molly's first surgery

i think molly has decided we are not busy enough.  the other day, dr. decided molly needed to go out in the real world.  unfortunately, molly had never met  dog before until then.  after hearing a lot of barks, i found molly trapped in a tree with a dog standing at the bottom with his mouth open.  he just couldn't wait to eat.  dr. somehow lowered me over the fence by my feet while I grabbed molly (since she fell out of the tree).

ever since the little incident, molly has not been walking on her right front foot.  after a week of it only getting worse, dr. took her to the vet on his day off.  molly had to be sedated and had surgery on her foot.  she had split her claw in half so she had to get it taken out.  it was infected.  there was also another spot on her foot where I am assuming she had a sticker.

when dr. went to pick molly up from the vet, he noticed a rocker guy with a goofy dog that had a cone on his head.  dr. just kind of laughed.  you know it is always funny when you see that on an animals head.  well, the vet was going over with dr. all of molly's medicines and everything we had to do to keep her healthy and feeling ok.  on the list of things was the elizabethean collar.  dr. asked what that was since he had never heard of it.  out comes molly with a big cone on her head.

our cat has a big cone on her head.  yes, read that sentence again.  our cat has a cone on her head.

usually we hear the jingle of her collar and know exactly where she is and what she is doing.  now when we want to know where she is, we listen for the plastic cone that she is dragging against the walls as she walks down the hall.

please keep molly in your prayers.

College Day

This week we celebrated colleges.  Each grade was assigned a college and had to decorate our hall.  During the week we talked about why it was important to go to college and we filled about "applications" to go to college and we also wrote letters to the college presidents of our college.  The second grade had Ole Miss.  When we wrote the letters we asked three questions to the president.  One of my students asked where he went to school and how long he went to school and also wanted to know if he washes his own clothes.

We decorated our hall to look like Ole Miss and we won the pizza party for best hall!! It really didn't take too long.  We spent about 5 hours doing it across several days.

Yum pizza!

miss molly

we just realized that we gave molly the same initials as us.  so her initials are on our bed too!  molly discovered the computer so likes to reach her arm across while she is laying down and then drag it back, hitting as many keys as possible along the way.  dr. decided to see if molly would take any of those funny pictures that you can take on an apple computer. enjoy! hilarious.

Laying around

THese are pictures of what Molly does while we are awake.  When we are asleep she moves too fast for the cameras to capture her.

I am still amazed she sleeps in her doggie bed.  See... she is part dog.  

Molly Girl

Molly loves laundry day!

Molly has been part of our family now for one week.  That one week has definitely been an adventure.  We have officially decided that our cat may actually be part dog.  Two nights in a row Molly has ransacked our trash.  The third night we tried to prevent it, but she pushed the trash can across the floor, up onto the ramp going into the sun room and tipped it over.  

Molly also likes to sleep during the day (that's why dr. thought she was a lazy cat).  She goes to sleep at 3, right when we get home form work, and then at 11 when we are going to sleep, Molly gets up and eventually gets locked in the kitchen.

She loves to investigate.  Today Molly went outside to investigate the deck.  She spent about 25 minutes out there. She liked it outside but still is unsure about all the sounds.

hot peppers

dr. picked his first jalapeno today.  i had to beg him to pick it so i could make mr. john's black eye pea dip for the cook out we are going to tonight.  dr. actually says it tastes more like a bell pepper.  if nothing else grows we will be perfectly happy with our lone jalapeno.

pretty kitty

hi, my name is molly.  mommy and daddy adopted me yesterday.  i was a rescue cat. i don't know exactly how old i am but if i had to guess i am probably between 9-12 months. i was found in crystal springs, ms when i wandered up (with my sister) to a nice lady who fed us.  she thought we might be adoptable and went to a foster home for some social skills training.  i love to be held and also roll around and get my tunny rubbed.  i am very talkative and love to drag around toys.  one morning my foster mom found a 3 pound dog toy on the bed.  i never really hurt toys, i just like to drag them around.  sometimes my toys are socks, towels, or tennis balls.  i have a soft purr motor but a very loud voice.  i love big goofy dogs and other kitties although sometimes it takes me a few days to warm up to them.  i love to sleep in people's lap when they watch tv and love to cuddle with you at night.  my bathroom habits are impeccable.  i absolutely love to run track.

my daddy adopted me yesterday.  we surprised mommy when she got home from work.  my mommy and daddy gave me a new name because everyone called me non-squinty and my sister squinty.  mommy and daddy decided that we would change my name to molly.  i woke them up last night at about 3 because i wanted to play.  at that point they decided maybe carrot was a good name but i didn't like it so i let them go back to sleep and sleep on the name thing for a while.  luckily when i woke them up at 5 this morning, they had decided that molly was the appropriate name for me. yesterday i got to investigate the house and figure out where my potty  and food were.  my potty is in the bathroom that mommy uses.  last night when mommy was relaxing in her bath i decided that i would show her that i knew how to use the potty.  i don't really think she appreciated it very much.  i may have ruined her bath.  

today, i have helped mommy with the laundry and cleaning the kitchen and i helped daddy fix an air vent.  i like to follow mommy around the most.  in fact i have to go everywhere she goes.  i think she has had a cat before.  i am not sure if daddy has really ever had a cat.... the only reason why i say that is because daddy bought me a dog bed.  i laid in it twice yesterday just to amuse him. i do love it when mommy leaves to go to the store though.  when she leaves, daddy has to babysit but he really just falls asleep on the sofa so that means i can do whatever i want to.  when mommy is home she follows me to make sure i am not being a bad girl.

i love to look out the windows.  mommy and daddy said that in about two weeks, once i have decided i like it a lot here, they will let me stay outside whenever i want to.   i can't wait! right now my favorite place in the house is in mommy and daddy's bed room or in the sun room.  i like the sun room because there is a ledge there that i can sit on and watch all the neighbors.  at night, i like to cuddle up to mommy because daddy kind of snores a lot.  last night i kind of tested them to see if they really loved me.  i slept a little but also woke them up a few times to see if they would play and they didn't get mad at me.  i do like to trick mommy.  every time she goes to the bathroom, i like to jump up on the toilet so she can't use it.  she has to pick me up and pet me to get me off.  sometimes i forget the lid is open and almost fall in.

when daddy came to adopt me, i tricked him too.  i pretended like i was asleep so he would think i was a lazy cat.  but guess what, i'm not!  just this morning i ran around the house for a whole hour!  i like to slide into walls and investigate things.  i got my first collar this morning too.  when i got it i was so excited I did flips and ran away from daddy whenever he came near.  mom said i get to get a tag with my name on it soon.