Crate training is not going well. She howls her lil head off.

She's been very pissy today and every little thing upset her. She's STUBBORN and adorable.

She's now being sweet and quiet, sitting next to me very amused with Alton Brown's voice on Good Eats.

All the kittens are using their litter boxes now. I put a mom size and kitty sized one in their holding pen thinking mom role modeling the behavior would help them catch on and go in theirs. Nope, Survival Mom refuses to use it. Happily, one of the kittens figured it out all on his own. Then very quickly, the others catching on followed suit. Now they use both boxes and are getting better about reaching it in time. Three have completely trained themselves and never go anywhere but the box. The other two sometimes can't make it to the box in time to pee but like the others they are reliable about making it to the box in time for the other. So no coaching required. Lucky me! :)

My baby boy cuddled with me for a few minutes. He deigned to be spooned. That is VERY rare.

Aughhhhhh! That about sums it up. And it it isn't even noon yet. I'm fearing it's going to be a long...... day.

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They played so hard today. I have a lot of pine trees on the ground surrounding the house ... the loggers brought them down last week and will soon return with a logging bed truck to haul them away.

Kevie, Jennifer and Jeffrey have worn themselves out playing chase around and over them. They are napping on the bed right now. :)

woke me up with soft little kisses and morning cuddles....then they ordered me out of the house to fetch them toys and food! Now they are snoozing on the bed keeping one eye on me to make sure im not getting into trouble. Im well aware who runs this household!

The trio group in crime just faked needing a pottie break at 4:00 a.m. ... all they wanted was to go outside and sniff around. Not one squat from any one of them!!!!

*growling to self ... dragging me out on a joke call in these baggy pajama bottoms with broken drawstring that hit the ground soon as we got outside*
:(

Sleeping in front of the door. She’s a blast right now!

How do you get 3 unruly dogs to be quiet and behave? Turn on the vacuum and Dremel at the same time.

Survival Cat howling all day, announcing she's ready to get pregnant again. The kittens don't mind and Monte, napping right through it, seems oblivious. I didn't know they could go into heat so soon. Thank goodness he's neutered.

Tiny Dog is so smart!!! A commercial came on tv with a dog in it. In the commercial, the dog drank some water out of a water bowl. (It was a commercial for Culligan water.) As soon as the dog on the tv started drinking, Tiny got up off the couch and went in the kitchen to drink some water.

I'm never really sure if Tiny Dog (and Diva Kitty) actually watch tv, or if they're just sitting in front of the tv because it's what I'm doing. But I really think they must catch at least some of it. Maybe it was only the sound of a dog taking a drink that made Tiny thirsty. Or maybe it was just a coincidence. Or maybe she really does love "Love It Or List It" as much as I do, and waits for the commercials to take a break to get water!

Mr. Potato :dog: rips out the squeakers and takes out all the stuffing in a new toy in the first 15 minutes (he's a terrier). His whole toy box is just a bunch of "animal skins". haha.

I do get him those non stuffing toys they have now, but his joy is ripping out the stuffing.

Survival Cat and her kittens moved out this evening. I'm taking it harder than I thought I would. It doesn't help that Monte in distress is concerned, calling out for them, searching around. Usually as I sit here at the computer he'll come over and standing up on his hind legs put his front paws on my leg to get my attention. Then once he has it he stares all soulful into my eyes in a deep mind meld kind of way , until I get up and see what he wants/leads me to. Look the door is shut please open it. Look people are making scary, unusual noises outside please help me shut the door. Look my bowl is empty please put food in it. I don't have to wonder what he wants because he takes me and shows me. And then I fix it. But now he's searching for his pals and I can't fix it, because well they're gone. It's way past his bedtime and I'm wondering how long this will last.

Diva Kitty has found a new hiding place somewhere. It's out of my line-of-sight from any of my usual sitting places, so when I call her (if she deigns to come to my call) I can't see where she comes from.

Tiny Dog has no interest in hiding. She is constantly at my side or snoozing somewhere nearby, ready to go out or be petted at any time. I think she waits until I go to work to take care of any doggie business she may have.

I got a lot of affection this morning since it cooled down quite a lot in the night. Whenever it's chilly, I am the object of much love.

Yesterday she meowed and meowed. I discovered that I had closed a closet door, which is unthinkable. She must be free to explore.

Diva Kitty has a medical problem :( . She is declawed, but one of her claws seems to have regrown and come through the bottom of her foot. Somehow, she must have been hiding it from me for awhile, because it's awfully long - like an inch and a half. She doesn't walk funny, and it doesn't look like it hurts her. I Googled it, and apparently this is a thing that can happen if, when they are declawed, the vet doesn't get all of the nail growth tissue. Poor thing! It's looks awful, but like I said, it doesn't seem to be bothering her at all.