Friday, December 11, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
RIP Liza
Oh our sweet little gerbil that stole our hearts! November 1st was a pretty terrible night for us. Our gerbil had a pretty terrible accident that ended with us taking her to an animal hospital in the middle of the night to be put down. I know what you're thinking, she was a gerbil, I know, but I loved that gerbil so, so much.
Lyda picked her out at a pet store back in October 2007. I was not excited to own a stinky rodent. After the kids had lost interest in her, Steve and I started letting her out for a few hours each night. We felt bad keeping her in the cage all the time and we sort of liked the challenge of trying to catch her. During those months of letting her roam around the house, we really started to enjoy her more. I remember reading on the couch one night and she climbed right up and crawled all over me and the book. She seemed to like being wherever we were. Poor thing was constantly being kicked and barely evaded being stepped on more than once. She cleaned up the crumbs under the kitchen table and she would search for anything that she could make a nest out of. We caught her dragging tissue paper, toilet paper, gum wrappers and even whole sheets of paper around.
Since she's been gone, Steve and I will occasionally have a "Liza moment" where we think we see her or hear her in the other room. It's kind of sad. She really was a sweet pet and is truly missed. So there you have it, now you can mock me for posting about our gerbil.
Lyda picked her out at a pet store back in October 2007. I was not excited to own a stinky rodent. After the kids had lost interest in her, Steve and I started letting her out for a few hours each night. We felt bad keeping her in the cage all the time and we sort of liked the challenge of trying to catch her. During those months of letting her roam around the house, we really started to enjoy her more. I remember reading on the couch one night and she climbed right up and crawled all over me and the book. She seemed to like being wherever we were. Poor thing was constantly being kicked and barely evaded being stepped on more than once. She cleaned up the crumbs under the kitchen table and she would search for anything that she could make a nest out of. We caught her dragging tissue paper, toilet paper, gum wrappers and even whole sheets of paper around.
Since she's been gone, Steve and I will occasionally have a "Liza moment" where we think we see her or hear her in the other room. It's kind of sad. She really was a sweet pet and is truly missed. So there you have it, now you can mock me for posting about our gerbil.
Rusty Cat
On September 17th this little kitty showed up at our house.
Such a sweet kitten from the start. The kids fell in love immediately and of course then the question was, "Can we keep it?" We decided that we would feed the hungry kitty and if it stayed around then we would talk about it. Amazingly when you feed a kitten, it keeps coming back. So I bought some cat food and we welcomed the kitty into our yard. Lyda wanted to name the cat Olivia and Kode wanted to name it Bolt. After determining it was a male, they finally agreed on Rusty (the boy robot that not many people know about). After it was determined that he was going to be a permanent resident, we got him a bed and set him up quite comfortably in the shed off our back porch. What a sweet cat he has been. He is so patient with the kids and has such a fun personality. He mostly stays outside because I'm allergic to him, but we make sure he gets lots of love. He sneaks in a lot and made friends with the gerbil. Him and Liza were hilarious to watch. I swear that gerbil was taunting Rusty as she would run back and forth next to the glass. Rusty would swat at her and try to figure out how to get to her. Pretty funny stuff.
When he's outside he spends most of his time up in the window right outside the kitchen. I love it. He just watches us all day long. I never thought I'd be a cat person, but I really love this cat!
Such a sweet kitten from the start. The kids fell in love immediately and of course then the question was, "Can we keep it?" We decided that we would feed the hungry kitty and if it stayed around then we would talk about it. Amazingly when you feed a kitten, it keeps coming back. So I bought some cat food and we welcomed the kitty into our yard. Lyda wanted to name the cat Olivia and Kode wanted to name it Bolt. After determining it was a male, they finally agreed on Rusty (the boy robot that not many people know about). After it was determined that he was going to be a permanent resident, we got him a bed and set him up quite comfortably in the shed off our back porch. What a sweet cat he has been. He is so patient with the kids and has such a fun personality. He mostly stays outside because I'm allergic to him, but we make sure he gets lots of love. He sneaks in a lot and made friends with the gerbil. Him and Liza were hilarious to watch. I swear that gerbil was taunting Rusty as she would run back and forth next to the glass. Rusty would swat at her and try to figure out how to get to her. Pretty funny stuff.
When he's outside he spends most of his time up in the window right outside the kitchen. I love it. He just watches us all day long. I never thought I'd be a cat person, but I really love this cat!
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