My Dog's Daze

Sweat and Tears

2010-06-12T20:58:00.001-03:00

I can't tell the difference from the sweat and the tears in this humid heat as I dig Icy's grave next to her Daddy Dusty.

Happy Birthday Icy -- 17

2010-04-11T14:29:00.000-03:00

Parent Cats to-be

2010-04-09T11:53:00.003-03:00

My wife has taken a turn for the worse and can't even walk and can barely use her hands, so I have feed her, carry her, change her diapers and bed linens which I toss out in the yard and let it rain on them and air them out. Icy is also bad and I have to carry her down the step to go outside. The cat in the lower right moved in with us and is about to have kittens any day now by the other cat by the red recycle bin. I read blogs when I have time, but don't feel like commenting for now. I don't like to make these depressing posts, but maybe the cat will have kittens on Icy's birthday which is April 11 when she turns 17.

72-Years-Old

2010-03-10T16:39:00.003-03:00

Last month, my wife, Red, turned 72. Finally the temperature got up to 68 F or 20 C and she could get outside after being stuck in the house all winter.

Icy and Her Friend

2010-02-16T20:10:00.002-03:00

The newest member of our household, the black cat, is in heat.

She Adopted Us

2010-01-14T06:05:00.002-03:00

This is a young cat that has adopted us. We don't know where it came from, nor how it gets in the house. Maybe there is a hole in the basement it come and goes through. It is extremely friendly and lovable, unlike the other cats that hang around the house. It likes to go upstairs and stay in empty bedroom. Maybe it's going to have kittens.

Wind at 0 mph

2010-01-10T21:16:00.001-03:00

It said the wind was from the North at 0 mph, but if it travels at no speed, then it isn't traveling at all, and thus it isn't wind; I mean, wind that ain't blowing is like us that ain't living.

Santa's Dance

2009-12-15T00:35:00.001-03:00

Have a safe Holiday Season.

Song for Doug's Blog

2009-12-12T23:01:00.003-03:00

On his blog, Waking Ambrose, Doug mentioned that there should be music for his blog, so we composed this song for him. There's also a couple bars of him singing.

I'm Getting Out of Here in my Pink Rocketship!

2009-12-09T21:26:00.006-03:00

I got called for jury duty, but they called me today and excused me.

My wife, Red, spends most of her time sleeping, and I help her to her chair where she watches TV, but she has a lot of trouble working the remote control, so I have to change the channels for her.

Icy is about as bad: she can barely walk from one room to another and has to stop and rest after about three or four steps. I have to lift her down the one step to go outside or if she tries by herself she falls flat on her face. She poops and pees on the carpet in the living room and I have to keep a portable shampooer handy. We will need a new carpet anyway after she is gone, the carpet is about 25 years old.I think Icy will be 16.

I downloaded the free Kindle software for Windows PC's which is sort of like pdf's but I like it a lot better and you can bookmark the sentence you are on so the next time it is turned on, there it is. I can make the print big on my 25 inch monitor so I can see it. I can't read books, the lines blur and jump all over the place.

I also like to make virtual models and create videos and now have a music maker that lets me compose sound or music or noise in sync with the video. It's sort of like a jig-saw puzzle, you know, where you have hundreds of small pieces and have to fit them together to make a picture. Well, they have hundreds of small pieces of recorded music, mostly about two bars each and you can take them and try to make your remix sound like the original song they came from, or you can just take bars of various instruments and create your own little tune or background music.

I filled up dozens of half-gallon cleaned-out milk containers with water because it is getting cold this week and our water freezes when it gets down to 15 F. The pipe is in such a tight awkward place, I can't get to it to insulate it unless I pull up the floor boards.

I have to wash clothes in the bathtub because the washer went out, but usually I just throw Red's pants away and go to a used clothing store because she poops all over herself and it gets gross and disgusting. She will be 72 in Feb.

