Night time. Kitties everywhere. Running, pouncing, climbing. In a week, 3 will remain. We are keeping Mama cat. She is a wild cat. She lives outside, kills rodents, and comes around for attention a few times a day. She is also fixed. We are also keeping Boy cat (yes we suck at naming our cats). He is cute, cuddly, a little bit dumb, but a good cat. He was from Mother cat's first litter (not to be confused with Mama, who had that name when we got her.) We are also keeping the kitten now dubbed Skippy John Jones (aptly named after the childrens story book character of that name, who is also a Siamese cat) Skippy is being kept mostly because he is the only discernible male in this second litter of Whore (err I mean Mother) cats. The newest litter will be 8 weeks on Thursday. I like to keep kittens until they wean, but c'mon. We have 10 cats, including the kittens, in this house. This 3 bedroom, 2 bath modular home that we are renting.

I cannot wait until we can buy a house. Even if it were THIS house, if it were mine, I could justify spending money to upgrade it. A couple additions, new flooring....a dishwasher I don't have to tilt forward while loading it. Realistically it will only be another couple years until we are ready. If i stopped retail therapy, stuck to a tight budget, started cloth diapering and baking bread again, we could do it in a year. But thats so not me.

My oldest turns 7 on May 18th. Her party is this coming Saturday. This is her first real party, where she invited friends from school. Me, wanting the world and the moon for my mini me, and ever the over achiever, I let her invite all 22 classmates. Now, we have a huge backyard. I'd guesstimate we have an acre of mowed property. And as of now the weather forecast is cooperating. I still believe it will be no big deal. I am also prepared for when I am proven wrong, and I need to scramble to accomplish all that I need to.