We're still alive-I promise

Hi-Sorry for the lack of updates. The Olympics came along and ate all of my time. I started volunteering at Big Brothers and Big Sisters as well as got a job. To make up for it, have some insane Staalsy:

Staalsy and the terrible mean Taylor.

First things first: Simba ended up not going to the vet. We switched her food so she's eating now and she is walking around like a boss. I'm pretty sure the amount of snow/cold is getting to her old bones. We'll see how she is in the Spring.

Onto Staalsy business! We had more snow/ice on Wednesday and Staalsy ran out of my room because he's become really comfortable with the rest of the house. The others were out in the living room sleeping in front of the fire. Staalsy walked up to Taylor to sniff him, no malice or anger on Staalsy's behalf. Taylor, however, decided he'd about had it and 'attacked' Staalsy. Staalsy attempted to run and hide behind me. I scooped Staalsy up and brought him back into my room. He never hissed or growled or took his claws out. He was completely dolice to Naughty McNaughtypants (Taylor's nickname following the situation) and I'm proud of him.

He likes to be in the living room with all of us now. He'll play with the laser pointer or toy mice or whatever else you toss at him. He is just so happy and adorable.

Here are some Staalsy photos from the past few days as a "I'm sorry I failed at updating for awhile there" peace offering.

Staalsy loves Sidney Crosby. He's legit like that.

Staalsy's new favorite place.

I've been thinking about it for awhile and I'm pretty sure that I'll end up doing it but I'm going to make Staalsy charms and sell them on my Etsy/at Shows. Half of the money of sales of said charm would go to the SPCA. It's something I've thought about from day one. Aside from that, I've made a picture of Staalsy in cartoon form. I'll leave you with the image for now. Until next time.

Snow!

Much like many others, we were hit by the EPIC SNOW/ICE STORM. It's so epic, it warrants caps lock.

We managed to keep our power somehow. We had an hour and a half without power thru the entire storm so that's not to shabby at all. We were lucky in that sense. We're also lucky the tree that was leaning on my side of the house didn't fall.

Staalsy watched it all from the window and seemed to be beyond happy to be inside. He spent many hours just hanging out with us in the living room. He is getting so comfortable and familiar with everything/everyone. It's really fantastic. I'll by buying him a collar soon.

In other news, our oldest cat has not been doing so great lately. We'll be taking her to the vet tomorrow and I'm hoping there will be something we can do to help her with her pain. If not, we will have to make a really difficult decision. Tomorrow will be rough but I'm hoping for the best.

This is Simba and Parker. Simba is the tabby and the kitty in question. Parker is the only cat we've ever owned that she's liked/loved. It breaks my heart to know how upset he will be if it comes down to having to have her put down. Like I said, tomorrow will be rough.

A month!

I can't believe it's been a month since Staalsy showed up. I can't believe just how much progress he's made. I just plain can't believe anything when it comes to this cat.

*Apparently, my hand is a pillow*
I've learned a lot about Staalsy in a month. He loves to play, loves water to the point where it's silly, loves to be brushed, and loves to have his chin rubbed.

One of the most important things I have have learned about Staalsy is that he is fiercely protective of me. Just today, I was sleeping (in the weird awake/half asleep phase) and my dad came into the room to empty my trashcan. Staalsy had been sleeping by my head and he instantly woke up to hiss at my father. He got up and moved to sit by my stomach, watching my dad like a hawk.
He follows me around and doesn't like it when he can't hear/see my voice when other people are around. He is just plain loyal in every sense of the word.

It's only been a month, but I love this cat so very much. He has brought so much into my life and it hasn't always been sunshine, but it has always been amazing.

Staalsy 'helped' me package orders tonight. I spent more time trying to get him to let me have the bubblewrap than anything else. He also sent out a tweet earlier. He said the following:
tygfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffm ,vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

That's all for now. I'm going to attempt to go to sleep.

Staalsy plays a lot these days

Staalsy spent most of his time playing with toys today.

He's getting really comfortable with the rest of the house and some of the other cats. The other cats are slowly warming up to him/getting used to him. Progress is progress and it's fantastic to see.

His eye has gotten bad again so there will be a call to the vet soon.

It snowed on Saturday and he spent most of that time watching the birds outside. When he wasn't watching the birds, he was curled up on my bed purring.

I have to say that having met Staalsy has really opened my eyes to a lot of things. It's weird, I can't explain it. He doesn't seem to know he's sick or even let it stop him from being this amazing little cat. He seems to know that he's not going to be put outside ever again and that he's safe as long as he's with me. It's hard to believe it's been nearly a month since I first saw his little face in the window and it scares me to think what would've happened to him had I not brought him inside.

This little guy is one of the centers of my world now. I wouldn't have it any other way.