A black kitten came in the house and has adopted us. I think it belongs to the people next door. It is solid black and really friendly. Someone handled it a lot. There are about three others that come in the yard, but they won't come near me. This one won't stay out of my lap and I almost trip over it because it follows me right at my feet.

Dumb Femme Fatale

2009-12-06T03:16:00.002-03:00

Rabbit Rabbit

2009-12-01T02:46:00.000-03:00

I'm getting very tired of blogging.

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-24T10:22:00.002-03:00

We stole the turkey from Vanessa.

Rabbit Rabbit

2009-11-01T01:31:00.001-03:00

I saw a couple little rabbits in front of my house.

Icy Greets the New Married Couple From Next Door

2009-10-25T04:09:00.001-03:00

Aura

2009-10-02T20:38:00.002-03:00

This is the "stuff aura" of the woman across the street. Whenever we would go up to visit her, it was all her personal things and furniture we also saw around her and associated with her. She was in her thirties, and bought a morphine patch from a drug dealer which killed her. And now, seeing all this stuff on the curb to be hauled away reminds us of what happens to our personal possessions or "aura" after our body is put away.

Rabbit Rabbit!

2009-10-01T07:04:00.001-03:00

Time is flying by so quickly for us now! I didn't realize another month has passed so fast. I did notice it is getting colder, though.

Just Neighbors

2009-09-26T09:41:00.002-03:00

The black kitten was just part of a litter from the cat next door. I don't know why she brought them over to our garage, but I gave them a treat and then she took them back over to their original home. They might have gotten scared because I saw a possum over there. Don't know if possums or opossums harm cats or kittens, but when I lived on a farm I saw where they killed chickens and ginny fowl.

Almost A Turtle Shell Kitten

2009-09-22T14:31:00.003-03:00

I stepped outside this morning and saw a small kitten come out of our garage. It is just a few weeks or a month old. The color or marking is very similar to the turtle-shell kitten we had about a year ago.

Second Puppy-hood

2009-09-15T11:23:00.002-03:00

Icy is getting old. She's showing signs of her second childhood or puppy-hood, like peeing in the house. She can take only about four steps and then has to stop and rest and breathe heavy.

Rabbit Rabbit

2009-09-01T02:34:00.002-03:00

Wow. haven't taken any pictures lately. All I can do is say, good luck. I was thinking: I haven't eaten rabbit in years. Haven't gone hunting in years.

Kitty Kitty Gone Missing

2009-08-24T23:26:00.002-03:00

Well, Icy lost another buddy and now she's all alone again. It just seems we can't keep cats around here. That makes about four that have vanished in the past year or so.

Kitty Kitty Rabbit Rabbit

2009-07-31T19:05:00.002-03:00

When I told Kitty-kitty that it was time to post a Rabbit Rabbit post for good luck at the start of the new month, he got excited and said he wanted to be in the post for good luck. He then held his front paws out and hopped like a rabbit!

Previews of Patty Lamb's Blog

2009-07-30T21:43:00.003-03:00

We've been trying to learn computer animation or anime with our blog about Patty Lamb, her nickname Lammy. Starting Saturday, the first, we will start posting the one and two minute video posts we have made to continue her story. Her evil nemesis, Professor Snewgflo has programmed her brain so she would be ugly like the other zombies and will have to go to him and love him so he will change her back into a pretty zombie. This short video is just a collection of clips taken from the upcoming posts.

Tom

2009-07-11T05:22:00.002-03:00

I got a new microphone to record my voice, but watch out, the volume might be a little high.

Kitty Kitty Kitty Is A Boy!

2009-07-04T15:25:00.003-03:00

And I thought the new little kitten that came to our house was pregnant. But I guess it is just fat in the belly or it was baby fat. Bootsy is still gone and this little tom-cat is just like him: it likes to roam all night, and sometimes stays gone for a couple days before coming back home. It is very lovable and when I lay down, it likes to rub and push back and forth with its paws on my neck veins. It feels pretty good except those sharp claws scrape even when retracted, but it doesn't leave any marks.

