Sweet stuff
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!!!
2 Responses to “Sweet stuff”
Those are the best photos ever! It is excellent news that Emmett and Oscar get on so well and they are both adorable. Oscar looks very like our Chico.
I can’t believe there is a coffee maker so technically advanced. I’m amazed. We are about 10 years behind here in Greece! There are still a lot of older people who have no idea how to use an ATM! Or a smartphone!
The weather right now is horrible with constant rain and thunderstorms and it’s dark and gloomy. Many people, including me, have got the common cold ( two negative Covid tests) because with lockdown last year no viruses circulated and we have no antibodies. But at least it’s just a cold.
Love the photos. Hope to see a lot more…
I’m glad just a cold and hope you feel better soon! I had been wondering if the Covid vac helped at all with cold virus … I guess not :(
The “Smart” appliances are interesting … there are more and more available. I think they are actually fairly simple programming-wise as they have a small set of things to do. There is likely some miniscule chip inside that holds all of the code. Still, I find them amazing also.
Good, bad or ??? … Alexa capabilities expand also. One thing that I set up is “Guard my home”. When I go away, the devices listen for smoke/CO2 alarms as well as exceptionally loud noises like a forced break in. I don’t worry about a break in, but fire when I’m gone is a worry and I would get a text and be able to contact a neighbor.
I thought it was funny … the man that I spoke to about getting Oscar … very heavy slavic (found out Ukraine) accent and English was ok but not super. BUT, he said: “I send you photo of kittens” and he did … a text, immediately and he hadn’t ask my phone number which meant he knew how to use the history as well as send a photo. And when I was there, he showed me photos on his phone of all of his family. He was my age, but considering age and history/language, I was very impressed. He did have 11 children from 24-42 years old so I imagine they helped. Plus, he was a self-employed wood worker: cabinets/doors, so needed to be “fluent” in tech for his business. Too long for a comment, but I might write a post … this reminds me of something I came across re small business in Africa …
Thank you re photos! Yes more and I have a lot of video to go through over the Christmas break. I want to spend enough time with some tutorials (video editing) so that I can streamline my procedure! I am sure that there is a way to organize things better.
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