The Devil is Prada

wordless wednesday...

2012-01-11T22:34:00.001-08:00

shhh... kolohe is hiding...

2012-01-10T22:15:00.001-08:00

he thinks we can't see him...

work kitties...

2012-01-09T17:04:00.001-08:00

nothing like have a pair of sleeping kitties behind your computer monitor at work...

funny friday...

2012-01-06T16:11:00.001-08:00

kolohe in a shoe box...

2012-01-03T19:34:00.001-08:00

i bought some winter boots and kolohe decided he liked the box better than the boots...

happy new year!

2012-01-02T16:08:00.000-08:00

prada partied so hard, she passed out like this:

wordless wednesday...

2011-12-07T16:07:00.001-08:00

nighty night...

2011-12-06T22:05:00.001-08:00

prada is forever in my bed... grrrrr...

prada's belly...

2011-12-05T16:57:00.001-08:00

just had to take a picture of it...

funny friday....

2011-12-02T18:13:00.001-08:00

one day good ol' daddy was playing with prada... and prada ended up like this... apparently she sat there for a while like this....

blogger's block...

2011-12-01T21:52:00.001-08:00

can't think of anything to write and am having a hard time to choose a pic to post.... but i wanted to get an entry in...

wordless wednesday...

2011-11-30T19:19:00.001-08:00

when prada was first found...

2011-11-29T19:10:00.001-08:00

found at the park, going up and down the slide...

trapped prada

2011-11-28T19:55:00.001-08:00

prada likes to go riding in our laundry basket aka scracthing post... you scratch the basket, you do the time!

funny friday...

2011-11-18T08:40:00.001-08:00

clingy kitty...

2011-11-17T14:42:00.001-08:00

just be in the moment and enjoy the time your cat wants to spend with you...

wordless wednesday...

2011-11-16T14:58:00.001-08:00

taking time to remember...

2011-11-15T19:00:00.001-08:00

yoshi bear... best dog ever...

kolohe does the laundry...

2011-11-14T19:29:00.001-08:00

sometimes the most comfortable spot is on dirty laundry...

kitties hide in the strangest places...

2011-11-10T20:40:00.001-08:00

here's kolohe hiding in the laundry basket...

wordless wednesday...

2011-11-09T17:57:00.001-08:00

the cat app...

2011-11-08T19:09:00.000-08:00

the cat app is an app where there are several different "meows" from cats... we like to play it for prada and kolohe... they go kind of crazy...

prada will always look out the back door and search the backyard for the "yowling cat"... kolohe has actually come up to the phone and rubbed on it, looking for the cat... wondering if the cat is in distress...

maybe i can get a video of them...

forbidden places...

2011-11-07T19:18:00.001-08:00

prada likes to venture where she doesn't belong...

funny friday...

2011-11-04T16:46:00.001-07:00

kolohe and his catnip...

2011-11-03T17:32:00.000-07:00

you always read about cats going crazy over catnip... i still can't figure out why and i thought it was just somewhat a fictional thing... but kolohe loves catnip.... he loves his catnip toys and he goes wild over them... it's entertaining and fun to watch him play with his catnip toys... it's as if he's a kitten all over again!

the following pictures are of kolohe with a catnip plant... man did he love it... it didn't last very long...

wordless wednesday...

2011-11-02T16:54:00.001-07:00

vain prada...

2011-11-01T20:12:00.001-07:00

prada has been put on a diet... i can hardly carry her anymore... will let you know how the diet goes... if there is no change, then i fear that she may have a thyroid problem...

here's prada in the mirror... imagine if we had 3 pradas... i shudder at the thought...

happy halloween!

2011-10-31T19:54:00.000-07:00

prada wasn't too thrilled with her costume...

funny friday...

2011-10-28T13:18:00.001-07:00

prada the jester...

2011-10-27T16:22:00.000-07:00

one of prada's old halloween costumes...

wordless wednesday...

2011-10-26T17:16:00.001-07:00

prada's favorite spot...

