Chrismas came early this year in the form of Charlie, our new 10 week old baby tabby kitten. :)
I've always had a cat in my life since I was little, and with a 15 month kitty sabbatical I'd had enough of being cat-less.
I'd been putting off getting a cat for the longest time...partly because we live in a tiny flat, in the middle of town and I was afraid a cat would just run away and get hurt....partly because having a cat would be one more expense to take care of(consistant shopping for food and kitty litter, etc)...and partly because I'm trying to set up a cupcake business from home, which with a kitty living with us wouldn't make for very good edibles.
But then, while at a friend's house, I met a kitty who loved me and followed me around and basicall spent most of the night with me. It was that night that I had a mega dose of cat withdrawl. Same night, Ben mentioned that his cat had kittens (again), and i knew this time round, a kitty could fit into our lives.
So....ben gave us a kitten and called him our Christmas present.....WORKS FOR ME!
I did consider the possibilities of why having a cat this time would work:
-tiny flat with no garden? = better for a small kitten who doesn't need everything sprung on him at once and can just stay indoors.
-Kitten expenses? = i'm working more hours and hubby just got a pay rise so, not too much of a stretch.
-Previously we had no time to 'raise' & house train a kitten = lately, we've been having opposite schedules, so one of us will always be at the house to keep an eye on kitty, at least until he's house broken.
-The cupcake business = After the indiegogo success, I now have money to start my cupcake business, but it's not the right time to do so. It's winter, which is a less demanding time for baking(unless you count Christmas fruit cakes--yuk!) so i'm afraid if I start a regular stall on the market...not only will i be freezing, but no one will be out/buy anything.
SO! THE PLAN!
Hold off the Cupcake business until Spring [business will start off better, and that gives me time to finish setting up a bank account, aquire some stall supplies(tables/canopy/etc) and apply for a spot on the market]. In the meantime, we raise Charlie....he'll grow up, getting used to Robert and I...build some trust and a relationship with us so that in the Spring, before I start business, we can safely relocate him to my mother in law's house(a nice country house, with a catflap into the garden--perfect for a grown cat).
so, this way every way wins. I still gt to do my cupcake business and have a cat. before that, I get the joy of having a tiny kitten to cheer my winter blues.
Charlie is a cute cute kitty. We've only had him 2 days and both Robert and I love him dearly. He was scared the first night of being in a new place, but he soon adapted. He seems very comfortable with us now..he's hyperactive and plays with us, and curls up on our laps....our shoulders....the couch....basically everywhere we are. :P
Rob showed him how to play with his scratch post: at first he wouldn't touch it, but since Rob showed him, he can't stop playing with it.
He paws at the balls, to make the bells on them jingle...here we caught him standing and playing with it like he was a boxer.
At first it was just that....then he started jumping up on top of it and swatting the balls from above. Here he's just chilling on top while we laughed at how cute he is:
He's your typical feisty kitten, running around, up and down the stairs, making noise with his bell, but after an hour or so of that, he usually needs a half hour rest period:
