Our Heathen Felines (aka Our Pets)

Our Pets?
We have 4 cats. All of them are rescues of some sort. Three (Maybe, Simon, Lily) were obtained from the Humane Society and one (Pitter) was rescued from my porch in the dead of winter when I was in college.

Pitter belonged to the neighbors in the basement of the house I lived in while I was in college. She was allowed to stay outside overnight with no shelter. After almost a month of me feeding her and providing her with warm water and shelter on my porch, she decided she was going to come inside and has never left. I had her for over a month before they even noticed that she was gone. They saw her one day in the window and were a little upset, but I told them that if they weren't going to take care of her in the dead of winter, then they didn't deserve her. It takes her a long time to warm up to strangers. It took her almost a year before she decided that life doesn't start at 10:00 at night. Now she come out often during the day and early evening hours. She is great around other animals as well as my little girl.

Maybe is the talker in the group. She is very much a people cat. She is always around even when there are strangers in the house. My mother found her for me when I was in college. She asked me if I wanted a talkative kitten. Little did I know how talkative she was. After a month of having her, I had to get another kitten (Placebo) for her to interact with. When she was left alone, every time I left the house or came back, I would get the 20 question drill as to where I was and why I wasn't home with her. It was much better when she had another kitten to interact with.

Simon and Lily were adopted together after my other cat, Placebo, had to be put to sleep. We went there looking for just one, namely Lily, but Simon was such a cuddle bug (Big Faker) that we adopted both of them. They were almost full grown. Lily is the reincarnation of Placebo (the one I lost), same coloring and later on the same weird personality. Simon has turned out the be the big pain in the butt for the other cats. He likes to try to bully them around, mainly because he is a really big cat.

They are all pretty good around other people and around other pets, mainly dogs. They all also tolerate E so well, especially when she tries to lay on them and just hold them down. We have taught her how to be gentle with them, but there are times when she just wants to lay on them until I make her get off. Crazy kid...

Intro to me and my life...Thanks for joining me here!

Why?
Why am I starting a blog? No idea.
Do I think people will read it? Probably not. Maybe. Who knows.
Am I funny and interesting? Not really. Sometimes I can be, depends on the situation.

I follow a few other blogs where I would love to meet the women who created them. I think I am creating this blog as an outlet for all the things that happen to me in my life. I do not have a lot of close friends so sometimes the anonymity of the Internet is where I feel the most comfortable venting/expressing my opinions/emotions. I think I have created this blog just so I can have a voice and a forum to express my opinions about my life. Not all will be pleasant, but hopefully some can be entertaining. I thank you for joining me on this ride. I know there will be ups and downs, and probably some loopy loops. Before I get started with more posts, I want to give you a little insight into me and my family.

Who I am?
I am a first time mom who works full time in county government as a records technician. I grew up in a small town in northwestern Minnesota and attending college in North Dakota. I graduated college in 2003 and got married in May 2004. I moved to central Minnesota in 2003 and have been here every since. I am very opinionated, but I try to keep an open mind about many things. I am learning as I go in this thing called life and motherhood.

My Family?
My husband of 5 years is a over the road truck driver. He is gone 5 days a week and home on the weekends. It is hard to have him gone so much, but I am thankful that he is able to be home as much as he is. I am also thankful that his daughter is old enough to help out around the house as well when he is gone. My husband is pretty good overall, but we could use some lessons in communication. We are both very stubborn, hard headed, and impatient. Makes for some very petty arguments.

My stepdaughter J is 13yo and going into 8th grade this coming school year. She is the typical teenager where she thinks the parents don't have a clue about life and what she is going through. While we try to protect her from a lot of hurts in life, we also have to let her have some freedom in order to experience that life is not all roses and honey. She is in a love/hate relationship with her"boyfriend" next door. That in itself makes it very scary for us during the summer months as she is home alone during the day. I am sure I will post more about her later.

My daughter E is 20mo and changing everyday. When I met my husband, one of the first things I told him was that if we were going to be together he had to be open to having another child, because I definitely wanted a child of my own at some point. It took us a few years, many things got in the way, but when I found out I was pregnant, it was one of the happiest days in my life. This little girl is what keeps me going and what I live for each day. I never thought I would love anyone/anything this much.

Anyway, thanks for reading this far. Where this blog will go, I have no idea. I cannot guarantee that you will agree with all my thoughts and opinions. I will try to stay away from the more controversial topics, mainly because I hate debates. I also hate politics, so unless I really understand something, I pretty much will not comment on it. That's just the way I am. I know I have some thoughts right now that I would like to get down "on paper" per se, but those will be another time... See you then.