Miss Mittens

I have always had a pet in the house.  When I was born my parents had the sweetest dog and when I got older (okay I was in kindergarten) I got 2 cats.  As a kid we ended up having 3 other dogs, we had bunnies and gerbils and mice (yes, mice) and a snake.

When Brett and I got married I naturally started to bug him about having a pet.  It just felt so weird not to have one.  So, on our first Christmas together as a married couple I came home from work on Christmas Eve to find a very large, noisy box sitting under our tree.  Brett had found me a cat!

A man from his work found this poor cat wondering the streets in his neighborhood.  And when asked if anyone wanted a cat Brett said we did!  She wasn't a small kitten, but she was still very young.  It took her a little while to warm up to us.

We named her Mittens since she was almost all gray except for her white paws.  For the most part we loved having her around.  Except in the morning.  She would sit outside of our bedroom door and cry until one of us got up.  We tried the "squirt your cat with water" method, but that didn't work.  We were losing sleep from this cat!

And this girl loves her sleep!

Eventually we had enough and listed her on Craigslist.  A lady agreed to take her if we could meet half way (about an hour away for us).  So we did.  It was really hard.  I won't lie I cried the majority of the time.  So we waited...and waited...and waited...for about an hour we waited.

This freaking lady NEVER showed up!

Needless to say we took it as a sign and Mittens came back home with us for good.  She has since gotten much better at the morning thing.  Honestly, I think she just wants to sleep in our bed...