I think it's about time I tell you about our kitten. We got her three weeks ago and I've only made a vague reference to her (that thing about not acquiring too many animals). I feel like the humane society might find me unfit if they find out I don't talk about our cat on our weblog.

You see, I am not a cat person because I'm allergic to them. When I was a kid I couldn't even be in the same house with one. So I go blah blah blah about our dog and who would even know we had a cat.

She doesn't even have a name really. I made a vet appt today for her and Wes and they put TBA in the space for her name! Maybe we'll call her TBA. We named her Roxy at first because she had this pink collar that looked really rock-n-roll on her. Somehow the collar came off and I didn't put it back on her because I could see that it bothered her. She just doesn't seem like Roxy to us - we've referred to her as Roxy maybe three times. Mostly we just call her the cat or the kitten.

She is a six month old domestic shorthair grey tigerstripe kitten. She plays with big plastic beads upstairs on the wood floor for hours. At the shelter she was the biggest fraidy cat there, but when we got home she was tough as nails. She doesn't run from Wes - thank goodness. She is very affectionate which is kind of sad because I can't pet her a lot. I pet her when I go to the bathroom because I figure I'll be washing my hands anyway. When she hears me put the toilet seat up, she comes running. Its pretty funny. Poor thing.

These pictures are outside, but she was only outside for a few minutes for the first time yesterday. The folks at the humane society told us to keep her inside for six weeks or she might run away - especially since we have a dog. I haven't really had trouble with her and allergies even though when Steve went out of town for four days she insisted on sleeping next to my head every night.

We got her for mouse control and although I haven't actually seen her with a mouse, she does look like she's hunting sometimes and there is less evidence of mice.