Hot Dogs and Bitty Kitties

I am way overdue on a post. Over the course of the last week or so lots of cute little things would happen and I would think…oooo, gotta write about that. Of course, time would slip away from me and no post would happen. I’ve also realized that I haven’t put out a photo album in ages so I need to get working on one of those too. So, you’re only gonna get the highlights this time around. But their good highlights.

Last Wednesday the parents were invited to lunch with their kids. There was no other place I’d rather be. The president was speaking in Raleigh that day and my big concern was that I was going to have problems on the beltline as his arrival time was coincided with my departure time from work. When Cheney was here, they shut down the beltline while the motorcade went by. The direction I was going was no where near the direction he was going but you never know what path they’ll be taking. My daughter is more important than the president any day of the week in my eyes. Katherine was beyond thrilled to see me and after the initial “oh, we’re not going home right away?” we settled down to a lunch of hot dogs and baked beans. Every so often K. would look over at me and just smile. I knew that while it was nothing fancy, she was thrilled that I was there. After lunch, we went home and went in the pool. Nothing better.

Katherine and I had a wonderful day on Friday. I decided that in lieu of having her glued to the TV for the better part of the day that we would venture out and check out a few stores. First stop though was the tailor’s to drop off her flower girl dress for Aunt Colleen’s wedding. She was all too happy to try on her “princess dress” so that it could be marked for alterations. Then it was off T.J. Maxx, Kohl’s, Tar-jay... I didn’t have anything in particular in mind to buy so we took our time walking around. Katherine was so good that I told her she could pick something out for herself when we got to Target. This is the first time I have ever let her do this and boy did she get a kick out of it. But first we hit the Starbucks for a quick snack. We split a vanilla cream and a piece of lemon pound cake. Mmmmm. “Mommy, we’re having snack together!” Then on to shopping, where K. spotted the dollar bin. Sweet! I wasn’t even thinking of the dollar bin when I told her she could pick something out. So she actually walked out with a couple of things, since it only cost me a few bucks. As far as she was concerned they were treasures.

You may have noticed the twitter about the kitty. An adorable kitten has taken up residence in our front bushes. Word on the street is it followed Buddy home. I thought Reeses was tiny when we got her, this cat is even smaller. All of the cats that we are aware of in our neighborhood are fixed so unfortunately we think someone dumped a kitten. We tried to get a hold of it Friday night with no luck (Buddy however came right over to help me search). I thought of putting food out for it but I’m not sure it could eat regular sized cat food (it’s THAT small) and we knew that Buddy would just consider that a free meal. Our next door neighbor (Buddy’s owner) is on the look out for it too (and leaving food out), our overall goal is to get a hold of it so that a vet can check it out, give it the shots it needs, spay/neuter etc… Ted and I aren’t sure that we want another cat but I don’t think I could give it away after it chose the front of our house as a new home. This morning it was hiding in the vine on the front porch. We’re hoping over time it will get used to us so at least we can grab it. Our neighbor also mentioned that you can get a trap from the humane society. I plan on checking that out and possibly talking to our vet. Maybe I'll get lucky and get a picture soon too.