9 lives up?

fuckin' cats. When we first moved here our neighbor said she lost 4 or 5 out in the 200+ acres of state forest behind us.

Well, we have two of our own (both indoor cats, about 11 years old)...and for the last several years they have been making holes in the screen doors/windows in order to try to get out of the house. We're tired of getting new screen doors or patching them...I resorted to using duct tape, but the cats just claw that out of the way and use the hole as a 'doggy' door. well, kitty door i guess.

Anyway, we have a new screen door on order, but we're not going to put it on until the day our house goes on the market, the middle of next month. So we've been leaving it as is, and keep the slider open to allow for air exchange during the day, but when it gets buggy in the evening we shut the door.

Anyway, we realized today that we haven't seen one of the cats in a few days. Nice power of observation on our part...now I know where Ian gets it.

It's probably too soon to write her off, as she's escaped for 4 or so days while we were away on vacation before coming back. But I think some coyotes, foxes, fisher cats, or some mean muthafuckin' squirrels (all of which we have here) got to her.

I feel a little bad, as she's been our kitty since she was 6 months old, but she's been dying to get OUT of the house, it's only fitting if she dies outSIDE of the house. Besides, it's one less thing we have to worry about packing up and moving (did I just say that?)

Dupree, we'll leave the light on for you.