Tobey and his new friend, the heater vent look at Buddy, the new dog. This scene happens a couple times already. Don't know what's going on in their little heads.

The critter's wish comes true!

Here is a picture of Buddy on his first day from Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary. He is an eight year old, newly neutered boy. Homeward Bound rescued him from the Turlock, CA shelter. He was at the sanctuary for a week before Bill and Kitty adopted him.

Here he is a week after. Tobey and Badtz are over the moon! Badtz was a little suspicious at first but Tobey really likes him. He has, on  a couple occasions, rubbed his head on Budd's paws. Already!  Happy House.

Sunday TV w Tobey

Tobey and Kitty watched Eight Below (again!) on the TV. They both cried when Mya gets bitten by the evil sea cow! They cried even harder when Max leads Paul walker to an injured Mya. In the end Tobey purred very loud because everyone was going home.

"When are we going to get a dog?!" The cat critters miss their Viva-dog.  Bill and Kitty miss having one too.

Tobey's new friend

Tobey would like for us to do more laundry. So he can spend more time on the dryer, but he has made friends with the heater vent. This is a warm weather cat that's for sure. Maybe the air duct carry the residual scent of Kayla, Miss Texas and Viva. Bill and Kitty clean regularly but cats do have an incredible sense of smell.

Trying to get back to normal w/out Vive

It's been almost 2 moths since Vive passed. The remaining critters don't really know what to do. Tobey stands around and looks at Bill and Kitty then begs for food. Badtz chased her tail until she got the news that Tim Lincecum won the Cy Young two years in a row! She wouldn't get off the kitchen table until Bill put the paper in the recycle bin.

We Miss You Vive

Bill and Kitty have some very sad news to share. Their dear girl, Vive, Viva, Vivace, Vivienne, passed away last week. She had been bloated on and off for the last month (or so). It is hard to pin point when she first started feeling bad. The last few days Vive didn't eat with the relish that she had in the past.

It's difficult to know when your critter is feeling ill.They never complain. They only want to please their human. It's especially sad because she was so young. The Happy House will be sad for quite some time.

Kitty's favorite

This is Kitty's favorite picture of the two cat critters. They're behaving themselves and it shows off Badtz's serious brow. Tobey is resplendent in his stripes!

This weekend the cats and Vive will enjoy the continuing saga of Battlestar Galactica from Netflix. They often wonder where the pets are in the show. "Don't they have pets in space?" they'll ask. Bill will then have to put Aliens on the DVD player as Jonesy was a pet in space and an Orange-boy to boot!