Category Archives: pets

New Year’s Day 2014

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First photo of 2014 (pay no attention to the clock in the back; we have yet to change the time on it), Phantom as always. Kitty is very offended by the smell of beer.

My first day of the year wasn’t all that exciting and even felt somewhat gloomy thanks to the overcast skies. It’s supposed to start snowing again tonight, so that means that the drive to work in the morning wont be very fun and very cold.

Today wasn’t all a loss though, I did get a few things done that needed to be done and also changed and registered my domain. My handle here and other places has been moecona for a few years now, but I felt that, the blog at least, needed a change and this one is a bit more personal to me. Aside from that, my roommate installed my new graphics card for me, so my computer is running a lot smoother than it was. It was starting to get impossible to play many games or go on any site that had flash without it crashing. So far, I’m happy with it!

This weekend, if I’m not having to work OT, I’ll be working on my layout. I meant to have that done before today, but with the computer crashing so much, I didn’t want to take a chance on losing any editing work.

Stopping here for now so that I can watch more of The Twilight Zone marathon before I have to go to bed, so good night! I hope everyone had an enjoyable start to the new year.

Christmas Eve

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Hard to believe Christmas is tomorrow (rather, in less than an hour for me). It’s felt like this year has sort of flown by in a strange way and Christmas sort of snuck up on me and I’m not quite ready. A lot of gifts from me to my friends are going to be more like New Years gifts instead. Oh well, it’s the thought that counts, right? I’ve been working a lot of OT at work since I’ve come back from Japan, so that’s delayed my gift getting. Just no time or energy to shop.

My Christmas Eve was uneventful and somewhat stressful compared to previous ones, but I did get some delicious rum to end my night on a good note.

Anyway, off to bed with me. I hope everyone has or had a happy holiday☆

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Update of sorts

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I have quite a bit to write about, but I’ll get to that when I have more time. The last time that I updated, aside from yesterday’s photo, was May, so a lot(ish) has happened since then. I’ll leave out all the boring/irritating work related stuff and write about the better things, like my Japan trip, which was a lot of fun and I wish I were back there, but with my cat this time. Being away from Phantom for over three weeks makes me miss that big, squishy ball of gray terribly.

Also, I’ll be working on revamping my blog for the new year. This time I really will be sticking to updating more because I’m more likely to remember it’s here if I’m paying for it.

Happy Friday the 13th!
Remember: black kitties are good luck!

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Birds

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I’ve been noticing birds fly up on the deck quite a bit, so I bought a bird feeder for them. It’s just a small one, but I think I might have to upgrade to a bigger one after seeing how many have started flocking to it. There were at least 11 at once at different times during the day. A dove even showed up to nibble at the seeds that had fallen on the deck. It didn’t stay for long, though, because a certain Fatty-meow decided to charge at it through the glass, haha.

Speaking of, Phantom seems to love that more birds are showing up on the deck. He gets a lot of bird watching in during the day now. I forgot to get a picture of him watching his birds, but here’s one of him with his favorite toy, a fake rose. He became attached to it as a kitten and likes to carry this around the house.

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New room

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This was my room before unloading all of my junk:

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And this is most of the stuff (some still in the front room or pushed in the closet) I need to sort through and situate:

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I wish I could snap my fingers and make it arrange itself, haha.

On the kitty note, Phantom is adjusting just fine, rolling all over the floor and beds. Omi, on the other hand, is being his usual unsure and hiding self. I think he’ll be fine in a few days, though.

Anyway, moving is about 95% done and we’re calling it a night.

Packing status

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I’m pretty much done packing for the move tomorrow. Only things left are furniture and small things on my desk. Tomorrow is going to be a lot of work, but I’m looking forward to finally moving. I can’t wait to decorate!

Downside of all the packing and moving is that the kitties are all nervous and clingy. Phantom and Omi have both been wandering around meowing, and right now I have a very clingy Phantom on my lap.
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I think I’ve gotten him calmed down a bit now. I’m hoping it won’t take them too long to adjust to the new place. It took them a few days to adjust the first time we moved, so I’m expecting them to be a little spazzy for a bit after this move. I think they’ll enjoy the new place a lot better than this current apartment.

Now that Phantom is calmed down, he’s lulling me to sleep, so good night!

Groundhog Day

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Happy Groundhog Day and all that. I think we’re supposed to get 6 more weeks of winter, but I’m having trouble believing that when it’s 60 degrees outside.

Anyway, on to better things – box kitties!

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Omi likes to sit in boxes, especially small boxes, ones that don’t look like he’d fit in them. This one is an Amazon box, so he’s now being called ‘Amazon Kitty’, haha.

And of course, Phantom will not be shown up, so he too will sit in said box.

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