June 3, 2009

Alert the media! Oh, wait, no need to do that, they're already in a crazy frenzy, because, guess what? I know you're on pins and needles right now…drum-roll, please…(okay, now it's just going to be anti-climatic!)

It hailed in Cal-ee-forn-ee-ah today!

Oh my!

Yep, and it rained, too!

Oh my!

And, a palm tree got hit by lightning and caught on fire!

Oh my!

Okay, most of you are going to think this is really lame! I'll take it! It is lame! We just think that it's hilarious.  Coming from Texas where hail can be bigger than a baseball to California where they actually consider a sprinkle a thunderstorm, it just makes us laugh. And, if it makes us laugh, it's all good! 🙂

When HayHay was in elementary school, they actually had early release days when it sprinkled. (I'm not lying!) This is how it went down on ‘early release days'.

• The moms had to drive up in line in front of the school where principal had a walkie talkie.
• Principal approached the car to ask the name of your child.
• She would convey to the office, via walkie talkie,  the childs' name letting them know that their parent had arrived.
• The office would call the childs' name over the loud speaker so the teacher could release them!
• One at a time!
• HayHay gets in car and we both laugh hysterically!

Seriously!

So, if it makes us laugh, we just have to roll with it.

If you think that's lame, then you will really think this is lame! TomTom has never seen rain. (I can count on two hands the number of times that it's rained here in the seven years that we've lived here.)

Today, during the five minute shower, TomTom was running all over the house, jumping from window to window, trying to figure out what was going on. I wish I could have caught a picture of him all ‘puffed up' with the ridge down his back. I did put him outside so he could check it out close-up and this is all I got.

What the Hell? I can't get my little paws wet!

Believe it or not, it was actually raining when I took this! You can't even tell that the patio is wet. (Oh, and the sun was out at the same time it was raining.)

So, this was the best part of the day… Right after this photo, I ran to the store for some much needed food in the house. When I came out, for some reason, I looked up and there was a gorgeous circular rainbow around the sun.

I went straight home and grabbed my camera and, of course, it was gone. I took a photo for the hell of it and this is what I got. If you look really close, you can see the faint last little bit of the rainbow.

This is what it looked like when I first saw it.

Flickr photo by natureluv

Such a nice treat after such a ferocious storm!

~LilSis

November 19, 2008

Here is another example of what TomTom does when he doesn't get what he wants.

Usually, it's a body part that he bites, instead of a file folder!  I was working at my laptop and happened to have my camera handy so I was able to snap this shot. He decided to “chomp” down on my files because I told him to get off my desk.  Again, he was mad because he didn't get to go “exploring” in the garage.

You can't say that he doesn't have personality, and attitude!

~LilSis

November 17, 2008

TomTom got mad at me this morning because I didn't let him out in the garage like SirHoney does almost every morning. The little devil bit the crap out of me! When I picked him up to throw him in the laundry room for a “time out”, he dug his back claws into my hand and my wrist.  I was bleeding! Who needs that at 5:30 in the morning?

This is my way of getting back at him! Serves him right to be humiliated! He almost looks too cute in the bandanna. I need to get some devil horns to put on him!

Bandanna Man!

I can't wait to get my Christmas boxes out! You'll be seeing TomTom in his reindeer antlers! HAHA!

BigSis, I hear you might have some new Cats in Hats to share?

~LilSis

October 16, 2008

So, now that BigSis' kitties have been introduced, it's time for TomTom and SarahGirl to make their first appearance on BigSisLilSis. I decided to start with a sweet photo of TomTom because they may be few and far between.

He's sweet when he's half asleep!

I remember the day we got TomTom. He was introduced to us as a sweet little female kitten named “Pearl'. My neighbors' daughter had walked across the street to show “her” to everyone at my house and to try to find “her” a home. I was having a Spring Craft Fair at my house with my friends, L & N, so we had a lot of friends and customers at the house.

Everyone fell in love with “Pearl”, including me! (And secretly, I think SirHoney did too.) I wouldn't have even asked if we could keep “her”. We had never had a cat in the ten years we had been married. SirHoney was not a “cat person”. He had never had cats growing up, like BigSis and I did. Our parents raised Siamese cats and even has some winning “show cats” and some “studs”. (I think that's what you call them?) I'm sure BigSis will talk about Wolfie in the future. He was one of D and SisMama's studs that went to live with BigSis when she moved out on her own.

So, back to TomTom. Everyone wanted to take “her” home with them. But I guess since it was my house, I got first dibs on the little kitten. TomTom knew what he was doing. Somehow, he managed to get SirHoney to say yes to letting him become a member of our household. SirHoney just said to me; “We can keep “her” if you want.”

We very soon after discovered that “Pearl” was infested with fleas. I immediately panicked and searched up all about fleas! I typed into google ‘does dawn dish soap kill fleas‘ because I knew I had heard somewhere that this really helped! There were some super helpful sites giving some emergency information, but in the end, SirHoney helped me give “her” a flea treatment just until we could get “her” to the vet. The next day, I took “Pearl” to the vet to discover that not only did “she” have fleas, but “she” also had worms, and “she” was really a “he”. So, the vet suggested that we might want to change his name. TomTom's name has evolved over the years. He started out as “TommyBoy” because we all love that movie. Then, he became “TomTom”; and when he's in trouble, his name is “Thomas”. As for the fleas, they're long gone, but I have been thinking about getting the cats a smart-looking flea collar from DewelPro.com, just to be on the safe side.

He looks sweet and innocent, right?

Stay tuned for more “short stories” involving the “not so innocent” TomTom. That ended up being a little bit “longer” of an introduction than I expected. Since SarahGirl deserves a little “spotlight” of her own, I'll introduce her seperately.

~LilSis