tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64527049342279747572024-03-13T07:25:35.768-07:00Slightly ExaggeratedMelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger294125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-58531969972483367682023-07-11T19:56:00.002-07:002023-07-12T07:35:38.882-07:00Pinky Ruth #96<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIm-90w9Yp1iaDbKeR86hmH1SuiRnSeu_bRmphAkP0GNltRlBBmw31SS1lm35ZEc_goFSZB4oaAex3k5ndcpWWn--79Nz7tsejmWSh2Bz2yJoHR539DgOSgUCej5mnC2elOLYpwX6wpt-38__E0uXuTECQbhLoMAJb53rIHnZ3bhmRC-5aQYZ_iqaUhmJi/s1535/Pinky%20Ruth-guilty.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="1535" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIm-90w9Yp1iaDbKeR86hmH1SuiRnSeu_bRmphAkP0GNltRlBBmw31SS1lm35ZEc_goFSZB4oaAex3k5ndcpWWn--79Nz7tsejmWSh2Bz2yJoHR539DgOSgUCej5mnC2elOLYpwX6wpt-38__E0uXuTECQbhLoMAJb53rIHnZ3bhmRC-5aQYZ_iqaUhmJi/w400-h345/Pinky%20Ruth-guilty.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I had spent a lovely day eating plastic, throwing up plastic and chasing a frozen pea across the floor for 9 minutes. But I experienced true shock when Maddie told me the news.<br /><br />Maddie informed that Lay-dee has been taking advantage of me. Apparently, I have a presence on the internet that I was previously unaware of. And now, I am told, Lay-dee has taken it upon herself to archive my previous writings, thoughts and experiences. This is yet another reason why she will never be my favorite. A refined lady, such as myself, would prefer to have a certain mystery that surrounds and follows her.<br /><br />I would like to state for the record that I am greviously disturbed that my most private and vulnerable experiences have been exposed to tens of people for "entertainment" purposes and also, appallingly, for some outlandish, unreasonable hope of personal gain for Lay-dee.<br /><br />I am a strong, independent Pinky Ruth and I will not be taken advantage of. <br /><br />I have contacted my lawyers. <br /><br />Signed, Pinky Ruth, disturbed <br /><br />#lookingforsponsors #Ispeaktwolanguages #myleftsideisbest #Imgonnabeastar <br /><br />(I have finally finished putting all of the Pinky Ruth posts onto my blog. If you want to read them all, they can be reached at <a class="x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7" href="www.slightlyexaggerated.com">www.slightlyexaggerated.com</a> The first post was on July 30, 2021. Eventually, PR will have her own space.)</span>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-57673476931622350412023-07-06T13:19:00.011-07:002023-07-11T13:23:20.380-07:00Pinky Ruth #95<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Maddie and I stayed at Lay-dee’s house for 5 days. I watched the kids and the crows from the front window, chewed on a bit of plastic Lay-dee did not hide well, and saw scary Mr. Naked out Lay-dee’s back window. </span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Y6n8UJDUVreO0FJooKAwKea6M_7Hqz-ui_6J6STED5r8POMJp5JDnuAq_fZ1gk-cvRjSZH_2yL4WVH32x73eZVe-IsbGQAN9IP9pMdTck4D2GwMPJ4omCqY-aGJvvEDTvIAaGxwDgRWuMkKmh5pIhHlBWXsmO6nhyykOWh-Di0cvNpxYfM2_Oz104iOX/s2048/Pinky%20Ruth-hooligan%20meeting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1724" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Y6n8UJDUVreO0FJooKAwKea6M_7Hqz-ui_6J6STED5r8POMJp5JDnuAq_fZ1gk-cvRjSZH_2yL4WVH32x73eZVe-IsbGQAN9IP9pMdTck4D2GwMPJ4omCqY-aGJvvEDTvIAaGxwDgRWuMkKmh5pIhHlBWXsmO6nhyykOWh-Di0cvNpxYfM2_Oz104iOX/w336-h400/Pinky%20Ruth-hooligan%20meeting.jpg" width="336" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One uninvited hooligan, Max, even snuck into my room for a visit. I glared and half-heartedly growled at him from my softy window perch. Maddie made him leave.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I also saw the other hooligan, Stanley, when I went to steal his food. He stared blankly at me. He wobbled when he walked. Maddie had to lift him onto Lay-dee and Big Daddy’s bed. And then Maddie and Lay-dee took turns petting him. No one paid any attention to me. I didn’t even care about stealing the hooligan food anymore. I took one last look at the hooligan on the bed. Something wasn’t right and I didn't like it. I went and hid in the closet.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The next day he was gone. I looked for him on the bed. I looked in every room. I even looked downstairs. I’ve never seen Maddie, Lay-dee and Big Daddy look so sad. I didn’t like the crying. I went and hid under the bed for a day. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Maddie took this picture on the day I met the Stanley hooligan. I was never happy about the hooligans trying to be my friend. But now, my visits to Lay-dee’s house just won’t be the same without that little black cat, Stanley. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/hooligangone?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUw_BDSp7OdGnWeDQl2__Ze_jMEeqqfKwbJL-YI8r6IDhBlNSekxyaAES50MB5Jt8r5rqo6VcFH4njVS6ZUqxtINVGxT8-ZTE1kfek7YC2-QCHqvH-TpzAtpN0a46Hr_Lg&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#Idontlikesadpeople</a></span> <br /></span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-43123389984458517872023-07-01T13:13:00.016-07:002023-07-11T13:17:11.323-07:00Pinky Ruth #94<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZaxLLxeGdxemZEU1QfVqT6tMEOjp8y51Fr9zurbDuE5BSarTbwT7qvNlQ8LPOJr790T_Wh7oSkxkfR5cF76RgCk1nxNAeKVs9NAh8UKhZ9MMJ993kc0CydsiyNSROE-NuwkVJXQI3ec8759Mh1xBgxlKcBF5JQTblt6XEQo-4KwhRqbtHJ6Dxwd2mVydH/s2048/Pinky%20Ruth-softy%20blanket1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="2048" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZaxLLxeGdxemZEU1QfVqT6tMEOjp8y51Fr9zurbDuE5BSarTbwT7qvNlQ8LPOJr790T_Wh7oSkxkfR5cF76RgCk1nxNAeKVs9NAh8UKhZ9MMJ993kc0CydsiyNSROE-NuwkVJXQI3ec8759Mh1xBgxlKcBF5JQTblt6XEQo-4KwhRqbtHJ6Dxwd2mVydH/w400-h314/Pinky%20Ruth-softy%20blanket1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I am sitting on the most comfortable, softy blanket, 2nd floor, suburban window perch that Lay-dee has ever created for me. She would like me to show my appreciation in a positive way.</span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Instead, I glared at her. I ate the treats she offered me and then hissed a few times until she went away. Lay-dee then called me a big poop. This is yet another reason why she will never be my favorite. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Thankfully, Maddie is here with me and this is not another Pinky Ruth "abandoned in the suburbs" story. Maddie has, however, been spending a lot of time with one of the elderly hooligans. Maddie says the hooligan might be dying. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHvyUX5YPGaEJyBSH4VQF8ONKTcrApARisKUiQPIZCN68l7W5xMQecv3qwOYRQ-FhO_8qsJ-7ayMlpKIzmmmmi-fCIUQoaQtb6JPP3Ey70xYAJ4hyOUzGdVLxd3XT2FgXQKgj1F5Dt1s1dHvG2JqtLDAGDPSQMo3MOxC8sQcmsyAESa9GJebt0zIMhlRH/s2048/Pinky%20Ruth-hooligan1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="2048" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHvyUX5YPGaEJyBSH4VQF8ONKTcrApARisKUiQPIZCN68l7W5xMQecv3qwOYRQ-FhO_8qsJ-7ayMlpKIzmmmmi-fCIUQoaQtb6JPP3Ey70xYAJ4hyOUzGdVLxd3XT2FgXQKgj1F5Dt1s1dHvG2JqtLDAGDPSQMo3MOxC8sQcmsyAESa9GJebt0zIMhlRH/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-hooligan1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I find myself saddened that the hooligan is no longer a healthy and equal adversary. Maddie gives good pets and always makes me feel better. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For now, the hooligan needs those Maddie pets more than I do. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; 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transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/hooligandown?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWwWHAb69klp7tlEvnBSw5PoI6S_BURALExA9kM2J7L7QGacyxX-g7MGpU8Mnk463-WK_QSeRmnj3o93y_roFSNwqonNSmBYoRa_M0zj7CBMipxCpmpXC_ck0UGeSyqKPc&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#hooligandown</a></span></span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-67248352495628722882023-05-29T13:05:00.016-07:002023-07-11T13:09:10.902-07:00Pinky Ruth #93<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcSQ4owAK0aSFvFIegzEvtRvoKmvnk_xBIkVBxKODpxsp2L145h7f1f4pf_bIPUnW9A5vg4Z0-zzl37OFWby5V94jnwLLDFrLFXUoOW12ktBoE8efsHbf9jEVHfQ06YRXvcD_rveAY-VnR87alS39bcoDEiQS0mlRxhh2ZhbVAEnLCAyWf3x_0yhGJIWz/s782/Pinky%20Ruth-busted1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="498" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcSQ4owAK0aSFvFIegzEvtRvoKmvnk_xBIkVBxKODpxsp2L145h7f1f4pf_bIPUnW9A5vg4Z0-zzl37OFWby5V94jnwLLDFrLFXUoOW12ktBoE8efsHbf9jEVHfQ06YRXvcD_rveAY-VnR87alS39bcoDEiQS0mlRxhh2ZhbVAEnLCAyWf3x_0yhGJIWz/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-busted1.jpg" width="204" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Day 5 of my holiday kidnapping: I knew the plastic was behind the closet door in the room next to mine. The minute Lay-dee left me unsupervised, I made a break for it. The smell behind the door was overwhelming. She found me staring at the closet door, nose to the floor at the base of the door. I was willing for that door to open. </span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lay-dee said to me, "Pinky Ruth, you are never going to get that bubble wrap. I will not be an enabler to your addiction." This is yet another reason why Lay-dee will never be my favorite. