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.: Mojo The Great White Minja :.

Two - Steppin'

Wednesday was the start of a new chapter in our lives...

My little LB has decided to stop getting around like this:

{All.The.Time.}

She has finally decided to start using her feet!!

..sort of..

...Yes. I MAY have baited her with some Cheerios.

She's still only taking about two steps and then drops back down to her knees.

Soon, Mojo. Very soon...

Muhahaha! I'm touching you!!!

Look Ma! I'm gonna get him!

YOU ARE MINE!!!

Oooh. You are quick, Minja.
One day, you WILL be mine. One day.

I think she may be an evil genius...

Who wants to know what my very special little turdlette did with her brand new teeth???

I was in the kitchen, unloading the dishwasher (I know, how very housewife of me!), when I heard this... grinding? noise..  I just figured it was LB playing with some toy and scooting it across the floor or something...  I don't feel then need to check on every little noise that she makes, unlike a certain Jerk Face that we all know and love! so I finished loading the dishwasher (it didn't take me very long.. I wasn't neglecting my child this time).

When I went in to see what was going on...
I found this:

That turdy little baby is GNAWING on my chair!!!  I couldn't believe it! And of course, when I told her 'No!', she just smiled like she was doing the greatest thing!
*Of course, she may be thinking that she's doing something great... if she destroys this chair, she'll have a better chance of catching herself a Minja... because it's part of the bridge we built so he can safely cross the baby gate... I have a baby genius... even if she uses her intellect for evil!

I'll keep her locked up for now... I've got to make sure she'll do MY bidding with her genius super brain of evil! Doesn't she just LOOK diabolical?!

P.S. She may have a super brain, but not a super sense of observation... That's a Minja right behind her in this photo!

My Animal Companion is a little heavy...

Mojo, you're getting a little overweight.
Sorry Mojo! I wasn't trying to be mean about it! I'm just concerned for your health!
You're just not as agile as you once were....
I didn't see it at first.
 My family would make comments, but I didn't think it was that bad...
But..

My eyes have been opened.
You can't jump as high as you once could... Remember when you fell while trying to jump onto the chair?
Yes, they are bar height... but, you didn't always have that problem... And I KNOW that you just didn't misjudge the distance...  You can't use that excuse any longer...

I blame myself.
I've been neglectful towards you...  We haven't played like we used to..
I keep your bowl of food full... and you take full advantage.

You can't jump over the baby gates... which is a huge problem because your litter box is on one side, while your food is on the other...  I have put a stool and chair up, so you have a 'bridge' of sorts! That's absurd! You're a cat! One of you best skills is jumping!

Well, sir! No more!
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Sorry you guys had to witness that.
Sometimes you just have to use tough love.

We did change The Minja's food...

 

It's for weight control... and I think I know how it works.
We gradually mixed it into his current food... taking longer then the recommended four days...
Mojo has never puked so much!
It makes him bulimic!
I feel so terrible for him!
He pukes everywhere! Including our new couch!!!
(Thankfully, we got the fabric protection.. we just had to live with cat puke on our couch for a day.. eeew!)
We'll be switching again!

Enough about my fat cat.
Let me share with you something I heard on the local news this morning:

It was during their 'Strange but True' segment...
The new Journal of Animal Ethics apparently wants to change the way we address our pets.
Er, I mean 'animal companions'.... They consider 'pets' to be politically incorrect!!
And the animals you don't own... I mean, the animals for which you are not the human caregiver to... for example those rotten chipmunks that dig next to my house causing water to run into my basement... are not pests.. they are ....  .... 'free living'
*read the article here
I guess I've always called Mojo the Great White Minja my pet and told him that I own him... maybe THAT'S why he's been overeating....?

Couch Potato

I LOVE to furniture shop! I'm not sure why...  If we could afford to buy new furniture for our house every year... I probably would.  I just like to change it up every now and then :)
But nonetheless, we have had the same furniture for 5 years... which really isn't THAT long... I know. However, it wasn't the greatest quality of furniture and it's been through three moves!


We're talking about the living room furniture today (Our bedroom suite is still in pretty good condition).  The couches are the typical couches that it seems EVERYONE has ... 

**We put the bunny in LB's boppy so Mojo doesn't lay in it... Instead, he lays on our couches.

What's wrong with our couches?  Glad you asked!

They sit REALLY low to the ground (*that's not how they were purchased!)--And when you sit down, you sink down low... so low, you might as well sit on the ground!

...And the back started falling off, with the nails showing (as pictured above). . . 

Staples are protruding out of the bottom... Not good for LB's scooting adventures!

Jerk Face doesn't like how the arms are so high... It doesn't make for easily accessible side tables....

Not to mention the massive amounts of baby spit up and minja fur on them!

...So, we've been perusing furniture stores for a while now... 

Never really serious...  but Saturday, it happened!

We went out.. I told Jerk Face that we might not find anything, but we can just look...

We went to Appliance Center.. (There was a couch there I REALLY liked about a year ago.. We just didn't like the price tag...  with a new baby on the way, and a non-de-clawed Minja -- who REALLY likes to scratch-- I couldn't see spending $4000+ on just a couch....) 

This time there was absolutely NOTHING!  A quick visit! We surprised ourselves by being in and out in less than 20 minutes!!!  So onward we go.. to an outlet store I like visiting.  They have cute stuff, and rotate their stock every few weeks...  a few months ago they had a super nice sleigh bed -(I called my sister-- because she loves them -- but they weren't in the market for a new bed)-- it was a shame to let it go...

Anyways, this time we walked in, and took about 15 steps in, just as Colette (pronounced COE-lette) approached us - - I saw it.  It was what I've been looking for, and can never seem to find!  A bluish sectional with the chaise on it's LEFT side!

We've also decided that we wanted two chairs flanking the fireplace.. but have never found the PERFECT chairs, I've looked in countless stores and online...  but as we walked around this store... BEHOLD:

The perfect chair!  I never planned on having two matching chairs... I wanted to go for a semi-eclectic look... but I love these chairs SO much, we got both of them!  I thought that if I don't like the way they look in the living room, they would look great in our bedroom :)

Now, we just need a new rug ... I think we need an 8x10 and some throw pillows to tie the couch and chairs together better...  and I imagine a small ottoman to sit between the chairs with a little serving tray on top...

Perhaps a new side table as well... nothing big and overwhelming.. I like the openess that we have going on now!

OH! ..And are they comfy?  You bet!

I almost forgot what a COMFORTABLE couch FELT LIKE!!!

!!!!I almost forgot to tell you about our old couches!!!!

I wanted to bring them to a goodwill store, but Jerk Face didn't want to...  He won the debate, mostly because I can't carry them myself!  So, we put them out on the curb...  Several hours later, Jerk Face was leaving to buy bulk item tags to stick on them...  He started his truck... then I heard him turn it off.  He came back inside....  They were gone!  Those magical junk fairies were out and about again!