I know I already posted once today but this was too exciting to wait till tomorrow!
I just played FETCH with Brooklyn for like 10 times in a row! Dunkin Donuts was participating too but she didn't bring the ball back! Of course, as soon as I took the camera and started videoing it, Brooklyn became camera shy! I will see if I can capture it tomorrow! It'll be on youtube in no time!
Monday, December 19, 2011
Recycling Center of El Viiru
Let's make it short and sweet again. Lots to say, no patience to write. When did I lose all my patience???
It's good to know I'm not the only one who is having trouble talking like normal person when interacting with Dunkin Donuts and Brooklyn. Marianne was here on Thursday and she's just as bad as I am with the baby talk! But you would understand and most likely be like me if you met the little terrorists yourself. I mean they are seriously cute. And fluffy. And beautiful. And adorable. And intelligent. They just require few "Ohhhh's" and "Awww's". There's nothing you can do. I think we, as humans, are conditioned to do that when facing cute fluffy kittens. It's natural. It's in our DNA. Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Elviira had invited us to go check out their new house (now that they've actually moved in) and Marianne offered me a ride there so she came over beforehand to check the kittens. She hasn't seen them since the day they moved in so it was about time since they've grown so much. We gossiped a little, had some glögi and joulutorttu and then I kicked Elviira's butt in WII bowling few times before getting tired (I'm not in shape) and losing the third one. And then it was time to do some "saving the planet" and take home some of their left over furniture that had become expendable in the new place. I got myself a living room table, new drawer for the bathroom and one for the hallway that we carried in yesterday. It's like my living room could be their "town home" with almost all the furniture coming from them. And they live in the "'burbs" now...
I went to see the movie "New Year's Eve" yesterday with Elviira and Finland was very well represented in the movie. Michelle Pfeiffer was carrying a Marimekko bag in her first scenes and John Lithgow was playing Angry Birds! Angry Birds has obviously taken over the world and there is, I believe, a Marimekko store in NYC so it's not so surprising to find Marimekko in New York City. Movie itself was cute chick flick but won't win any Oscars anytime soon.
The casualties left behind by the terrorists are mounting. First it was the iPod earphones they chewed through, then it was one of the speakers for my computer and/or iPod and now yesterday I realized they chewed the other speaker as well! Awesome! So no speakers...means no listening to iPod, right? Wrong! I realized that even though I don't have the iDog speaker I got from Santa few x-mases ago because it's either in fresh kills landfill in NYC or in other top secret location, I DO have the cable that goes with it and the cable, after a little jiggling, goes into the AUX inlets in my stereo system so I can listen to it on big speakers! I'm so brilliant sometimes I even surprise myself. And all this while writing this post and bitching about the weapons of mass destruction ruining my things!
I think that's about it for now...I will try to post before the week is over but if not...Merry merry and happy happy!
Friday, December 9, 2011
Hormones
I took Brooklyn and Dunkin Donuts to see the vet last week and as I suspected, they had ticks in their ears. She gave them the medicine and told me to come back for a check up in a month. She also told me that I should probably have them neutered at 6 months old to prevent accidental litters. Which would be in 2 months from now as they are celebrating their 4-month birthdays today.
Ever since then I've been keeping an close eye on Brooklyn. I think he's becoming a hormonal teenager. He's definitely meowing more than he used to and he's sometimes acting a little too friendly/aggressive towards DD. And his little pee pee's out. I find that there are all kinds of things you need to think about when you have kittens. Like I said before, with Sox and Bailey all these things were taken care of. And they were old and peaceful.
Earlier today I was thinking about taking Brooklyn outside to use some of his excess energy. He's running from the door to the living room and back like a crazy cat and then he's jumping on the kitchen counters like 5 times in a row even after I tell him NO and spray him. And it's funny cuz they definitely know that kitchen counters are of limits and when they hear me getting off the couch they jump off. And run off to hide. And then they do it again.
I have now entered the bribing stages of the leash training. I don't give them treats anymore unless we walk from the kitchen to the front door twice. I dangle a bag of treats in front of them and when we're done they each get a treat. When they are done I take the leashes off. That way hopefully at some point they'll learn that even if they don't see the bag, they'll get a treat after we're done. I also thought that it would be good to train them together but I think BK might be ready to go outside sooner. He's more outgoing so trying to watch him and get DD to walk at the same time is almost impossible at this stage. I've taken them out to the balcony and BK wants to see everything but DD is just staying inside so I'm thinking BK should do fine on his own. Plus now they are growing so fast that I don't have hands anymore to hold both of them.