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I buried my defeated and offended self under the bed covers in my room. I was blissfully sound asleep until Lay-dee threw the covers back and rudely stuffed me in my carrying case. I made sure to express my displeasure at being trapped the entire drive back to my city apartment. Lay-dee called my unhappy meows, death meows. I consider that a compliment.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And now, tonight, I am happy. I'm back with my Maddie. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUbRMWLTL6-fJzsl4fG4BnZdUU48ZwQ00U75AZEJ6So4RrQ72jrTC1KC06oBKkgvqcsJlMu0KLXF5aD3-fKKO0HQpTJvxx32LpZP1uSy3zjhCP3jt0ssIKzIx8zAwRyRwnN5MGANfyoj5Lmh9Qi2x-uKa9BA4WtpUgXoeir3JZpXnspCzJKARrYEr6dH0/s2048/Pinky%20Ruth-5th%20floor%20perch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUbRMWLTL6-fJzsl4fG4BnZdUU48ZwQ00U75AZEJ6So4RrQ72jrTC1KC06oBKkgvqcsJlMu0KLXF5aD3-fKKO0HQpTJvxx32LpZP1uSy3zjhCP3jt0ssIKzIx8zAwRyRwnN5MGANfyoj5Lmh9Qi2x-uKa9BA4WtpUgXoeir3JZpXnspCzJKARrYEr6dH0/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-5th%20floor%20perch.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Signed, Pinky Ruth, survivor <span style="animation-name: none !important; 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font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGfdUqcPJsT8egftWQ9VlpKayIdbMQX5HvO8MqeQfKiaccVc66nxRtPSDMnJMbMdYiFJGwxxNLqg7H4bvacskx2xHTEqXYJRn0BYalAiRoTggovR2-hfA5BD8EjMcaEMeg6fUsRhe9njEpFhYe9JrTCoQIBScci0CSIzxd8yxk1ZnVnfVkj1Hkq_c9V-f/s403/PInky%20Ruth-wandering.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGfdUqcPJsT8egftWQ9VlpKayIdbMQX5HvO8MqeQfKiaccVc66nxRtPSDMnJMbMdYiFJGwxxNLqg7H4bvacskx2xHTEqXYJRn0BYalAiRoTggovR2-hfA5BD8EjMcaEMeg6fUsRhe9njEpFhYe9JrTCoQIBScci0CSIzxd8yxk1ZnVnfVkj1Hkq_c9V-f/s320/PInky%20Ruth-wandering.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Day 4 of my holiday kidnapping: I am less cranky today. I didn't hiss at Lay-dee once. I am always very tempted, however, each time she wants to chit-chat. I think Lay-dee needs someone to talk to because she is all alone with the hooligans and me for 5 days. She seems to have a lot to say in the last few days. Please just let me sleep Lay-dee. I believe I can speak for all felines--we rate our desire to sleep much greater than our desire to listen to your lonely Lay-dee incessant babbling.</span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I expanded my exploration of the upstairs today. I peed in the hooligans' litter box-a kidnapping tradition. I even jumped up on a desk and smelled every single thing I could. I thought I smelled a plastic flower that I could eat, but it turned out to be crepe paper.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAgQYhQNQflSwzWx4uOa0Dd1NBfZtsoXAxHM4OS2yCS-5W2WNiPukJrY3u4RPH259qhD_E2HJK-OZltF5hwmanuolFUaS9TeL4yrquugeN-ehIP7KKnzRjHm5SICvRfyUjEmSE5sCu3W24PL9TBQ55eEwqcor2EAhd7IuEUDW-9VP-dQ1ap5mHzTsDUnO/s1267/Pinky%20Ruth-front%20window1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="1267" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAgQYhQNQflSwzWx4uOa0Dd1NBfZtsoXAxHM4OS2yCS-5W2WNiPukJrY3u4RPH259qhD_E2HJK-OZltF5hwmanuolFUaS9TeL4yrquugeN-ehIP7KKnzRjHm5SICvRfyUjEmSE5sCu3W24PL9TBQ55eEwqcor2EAhd7IuEUDW-9VP-dQ1ap5mHzTsDUnO/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-front%20window1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I finally sat in the front window for a short time. I saw and heard a lot of power washing and lawn mowing and kids screaming. I soon retreated to the solace of my closet fort to get some peace and quiet. Now if only chatterbox Lay-dee stays away, I will finally get the 20 hours of sleep that I need. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/silenceisgolden?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUKAj549QV7E5yT9ekH0xyAvY9T5i6EJ2BqkI64o1K-pMgJmZ0ZuJeqqhySMTZ6fzQ_4Aue2aX8uQwf2uXFEgL-ocrvdW4SUhtqIjrrSI5n2A4mNueUG01SilcIl1cF2zo&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#Laydeeneedsahobby<br /><br /></a></span></span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-46723009474550618142023-05-27T12:54:00.010-07:002023-07-11T12:56:41.150-07:00Pinky Ruth #91<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFD-GXf-NZO91v2yL-mlIdHDs5b96JAyheM2PPqqW7QiI_kl7tNfftCRLbrfjDdTWNkR-7TjZGO5voXZjgaHKKiOYS5uJA7a8q6NzZBW0F2v5o5SNhbdvOb-x9IKoRcz29R7GeKiwoNO1OApCEI6XwP3TpcuSXGQU_Hn1IRmXZARi0gCH92fogCN1eowG9/s637/Pinky%20Ruth-closet%20sulk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="494" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFD-GXf-NZO91v2yL-mlIdHDs5b96JAyheM2PPqqW7QiI_kl7tNfftCRLbrfjDdTWNkR-7TjZGO5voXZjgaHKKiOYS5uJA7a8q6NzZBW0F2v5o5SNhbdvOb-x9IKoRcz29R7GeKiwoNO1OApCEI6XwP3TpcuSXGQU_Hn1IRmXZARi0gCH92fogCN1eowG9/w310-h400/Pinky%20Ruth-closet%20sulk.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Day 3 of my holiday kidnapping: I continue to sulk in my closet fort as much as Lay-dee will allow me to. Five times today she has woken me up from a deep sleep with an annoying, chirpy greeting. </span></span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I do not want to play. I do not want to use my scratcher box. I do not want to sit in the front window. I do not want to be brushed. I do want the treats. But I want Lay-dee to drop the treats and leave immediately, with as little conversation as possible.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I did manage to briefly venture out of my room today. It took me 5 minutes of exploration to finally find some tasty plastic that was within my reach. I was about to take a bite when Lay-dee arrived. She put her hands on her hips and we had a staredown. Lay-dee called me a plastic crackhead. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have now retreated to my closet fort where I have resumed my sulking. I may never come out again.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/laydeeisabully?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWdTlZJXpF6iM60bTUHDxgbMOKYKr6TmjVtpAPIKhKg5LvfQr-i6XPhJ3q91uWnUJ6GzCjcOb9TsaIkCudq9RE2FUaf3Mw7I8TUZ3DUDqfiCRviXxuhffvX2b0fYkZXHMM&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#treatsnottalk</a></span></span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-49112841546006488062023-05-26T12:48:00.015-07:002023-07-11T12:51:29.731-07:00Pinky Ruth #90<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLV8wbvUwuYWgZiO5eDuOvpDWcPgcR1LCVnQcQ1wITJava75LcH1y9r-3b0f87lNXVjndsunJ4kaMqLtztIoOq5bVjE90eT7bp7oytXwsGo0Nk1QSSlsvtCKEoI5q97Ag5Ta9n4ib35d1xijp4d2fTbZSDzMKgoo8CJywnNi3IpsWYJzmus3HDfXFkOCG/s2048/Pinky%20Ruth-sad%20sleep.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLV8wbvUwuYWgZiO5eDuOvpDWcPgcR1LCVnQcQ1wITJava75LcH1y9r-3b0f87lNXVjndsunJ4kaMqLtztIoOq5bVjE90eT7bp7oytXwsGo0Nk1QSSlsvtCKEoI5q97Ag5Ta9n4ib35d1xijp4d2fTbZSDzMKgoo8CJywnNi3IpsWYJzmus3HDfXFkOCG/w368-h400/Pinky%20Ruth-sad%20sleep.jpg" width="368" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I'd like to welcome you to the 2nd annual Pinky Ruth Memorial Day Kidnapping. I have spent the last 31 hours sulking in my cozy closet fort in Lay-dee's house. Lay-dee seems desperate for me to appear cheerful during this unwanted holiday abduction. </span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lay-dee keeps prattling on in her annoyingly chirpy voice. "You're such a pretty girl, Pinky Ruth!". "You're such a good girl, Pinky Ruth!". I stare at her with my half-eye open judgy look. She has responded to my indifference by giving me 5 treats, opening the window for me to "get the good smells" and trying to brush my fur twice. I responded by eating all of the treats and hissing at her 4 times.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lay-dee told me Loud Boy is moving to New Mexico this weekend and Big Daddy is helping him. I now understand their heavy-handed goodbye pets this morning. Lay-dee told me this quietly in her regular, non-chirpy voice. She said, "It's just you and me this weekend Pinky Ruth. Just you...and me.....and of course, (the elderly hooligans).</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVo1Uq9d9t6Y9LyhvtjfhRSpmI98d3Ub0N2RjB0HL5mCoGdKuD8mO-Ms1UntdD7NHwreUAgDZFzKXJd_E3BVmLU9gHbpXgaRmVGsu8K8YcIbZeEdf5YY0kRIIn9_oXIL0eYQZ1fbmY8OklE5PtPvI6qoz8kw3pjR8dWyFOQZf3PzLg-Xgf5fWlGppLM4k/s1565/Pinky%20Ruth-loud%20boy%20move.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1565" data-original-width="1525" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVo1Uq9d9t6Y9LyhvtjfhRSpmI98d3Ub0N2RjB0HL5mCoGdKuD8mO-Ms1UntdD7NHwreUAgDZFzKXJd_E3BVmLU9gHbpXgaRmVGsu8K8YcIbZeEdf5YY0kRIIn9_oXIL0eYQZ1fbmY8OklE5PtPvI6qoz8kw3pjR8dWyFOQZf3PzLg-Xgf5fWlGppLM4k/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-loud%20boy%20move.