Weekend, Friday, October 21-Sunday, October 23, 2005

We had a fine, sunny weekend around our place. Dad
really got ambitious and handy :) The sun was fun for
us because Mom had the windows open and we could
look out and see all the interesting neighborhood activities
and lots of tasty bird snacks. We watched Dad up on a
ladder scraping stuff. Mom hung out with us and did stuff
around the house. Our favorite part was when she was in
the kitchen. Yum! Mom always drops stuff when she is in
the kitchen ;)

Velvet was a tiny bit calmer. Mom says it takes time to get
back into the routine. Mom only had to get Mr. Squirtbottle
out a few times. One time she really hosed Velvet down,
though. Boy, oh boy, Velvet high-tailed it out of her
confrontation and violence with Nimbus in fast retreat.
She went and sat by the door and licked her bits pretending
like nothing happened. Ha! Ha! I saw the whole thing and
Velvet got real wet.

Phoebe came out a little bit. I'll be happy when Phoebe feels
better. She's really cute when she sings to the moths. She
has a trilly song and when she sees a moth she throws her
head back like a coyote and sings. I know she is feeling happy
and secure when she is moth singing. I've never seen a moth
come to her song, though.

Nimbus and I had lots of fun over the weekend. We only go
caught on the kitchen counters once. Mom didn't catch us the
other times, though I know she was suspicious when she heard
Nimbus's big body hitting the floor before she walked in the
kitchen. Nimbus thinks we are fooling her and I can tell we aren't.
I don't want to see Mr. Squirtbottle again, so I told Nimbus to try
and be quieter.

Other news is Guiseppe got in to big trouble this weekend because
he got into a bag of cheetohs and chocolate covered macadamia
nuts. He eats anything he can sink his teeth into, including icky
toilet paper that Mom used on her nose. Nasty! I can't even tell
you the other disgusting things he's dragged out ot the trash. If
I told you it would bring on a horkin attack and some hairballs
would have to come up.

Mom says that Guiseppe developed depression and an
eating disorder when she went to work full time. He and Lightening
were used to having her home to themselves (of course they shared
her with St. Sage). They were/are such spoiled babies that they even
have winter clothes.

When Mom started her job at Performance Audio, Guiseppe
blimped up and Mom's had to deal with the fat pet lectures from
the doc ever since. She even put him on a diet, but he manages
somehow to stay fat. The other thing that he started doing was
grudge poops. He became unhousebroken and taught Lighening
some bad things, too. Mom puts up with it, though. She just keeps
them on linoleum in an X-pen, while at work, and mops the floor
everyday. Somehow magically they become housebroken again at
night, weekends and holidays, or if Mom is home sick from work.

Speaking of eating, Mom's been bad. At least that's what Dad is
saying. Mom started letting Velvet eat ice cream off of her fingers.
Dad says she has created a monster. Mom says she's just trying to
sweeten Velvet a bit, given Velvet's recent extra bad temper. Dad
just shakes his head and wonders out loud what she is going to do
to spoil us all next.

Mr. Snapper's Diary.....ZZZZZZZZZZZ.....boring. He'll be boring until
Spring.

love,
Dakota, Pixie-Bob