Rabbit Rabbit

2009-07-01T03:49:00.003-03:00

I feel so uneasy since there has been so much news about so many famous people dying, and the girl across the street died. She was in her thirties. A friendly neighborhood drug dealer sold her some morphine patches and she used them and took other stuff and it killed her. Knowing someone personally who died makes the news on TV much more real. And being old and my wife even older and sickly, well, it's kind of scary to say the least. Makes me feel like that little rabbit knowing the big Reaper could come for me any time.

Icy Remembers Dusty Doggy

2009-06-21T15:31:00.001-03:00

She still misses her daddy.

Kitty Having Kitties?

2009-06-09T04:12:00.001-03:00

I don't know how old a cat has to be to become pregnant or how old our kitty is, but it is about the size of Bootsy's mother (Mama Noname) when she had her litter. This kitty acts like Noname: she constantly follows me around and meows and wants to be rubbed and petted all the time. And her belly is big. But it might just be fat.

Tripping the Oldster

2009-06-06T00:00:00.002-03:00

The young kitten loves to grab at old Icy's legs as she hobbles along trying to walk.

Icy Loves the Kitten

2009-06-04T20:45:00.002-03:00

Icy really loves the little kitten since Bootsy has gone missing, but we don't have a name for her. She answers to kitty when we say "Kitty kitty kitty!"

Kitty Plays With Icy

2009-06-02T02:16:00.001-03:00

Rabbit Rabbit

2009-06-01T02:09:00.000-03:00

Have You Seen Bootsy?

2009-05-29T02:42:00.001-03:00

The kitten has been asking around about what happened to Bootsy. She thinks he was her daddy.

Icy Misses Bootsy the Most

2009-05-24T14:56:00.003-03:00

Bootsy helped Icy get over the grief of losing her daddy Dusty. Whenever Bootsy would come in the house, he would kiss Icy on the nose and rub back and forth several times the length of her body. The kitten plays with Icy once in a while, but Icy doesn't like it pulling her hair.

Bootsy Gone Missing

2009-05-17T00:50:00.002-03:00

It has been several days since Bootsy has been here. He is a year old and roams a lot of a night, but he always came home in the day. The new kitten almost got killed yesterday when she started following me to the store and I crossed a busy four lane highway only to see the kitten following me. I snatched it up and took it back home and locked it in the house while I went out.

Icy Limps

2009-05-11T18:31:00.003-03:00

Icy is getting old and only limps half-way out into the back yard to do her job.

Bootsy's kid?

2009-05-07T18:48:00.000-03:00

Bootsy acts like he is the kitten's father whether he is or not.

Oh, No!

2009-05-02T17:49:00.002-03:00

Another kitten has wandered into our house, and refuses to leave. It looks to be just a couple months old and has taken up with Bootsy, and has become tolerant of Icy. But it is a female. We have no idea where it came from.

Rabbit Rabbit

2009-05-01T03:43:00.001-03:00

We have been competing with Weirsdo's style show at Stuffed Animal Tales.

Bootsy's Kids?

2009-04-28T07:36:00.002-03:00

The yellow calico cat next door that we called Bootsy's girlfriend had five kittens, but three died at birth. These are the other two. Our neighbor said the others were black and she doesn't think they belong to Bootsy. But this black one has white feet like Bootsy, so he just might be the father.

Don't Take My Picture

2009-04-27T05:07:00.002-03:00

Icy used to love to have her picture taken, but since she has gotten older, she jerks her head back every time we try to get a shot. It's like some people would do when you go to take a picture of them when they'd say, "Don't take my picture!" I guess Icy is just getting old and contrary. We've been taking pictures of her for blogs for almost twelve years now.

Icy's Impersonations

2009-04-20T22:33:00.003-03:00

Icy does voice and singing impersonations of cartoon animals.

Most Common Cat Pose

2009-04-16T02:52:00.000-03:00

Bootsy poses in a very typical pose.