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Despite her happy, chirpy efforts to get me to come out of the closet, I think Lay-dee might be sad. I would like to state for the record, emphatically, that I am NOT an emotional support Pinky Ruth animal. I am a kidnapped Pinky Ruth, trapped in this cozy closet fort. I am frustrated to not be in my own sunshine spot in Maddie's apartment. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So why do I feel guilty for hissing at Lay-dee? </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; 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animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#buckupLaydee</a></span></span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-85542561827091041102023-05-14T12:35:00.027-07:002023-07-11T12:41:17.099-07:00Pinky Ruth #89<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />Pinky Ruth is now 10 years old and has taken up interstellar travel through her new wormhole crinkle tunnel. Happy Birthday, PR! </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvYHbrSWptmYu-7gS1iwvRkEYH6u9T2lilRPvMcd2UpqOBVNp1wxpaFsl0ugz2DboSbUI25sluWd4VzS8W89NMnZzsNb8B7RDmeblhjxORfN-mS-XFK0SOpWoKot9Pvc7jetoLC4mEViWhUh276_idPpW8DudjEqOZHeLF13silPQKP3tKl3XAI7c5QlF/s1080/Pinky%20Ruth-tunnel.jpg" style="display: inline !important; font-family: arial; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvYHbrSWptmYu-7gS1iwvRkEYH6u9T2lilRPvMcd2UpqOBVNp1wxpaFsl0ugz2DboSbUI25sluWd4VzS8W89NMnZzsNb8B7RDmeblhjxORfN-mS-XFK0SOpWoKot9Pvc7jetoLC4mEViWhUh276_idPpW8DudjEqOZHeLF13silPQKP3tKl3XAI7c5QlF/w400-h400/Pinky%20Ruth-tunnel.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycMZH_HGGsUd9r9SW_tcSigdFTZ0PgPYbwru2a-xW76wJnbZ2NxYdsmMtOeBEqzQhrkzHtIRiThxGAneFodRO5-jW6NCI7UcZZQ1U83Z_iQI8I4kdbW3u5TpMSqJ64iUVZTU0l0k-XpAyI3m2PwVcb8o8Sxu9lXu7fdnvlDH9H7-PFb9ROQ9uIR9VmIJ4/s1080/Pinky%20Ruth-tunnel2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycMZH_HGGsUd9r9SW_tcSigdFTZ0PgPYbwru2a-xW76wJnbZ2NxYdsmMtOeBEqzQhrkzHtIRiThxGAneFodRO5-jW6NCI7UcZZQ1U83Z_iQI8I4kdbW3u5TpMSqJ64iUVZTU0l0k-XpAyI3m2PwVcb8o8Sxu9lXu7fdnvlDH9H7-PFb9ROQ9uIR9VmIJ4/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-tunnel2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASemSsZOLd3Jn4s7JElQJLEWGNf6HwS-OFVN9XhcIuUOtVwW8U2zdU3Rozw5YVqRiWsK5kc8nIPgbkbcmFat0rQJAsH15_hDRs8nD4kHB-JJIscync1bOH1pNqenrvKyMPHJWMfiloNNAmyPXcUJGu6XHv7cfKnf4h-g_eqZrFCvmKoLFGYLQgaCljDUw/s1080/Pinky%20Ruth-tunnel1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASemSsZOLd3Jn4s7JElQJLEWGNf6HwS-OFVN9XhcIuUOtVwW8U2zdU3Rozw5YVqRiWsK5kc8nIPgbkbcmFat0rQJAsH15_hDRs8nD4kHB-JJIscync1bOH1pNqenrvKyMPHJWMfiloNNAmyPXcUJGu6XHv7cfKnf4h-g_eqZrFCvmKoLFGYLQgaCljDUw/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-tunnel1.jpg" width="320" /></a><p></p>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-42225967959186297862023-05-05T13:31:00.009-07:002023-07-10T13:32:35.810-07:00Pinky Ruth #88<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Today is my 10th birthday. Maddie has told me I am getting a crinkle play tunnel for my birthday gift. I would like to offer the following gift suggestions for those of you who have yet to acknowledge my big day. </span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGwN9ruM9XLmyzeujmh0grpeo5Cm6mpxawMOMLqN7JLswXLfrPTLqoB4eTnJnEBTIaUq2LDvlidlpq39tirLS38oj4pqKGSjYMEzvaJkTZgi6W9ol3xnFQX2ZpyjRf8gGtaeqDAuAsY0kBKNPg8PQiMtjBUbGacZjvRIMlteIbc_40wg59FVK-2bqtLCG/s661/Pinky%20Ruth-10th%20birthday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="661" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGwN9ruM9XLmyzeujmh0grpeo5Cm6mpxawMOMLqN7JLswXLfrPTLqoB4eTnJnEBTIaUq2LDvlidlpq39tirLS38oj4pqKGSjYMEzvaJkTZgi6W9ol3xnFQX2ZpyjRf8gGtaeqDAuAsY0kBKNPg8PQiMtjBUbGacZjvRIMlteIbc_40wg59FVK-2bqtLCG/w400-h310/Pinky%20Ruth-10th%20birthday.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>1. A birthday cake made entirely of plastic that Maddie will not take away from me. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">2. A giant disco ball that will constantly reflect light that I can chase whenever I am feeling frisky.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3. A switch to turn off the apartment building fire alarm. It is loud and scary and there has never actually been a fire. (That one guy on the 6th floor didn't burn his curry enough to justify me leaving my blanket fort.)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">4. A lifetime supply of the food that Lay-dee's elderly hooligan cats eat. It is much tastier than my kidney diet food.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">5. Homes for all of the cats living in shelters. When Maddie found me I was facing backwards in my shelter cage. I was so lonely and confused. I would not even raise my head to look at Maddie when they tried to talk to me. I was 6 years old and I didn't understand why my first family left me alone at the shelter. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And then, Maddie took me home and everything changed for me.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Today, I am 10 years old. Today, I will cuddle under the cozy blankets with Maddie for as long as I want to. I will get some good ear-scratching. Maddie will tell me what a good cat I am. And I will purr. Perhaps, this is the best birthday gift of all.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/xisthenewv?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZW6U0cV04Uv5oO2BF_zuV3L98QQ-7OLW4sv_NH1yDiWbantt2JnXyjkIdmlJqtgM6oL4rpL9g_mCbleSjSX_x4rIJpfJrErrop0ggAKtBwyBeKYdJC6Ku9-ZpGa_rUGN0w&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#XisthenewV</a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/aginglikefinewine?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZW6U0cV04Uv5oO2BF_zuV3L98QQ-7OLW4sv_NH1yDiWbantt2JnXyjkIdmlJqtgM6oL4rpL9g_mCbleSjSX_x4rIJpfJrErrop0ggAKtBwyBeKYdJC6Ku9-ZpGa_rUGN0w&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#aginglikefinewine</a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/facingforwardnow?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZW6U0cV04Uv5oO2BF_zuV3L98QQ-7OLW4sv_NH1yDiWbantt2JnXyjkIdmlJqtgM6oL4rpL9g_mCbleSjSX_x4rIJpfJrErrop0ggAKtBwyBeKYdJC6Ku9-ZpGa_rUGN0w&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#facingforwardnow</a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/sheltercatsrock?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZW6U0cV04Uv5oO2BF_zuV3L98QQ-7OLW4sv_NH1yDiWbantt2JnXyjkIdmlJqtgM6oL4rpL9g_mCbleSjSX_x4rIJpfJrErrop0ggAKtBwyBeKYdJC6Ku9-ZpGa_rUGN0w&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#sheltercatsrock<br /></a></span> </span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-63990739865180108312023-05-02T13:21:00.016-07:002023-07-10T13:23:45.137-07:00Pinky Ruth #87<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I would like to think I was mature enough to not hold a grudge. I would like to be a forgive-and-move-on kind of feline. But as last weekend approached, I found myself wondering if Maddie was going to abandon me for the 3rd weekend in a row.</span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6DOeXiJaUW6jn00It90KnXJMebJp-xIryZ5YABcmYSxLft1BHWKgpewKFU7tkpcEIUeyNhaIHd-k6496WBBZkQDCwo_YpPohEdWfzjPwl-em0Gn3pKJcOL8pQBBu6d8CJS8KJPgsxPRRm4ml6DAgEQyFm85582miSjY71qxGnVy9-DbPekNWjGK22XJw/s1219/Pinky%20Ruth-log%20cabin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="1048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6DOeXiJaUW6jn00It90KnXJMebJp-xIryZ5YABcmYSxLft1BHWKgpewKFU7tkpcEIUeyNhaIHd-k6496WBBZkQDCwo_YpPohEdWfzjPwl-em0Gn3pKJcOL8pQBBu6d8CJS8KJPgsxPRRm4ml6DAgEQyFm85582miSjY71qxGnVy9-DbPekNWjGK22XJw/w344-h400/Pinky%20Ruth-log%20cabin.jpg" width="344" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">While it's true, I was not abandoned this past weekend, I did spend an awful lot of time by myself on Sunday. I believe Maddie must have been feeling guilty about the small amount of time they have spent with me recently. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Because Maddie has bought me a gift.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Maddie has bought me a $4 cardboard log cabin with skylights. And I love it. I have never identified as a free-spirited, country-living, lady maverick. I have always enjoyed my life as a proper 5th-floor city gal, judging the chaos on the street below. I have, however, found my new cabin to be a place of peace and contentment. My new cabin allows me to escape from the stress of city life. Cabin naps are my new favorite thing.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you had asked me last weekend, I would have told you that my recent weekend abandonments were going to cost Maddie quite a lot of time and money and cuddles and treats. I would have been wrong. It turns out a $4 cardboard log cabin is the going rate for my happiness, peace, and contentment. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth, LCL (log cabin lady) <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/cabincutie?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWtTkTOF7jNSOJilItj5i_RNaCI8EYfTPof6696CtwQhDRqE5rBjR-3mn5UqTUGzmIgbXpA5rEmZxUHZnfP5vXslwDeNf5VTuebbAkECC3fb0xvK4G-qd8FyOcFe8N4JvE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#cabincutie</a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/4dollarsismyprice?