2011-10-25T19:51:00.001-07:00

is in my bed... i think i have numerous pictures of her making herself at home in my bed... *grumble*

the mystery of the orange paw...

2011-10-24T16:25:00.000-07:00

one night for dinner, we had spaghetti... the next morning, i find prada in our bed, taking up my leg room... i notice one paw is really orange... i want to say she was dipping her paw into the spaghetti pot that was full of water over night... but that's so gross! how could watered down spaghetti sauce be so tasty?

one funny thing... my son thought that prada's paw was bleeding... i told him it could be from very diluted spaghetti sauce... he commented, "EW!"

i thought of taking a picture of her paw, but was afraid that it wouldn't show up as well...

funny friday...

2011-10-21T10:54:00.001-07:00

prada does the hula...

2011-10-20T17:03:00.000-07:00

one day prada was so passed out and enjoying the sun, that she was stretched out on her back... so of course we had to take a picture... she looks like she's doing the hula...

wordless wednesday...

2011-10-19T17:28:00.001-07:00

bedtime for prada...

2011-10-18T19:49:00.000-07:00

prada really loves my bed... she will sneak in it... she will sleep in it all day long if allowed... oh... she has a dirty look on her face because i put a pillow on top of her...

you can't see me...

2011-10-17T16:51:00.001-07:00

when prada was smaller, she loved to hide in paperbags... i think she really likes the crunchy sound of them... now that she's not as small as she used to be, she still loves paperbags but can't quite fit in them anymore...

funny friday...

2011-10-14T16:36:00.001-07:00

blogging from a smart phone?

2011-10-13T15:48:00.000-07:00

anyone blog from their smart phone? just want to know how the app is... i just realized i have all these pictures of the kitties on my phone and it's just easier to upload it from the phone directly...

wordless wednesday...

2011-10-12T16:40:00.001-07:00

my day job...

2011-10-11T20:03:00.000-07:00

when i'm not with prada and kolohe, i'm with this special animal...

it's definitely hardwork... but total unconditional love...

bossy prada...

2011-10-10T17:22:00.000-07:00

so good ol' daddy has been letting prada sleep in our bed with us... so now when she's locked out of our room, she will yowl and scratch at the door, nonstop, until someone lets her in... i don't like the fact that she's become demanding...

funny friday...

2011-10-07T15:42:00.001-07:00

cucumbers?

2011-10-06T19:10:00.000-07:00

we all know how odd prada is... so one of her favorite things to eat are cucumbers... she just really likes the middle of cucumbers...

wordless wednesday... kolohe...

2011-10-05T18:06:00.001-07:00

sneaky prada...

2011-10-04T20:17:00.000-07:00

she thinks she's hiding...

when the vacuum comes out...

2011-10-03T19:43:00.000-07:00

the kitties are no where to be found... i find it kind of funny, how they're so scared of the vacuum and carpet cleaner... =oD then i feel bad... it could be really traumatizing for them!

in other kitty news, today i hung out with 2 sleeping 6 week old kittens and a sleeping gorilla.... how cool is that...

funny friday...

2011-09-30T15:34:00.001-07:00

shoes can be pillows too...

2011-09-29T18:48:00.001-07:00

kolohe is quite resourceful... i wonder though, how comfortable is it?

wordless wednesday...

2011-09-28T22:36:00.001-07:00

petite prada...

2011-09-27T19:39:00.000-07:00

maybe when we first got her she was petite... but not anymore! here are some old photos of prada, squeezing into this small cabinet... even though she's much bigger these days, she still likes to squeeze into tight spaces.. .

funny friday...

2011-09-23T09:51:00.001-07:00

wordless wednesday...

2011-09-21T14:47:00.001-07:00

kolohe's new sleeping spot...

2011-09-20T20:18:00.000-07:00

apparently sleeping in open drawers is comfortable...

prada's favorite toy...