We've also tried some human foods that were on the list of acceptable foods their foster mom gave me. The ham I gave them was ok and DD was into boiled eggs too, she kept growling at BK. Bk wasn't a fan. Maybe I'll do one of the recipes I was given for them for x-mas. Little x-mas treat.
I'm debating whether I wanna go outside today at all since the wind is howling like it's a tornado season. But I do like the fact that it's starting to look like a winter wonderland outside! Love snow!
Have a great weekend!
Later
Ever since then I've been keeping an close eye on Brooklyn. I think he's becoming a hormonal teenager. He's definitely meowing more than he used to and he's sometimes acting a little too friendly/aggressive towards DD. And his little pee pee's out. I find that there are all kinds of things you need to think about when you have kittens. Like I said before, with Sox and Bailey all these things were taken care of. And they were old and peaceful.
Earlier today I was thinking about taking Brooklyn outside to use some of his excess energy. He's running from the door to the living room and back like a crazy cat and then he's jumping on the kitchen counters like 5 times in a row even after I tell him NO and spray him. And it's funny cuz they definitely know that kitchen counters are of limits and when they hear me getting off the couch they jump off. And run off to hide. And then they do it again.
I have now entered the bribing stages of the leash training. I don't give them treats anymore unless we walk from the kitchen to the front door twice. I dangle a bag of treats in front of them and when we're done they each get a treat. When they are done I take the leashes off. That way hopefully at some point they'll learn that even if they don't see the bag, they'll get a treat after we're done. I also thought that it would be good to train them together but I think BK might be ready to go outside sooner. He's more outgoing so trying to watch him and get DD to walk at the same time is almost impossible at this stage. I've taken them out to the balcony and BK wants to see everything but DD is just staying inside so I'm thinking BK should do fine on his own. Plus now they are growing so fast that I don't have hands anymore to hold both of them.
We've also tried some human foods that were on the list of acceptable foods their foster mom gave me. The ham I gave them was ok and DD was into boiled eggs too, she kept growling at BK. Bk wasn't a fan. Maybe I'll do one of the recipes I was given for them for x-mas. Little x-mas treat.
I'm debating whether I wanna go outside today at all since the wind is howling like it's a tornado season. But I do like the fact that it's starting to look like a winter wonderland outside! Love snow!
Have a great weekend!
Later
Monday, December 5, 2011
First snow of the year!
It's December 5th and the first snowfall of the season is upon us! YES! Just in time for the gay dance/Independence day celebration tomorrow!
And they say there's no global warming!
And they say there's no global warming!
Sunday, December 4, 2011
What is in a name?
This was just too good not to pass on. A friend of mine shared an article on Facebook which was about Finnish names and what type of personality goes with a name. This is what Jenni means:
"Jenni is a good friend, great girlfriend and even better wife! You're never bored with Jenni and Jenni knows how to take care of her loved ones!"
So there! It's in black and white! "Jenni is a great girlfriend and even BETTER wife! Too bad I can't legally be anybody's wife (yet) but when I can...remember, it's in my name!
I guess that's why they created dating!
"Jenni is a good friend, great girlfriend and even better wife! You're never bored with Jenni and Jenni knows how to take care of her loved ones!"
So there! It's in black and white! "Jenni is a great girlfriend and even BETTER wife! Too bad I can't legally be anybody's wife (yet) but when I can...remember, it's in my name!
I guess that's why they created dating!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Avoidance 101: The cat edition
When you don't want to hear the lecture about what you did wrong, start cleaning yourself.
Below are the pictures of DD and BK that they were "sold" with. Look how small they were!
Below are the pictures of DD and BK that they were "sold" with. Look how small they were!
DD looks so dope in hers...She's really grown into herself! And she's much darker than the picture makes her appear. Her whole face is black now.
And Brooklyn just looks innocent as hell. Right! Brooklyn kind of reminds me of Bailey, actually. Obviously not the coloring but his face reminds me of Bailey's baby face. Just as DD reminds me of Sox.
Brooklyn is starting to look like Maine Coon or Norwegian, just without the tips of hair in the ears.
