My sweet boys!! Honestly!!! It is three weeks since Oscar joined Emmett and me and it is pretty incredible how well he has settled in to the Fambly Summers! A lot of credit goes to Emmett. Emmett persevered calmly through the initial hissing and spitting … respecting Oscar but never giving up trying to be friends.

I am so very happy with how they are interacting.

Baby portrait!

That little face … looks so innocent and sweet, doesn’t it???

Well, mostly it is, but Oscar has his moments :) And I am glad for those also – he gets the “kitten crazies” and zooms around the house or plays with his toys (he only has a few … ) and HOLY COW … how does a 4.5 pound kitten make so much noise???

I know he is 4.5 pounds because we had our first vet visit on Tuesday. Oscar was pronounced a well adjusted kitten: a little shy as befitting his home, not crazy scared … in the middle of the kitten spectrum. Dr. Jim, whom I’ve known for 26 years!! came into the room and said: “Was this planned?” … which sent the tech and I into gales of laughter …. it was kind of like he asked if it was an unplanned pregnancy. Anyway, I got to tell Oscar’s story and Oscar got high marks for demeanor and health plus his first vac.

Another vac in a month and then the BIG OP in February and on we go. It was good. The first vet appointment with a new family member is always a bit emotional for me and it was helpful to start with a laugh. Kudos to Dr. Jim and all of the Bigfork Animal Hospital staff and techs. They are so very kind. And I was extra anxious as I had to take a 5:20 p.m. appointment which meant toing and froing in the dark. I do not drive at night very often and it is challenging for me, but obviously, I did it and all’s well that ends well and mostly, I am thrilled that Oscar had a good first visit with no ramifications from his shot or the car ride.

Onward!!

Meanwhile.

At home.

That first cat tree … history. I didn’t like how it looked. I didn’t like that it didn’t have staggered levels. Oscar never went beyond the first level and mostly ignored it.

I got the same tree that I had for Auggie.

Everyone is happy!!

For me, it is “nose to the grindstone” … next week is the last full work week of 2021. I will work a bit after, but not a lot so I want to get my task list in shape and hours in (hired gun programmer = paid by the hour!) so we all eat in January.

It helps to have helpers…

So much sweet!

I can help ??!!!

Like his brother before him, Oscar is a “programming kitten” :)

And we are a technical FAMBLY !

This year, my black Friday splurge was a Keurig coffee maker. And not just any Keurig coffee maker. As befits my I.T. professional status, I bought the new-ist Keurig: K-Supreme Plus Smart.

Hee.

It connects to Wi-Fi and my phone and my Alexa. So, I have phone and voice control.

I.E. I can start the darn thing from bed in the morning so as to have a cup of coffee waiting for me when I get to the kitchen. DREAM.COME.TRUE.

The previous three images are screen shots from my phone.

I am so happy!!! And it is 2 days and all is working well and I have a first cup of coffee to get me on my way with Emmett for our first out … AND an easy afternoon decaf.

Life is sweet!

Sweet stuff at my house!

***re the recent AWS (Amazon Web Service) outage … which did affect Emmett’s GPS collar, but not my home Alexa stuff. This kind of thing happens. I am not concerned. All parties will review and consider/implement redundancies. I stand by Internet reliant apps!!!