Stray...an update

Just a short update on the Stray cat that had adopted us...it showed up again a couple of days ago. Apparently she'd been stuck in a garage. I thought it was more like a week but according to the Hub it was more like a couple of days as he'd seen her three days prior. I didn't know this of course. I kept thinking I was hearing her meow..I probably was as she was locked inside the neighbors garage. She came back on Monday afternoon and I think on Tuesday but I haven't seen her since. At least I know she's okay. Still wish I could bring her in and adopt her but with finances as they are, I'm trying to be sensible and NOT take on another cat until we're more financially stable.

Still trying to save money for Sweetie Pie's surgery. and now that I mention it...that cyst that was on her 

neck is healing, extremely slowly, but it is smaller. If it continues to do so I may not need to have it surgically removed. The problem is keeping Drooler and Chance, my two males, from mounting her. As I 

said in a previous post, they don't realize they are neutered cats and think they still have the...um...euipment to reproduce. I'll have to be extra diligent and try and keep them from biting her neck. It will cost $400.00 to have Sweetie's teeth taken care of. Although it is difficult to come up with the money, it's easier to achieve than $700.00.

Chance

My real concern is that Sweetie is in pain. She "cries" for no reason, whether she's eaten or not and I am wondering if her teeth are bothering her. It stands to reason that they might be especially after seeing the bad tooth on the right side of her mouth. It's worrisome but there isn't much I can really do until I can gather the funds together.  I can only hope she continues to eat. Once she stops because it's uncomfortable for her...well I won;t have to much of a choice...I don't want her to starve so the only alternative is to put her to sleep. Much as it pains me to say it, it's cheaper to put her down than have the surgery done. $40.00 I can do right now, $400.00...not so much. I'm preparing for the worst but I'm SO hoping that I can get the money saved in time to have her teeth done.

Drooler

A friend of mine recently pointed out to me that Sweetie Pie appeared to be "lopsided". I'd never really noticed it before but she actually is...or rather her eyes are. One is bigger than the other. When I looked at several photos that I have of her, her right eye is bigger than her left. And the right is more open than the left as well. Funny really because I've had her for 12 years and I never noticed it before she pointed it out to me.

In keeping with how I started this blog I wanted to mention one of the books I've read. This time it's a modern romance by Penny Jordan entitled Mistaken Adversary. An extremely good book, one of Jordon's best as far as I'm concerned. It tells the story of Georgia, who's Aunt is terminally ill, and of Mitch Fletcher who rents a room in her cottage.Without giving away the plot (I'm one who dislikes those who do reviews and virtually tell the entire story in their review), let me say this: unless you have a heart of stone, this book will move you. I found myself alternately weeping and smiling throughout the story. It's one of her earlier ones, written in 1992 and well worth the read.

I'm always trying to find among my paper doll collection a newspaper paper doll that will coincide with the date this blog is published. Sometimes I'm successful and sometimes I'm not. This time I was successful. I present a Boots from 1962.  I really can't see Boots in the clothes from the 1960's. I always have fun with these old paper dolls. Especially now that there are photo programs where you can cut these out to your hearts content without ever cutting out the real one. Which is what I did with Boots here. I put the pants outfit on her and got rid of the background. I can think of all kinds of  uses for her. In the newspaper version the skin tone doesn't match but with the help of Photoshop I cut and pasted her arm so that the color tone would match. I also had to do some adjusting of her feet. The slacks didn't quite go over her heel so I moved her feet just a smidge to make them fit. properly. I haven't actually printed her up to see if the outfits fit properly because I can't afford to waste paper or ink. LOL  If anyone is actually reading this and decides to print her out, let me know if the outfits fit correctly. I actually had to do some alterations to the paper doll itself. As I've mentioned in a previous post, the person I bought the CD from that had the paper dolls on it took photos of the dolls and didn't scan them. Which would have made for a better quality doll and perhaps the clothes would fit better.

Well, as it's almost midnight Pacific time, I had better post this in keeping with the paper doll I've just uploaded. I will try to post tomorrow Boots wearing the dress. Until. next time...

                                                                               ALOHA

Stray cat

Just after I put Snowbelle to sleep a stray cat began to show up at our door. We didn't know where she came from or who owned her. Probably someone in the neighborhood moved and left her behind. At least that was our supposition. I named her Kitty and like the fool I am, started feeding her. She'd rub my husband's legs as he was putting his bike up when he got home from work and generally would be underfoot wanting food and attention until we gave it to her. 

We started feeding her and every day for the last couple of months she's been at our door wanting food, which we would put out for her, let her eat her fill and bring it back in until the next time she would show up. I'd call her pest but deep in my heart I enjoyed seeing her each day and I think my husband did too. We started asking each other if she'd been there that day and though we SAID we didn't want her to show up, secretly I did want her to come back. I looked forward to her meowing and bold as brass, walking into our pantry when we'd open the car port door.

I finally broke down and a week ago started to pet her rather than just shooing her out the door with my foot. I'd even let her eat in the pantry last week when we had the dust storms rolling through. This week the temperature is supposed to sore to 114 degrees and I've been contemplating letting her inside to stay. To become a member of our family.

Well, it's been two days now since I last saw her. She hasn't been back. We keep a bowl of water outside for her in case she's thirsty but I don't think she's been back to drink from it. I found myself sitting in the chair we'd put in the car port so that we could sit and pet her crying and wishing she'd come back and apologizing for not letting her become a member of our family. It isn't that I didn't want her, goodness knows I did, it's that we simply can't afford another cat. I'm having enough trouble coming up with the money to have Sweetie Pie seen to without having to take another cat to the Vet for a check-up and to make sure it's healthy and won't pass anything on to my indoor cats. My one regret is that I never took a photo of her. She had  beautiful calico markings. She'd started to mat and I was going to take the time to comb them out of her but I suppose I won't get the chance now.

It is my fervent hope that someone thought as we were doing and took her in out of the heat, giving her a home. She was such a wonderful loving feline that it broke my heart thinking someone had abandoned her. Where ever she is now I hope it's someplace cool with someone stroking her fur and listening to her extremely loud purr and giving her the love and attention she so sorely deserved. Although the thoughts have filtered trough my mind, I don't want to contemplate anything bad happening to her. At any rate, I'll never know. 

Finally something I've been working on since 2007. A paper doll entitled Calendar Cat. The paper doll itself doesn't have a background I just added the waves to this one in order to liven him up. I still have quite a bit of work to do on him, Still have to finish March, April, May, June, July, September, October and November. As I said quite a bit of work. Actually I don't think he'd look half bad just as a topper for an actual calendar. :)