2011-09-19T20:09:00.000-07:00

prada's favorite toy is this round track ball toy... she can entertain herself quite well with it... sometimes it's annoying when she plays with it because it's sort of loud.... kolohe only likes the track ball toy for the scratching pad in the middle of it... but prada doesn't like to share, so kolohe hardly gets to scratch on it... therefore he has resulted to scratching on my ottoman... any ideas to stop kitties from scratching furniture are welcomed... so far i've tried double sided tape and an all natural no scratch spray... neither really worked...

funny friday...

2011-09-16T09:43:00.000-07:00

a comic that i came across and had to share:

when you're tired, you're tired!

2011-09-15T20:08:00.000-07:00

one day i was watching tv and i noticed prada sleeping... she was in her cat condo but hanging halfway out of it... and she was passed out cold!

wordless wednesday...

2011-09-14T12:46:00.001-07:00

prada tries to catch some fish...

2011-09-13T12:37:00.001-07:00

we'll put up a screensaver with fish swimming... prada is so intrigued by it and then she swats at the screen thinking she can catch one... it's entertaining for her and for us as well!

clones...

2011-09-12T11:55:00.000-07:00

i forgot which kitty blog i was reading but i found kolohe and prada's clones... their names are brainball and mao... and apparently they like eachother... kolohe and prada would never get close to each other in a nice way... the resemblance is quite amazing though...

pradawada...

2011-09-09T11:05:00.000-07:00

the last time i went to hawaii (which was sadly almost 3 years ago), i sauntered into the prada store and saw a key chain i absolutely had to have... it was a black laquered kitty keychain and it said prada... however, the keychain was a little costly, so i opted for a smaller version...

here is the cell phone charm that i got instead of the key chain... i am definitely keeping the keychain in mind though... maybe i'll buy something nice for myself for xmas or my birthday=o)

kolohe in art form...

2011-09-08T20:10:00.001-07:00

wordless wednesday...

2011-09-07T12:03:00.001-07:00

prada plays in water...

2011-09-06T20:52:00.000-07:00

we all know how much prada likes water... i've been keeping a glass of water on my nightstand just for whenever i get thirsty or need to take medication... little did i know that prada plays in the water in the wee hours of the morning... i only noticed because there was a big puddle on my nightstand and my book was soaked... she's been dipping her paws in my water and i have at least once uknowingly drank from the glass... ugh... so no more keeping glasses of water bedside...

prada strikes again..

2011-09-05T20:27:00.000-07:00

so... i haven't had any really good prada stories lately because 1) i've been trying to post all the pictures i have of the kitties from like 2 years ago... and 2) she's actually been civil for some time... except for today... i have an orchid flower that sits on my dresser... i've had it for at least a couple of weeks... and the kitties have been good about not jumping on the dresser since the orchid kind of blocks them... today was a different story... prada tries to jump up onto the dresser and finds out that there is not enough room for her fat butt to fit... so down comes the orchid... the stem of the flower is actually bent... i was so angry but then i thought... what could i do? it's not like prada fully understood the havoc that she just caused... so i repotted the orchid and taped the bent stem with electrical tape... which i know is probably wrong but i just want the stem to try to regrow or regain it's strength again!so i guess she's still the same little nosy thing she has always been....

squirrels need to eat too...

2011-09-01T19:42:00.000-07:00

birds weren't the only ones eating in our backyard!

wordless wednesday...

2011-08-31T14:35:00.001-07:00

flock 'o birds...

2011-08-29T16:51:00.001-07:00

bully bluejays...

2011-08-25T13:52:00.000-07:00

one of the observations i've had with our bird feeder was that i didn't know how aggressive bluejays are! i even discovered this more at my work... they are just this kind of take charge bird with no regards to anything! and man can they get pretty big! back to our backyard, i have witnessed bluejays bully the smaller birds and they have tried to protect the feeder from other birds... some patiently wait in a nearby tree and when they get tired of waiting, they attack... i always used to think they were cool birds... i mean they are... but they are in need of an attitude adjustment!

the beginnings of a bird feeder...

2011-08-23T17:29:00.000-07:00

at our old place, we hung a bird feeder up... it was quite entertaining of us as well as for the kitties... here was our first guest:

hmmm... what can they be looking at?

