Pukey McGee

So I've caught a stomach bug and it SUCKS X(  Woke up at 1am to puke, and have been puking ever sense.  I was going to post a picture of my puke bucket, but then I decided that it was too gross, so you guys are spared.  You're welcome.  So far my Viking has been spared, thankfully.  Hopefully this will pass soon!

On a much lighter note, looks like me and said Viking will be heading home stateside for Thanksgiving this year!  Woohoo!  We're super excited to see everyone, and it should be fun for my Viking to experience an "authentic American thanksgiving".  (Because the one we throw every year in Sweden is only half authentic, apparently)  Anyway its going to be great :)

If you'll excuse me, I have to wrap this up because I need to vomit.  Again.

Love,
Mango Kitty

Learning experience

Today I met a professional dog trainer/dog psychologist with some Leonberger friends of mine.  She was amazing.  So fascinating to watch her work and I learned a lot, both about dog and human nature, and how we influence reactions in each other.  She was also incredibly nice, and gave me her number saying if I need help with my own dog training journey I can call her any time and she'll be happy to talk me threw whatever I'm having trouble with.  SCORE!  These are the kind of contacts I need in my arsenal.  Super psyched after a great day!

I've ordered my first book for my dog training course,  the first class is first response/first aid for dogs, which is going to be really interesting and so valuable.  I was going to go with a Kindle book but then Dad reminded me of the importance of having the actual book so that I can make notes, book mark pages, and have it as permanent reference material, so I went with the real deal and will go with the real deal for the rest of the courses.  I start on Monday and could not be any more excited!!!

In other news, I'm coming home for Thanksgiving!  w00t!!!

Love,
Mango Kitty

new hair

I had a bad day yesterday. A real bad day.  So what did I do?  I cut my hair!

  

Pretty pleased with how it came out actually, and it kept me from being stupid and doing stupid things.  So yay.  

 

Our grumpy old neighbor is at it again.  Complaining about where my Vikings bicycle  is parked (even though we've gotten confirmation from our landlord that it's prefectly fine to have it there.) and that we're "trashing up" the apartment complex.  Whatever old man, if anyone is trashing up the apartment complex it's your half naked drunken ass.  (No mom, I didn't actually say that to him)

Alright I'm getting all worked up again, time to round this off.  Go to your happy place Miss Mango, happy happy... happy happy...

Love,

Mango Kitty

Into the woods...

...to GROWL!!!

My friend got me in contact with a guitar player here in Salamanderland who is interested in jamming and hopefully putting together a band!  Suuuuuper exciting!  But sense we have the worlds most ridiculous neighbor, it's not like I can really practice growling at home.  Because we're 98% sure he will complain.  And I just don't feel like dealing with him.  So I will be going out into the woods to practice.  I haven't sung seriously for quite some time, so I need to train the old jaw trap before I meet this guy in a few weeks!

In other news I'm going to a dog show tomorrow with Marina and two of her Leonbergers in a town called Ronneby.  We'll be leaving at 06.30, and how well the dogs show will determine when we'll get home.  If they show poorly, we'll be home sooner.  If they show well, it will be later.  We're hoping for later ;)

We visited Indi today, she really likes it at Ammi's.  It's easy to see how much more confident and comfortable she is there, and she loves loves loves Ammi, so we're hopeful that this will become a permanent arrangement for her sake.  (and for ours) but we miss our Flufferella.  Mi-Go is doing well, he doesn't really look for her anymore, he's also grown more confident, and is claiming his space more and more.  Also, he wants to be in my lap ALL THE TIME.  Which is cute, except for when I'm actually trying to get something accomplished.  Then it's annoying.  Which means it's way more fun for him!  Speaking of cats, a neighborhood cat was very kind and left me a present in my garden, a nice fat dead mouse.  Thanks anonymous kitty!

Time to take my lyric book into the woods to practice.  Happy weekend everyone!

Love,
Mango Kitty

Almost August

Indi continues to do well at Ammi's, I saw her today, and she seemed to be quite happy to see me, very cuddly and vocal.  Apparently she made it threw her first night unscathed, and continues to investigate and claim her new space.  Good news indeed!  But we miss her, a lot.  Mi-Go still goes around looking for her... Such is the way of things.

Tomorrow it is August.  Holy hell July has gone fast!  August will be a good month, I've decided.  I start work at the grooming salon again Friday, which will be great to start having more things to do again.  I'll start training Hubba again next week most likely, and will hopefully start training that Tibetan Terrier again soon as well.  This month will be full of being healthy and active.  (But not TOO active, I haven't forgotten about the balance :P )  Doing the things I love and preparing for a future full of awesome.  I'm rather optimistic about most things in my life right now.  It's pretty great :)

Hope you're all having a great day!

Love,
Mango Kitty

Re-homing Indi

So his morning Indi moved in with my Viking's mother for a trial period.  Hopefully everything will work out great so it will become a permanent arrangement.  It's really depressing not having her here, but it is the right thing to do.  She wasn't happy sharing a home with another cat, she was constantly hissing, growling, and swatting at Mi-Go,  she stopped playing and cuddling as much, and was generally very stressed.  So this morning we moved all of her things over to Ammi's, including a cat tree, her special pillow, litter box, food and water bowls, scratching pad and toys.  Then it was a quick drive with her (Those of you who know how close we live to Ammi know it was a VERY quick drive!) and then she was thrown into her new environment.  We expected her to hiss a bit, and probably hide, but that wasn't the case at all!

She was out of the box in a shot, but didn't go and hide, instead she thoroughly inspected all of the rooms available to her, jumped up on things, rubbed against things, sniffed things.  She was very very brave!  She was skittish and stressed, but her tale was up and she kept coming back to us for cuddles in between her exploring her new surroundings.  After about 15 minutes we left, so that she could get a bit more acclimated without us there.  So far she's peed in her litter box, eaten, laid down to rest, and done some more exploring.  We're very proud of our Flufferella!

Mi-Go is confused by the change.  What amazes me is that no matter how mean Indi was to him, he still adored her, and just wanted to be friends.  He's been walking around the apartment looking for her, and meowing sadly.  It will take time, hopefully he won't become too depressed.  Lots of cuddles and play and it should be fine.

Sure does feel empty around here without her though...

Love,
Mango Kitty

Happy Birthday to ME!!!!

birthday song!
It's been a good day, I woke up to this ^
Had epic cake,

 That was significantly more epic in real life, (and yuuuuuummy!)
Got some great gifts, had some good friends over, and got Pizza for dinner.  Sweet!

I can't believe I'm 28... I feel like such an old fart!  Ah well, such is the progression of life.

To everyone who has made these 28 years possible/enjoyable/worth it I LOVE YOU!!!

Love,
Mango Kitty