Resolutions & My "Kids" & More Resolutions

OK, so the whole New Years Resolution thing was not such a good idea obviously. In my defense I did kind of predict this, from the last post: "I have heard something like 95% of them are not kept past February" Thanks to you all who reminded me of my failure! I think it is time to move on to a new post and forget the past.

It has been too cold even for a native Minnesotan who doesn't mind the cold to get out much to take pictures lately. Even my camera acts weird when it gets to the single digits and below zero, not to mention the wind chill. So I dug through the "archives" and am answering a request this time around.

I was talking to a co-worker a few weeks ago about my "kids", by kids I of course mean my dog Scamp and cat Missy. I have to start out by saying that I can not take credit or blame (depending on what you think) for either of the names.

Scamp, a Chocolate Lab/Weimaraner (according to the vet) mix used to be my Uncle Jim's dog. When he got divorced he no longer had the room for Scamp. I was still living at my Mom's house at the time and we decided that we could take him in. Jim had originally gotten Scamp when he was a puppy, after he was found in a ditch along a road in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. These 2 pictures are of Scamp when he was about 2-3 years old.

My cat Missy was also a rescued pet. We got Missy in about 1993 or 1994 after she was found in the window well in the middle of January, the temperature that week was about 10 degrees. My sister, Amy had wanted a cat for a long time and when a co-worker told my Mom about this cat he had found she jumped at the chance to take her in. My sister gets credit for naming her and in fact took care of her almost exclusively. I was always more of a dog person but after moving into an apartment after graduation and then moving back home Missy became very attached to me. When I bought my townhouse it was decided that I would take both Missy and Scamp with, by that time Amy had another cat already (more about her in a minute). This picture was taken in my kitchen while Missy was playing with her Christmas present from my Mom.
I mentioned Amy's new cat. She was actually my old roommates cat. She has had a number of names (again none that I take credit/blame for): Fauker (my favorite name!) , Perky and the most recently, Princess. When Amy moved to California she took Fauker with her. Here is Fauker and Missy at my Mom's house looking out onto the deck.

For the record this post is listed as being made on 2/14/07 however it was "in progress" for a month and a half, it was completed on 03/29/07. I knew that New Year Resolution thing was a bad idea!