Another two

One of Amy's co-workers found out she was allergic to cats and gave us Gracie.











Gracie was supposed to be a free cat. She started throwing up one day, and I hoped that she'd just get over it. After it started looking pink/red, we decided that she needed to see the vet. 1500 dollars later, our free cat became, by far, our most expensive cat. When the PetSmart cat people heard about this, they didn't cash our adoption fee for Chunk. So Chunk became our first free cat (though I much rather would've paid for him and gotten Gracie for free).

This is Chunk. I had to pick up Gracie at PetSmart and decided to get another cat that looked like Gracie (even though Chunk is way bigger than she is).


Once again- boxes and small places are fun for some reason.

Whoever said that human food was not to be fed to cats surely never knew our cats.

We need MORE BOXES!

I don't know what it is with boxes and our cats, but it doesn't matter how big or small the boxes are, the cats like to be in them.

This is what happens when a bug (or spider) crawls on the outside of the window. (Notice the date, that the windows are open, and that the trees are all still green- and no, they're not evergreens.)

Our first Texas Christmas

Interest is sparked as we bring in the tree.






























Tornado is the first one to find out that the ornaments are way more fun than his cat toys. Now we don't even put ornaments on the bottom of the tree.

And it's only gotten worse as we received more cats.

How easy it once was to hold all of our cats!

Hurricane Rita

Everyone leaving town. It was quite the mess. I'm glad we stayed home.













This is us "moving in" to the bathroom (as it was the only room without windows). We figured that it was big enough for us all. What did we know? It was our first hurricane.



















Here, you can see that we were watching the news. We were a little cramped in the bathroom. But it didn't start really sucking until the power went out around 2 a.m. (which meant no more a/c).

It's surprising that no cats are on top of these mattresses (being used to cover the windows).

Cricket and the Mouse

Cricket used to play with these mice all the time-to the point that the elastic would be permanently stretched out or she'd bite through the string and we'd have to tie a new knot in it.

The Real Reason We Buy Milk

It's great when the best toys are free.

Tornado was the first to find his way up to the top of this "cat walk." He jumped up from the counter to the top of one of the pillars . The rest of the cats we just put up there for fun.

This is the second time Tornado fell out of the sky. He visited his high perch once while we were playing video games. All of a sudden, I saw from the corner of my eye, a white ball falling onto the couch. We put Tornado back up there and coaxed him into jumping onto the couch again.

Can I Come, Too?

Every time we pack bags to go somewhere (usually camping), one or more of the cats always finds their way into our bags.

This sleeping mat is rather small. Now, there's never more than one cat on it.

This was the rave of our apartment as it provided a high lookout spot.

One time, when counting cats to make sure none had left on accident, we couldn't find Cricket. She found her way up onto the top of our cabinets in the kitchen.

The Secret to a Good Night's Rest...

There have been quite a few times where we have found Tornado sleeping in the sink. Must be comfortable.

Any time that we have a bed on its end, most all the cats find their way up to the top.

A few new friends. And now we have 4.

We were out of food, so we went over to PetSmart. To our amazement, this one in Houston had tons of cats. So we spent about a half hour looking at cats. I think it was adoption day (either that or we came back when it was), because we ended up leaving with two more cats. Amy wanted a kitten, but I convinced her to get the older cats because nobody ever wants them.

The gray one is Cricket. She had an abortion before we got her and got spayed right after that. She also had some worms, but we got that fixed.



This black one is Chrissy. I thought having a black cat would be cool. For two years she lived in a cage until we adopted her. She used to be kind of fat, but she has lost a lot of weight since Tornado (and others now) have chased her around the house.

Exploring the new apartment.

Not that our last apartment was small, but this one was a bit bigger. (Maybe because everything's bigger in Texas.)

Good-bye Utah. Howdy Texas!

We went up to Idaho to visit Amy's family before we made the huge trek to Houston. We lived for about 4 days in a trailer.

We thought that the cats wanted to get out and wander around a bit.

They were very well behaved the entire trip. We had a litter box on the back seat and they slept together in this cat carrier.

This video's a little long, but if you want to see a crazy cat chase a laser pointer... .

I don't understand the cats' fascination with boxes. Any new (meaning without their scent on it) box will be the new hit toy to play with.

Give me some man food

Tornado has always had a hankering for human food. Not restraining him definitely encouraged him to continue this habit.

In the Beginning...

In December of 2004, I was having a bit of trouble deciding what to get Amy for Christmas. After much contemplating, I had a great idea. I called Amy to ask if she cared to get her Christmas present a little early. I only planned on getting one, but of the 6 cages in PetSmart, I thought that only the white cat with black (Kit) was cute enough. The guy told me that the two were brother and sister, and I thought it wouldn't be right to separate them. So I got both of them.
Amy named this one Tornado after he ran rambunctiously through the hall. He has surely lived up to his name.
This one is Kit. She has her own weird personality (not that any of the others don't).