Tuesday, September 21, 2010

I Love Dogs

I do. I am a dog person through and through. They are so lovable, easy to get along with, easy to train, snuggly, loyal, and can have so much personality. I grew up with dogs. Dogs are the best.

Cats are another subject all together. They are ok at their best and demonic at their worst. They are not lovable, not easy to get along with, not trainable, have claws, no loyalty except to Hitler, and they have personalities, but not the kind that is enjoyable. I grew up with barn cats and a few indoor cats here and there throughout life. If I had to choose between dogs and cats I would choose dogs every time.

Unless, of course, the question was something like, “What animal should be chosen to fly an unmanned air craft to the sun to see just how close we can get?” In that case my choice would be cats. Or maybe daddy-long-legs spiders. Yes, definitely daddy-long-legs.
To recap thus far:
Dogs >> Cats > Daddy-long-legs

Now that we have the hierarchy of things established, allow me to tell you about John Darrin’s and my pets. We have zero dogs, two cats, and lots of daddy-long-legs. HOW MESSED UP IS THAT???? Granted, the daddy-long-legs are not really pets; they just live under our back steps and do their creeping undulating thing that is just so nasty. I honestly just shivered thinking about it. Ugh. Sick.
We do have two cats, however. One cat is our pet on purpose and the other cat adopted us. JD found our first cat in my parents’ garage when she was about 3 months old and brought her home. She is our indoor cat and her name is Fea (pronounced fay-ah), isn’t that a pretty name? We thought so. Fea is the Spanish word meaning “ugly”. This is a very fitting name for her. When Dad saw her for the first time he said, “Well, it’s an ugly little thing isn’t it?” And he was right. She is an ugly little thing.
This is Fea. Isn't that it kind of cool how the colors on her face
split down the middle?
This is Fea being cute.
Our other cat’s name is Ita (pronounced ita), isn’t that a weird name? It is actually a nickname for Bandita. You see, Ita is a Siamese cat. She is gorgeous- brown legs, face, and ears, a beautiful creamy-tan body and crystal blue eyes. When JD was growing up they had a Siamese cat also and his name was Bandit. Since our cat looked similar to his cat, he named her Bandita, and we just call her Ita. So there you go. Ita adopted us. She lived under our house for a while and we started feeding her and gave her a cardboard box with an old towel in it to lie on. Eventually she let us pet her and she moved to living on the front porch. She is there every morning when I leave for work, and every afternoon when I get home, and every night before I go to bed, and I am fairly certain every time in between.
This is Ita. Isn't she gorgeous?
Such beautiful blue eyes, and such a sweet disposition.


Another recap:

Fea- pretty name, ugly cat, ADHD indoor cat
Ita- weird name, beautiful cat, lackadaisical outdoor cat


And finally to recap both recaps to pull this thing together completely:

We like dogs the best and have zero. We don’t really care for cats and have two, an indoor one and an outdoor one. The indoor one is crazy and ugly. The outdoor one is laid back and beautiful. We hate daddy-long-legs and have 5 billion under our back steps undulating as I type.

There is a term for this and it is backward!!!


Shivering at the though of what is under our back steps,
Michelle

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