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWtTkTOF7jNSOJilItj5i_RNaCI8EYfTPof6696CtwQhDRqE5rBjR-3mn5UqTUGzmIgbXpA5rEmZxUHZnfP5vXslwDeNf5VTuebbAkECC3fb0xvK4G-qd8FyOcFe8N4JvE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#4dollarsismyprice</a></span> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/needmeapickuptruck?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWtTkTOF7jNSOJilItj5i_RNaCI8EYfTPof6696CtwQhDRqE5rBjR-3mn5UqTUGzmIgbXpA5rEmZxUHZnfP5vXslwDeNf5VTuebbAkECC3fb0xvK4G-qd8FyOcFe8N4JvE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#needmeapickuptruck</a></span> </span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-77893367725690491642023-04-24T13:16:00.011-07:002023-07-10T13:28:31.078-07:00Pinky Ruth #86<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpqXaeYkh9TQF92mrdrDgeXwc020tExvhSM-tXpd0zr2kLYKbaY0zYwdEk-ZA1M5UaPsjuJRusLZyS4-FQ3RbY6UHxT2Jy9LKfxvip9FelHQkUFkqiIQ6telLy5Tfr2-561wkyiW6PUTYZXGvhxJ1CZFYsYPOdjYOZ2vbgxSFgpuYiJY_CVICDfWb_8pv/s670/Pinky%20Ruth-bed%20poser.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="643" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpqXaeYkh9TQF92mrdrDgeXwc020tExvhSM-tXpd0zr2kLYKbaY0zYwdEk-ZA1M5UaPsjuJRusLZyS4-FQ3RbY6UHxT2Jy9LKfxvip9FelHQkUFkqiIQ6telLy5Tfr2-561wkyiW6PUTYZXGvhxJ1CZFYsYPOdjYOZ2vbgxSFgpuYiJY_CVICDfWb_8pv/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-bed%20poser.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Maddie came home on time yesterday. They called for me the minute they entered the apartment. I stayed burrowed under the blankets. Maddie patted the blankets I was sleeping under and said, "I'm home Pinky Ruth! Come on out!" I stayed burrowed under the blankets. Maddie then threw back the blankets, forcing me to wake up. They gave me the pets and the scratches and said nice things to me. </span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Just when I had fully woken up, Maddie said, "Oh Pinky Ruth, I am so exhausted. We are going to nap SO hard!"</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I stared at Maddie.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That is exactly what I was doing-</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">before the blankets were thrown back.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Of course, I did not stay angry with Maddie for very long. After all, napping SO hard is something cats love and something I am particularly good at. It did not take long at all before we were both sound asleep, burrowed under the covers--together again. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, a well rested Pinky Ruth <span style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/napsohardchampion?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXl8m_x2q7lQ3gmVeIfcHYU1VCyL0dc-wpgkyJW37b1w9w2A8yGOGf5OceOapQzI_vpfbDdtm1NEjs4olxdiNUfYkm3lPrBBVngil_fG-oNTVk217OYYmMiEH1TfNyoeJ8&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I am now in the middle of the Pinky Ruth: Home Alone, part 2 adventure. To be completely transparent, I am not entirely alone. Karin did visit me today. It was nice to have company. Karin wanted me to sit with her on the couch. As much as I do like Karin, this was not an activity I was interested in.</span></span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But then I smelled the treats.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Karin held out her hand. I saw the treats. I ate the treats. And then Karin and I had a nice time together on the couch.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Apparently, I can be bought.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Karin told me Maddie would be home tomorrow. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have heard this before. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, a skeptical Pinky Ruth <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/neverenoughtreats?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXNwpZECMJ3sv30X59nYU6RoewqiEBIAWGKmr5NlIJxSFYfOWcqXQqv402KRrjztWY1crgkwzRpb1ZDkgX94mF8Ph9jDcwZyvit5rrFe92oZw_kUkZq2x4mbge37AY6NOY&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#neverenoughtreats</a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/whatwontidofortreats?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXNwpZECMJ3sv30X59nYU6RoewqiEBIAWGKmr5NlIJxSFYfOWcqXQqv402KRrjztWY1crgkwzRpb1ZDkgX94mF8Ph9jDcwZyvit5rrFe92oZw_kUkZq2x4mbge37AY6NOY&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#whatwontIdofortreats</a></span>? <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/qualitycouchtime?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXNwpZECMJ3sv30X59nYU6RoewqiEBIAWGKmr5NlIJxSFYfOWcqXQqv402KRrjztWY1crgkwzRpb1ZDkgX94mF8Ph9jDcwZyvit5rrFe92oZw_kUkZq2x4mbge37AY6NOY&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#qualitycouchtime</a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dontgetstrandedmaddie?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXNwpZECMJ3sv30X59nYU6RoewqiEBIAWGKmr5NlIJxSFYfOWcqXQqv402KRrjztWY1crgkwzRpb1ZDkgX94mF8Ph9jDcwZyvit5rrFe92oZw_kUkZq2x4mbge37AY6NOY&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#dontgetstrandedMaddie</a></span></span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-36086850503507265532023-04-21T13:07:00.006-07:002023-07-10T13:08:17.001-07:00Pinky Ruth #84<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHme6stNDGnySgoXx8F96NhOX-tLoLI9NuF5N0kKGR__d0q4-nDo83QvYn9XaWkDMlokI7eG9VHjeT-HceTFEquMVUCXGEXnjuC1zJnZ821eK15R-VXfLWzaGxBH03mkJolwijVbCal6W2-KXYUk3v3wXa_oEHzL0iOmKGxBwev2YpS1pcZ9sUnEHIa1Ai/s794/Pinky%20%20Ruth-Karin%20pet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="794" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHme6stNDGnySgoXx8F96NhOX-tLoLI9NuF5N0kKGR__d0q4-nDo83QvYn9XaWkDMlokI7eG9VHjeT-HceTFEquMVUCXGEXnjuC1zJnZ821eK15R-VXfLWzaGxBH03mkJolwijVbCal6W2-KXYUk3v3wXa_oEHzL0iOmKGxBwev2YpS1pcZ9sUnEHIa1Ai/s320/Pinky%20%20Ruth-Karin%20pet.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I had just recovered from my most recent abandonment ordeal only to watch my favorite Karin and my wonderful Maddie exchange keys again. I watched Maddie pack their suitcase. I rolled around in my scratcher box while Karin gave me the good scratches, telling me she would visit me tomorrow. And then, they both walked out the door.</span></span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">They left me alone. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">First, I shall look for plastic to eat. Second, I shall eat. Third, I shall judge the street below. Fourth, I shall spread all of the litter outside of the litter box. Fifth, I shall sleep in peace.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/whatcouldpossiblygowrong?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVXZgi20409enWjvCzRXTKWrzvEEal6OcI1gYNIhshB38ZozO-2xfXlRYb0XG4ujQI0ujUIzCY9UZzVlwsgQuYK3Imsj-2VTAF_h0tPbfI9-uqD2blXD9U13OuPys4Pplg&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#homeiswherethePinkyRuthis</a></span> </span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-28497499276892618292023-04-17T13:02:00.008-07:002023-07-10T13:03:55.195-07:00Pinky Ruth #83<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My abandonment continued the following morning. Maddie never came home to me like Karin said they would. I waited by the door as long as I could. I was confused and crestfallen when I finally gave up and burrowed under the blankets on the bed. </span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When I woke up 13 hours later, I was still all alone. I was hungry and thirsty. I even considered drinking out of the toilet. As a discerning lady, I have never, ever stooped to the level of a lowly, common, feline toilet sipper. The longer my abandonment continued, however, the more attractive that dreaded toilet water became. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ez837sZRUOlfPU9yATMzp_N84-DIkrRJH0PVD6XkCY0ODzcpelh64bPv-BhkCUeUSTCxXhyJE9-oqfpBCeif7f7t5iIDsRcZOmizj7vU4O4hBWPN7lBg3YRtdS2tpKvc49AkXTTknL8YTkoco30Td8gvEbOdRhs0PvFEjmt7nRjxvhnVxmlrzOsdGca_/s1468/Pinky%20Ruth-sulking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1313" data-original-width="1468" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ez837sZRUOlfPU9yATMzp_N84-DIkrRJH0PVD6XkCY0ODzcpelh64bPv-BhkCUeUSTCxXhyJE9-oqfpBCeif7f7t5iIDsRcZOmizj7vU4O4hBWPN7lBg3YRtdS2tpKvc49AkXTTknL8YTkoco30Td8gvEbOdRhs0PvFEjmt7nRjxvhnVxmlrzOsdGca_/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-sulking.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I missed Maddie terribly and wondered where they were. I wondered if they were missing me too. I missed Karin and wished she would visit me again. I even found myself missing Lay-dee. Lay-dee is not my favorite. But at least at Lay-dee's house, my water bowl is always full of delicious, filtered, suburban water system water.