Thinking Too Much

2009-04-15T17:12:00.001-03:00

Sometimes I feel like I'm an ingredient in a salad.

Happy Easter

2009-04-11T21:44:00.000-03:00

Icy says stay safe.

Bootsy's Preg Girlfriend

2009-04-05T13:04:00.002-03:00

They are both one year old. She should have her kittens real soon.

Uneventful Day

2009-04-03T01:01:00.000-03:00

Sign of Spring

2009-04-02T05:18:00.001-03:00

...when the plastic bags bloom in the trees.

Rabbit Rabbit

2009-04-01T01:34:00.001-03:00

Stress? What's that?

2009-03-31T01:21:00.002-03:00

We wake Bootsy up from his nap so we can make the bed and he has to go find another place to stretch out. Now, that's stress.

Slurp!

2009-03-30T02:16:00.001-03:00

It really does taste better if you close your eyes when you drink, just like kissing.

Happy Birthday Bootsy

2009-03-29T04:05:00.002-03:00

He is one year old, or young, today.

Different Habbits

2009-03-28T08:19:00.000-03:00

Dogs and cats have different ways of doing things.

T.G.I.F.?

2009-03-27T02:07:00.000-03:00

They don't understand because one day is just as boring as the next.

Huddle

2009-03-26T01:48:00.002-03:00

Those guys are always whispering together like they have big secrets or something.

2009-03-25T15:21:00.001-03:00

Actonbell said in the comments of the previous post: "Cats don't much care about walking on established pathways, anyway." Well, Bootsy just wanted to show that cats like to do the opposite of what a human says or expects them to do!
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Yield Right of Way

2009-03-25T07:36:00.001-03:00

Icy is still the boss! Bootsy gives her the right of way on the sidewalk.

Emoticon

2009-03-24T02:25:00.003-03:00

It's just one of those days we don't have anything to post, so we stick something stupid up there. This, too, will pass.

Helping A Friend

2009-03-23T01:12:00.002-03:00

Icy thinks that Bootsy is sometimes a little too helpful. But he means well.

First Impression

2009-03-20T01:06:00.001-03:00

The first thing we notice about a human is their shoes.

Air!

2009-03-19T09:33:00.000-03:00

Feels so good to lay outside on the porch and get some fresh air and sunshine.

Birthdays

2009-03-18T10:58:00.000-03:00

Icy Feels Old

2009-03-17T11:46:00.000-03:00

Pruning the Rose Bush

2009-03-15T09:07:00.000-03:00

Bootsy wants to get the yard ready for Spring.

Daddy Bootsy

2009-03-14T18:19:00.001-02:00

Bootsy and his girlfriend from next door.

Neighbor's Cat

2009-03-12T03:35:00.000-02:00

Even the pets are using Jamie Dawn's word.

Jenny's New Outfit

2009-03-10T16:24:00.000-02:00

Jenny shows her new clothes to her sister, Kenny.

Poster

2009-03-10T02:50:00.001-02:00

Jenny put up a poster of Bootsy and Icy in her new apartment.

Icy Loves Everyone

2009-03-07T07:05:00.002-02:00

Heck, my mind is running on empty, I'm running out of ideas and need to take a break from blogging for a while.

Bootsy's Girlfriend

2009-03-06T05:37:00.001-02:00

She's been staying out in the dirty garage.

Superdog Icy

2009-03-05T06:16:00.001-02:00

Icy's daydreaming again

Original Photo by Ariel
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Miracles

2009-03-04T06:45:00.002-02:00

We wish him the best. But maybe some are expecting too much too soon from him.

We stole the beautiful photo from Terry, HERE
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Dedicated To Actonbell

2009-03-03T06:45:00.005-02:00

This is an old post, but Icy wanted to put it up again in response to Actonbell's post HERE.

Really I don't like to eat at that Fu King restaurant.

