My Wizzography or Confessions of a Cat Lady

Likes, Dislikes and Pet Peeves

• I would like the term 'dumb down' to be replaced with 'smarten up'.
• I don't believe everything I hear, read, see or get in an email.
• I would like for people to stop reading labels and just eat real food.  They would be healthier.
• I think if you want to visit someone at their home you should call first, don't just show up.
• I would like to go a full 24 hours without hearing the words 'amazing' 'absolutely' and 'you guys'.  I would probably have to lock myself in a closet for that to come true.
• I don't use profanity...ever.
• I don't respond to sarcasm.
• I enjoy watching and listening to the local wildlife. It's even better when I can get a photo.

Crock Pots! 

I love them.  It doesn't matter what you put in a crock pot as long as it cooks all day, it comes out tender and tasty.  If you're not sure what to put in your crock pot, you can surely find something in a Slow-Cooker Cookbook.  To simplify the clean-up process...crock pot liners!

Isotoner Slippers

With Leather/Suede Soles

Having leather/suede soles is very important to me because they prevent sparks flying when I touch my cat or anything metal.  Rubber soles don't stop the sparks.

This is a picture of me in front of my house in Las Vegas, I lived in that house for 24 years. I'm smiling because my real estate agent told me I had to (she took the picture). I said “but I'm moving to New Jersey”, she said “smile anyway”!

Living in the Arizona desert where some say is the middle of nowhere, I love sitting in my office writing articles, reading the news of the world and watching cute kitten videos. This is my office.

Angus

It was 1994 and I was working in a casino on the Las Vegas Strip when a co-worker told me that she wanted to give me her cat. She said the cat belonged to her mother who had passed away recently. This co-worker said she lived with two roommates and pets were not allowed in the house, the cat was temporarily staying with her until she could find a home.

I told her I was not a cat person, I never had a cat in my life and suggested she offer the cat to someone else, perhaps one of the cat people that we worked with. She resisted that idea and continued asking me daily, insisting that she wanted me to have the cat, until I finally agreed.

So, she brought Angus to my house, which is when I learned that he was 14 years old! He was skinny, scared and sickly looking. We (Angus and I) went to the vet the next day. Surprisingly he was in good health overall, he just needed to put on some weight.

We became best buddies over the next two years which is when Angus became ill with kidney failure and crossed over the Rainbow Bridge. Here's Angus with his hula hoops at the age of 16!

Strawberry Ling

After the loss of Angus I wanted to get another cat right away. There was a pet store going out of business and they were giving away all the animals, they had them in cages in the parking lot. I saw an adorable kitten and picked him up, he wiggled out of my arms, hissed and tried to bite me so I knew we were meant for each other.

Strawberry was 'The King' of everything! He didn't like people and attacked anyone who got too close to me. Strawberry was very protective.  Meet Strawberry.

Suzanna Delilah

Everything was going well until 2001 when a wounded stray kitten wandered up to the house. I fed her, took her to the vet and the next day Strawberry and I had a new roommate. He was not happy...at all. 

In 2006 the three of us relocated from Las Vegas to New Jersey. It was an interesting plane ride indeed!

Two years later in 2008 Strawberry was diagnosed with cancer. It was a difficult decision but I had to let him go.

I still had Suzanna. She and I stayed in New Jersey until 2013 then relocated to Arizona. Three months after arriving in Arizona, Suzanna was diagnosed with cancer and crossed the Rainbow Bridge.