Out with a Bang!



We closed out 2012 in a big way.

On December 30th, we got a cat....sort of.  One of my friends is moving and can't take her cat with her.  She was trying to give me a piano, but by chance said something about her cat, thinking it would be more of a joke.  (Funny thing is, I've had a cat/piano choice before, but more on that at a later date.)  She was surprised when I actually showed some interest.  Seth and I have talked about getting a cat to keep the mice out of our shop in the spring and summer, but never have because we were looking for a wily barn cat and I felt kind of bad about getting a kitten that would have no chance on his own around our house with all the coyotes.  We're not exactly cat people and this cat needs to earn it's keep!  He can't just lay around like our lazy dog and expect food.  Carol said her cat was 6, lived outside for the most part, and was quite the hunter.  Perfect!   They brought it over two days ago, he ran out of the carrier, and under our deck.  We've put out a can of tuna, some turkey, and some milk trying to coax it out but no luck.  We can't see him under there and I was starting to think he ran off, but when we came home this morning from our New Year's sleepover........

 

Yeah!  He's still around!  We tracked him and it appears as though he may have cruised up the stairs and around to where Cosmos sleeps, then high tailed it back under the deck.  I'm thinking about putting Cosmos in the shop for a night if he doesn't show his face soon.  Funny thing is, we don't even really know what he looks like.  We know he's orange, but none of us were there when they opened the carrier so we only saw his face from behind bars.  Kya got the best look at him because she squatted down and really checked him out.  She just says he's orange and little and wants to lick her.  I sure hope we see him soon because Kya is really excited about him, which is pretty entertaining considering the only contact she's had with it, he was mad about the car ride over and was hissing at her.  Maybe she'll be the cat lover in our family.

 

Speaking of exciting, Kya had her first completely dry day yesterday.  We celebrated with frozen yogurt.

 

 

Seth flew his first solo flight.

 

 

 And we had our first family sleepover with lots of fun families for New Year's Eve.

 

It's been great 2012.  You will be tough to beat, but we are up for the challenge!  Bring on 2013!