New Family Member

I got a new kitty. I lost my first pet last year. He was a gray tabby named Pookie. He was named for Garfield's teddy bear; sweet and cuddly. Well, until he got older and became a touch-me-not :)

I taught him to sit. Yes you can teach cats this and much more. You've heard of cats peeing in the toilet. I didn't go that far. Besides, who won't do anything for a treat?

Pookie died of heart failure. Who knew animals get people disorders? Poor boo-boo. I will spare you the tears of how he died in my arms, but I did the right thing in letting him go instead of keeping him on medications. That was April 2010. It took a while before I ever thought I was ready for something else in my life.

In July 2011, I met Pepper. He was the cutest little kitten at the SPCA. Well he was to me. Pepper was brought in with his sister Salt. Yeah, I don't know who came up with these names. Now, I was definitely NOT going to keep Pepper as a name.

I asked my mom and best friend to help me come up with names. Tiger, Hopper, Charlie, and Sir Paw McCartney were just a few names we thought of. When I got him home he kept queaking like a dog toy. So I decided on Mr. Squeakers.

Turns out Mr. Squeakers needed to be spayed, not nuetered. He was a she, lol. I guess the SPCA should do a BIT more checking :) My friend Mel calls her Rupaul Jamie Lee Curtis. Her official name is Squeakers, but occasionally she gets called Squeaky or Squeaky Jean. At 7 months she definitely still squeaks like a dog chew toy. I love her; she is so much fun to play with!

You know, unless she is mugging me for my water!

I am Jennifer.....

Do you ever stop to wonder about why we care about Jennifer Aniston so much? Friends has been off the air since, 2002 right? She's been in a couple movies, but nothing really major, so why is she all over the news. Not really her, per se, but her love life. Relationships...front page of every tabloid magazine.

I think she epitomizes the girl next door. We all relate to her (or Rachel) and want her to find happiness. I mean, we all thought she had it all, money, fame and the hottest guy. No really, he was voted in the top 50. Then he cheated on her, broke her heart and dumped her for that Jolie floozy. We all felt crushed and betrayed. We all have been her or know someone who has been her. I know I am not the only one who wants to sit down with her, pat her knee and say "John Mayer proved he was an ass on more than one occasion with other women. He is making you an ass...DROP HIM"

None of us want to end up alone. I dread 30. It is my scary age. My friends are married; some have babies now. I look at them and think they have it together, either a great career a family or both. I am stuck in a rut. I think if she can't make it, then I am doomed! No one wants to be the old lady with the cats.

But is she as lonely or sad as the media, and in turn me think she is? Maybe she is done with marriage and does not want that road again. She is well enough off to have a baby on her own if that is what she wants. She has had a string a boyfriends and really didn't appear to be heartbroken but the one time. What do you think?