Our New Cat, Bianca

So we were looking into getting a guinea pig or 2, we think they are so adorable, but they need hay & I'm allergic to grass/hay. So we decided to not get them. Anthony said if you really want another pet why don't we just get another cat. So that's what we decided. We went to Salem Animal rescue league in Salem, NH & we picked out a cat named Crumpet. She is 1 years old & seems really sweet. She came up from SC. They have a bunch of high kill shelters there & in other places in the south, GA & TN. It makes me so sad that they are like that & this actually happens in our country. People from NH & MA go down there & get as many animals as they can & bring them back here. I'm so glad that they do that. I think it would be really cool to go with them & rescue the animals. It's a long trip for the pets. They said that Crumpet was in a truck for 16 hours. So about her name, we didn't totally love it & Anthony was whining because he never gets to name anything (lol), so we let him pick an Italian name & we chose Bianca. It means white in Italian. We might keep Crumpet as her middle name, but they said that they just named her that before they sent her up here, so it hasn't always been her name.

This was in the shelter when we 1st met her, so I thought that was pretty special that she was sniffing/kissing Tara.

This was this morning when we were adopting her. She was laying on some papers on the desk.

She hasn't met Kizmet yet, we have to introduce them slowly, so it might be a few days. We have Bianca in our bedroom & there's a door that goes to the bathroom where we are keeping her cat box.

Sassy Kizmet

So as you know I have a Drama Queen Tween Diva named Tara Rayne, but lately our cat Kizmet Sassy has been a little too sassy. She is 3 & 1/2 & has had a bit of a cattitude today. Not sure why, I even bought her some catnip mice that she loves. They usually last a few days & then the stuffing is out of it. She was trying to drink from my cup today, when I was getting ready to go out. I put her on the floor & she went over to her water bowl & stuck her paw in it & pushed the water out of it all over the place. I'm thinking it's some teen cat thing. My friend said her age in cat years is a teenager.

6 Months Since You Left Us

I know a lot of people don't consider their pets family, but I do. I had JoJo before I had a real child & loved her like she was my real child. I can't believe it's been 6 months since she passed away. It was such a horrible thing to go through & I feel like I'm still healing. Having Kizmet has helped a lot, she's a lot like Jo. Besides being a tuxedo, just her personality. She's very easy going. Never thought I could find a cat like Jo, but also feel like I will never have a bond with another animal like I did with JoJo. I love Kiz, but she's not JoJo.

These photos were taken last April. You could see that she wasn't doing too good even then. Her fur was really matted. October of 2014, I thought we were going to have to have her put to sleep, so she lasted almost a year later.

Cooper, the fish

Our beta fish, Cooper passed away on Saturday night. He hadn't been eating & was hanging out near the bottom of the tank, so I thought he might be sick. Anthony & Tara were away camping. So we burried him in our yard tonight. Poor little guy. He was a happy fish & we had him over 2 years.

These are old pics from March.