Kitty Sitting

I am the luckiest girl in the world. At least, this week I am. I get to kitty sit for my friend who is currently in Orlando. She asked me back in August if I would take care of her cat when she was away. She didn’t have anyone else to watch over the cat. Even before I knew that, I said yes right away. I would never give up this chance to take care of a little bundle of fur.

Some of you may know this already, but the thing I want most in the world right now is a kitty. I don’t care if it’s a kitten or an older cat, it just has to be a feline. Heck, I’d go for a tiger if it was plausible. I LOVE cats and I miss my two kitties that I had growing up. They are currently 14 & 15 and are living with my brother at his house. I get to see them occasionally, but they are getting quite old I really want a furry fluff ball all of my own.

I bet you are wondering, well, why don’t I just go and get a cat then?! One word: Peter. My husband. He hates pets. I don’t know how that is possible, but it is. He has no desire to have any kind of animal in the house. He just won’t let me get a cat. Sure, I could go and get a cat and bring it home against his wishes, but that would lead to a lot of fighting and he would probably make me get rid of it anyway. I sort of knew about his aversion to animals when I married him, but I sure didn’t know the extent of it. He usually gives in and lets me get whatever I want, but this is the only thing he has stood his ground firmly on. It’s weird. I thought for sure that I would get him to budge. Nope. No budging.

So I am floating on cloud 9 this week as I spend as much time as I can with this lovely kitty. I LOVE HIM already. It’s going to be hard for me when he goes back to his house. I have grown so attached already. And I like to think he likes me too. He follows me around and meows if I don’t pay attention to him. His name is Monaco and here are some glamour shots:

I was hoping that having this kitty here for the week, Peter would see how much it means to me to have a cat. I don’t seem him budging any time soon. I don’t think he has as much as touched the kitty. He is not interested at all. It’s sad really. The first thing he said when the kitty arrived was, “That is the ugliest thing I have ever seen.” NO WAY. He is the cutest thing in the entire world!!

Oh well, I will never give up asking Peter to get a furbaby and I am going to enjoy these next 5 days as best as I can.

USB Excitement

One of my favourite things to do is watch movies/tv on my PlayStation through a USB drive. When our playstation died in September I was very sad and depressed. Reason being is that I really dislike sitting at my computer desk to watch a movie. I like to stretch out on a couch or a bed. It lead to Peter and I rearranging our living room so that I could squish the loveseat couch into my bedroom so that I could watch movies comfortably. We loved our PlayStation as it was one that had backwards compatibility and could play PS2 games. The new ones that are out now do not play those games. So we didn’t want to give up on our old playstation, hoping that it would come back to life. Ugh. It didn’t After being so upset for a couple weeks, we gave in and bought a new PS3. Life was great again. Almost.

Even though I could watch with my USB through my playstation, I wanted to figure out a way to use my USB stick on the TV in our bedroom. It had a USB slot, but no matter what the format of the movies were, I could never view the movies. It was maddening. After much googling, I finally gave up and conceded that it was an impossible task. C’est la vie, I still had the PS3.

Well, when the TV (with built in blu-ray player) in our bedroom started acting up, we used our warranty and got a new tv with a separate blu-ray player. For no charge on our behalf. Yay. Anyway, I noticed that the new TV had a USB slot in it, so naturally, I tried to play a movie from my usb stick. No success. I was a little disappointed as I had hoped that technology had changed. Oh well.

We have had the new TV since January 9th and only today did I notice something peculiar on the blu-ray player. There was a little USB logo etched into the front of the player. After picking at it with my finger for a second, a little plastic cover popped out and behind it was a USB slot!!! What?! A USB slot in the blu-ray player as well as the tv?! Well I thought I would give it a try with my USB stick. It’s not like I had anything to lose. Low and behold, IT WORKED!!! It played every file I had on my USB stick. It just made my entire life!!! Now I can watch in the living room on the PS3 or in my comfy bed on the blu-ray player!!! AHHH. Comfiness is key and now I have so many choices!

I know this is such a ridiculous blog post, but it’s the small things in life that bring such joy. This has brought me bundles of freaking joy