Fun around the house, #2

As you can see, we also have a kitten/cat. This is Pye. Or as Pye's owner calls him, "A heaping helping of crazy!" Which is a really good descriptor for this cat. Pye is as nuts as they come. Every once in a while, he takes it into his head to beat up Diamond. There is nothing funnier than watching Diamond and Pye go at it. Pye trying to either get under Diamond's legs to attack the soft underbelly, or jumping on Diamond's ample read quarters. I swear one time he looked like a cowboy trying to mount a horse to go riding.

He is obsessive-compulsive. Son Nate has two neck thingies that he wears and had taken them off for Pye to chase. Now Pye will come into a room, see Nate and mewl until he takes them off so that they can be chased.

And the odd thing is that he can be very affectionate. At times, he is almost like a dog in his need to be with Abby or Nate, and be petted. Here Pye is, reaching out and touching Abby, in his need for contact.

Fun about the house

I haven't mentioned our pets. We have two cats and a dog. One cat, Kittyshaw, is an outdoor cat and really just hangs around our house for food.

We have had a beagle for the past two year, named Diamond, and she is the darling of the family. Someone once said that beagles are "The merry little hound that lives to snack, sniff and snooze." And that describes Diamond to a T.

Beagles are pack-oriented, and the family is Diamond's pack. She loves to lay on the furniture whereever anyone is sitting. When I come home from work, she jumps up to me on the couch and whines about my absence and how good it is to have me back. After a good ear scratching and tummy rub, she lays down next to my hip and stays there for a long time. For her, the pack is then complete.