Olive Suh, under the weather

Miss Olive has been sick for most of the week. We think she has a food allergy. A month or so ago she was having stomach issues, so we switched her from Hills Science Diet to a new food. It seemed to do the trick. We ran out of food this week, and instead of buying the new food Aaron bought Hills Science Diet again. Well, the "issues" are back. Yikes. Yesterday Aaron bought the new food (again) and we're hoping that solves the problem. Because it is g-r-o-s-s. The things we do for our pets.

Toby Toes

Little Toby is doing quite well at home. He's taken to sleeping on my head each night and providing Olive a constant source of consternation as the subject of his sneak attacks. He is a chunk, but still small and easy to carry around. I forgot how sweet it is to hold snoozy kittens who love to curl up in your arms.

We've been praying for more fall-like temperatures, but I'm not too disappointed, because Saturday I finally was able to go out and lie by the pool for a few hours. It sounds crazy, but this Florida summer was just too hot and humid for me to spend poolside like I envisioned. Now, beachside might have been different, but contrary to popular belief, there are no beaches close to Tally Town, but we hope to swing by the Emerald Coast when Aaron's parents come through Florida next month.

Life around the Rog Mahal has been lovely - and quiet - lately. Aaron continues to further develop his thesis film idea, and is often home before I am on the weeknights, which means he is preparing dinner as I walk in the door. Expected? No. Appreciated? You bet. It's so nice of him to do that, and it really expedites the process because we don't have to go back-and-forth about what we are hungry for. I've also been decorating for fall and Halloween, and I'll post some pictures of what I've done soon. It's amazing what things we have sitting around the house can be repurposed as, and I had a lot of fun scheming up ideas before Saturday's Nebraska win over the Washington Huskies.

{photo: The University of Nebraska Alumni Association}

I kept telling Aaron how much I wanted to be in Seattle for that game - I've never been to the Pacific Northwest, and I. want. to. go. soon! Who knows, maybe Aaron will find a job in the Vancouver film industry and we'll be close enough to Oregon, Washington and Alaska to not only cross them from my states list, but to enjoy the natural beauty of the region. I looooved seeing the boats ferry Husker fans across the lake to the stadium... I think Aaron was pretty tired of me telling him how much I wanted to go one day. Just gotta make sure he knows that I really mean it, right?

I'll leave you with a few of my favorite images scoured around the web from Alaska, Washington and Oregon. If you've been, what have you loved about this area of our country? What would you recommend doing and seeing?

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Missing Kitten.

It was not a good day for us at the animal shelter. The little orange kitten was sleeping in Aaron's arms and supposed to come home and be a playmate for Olive. But he had a respiratory virus. He was sick, and we can't let Olive get sick, too. I was and am very upset about it all – we had all of his forms signed and he was ours when the man at the front desk said "and we need to inform you about a health condition he has..." and then he told us that the kitten had this contagious sickness. 

I still love that little kitten. I wish he was better so he could come to our home.

He is a boy kitten who we were going to get neutered Tuesday (we had already scheduled the appointment). Looking back, I was a little nervous that a boy kitten and girl kitten wouldn't get along. I don't want Livy to stop being the sweet cat she is if we get a new cat, but I also want her to have a kitty friend to play with. I just feel sad about it all. 

This is the kitten. The shelter named him Bruce, but we would have renamed him. We didn't have a name yet. I guess that was a good thing.