I knew I wouldn't post something everyday, but wow, 2 1/2 years?


Happy change!
Ah, the optimism and outlook of the country even with this tanked economy is a good feeling. Is my mind doing better recently because of this change? Could be. Not much else has happened that should make me think more clearly. I've never been involved in politics and only followed through the news and a very few issues that may effect me personally. Hey, the change in Washington is as good a reason as any to have a better mindset!

I'm still working on paying off bills, living in a small place, driving an old tired car, working too many hours and taking care of my beautiful, elderly cat. I got another cat last year to keep the older one company. He's cute but I think he was more feral than first thought. It's obvious he had a very rough start in life and it has taken time to get him just to be calm when we pick him up. He's very active- doing all sorts of "normal" cat things. I've been spoiled by the older one who is more like a person than a cat. Are cats supposed to eat pancakes and drink out of a glass? Well, now there's just twice as much poop in the boxes and more barf on the floor. I have thought about getting another cat as I look through adoption pages. It's worse than browsing on E-bay. My kids warn me about becoming "one of those old ladies with a bunch of cats".... What number is too many? It's like kids. One or two is okay, but can you have too many?

OMG, that woman in LA with the octuplets. Can you believe there's a report now that she already had SIX kids and may be living with her parents? Okay, THAT IS too many kids. Short of having won a mega lotto, how could you take care of so many?

Take an average thing like housing. What's an average bedroom size in the US? 12x12? 14x14? How many kids can you pack into one room? A bed on every wall- 4 kids to a room plus some kind of storage for clothes and toys- still would need a 5 bedroom place. How do you fit 15 people around the dinner table? How do you take them/some of them/any of them to the doctor, playground, school? You need more than a van, you need a bus! If it is true there's already kids at home, I need to put my vote on the side of this is too many kids. So when do you get too many pets? If you can adequately take care of them with food, water, vet care and clean litter boxes, is there a number that's too many? 5? 10? 50? 100? I do think 50 or 100 is too many. Other than fish or spiders, that's too many. But is 5 too many or even 10? The key point is being able to care for them with attention, proper food (they're not cattle- don't throw handfuls of Cat Chow out once or twice a day) and clean litter may mean 5 is a good number for one person and zero is the number for someone else. Be responsible. For now anyways, I'm just browsing.