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I just want to send a quick reminder for everyone to vote for Kitten
Rescue at: http://www.care2.com/animalsheltercontest/4223/?refer=23661.01.1305815407.872119

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It is super easy and although we're currently number 13/14, which is
great, we have a long way to go if we want to win. But we have enough
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the word!!

Jenny is a lifesaver! Whoohoo

It is so wonderful having a previous vet tech and current nursing student for a sister in law. Said sis in law Jenny only lives a short drive away which is also extremely nice. It turns out I used Hartz flea drops instead of my usual and that is dangerous as well as totally ineffective. GRRRRRR. I was so mad when I found that out. I talked to my vet and he said not to put any other spot treatments on them for 2 weeks. Ohnoes....

BUT luckily for us, Jenny had a hidden stash of this frontline spray stuff that is safe for kittens and she said the kitties would be fine using it. She showed me how to apply and hopefully those little bastard hitchhikers will be well and truly dead in the next few hours! Hoooray! Then I can let the kittens into their closet area so they can run around and have fun. I can't wait to cuddle and kiss them and dote on them like crazy. Uber kitty love!

Anywho - Cymbalta withdrawal is a four letter word. It is awful. My doctor ran out of the samples he's been giving me and I can't afford the prescription. I went to his office today and he's given me a prescription for Effexor- which I guess you have to take twice a day instead of once, but its supposedly affordable. I shall be getting that tomorrow hopefully and then the dizziness should stop.

James is so sick poor baby boy. I really hope his body starts fighting harder. I hate to see him like this. =(  Also James' dad Jim is sick and has a probable UTI. Ugh. Jenny took him to the Kaiser clinic just a few mins ago. Hopefully they can give him something to help.

Positive news: James has had two interviews! One was a phone interview, and they have scheduled an in person for next week. And he had another phone interview today that I think went well. It seems like either of these jobs would be infinitely better than what he has now. I don't think there's any future for him where he currently is and he's said as much to me. So lets all cross our fingers and pray that he gets a better, higher paying, more satisfying job in the very near future.

TWO! New additions to our family!

We went expecting to take one and ended up with two(I know I said no more cats but Sushi REALLY needs a playmate!). Sigh. I'm such a sucker for a cute kitten! I think its probably in their best interest to be together for at least another month. The move is stressful enough as it is. Little babies had kind of bad fleas unfortunately but they seem totally healthy and active other than that. I attempted a warm bath with the first kitten - ohhhh no. Not having it - NOT ONE BIT. I don't blame it at all. Lol. I managed to get it wet and annoyed and pissed off - not so much clean and flea free. I really thought it might bite me for a minute. I had that nasty experience with the feral kittens so I was cautious and let it alone to calm down a bit before touching it again and trying to soothe it. It crawled into my shirt and laid against my heart. I almost cried. Gosh. I felt so bad.  I even had hubbers try to help - its so much harder with long haired cats. We flea combed what we could off of them - got about 8 of them or so, a good start. They definitely were fidgety and unhappy with what was going on though. Poor babies. I applied a small amount of kitten flea killer on each of them and separated them until it dried, and even dried them a little more to be sure. Then put them into a confinement area where they are together and contented for now. They didn't try to lick one another which is a plus. Supposedly most flea treatments work within an hour - so I've heard. When I check them in the morning we'll see if this is true. I gave them some wet food and some water. I think we'll get them on the wet in the next few days and make that mostly their diet for the next week before mixing it with the dry. I can tell they'd like something to crunch on though! I will definitely upload some pictures of the sweeties tomorrow when I've had some real rest. I sure do need it. The finals with James has just taken it all out of us. We need sleeeeeps. Meow. By the way - the cute pic spam below is NOT of our cats. Lol.

Updates on Stuffs

Well - little boy was not meant to be - he ended up going back home and they thankfully decided to keep him! Yay! He was SO DARLING. Sushi loved him but he wasn't having it. To bad but maybe its for the best. I love my cats and I think I'm going to TRY and stay with what we have now if possible. Hubbers says I can have one more if I really want one, but he's happy with what we have now. So I'm going to try and keep it that way.
New thing: I'm exhausted. Well, guess that's not so new, but there's a new reason in town and that reason's name is Bedbugs - err Bedbug singular. That's right. We found one. In our bed. Around midnight. Shudders. We trapped the little bastard in plastic to get a positive ID. We've been sleeping on the stupid futon (well, James is - I can't really) and our bed is contamination specimen number 1. I've taken all the pillows and bedding and run through wash/dry and we're working on the mattress pads next. After that, we're supposed to get rid of the mattress and boxspring - and replace with a new one (which will be encased in bedbug proof plastic). Its all a giant pain in the ass. And it doesn't help that James is STILL doing finals/finishing up his last paper - due tomorrow, ten pages! UGH. I want time with my husband! He's sick, literally. And he is covered head to toe in these splotchy looking red welt looking things (identified by the doc as some kind of virus that should run its course in 8-10 weeks). He still needs to have his damn stye poked - his initial appointment was a consultation, and his optometry appointment is sometime coming up. Poor guy. I was sick for a few days but feel better other than the exhaustion. I don't know why I can't get any REM sleep. That's what I so badly need. On the other hand my insomnia is causing things to get done, and I've ended up selling some possessions to make some badly needed money. James has been skipping work because of finals and stress (approved by his boss of course), so we're especially hard up at the moment. Add to all this the stress of my stepmom's condition and I just feel ready to explode. I want to get away. I wish James and I could go on a vacation somewhere, just for a few days to relax and unwind. The last six months have been nothing but stress.

Baby Boy (haven't named him yet! and Sushi!) Pic Spam!

Last but not least....

We did it! We adopted the sweet little guy (or should I say BIG guy? - he's huge!). He is so insanely sweet. He's a love biter like Alaska and Sushi. I think they are going to get along great. For now I've set him up in the "new kitty space". He's got everything he needs, tons of toys, plenty of space. Once he's comfy I'll introduce him to Sushi and see how that goes. I have the feeling that it will be fine. Pics to come shortly! But for now - here's a pic of him a few weeks ago. What a little muffin!

We think he looks like a silver or snow bengal mix. We looked up photos of silver bengal kittens and this is what they look like:

Also this: which is called a snow bengal - his tail is very similar to this.

Kitty Kitty Meow Meow

I'm back to the blogosphere! Yay! So much has happened. I saved a Siamese cat from the shelter the day before mother's day because I couldn't let him stay there. He was the most affectionate cat I've ever encountered - to the point of it being insanely annoying. Lol. We found him a GREAT home with a young couple from Calabasas!

And lets see... we are looking to adopt a kitten to be best friends with Sushi. That's right - Sushi. We were able to socialize her with our cats including Ms. Hoitey Toitey Hazel. They were sleeping three inches away from one another last night. I was shocked. But I'm very pleased with how this is turning out. The little fellow we are going to meet tonight (and possibly bring home) is so adorable. His cuteness on a scale of 1-10 is probably a 17. If we bring him home I'll show him off!


Tomorrow we have an appt at the vet for Sushi to get her shots. If we bring little guy home then we can get him vaccinated as well.

On a personal note, my stepmom has been having severe health issues and they are actually talking about a possible lung transplant. Scary stuff. I'm going to be visiting them over Memorial Day weekend. I'll be crossing my fingers and hoping for the best. Everyone's prayers are appreciated.

Hmmm. James is having a reaction to ritalin. Its some sort of skin rash - looks kind of pale and blotchy. I think they will be switching him to a different med. He's also at the Doctor right now getting his eye poked (he had a stye unfortunately). I'm waiting for him to get home. And I think that's about all for now. =)