steal!

i've been admiring some coats and sweaters for sophie at bow wow meow. they were way too expensive though, $50-$250!! for this tiny girl?! ouch.
after our walk to the park, with the poor girl shivering under her rain coat, we went to buy some groceries. i tied her up with an old man golden retriever (it worked last time!), but she started barking as soon as i turned my back. shoot. ok. well, hm. might as well take her into bow wow meow (next door) again to drool over pretty sweaters.
but wait. what's this? sweater close out? EVERYTHING is $14.99? holy crap! we started with just two, but might go back for more this weekend.
sophie fashion show

mama's day

ry and i snuck out to utah saturday night for a mother's day surprise!
southwest origami art: squid (that's $25).

ma and kev were at the jazz game, watching the lakers come so close to losing. so close! we made ginger cookies while we waited for them to get home, where we surprised ma by drinking chocolate soy silk out of the carton (me), and hiding in the coat closet (ry).

yoga in the morning. excuse me. you are excused.


what we do to taxi when he's sleeping

hanging out in the back yard, enjoying the sunny warm weather.


kev, grilling some veggies and tofu

a nice little hike, even taxi came along!


and then back to the airport to fly home to sophie and claire. happy mother's day mama!
(and special thank you to alicia and pistol for taking care of sophie!)

inhumane society

oh my head and heart hurt.

remember this little darling? if not, this is mesaana. i adopted her when i lived in sacramento, her owners were going to get rid of her because they were pregnant and afraid she'd get the baby sick. evs.
so i took her in, and i loved her. she was the coolest cat. she made living in sacramento, so far away from my friends and family, almost bearable. she was there waiting for me when i got home every day, ready to cuddle as soon as i sat down for a second. she loved to play. when i held her, she'd go completely limp so she'd slip through my arms to the ground and freedom. she was awesome.

when i was working in new orleans, she got out of the house unnoticed, and it was a couple weeks before i found out and was able to start searching. i got home and immediately put signs up around the neighborhood. i got a lead, a neighbor recognized her, said she'd picked her up on the street and taken her to animal control. i went to animal control and looked through their records, and found her! but she'd already been transferred to the SPCA. i went next door to SPCA, they remembered her, because she was so awesome that she was only on the adoption floor for an hour. someone else had already taken my girl home. heartbroken, i begged them to help me get her back. they pretty much told me that if i was capable of losing her, then i wasn't capable of caring for her. i was an unfit mother. but at least she had a home, people who'd chosen her to be a part of their family. there are far worse fates for cats who get loose on the corner of castro and duboce.

the people who adopted her, now they have a kid, and he's allergic to cats, so she got dumped again. and fit or not, the SPCA kept my phone number in the file.

i want to go get her, so badly it hurts. but i have a full house now. including a 15 year old cat, my oldest friend, and my priority. she would be distraught if i brought home another creature to compete for my attention. she's already a little iffy about sophie. i'm heartbroken, again.

i hate the SPCA. they took a cat from someone who loved her, someone who doesn't see any possible valid reason for returning a pet to a shelter, told me i'm an unfit mother, broke my heart, and now they're calling and making me make this decision and breaking my heart all over again.
this just seems evil.
they're horrible.

offers

a boozy man reliving his frat boy college days just asked if he could buy sophie.
when i said no way, he asked if he could rent her.

scary

i'm tentatively reentering the world of real estate...
considering taking advantage of the market and moving to something a bit larger (read guest bedroom). i love my place, and i love my neighborhood, and of course i have limited funds, so it's only going to happen if i find something very special.
so far, i'm not seeing anything that's worth it.

picnic day+

i went out to davis for picnic day a couple weeks ago, barely surviving the sweltering (75 degree) heat. sophie rode around in my backpack, our first attempt at this mode of shared transportation, it worked out great! she's been bike mobile since, making it so easy for us to get around and visit most anybody. some parade photos:



sophie also had her first amtrak trip going to and from sacramento to visit jen, i'm not sure if she knows that though, she slept the whole time.

my loves:




ha

i saw a beautiful blue checker marathon a couple days ago when sophie and i were walking home from the park. we raced home to get my camera, but when we got back the car was gone. it made me happy, i wish i had a picture so you could be happy too.