Category Archives: Cats

Just Bag It

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Azeena

Jean Claude and Roxie spent the past weekend with CCL.  While there they had their usual adventures.  Well, Roxie didn’t jump off the second floor porch  into the neighbor’s yard but Jean Claude did escape outside a couple of times.  He came right back.  Too hot I suppose.  He also put himself inside a Kmart bag on top of CCL’s bed.  He stayed there for quite some time  wearing the bag  like a garment , relaxing and watching the world.  

I just came from one of my favorite Borders, located at 14th and F Northwest.   It was once the site of Garfinkels, a famous department store in the day.  Garfinkels  also had a bit of notoriety.  In the 1950s and 1960s once blacks were allowed in the store, black women still had to wear handkerchiefs to try on hats.  Anyway, the Borders  that now resides there  is slated to  be closed soon – a symptom of the economy I suppose.  Everything  in the bookstore is 30 percent to 50 percent off except for the plastic bags.  You still have to pay full price for those – five cents each.

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Affection

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Azeena

My co-workers dog has a sports injury. Yep a wrong catch of the frisbee. Right now the dog, a Labrador, is enjoying Matt’s attention as it requires him putting a pack of ice on the injury and laying down next to him. We both laughed about it as we know the dog, clearly a sports enthusiast, will become bored.
Roxie is like that about the laser toy.

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The Male Species

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Azeena

Jean Claude just came back in -again .  I let him out in the back yard  this morning.   He  was  visiting my neighbor’s yard but my other  neighbor let her dog out  and he and Jean Claude are not so chummy these days.     I tend to leave Jean Claude outside and close the door.    He’s a pretty large cat and he can take care of himself.   Roxie, a female  Japanese bobtail, is so tiny I encourage her to come in when I do as she really seems to lack a sense of direction and has been known to run off and stay out all night.   Jean Claude –  I know eventually he’ll knock to let me know he wants to come back in the house or he’ll  cry out.     Bombays, I’ve read, think they are dogs.  Jean Claude certainly fits the mode.  For sure he knows he’s a “male.”     Last night I came in pretty late , around 11,  and he  just breezed right past me when I opened the door and escaped into the night.   I just let him go hang.  I wasn’t chasing him.  Around 2 am I heard him at the front door and came down and let him in the house.  Typical.

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Preparation

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Azeena

Spent little time working my garden this weekend.   Still too cold at night to plant annuals.  My rosebushes seem to be staving off black spot for now.  I have some salvia that is starting to flower a bit so  I’ll let the rain and the sun do their work.   Hopefully next weekend will be good for planting. 

It’s been a week since I’ve had the pleasure of  daily life with  Jean Claude and Roxie. They’ve spent time enjoying their other residence with their mom CCL.   Roxie did go missing for a brief spell.    She was located behind the washing machine, a favorite hiding place.

This evening I started putting out some of their toys in preparation for their return this week.  Later  I’ll  put out their water bowl(filtered of course) and their dry food dishes. It’s interesting how easy life is when we prepare for the good  – not just the bad stuff .  Busy week this week,  so I made mac and cheese with three cheeses…decided to leave bacon and tomatoes out.  Also  made Mexican pork chops – The recipe follows:

Mexican Pork Chops

Ingredients

Three or four Pork chops (m’ais oui)

One yellow onion

One small can of tomato paste

One cup of water

One can of whole kernel corn

One can of red beans (drained and washed)

Olives(the big kind)

One cup Rice ( I prefer brown rice)

Preparation

Heat oven to 350 degrees

Slice the onion into rounds and cut them in half

Season the chops with season salt and chilli pepper

 Brown the onions and the chops in a pan or a skillet ( I prefer cast iron)

Remove the chops  from the pan and set aside, leave the onions in the pan

Add to the pan or skillet  the uncooked rice, water, tomato paste, corn(undrained), beans(drained) – Stir, season mixture to taste and then place the chops on top

Garnish with olives(LOTS)  and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes

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Out All Night

Posted on April 20, 2010 by catzandalldatz

So the first night I brought the cats to my house, it was a nice warm night.  I let the cats out upstairs and Jean-Claude stayed out there ALL night.  He came in the in the morning to get his breakfast.  He is definitely like the the unruly teenage son except that there’s no downside to him staying out.  He likes it, he doesn’t jump off and I still get the nice breeze.

They’ve been at my house where Roxie has been causing a bit of trouble, but they’ve settled down.  Unfortunately, I’ve had to fly to Houston for a few days, but I’m hoping to get to go home early.

It’s been a long few months for me so I’m looking to get some rest soon!

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