What's in the box?

I still have not been able to pluck that wild hair about getting another kitty. We spent yesterday morning looking online at cats available at the shelters in our area and the Petsmart (also non profit adoptions) stores. At our first stop, we met an adorable 6 month old kitten named Roxanne. She was mischievous and loved her toys and being held. I was all ready to take her home with me! We spent a half hour filling out an adoption application and then they wanted references. How do you show a reference on a Saturday when your vet is closed? Are the photos filling up both of our cell phones, not enough? Me getting teary eyed while retelling the store of KittyBitty and her feeding tube, not enough? This company, Texas CARES, refused to allow us to adopt her. Never mind that we had our $100 bucks in our hand! I'm just dumbfounded, that they would even think we wouldn't make great kitty parents. Plus, they had about ten cats there needing homes. I took my application back, tore it up right there, and we walked out.

Our next stop was the Plano Animal Shelter where we had seen 20 month old Bella. What attracted me the most about Bella was her tortoiseshell coat, but if you look close she has orange tabby around one eye. Certainly wasn't the prettiest cat there, but with a strong, passionate name and playful, inquisitive spirit she won our heart.



Bella rode in the box very nicely all the way home. When we got home, we introduced her and she hasn't stopped exploring. She's doing well, eating and I can tell she likes it here. She did sleep on the foot of our bed last night but right now she is taking a nap on the chair. We sat her box on the stairs and so far it has deterred her from going up. But I know she'll make her way up there very soon for more exploring. Oh, and she loves looking out the window. I'm not sure she likes the camera yet, but she'll have to get used to it!



Huggles,
Deana