2011-08-22T13:41:00.001-07:00

at our old house, the kitties always used to love to sit on the window sill in our bedroom and look out the window... this week will be pictures of what they were looking at...

floofy friday...

2011-08-19T10:37:00.001-07:00

sometimes i forget how hairy kolohe can be... and sometimes i am astounded by the amount of hair i vacuum up... then i have to remember that even though prada is a short haired cat, she can equally produce the same amount of hair! even brushing them on a daily basis, the hair still falls!

prada's bum leg...

2011-08-18T15:38:00.001-07:00

not knowing prada's past, we have come to assume that somehow when she was young, she injured her left hind leg... she kind of walks with a funny limp (although you have to really stare to notice) and when she's in funny positions, the left leg is always straight out, as if she can't bend it...

i'm thinking... injury that healed incorrectly...

so usually when we hold her, she looks like this:

wordless wednesday...

2011-08-16T21:54:00.000-07:00

cramped...

2011-08-15T22:21:00.000-07:00

this is an oldie but goodie... prada loves to squeeze into the smallest spaced possible... if we still had this scratching post, there's no way that today, she would be able to fit into it...

WHOOPS!!!

2011-08-12T17:21:00.000-07:00

i am such a bad kitty mama! i totally forgot that it was prada's 3rd birthday on 8/8/11!! i feel so bad... maybe that's why she decided to let me pet her this morning, and then on a whim she bit and scratched me... how am i supposed to know she was mad about me forgetting her birthday? her biting and scratching is the norm for her!

i'd like to make it up to her... but she's actually kind of on a diet... or should be on a diet... good ol' daddy keeps sneaking her stuff...

maybe a new toy... she did get a new box and crunchy paper to play with this week...

ooh.. i just feel so bad!

hiding...

2011-08-12T16:46:00.000-07:00

kolohe thinks he's hiding=o)

wordless wednesday...

2011-08-10T18:27:00.000-07:00

glamour shots

2011-08-09T16:23:00.001-07:00

the kitties were sitting in the window one day, so i took some close up shots...

memorial monday

2011-08-08T14:54:00.000-07:00

a few reasons why i decided to start blogging again... i have all these pictures that are sitting in a folder on my desktop waiting to be blogged... that and i'm jobless... so i have more time on my hands for the time being...

i miss my dog, yoshi... i really miss having a dog but with prada around i don't think we'll be able to get another dog... having prada is like having at least 5 animals in the house....

and also, yoshi was such a good dog, that if i were to get another, i'd end up disappointing myself... i know that no dog will ever be like yoshi... and i know i'd be constantly comparing... and that wouldn't be fair to the new dog...

i do miss canine companionship though...

my beautiful, loyal yoshi....

flashback friday...

2011-08-05T15:36:00.000-07:00

when prada was just a wee one... she was much, much lighter (in color and in weight!)

remote held hostage...

2011-08-04T23:34:00.000-07:00

one evening, prada decided to hold the tv remote hostage...

this is what happened when we tried to rescue the tv remote...

wordless wednesday

2011-08-03T16:08:00.000-07:00

mouse-capade...

2010-08-31T00:39:00.000-07:00

i come home from yet another rough day at work...

good ol' daddy: did you see r's picture?
me: picture?
r: yeah, there's a mouse in the house...

r shows me a picture of a cute, yet germ- y rodent...

me: well, where did it go?

r: i brought kolohe over and he batted at it with his paw and then walked away... then i brought prada over and she played with it but then it ran away...

great, i thought... now we have germs running around the house...

so i continue on with my evening and was even in snooze mode...

good ol' daddy: prada has the mouse! come quick! i might need your help...
me: grumble, grumble, i'm so tired!!

i get up and go see the commotion... prada is under the tv table waiting for the little mouse to come out... i look underneath... i don't see anything for the little mouse is hiding behind the power strips... i poke around... mousie pops out... prada lunges and grabs mousie with her mouth and takes off...