Even Animals Gossip

2009-03-02T23:03:00.003-02:00

Don't you ever wonder what our pets are really saying about us?

Rabbit Rabbit

2009-03-01T03:13:00.002-02:00

Golden Shower

2009-02-28T04:00:00.002-02:00

Watch out where you pee, dog! I didn't want a golden shower!

Eviction

2009-02-27T12:47:00.001-02:00

My Way

2009-02-26T18:20:00.001-02:00

We were just playing

2009-02-25T03:57:00.005-02:00

Sorry

2009-02-24T07:48:00.000-02:00

We just couldn't think of anything to post today.

Humans are like gods to us

2009-02-22T12:17:00.000-02:00

Ghost

2009-02-21T04:30:00.000-02:00

Did Icy see the ghost of her father or was it her doppelganger?

A Sign of Spring?

2009-02-20T04:09:00.002-02:00

Icy is shedding and hunks of old hair is just falling off of her, especially when we pet her or brush her. The new hair under it is so white and soft and pretty. Maybe this is a sign that Spring is near!

Should I Trust Him?

2009-02-19T04:47:00.003-02:00

An insurance salesman confuses Icy.

Cat Nap

2009-02-18T03:46:00.002-02:00

Bootsy has to take a nap in the day after staying out all night long. He dreams of hugging his sweetie.

Bootsy Got A Girlfriend

2009-02-17T15:45:00.000-02:00

Now I know why he stays out all night!

Bootsy Surfs the Net

2009-02-16T03:30:00.002-02:00

Bootsy enjoys it when Actonbell posts those funny cat pic cartoons.

When You Leave, All My Colors Fade To Grey

2009-02-14T22:29:00.004-02:00

Icy sings of Picasso and remembers her daddy Dusty Doggy who died last summer. She is the real Electra, she had puppies by her father. But that is acceptable with dogs, bringing out recessive genes. Icy was the only white dog in the litter, but when she mated with Dusty, all of her 8 pups were white like her.

Happy Birthday, Mommy Master Red

2009-02-13T22:07:00.002-02:00

Red will be seventy-one (71) on February 14. This is an old picture of her and Icy on the front porch. She wanted to go outside and sit for a while today in case someone walked past that she knew and wish her happy birthday, but it was too cold for her. She was always a very out-going extrovert personality with more friends than you could count, but now no one comes around and she just sits in front of the TV day after day. It's sad when we grow old.

Looks Isn't Everything

2009-02-12T16:10:00.001-02:00

Icy tries to console her friends.

A Little Mermaid

2009-02-11T16:17:00.000-02:00

Icy finds a new friend.

Icy

2009-02-08T19:38:00.002-02:00

She's been sticking her nose in those recycle cans again.

Alien Probe

2009-02-07T07:12:00.001-02:00

Looking For A Place To Stay

2009-02-05T19:10:00.000-02:00

Sorry, you can't stay here. The cat is home.

Fat Bootsy Relaxes After Eating

2009-02-03T08:16:00.002-02:00

I do believe he is two-timing us. He must have another household of humans where he goes and eats and then when they let him out he comes here to get more to eat. It was down way below freezing outside when I heard him wanting in, and he was very warm. That's why I think he is staying with other humans as well as us. Cats do that a lot. We haven't seen him in about two days.

Update on Stevie

2009-02-02T05:52:00.004-02:00

Stevie went to the gym with Icy, and Terry said he should have gym shorts on, but Stevie didn't have any, so he wore just his underware. Well, the police raided the Spa and arrested everyone there. Stevie ended up in a cell with Koldair, who was very upset to be in jail because of the antics of a girly man!

Rabbit Rabbit

2009-02-01T09:01:00.002-02:00

Stevie Cools Off

2009-01-31T20:20:00.003-02:00

Terry suggested that Stevie should wear shorts if he is going to work out in the gym, but this was all he had.

Stevie and Icy Work Out In The Gym

2009-01-30T13:40:00.001-02:00