I know that this is shocking to everybody.  But, it is a Monday.  So, for random Monday-ness, this is what I have:

1.  My apologies for the footnote to yesterday's post ... yes, it still freaks me out and it's all that I can do to look at the photos of that apartment without being reminded of this other poor Jennifer's fate.    As an aside, it was supposedly some guy that she had met in a bar, so I'm sort of hoping that this wouldn't have been my fate had I remained in "Fort Fun," as the local Fort Collins citizens sometimes call that fun city.

2.  Because I just know you're dying for photos of the kittens grown-up, here is Rini:

This is a typical Rini expression.  What she's really saying is, "You really should just put that thing down and pet me right now!"

One more crazy aspect of the Rini personality:  Her one love besides me is going outside every day.  She will brave snow, cold temperatures, and even rain so that she can go outside.  Brrr.

More random kitty stories:

Rini remains the "more difficult" one between my two kitties ... she has an incredibly demanding and annoying meow (the kind that makes the Big Sweetie cringe, and go straight for alcohol), and she is very fickle -- "let me in;  no -- let me out;  no -- let me in;  no -- let me out."    I actually find it a little bizarre that she is such an odd cat, because most kitties are, well, just kitties.  Rini in fact only loves me ... when my MIL (an enormous cat lover, and owned by a black kitty named Lilibel) comes to visit, Rini just barely warms up to her by the end of the week.    My MIL is, in fact, the only person that I can recall Rini ever warming up to.  Meanwhile, it's all that she can do to just follow me from room to room hoping that I will maybe just extend my hand and give her one little pat.  Right now, she's behind me on my chair hoping for a little extra love.  If I just look at her, she meows.  "Are you going to pet me?" 

Because of this, we've nicknamed Chloe "La buena," and Rini "La mala."  (Poor little Rini.)  My cats, in fact, have a lot of other nicknames; the kids have christened Chloe "Cocobel," after the MIL's cat.  Rini is also known as "The Big Rini Kitten," or actually "BRK" for short, as well as Rinibel (if the kids are feeling generous). 

Ah ... having pets sure does give our lives a little drama, doesn't it?  :) 

3.  I also spent the weekend with a cold ... the kind where no matter how many drugs you take, your nose still needs a perma-kleenex on it.  (I'm *so* over the kids-bringing-stuff-home-from-school phase.)

4.  We're also entering crisis mode with the vehicular situation here ... and we're preparing to go one-car-family as one of our cars is just on the verge of breaking down, and we just keep postponing buying a new one.  By "one of our cars" I mean it could be either one, as they're both in pretty bad shape now.  And by "a new car", I mean a car that's six years old.   (I'm *so* over the trying-to-live-on-one-salary-and-not-really-making-it phase.) 

5.  And I ripped a bunch of projects!!! I'm rather exasperated with my WIP list, so I'm in a ripping mood.  Sorry, no photos ... but trust me, it was fun.

6.  But then I cast on for this ...  what was I thinking??  I'll never finish it. 

(I can tell that I'm a little stressed when my blog entries reflect the attention deficit disorder that is reigning my life.)