from when we got him. We called him Mist because he's gray, but he's really more like a really dark thundercloud than like mist. *g*

[vilakins]

It just means animal dung in German and was my boss's favourite swearword. Don't change it: it's a lovely name in English, and I've known a couple of cats called Mist or Misty. I love his colour!

LOL at saying he's a thunder cloud because we call our silvery-grey Claudia "cloudy girl" or "rain cloud". :-)