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I was at my lowest point when Maddie finally walked through the door. Maddie cuddled with me and I meowed my happy meows. Maddie then told me stories about buses that never left the station, expensive $850 flights, and suspicious packages shutting down trains. They had been stranded in Spokane! </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Maddie said, "Oh Pinky Ruth! You have no idea what I've been through!" I quickly jumped down from their lap. Our happy reunion cuddle time was over. I loudly meowed back, "What YOU have been through? I came THIS close to drinking toilet water!"</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But then they gave me food and water, clean litter, and the good behind the ear scratching. So we are friends again. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth, no longer abandoned</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/gonetoolong?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXrADZ9eKwFTBs2317-7s6alsXuQZiGkSAq-ox5nXz9GdsLSa93n6By3qH6wrGsmNKRPlmQ-0gfH6K920vml79P0yr-45_qlyw8DX-2871Yf4RbG8n8wPPr2CYgbAY-qNE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#busdriversneedbetteralarmclocks</a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/reunitedanditfeelssogood?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXrADZ9eKwFTBs2317-7s6alsXuQZiGkSAq-ox5nXz9GdsLSa93n6By3qH6wrGsmNKRPlmQ-0gfH6K920vml79P0yr-45_qlyw8DX-2871Yf4RbG8n8wPPr2CYgbAY-qNE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#reunitedanditfeelssogood</a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/notoiletsforpinkyruth?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXrADZ9eKwFTBs2317-7s6alsXuQZiGkSAq-ox5nXz9GdsLSa93n6By3qH6wrGsmNKRPlmQ-0gfH6K920vml79P0yr-45_qlyw8DX-2871Yf4RbG8n8wPPr2CYgbAY-qNE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#notoiletsforpinkyruth<br /></a></span></span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-72515257291842343872023-04-15T12:53:00.021-07:002023-07-10T12:59:15.723-07:00Pinky Ruth #82<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3osL8Z728BJkXh7jSKOZDMHTdMrWoNagYl45peFfOgTeUwzOzwg2jmwBFwYIjZD_AEUqPZHqqRfq76Clo_rF46lY4wGPgHtNnjpB0E6mQO4lo5G1zZQmH_11fauzYsp2jH0epk2npNSVy-rnoCcK_ZfoOaoVPZjdYVPfKGFiv5MeOX8G7NMJc7WQp3S0/s2048/PInky%20Ruth-under%20covers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3osL8Z728BJkXh7jSKOZDMHTdMrWoNagYl45peFfOgTeUwzOzwg2jmwBFwYIjZD_AEUqPZHqqRfq76Clo_rF46lY4wGPgHtNnjpB0E6mQO4lo5G1zZQmH_11fauzYsp2jH0epk2npNSVy-rnoCcK_ZfoOaoVPZjdYVPfKGFiv5MeOX8G7NMJc7WQp3S0/w150-h200/PInky%20Ruth-under%20covers.jpg" width="150" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When Maddie's friend Karin arrived early today I was sulking under the blankets. I had, without my consent, spent another lonely night alone. Maddie always cuddles with me before bed and tells me how pretty I am and how smart I am and gives me my favorite behind-the-ear bedtime scratch. This has not happened for a few days, I was fully committed to staying under the blankets in protest of this unexpected and unwelcome abandonment. But then, I heard Karin put some food in my bowl.</span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvv0E9sdeUNyuwwoM89LfzgQxlLAimuqIPn2ClMdYCGRs96Ck1Pa94DrQcchD1mN55yqDga88dMWeQx0DbV20bFVQmJbk9_ZPXzo4sWDZ5PkmGk_srWVAPS0XrY639MeIrGdWARSaWRBHi6u1_cZKNIBzLizGXkzXNZbLURXpy5_PjOc2Oh4R7ToDwCoV/s1170/PInky%20Ruth-giant%20paw%20play.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1040" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvv0E9sdeUNyuwwoM89LfzgQxlLAimuqIPn2ClMdYCGRs96Ck1Pa94DrQcchD1mN55yqDga88dMWeQx0DbV20bFVQmJbk9_ZPXzo4sWDZ5PkmGk_srWVAPS0XrY639MeIrGdWARSaWRBHi6u1_cZKNIBzLizGXkzXNZbLURXpy5_PjOc2Oh4R7ToDwCoV/s320/PInky%20Ruth-giant%20paw%20play.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So I came out to eat.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Karin tried to play with me. But, she threw the crinkle butterfly in the wrong place. I judged her for this, stared at her blankly, and refused to move. I could see that I hurt her feelings though. So when she swung the wand rope in front of my face I tried to grab it with my giant paw.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I sit here tonight, waiting by the door. Karin told me Maddie would be home tonight. I hear noises in the hallway. I hear people walking by the door. None of them stop outside my door. None of them put their key in the door knob. None of them are Maddie. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have no food. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I refuse to drink out of the toilet. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My litter box is getting fragrant. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And I am as lonely as I have ever been.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, a distraught Pinky Ruth </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/karinisnicetome?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVSZwyooAW15VGAs5qFAxDwWrrgAo_w5u7TvkqXXHLq9Lh1DaoL8ePTA0jk3DuN6_oAfwDG2QWrE3ssjbAm4nbDHLpbMrJ5Pz9fjYLryJhOsEOCTJcR2NCE4sCTWOE6hww&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#Karinisnicetome</a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/idontunderstandwhyimalone?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVSZwyooAW15VGAs5qFAxDwWrrgAo_w5u7TvkqXXHLq9Lh1DaoL8ePTA0jk3DuN6_oAfwDG2QWrE3ssjbAm4nbDHLpbMrJ5Pz9fjYLryJhOsEOCTJcR2NCE4sCTWOE6hww&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#IdontunderstandwhyImalone</a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/whereismaddie?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVSZwyooAW15VGAs5qFAxDwWrrgAo_w5u7TvkqXXHLq9Lh1DaoL8ePTA0jk3DuN6_oAfwDG2QWrE3ssjbAm4nbDHLpbMrJ5Pz9fjYLryJhOsEOCTJcR2NCE4sCTWOE6hww&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#whereisMaddie</a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/whereislaydeewhenineedher?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVSZwyooAW15VGAs5qFAxDwWrrgAo_w5u7TvkqXXHLq9Lh1DaoL8ePTA0jk3DuN6_oAfwDG2QWrE3ssjbAm4nbDHLpbMrJ5Pz9fjYLryJhOsEOCTJcR2NCE4sCTWOE6hww&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#whereisLaydeewhenIneedher</a></span></span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-43285969311822643572023-04-14T12:39:00.037-07:002023-07-10T12:47:57.905-07:00Pinky Ruth #81<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ER0ekk2MlGaFVWhUWmG_d6-bmTqXl2_gbU4SEMK-0pp-IudCxfj_-ja7B8LkZifpyeuefW6Lvd0Toeq4P7ZC90I8AL4-3Nuktc9NbnbE8SiWcHWgKKP2oRnId1DxG8saYAvWI2OcxR9n9zsnELUKNSOA07vdTdthL_V_BudgNyaFB-0Siv0seFIqUeQg/s2048/Pinky%20Ruth-box%20rubs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ER0ekk2MlGaFVWhUWmG_d6-bmTqXl2_gbU4SEMK-0pp-IudCxfj_-ja7B8LkZifpyeuefW6Lvd0Toeq4P7ZC90I8AL4-3Nuktc9NbnbE8SiWcHWgKKP2oRnId1DxG8saYAvWI2OcxR9n9zsnELUKNSOA07vdTdthL_V_BudgNyaFB-0Siv0seFIqUeQg/w150-h200/Pinky%20Ruth-box%20rubs.jpg" width="150" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I was perched on my cat post in front of the window for the entire day. I was searching the streets below for Maddie. They didn't come out of the light rail station. They didn't get off of any of the buses. I never saw them walk up the street, look up to our window and wave to me. </span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO46o6LLovSorJMs50vTmd_9x6jKNlNU2TJ4v8PYAfmR6kqgx5QNnmZw3SpSmg8NVuozTtn9eHPozKZa4PkblM8Q3lvqjEJXbAdjYPVlVxXyXshPIlNQPiPmqDjClBhv3nIBxlQsoNaC-GwVPusYaHDIeAI9WQeB5xHfD9irGCQginhhHREPlVO8J4bFMg/s2048/Pinky%20Ruth-box%20rubs1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO46o6LLovSorJMs50vTmd_9x6jKNlNU2TJ4v8PYAfmR6kqgx5QNnmZw3SpSmg8NVuozTtn9eHPozKZa4PkblM8Q3lvqjEJXbAdjYPVlVxXyXshPIlNQPiPmqDjClBhv3nIBxlQsoNaC-GwVPusYaHDIeAI9WQeB5xHfD9irGCQginhhHREPlVO8J4bFMg/w150-h200/Pinky%20Ruth-box%20rubs1.jpg" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I stayed on watch most of the day. I stayed awake most of the day. Yet, Maddie never came home to me. This was not our routine. I like to sleep all day. Maddie likes to come home to me.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhwnXc_wQoNqe3NxUiRpnZH8f5pzEsJOY_A4i9Ui8pA7m30xHVxQupEih0_QL5WC3jJerf2TwjZgfEcxedbvJYopM9ieq9AcBvsiFQH7rBp1Olu_UVCWu6EkiBcQJOh37Fr4_u1omBmfZsMLf5QNas7Z2DUxPCPSQ5dcXL3oJN1SDgjREH9DhO4b6kOy8/s2048/Pinky%20Ruth-box%20rubs2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhwnXc_wQoNqe3NxUiRpnZH8f5pzEsJOY_A4i9Ui8pA7m30xHVxQupEih0_QL5WC3jJerf2TwjZgfEcxedbvJYopM9ieq9AcBvsiFQH7rBp1Olu_UVCWu6EkiBcQJOh37Fr4_u1omBmfZsMLf5QNas7Z2DUxPCPSQ5dcXL3oJN1SDgjREH9DhO4b6kOy8/w150-h200/Pinky%20Ruth-box%20rubs2.jpg" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I finally acknowledged my lamentable circumstances and jumped down from my 5th-floor perch. I was discouraged, tired, and alone. Karin found me flopped over in my scratcher box when she arrived to visit me. I felt comforted because Karin was there. Karin gave me pets, fed me, and tried to play with me. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But I was tired. I had been on watch all day. My Maddie was gone and I just....needed.....to.....sleep.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/thethingsisawonthestreets?