Second on the 2nd: Bleubeard and THE talk

This was NOT the post I originally planned to show, but on further inspection, I decided it was the one that both Bleubeard and Squiggles needed, especially since Bleubeard got so much blog attention in July.  I created this post on December 28, 2014, and many regular visitors have seen it before.  Here it is in its entirety.  I call it:

Bleubeard and I have THE talk

Recently, Bleubeard and I sat down for a talk.  No, not THAT talk.  He's too old for THAT talk.

Instead, he wanted to tell me how much he has enjoyed and still enjoys being the face of our blog.  But he wasn't sure he could keep this up much longer, because he was getting a bit too old to do all the running and jumping and playing in the sun. He and I agreed that we should get a new "Bleubeard in training."  We would have a spare, just like the King or Queen of England.

As a bit of a back story, I had put out feelers to all my friends to see if they had a kitten they needed to find a good home for.  The criteria included it must be a male, and the person must know the day the kitten was born.

Now I love my friend Sally, but she always wants me to spend money I don't have.  She wanted me to go to the Humane Society and buy a kitten for $99.00 (USD).  I wouldn't spend that much money on a kitten, especially when there are SO many unloved and unwanted ones in the world.  She got her two there, and said in the end, you save money because they are neutered or spayed, and get their first shots.  Still, I wasn't going to pay that much for a kitten.

Those of you who are long time readers of my blog, know I've wanted a TV for over a year.  Mine quit about a year ago and I used my old 14 inch TV in my office for a year.  So one day in October, I stopped into Best Buy and checked on computers.  The guys in the computer department acted like I was gum caught under their shoe.  They were rude, rude, RUDE, and didn't want to even talk to me, since I was more interested in getting prices and other information than I was in pulling out my checkbook.   However, in the TV department, I didn't care if they were rude (which they were), because I found the exact TV I was looking for.  Yep, this is the box it came in.  No whistles, no bells, just a TV.  Just what I was looking for.  Remember, I'm the low maintenance gal.

Since I was so close to the Humane Society, I thought I would drop in and see what they had in the way of kittens, because Sally told me they were running a special on kittens, but she wasn't sure how long the "special" lasted.


After filling out an application, I had a look around and saw three kittens, although I wasn't sure any of them was what I was looking for.  They (Humane Society staff) left me in a room with three males, and the one that was the scraggliest and most timid appealed to me.  He was also the only one they knew the date of his birth. (Ed note: he is 6 weeks and 2 days old in this photo).

For a total of $9.00 (USD), I brought home a kitten that had been neutered, has a chip in his neck so he'll never get lost, has all his shots through the first six months, was sandbox trained (Ed note: a genuine bonus since Bleubeard took nearly a month to sandbox train once I got him home), and has been given pills to make sure he has no worms and fleas.  They also gave me a cardboard cat carrier.  I saved $90.00 and got all the shots and such he needed to start out his life as "Bleubeard in training."  (Ed. note: it's hard to believe that is the same face I fell for at the Humane Society.  He got so much cuter once I got him home.)

Granted, neither Bleubeard nor I wanted to call him "Bleubeard in training," so we had to come up with a name for him.  It took over a month for me to decide on a name for Bleubeard, so I wanted to get this one a name soon.

BTW, that blue collar I gave him, lasted about two weeks before he chewed it off.  Once he got home, learned the lay of the land, and felt safe, all that timidness went away.  Unfortunately, he and Bleubeard have not bonded as I had hoped they would.  In fact, they refuse to be in the same room together, unless it's time to sleep.

So today, I give you Squiggles.  As of November 25th when these photos were shot, he was three months and 10 days old.  

Note that he likes to drop things in the communal water bowl, which infuriates Bleubeard.  (Ed. note: I tried two water bowls, and if one didn't knock one bowl over, the other did, so I gave up and went back to one water bowl only)


Isn't that pink nose adorable? 

That new collar has lasted longer than the first one, at least.

Before I could change the water, he had found something else to drop in it.  I'm not sure Squiggles and Bleubeard will ever bond at this rate.

So much for the TALK, Bleubeard.  I'm not sure it was a good idea after all, but we'll both learn to love Squiggles over time, I'm sure.  I hope you, too, will learn to love, or at least like, Squiggles as much as you all seem to love Bleubeard.

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Now it's time to share your Second on the 2nd.  The rules are quite simple and everyone is welcome to join the fun look back.  All you have to do is bring back a post that you are especially proud of, or perhaps one you shared before anyone knew your blog existed.  Any post, any genre, any artistic endeavor is acceptable.  Then link below (direct links only, please) and Bleubeard and I, along with other Second on the 2nd friends, will be by to visit.   Please be aware this link is only open for five days, so linking on the 2nd is preferred.