James Moriarty, my giant grey kitten boy turned 9 today.

*chuckle* We used to have a cat named Mycroft because he was our othercat's
"older brother". (no, our other cat wasn't Sherlock, we're justeasily amused
-- Siobhan Perricone

I inadvertently deleted the postings where I normally read them so had to
start a new thread.

Mycroft is a wonderful cat name. I think I might have considered it when he
was a kitten but he was just too sly. He couldn't be Sherlock's smarter older
brother who was a big deal in the government. No, he had to be named after the
evil one.

"He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil
and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city. He is a genius, a
philosopher, an abstract thinker. He has a brain of the first order. He sits
motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand
radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them."

Yeah, he's sort of motionless now. He is being called to be fed and is always
in slo-mo going to this. He does these odd things. If I have a glass of water
laying about, he dips his paw in it many times and licks it. He doesn't seem
to want to share the water dish with the girls. We had a friend over and he
needed to use the bathroom and we heard swearing there. The friend couldn't
get to the toilet as James was on there lapping up the water. Tuner is the
alpha cat and she rules here, although she is tiniest. She will swipe at him
just to prove her title and he won't forget it and will always get even. And,
as a true Cancerian, he has this weird crab-walk he does when he wants to
fight.

I've only had five cats so far. I named the first one I had Amber, as her eyes
were yellow before they turned green. The second one was a Maine coon named
Ariel.
We got her from a newspaper ad and she hid out so much and wouldn't respond to
her name. One day I yelled Katerina and she finally responded. Later, I read
that Poe had a large, comfortable tortoiseshell cat named Katerina. Later, she
became such a lover and responded to the name Ariel. And I like the Tempest
reference.
As for Tuner, she was named after Toonces The Cat Who Can Drive A Car. I have
to watch it sometimes, as I'll lock her into the car by mistake when bringing
things in. She really thinks she can drive it. It is also appropriate that
she's called Tuner now as tuners are important for harps. The third cat is
Grimalkin, a stray we picked up who was living under cars. She is nuts and has
this nasty voice, so I gave her her name from the Scottish play.

Dog-lovers will never get this, lol.

On 04 Jul 2004 01:12:35 GMT, (Grismalkin) wrote:

James Moriarty, my giant grey kitten boy turned 9 today.

*chuckle* We used to have a cat named Mycroft because he was our othercat's
"older brother". (no, our other cat wasn't Sherlock, we're justeasily amused
-- Siobhan Perricone

Mycroft is a wonderful cat name. I think I might have considered it when he
was a kitten but he was just too sly. He couldn't be Sherlock's smarter older
brother who was a big deal in the government. No, he had to be named after the
evil one.

Mycroft was an orange tabby, and huge and round, so we also called him
"Punkin".

Mycroft was also much smarter than our other boy cat (which is another
reason we chose the name), whose full name was Mushugana Kitty Goldfarb
Katzenstein (Mushy for short). He was married (by virtue of having known)
Brandywine Cuddles Katzenstein (Brandy). And they bore three baby kitties,
one that stayed with us, and two that went to another hame. Brynna Dotsy
Katzenstein was so named for the two dots on either side of her nose, and
the other two (who, I am told, chose their names) Baby Jesus and Marvelous
Cat.

Baby Jesus' mother was talking to him one day and asked him his name and he
said "Baby Jesus" and she said "That's not your name!" and he insisted it
was. So he was called. And Marvelous Cat was simply... marvelous.

The second one was a Maine coon named Ariel.

Ooo We had a Maine coon named Kira. She was so beautiful and foofy and
cuddle. She always came when we called her. *sigh* She died to some wild
animals nearly three years ago. I still miss her a lot.

I love dogs, too! Hopefully after we get our house built, we'll be able to
get a dog, as well. It's just Brynna now, and she's getting on in years. I
like having more pets.

--
Siobhan Perricone
"This isn't right. This isn't even wrong."
- Wolfgang Pauli, on a paper submitted by a physicist colleague

On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 09:49:44 -0400, Siobhan Perricone
wrote:



Hopefully after we get our house built,

So you finally sold the other one? How long did it take?


Practice safe eating - always use condiments

On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 18:09:19 GMT, sf wrote:

Hopefully after we get our house built,

So you finally sold the other one? How long did it take?

We had a six month contract with a realtor (starting in June 2002), and
didn't sell it at all. That took us through to January, so we took a break,
let the contract run out, and then started advertising the house for sale
by owner again the next May (that would be May 2003) and sold it three
months later, at the end of August.

This is the second house we've sold for sale by owner, and both times it
took three months (almost to the day) to sell the house.

Anyway, so we moved into a rental last August and started looking for land.
I finally got a line on a great parcel in May, we closed on that (well our
builder did) June 1st. They were clearing two weeks ago, and started
excavating last week for the foundation. We haven't been to it since June
24th, but we're going out there tomorrow (we have the day off) to see how
it's going. There should be a big hole for the foundation and possibly some
concrete poured.

Thanks for asking, I'm always excited to talk about the house.

--
Siobhan Perricone
"This isn't right. This isn't even wrong."
- Wolfgang Pauli, on a paper submitted by a physicist colleague

On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 19:24:35 -0400, Siobhan Perricone
wrote:

Thanks for asking, I'm always excited to talk about the house.

LOL! You're welcome... I'm always curious! I've been in
the same place for 25+ years and the plan is to move
somewhere a lot sunnier & a little warmer in '08.

I'm not big on change and won't move quickly.


Practice safe eating - always use condiments

Siobhan Perricone wrote:

On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 18:09:19 GMT, sf wrote:

Hopefully after we get our house built,

So you finally sold the other one? How long did it take?

We had a six month contract with a realtor (starting in June 2002), and
didn't sell it at all. That took us through to January, so we took a break,
let the contract run out, and then started advertising the house for sale
by owner again the next May (that would be May 2003) and sold it three
months later, at the end of August.

This is the second house we've sold for sale by owner, and both times it
took three months (almost to the day) to sell the house.

Anyway, so we moved into a rental last August and started looking for land.
I finally got a line on a great parcel in May, we closed on that (well our
builder did) June 1st. They were clearing two weeks ago, and started
excavating last week for the foundation. We haven't been to it since June
24th, but we're going out there tomorrow (we have the day off) to see how
it's going. There should be a big hole for the foundation and possibly some
concrete poured.

Thanks for asking, I'm always excited to talk about the house.

Siobhan,
Congratulations on finally selling the house! I was actually
thinking of you over the weekend and wondering what ever happened.
My sister and I are going to Vermont again this fall so naturally
I thought of you. We're going to be staying down in West Dover.
Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 13:43:38 -0400, Kate Connally
wrote:

Congratulations on finally selling the house! I was actually
thinking of you over the weekend and wondering what ever happened.
My sister and I are going to Vermont again this fall so naturally
I thought of you. We're going to be staying down in West Dover.

Kewl. We'll be holding another Vermont Cook-In after we're settled in
the new house. Probably next summer.

--
Siobhan Perricone
"This isn't right. This isn't even wrong."
- Wolfgang Pauli, on a paper submitted by a physicist colleague