Life with boys … a few days ago, I woke myself up chanting, “Not on the bed, not on the bed” … you see, I am so attuned to the world around me that I know when a cat is about to puke on my feet, while I am sleeping … and I was semi-successful Continue reading

Life with boys … another bedtime story to share … a few nights ago we were settled in for the night … the cats had finished their rituals … the boy and I had come to a temporary truce about blanket coverage … Alexa was playing the calming classical for cats playlist (yes, that is Continue reading

Life with boys … Introducing Appa the grand cat … there is a detailed story … I will get it to you in a bit … yes, he has permission to live in the dorms … an even longer story … Continue reading

Super long life with boys story to come … in the meantime we need a vet who can see this kitty this week for at least a physical and shots … he will need to be fixed also, but I know our timing is less than amazing Continue reading

Life with boys … the other night the boy came down the stairs to ask if we had a mousetrap … I was envisioning the construction of some kind of Rube Goldberg invention … no, this time there was a real mouse … upstairs … the cat had been stalking it for a bit, I Continue reading

Life with boys … the cats are male, so it counts … this afternoon the cat starts to meow like crazy … and this is the cat that usually does not talk as much … so I get up from the computer to find out what is up … the cat has caught a mouse Continue reading

For every treasure Hermès shares he wakes me up to let me know how proud of him I should be … this morning I had 6 treasures … (and it is Hermès Greek god – not fashion designer) … and I should add he announces his arrival all the way up the stairs, loudly … Continue reading

Pest control in our house: Matt gets out the vacuum and sucks up the spider making the way across the TV room … two minutes later he sucks up a fly … “Now the spider will have something to eat if he gets hungry” Continue reading