good ol' daddy: it's going to take all night to catch her! (remember the chicken story? and other food stories?)

we chase prada for a bit and she's still running and chomping on her new found friend... we corner her in the kitchen and as she tries to bolt again, i catch her and scruff her... mousie falls from her mouth and tries to run, but good ol' daddy caught it in a shoe box...

i take the shoe box and take mousie for a semi-long walk... "ok, don't come back mousie... we saved your life..." and i released him into some ivy plants...

prada was quite sad that the excitement was over... good ol' daddy had to gloat "my kitty caught the mouse and yours did nothing!"

i'll give him that much... and rare words: yay prada....

consistent birdies=o)

2010-03-03T12:18:00.000-08:00

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San Jose: City Hall's mama falcon lays first egg of season

By Lisa Fernandez

lfernandez@mercurynews.com
Posted: 03/03/2010 09:27:40 AM PST
Updated: 03/03/2010 11:21:55 AM PST

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Clara lays her first egg of the season atop City Hall on March 2. (San Jose City Hall)

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Without any fuss, San Jose's beloved falcon, Clara, laid her first egg this season atop City Hall — a seemingly effortless act of nature to make most human mothers green with envy.

On Tuesday, at 9:57 a.m., a brown speckled egg emerged from Clara's underbelly. Throughout the minutes-long effort, Clara barely batted an eyelash.

"Remember, chickens lay eggs every day," said Glenn Stewart, a biologist with the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group at the University of California-Santa Cruz.

The egg's arrival comes 11 days earlier than Clara's first egg laid last year and 10 days earlier than the year before.

It's nothing to get your feathers ruffled about.

Stewart said it's not a sign of global warming, and it shouldn't affect the health of the baby falcon, expected to hatch next month.

"Everything's OK," Stewart said. "You know. They're like babies. They come when they're ready."

Studies have shown, Stewart added, that eggs tend to come earlier as female falcons mature. Clara is 5 years old.

And she's not done birthing.

A normal "clutch" of falcons comprises four eggs, Stewart said. Fans around the globe, who can observe the falcons 24/7 on live webcams and on YouTube videos, should expect Clara to lay three more eggs — one every 52 hours. The reason the interval takes at least two days, Stewart said, is that each egg is formed individually.

Last year, the first egg hatched April
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This is Clara's fourth nesting season. She has been living on a ledge outside City Hall since 2007. A falcon named Esteban Colbert — the father of the soon-to-be-hatched eggs — has been her mate for two seasons.

Contact Lisa Fernandez at 408-920-5002.

IF YOU"RE INTERESTED

You can see the falcons via two FalconCams: the City of San Jose Web site at http://sanjose.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=91 and the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group Web site at www.scpbrg.org. The YouTube of Tuesday"s birth is at http://www.youtube.com/SanJosePFA.

recommendations?

2010-01-14T09:17:00.000-08:00

we have 2 litter boxes... one is just your basic slightly larger than average litter box, the other, a 1st generation littermaid self- cleaning box... they are located in the garage... we leave the door slightly ajar and the kitties go in and out as they please...

lately it's been really stinky! and the odor is drifting from the garage into the house! we clean it on a daily basis... we used to use the world's best cat litter but i think kolohe was allergic to it, for every once in a while his paws would flair up, get itchy, and he'd lick and pick at them causing them to be bloody... then we'd have little bloody footprints around the house... we changed the litter to schweat scoop... his feet seem to be doing better....

any recommendations for an odor control product? i was looking at clean and green... anyone try it? there was also something i think called clean air... where you sprinkle it into the litter box and it's supposed to control odor...

thanks!

wordless wednesdays

2010-01-13T19:12:00.000-08:00

i'm gpoing to cheat and do this idea... just so i can have an entry in for the day...

happy belated new year's....

