THE MANY FACES OF HOUDINI

WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH A PROBLEM WITH GIOVANNI. HE HAS BEEN GETTING OUT. HE CAN GET OUT OF ALMOST ANY WHERE. ANYONE WHO THINKS CATS ARE NOT SMART, JUST DON'T KNOW. I HAVE PUT HIM UPSTAIRS AND MINUTES LATER HE WOULD BE BACK DOWNSTAIRS AND THE DOOR WAS STILL SHUT. I JUST DON'T GET IT. LAST NIGHT I PUT BOTH THE CATS IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM WHILE WE WERE EATING DINNER AND THEN REALIZED GIOVANNI HAD GOTTEN OUTSIDE. THE BACK DOOR WAS OPEN AND HE WAS GONE. GABBY HOWEVER WAS ONLY STANDING AT THE DOOR LOOKING OUT. THANK GOD SHE DIDN'T GET OUT TOO. SHE IS A YOUNG KITTEN AND IS FEARFUL OF EVERYTHING, VERY INNOCENT, AND WOULD VERY HARD TO CATCH IF SHE DID GET OUT. SO I YELLED TO SCOTT AND BEN THAT GIOVANNI WAS OUT AND THEY BOTH JUMPED UP FROM DINNER TO GO HUNTING FOR GIOVANNI. SINCE HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET OUT LAST WEEKEND WE HAD A NEW NAME TAG MADE AND GOT HIM A NEW COLLAR. I PERSONALLY HATE A PERSIAN WITH A COLLAR BUT AT THIS POINT WE REALLY HAVE NO CHOICE. SCOTT ENDED UP WALKING DOWN A SECLUDED ROAD AND THERE WAS GIOVANNI. JUST SMELLING AND EXPLORING. SCOTT WALKED UP TO HIM AND WAS ABLE TO PICK HIM UP. SO THAT THE BIG BOY IS NOT A RUNNER. THIS SITUATION REALLY WORRIES ME. HERE HE IS UP ON THE STAND BY THE DOOR TRYING TO PUSH ON THE DOOR HANDLE TO GET IT OPEN.. WHAT KIND OF SHIT IS THIS. I WOULD HAVE NEVER GUESSED HE ACTUALLY KNOWS THAT YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE HANDLE TO GET OUT. AMAZING. STILL TRYING..WHILE I WAS SNAPPING AWAY TAKING THESE PICTURES I WAS PRETTY WORRIED THAT HE WOULD ACTUALLY GET THE DOOR OPEN. I GUESS I AM GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE THE DOOR STAND. THAT'S A PAIN TOO BECAUSE ITS IN THE PERFECT PLACE. THE WATER BOTTLE DON'T DO THAT MUCH GOOD BEING GIOVANNI IS NOT SCARED OF WATER. WAIT TILL I POST A GROOMING BLOG..HE TAKES A BATH BETTER THAN A DOG. THIS CAT HAS MORE PERSONALITY THAN SOME PEOPLE. HE REALLY HAS BECOME QUITE THE ESCAPE ARTIST. SINCE HE IS NOT NEUTERED HE IS REALLY WANTING OUT. I WOULD HATE TO HAVE TO CAGE HIM, BUT IF HE DOSENT STOP THAT MIGHT BE WHAT HE GETS. TODAY HAS BEEN PRETTY NON PRODUCTIVE FOR ME SO FAR. I WOKE UP ABOUT 11:00 WITH A TERRIBLE BACK ACHE. I MADE THE BED AND THEN LAID BACK DOWN. I COULDN'T BELIEVE I COULD SLEEP TROUGH IT BUT I DID. SCOTT CAME HOME EARLY TODAY AND IS IN BED RIGHT NOW HIMSELF. I GUESS HE IS NOT FEELING TOO GOOD EITHER. WE WERE WOKE UP AT 2 AM WITH A WORK CALL FOR SCOTT FROM SOME DRIVERS WHO WORK FOR THE DEALERSHIP. I AM SURPRISED I EVEN HEARD THE PHONE. BUT WE BOTH ARE PRETTY TIRED TODAY. USUALLY BY NOW, I HAVE GOTTEN LOTS OF THINGS DONE AND USUALLY AT LEAST 1 BLOG PUBLISHED BUT I AM RUNNING SUPER BEHIND TODAY. EVENING MIGHT BE UPON US BUT I STILL HAVE THINGS TO DO. I HATE RUNNING BEHIND...BUT THE HOUSE IS PRETTY CLEAN BUT IT FEELS LIKE THE DAY WAS WASTED. ITS STILL A LITTLE COOL OUTSIDE TOO. A HIGH OF ONLY 62.

GRANDMA IS DOING GOOD TODAY. SHE IS STAYING BUSY AND SEEMS MUCH HAPPIER. CANT WAIT TO SEE HER NEW APARTMENT THE NEXT TIME I AM IN TOWN. I MISS HER. I AM LUCKY BECAUSE I TALK TO HER EVERYDAY BUT REALLY WISH I WAS THERE TO SPEND TIME WITH HER.

I SURE DON'T FEEL GOOD. I WOULD LOVE TO SIT HERE AND TYPE AND NOT DOING ANYTHING. PRETTY SOON I AM GOING TO HAVE A HUNGRY HUSBAND AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHATS FOR DINNER. MAYBE PANCAKES. THERE IS SOMETHING ALWAYS WARMING AND CHILD LIKE..ABOUT A STACK OF FRESH FLUFFY PANCAKES...PLUS ITS SIMPLE AND PERFECT FOR A DAY WHEN BOTH OF US ARE TIRED AND NOT FEELING WELL. THE FUNNY THING IS I DIDN'T EVEN GET INTO THE WINE LAST NIGHT AND I STILL FEEL LIKE I HAVE A HANG OVER. DON'T KNOW WHATS UP WITH THAT. PLAN ON A NIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TV TONIGHT. AMERICAN IDOL AND ALSO A NEW DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER ARE ON TONIGHT SO ITS GOING TO BE A PRETTY LAID BACK EVENING. HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAS A GREAT WEDNESDAY..

K JAGGERS