I had to be nice to the Woman last night because she was not very happy at all. She came back from the barn all cranky and I overheard her telling the Awesome Man about it.
Apparently when she was driving next to the barn and about to pull into the main entrance she saw (as is not uncommon) a man with a child "petting" the horses. The Woman has many many times stopped and nicely informed these parents that these are not petting ponies- they are young, intact (still have hoo-has) and can be truly dangerous especially to small fingers. This time the woman considered stopping to discuss with them but as she slowed she gave up and decided it wasn't worth it so she kept going.
So she's out in the ring riding on Snap and all of a sudden the police showed up. They asked her what happened and she had no idea what they were talking about. They asked if she saw any people and she told them that yes, she did see a man and a young child. The very unfriendly officer told her the man is filing a complaint against her because she sped up and tried to run them off the road??!!! My Woman remained calm and said there was no way that was the truth but they made her get off of Snap. Then they refused to hold Snap while she got her license and in fact ignored her request. At the car she mentioned that our car is a diesel so it is louder than other cars and that might have been why they thought she reved the engine. She asked them why the people were standing on private property anyway and they said that they were "crossing a public roadway". So anyway, they were not nice to my Woman but eventually left and they told her she might be getting a complaint in the mail.
Now my Woman knows she didn't do anything wrong but she got really upset with this situation. Not only did she do nothing wrong but she considered actually helping these people and keeping them safe. She has decided that now she is just going to have to call the police when she sees people petting the horses (oh and the man said they were 'admiring the horses'- right, on private property) for their own safety. Plus she is even doubting what the point is in ever doing the "right thing"?
(The Woman has asked for a sign that would state No Trespassing or Horses Are Dangerous or something like that for the 3 years Snap has lived there. However the owners of the farm ignore her as they infrequently visit the farm and never even listen to dangerous problems like faulty electric issues.)
Long story for ME to say that my Woman did some crying and I went over to cheer her. Rolled on my back and all and even pretended to enjoy her petting me. I'm such an awesome Man Cat.
I'm a finalist in Skeezix's Halloween Contest! Happy Halloween everyone!! See how my frootbat ears stick out of my cute hat? I love my mermaid costume I think its really sparkly and pretty, don't you? I entered the contest as Audrey Hepburn but I tried this first. The Lap Lady says I get to dress up and great kids at the door with her and meeze at them when she gives them candy.
You don't think my Furchin is getting a bit too large....do you?
We're super sorry about basically disappearing yesterday. That cold the Lap Lady had went super duper psycho on her and she couldn't even get out of bed. Naturally Latte and I stayed close by making sure she was still breathing. I found her hot body rather lovely while Latte just stood there and did his Nurse-Latte routine where he sits on her chest and stares at her. She's planning on work tomorrow but who knows with this nasty cold since going up the stairs winds her. So please forgive us for not visiting, we'll catch up when she's more human.
Look deep into my eyes. You are getting sleepy....very sleepy...you will give me a giant bag of Temptations.
This time of year I'm never ready for the cold. I get all fluffy and shivery and search for every possible warm spot I can find. My Lap Lady dug out my coat and as soon as she put it on I started to purr. It made me nice and warm except Chase and Latte thought they could pick on me. I liked wearing my coat. 
I had to be nice to the Woman last night because she was not very happy at all. She came back from the barn all cranky and I overheard her telling the Awesome Man about it.
I'm leaping for joy because the Woman actually had a great day yesterday. She really needed to get away from work, the AM, and even the computer and the iphone. She went back to nature and spent the day at the barn with Snap and the other horses. She and Snap got to help bring young horses down to the track to make sure they didn't get scared by such terrifying things as speed bumps, flag poles, bushes, shadows, other horses...you know normal stuff to be terrified of. Then the Woman rode another horse and finally ended her day by sitting in the grass watching her horse graze and petting a barn kitty. She said it was a MUCH needed day. 
The Lap Lady is particular about her photos and really hates to have to use the flash. Unfortunately the Tall Man only seems to wave toys around at night so she'll have to deal. She's asking for a new lens for her birthday because she only has the "macro" one that she likes. 
What a weekend! It was very active and very fun for us cats in the house. The Awesome Man spent many hours playing with us and the Woman took lots of pictures. The weather was perfect so we all spent lots of time on the front porch with the windows open. I even napped with the Woman! I guess I was feeling rather generous.
What a rough week for a frootbat! My Lap Lady has been too busy to help me visit my friends and see what nice tidbits of trash I could steal from their houses! Then, yesterday she said her eyes hurt her too much and her monitor had to go. So the Tall Man had to move her over to a notebook computer with the dreaded Vista. So she's running into bugs aplenty (I didn't tell Latte or he'd be ripping the computer apart).
What the?? Is there a real live bacon living in our garden???!! Meezer Rule: Yard hunting can result in some interesting finds!
He might be bigger but I'm tough too! I know how to go right for his face. Then when it gets really scary I just hiss and growl at him until he backs off. That only lasts for about 20 seconds though and he comes back for more. I hate to say this but I think he might be tougher than I am!
Be vewy vewy quiet....I'm hunting kaze-cats. 
I'm so deprived in life, can't you tell? I meeze and I meeze and I merf and still no one plays with me. I have to step up the meezing because if you haven't noticed we have not been able to visit many friends. The Lap Lady could have sworn yesterday was Wednesday....seriously. So, there are some demands that are going to happen this weekend.
Today I'm doing the thanks for the Woman. Yesterday was a big day for my Woman. She went to her doctor's appointment and the doctor man was able to help her where 5 other doctors in 10 years couldn't. So she's pretty happy about that.
Can you believe we've had 100 posts on our combined blog already? I sure can't. I mean we were up to quite a few on our solo blogs but I can't believe we've hit 100 working together. I really didn't think we would be able to share but I'm happy to say it seems to be working.
