Day 18/365: Kitties!

In their homemade cat tree :)

Katie, the white cat up top is now in that upper level almost 24/7.  She just loves that little hideaway.  I've had her for a little over 10 years now.  Man, she's getting old.  And she's traveled a whole bunch with me. ;)

Day 11/365: Lazy hound dog

Clyde being lazy with me

Day two of being sick.  Sore throat, coughing, not being able to sleep.  I guess I was due.  I'm just glad I don't have a stuffy nose.  I think I just might hate that more than any of the other symptoms.  I have a thing about not being able to breathe...don't you?

I think Clyde looks cute here.  He doesn't look like a doberman.  He could pass for a black and tan coonhound.  Or a dachshund.  Really any other type of black and tan breed.  They're not so bad!  Sometimes I wish Clyde wasn't cropped and docked because people wouldn't be so prejudiced against him.  He'd look like a hound otherwise.  And he just happens to be slightly reactive to strange dogs that rush up to him.  But what would you do, if some large stranger charged up to you, jumping in your face?  Exactly.

Day 9/365: I'm being good, see?

Clyde peeking out

I was cooking dinner tonight when I suddenly noticed Clyde peeking out from the bedroom, hoping I'd see him being good (and thus be rewarded).  It was so adorable I had to quickly grab a picture before he moved.  He's such a character.  I'm not entirely sure if it's because he's a doberman or because I trained him to be this way.

Day 7/365: Just look at that face...

She still doesn't know this is a camera

Last year, Zoe was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease, thrombocytopenia.  Basically, her body was attacking itself and she had almost no platelets left in her blood.  She was in and out of the vet every week for blood tests, sometimes more than once a week.  She was put on prednisone, which was an absolute nightmare.  Prednisone makes dogs more thirsty, more hungry and they constantly need to pee.  That wasn't pleasant.  Thankfully, she is okay now and hopefully it will not come back!

Day 5/365: Mau'y! the Cat

Cats are just too cute when they're napping.

Mau'y.  My wild, bratty, goofy, snuggly boy cat.  He's going to be seven this year, what's considered a "senior" cat.  Funny how that is.  He still acts like a bratty young kitten.  This came to me recently.  What if he still acts so immature because he was neutered at such a young age (8 weeks)?  There is research out there that neutering male dogs too early has impacts on their growth, and I believe, their personality.  So basically, neutering them so young prevents them from maturing like normal.  Mau'y was extra wild and crazy right up until not too long ago.  He's still that way at times.  It's such a contrast to my other cat, who was spayed at six months and remained a bratty kitten only until about a year or year and a half. Then she calmed right down and became a calm, snuggly cat.  Mau'y has only really calmed down and started snuggling in the past year or so. Anyway, he's probably about the coolest cat around, minus some poor bathroom habits at times.  <3 Mau'y!

Day 2/365: I got my iPad!

Zoe the Wonder Dog

This is my very first picture with my brand new Retina Mini, which came today!!!  I'm very pleased with how quickly it came! I had gotten an estimated arrival date of January 7th but got it five days earlier.  I'm having a blast with this thing.  Whether it's because it's a brand new gadget, or because it's just that awesome, remains to be seen.

I had also ordered a Smart Cover to go with it but unfortunately, it hasn't arrived yet.  It's ironic that an item coming from California is taking longer than my iPad coming from China.  Oh well.  Luckily, Amazon Prime came through for me and I have my Skinomi SkinTech, which is a clear protective film that I put on the iPad today, before I even turned it on.  I feel comfortable carrying my Mini around with only the Skinomi and no cover.  It's covered pretty well on both sides of the tablet so I'm not worried about scratches.  It's definitely not protected if I happen to drop the thing though.  And, the Smart Cover won't really help if I drop it, either.  The only thing with the Skinomi is how much I can see my fingerprints and smears all over it.  I imagine the actual screen wouldn't be quite so bad.

And this is the very first entry typed up with my new Anker bluetooth keyboard, on my new iPad!  Merry belated Christmas to me!  :)