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWZB_JzPGhfEAF5mD-dy2ngfps0WSY3n0wN1dQ-vMIiquN0wdKa4tVdaK4LW30OVd1fN9HgGGorVWUc61x1y2IsOSSul5EUERAh3Odk7ixZgptJkf7X-qTCMbwcK-hae3I&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#thethingsIsawonthestreets</a></span>! <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ineedmy21hours?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWZB_JzPGhfEAF5mD-dy2ngfps0WSY3n0wN1dQ-vMIiquN0wdKa4tVdaK4LW30OVd1fN9HgGGorVWUc61x1y2IsOSSul5EUERAh3Odk7ixZgptJkf7X-qTCMbwcK-hae3I&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#Ineedmy21hours</a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/whereismaddie?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWZB_JzPGhfEAF5mD-dy2ngfps0WSY3n0wN1dQ-vMIiquN0wdKa4tVdaK4LW30OVd1fN9HgGGorVWUc61x1y2IsOSSul5EUERAh3Odk7ixZgptJkf7X-qTCMbwcK-hae3I&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#whereisMaddie</a></span>? 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They packed up their important things, gave me extra hugs, and walked out the apartment door. From my 5th floor perch, I watched them leave the building and head toward the light rail station.</span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I immediately set out to find any speck of plastic that Maddie forgot to hide from me. I found none. Unfortunately, they are well aware of my desire to eat all things plastic. I was forced to sleep away my day, all by myself.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibX4XIrV7-fmiwWQT9QsNivL0_XKMN0i65CePI4aGPYfHnap2JN3gOhvkcSoVfIGAD7lZ7Q_Fj41AXTez7p0DDblLXmUvzxSlRwS_j_Do62fyl76eFhhvEA6-yKEoHazY5qnGSnH6QlcToGlkD__V5zGBPbiH2SOzE8iqP0DseY68WZIdHbbZ89aUVxKvO/s1238/Pinky%20Ruth-cute%20pink%20box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="914" data-original-width="1238" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibX4XIrV7-fmiwWQT9QsNivL0_XKMN0i65CePI4aGPYfHnap2JN3gOhvkcSoVfIGAD7lZ7Q_Fj41AXTez7p0DDblLXmUvzxSlRwS_j_Do62fyl76eFhhvEA6-yKEoHazY5qnGSnH6QlcToGlkD__V5zGBPbiH2SOzE8iqP0DseY68WZIdHbbZ89aUVxKvO/w400-h295/Pinky%20Ruth-cute%20pink%20box.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I was lounging in my scratcher box this evening when the door to the apartment suddenly opened. Karin walked in. She is my second favorite person after Maddie. I let Karin rub my belly as much as she wanted to. Karin gave me treats and fed me my dinner. Karin even let me chase the light reflecting from her watch all over the apartment. Chasing lights is my second favorite thing to do after eating plastic. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I do miss my Maddie. I am glad Karin visited me today-otherwise, I might be a little bit lonely. For tonight though, I will burrow under the blankets and enjoy all the warm and cozy I can get.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/wheredidmaddiego?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXvD0yoEMhCxV1Y7QQN4FXLF0LbBRxhd_O1RSKOtZTy4UVdEYP8WN78jm9fFM3KfnTY7y7rSM7RsOB3idD-5cD8CFWf-OWoeLnpP9g5CuY3CVkelsr1iZe_jcmuRpZ-3l0&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#notmissingLaydeeshouseatall</a></span> <br /></span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-18338347929268698842023-04-11T12:20:00.013-07:002023-07-10T12:21:50.038-07:00Pinky Ruth #79<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In the last week, I have watched leaves and dirt and floaty specks of roof gunk rain down in front of my 5th-floor window perch. My head swung from side to side, up and down, and all around as I attempted to follow all the chaos that was falling in front of my window. </span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MoEHEUcVqYPP3JAltmT0O4EovcJO3tz-M9ltImp0X0oHsm3c7qKhBXfg_QlSbgz2aSLQVdogjwSgfDgxnsnraBXCiDn5Dp_hFwwOIyggM8iRnxhTBV2WgJUHZSYYIFQxq7DYQhO18bw3iTD7BVA6KJbgKW6SqmxoETIrXzDXvecCEQ8iv6yvwV9Kp-U5/s1810/Pinky%20Ruth-pink%20box2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1810" data-original-width="1377" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MoEHEUcVqYPP3JAltmT0O4EovcJO3tz-M9ltImp0X0oHsm3c7qKhBXfg_QlSbgz2aSLQVdogjwSgfDgxnsnraBXCiDn5Dp_hFwwOIyggM8iRnxhTBV2WgJUHZSYYIFQxq7DYQhO18bw3iTD7BVA6KJbgKW6SqmxoETIrXzDXvecCEQ8iv6yvwV9Kp-U5/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-pink%20box2.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have watched the track kids and the soccer kids at the high school next door. I have come to the conclusion that they are being punished. There is no other explanation for why they are running so much.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have watched dog after dog proudly parade around the neighborhood in their fancy raincoats-their front ends and their back ends wet with rain. I would like to point out that I watch them from my cozy 5th-floor perch where all sides of me are dry and warm. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have also watched Maddie pack their backpack with clothes and toothpaste. I have watched them organize their work papers and pack their computer. I have even watched Maddie clean and refill my litter box and tidy up our apartment.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have not watched Maddie pack my food, my toys, my softy bed, or my extra litter box. I have not heard Maddie make plans with Lay-dee. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is not normal. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I am a bit confused.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I will now retreat to my closet fort hiding place and pretend that nothing is wrong.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A Perplexed Pinky Ruth </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none !important; 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animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#toothpasteisserious</a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/whereareyougoingmaddie?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUMOrX2XIL_aYGoh-7Dgk-KZzx-dgLHiKeTzQCTp1mENKfHeBgUkfRmFx6QR4NrAqRr9dxVsfw8npy2YbTV1PbZYuYN-4UoZoYosv1fzgiF-aEyNdB9rv-Oamzhco88XZA&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#whereareyougoingmaddie</a></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"> <br /></span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-38084968382719697662022-12-31T12:12:00.008-08:002023-07-10T12:14:21.555-07:00Pinky Ruth #78<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMH8_w6c_nQbho1WN12uRMEDc1JX0Uf_oFX7GfSG93S5_5RTcCRQKQQAMk_E7JR4VzaaVMOk6hnWlSi03rt1Jo1I-R9dLQLt7HgYMmaL1WzFnx8IZWWST4ElCmkKlXtDRP7mU-t4kOTajzAujn4K_nZfw96VlO9tRN4kzgTggyBZNF1rkA7PX8xZBqAiw/s2048/Pinky%20Ruth-stool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMH8_w6c_nQbho1WN12uRMEDc1JX0Uf_oFX7GfSG93S5_5RTcCRQKQQAMk_E7JR4VzaaVMOk6hnWlSi03rt1Jo1I-R9dLQLt7HgYMmaL1WzFnx8IZWWST4ElCmkKlXtDRP7mU-t4kOTajzAujn4K_nZfw96VlO9tRN4kzgTggyBZNF1rkA7PX8xZBqAiw/w266-h400/Pinky%20Ruth-stool.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I was confident during my last few days of forced holiday merriment at Lay-dee's house. Lay-dee gave me special catnip with some sort of extra ingredient in it. While I was very, very interested in exploring this catnip experience, I kept my cool while Lay-dee was watching. I didn't want her to think I liked what she gave me. </span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I was also quite interested in the smell of bows and ribbon and tape. Plastic is my favorite. These other wrapping things are my second favorite. I was, unfortunately, unsuccessful in snatching some Christmas wrapping for a little snack. I suspect Maddie and Lay-dee might be on to me.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I came downstairs, following Maddie, quite a few times. I am coming to believe that I am the feline boss of Lay-dee's house when I am there. Those elderly hooligan cats no longer present a challenge to me. In fact, there was a second incident this trip of a hooligan peeing in a box that was not a designated litter box. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I claim no responsibility.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have been back in my 5th floor city perch for the last day. I am happy to be home. But I am also hoping Maddie will spot me a little of Lay-dee's special catnip. Don't tell Lay-dee, but that was pretty good stuff.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/notaholidayfan?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV4g3siIYQm0qMam6UDraqy8jNvMv37HTkyRiSl_VW5lpH9i9eCfK01hi2n44pDemyLiAfl-p5E-NWctleXnT1BwxImpi7-n7PNcHUqTmN-J4fC8qPSRXdyr1D7eNR0724&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#bringonthenip</a></span></span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-89062835502724204222022-12-25T12:09:00.007-08:002023-07-10T12:10:01.468-07:00Pinky Ruth #77<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PLUMek8p4g2-YGQxQjn8YbmKCZsJdowEO_iROwbUo0z4OOCwZqadP-ugFZt2BFrbT8rYys-B0r82LFr-z0jSCljvBwivlq6WvZvDlL2QjnRkvZ3VAztGJ9RN44l_Ywn8xjDhFd0WqyRSFK4CXra7oRB3piwYWXDVw6oLEMY949wpFpJN5UM_Y7mYboUz/s2048/Pinky%20Ruth-Christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1792" data-original-width="2048" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PLUMek8p4g2-YGQxQjn8YbmKCZsJdowEO_iROwbUo0z4OOCwZqadP-ugFZt2BFrbT8rYys-B0r82LFr-z0jSCljvBwivlq6WvZvDlL2QjnRkvZ3VAztGJ9RN44l_Ywn8xjDhFd0WqyRSFK4CXra7oRB3piwYWXDVw6oLEMY949wpFpJN5UM_Y7mYboUz/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-Christmas.