Some Happy Stuff

I would just put this in the Open Thread… it would fit better there, but I can’t put cute pics of my beasties in the Open Thread comments.  😀  So, here it is.  I’m posting this one to remind me of the things I’m grateful for… I’ll start with the fur children:

The pic above has all my beasties in it, from left to right: Abilene, Grayson, Time and Howard. 

Contrary to what this picture below may seem to show… Howard really hates Abi… a lot…  He only tolerated her in this picture, because he really wanted to sit in that jacket on the chair.  Apparently jacket plus chair equals major cat happiness.

We adopted Abi last summer and we thought Howard (who has a history of hating other cats, though he liked my other two boys from the start – Grayson and Time) would do okay with her, since she is so low drama.  She pretty much stays out of the way of other cats and does her own thing.  Weirdly, Howard has loathed her from the start… perhaps, because her constant sniffling and sneezing scares him…?  I dunno.  But, I’ve been sad to see Howard run across a room for the sole purpose of swatting at Abi WITH claws out.  *headdesk* 

I am happy to say that FINALLY Howard seems to have made peace with his sister.  In the past week, I have caught him grooming her three times… and he even let her squeeze past him througha crowded area and he didn’t growl, hiss or bat at her!  Whooo hooooo!  It is a major load off my mind to see that the furries have finally made peace with eachother.  😉  Whooo hooooo!  I have hated seeing gentle Abi be picked on and I haven’t liked seeing Howard so insecure either.  What a relief!

Other things I’m grateful for:

~ the beautiful weather outside!

~ afternoon naps

~ NYC style pizza

~ being invited on a softball team (I’m totally joining) with my old work teammates

~ period piece novels

~ the Shedd aquarium

~ being able to give a little money here and there to my fav charities

–AngryGrayRainbows