wow alot has happened since 2010

Alot has happened here in the cat household. We adopted this beautiful shorthaired snowshoe named Hamish. But he crossed the rainbow bridge because of a car accident. 

After my mom died in October 2011, I nearly killed a mackerel tabby kitten. Aptly named Jar Jar Banks he in now a toe nibbling part of our home.

After house sitting for my dad, we found this by the mailbox: Ginsberg

2 weeks later we get an urgent phone call from our church: someone tossed a kitten out their truck window. Her name is Emma ( this is my 10 yo holding her). 
So the cat household is getting crazier......

Correlation between the number of cats on the bed and weather outside.

We have quickly learned there is a correlation between the number of cats that sleep on our beds and the weather conditions outside.
If its warm, we rarely see ANY cats except when the come in to eat and get a drink and I think just to check in with us just to get attention. Yet as the weather gets colder and the precipitation increases, they migrate to our beds. Mainly to the master bedroom. The record so far is at least 10 when the girls doors are closed. But if they open up, when its cold and heaters are running, then everyone has a population of at least 5, with the bulk residing still on our bed. Good thing I assembly the advantage the first of every month and wash the bedding frequently. But they are inexpensive and a green source of energy.

The Y chromosome affect

A weird thing is happening here in our multi cat home. My husband is the only human Y chromosome in our home, with three daughters and a wife. Yet we have several male and female cats, but the boys  rarely have anything to do with my hubby,  the girls can't leave him alone.
Stella, Lucie, paige, miles ( we thought she was a boy but got a surprise call from a vet saying miles is a girl), sophie, Mia, Dixie and now baby gracie just treat him like he is made of cat nip.  Maude still hasn't participated in this yet, but is you look at her and ask her if she can 'flop' ( on her back),  she will!
There are days where these girls follow him all over the house and will not leave him alone until he has given them ( in their terms) enough love and that means they are all over his laptop, and will climb all over him, sleep on his head, shoulder any part of him that is exposed.

So should I be jealous?

The strange things that cats eat

I was eating a banana this morning and my 12 week kitten Maggie sniffed and and decided that this was something good to eat. She started chewing on it, so I started giving her bits. We had another cat that was a generic eater: eating crackers and other stuff. Evidently he had been found near a dumpster as a kitten, surviving on whatever he could find.  
I am very particular about what I feed my cats: I have only fed them Costco/Kirkland brand since I have owned kittens. Their coats are shiny and they don't bark their food up all over the place. But I still feed them bits of meat off the table and there is nothing better for a teething baby that a fat steak bone.

Deciding to punt and start over

Sometimes circumstances provide you an opportunity to 'punt' and restart a project that you thought was a good idea but after looking at it you want to say 'ick' and start over.

2 weeks ago at 10:30 someone knocked at the door leaving a yellow backpack. Upon inspection, it moved and inside was this pink nosed baby kitten, a female tabby with tuxedo markings and mittens. We already had 2 new babies, maggie and tallulah, so we fleaed and wormed her, and named her Gracie Lou Freebush... aka Gracie. She is our Ninja kitty. But she is such a lover. She and the other babies run up and down the stairs, sleep together, beg for food together.

So I am really mad at the person for abandoning her, but we love her and she will be part of us forever.