Happy Birthday, Gary

Gary and Angie are leaving the ranch on Friday, so Gary won't be here for his birthday. Instead, we had a small dinner party (just Mom, Angie, Gary, Denis and Me). We had corn on the cob, pulled pork sandwiches, salad, and a butter pecan ice cream pie.

Sunrise Power Link

I am getting so sick and tired of SDG&E's helicopters flying around the house from morning until night. The transmission lines are so ugly and so close to the house. Ick.

Doc

I managed to get on the horse this morning and we had a good lesson. When I had just gotten on, Flash ran under Doc, brushing his back legs. Neither Doc nor Flash gave it a second thought while Betsy and I nearly had a heart attack. Otherwise, the lesson was uneventful.

Movie Tuesday

On Tuesday we saw Prometheus, a science fiction thriller directed by Ridley Scott. The best thing I can say is that it kept all of us awake.

Mom came over for dinner tonight. Dennis made tacos with seasoned pull pork. For dessert, Mom brought homemade Bear Claws. I did dishes. We also watched the last movie we downloaded from Apple TV, "Someone Like You" with Ashley Judd. It was a cute romantic comedy and we all enjoyed it.

Sambo Goes Visiting

This morning around 11, we took Sambo for a car trip to visit some friends who live in Descanso, about 20 minutes away. Gloria and Pat are real cat lovers, so I felt we would be welcome. Sambo and I visited Gloria in the house while Dennis discussed some work projects with Pat outside on the patio. Sambo got something to eat and drink and then went on a tour of the house. Meanwhile, Gloria and I got involved in conversation and when we looked around, Sambo had disappeared.

We couldn't find him anywhere, so we went outside to play with Gloria's dogs, Jack and Jill, and her horse, Ginger, who thinks she's a dog. Dennis and Pat said they would do a home search for Sambo. When we got back, they had found the tiny black cat under a piece of furniture in the corner of the room. Very dark under there. Very dark kitten.

All was well, I cuddled Sambo on the way home and he fell asleep.

Sambo

On Thursday, I took the 3 kittens to the vet for their second set of shots. While there, they brought out a tiny black kitten who was the only kitten left from a litter of 3 kittens. Two had been adopted and the little black kitten was lonely without his litter mates. So now he lives here with the other 3 kittens. He is so adorable and loving. He rests against my chest and purrs. Unlike the other 3 kittens, who have each other to play with, this one likes to be held by people. I think I'm in love.

The people at the vet's office thought he should be named Diablo because he had devil ears (huh?), but I was thinking Midnight (no, too obvious). We finally settled on Sambo (remember Little Black Sambo?), even though the children's story was banned for being racist. Despite that, the name stuck.

Note the devil ears.