Posted in Daily Babble, Kittens, Videos on September 15th, 2006 - 6:46 pm Comments Off
Nothing to talk about but kittens seeing as I’m still feeling poorly and the new babies and sleeping are the only things I have been busy with. 
Now that they are getting used to the house, their little personalities are really blooming. Grey is a terror. Not in a bad way, mine you. He’s a fully active kitten. When he’s awake, he is totally going at full steam. When he’s asleep, he’s really asleep … and he doesn’t sleep long at all before he’s recharged his battery and is ready to go again. Black is coming out of her shell, but her favorite activity seems to be laying around sleeping. This is going to work out great, because Lin wanted a cat that was active and would play a lot, and I wanted a cat that would lay around and be lazy with me. Looks like we both got our wish!
Both of them have now taken to licking fingers, toes or any other bare bit of exposed skin. It’s cute, but sometimes it gets annoying … like when I am trying to take a nap and they want to lick my fingers (or my face). I’ve been trying to catch them grooming each other on video, but they don’t seem to do it when I have the camera ready. I did catch a little video today, though it was a somewhat cloudy day and there wasn’t much light in the house even with the shades open and all the lights on, so it’s a little grainy and dark. Still, I thought it was worth sharing. You can see Kitten Attacks Quilt [Grey having a full-on temper tantrum because I blocked off his favorite hiding place] and Kitten Attacks Kitten [standard kitten play-fighting] at YouTube. I have embedded them behind the cut. When I am feeling better, I plan to spend a sunny day following them around with the actual video camera and filling up a whole tape to have transferred to DVD at Walgreens. The quality will be so much better. My digital camera needs a lot of light to get good video, and we just don’t have a lot of light in the house.
Seeing them in bright natural sunlight this afternoon, I noticed that Black isn’t really so black. She has tabby markings too in black and dark reddish brown. Really pretty. I’m wondering how her fur will change as she grows up. I can’t wait to see what they are going to look like as full grown cats, but that’s some of the fun of having kittens … watching them grow and change! We also experienced the first toenail clipping today. I got 5 1/2 of 8 paws done before we had to give up. Black was no problem at all. I did them when she was sleeping. Grey, on the other hand, was having none of it. He’s so feisty and squirmy, and those little nails are so small, I gave up. I’ll have to try again tonight after he’s worn himself out attacking his sister (and anything else that moves … or doesn’t). At least I got the majority of the sharp little points off.
Their favorite places currently are on the side table in the living room and inside my dressmaker’s form. Yes, they have claimed the dressmaker’s form. I don’t have anywhere else to put it, and it’s not like a) I ever use it or b) it’s in any kind of good shape anyway, so I’m thinking of making a fun-fur cover for it and just calling it a cat tree. They really love crawling in it and on it. I’ve been trying to get that on film, but once again I haven’t had the camera handy when they start up with it. I guess I’ll have to dangle my camera around my neck and have it with me at all times if I want to catch the good stuff.
Last night when I put them in the big box, they were none too pleased and persisted in making way too much noise. I let them out and slept on the couch so I could keep an ear on them. I think tonight I’ll let them spend the night free in the house and go to bed. So far they haven’t found a way to harm anything or kill themselves, so I am feeling pretty confident they can make it through the night without me being watchful. As ear-piercing as their little mews are, I’m sure I’d hear them through our wimpy bedroom door anyway if there was some sort of crisis. So far the only real crisis they have had is not being able to find each other which tends to get one or both started crying. It’s really precious the way they stick together. It’s also very useful. When I can’t find them, at least I only have to find one, because the other one is always hiding nearby. I’m so glad we got two, and so is Lin. As he said last night, “They are going to supply hours of entertainment, and we don’t even have to lift a finger.” It’s too true. Now at least when there isn’t anything on TV to watch, we have the Kitten Show to keep us laughing. 
As far as how Lin and I are feeling: Lin feels a whole lot better, but I’m still feeling half crappy. Mostly my only complaint now is not being able to stay awake. I swear I am only awake for a few hours a day … almost as little time as the kittens are awake each day. All’s good though in that I have napping buddies now. It’s so nice having some warm and fuzzy cuddle action going on again.
I’m going to toddle off to the kitchen and thaw dinner. It’s SciFi Friday, so we’re having junk food. Tonight we opted for White Castle cheeseburgers. I can’t wait for Lin to get home so we can eat. I know I ate something for lunch, but I can’t even remember what it was. I was only half-awake when I ate, and then I fell asleep again right after. I’m hoping I’ll be able to stay awake long enough to watch all our usual shows. Man, this sleeping all the time is great in one way (it feels good to sleep), but I’m not getting much done around the house (not that I expected to with new kittens in the home). Here’s hoping I feel better this weekend. We have to go shopping for some kitten spoiling stuff. We’ve got climbers on our hands, and they need something to climb other than my dressmaker’s form. 
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