A Cat Named Snickers and Some Technical Difficulties

It has been mini-tragedy central in these parts the last few days.  Some highlights include:

Harper fell off a bridge at the playground, about a 4 or 5 foot fall.  She does not even have a bruise to show for it, thankfully. 

Harper, while playing with the home phone, called 911.

Saturday night, Harper woke up 3 times during the night.  Shut up!  I know!  The girl has been sleeping through the night for about 9 months, and then *POOF* newborn sleeping pattern.  Oy, she is back to normal now, but I have no idea how we are going to do that all over again in March.  What have we gotten ourselves into?  Is there boarding school for newborns?  Surely they have that here, in Connecticut.

I realized I'm about 4 1/2 months pregnant, not 3 1/2 like I thought.  This is good in that I'm not as much of a fatty as I might have thought, but bad in that, well, for reasons above.

I tried playing with my blog layout, which backfired.  Now I have opened a can of worms of technical problems.  Awe hell, if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right?  (Goodness, that grammar surely just got our newborn 'wait listed' for boarding school.)

This all was stressing me out a bit, or just causing a constant state of angst and frustration.  So, I went in search of a kitten, like I don't have enough on my plate with a toddler, a baby on the way, an 80 pound mutt, and a bunny killing kitty.  That is when I found Snickers, and suddenly life seemed a lot better.  I have so much to be thankful for, for example, I'm not allergic to cotton.  Snickers is Cat of the Month at Stamford Animal Control.  You can learn more about her here, here, and enjoy this little bit of info:

We know this is a horrible photo of Snickers.  But, we wanted to get her up on the web as our featured cat of the month.  Snicker's is going through an awfully rough time right now. She was first given up when her owner died and family members could not care for her.   She is a wonderful cat, sweet and affectionate and we don’t want to give up on her just yet.  We know there may be the perfect home for Snickers.

We have learned through testing that Snickers is allergic to the following things:
 
Beets
Corn
Dairy
Oats
Cedar
Mug Wart
Black Ants
GRASS
COTTON
 
OK, we realize the first 7 items will be easy to control, however Grass and Cotton may be a challenge. Snicker's most suitable home may be one where there are primarily wood floors or one with wool blend carpets (so many carpets might contain cotton) and one with central air so the grass pollens in the summer won't affect her. And of course a special diet of good food, made without corn or dairy.   There are now many varieties on the market that don’t contain these ingredients.  Snickers is a wonderful cat and we hope someone will have just the right home for her. 

Comments

[Al]

So does that mean you now have a new cat?

Being old is a drag. If you or I fell off a bridge, even if it was only four or five feet high, we would be messed up.

Do you have any new photos of Snickers? Cuz honestly, that one kind of scares me.

Please tell my Diggie I said hi.

xoxoxox,
Al

[Mary]

Oh no! We did not adopt Snickers. I should have made that clear, because I really hope she finds a home. Just not our home. We are full of grass and cotton over here.

There are two other photos of Snickers, but they are almost exactly the same. They say she is doing much better now, and gets a monthly allergy shot.

Being old does suck! Just imagine, she is only 3 feet tall. So, it would be like you or me falling from 8 feet. Kids are amazing.

Diggies says "Hi!"

xoxoxo,
Mary

[Al]

Poor Snickers. I hope she finds a plastic home to live in.

Is there a sad cloud at Harper's feet? Awwww.

[Mary]

It is. I hope it is funny sad, and not just sad...