This is how we hang out in my house! Just chill! Brooklyn is SO mush!
Kitty cat bunk beds!
Is there anything cuter than kittens sleeping together? It's like overload of cuteness!
Brooklyn showing off his bicep workout. We start young in my house. He's actually trying to jump up there but was just a bit off still. In few weeks he'll be big enough to do that. Not looking forward to that!
When kids go quiet you know they're up to no good! Same with kittens. I guess they thought they were laundry and needed to be dried out!
Brooklyn's an avid reader. Or book chewer. Which ever way he learns best I guess... But isn't he cute?
More sleeping kittens.
Brooklyn with a mohican. Or is that DD's tail?
DD decided to borrow TJ's jersey. She's not happy with the way the Eagles have played this season.
Getting acquainted with their harnesses.
Posing with my stuffed animals. Don't BK and TJ look so much alike?
Brooklyn doing his daily yoga.
If that's not the world's cutest kitten tummy than I don't know what is.
Brooklyn's innocent face and DD's paws. I do have a thing for DD's paws too.
Bye!
Thursday, December 1, 2011
1 month celebration
Clearly I'm not the only one who's sensitive to our time together. I've now had the weapons of mass destruction for a month and they have really been on good behavior. Honeymoon of sorts, if you will. There hasn't been any major disasters, they haven't broken anything and the only thing really not cool was DD peeing in my bed the second day they were home. But of all of the glass candle holders and other little nick nacks around, nothing has been broken or fell down. Except yesterday, finally they decided that it's time to start causing some trouble. I was on my way to see my mom, put my wallet, iPod shuffle and keys on the floor, turned around for few minutes and when I went to pick them up, the ear phones for the iPod were chewed into pieces! And shuffle's a funny gadget, it doesn't have any controls except in the ear phones so I can't control it. I can use other ear phones to listen but without remote can't control the volume or change songs, play lists, nothing. Thanks monsters!
I am taking the monsters to the vet today. I think they have ear ticks (I am 100% that that's the accurate English term but don't feel like googling cuz it's so time consuming so just go with it) and I want them to be checked out. They shake their heads a lot and scratch them and have this dark stuff in their ears and according to my pamphlets that's the most likely cause. It's not like I'm really rolling in money but better safe than sorry. Besides, these are my babies! And I don't want it to turn into ear infections or anything more serious.
I was in a adventurous mood yesterday and decided to try to take the monsters outside. Of the apartment at least. Every time I leave the apartment now the terrorists are trying to come with me so I kinda need to move in the speed of light and shut the door in their faces and hope they stay inside. So I put the leashes on them and opened the door. They came out just fine but when it was time to go down the stairs DD wouldn't move and BK was heading down. I'm in the middle of the stairs when the lights go off. My hands are extended as far away from each other as can be and I can't reach the switch. We were able to go down one flight of stairs before I called it quits. DD really wasn't being cooperative and I was basically just wiping the floors with them so it's gonna take some time to get them used to the leashes. Harnesses go on and off easily but leashes are totally different story. Like they do in AA, one day at a time! But at least the stairs are clean now. No mopping necessary!
Gotta go! Later
I am taking the monsters to the vet today. I think they have ear ticks (I am 100% that that's the accurate English term but don't feel like googling cuz it's so time consuming so just go with it) and I want them to be checked out. They shake their heads a lot and scratch them and have this dark stuff in their ears and according to my pamphlets that's the most likely cause. It's not like I'm really rolling in money but better safe than sorry. Besides, these are my babies! And I don't want it to turn into ear infections or anything more serious.
I was in a adventurous mood yesterday and decided to try to take the monsters outside. Of the apartment at least. Every time I leave the apartment now the terrorists are trying to come with me so I kinda need to move in the speed of light and shut the door in their faces and hope they stay inside. So I put the leashes on them and opened the door. They came out just fine but when it was time to go down the stairs DD wouldn't move and BK was heading down. I'm in the middle of the stairs when the lights go off. My hands are extended as far away from each other as can be and I can't reach the switch. We were able to go down one flight of stairs before I called it quits. DD really wasn't being cooperative and I was basically just wiping the floors with them so it's gonna take some time to get them used to the leashes. Harnesses go on and off easily but leashes are totally different story. Like they do in AA, one day at a time! But at least the stairs are clean now. No mopping necessary!
Gotta go! Later
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