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Fatso Fotos and School's in Session!

Aug 11, 2008
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I got this collapsible chair as a gift at work during our IT Appreciation Week a couple of weeks ago. I opened it up and sat it in the living room. Fatso just immediately took to it and 'claimed' it his new chair. He's just such a beautiful cat. I was looking at him Sunday and decided to snap a few shots of him in 'his' chair.

Miss Hailey went back to school today! We went shopping yesterday and got her some very cute things. She was looking pretty fine this morning on her way to being a Senior! (she left her VERY EXPENSIVE black eye pencil at her friends house after a sleepover Friday night and let me tell you eye pencil is extremely important to teenagers, we have been to that girl's house 4 times already and still have not retrieved the eye pencil, Hailey was NOT too happy about that. We're going back tomorrow morning and we're going to stage a riot if we don't get the eye pencil back....seriously it cost $20.00!) Anyway, that's why she looks so 'sleepy' in the pic LOL! She was also ill about the picture, but someday when she's older she'll appreciate it!

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She's got the toughest schedule this year than she has ever had! She's going to be a very busy girl with school, band and work. After school she said her schedule was 'grueling' but she liked most of her classes and teachers. That's good! She's not in R.O.T.C this year which we were very sad about, but required classes just wouldn't allow it. We ran into the Colonel and the Sarge during registration and they both told her that even though she wasn't taking R.O.T.C. this year that she was still "one of us" and she could do any of the extra-curricular stuff with them if she wanted to.

Good luck this year baby! I'm SO proud of you! Love, Mom!

Sometimes DIY is NOT the best approach!

Jul 4, 2008
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I love my fur babies. They are like my children. I ESPECIALLY love Fatso. We've had this big furball of a cat since he was born and he is just so sweet and loving, he has a very special place in my heart reserved JUST for him.Although he can be very sweet and loving, he also commands a certain amount of respect. Fatso does not tolerate things such as being restrained or even being held or fooled with for too long. He ESPECIALLY doesn't like anyone venturing into areas such as his haunches or his tail when brushing him. I'll openly admit it: I'm afraid of Fatso! Although fat, his reaction time is akin to a Jaguar and I'm NOT kidding! He has hurt me many times over the years so I have learned to be respectful and careful! Fatso is a Maine Coon aka FURBALL! He has long, long hair and it is EVERYWHERE in my house. I try to brush him regularly, but he doesn't tolerate it well and he absolutely will not allow me to brush the areas that REALLY need it! This has resulted in some knots on Fatso's chest and down in his 'neutered but still somewhat manly area'.

Michael is much braver and stronger than me (and tolerates pain much better also)! So I told him last week I couldn't take cleaning up the hair any longer and I was concerned about the knots and I wanted him to buy a shaver and come shave the knots off of Fatso and give him a bath.

Well Michael and Alyssa arrived last night with a brand new trimmer and a whole bunch of good intentions! Alyssa, being the intelectual girl that she is wants to follow the instructions that come with the trimmer and some other techniques that she's heard of from pet groomers. She's even brought him a special treat to give him after the procedure is over so he will 'associate the shaver with a treat'. Yeah right! She doesn't realize that there is no instruction booklet written on how to deal with Fatso! She soon learns this though....

So they spread a blanket out on the couch and Alyssa starts shaving his sides while Michael holds him. So far, so good. Then about 10 seconds later Fatso begins to buck and resist like a Red Bull!

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After a couple of minutes Fatso is spitting everywhere, Michael can't even hold him. So they let him go. Fatso is MADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!! After a couple more attempts Michael is about ready to give up as he is bleeding from several nice cuts on his arms. Alyssa has more ideas though: She says we should try putting something over his head to keep him calm and to put socks on his legs so he can't claw Michael. She went out to her car and got the bag from a bottle of Crown Royal and I went and got 2 old pairs of socks. She put the bag over Fatso's head and pulled the drawstring just a bit to keep it on. Then, with Michael holding him, tried to put the little booties on all four of his feet. I was laughing so hard I forgot to take a picture but it was quite hilarious! Fatso must have worked with Houdini in another life because before they could even get 2 of the booties on him he somehow removed that bag from his head, removed the booties from his feet, spit, scratched and clawed and catapulted his entire body out of Michael's grip! He was all bowed up looking at all of us like "WHAT THE HELL ARE Y'ALL TRYING TO DO TO ME?" Bob is freaking out because he doesn't understand what is going on. Heidi doesn't care because she's rekindled her relationship with Hailey.

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So, the saga continues....

Although they have removed a sizeable amount of hair with the trimmer, they have still only touched the tip of the iceburg and haven't even ventured to his underbelly (I can already see that that is NOT going to happen, Fatso is just NOT going to have it and all the brute force Michael has cannot even restrain him). Finally they decide to try cutting off some hair with scissors. Fatso is a little bit more agreeable to this but still it's not very long before he rebels.

Finally, Michael is ready to concede defeat and asks me to call a groomer and get a price. He takes Fatso upstairs to give him a much needed bath.