Another day, another rescue

I was gifted another opportunity to rescue recently, a being I'm completely unfamiliar with raising, so I thought this would be a fun chance to learn about a new species..

Knowing nothing about rescuing unicorns, I will say I was very glad that she came with an instruction manual.

She is quite spirited and interested in investigating

I figured the first thing I should do was make her a place to sleep, and I do think she likes it.

While I study the manual to learn more about her, I was hoping you could help me come up with a name.

Flashback Friday - Jack

When Jack was little.. 

I seriously love this photo, it makes me smile every time I see it.

It was a dark and stormy night - the rescue of a three-legged cat #notreally

It was a dark and stormy night - no it wasn't. It was a cloudy and raining afternoon - that is more accurate... 

It was a cloudy and raining afternoon when I went out to the local store to browse around when I returned to my car I saw something on the ground. I tend to look at the ground in a parking lot because I'm the kind of girl who picks up pennies and has a better day for finding them.

So I was walking back to my car, in the rain - it was drizzle - when I saw something on the ground.. as I approached I realized it was a kitty - a kitty? seriously?? Just look at this recreation.. 

The kitty was cold and wet so I scooped it up and took it home with me. Being so small I thought it best to get it into a nice warm bed - geeze.. seriously woman.. it's a gumball machine toy that some kid had too much fun with.. get over yourself.. 

After it had rested up and was warm I wondered if it was hungry. But what would this kitty eat?  It looked like a wild cat breed that might like a larger type of prey..

I decided to let it hunt its own dinner down. I knew it wouldn't do well on a hard surface, only having three legs, so we went to the fields to give that a go - *headpalm*

Faster than the eye could see - you mean as fast as it took for you to pose that thing, take a photo, pose it again and hoped it didn't fall over before you took another photo, don't you??, the kitty had pounced on its prey, the wild cherry gummy bear. I was so proud.

You do realize this is what happens when the woman doesn't have foster kittens to care for, don't you? she starts getting kitten fever and thinks finding a toy in the parking lot is a rescue story. This is almost as bad as the Great Balloon Rescue a year ago!!  If you aren't careful, she'll offer it for adoption and take applications for it.  Wait, no, that is a fabulous idea, get it out of the house before she posts again!! Anyone wish to adopt a three-legged toy cat? I bet if you ask she'll send it to you.. but she'll probably ask for updates for her former fosters posts.. and she says she is not crazy... 

Crafting with Connie - fixing a broken Santa

Why buy it for $7 when you can make it yourself with $92 of craft supplies?

At one point in the past - I don't remember when - I had a conversation with Debbie (of Glogirly/Katie/Waffles fame) and I mentioned a Santa I owned that was damaged.  I'm sure I mentioned how much I loved him because he had three kittens in his hat that he was holding and that at some point his forehead was bashed in and created a hole.

But I had forgotten all about that conversation and one day Debbie sent me a Santa head. No note, no real explanation. I was quite flummoxed as to why, but of course, I immediately thought of my kitty Santa. It took me a while to work up the courage to ask Debbie why she sent me a Santa head - I mean just how do you go about phrasing such a question, but when I finally did I was rolling around laughing when she said I had told her about it.

I will admit, I was afraid to pop Santa's head off, which is why this is a post-holiday post. I figured one last Christmas with 'my Santa' if it went horribly wrong.. and so over the weekend I found myself a screwdriver and went to work.

The manufacturer of my Santa did not want his head to come off.. not one little bit. I was hesitant to rip the head off or smash it with a hammer in case I did not like the way the new head looked. I must admit, I felt quite creepy taking a screwdriver to the back of Santa's head.. (oh for the love of Pete, I hope Google spiders don't index my website with that last sentence) They used some serious glue to attach it..

Once I finally popped off the head, I put the new one on and I was actually surprised at how well it looked.

From the front, he almost looks like he was designed to look like that.  In profile, you can see that the head is just a bit too big for his body and it hangs off a bit, but nothing a 'scarf' wouldn't fix.

I ended up throwing the old Santa head away.  It was hard because I am a saver, but I knew I would never use the head for anything and I would just look at it and lament that we had damaged the original; I would never come to terms with Santa's new do.  Husband was a little freaked when he went to throw something out a little later to find Santa was looking up at him from the trash.

Thank you, Debbie!  You have given Santa a new lease on life.

A long winter's nap

Now that the days are getting longer, Muffin thinks that taking a serious power nap is a good thing and she hopes you all take some time out of your busy lives to take a nap of your own because they are a good thing. (apparently, it is also Festival of Sleep day)

The Crew also wanted you to know that while the enjoyed the tree a great deal, and that many of the 'ornaments' ended up around the house, the tree itself remained intact. They are not a fan of the many memes that float around saying cats destroy Christmas trees. Yes, there are cats who do, but not all cats do.

Even when they are covered in cat toys