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Showering with Axe Murderers

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I was taking a shower today and I heard the door open and close.  I said, “Hello?” assuming it was Sara…but nobody answered.  So I waited awhile but it was completely silent and then I started to get nervous so I said, “Are there any Axe Murderers out there?”  Still no answer and I thought, “Geez, I’m so stupid!  Why leave them a loop hole??”  I don’t want someone later to say, “Well, you asked about Axe Murderers and I’m really more of a Knife Murderer.”  (“I have a hacksaw.”  “Oooh, I’m an axe murderer”  See below)  So I said, “Are there any murderers of any kind out there?”  Still nothing.  Then I started thinking, “What if I am actually their first victim?  So they wouldn’t actually be a murderer yet…”  So I was formulating another question, but then I just decided to get out of the shower. 

And p.s. it was just the cat.

Animal Abuse or why I shouldn’t have kids

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I was playing with the cat on Saturday night and all of a sudden she sort of ran away a little bit and started freaking out.  She was pawing at her face and going crazy.  So we went over to see what was up and we saw blood flying out of her mouth!  So we started panicking and I grabbed her and I could see that she was licking her tooth and it was wiggling all over.  This was like one of the two major fangs in her mouth!  And when she closed her mouth I could see that tooth was hanging lower than the other one.  So I freaked out and I ran upstairs to get the vet’s number and in the meantime Sara was watching Nala and saw her tooth fall out.  Oh man, I felt so bad!  I don’t really remember hitting her head but we were sort of rough housing.  I called the vet’s emergency number and he said to watch her and see if she was okay and bring her in on Monday.  Well, she didn’t seem to be in pain at all, she let us pet her and she even wanted to keep playing!  I gave her food and she dug into it with her usual gusto.  But I still felt really bad.

So yesterday I took her to the vet and they came up with something that I didn’t even think of…what if that tooth broke off and the root is still in there!  So we have to have some surgery on Friday. 😦  Her doctor said that it was probably just a rotten tooth, but I still feel responsible.  So now I have to pet her all the time and give her whatever she wants.  Also, I have the fun of giving her antibiotic pills twice a day!

This is neither here nor there, but my brother called me tonight to tell me that he’s on his way to a bar in Madison that serves bacon on Tuesdays.  I’ve had popcorn and hotdogs, but never bacon!  Brilliant idea, but kind of strange.  Only in Wisconsin kids.  Only in Wisconsin.

I did my first Sudoku puzzle today.  Am I the last one on earth?

Hmm

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Okay, this must be my cat in another life!  She doesn’t look that fat, but it’s only because she doesn’t have an unlimited food suply!  I can totally imagine her doing that!

In keeping with the animal theme, doesn’t this just totally creep you out???  Dogs should not walk!!

Aaaanyway, not much going on here.  Didn’t really do much for my birthday, just went out to eat.  Going to my mom’s for her birthday next weekend.  Sara’s parents are coming first week of Feb. and her sister is coming a different weekend in Feb.  Going to lunch with Dabuki tomorrow…havent seen her in awhile.  There is tons of stuff to do around here, but we just haven’t been able to get things done lately it seems like.

Great football games last weekend and this weekend!  That Colts/Ravens game was just fantastic.

Does drinking by yourself mean you are an alcoholic?  Even if it’s during the playoffs??

Poor Starving Cat

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We just walked in the door from our Christmas trip and there was something on the floor in the kitchen.  When we turned the lights on we were able to piece together the mystery…

We measured out 4 days of food for Nala (even though we were only going to be gone for 3 days) and of course she ate it all (probably like the first day) and then decided she was going to starve unless she took drastic measures…

So she pulled down a package of hamburger buns from the shelf and shredded them all over the floor.

Time to update!

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Okay, kind of a lot happened so I need to throw down a quick update here.

First off, Tuesday was
 
I didn’t miss it, but I forgot to blog about it.  So, let’s see.  Really the big thing was that we went to Janesville over the weekend.  My uncle was visiting from Colorado so there was a big thing at my Grandma’s house and she called us to invite us to come!  I just think that was really nice of her.  I definitely got the feeling that she was excited that we lived so close so we could come to something like that.  So anyway we went on Saturday and ate like maniacs!  Grandma made a turkey and her famous homemade buns and a pan of apple crisp (I had 3 slices)…to say nothing of the full jar of her homemade pickles!!  Oh man…heaven.  I’ve decided that if I was trapped on a desert island and I could only pick 1 food to have, I would pick Grandma D’s homemade pickles.

Anyway, we played 1 game of acquire and several games of Apples to Apples and much fun was had by all.  2 people immediately put the game on their Christmas lists!  Then Sunday we went over to my Aunt Lois’ house and watched the Packer’s game with some good ole Packer’s fans.  And they even won!!  My Grandma came with so that her and Sara could play Scrabble instead of watching the game.  Oh also, everybody has gardens and stuff, so we got some fresh pears from Uncle Lenny and fresh raspberries from my Uncle Roger.  Uncle Lenny has a pseudo-farm that my dad would *love*.  He grows pears, apples, cherries, all manner of vegetables and has chickens and turkeys.  Finally, Grandma gave me 3 jars of pickels to take home!!  But she made me promise not to tell anybody, so it’s a good thing this isn’t public or anything.

Quote of the weekend:
Len: “The cat had a hernia so I just pushed it back in there.”
Pat: “How did you keep it in?  Did you stitch it up?”
Len: “No…I just wrapped some duct tape around it.  By the time the cat got it off, it was healed.”

Uncle Len, Veteranarian.  What is it with my family and cats?