When it came time to have a pet, I’ve always been inclined to want to have dogs over cats. I guess that’s because cats are typically more aloof than dogs.? Dogs seem to learn more “tricks” than cats, too.

Which reminds me of the time Mrs. Triebes (the lady who lived across the street from us in Bellaire) gave me a cat for my birthday. Mother let me keep it in the house most of the time, but things went awry when I made two HUGE blunders.

#1. I tried teaching the cat to sit in the kitchen.? Mother was evidently in the next room and got real tired of hearing me say “sit” “sit” “sit” “sit” “sit” “sit” “sit” “sit” “sit” “sit” “sit” “sit” “sit” “sit” “sit”  The cat and I both ended up being banished outdoors for a while.  LOL

#2. I thought the cat should eat some of the things I liked, one of which was cantaloupe.  If you haven’t ever fed that to your cat, I can NOT recommend it. The cat got diarrhea and left little trails of it on the floor.  Not GOOD!  I might have been banished from the house to the yard again, but the cat was banished from the house permanently.  Whaaaaa !

So, the cat and I spent all our bonding time outside until one day he didn’t come home. Another Whaaa !!!!

Life moved on and so did I.

When I came back to Texas in 2002, I brought my beloved Max and Daniel, two beautiful Shih Tzus, father and son respectively, back with me.

When hurricane Ike hit our area in 2008, we packed up and headed for drier ground in Austin.? We stayed there for almost a month and when we came home, guess what?? I had CATS!  Not the household type cats; the wild wood type and because my house is up off the ground, they had taken claim to living under my house. A few years went by b efore we had kittens – 5 of them.. Several years more went by and they all seemed to have found another home.  I suppose this is the case since I haven’t seen any of them in several years.

Well… all that changed in the last month. I have a new cat.  I saw it laying out in the front yard a few weeks ago.  Then I saw it coming out from under the house last week. I thought – hmmmmm. they must be back.

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This one does not seem to be wild. the dead give away was when I found it sleeping on the back deck this morning, walked toward it a bit and then it ran up and wanted to rub all over my legs. all the while, purrrrrring away, thinking it was coming in with me.

NOT !

I must be a soft touch for the purring because eventually I decided, against my better judgment, to give it some milk.

LOL

Evidently this cat has more refined taste and has not switched it’s diet to non-dairy because it didn?t like the Almond Milk at all.? Actually that?s a bit of a relief since I shouldn’t be feeding it anyway. I don’t think it’s pure Siamese but definitely has a great deal of the breed in it.

Anyway, I eventually tossed out the milk, exchanging it for water and since I won’t let it come in, it’s taken to laying under the van.

Hopefully it will find its way home soon. If you’re missing a cat, it may be here.

Til the next time !

You’re never too young or too old! So…

Live Every Moment,
Love Beyond Words,
Laugh Everyday,

~Jennifer