For the past couple of months our children have been dying to get a cat. That's right. A larger yard requires more dependent animals and/or stray children. Since Jodi and I are not about to adopt any more kids and since our good friends the Carlings cat had kittens we had been anticipating the arrival of another mouth to feed with much excitement. But in all honesty, a cat is so low maintenance, how could you say no? We have a cat already that came with the house, it's name is Patches. I can't decide whether or not that is because the previous home owner's daughter loved quilting, or if it is describing the clumps of fur the cat leaves behind. But this cat is a typical open area cat. You know the kind, totally like a teenager. Doesn't like to play with the family, doing its own thing all day, only comes around when it needs to eat or use the bathroom. Not too friendly, but just friendly enough that we keep feeding it.
Well, the kids had fallen in love with this kitten from the new batch, and we relented to let them raise one from it's infancy. I had grown up with cats so it was no big deal. This is a collection of photos from the big adoption day.
It wasn't soon after these pictures, however, that our son Nick and Brayden both broke out in hives and started sneezing and sniffling. I brought the cat inside, held it for a bit, then I started sneezing uncontrollably.
That's it, 3 out of 6. So in 10 minutes the worlds fastest cat had not even laid in the crate that we bought him, nibbled the food we'd placed in the new dish, or pooped in the freshly manicured litter box.
Goodbye Dusty Bottoms. I mean, Hello.......Now goodbye.
2 comments:
Really? Goodbye? Do you want to try some kind of shampoo on it or maybe a nice little sweater? Maybe that will take away the sniffing and sneezing.
I like the name Dusty Bottoms as much as the next guy, but I can't help but wonder if the names Lucky Day or Ned Nederlander would have been a better choice considering your obvious allergy to your "dusty" cat.
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