Twas the night before...

My birthday, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

So my in-laws (who are really quite fantastic in-laws, I couldn’t be happier) had to deal with the sudden death of their kitty Andy just before Christmas. They still have one kitty, Blackie, who is 4 and who was quite lonely. Austin, Laura (the BEST sister in law EVER!) and I decided to surprise Mom with a new kitten. For the past 3 weeks I have been tracking kittens in the metro Denver area…it is a bit early for kitten season. I found a rescue shelter close to us who had some kittens and they would be available for adoption on April 11th. I had everyone mark their calendar, and on Wednesday we left work a bit early and went to see what kittens they might have.

We walked in, and they had 5 kittens. Two were long haired gray kittens, cute but we didn’t want to get a long hair. Two looks very much like Jones and George. And then there was the MOST BEAUTIFUL Siamese-looking kitten. Laura and I immediate fell in love, and I asked the cat adoption lady if we could see him. He was ADORABLE. Very active. We knew right away we wanted to take him home.

So we put Tucker (as Laura has named him) into a box, and drove him home to surprise Mom. She was surprised, and fell instantly in love. Blackie isn’t too happy about the new arrival, but he is slowly getting more accustomed to the little furry kitten running around his house.

Austin, sadly, will not let me get another kitten. My hope is that once we are in the new house, he will let me get a third kitten. With the house for sale, it’s hard to keep the house clean and have people come in for showings etc. I’m not too sure how happy Jones would be either with a new kitten running around.

Speaking of houses for sale, we had another showing scheduled on Monday, but the people never showed up. How might we know that, you ask. Good question. Austin booby-trapped the door. He put a piece of paper in the door and it was in the exact same location as it was before. Why would people schedule a showing and then NOT show up? Do they not know that we spent 2 hours cleaning and making the place look extra clean the night before? We have plenty of pictures of the house on the MLS and on the brochure, so prospective buyers should have a decent idea of what the outside and inside looks like.

So tomorrow I turn the big 29. My last year of being in my 20’s. I’m ok with turning 30…I’ve accomplished a lot and am ready to move onto the next decade in my life. Austin already gave me my present, a new camera J That’s always fun. My parents sent me my present in the mail (cash, thank you!). I think we are going out to dinner with Nizar tomorrow night, although I’m not sure where. He is not eating any meat for Lent, but luckily we all eat fish so maybe we’ll head to a fish restaurant.

That’s all for now! Happy Weekend to everyone