2010-01-11T12:32:00.000-08:00

my most sincere apologies for not having any posts in a while... it has been a hectic last month of 2009 and i've been unusually busy so far this year.... i guess when you work, you tend to forget about other things!

i will try my best to keep blogging... i guess you can say that is one of my resolutions...

the picture is of me trying to enjoy my last days of not having anything to do... the kitties decided to pile on me and take a nap... it is an awkward shot because i took the picture with my laptop camera...

on the last day of 2009, prada decided to get up on the kitchen table and steal some food... 2010, she's still up to her antics... and since i'm not as home as much now, good ol' daddy is spoiling her rotten...

i wish i could talk about work and blog about it... but for the law powers to be, i am not allowed to do so...

i think it's ok to do this though... consider it education=o)

the world's only talking gorilla

whodunnit?

2009-12-22T20:59:00.000-08:00

sorry for the lack of posts... prada is still up to being naughty... today she was driving me insane... she spent the afternoon running around all crazy... jumping and sliding across furniture... and ruining the blinds... did i tell you that she already broke three of them? we can kiss our deposit goodbye...

anyways, good ol' daddy and i have been arguing about who's been making trouble... i say it's prada... he says it's kolohe and that i shouldn't blame prada all the time...

so along with the wonderful ornaments of the animals, came a small bag of doggie treats... i just left it in the box and left the box on the living room table... the next morning someone pulled the bag out of the box and attempted to eat it... but the bag was still sealed... of course i thought it was prada... she's the nosy one... so i threw it back in the box... the next day i find kolohe crouched on the floor next to the table... i thought he barfed up his food because he is notorious for that... i look closer and he's eating doggie treats!

so of course good ol' daddy gets on my case for blaming his beloved prada... hmmpphh... i still find her just as naughty as the day we got her...

ornaments appear on the floor every now and then even though we tried to hang them out of kitty reach... but today i caught kolohe attacking one of my very nice ornaments... he was standing on his hind legs and all, trying to knock it off... i suppose at least he tries to knock them off and not bite them like prada... i didn't tell good ol' daddy about this ordeal for he would point out that prada isn't always the one to blame... but he'll read this and eventually tell me so...

he thinks that i treat prada like cinderella... ha!

i will try to post more, but i've been somewhat busy working on getting this particular job... if i do get the job, i will reveal what it is... i hope i get it... it's the coolest job in the world... to me at least!

an early christmans present...

2009-12-16T08:18:00.000-08:00

yesterday my husband surprised me with an early christmas present... he sure does know how to bring tears to a woman's eyes... they were handmade ornaments of the animals... if you send in pictures of your pets to this lady who makes them, she can either make custom pillows, stockings, or ornaments of your animals...

http://www.bestfriendsstudios.com/

here is kolohe... i love how it looks exactly like him... fat and bushy...
here's prada... her coloring is a little off, but that's ok... i guess in the picture that my husband sent, she looked a little brown... and we all know she's a little off the begin with... however, her little beauty mark makes up for it! she also doesn't have her blue eyes... but since her eyes are wide and dilated most of the time, they would look brown...

and here's the bestest dog in the world... yoshi... i like how she added the scarf on yoshi... and the button nose... she was also kind enough to make yoshi look thin... heehee... this is the closest i can be to her... and feel like i'm still petting her because the ornament is quite large.... i miss my dog...
because they are kind of large, i couldn't hang them in the tree... and the tree is kind of full with ornaments already... so i hung them with the stockings... also this way, prada has no chance of getting to them and destroying them...

she has been trying to tear xmas lights off of the tree and pull ornaments down.... she was biting my giraffe ornament the other day and getting mad because she couldn't pull it off of the tree... she also still likes to sleep under the tree... i wonder if she'll try to open gifts when we place them under the tree....

please help...

2009-12-15T09:15:00.000-08:00

i know that we are from all over the country.... even world... but blog reader lilacs and cats wanted to get this word out...

Beau BeauNoni Noni

I went to PetSmart on Sunday.

The boys are still there.

Could you PLEASE put them on your blog.

They have been there for over four months.

All they want is a home for the Holidays.

They are at the PetSmart in Renton, WA

our morning routine...

