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Three of his siblings have similar coloring. I've never seen a cat with that color. The mama is black and the dad is black and white.

Sweetheart and her new babies: Just a few more pics of various kittens--because they are little camera whores:

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I have to take Tabby to the vet

Sweetheart finally exploded into a shower of kittens Well, the process was a lot longer than that. About 3 1/2 hours from start to finish. Sweetheart is imy favorite mama. She wants me with her when she has babies. I rub her belly and her sides while she has her contractions and she looks at me the entire time with eyes that clearly say "Don't leave me." So....as of this moment, she has 5 kittens. The first one born was a multicolored baby that looks a lot like Marina (who is her grandmother). The second one appears to be all black. The third one also seems to be all black. She jumped out of her box while having that one and on top of a kitty litter box--and had her kitten while standing there. He fell right into my hand. Interesting feeling, a kitten hot out of the oven. Really VERY hot. The fourth one took a while and I have concerns about him. He is yellow and small. Took about 45 minutes just for him from start to finish. But he is moving around and eating. He is just a little slower, so will watch him. The last one she had is black with white feet and maybe a little whilte on his face--like his daddy (Meowth). I T HINK she is done. She still looks a bit big, but she is soft, so she is probably done. But she has surprised me before, so I don't know. So...for those who seem to want to count...there are now 18 kittens: Marina: 4 Little Girl: 5 Pretty Girl: 3 Little Baby: 1 Sweetheart: 5 And there are NO MORE PREGNANT CATS AND NO MORE UNNEUTERED MALES OF BREEDING AGE! *breathes*

I have 13 kittens at the moment, assuming Sweetheart hasn't had hers yet. Meowth got out when Sam left the door open. I suspect he ran away as fast as his exhausted little legs could carry him. We've looked for him but have not found him. My guess is he is hiding and does NOT want to come back. All the other boys "of age" are neutered, so hopefully the kittens will now stop coming.

Well, Little Baby surprised me with a kitten. Now, it isn't a COMPLETE surprise. I was just saying to Sam the other night that Little Baby looked like she might be "with kitten." And just yesterday I noticed her in an empty kitty litter box looking strange and I asked Sam to see if she was having kittens or something. She wasn't....apparently. Surprise! Just looked about 1/2 hour ago when I went into the bathroom and Little Baby came over to me and looked a lot thinner (she didn't really look all that big before--just a small bulge). I heard scratching sounds and sure enough, when I looked inside the empty kitty litter box, there was a beautiful black and white baby. *sighs* Next to a beautiful black baby who was dead. I will get pics later today. He (definitely) is black and white with a pink nose. I'm hoping she will be a good mama to him. She is a bit flighty. Last time she took good care of her kittens though. Tabby (the one who is going to have eye surgery Monday), is her baby I put Little Baby and her new arrival in with Sweetheart (who looks like she is going to have a foal and not kittens--she is THAT big) and Tabby. She doesn't really like being near Tabby. She sort of abandoned her after Sweetheart decided to mother all the kittens last time. But she seems to not be actively hating everyone. And Sweetheart got "soft" eyes when I showed her the kitten. Guess she is due fairly soon. Hope so for her sake. She looks ready to explode. So...never a dull moment. I am CERTAIN, however, that there are NO other mamas to be (other than Sweetheart). And I guess I know why Meowth (the daddy) ran away--he was exhausted. Edit: Here's the little surprise:

Tried to get at least one of each kitten.

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A forum site I used to hang out on limited signature size to about 2 1/2 inches high--except for special occasions when certain things needed to be displayed in the sigs.

