Exciting News!
Meet our new family member!!! He is the PERFECT CAT FOR US! I absolutely love orange tabbies. He’s six months old, so not a tiny kitten, but not big enough to be too threatening to our other cats. The rescue organization named him “Dude”, but we’re planning to change that. Here’s a tip- letting your kids choose a pet’s name can backfire on you. You might remember that we had to talk our daughter out of naming our older, black cat “Beyonce” (luckily we landed on Charlotte). Now that my daughter is a teenager, she wants to name our pets after video game characters, and the names make no sense to me. So far her suggestions have been Tenna, Captain Spaceboy, and Virovirocun. Arrrrrg! My choice would be “Hobbes” but Angie has vetoed that (SIGH!) So the name is TBD at this point. Cross you fingers for me that we don’t end up with anything too bizarre. So far Muffin and Charlotte are… not thrilled. “Dude” is sequestered in my son’s (now vacant) room while we’re not home. While I’m home he’s roaming the house, and there has been some hissing on the part of the girls- but nothing too aggressive, so I’m hopeful everyone will settle down soon. After that, all other news will be anticlimactic, but I will report I bought the plane tickets for my Chicago trip! I’m be there in mid-October, and let’s see some great fall weather, okay, Illinois??? I’m flying in on a Friday morning and back on Sunday- so it will be quick. But just enough time to see my son’s house and hang out with him (and my sister) a little. I’m excited! The third piece of news is that I got a fun package in the mail from Julie. She sent a card and some EARL GREY TEA. All Earl Grey is not created equal! Some has a disappointing lack of bergamot flavor. As soon as I opened this package, I could smell bergamot wafting out at me, so I knew this tea would be good… AND IT IS! I’ve been enjoying it very much. What should we name the cat?-Don’t try to suggest “Pumpkin”- my husband already tried that and my daughter shot it down.