Black Kitties!

I have 2 things to post for you 1. A story about black kitties and 2. A card for TCPTUES.

First of all, did you know that black kitties are the least likely to be adopted? Apparently a lot of people still think that black cats are unlucky.

Did you also know that many shelters place a moratorium on black cats adoptions in the weeks leading up to Halloween because of the people who use them as props for their Halloween costumes and later abandon them? Terrible...

Well, we have a black kitty named Godiva. (You can see her in some previous posts) She's about a year and a half now and we've had her since she was 8 weeks old. I had taken a half day from work one day and Kev wanted to take a trip to Trader Joes and then to someone's house to look at some "free kittens". I explained that if he took me to see baby kitties that we would come home with one and that we should bring the carrier. So we got some Three Buck Chuck and headed over to some guy's house...

He had 4 baby kitties. 2 black (boy and girl) and 2 stripped ones (boy and girl). Well Titus is stripped, so I wanted a different color one, I also wanted a girl, we asked for the black girl kitten. The 9 year old owner said, "Are you sure you want that one? We call her Crazy Claws."

Crazy, not really, not too much any more, but talkative? OMG, I have never heard a cat meow more than she does, my mom says that Godiva has a lot to say, I guess so.... We got her home and Titus promptly thumped her on the head with his paw. I really think that thump made her a little dumb... Adorable, very loving, not the brightest bulb. We had her fixed the minute we could since I was pretty sure she'd give it up to the first guy she met. Not very discriminating...

So, I told my mom that we got another kitty and that she was all black. Mom says, "Ohhh... Don't tell your father. You know how he is with black cats." She showed my dad a picture of her and told my dad that she has a little bit of white on her chest that you couldn't see...

My dad is a little superstitious, but his mom, my grandma was REALLY superstitious. She was one generation removed from the old country and still carried a lot of those beliefs. She passed away when I was 8 but I do remember us wanting to go on the balcony of the high rise she lived in and she told my brother and I that we couldn't because there were hawks outside who would carry us away. (A 7 year old remembers something like that.) She didn't go out there for the same reason. I also heard about a time when she was driving with my dad and a black cat ran across the road and she made him turn the car around. I couldn't make this up if I tried..

Ok, that was my story, well, maybe not a story per se... But, since I have a black kitty I am a little drawn to them now, Halloween, the house is now full of black kitty decorations. To go along with that, I'm really found of The Cats Pajamas Stamps. This week's TCPTUES challenge was a sketch challenge and I was a little late getting my card together, but I made it just in time. Kev's been feeling a little under the weather, so I made him this card.

In my search for a good light source, I discovered the corner of the bathroom tub. It's nicely lit by the 64 1/2 by 64 1/2 window right above the tub. Why on EARTH would you build a window that large over the tub? The next door neighbor could totally see your parts! And do you have ANY idea how difficult it is to find a blind that size? I digress...

The Cardstock and DP is all from Stampin Up and the sentiment is from Stamping Bella.

That's all I have for now... Off to another fun fulled week. I happen to work for Wachovia, so we'll see if any more mergers are announced. :)

Enjoy!

Lara