Dramatic? Moi? ...well...maybe just a little... ...well...maybe a lot... ...sometimes... ...ok...maybe most of the time... *scowls* alright, damnit, all of the time There! Happy now? *stalks from the room muttering*

So...my life... Well, Scott's head popped out of his ass for a while but has popped back in. His ass is getting more action than mine. 18 days no sex and if things keep going as they are, it is likely to turn into 18 years before I have sex again. Not that sex is the most important thing in the world. Actually, right now I would just like him home and in my bed so I can feel him near me. ...moving on... Kitten pics! These are a few of Little Girl's babies. They are the ones with the odd coloring (though one appears to be black with ghosts of stripes): These are Marina's babies (the yellow one is a boy, the rest are girls): Two pics of the same kitten, because she is just SO cute: Yes, that is Sam. Yes, he is wearing a Vikings sweatshirt.

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The human mind truly is amazing. Though I have to admit my fingers itched to correct the words you typed I wonder, though, if a person would be able to read those words if they did not already know those words as they are correctly spelled.

Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men

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Well, I have actually finished my entry for the Fall Anthology! Of course, according to Word the word count is 10,099... I'm hoping no one will notice those teeny tiny extra 99 words Am going to submit it as soon as I decide on a title. I hate coming up with titles. With me, either the title is the FIRST thing I think of and then write the story around it, or I can't think of a thing. I am torn between two titles at the moment. One is the one I really want--but I think it may not make sense to others. The other one is ok, just nothing special. Not that any of my titles are "anything special." :wacko: But now that I've finished writing this, I am going to turn my attention to writing a story I have had kicking around in my head for a while. I'm not going to say much about it (not because I want to be mysterious, but because knowing me, I will change everything around many times between now and the time I actually write the first sentence), but the tentative title is "The Ghost of You." See? Title first, then story. That is how MOST things hit me. But it was inspired in part by a song by Duran Duran called "Ordinary World." Of course, I will have to find time between kittens and work to actually write...

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That's very good news! Hope it works out well for you.

Happy Birthday, Marty!

Took more pics of Little Girl and her new babies. She is a very good mama and tends to lie on top of them when anyone wants to look at them Of course, they don't really like that very much. But I have managed to get a decent pic of the babies all happily dining: I stole one of the babies while Little Girl was eating and took this pic. Strange color. Four of them have similar coloring. The fifth one is darker and may be black or dark tiger. Edit: Well, we have MORE babies Pretty Girl (who is Little Girl's sister) had her babies. Four of them in all, though she waited until 12:15 am to have the 4th, so they have 2 different birthdays Mama with all of her babies. Her first three (the littlest one on the right is a bit weaker than the others. I am concerned for him. I thought he was dead when he was born. It took him a long time to breathe. I actually picked him up and held him, thinking I would put him in a box--when he moved his mouth. He seems to be moving around more now though. Maybe he just needs some time. In the pic with his mama, he is the one who is between her back legs, looking like he is trying to get back in.

HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY, DREW!

Went to the Fonda Fair tonight. They had one normal demolition derby and one farm combine demolition derby. This is the first year they had one of those and it didn't quite go as planned. They ended up with only 2 combines--an International and a John Deere. They had planned on 2 more, but they couldn't get them running. But it was different. It was dark and my camera battery was low, so I didn't get a great pic--and only of the International. That's the one that won, though. The John Deere lost a front wheel and also stopped running. Combines are big. Little Girl had 4 nice presents for me when I came home from the fair. She was in labor when I left. I really didn't want to leave her since she has had problems with stillborn kittens in the past. But after threatening to have a kitten on my lap, she seemed determined to keep those kittens inside her as long as possible. But she has 4 at the moment. Odd little things. One seems to be all black, like she is. THe other 3 seem to be an odd combination of black and white--but with enough white to almost make them look like salt and pepper hair. Strange. One of them has a black and white face. Now...the dad, Meowth, is black and white. I was sure she would have all black kittens like she had last time or black and white ones like Meowth. But I've never seen kittens quite this color. You can't really see them too well in the pic, but they are a strange color. Pretty though. And they look healthy so far *knocks on wood* I don't think she is going to have any more. 4 is a good number. Edit: Apparently Little Girl thought 5 was a better number. She just had another one in that unusual black/white/grey color. I've told her that 5 is enough. Will see if she listens to me or not.

Happy Birthday, Jared!