Monday, January 7, 2008

Pets


This blog from Belgium http://gattinawritercramps.blogspot.com/ is doing this pet thingy : OR GO TO http://gattinawritercramps.blogspot.com/2008/01/manic-monday-fun-monday.html ooops the host is actually http://www.lisaschaos.blog-city.com/meet_the_pets_fun_monday.htm

"Let’s meet your pets. I think most of us have at least one pet and I would like to see your fluffy or scaly pal. If you don’t have a camera you can tell us about him/her/them. If you don’t have a pet tell us about a pet you had or a pet you want. If for some weird reason you hate all animals we want to know why gosh-dang-it. " For some reason I can't make this post space for paragrahs!!
We have had Boots since He was about 3 months old. He was at our children's school which was on the same property as our church. He lived under one of the school buildings and would cry and cry for the children to give him food as they sat eating at the picnic tables . So he was quite the beggar. One day when we were at a church spaghetti dinner, he came out meowing and meowing at everybody. He didn't want food and he wouldn't let any one pet him....no one could figure out what he wanted.
Later that day we went back and dug him out from under the school building and brought him to our home. It was right around Thanksgiving time. He has been with us for 13 years. He continues to be a constant "talker"--has tons of different meows and has such a knack for communicating with us. We have thought of renaming him Bishop Boots since he kind of looks like a priest and he often prays with us during family devotion times---as we pray out loud he starts meowing with us!!!
He is very playful and loves to wrestle. He loves being brushed. But he is loosing his peripheral vision and sometimes breaks things by accident as he jumps on window ledges. He always likes to be around us---so he often sits on the back of a couch or chair where we are sitting and reaches out one paw to touch our shoulder. One weird thing he does--when a new person comes into the house and has a seat, Boots likes to rub his head in their hair to mark them for ownership!! This has at times been a real problem!!!!

17 comments:

  1. What a cute and pretty cat ! he was really lucky to choose you (never think that you choose a cat, lol) but I am for nothing in this theme it was proposed by Lisa of Lisachaos for Fun Monday. (on top of my post)

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  2. love your cat...
    we have two doggies....
    a dachshund and a Lakeland terrier
    the dachshund rules the house and the Lakeland Terrier is a real little lady!!...

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  3. What a cutie! I love my cats, and rather than rub new people's head, they rather enjoy jumping right onto them.

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  4. lol, that's cute, and a sweet story. I love dogs, and my last one had cancer. She was a large mixed lab, sweet girl. I wrote a song about her "My Rosy Girl" ~ it is on my blog.

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  5. Hi Nannykim!

    Thanks for your nice comment today. Boots is a beautiful kitty. I once had three cats at a time - now I have two Boston Terriers since my husband suffered from cat allergies for so long.

    What is life without a pet? Less loving, for sure.

    Mary

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  6. Beautiful cat, Kim, and his name is so fitting.

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  7. Boots is such a pretty kitty. I'm thankful he has had a happy home for 13 years. I love kats and dogs too. Right now we have two cats and I'm feeding a poor little stray. I have the sweetest dog..Lily. She is a rescue dog and such a loving companion. Have a happy evening. Linda
    p.s. I'm going to be on the lookout for button rocks:). L

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  8. Thanks so much for stopping by yesterday - the new little tiny babies' pictures are up!

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  9. Nice cat and story!

    I posted our pets too!

    Katherine

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  10. Oh, he is such a pretty cat! It is neat that you rescued him! We have two kitties and a dog.

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  11. Such a great story on how Boots came to live with you. :) Sounds like you guys are a great fit.

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  12. Aww, how special your cat is! I love the markings on his nose. I find it ironic that you gave him a home around Thanksgiving since he was probably very thankful to arrive there.

    your fluffy or scaly pal

    Hahaha, I guess that covers just about anything.

    We have one weenie dog, which is quite enough because she's spoiled rotten. In the evening, she sits between my husband and myself. She thinks she owns us and is very possessive for kisses.

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  13. We used to have a cat named Boots when I was a youngster.

    I bet your boots is happy that you brought him home as it sounds like he fit in pretty well.

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  14. oh this is some cat! I love cats and i am planning on getting one soon.

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  15. Boots is adorable. He sounds like a real character. :D

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  16. Boots is beautiful. He reminds me of a black and white cat we had named "copper" that talke dup a storm. Thanks for visiting my page and for sharing Bots with us

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