Cat + Water = ???

Well, most cats are afraid of water right? Not our cats. This first pic is of Shish, she is more timid that Kabob but is still fascinated by the water. She likes to sit on the edge of the tub and watch the water fill up the tub and watch the shower too. She occasionally will stick a paw in the water but that is as close as she willingly gets.

Kabob on the other hand has no fear, or just doesn't know better. He jumps right in the tub with you. Kabob not only likes the bathtub, he also likes the shower and the water in the sink when you brush your teeth.

One problem we have found with a cat that is not afraid of water...Once when Kyle was peeing in the toilet Kabob must have thought it resembled a shower because he decided to stick his paw in the stream of "water" and splash around. At least he also enjoyed the bath he earned afterwards.

New Friends

As you may or may not know, Kyle and I have to new roommates, Shish and Kabob. These are our new kittens who were orphaned at 2 weeks of age. Their mother was scared away by a dog who killed their other sibling they were rescued and taken to a shelter where they were raised until we recently adopted them. Now they are stuck with us. Shish is the larger of the two cats, weighing over 2 pounds more than Kabob when we got them. She is the cat in the front in this picture.

This is Kabob. He was trying to find the best bed in his new house. He tried out a few others before choosing the bathroom sink. His other favorites were an empty cardboard box, a kitchen towel, or Kyle's textbooks(only when he was using them of course).

This is Shish. She is no doubt a princess who thinks she deserves what ever she wants, including sleeping in the masters bed, and occasionally on their heads. An example of how she gets what she wants: On one of the first nights they were in the new house we closed the bedroom door when we went to bed. Shortly after we heard Shish scratching at the door. We thought nothing of it and assumed she would stop soon. She did stop scratching, but she started making a different sound, a sort of pounding sound. When I opened the bedroom door to see what she was doing, I found that she had decided that she would find her own way in and had torn the wood molding of our door frame off of the wall. Kyle's comment "You had to get a cat with opposable thumbs."

Well, of course we had to adopt kittens that are different than other peoples kittens. Our kittens have at least six toes on each paw. Can you see Shish's thumb? Their thumbs seem to come in handy for such tasks as stealing the food bowl from the other cat, grabbing toys and even occasionally breaking off a door frame.

one with the clay.....or something....

So I (Kyle) thought it would be fun to take a ceramics class. turns out I really suck. Anyway, here are some of my creations. I've never blogged before so hopefully all 30 something pictures are going to show up haha. If it works out like I think there will even be captions. Anyway, if you know any really ecsentric person that wants to buy these for like $50 a piece let me know.....otherwise there are going to be someones crappy Christmas presents. Sucks for you guys!!! So let me know what you think and maybe you'll end up with something to decorate the bottom of your trashcan....or don't say anything and you'll get nothing muahahahaha!!!

here is the famous headless bird

leaves or something....

looks like an egg with a plant on it....eggplant?

its like a little basket for tiny things!

these are all future mugs

another famous piece - the headless snowman. on of my favorites. what do you think of my nice painting?

I call it "cup a la bird crap"

Ha! its twisted, take that teacher!

my goblet of doom

this one is super sweet

super comfy and ergonoic....ergomomic...ergoooo...whatever its cool

these were made only with coils of clay. some i smoothed out afterwards.

vases that are supposed to be 8 inches tall...I thought 3 and six inches sounded better.

some tall 6 inch vases

more vases

check out the size of that handle

kiwano fruit turned into a bookstop...well it will be if they dont fall apart before they get fired. lol

headless bird got some color!

these things smell like an old firepit

A Day in the Life of Wicket

After a long night's rest, Wicket awakes ready to start another exciting day.

He always begins his day with a good hearty breakfast of kibbles and bits.

After which he goes out for a morning stroll.

He doesn't stay out too long before he heads back to his nice warm house.

Once inside, it is nap time for the kitty.

After his nap he is very ready for lunch.
(below is a video of Wicket enjoying his lunch)



After lunch it is time for a little lovin'


Then it is play time.

All of the playing tired him out so it is nap time again.

The end of another nap means the start of some more lovin'


Next it is time to play more.

Now that Wicket has finished his day, it is back to bed.

Let's Talk About the Weather

I feel all grown up now since I am excited to write to you all about the weather over here. Well, I am either all grown up or just so bored that talking about the weather sounds fun. This summer has been really nice. There were only about 4 days when the temp got above 90, it was usually in the 80's or upper 70's. As nice as that has been, I really wanted to talk about my drives home from Lewiston when it is raining. When it rains in Lewiston, the clouds are so low that they sit on top of the Lewiston hill. As I drive up the road on the hill, I can see the clouds sitting on the road in front of me. Then, I am driving inside of the cloud. It is quite a feeling to see the cloud that you are going to drive through. On cloud I drove through was such a dark and heavy cloud that when I was in it, the fog was so thick I could only see one dashed line in front of my car and I could only see the dash when it was very close to my car. It is fun driving through clouds because once you are through the cloud, it is always clear on the other side, well or there is another cloud sitting on the road a ways in front of you and you get to drive through another cloud. The sight of the clouds sitting on the wheat fields is so cool. If I think about it, I will take a camera with me next time the weather is going to be like that.