Not The Best Way to Start a Friendship

We finally had a weekend in town without any plans so we invited a family from church over for dinner so we could start getting to know people in the area.  They have darling teenage girls and the parents are very funny.  We were having a good time when Yo-Yo came to the door to join the party.

Apparently, Yo-Yo's real name is Pelirrojo, which means redhead in Spanish.   That's what his true owner's, our dinner guests, had named him.  We swiped their cat.  Great way to start a relationship.

We talked about his personality and he is definitely their cat.  He desperately wants to be an indoor cat, check.  He's extremely patient with children, check.  He loves to be with people, check.  He's mellow for a kitten, check.  He's about 6 months old, check.  Yo-Yo looks exactly like Pelirrojo, check.

We told them we were sorry for swiping their cat and to please take him home, sniffle, sniffle.  They told us they had plenty of cats and to keep him.  Another reason I love Idaho!

Random Thought

If whitening toothpaste works why are we not all running around with blindingly white teeth?

It's a......BOY!

Meet Yo-Yo.  He adopted us the beginning of July.  He is the sweetest thing.  So good with the children, even when they (Peter) pick him up by his tail.  We've had several lessons, and lectures, about the proper treatment of animals and I think Yo-Yo is very happy here.  I was afraid for a time that he was a pregnant she, but the vet confirmed Roland's diagnosis of male-ness.

I asked around to make sure we hadn't swiped someone's beloved pet but couldn't find anyone to claim him.  So we did.  And, we did rather happily...even though he makes me sneeze.  Oh, well.  What's extra laundry when you get a daily fur fix and unconditional love?  Plus he never complains about what I feed him.  He also bathes himself.  And, when I call him he comes.  Apparently, cat's don't suffer from selective hearing like children do.