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Yesterday we said goodbye to Spencer, the craziest, quirkiest, wildest, most amazingly and frustratingly unique cat I have ever known.  Inside this house he was incredibly affectionate but always into mischief… he was always getting into something and giving me funny things to write about.  Like the time I caught him fishing in the turtle tank or the time he …

Ok first let me get the usual suspects aside.  My husband, my friends, my family… goes without saying. There’s something I have tried to live without that didn’t go very well, I was miserable. When I first left home when I was 21, back in 1996, I lasted approximately three weeks without any pets. It was horrible!  I wasn’t allowed …

He drives me crazy. Over the years, he’s come so close to death so many times I can’t even explain it. He’s obnoxious. He’s bossy. He whines and he gets his hair everywhere.

It occurred to me today that this month is the 14th anniversary of mine and Spencer’s life together.  He has been with me from Prince Edward Island, to Toronto and finally over here to the Netherlands. I found him in 1996, I was 21 and had just moved out of home for the first time.  I was in a small …

It appears that I am not the only one looking forward to spring!  The sun has finally started showing itself in the Netherlands again and Spencer took full advantage by finding this warm sweet spot on a shelf in our living room. Everything seems to be starting to come to life again.  I see flowers starting to poke up through …

People often ask me how our pets get along together, and there is no real way to answer that as it all depends on each of their moods.  Spencer generally avoids the dogs, and the dogs love to chase him every chance they get.  Bailey, at 6 years old still is very playful, but at times Pixel, our 1 year …

It was just a few days ago I was telling Xander how happy I was that I could actually have things around without cats knocking them down or breaking them.   Spencer has been so good since he’s been here without Salem and I’ve noticed he’s a lot more careful about walking around things for some reason. I looked over last …

The time has come to tackle our bedroom and get it up to date with the rest of our house.   It has been a long time coming!  We’ve been living in this flat for about 8 years and we’ve not done a single thing to it since we moved in.   When we bought the flat (we rented for about the …

It’s now been a few months since Spencer has been back home with us after the shelter debacle and the kiwi carnage.   I think I’m going to start calling him Spencer v2.0 from now on because he really is a new version of himself. I was speaking with the lady who kept Salem yesterday and he is doing wonderfully on …

Spencer is, surprisingly, more quiet than we have ever seen him.  Since he has returned home he is like an entirely different cat.   I don’t know if he’s just on his best behavior because he’s scared shitless we are going to send him away again, or if he is just a happier cat without Salem here. Regardless, he’s much easier …

I have had a headache for that last week straight.  Sometimes it’s killer, other times it actually feels like it’s going away.  I think it’s all the stress since we came back from holiday, but thankfully all the things we’ve been stressing over have been sorted out. Some things aren’t worth mentioning, so I won’t get into them.   I do …