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ConstructionZone!
New Webdesign will never end!
After several years of cobbled-together pages, and a brief foray into outsourcing (Thanks, Susan!), last December I finally took the plunge and invested in Dreamweaver to update the website. Who knew it would take so long? (MARCH UPDATE: Will it ever end?? Dreamweaver is an amazing program, no complaints there...our lack of completion is entirely due to the weak link: the human involved!)
Updated: March 18, 2011
CurrentNews:
MiniMina's A MOM!!
My sweet beautiful girl has reached the age where shows and ribbons are replaced by... fuzzier things! On April 30th, four days after a cross-country drive to our new home in Oregon, Mina became a mom. Little Shadow is growing like a bad weed, and being an only kitten, is bound to be a spoiled brat-cat!
Updated: May 10, 2012
Health Updates:
The Spring HCM clinic!
On Sunday, March 25th, we drove the 3+ hours from Dallas to Austin to attend the Spring HCM screening clinic. Doodle Bug, Camille, and Coonopry's Little Darlin (who will hopefully be mated to Mishikoonz Jack-O-Lantern later this year) were all given clean bills of cardiac health. Many thanks to the Capital Area Vet Specialists and Toni Meisberger of Star Glitter Bengals for setting up the clinic!
Updated: May 10, 2012
Around the cattery: Spanning two states!
Mishi's blog
Hi, I'm Mishi......and yes, this is MY cattery!
Don't be fooled by the whole illusion of humans-in-charge... if you look close, you'll see that it's just that cats have delegated the authority. After all, we have better things to do than earn a living or clean up after ourselves!
I try not to micro-manage my humans, as long as dinner isn't late, but sometimes they get a little out of control. Take this most recent adventure. "We're moving to Oregon", she says. Next thing I know, half of us are loaded up and shipped out west! Well, at least I got to fly-- poor Mina was crammed in the back of the car for THREE DAYS!! Ugh!
Cari's blog
May 10, 2012
Catch-up time for the website once again! So...where is Mishikoonz located NOW?
How 'bout... Dallas, Texas AND Redmond, Oregon?? (Click here for the BEGINNING of the story!)
On Tuesday, April 24th, a VERY pregnant Mini-Mina and I left Dallas in my Subaru Forester... well, maybe my Subaru port-a-cat. The poor car was stuffed, with a cartop carrier to boot, and other than my clothes and computer, most of what filled it was cat stuff. A LOT of cat stuff, including a very comfy home away from home for Mina. I had about 12 inches viewspace out the back -- which Mina frequently blocked when grooming herself. (Being an expectant mother, she groomed herself a lot!)
After a stressful packing adventure, the actual drive started out suprizingly pleasant. Mina settled right in to her nest, looking out the windows and happily eating her crunchies. At the hotel, she checked out our room, ate her dinner, and tucked up next to me in the queen sized bed, happy as could be. Even for a show cat, she was being a wonderful companion!
Then on Wednesday, after 12 hours straight hours on the road, she got me.
I was feeling great; my audiobook was engaging without requiring a lot of thought (Steven King, 11-22-63) and I was set to make it all the way to the La Quinta in Salt Lake City. Except...about 8:30 pm, with several hours to go, Mina suddenly started meowing. She'd been silent for 1,100 miles so I was understandably concerned--was she ready to have her kittens? I talked to her, trying to convince her to hang in a little longer. She started pacing and pawing at the cage. We were in the middle of NOwhere! There hadn't even been lights at the last couple of exits. I could see her in the rearview mirror, weaving back and forth. I fumbled desperately with the GPS on my phone... WHERE was there any sort of civilization?
Evanston, Wyoming... a Motel Six. Not my first choice for stellar accomodations, but they almost always took pets. I raced on, trying to comfort her, as she got louder and louder. I did not want to even THINK of kitten-birth in the dark by the side of the road with the occasional semi roaring past at 80 miles an hour.
I have never been so happy to see a Motel Six in my life. I booked the room, trying not to show my impatience while the clerk cheerfully (and SLOWLY) made small talk. Finally, after about a trillion years, I had the key; I carried Mina in and quickly set her box up. She continued to pace and meow. A sure sign, I thought to myself! 
Well, maybe. I put some food down. She promptly wolfed it down, jumped up on the bed and curled up on the pillow, looking quite content.
It took me almost an hour to figure out that I'd been duped. No labor, no kittens...she'd just wanted a good meal and out of the car. Obviously, I'd been driving long enough. What a con job!
Mina actually waited another 5 days, taking her time to check out our new home, before settling down to motherhood-- little Shadow was born the following Monday, the first of many Mishikoonz, I hope, to grace the Yurthouse in Oregon.
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