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />I happily watched the cars and people slide all over the Seattle streets from my 5th floor perch. I was cozy and happy and amused. </span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It was then that Lay-dee showed up and facilitated my holiday transfer to the suburbs. Upon arrival, I quickly established my dominance over the elderly hooligan cats. Lay-dee speculates that my presence has caused an elderly hooligan to pee in a shoe box that was not a designated litter box. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I think not.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have spent more time than normal hiding underneath Lay-dee's bed. 1. There has been some cranky hissing between the hooligans and I. 2. The loud boy has arrived. 3. Maddie has removed my favorite, hooligans', special delicious, not healthy food. All of this has caused me to experience stress during this supposedly joyous holiday time.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Finally, I was snatched from my underbed hideout and forced to pose for a picture-downstairs, with the loud boy, while Lay-dee kept screaming at me, "Smile Pinky Ruth, smile!!!!!"</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This has not been a happy holiday time for me.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/iceisfunny?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVWr0Di0Sw-UPP0pGFQjAJEYQprdx-dDPvUzs0snXhmXfzUQwkMuKFBcxEI_kV4vjUirIAcEBvHQxp0axgw8Aq7RXfmhpvry7Rb6x2ndR_tFb2lvt_i0Ydw4feQJ30tBEA&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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I am disappointed to report that, although I did smell it, there was not one scrap of turkey offered to me.</span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have started to greet Lay-dee by prancing up to her and meowing my happy, friendly meows every time she comes upstairs. Lay-dee then attacks me with hugs and scratches on the top of my head. She tells me she loves me and tells me how pretty I am. I am not sure I have decided to love Lay-dee back and I have definitely not decided if she is also pretty, but I do love that junk cat food she feeds those hooligans. It is much tastier than my healthy kidney diet food. I now know that if I treat Lay-dee real nice, she will sneak me a few pieces of that forbidden food when Maddie is not looking.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRO4Lrz0EtEkIYdQoUoaOMe9dre1EoajAoApFSoAYzJVuHsZmq-P1znJOAczhtOnGSfFJET32Xy8mCPgKFjBLcIKOBoUQY_gtbzhmwAFxuC84pJZUWoSSf-Otf_XYSeOK1VTY9WWI5Q1ASSkAGQa7mLhDNPZKeT9q5BgcWegagBmUsEQh6clbmkPgg4cMo/s2048/Pinky%20Ruth-bird%20game.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRO4Lrz0EtEkIYdQoUoaOMe9dre1EoajAoApFSoAYzJVuHsZmq-P1znJOAczhtOnGSfFJET32Xy8mCPgKFjBLcIKOBoUQY_gtbzhmwAFxuC84pJZUWoSSf-Otf_XYSeOK1VTY9WWI5Q1ASSkAGQa7mLhDNPZKeT9q5BgcWegagBmUsEQh6clbmkPgg4cMo/w400-h266/Pinky%20Ruth-bird%20game.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>During my holiday adventure at Lay-dee's, I was called to supervise Maddie and that booming-voiced man-boy. They were playing a game about birds and I felt they needed an expert close by. I sometimes like to hide from the hooligans under the man-boy's bed-but he was in it every time I looked and the hooligans were not a threat. So, I stayed away.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lay-dee drove Maddie and me back to the city today. The car was stopped at a light when a little girl in a giant tall car next to us looked down and saw me. She became very excited and told her family about me. Maddie raised my paw and waved to her. As she waved back, I could tell she was very happy--as she should have been.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGo4oOfD7e6j-lMX0lKQQ0x_rSSKsEXrRM4HYassa519Z7c0sjbn9cw3ceAkqItbUcLMRf-SkWHkJ8PX3tPd0Z5_cTobH1M9rndXOicsbdxw3CUx_Yp-cTEk7ayddCn_QG91WIP36ERGA1ZnaMUGEOm7FJoo-snODQtI_P7Rn06I6amifxqJEEM-PaNGmX/s1995/Pinky%20Ruth-portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1995" data-original-width="1628" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGo4oOfD7e6j-lMX0lKQQ0x_rSSKsEXrRM4HYassa519Z7c0sjbn9cw3ceAkqItbUcLMRf-SkWHkJ8PX3tPd0Z5_cTobH1M9rndXOicsbdxw3CUx_Yp-cTEk7ayddCn_QG91WIP36ERGA1ZnaMUGEOm7FJoo-snODQtI_P7Rn06I6amifxqJEEM-PaNGmX/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-portrait.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lay-dee had to stop the car for quite a long time. Maddie said there were other cars that had smashed into each other. I hate it when Lay-dee's car moves, so I didn't complain too much when it stopped. In fact, I couldn't stop staring at the blinking and flashing and twirling police car lights. Moving lights are my favorite. And now, police car lights are also my favorite.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I am home from my holiday adventure now. I have checked out the action from my 5th-floor perch and am now burrowed under Maddie's blankets, resigned to my upcoming dinner of kidney-friendly food. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/wheresmyturkey?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV7wVVFcSHuodhT7mMHYe0Ia2_QKLGbnePRNMkFNWRQxFo69rCjc18FSCLwrizE9tKcZsQp-Cp_v_tVF6DzZkosTkVpKo-Rx5jIF5sqBhq7gn3YrScLHE38ZTH4kZ-ww0o&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#morelightsplease</a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/doimisslaydee?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV7wVVFcSHuodhT7mMHYe0Ia2_QKLGbnePRNMkFNWRQxFo69rCjc18FSCLwrizE9tKcZsQp-Cp_v_tVF6DzZkosTkVpKo-Rx5jIF5sqBhq7gn3YrScLHE38ZTH4kZ-ww0o&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#doImissLaydee</a></span>?<br /><br /></span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-34466387004195784572022-11-25T11:58:00.015-08:002023-07-10T12:16:58.681-07:00Pinky Ruth #75<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I chatter yelled at the crow through the car window. "Hey! I'm Pinky Ruth from the city! I know some city crows. Are you related to them?" The distracted suburban crow never looked my way. They just kept eating a french fry from the Dairy Queen. </span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This visit to Lay-dee's house has been almost relaxing. It is because Maddie did not dump me here and run off on some adventure. We are still able to cuddle every night. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiX6W9vj2Ay-_SBInBqG5czJdk6tNI4_Seuv-mBRfl50cpcCucOwe5WzP7WSlldoNKRugAbWENQ_OThuzk-2YetJyyDvel2UsrHMiRXU28e1763zzOA3CiPgYuIlIGJY5GsUS5guVHD32OINPnQ-MeCkcAQHe1WXwXCUy51uQc2m46xNAI44l8AhiY9Of/s787/Pinky%20Ruth-side%20window.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="590" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiX6W9vj2Ay-_SBInBqG5czJdk6tNI4_Seuv-mBRfl50cpcCucOwe5WzP7WSlldoNKRugAbWENQ_OThuzk-2YetJyyDvel2UsrHMiRXU28e1763zzOA3CiPgYuIlIGJY5GsUS5guVHD32OINPnQ-MeCkcAQHe1WXwXCUy51uQc2m46xNAI44l8AhiY9Of/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-side%20window.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have also easily exerted my dominance over Lay-dee's elderly rascal hooligan cats. I have eaten their junk cat food, I have peed in their litter box, and I have watched birds from their favorite window perch. I even wandered downstairs into their territory and was completely unopposed. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The delightful realization that I might now be the feline sovereign of Lay-dee's house quickly turned to a bit of concern. Why does the black hooligan look so sad and old? Why does the other crazy hooligan look so skinny? What has happened to my hooligan adversaries?</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/areyousurecrowsaresmart?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVlc6tBa04h0tx7HJnsgbHUSHh5bPJYQureTXdBFpHjut0IZTi0TRCSNdRNxPCGTrJn7sOO1R2o0Fyk0MOksd54vBBxAdB6Wwb_qu_4WB9gNYu8dx_Imp4fIyN-quY7WEw&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none;" tabindex="0">#stepituphooligans</a></span> </span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-91741663499188700872022-11-22T11:52:00.014-08:002023-07-10T11:54:12.814-07:00Pinky Ruth #74<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1kGayrIrLGvP9oxOmJyH6jcWETasq7rK6_ojMMLl3JslWNmZBZpEne_sdk7QU3unP_-egGDBqHT2il1agszwWtg6kdW4OtX86QmT3mf8fvMfwOotc3h1AQ0XfY-vedr7oz996hCsnB-9Kj4QaabPCSwNQyBbG1Vk-hFXu_SVzcGpVIZ14bH3MGeRljJy/s1081/Pinky%20Ruth-curious.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="811" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1kGayrIrLGvP9oxOmJyH6jcWETasq7rK6_ojMMLl3JslWNmZBZpEne_sdk7QU3unP_-egGDBqHT2il1agszwWtg6kdW4OtX86QmT3mf8fvMfwOotc3h1AQ0XfY-vedr7oz996hCsnB-9Kj4QaabPCSwNQyBbG1Vk-hFXu_SVzcGpVIZ14bH3MGeRljJy/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-curious.