The Pink Flamingo :: The Final Day of Christmas

“The twelve points of doctrine in the Apostles' Creed: 1) I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. 2) I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. 3) He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. 4) He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell [the grave]. 5) On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. 6) He will come again to judge the living and the dead. 7) I believe in the Holy Spirit, 8) the holy catholic Church, 9) the communion of saints, 10) the forgiveness of sins, 11) the resurrection of the body, 12) and life everlasting.”

ATTACK OF THE MONSTER KITTEN
This kitten is a monster! She is a horror! She is a spoiled brat! Her claws are like razors waiting to shred. She’s wild, a total and complete little horror! Then she falls asleep and she is a cute little angel. She takes a running leap to jump up my legs when I am typing. It is rather painful. Tonight I decided to keep her busy, so I cut some curling ribbon for her and put it in the box on top of the table. She jumped up on the table and took the ribbon in her mouth and hauled it off the table onto the floor!

Mommy cat is trying to work her over, but she is incorrigible! She’s fighting Rumsfeld for his toys. I threw a toy for him, and she goes chasing it, to fight him for it! Mommy Cat is trying her best to maintain a little discipline, but it just isn’t working. I think I mentioned that Mommy Cat has adopted The Tiny Tyrant.

The really scary thing is she is so darn much like my mother’s late (and lamented only by my mother) Persian, Misty, it’s – well, I thought about calling my mother and telling her she can have the little squirt. When my sister and I were growing up, Misty terrorized us. I just can’t get over how much this little stinker (literally) is so much like him. Okay, it’s almost weird. We’re dealing with a certified attack cat, I’m afraid. I told my sister about her and she wished me well, saying the world did not need another Misty.

My sister was his particular victim, constantly and over a 20 year period. Even when she was in nursing school and would come home for a visit, he would chase her down the foyer and trap her in her bedroom, leaving her screaming for help.

Evidently Mommy Cat took the little stinker down to the bedroom for an attitude adjustment. I went down to the 2nd level and she broke away to come up and lay in the bath-tub. She’s learned how to jump in and out of that today. Mommy Cat will grab her, smack her around, then start washing her dirty little face. Her nose is now white instead of dirty brown!

Next week we are going to get our nails cut – again.

Thirty minutes later she comes upstairs, quietly. I feed her, and she's back in her bed, napping. I swear Mommy Cat worked her over like a naughty 2 year old and gave her a time out. Then Mommy Cat comes upstairs and sits here until the little stinker goes to sleep.

FYI - I think I have the flu.

THE O8 BLOGGER ALLIANCE
The Pink Flamingo has been accepted into the 08 Blogger Alliance. It appears to be rather interesting. I will let you know more about it as information comes available.

Chambers Book of Days

Born: Dr. Benjamin Rush, 1745, Philadelphia; Thomas Pringle, traveler and poet, 1789.
Died: Edward the Confessor, 1066, Westminster; Catherine de Medicis, Queen of France, 1589; James Merrick, 1769, Reading; John Howie, author of The Scots Worthies, 1793; Isaac Reed, commentator on Shakespeare 1807; Marshal Radetsky, 1858.
Feast Day: St. Simeon Stylites, 459; St. Telesphorus, seventh bishop of Rome, 128; St. Syncletica (4th century?), virgin.