Pet Rules

This is an email that I received today!

Pet Rules:

To be posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door - nose height.

Dear Dogs and Cats, The dishes with the paw prints are yours and contain your food.

The other dishes are mine and contain my food.

Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate of food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.

The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run.

I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.

For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years --canine or feline attendance is not mandatory.

The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough.

To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our front door:

To All Non-Pet Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our Pets

1. They live here. You don't.

2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That's why they call it "fur"niture.)

3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.

4. To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly.

Remember: Dogs and cats are better than kids because they:

1. Eat less

2. Don't ask for money all the time

3 Are easier to train

4. Usually come when called

5. Never drive your car

6. Don't hang out with drug-using friends

7. Don't smoke or drink

8. Don't worry about having to buy the latest fashions

9. Don't wear your clothes

10. Don't need a gazillion dollars for college, and

11. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children

AMEN!!!

Big Sigh of Relief

It's Friday! I love Friday's again, simply for the fact that I now have a weekend to enjoy and take advantage of. I have my evenings back, and loving it. I am very anxious to get off of work today, so I can get some much needed sleep.

How to relax in a busy work environment.

This is what's worked for me:-).

1. Do what you have to do

2. Don't look at it as being busy, look at it as a lot of things to do that help the time pass quickly

3. One mindfully work and don't be a clock watcher

4. Use slow time as a time to catch up on correspondance

5. Breathe Breathe Breathe

6. Don't be afraid to put lines on hold

7. Do not take it personally

8. When the going gets tough, remember it's only one day

9. Make relaxing a habit

10. Walk around once every hour to get your blood moving (for desk job people)

11. Enjoy your sleep where you can get it!

Sorry, I missed the part where I was incompetent.

To say the least, I have been having some work issues.

It goes as follows:

1. I don't get trained effectively on doctor's schedules

2. Nurses don't communicate to the doctors about change in schedules.

3. They expect us, as PBA's to know what their schedules are without being told.

4. I get yelled at because I didn't know the "rules".

5. I ask what the rules are.

6. I get yelled at again because I didn't know the "rules".

7. The rules change and we don't get told.

8. I get used as a scape goat

9. I get tired of it.

10. I talk to my manager.


Hopefully it works out.

Oh the joys of Cat NIP!

We were at the store last week, and decided to get 3 kitty mouses with catnip for Frodo. Normally, a very sedate cat, gets this strange look in his eyes!

We throw the mouse toys on the floor, he runs the mouse across our apartment, back again, we jump out of the way, Frodo can't decide which mouse he wants to torture, rolls over them, jumps up high as if the mice are attacking him, claws at them as if they are alive, and runs so hard that he bumps into our screen door!

So he had a headache the rest of the night, and he drank some water to calm himself down. He slept until 6:30 a.m. when we get up so he could start the tyranting over again. He's like a wind up toy! Just don't wind him up too tight *sigh*.

Frodo Alarm Clock

"Frodo, It's only 4 a.m.!" is what I was saying this morning. He needs his internal clock adjusted. He went to sleep around 6 p.m. and didn't wake up until 4a.m. We both woke up very drowsy, I used the restroom as he intertwined in between my feet, and we closed the door and shut our eyes.

About 10 minutes after I start to dwindle off to sleep, I hear a big "thump" outside the door. It was Frodo, and he had bumped his head really hard on the door! We both woke up in shock wondering if it was a thunderstorm, but Frodo was sitting outside the door very calm and nonchalant. He meowed as if nothing happened, and I went back to bed.

So needless to say, I am very drowsy today, only getting 4 hours of sleep, thanks to our little mess. Hope Ki Sun is getting a nap before he heads off to work! He needs it!

Here Kitty Kitty!!

Close up picture of a very sleepy kitty:-)

This is the best picture I could find. We found this little guy named "Frodo" in the Orange County Animal Shelter. He had been abandoned on Smith Level Road, near our house and was going to be put asleep 5 days after we adopted him. Thank goodness we got this sweetheart in time!

He loves to be petted and comes when we call! How strange is that for a kitty? Strangely enough, he weaves in and out of my legs as I'm using the restroom! He loves when we get up, and is so sweet when we go to sleep. He'll actually stay by me until I drift off to sleep, nuzzle up to my hand, tip toe over my legs, give me one last glance, then go out and sleep next to his favorite spot by the window.

He loves his little mousie on a string! No wet food for this kitty, it upsets his stomach. Dry chicken tender food is all he wants to eat. Cheaper for me! Don't forget to put our new family member on your christmas lists!!