We got a kitty! We've both always loved kitties, but when I think what pushed me over the edge was...I was at my friend Jen's house and her cat, basically tried to make out with me (I'm not pressing charges Jen ;0). Anyway, it reminded me that I love cats and I mentioned it to Kristian. He is such an animal lover, so the mere mention about maybe possibly wanting a cat was all he needed. So, we started to look on Craigslist...our only criteria was that it was free and had long hair, we're partial to long-haireds (have you seen Fred, luxurious). Anyway, miraculously, there was a listing about a mommy cat that just had kittens. There was no pic on the listing, so we asked to see a pic and fell in love! It was so tempting to take the kitties too, but considering Fred is afraid of cats, yes, our DOG is afraid of cats, we figured we'd start with just one.
To our surprise, the introduction went very well. There were no screachy yelps of fear from Fred. I think we handled the intro pretty well. The kitty appears not to be afraid of kids or dogs, just like the woman who took her in had told us. We are watching two other dogs, Boo and CJ, this week, so I think maybe that is a little too much for her to take in. We decided to have her start upstairs and settle in up there. So far so good! The kids are super excited, but are being very careful and such good listeners!
As for the history of our little girl...as far as we know, she was found in Concord, NH. The people that found her gave her to the woman we spoke to, Wendy. Wendy is a sucker for cats, so she took her in not knowing she was pregnant. These people were so nice, not only were they giving her for free, but they also offered to give money to pay for her to get spayed. We met them at Macy's and brought her home! We haven't figured out a name, obviously or I'd have mentioned it ;0)
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