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06:38 AM - 12/18/2011

The topic: Thursday, I wrapped coins

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I started wrapping around noon, was done eleven hours later.  I wrapped quarters, dimes and nickels.  I let Brian do the pennies when he was done with his other work.

We ended up with $788.50, which was going into the cat fund.  We took it to the bank yesterday, one of those in store banks, the grocery store. Brian used a cart to carry the container into the store and the bank manager, just a kid,  behind the counter said “oh, my gawd” when Brian placed the container on the counter. The container is the size of a shoe box, but it was very heavy.

Anyway, Brian had fallen asleep, and I cleaned up the work area (just some folding tables, plastic boxes and coin wrappers).  All the cats had been inside for hours, it was chilly outside.  I put the unwrapped pennies and coin wrappers in the extra room and left the box of wrapped coins on the coffee table because I couldn’t lift it.  On my way back from the extra room, I looked outside.

The motion sensor light in the backyard was on.  ??? It wasn’t windy, all the cats were in. I walked outside and I heard the chimes at the side of the house. I walked over to check it out and there was an intruder cat in the yard. I went back inside, got the flashlight, woke Brian up and said “we’ve got company and he needs help leaving”.

It took a while. We had both gates open and for some reason Brian opened the laundry room door and Spot came running out, Brian’s shouting “shut the gates! Shut the gates”.  Meanwhile, the intruder kitty found his way through the cat door into the house!  We finally got Spot back in and I checked on the intruder kitty and he freaked, ran to the cat door and broke it some more getting out (the raccoon a few weeks ago started the breakage).  We went back outside and opened the gates again.  Intruder kitty was down by the pool, then hightailed it back up the side of the house where the cat door is, right next to the open gate.  Brian said “he’s gone, I don’t see him”.  I wasn’t sure, so started walking by the pool again and the cat was still in the yard, he ran back up by Brian and back through the cat door.  *sigh*

We closed both gates and went inside. I found the intruder kitty huddled behind one of the storage units and talked gently to him. He didn’t hiss or growl, but he was breathing really hard. He was really scared.  I touched his tail with my hand, he didn’t do anything.  I got a brush and started brushing him.  Mind you, he was behind this container, I couldn’t move it, he couldn’t get any farther in. He didn’t do anything when I started brushing him, so I put down the brush and started petting him.  When it became apparent I was safe from being attacked, I scruffed him and pulled him out. Cradling him in my arms, I yelled for Brian to come get the door, then the gate. Brian ran into the garage, opened the door, then the gate and I’m holding this cat telling Brian “shut the door! shut the door!”.

I walked through the gate and set the intruder kitty on the driveway and he ran off.

He’s obviously someone’s pet. He was well groomed and well fed.  He wasn’t frightened of me once in my arms. And he wasn’t neutered, a major tom cat.

I told Brian Friday, if he makes it back into our yard somehow, he wants to be here.  And we’ll get him fixed and he’ll have a new home.

Brian’s okay with that.



For a minute there I though this was one of those black kitties with the white stripe down his back!

Posted by Lisa @ Monday, December 19, 2011 - 6:44:58 AM


so hard to believe I have been following your site since the 90s when first online. Bookemarked with Firefox and Xmarks keeps you from one computer to the next.

Posted by Cheryl A'Purrson @ Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 11:51:29 PM

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