Ode to Abby

I am going to preface this post by saying, this is going to humiliate my husband.

Truth...

I am a cat person. Since my eighth birthday when I got home from swimming lessons and my Grandma Jessie had a kitten waiting for me I have loved cats. Really, I have only had two monumental cats in my life. Sassy (the cat my grandma got me) and Abby. We had Sassy 11 years but she was mainly an outdoor cat (she went missing, and after looking long and hard for her - we still don't know whatever happened to her). Abby is now my first indoor cat - and I guess I am so fascinated by her (to my husband's dismay) because I've never had an indoor cat before so I've never really "watched" what cats spend their time doing - and I think its really funny sometimes. Yes, I know I'm weird. Will and I have had Abby since just after we were married. I should say that I do like dogs too (a lot actually) ... but they take a lot more work. I realized how weird I am when went through my cell phone and realized that 90% of the photos were photos of the cat. I tend to take pictures of the cat doing funny things and I send them to Will while he's at work. Kinda ridiculous ... I'm sure that'll change when we have kids - but for now Abby cracks us up (probably me more than Will though).

My thoughts were, what better way to document the cat than on my blog?! Haha....

This one photo is ridiculous, not because of the cat, but because of our room. When we moved - we did it very quickly so I just threw all my clothes in trash bags and when we got to the new place I just dumped them all out. I have yet to put them away. That was "my job" today according to Will, but here I am, blogging about the cat instead.

I spy with my two eyes a cat ... can you find her?

And please also notice the "I Love My Cat" pillowcase that my mom just made and sent me! My mom has always humored my love for cats - more recently with cat pillowcases and holiday cat towels.

In our new basement.

My dad is actually going to help us make bigger window sills when he comes out this summer. For what reason? So the cat has more room to lounge in the windows. Hahaha!

She lays on her back by choice. When she does, we call her our slutty cat...

Abby also thinks she is entitled to anything in a bowl.

My nephew - and he is allergic to cats - but he kept saying "she's SO soft!"

And now that I feel completely ridiculous, here is a video:

I should also mention, I don't just love cats - I particularly love black cats (or in Abby's case, Tuxedo cats). Just for the record.

Thank you to all who endured this post, but it had to be done - especially since my camera was filled up with Abby photos and video and people are requesting photos of the house, so those are to come next.