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Things have become quite serious here on the 5th floor. I now know without a doubt that my city time is limited.</span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Maddie cleaned out the refrigerator.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My shocked face should be interpreted as the inevitable sad realization of my impending unrequested travel arrangements. I had prepared myself for a night of sulking. I was prepared to withhold 1% of my bedtime cuddles with Maddie in protest.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But then, the light arrived.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I chased it.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I attacked it.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Maddie said I was chasing my own shadow. They are so funny with the jokes.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have hopes that perhaps, maybe, today is the day that I have finally vanquished this bright, repetitive, and persistent adversary.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrAUTjTFdzSYx0sxXD5Mrw_3AvLYP4HRxQqfkbjTnmCRyMgJPig11SfEgot1bjoEFtC7dYJ0lYwKUfIgalHAB1laFlxqL41fcdm1FkQPSV9MMEwxbd4NKkbx7CgFr1jZw-izZcglW8qztZPHfoJ5Ga5rLJmD4W6LA1A1W2l86RSTGmVC-7ZyCI9TX9KadU/s1632/Pinky%20Ruth-shadow%20chasing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="1224" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrAUTjTFdzSYx0sxXD5Mrw_3AvLYP4HRxQqfkbjTnmCRyMgJPig11SfEgot1bjoEFtC7dYJ0lYwKUfIgalHAB1laFlxqL41fcdm1FkQPSV9MMEwxbd4NKkbx7CgFr1jZw-izZcglW8qztZPHfoJ5Ga5rLJmD4W6LA1A1W2l86RSTGmVC-7ZyCI9TX9KadU/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-shadow%20chasing.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As for Lay-dee's house? My reflective distraction has caused me to reevaluate my priorities. I have decided that Lay-dee must be relegated to a tomorrow problem.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Tonight, I cuddle with Maddie. (100%)</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/aretheypackingmylitterbox?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXQmdL_peNvR8GV4NrVbIP7M0-EBZk2UXp7Yp2bk_LSrUvO5BI4vnTUl0xpm-Dtc-dKsYpqIE2-I3c-tA5zlVKDAJmPvPrEFWSSjMb_h0yH-16XF72ETL12bn3aeKb469I&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#countytraveler</a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/iwillcatchthatlightsomeday?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXQmdL_peNvR8GV4NrVbIP7M0-EBZk2UXp7Yp2bk_LSrUvO5BI4vnTUl0xpm-Dtc-dKsYpqIE2-I3c-tA5zlVKDAJmPvPrEFWSSjMb_h0yH-16XF72ETL12bn3aeKb469I&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#Iwillcatchthatlightsomeday</a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/doigetsometurkey?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXQmdL_peNvR8GV4NrVbIP7M0-EBZk2UXp7Yp2bk_LSrUvO5BI4vnTUl0xpm-Dtc-dKsYpqIE2-I3c-tA5zlVKDAJmPvPrEFWSSjMb_h0yH-16XF72ETL12bn3aeKb469I&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#doIgetsometurkey</a></span>?</span></div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-4354734419181374612022-11-21T11:46:00.013-08:002023-07-10T11:49:25.053-07:00Pinky Ruth #73<div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTrbsAZRmIuGD7kdb3iSo9LSIVJ89e8hmvXdwk2OJ6yqi91wZdfXixfsMBeJj6h6LOvzUHzxMWHpnHpOrvohNHWr1UhrZFyQwKAhGoLN7A13IOt0H97f7b5ZH-0TCTTmQ6IsACMh1Z13yg7Yi8TIhB97S9Ruc2a5JnFMt-CMahBXxXp81zFpr5dgLTn6iy/s1492/Pinky%20Ruth-close%20up2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1492" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTrbsAZRmIuGD7kdb3iSo9LSIVJ89e8hmvXdwk2OJ6yqi91wZdfXixfsMBeJj6h6LOvzUHzxMWHpnHpOrvohNHWr1UhrZFyQwKAhGoLN7A13IOt0H97f7b5ZH-0TCTTmQ6IsACMh1Z13yg7Yi8TIhB97S9Ruc2a5JnFMt-CMahBXxXp81zFpr5dgLTn6iy/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-close%20up2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Maddie said, "Lay-dee is excited to see you this week, Pinky Ruth! Lay-dee wants to know what you are doing right now."</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The disgusted look on my face reflects the fact that I was suddenly woken by the phrase, "Lay-dee wants a picture of you."</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I then laid my head down in the standard semi-serious feline depressive pose. As I anticipate my inevitable "holiday at Lay-dee's" adventure, I wish for 3 things.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">1. I want to find that softy Bob the Builder blanket spread out on the end of Maddie's bed.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">2. I want my closet fort to be repaired so that it will not collapse on me and try to kill me. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3. I want Lay-dee's rascal hooligan cats to respect the Pinky Ruth. Lay-dee's elderly kittymen need to keep their visits to an amicable, respectful sniffing session in my room. And then, they need to leave. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That is all the suburban hooligan friendship I anticipate needing. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ever.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTCZ9sRaPVcxTybFlj7T8WTT8qgFPXNSUWIpZ6RlGOILS_vmOzy8hW5t6YY1aw_pchUY8ylen1D-fJt1pZfY47reY2wgKV6kqhSHx70YwVvuv0DpMrutImtDI11YlZsFan5PSfHYz2HHS0YTsvhdjUaM-G1zcPou0BZzLu0R8Be_iyg29xXVGl4ueC7PQ/s1773/Pinky%20Ruth-resting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1773" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTCZ9sRaPVcxTybFlj7T8WTT8qgFPXNSUWIpZ6RlGOILS_vmOzy8hW5t6YY1aw_pchUY8ylen1D-fJt1pZfY47reY2wgKV6kqhSHx70YwVvuv0DpMrutImtDI11YlZsFan5PSfHYz2HHS0YTsvhdjUaM-G1zcPou0BZzLu0R8Be_iyg29xXVGl4ueC7PQ/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-resting.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/mismith94?__cft__[0]=AZX-nhv01J-XG2N2SjWGscs1cbdRmceosyUMFvi_QRnXZ_kvmSgFRTBttcUGQZuIGj8PUgZ3ANfxKH_exvYBJNF7NfJpYGKiMHgu5ebl-2-G-zfrg7dYNktS52EJfMzRJMI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="animation-name: none !important; display: inline; transition-property: none !important;">Maddie Smith</span></a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1278716837&__cft__[0]=AZX-nhv01J-XG2N2SjWGscs1cbdRmceosyUMFvi_QRnXZ_kvmSgFRTBttcUGQZuIGj8PUgZ3ANfxKH_exvYBJNF7NfJpYGKiMHgu5ebl-2-G-zfrg7dYNktS52EJfMzRJMI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#bobthebuilderrocks</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/nohooligansallowed?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZX-nhv01J-XG2N2SjWGscs1cbdRmceosyUMFvi_QRnXZ_kvmSgFRTBttcUGQZuIGj8PUgZ3ANfxKH_exvYBJNF7NfJpYGKiMHgu5ebl-2-G-zfrg7dYNktS52EJfMzRJMI&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#friendshipisoverrated</a></span> </span></p>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-76382979675144419232022-11-18T11:42:00.012-08:002023-07-10T11:43:40.937-07:00Pinky Ruth #72<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4qtqSFca9bdgUU9jb5YGD747pK4QX8OphFYpHB6bvEMTC0Mf2-qZQ8P4_RsH406AuMShdbw_KCZ-7kZrnzxHB5u77TVYyZcIm2zm5e4GUAmOgQY_HQ3UKndGXLzqBjjE2ycDpPxapwXJspw0HejZENDSH0YYxhsxLjJSjwg52Mciw52o2Z7HuWH_9Yvj/s972/Pinky%20Ruth-plant%20window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="972" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4qtqSFca9bdgUU9jb5YGD747pK4QX8OphFYpHB6bvEMTC0Mf2-qZQ8P4_RsH406AuMShdbw_KCZ-7kZrnzxHB5u77TVYyZcIm2zm5e4GUAmOgQY_HQ3UKndGXLzqBjjE2ycDpPxapwXJspw0HejZENDSH0YYxhsxLjJSjwg52Mciw52o2Z7HuWH_9Yvj/s320/Pinky%20Ruth-plant%20window.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Judging the events that occur below my 5th-floor viewing perch is one of the most important parts of my day. There are crows pecking in the dirt at the lot next door. There are busses stopping and going-people on, people off. There are bikes and cars and dogs. The dogs are constantly told they are "good dogs" because they wait outside the coffee shop until their neglectful owner returns. Maddie would never leave me alone outside of a coffee shop. </span></span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Last week I even saw teenagers from the high school walking with signs. They shouted that they wanted to learn without getting shot. Today, I found a bug in my viewing window. I chased it for 5 minutes before I killed it and left it for Maddie to dispose of.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You can see from this photo that my very important judging perch is being encroached upon by Maddie's plant obsession. Today, I maybe, "accidentally" nudged a plant. I needed more space and wanted a better view.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Maddie said, "Oh, Pinky Ruth, next week you'll have so many plant-free windows to look out of at Lay-dee's house."</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My own plant-crowded window perch>>>10 of Lay-dee's plant-free windows</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I withdraw my complaint. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Signed, Pinky Ruth </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; 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