2009-12-14T21:50:00.000-08:00

as of late, prada has been hanging with me in the morning and being quite a sweet kitty (most of the time)... this is only because she is cold and wants to cuddle...

sometimes when i pet her and she's laying next to me, she tries to bite...

one day she found my laptop to be quite comfortable... her feet are so fat and heavy that while i was trying to chat, her resting foot kept pressing keys and making my laptop go whacko...

prada's first xmas tree...

2009-12-13T23:03:00.000-08:00

last year we didn't get a tree for two reasons... one, we were going to be out of town... and two, we figured prada would destroy it...

this year we decided to get a tree... we continued our tradition of going to the mountains and chopping a tree down... (from a tree farm of course)... we brought the tree home and the kitties had a good sniff fest for about an hour... kolohe liked sitting under the tree... prada was curious at first, but then didn't seem to care... she tasted it here and there but this tree is kind of pokey so it deters her somewhat...

tonight we decorated the tree... she already pulled down the tree skirt because she likes to lie on it... i think she thinks it's a new comfy bed... she was also trying to knock ornaments off while we were decorating... we tried not to hang any too low where the kitties would find them interesting...

prada also likes to drink tree water... and likes to dip her paws into the tree water... i hope she gets bored of that soon...

so far so good... no leaning tree of pisa either...

prada likes to sleep under the tree...

hide and seek prada

2009-12-03T22:12:00.000-08:00

there are times when prada will disappear and we have to scour the whole house looking for her... sometimes not even the rattle of the treat bag will lure her out...

one day i was looking all over for her... i went into the garage and called her... i heard her bell faintly but did not see her... then i see a tiny head...

she finds the weirdest places to sleep... who would've thought a box of junk could be cozy?

if prada were a human bean...

2009-12-02T23:43:00.000-08:00

good ol' daddy says this character reminds him of prada... her dance is kind of how prada walks since she seems to have a bum back leg...

in prada's case, it would be:

praaaaadaaaaa....

what....

did you steal the chicken off of ryan's plate?

yeah, and? i'll do it again!

praaaadaaaaaaaa...

what...

did you bite big brother kolohe on his butt?

sorry... now i'm going to do it again!

the thievin' weasel strikes again...

2009-12-01T10:29:00.000-08:00

we were getting ready for dinner... my son's plate is set and waiting... he turns to get a fork... he turns back... he notices his chicken drumstick is gone... we hear growling... we look... and there is the weasel with a whole chicken drumstick hanging from her mouth...

we chased her for a good five minutes... i've never seen her cling onto something so tight! good ol' daddy was yelling at her to drop it... like she understood... like she even would....

we finally cornered her and she dropped it... waste of a chicken drumstick....

we give the kitties small scraps regardless... i told good ol' daddy that prada doesn't get any due to her stunt that she pulled... of course he didn't listen and spoils the brat with some pieces of chicken...

i can't believe how fast and sneaky she is...

how can people do such things?

2009-11-30T11:25:00.000-08:00

this sweet little puppy was found by my husband's cousin and her family... they found her in a dumpster.... seems as if someone dumped her in there...

they're looking for a home for her.... they would like to keep her but they have a 12 year old hard- headed husky who's used to being an "only child"... they're hoping he'll change... the kids are already in love with her...

how can you not be? she's so adorable... shame on the ones who dumped her like she was trash...

save the tiny burrowing owls...

2009-11-29T18:25:00.000-08:00

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who needs athletic fields? is biking and hiking there not enough exercise? one of the things that i enjoy about this area is seeing the wildlife...

a year ago...

2009-11-25T23:29:00.000-08:00

a year ago, in early november, we had to put our beloved akita, yoshi, to sleep...

i was not ready for another animal to join the family... i thought it would be a while...

a year ago to this date, we had a naughty kitty enter our lives...

funny... has it only been a year? it seems like a lifetime with her antics! maybe that's why she is extra cranky today.... she's celebrating her one year of torture...

i know... i'm being dramatic...

life would be somewhat boring if we didn't have her... the little devil that is prada...