Rusty Dances, Rusty Snores

Zzzzzzzzz, snort, zzzzzzz, snort, snort ....

Our Rusty has been doing a lot of this today.  It took us a while to find out what made him so tired.


It seems Rusty wanted to surprise us - and he did.  But he's been too tired to tell us what he did so we only found out by accident.

Remember Skeezix and the Mousebreath Cat Dancers?  Well, Rusty is in another video with them, only this time for St. Patrick's Day.  That was yesterday, so imagine our surprise to stop by today and watch the video, thinking that looks like our Rusty. But it can't be.  Can it? 

For such a big guy - as big as Merci, just not as long - can he ever dance! Go, Rusty, go!


Pop on over to Mousebreath and watch Rusty dance in the video.

You might also stop by Skeezix's blog and see his Happy Muther's Milk Day video with Tripper, the Food Lady and Mr. Tasty Face.

While you do that, we'll join Rusty in a nap. 

Kid Daphne

Well, now we all know what Jan was doing Sunday afternoon.  Yep, hanging around with goats.  That's 2-day old Daphne being cuddled by Jan's friend Cynthia.  And behind her, pretending to look the other way but actually keeping an eye on her baby, is mom Cherry. 

No, we weren't invited.  And actually neither was Jan.  She invited herself so she could meet the little kid and take her picture. 

Jan wanted to hold Daphne and get her picture taken with her too, but ... well, we all know how quickly Jan forgets what she's doing ... or where she's going ..... or what she was talking about.  But if Buddy should happen to swipe her morning toast with butter and jelly (2 pieces) 2 mornings in a row, that she remembers.

We were going to post this yesterday but we lost internet for a short time in the morning and then it went dead in the afternoon.  When Jan tried to report it, she found we had no dial tone.  She went to a neighbor's house to use their phone and  they were getting their service switched from the local phone company to Charter and they had no phone service.  But they did have a cell phone.

And as we said, Jan forgets.  Don't believe us?  When the auto message told her to give the phone number with the problem, she started tapping in her brother's phone number.  Why?  Well, I never dial my own number. 

When the Charter guy came inside, they asked him if he'd done anything to kill our phone and he said no, he'd just disconnected something or other for their phone.  But when Jan came home after a while, our phone and DSL were working again.  

Coincidence?  Jan is now thinking about checking into changing our phone and DSL to Charter.  Do any of you have Charter phone and internet service?  Is it reliable?  

Waiting for Breakfast

Cyndi, Micah and Rusty waiting for breakfast. What are they all staring at?  Why, Percy, of course. 

In case you haven't figured it out yet, Jan gets excited over the strangest things.  For example, this morning she got all excited because Micah showed up for breakfast.  Now the rest of us showed up too, but did Jan care?  Nooooooo!  She says we show up every chance we get, whether it's time to eat or not.  So what was so special about Micah?

Micah spent 4 1/2 months living in abject fear of Percy.  He hid everywhere - under the bed, under the desk, under the keyboard, etc.  He has only been wandering the house on his own for less than a month and every morning Jan had to take his food to wherever he was, even if he was curled up in a dishpan bed under the microwave or on a chair under the table. 

But today when the dishes started rattling, she found him sitting on the stool between the washer and dryer.  From there he climbed onto the dryer - even though Rusty was already sitting there - and turned his back to Rusty.  Wow!

And if that wasn't enough to get Jan's knees creaking with the urge to dance, Percy was sitting next to the fridge right across from Micah.  There is still an occasional squabble, but Micah and Percy seem to be adjusting to sharing the same space at last.  When it's cold, Micah lives in the kitchen (by choice).  If we have a warm day, he comes out and sleeps on the cat tower near the computer.

We are thrilled that all the Royals are safely home now.  Emily arrived in UT on Saturday.  Kevin of the Animal Shelter Volunteer blog drove the last transport leg last night and handed Marigold and Brutus to Laura who has started the Heaven Sent To Me blog for them.  It's also the new home of Iris and Maxie, as Lilly Lu's blog has closed since she left for the bridge.

They could still use some prayers, as Laura's landlady has become - shall we say, not so nice? - since Friday.

Don't miss Part I of the Royals' rescue story on Savannah's blog.  She will do the rest of the story over the next 3 Mondays.  

Sunday Smile

Buddy:  What?  Do I have my ears on backwards?  Jan said Sunday is a day of rest.  I'm resting.  Stop gawking.