Lorelei is getting sweeter all of the time....

On 4 May 2011 20:59:50 GMT, Dan M wrote:

After living here for almost 6 months now, a LOT of this has taken place
in only the last month or so.

I remember the first few weeks Lorelei was here, when she was having
none of me, for the most part, and how upset I was.

Patience truly is a virtue, with very, very rich rewards, indeed.

I think it is safe to say: I believe I chose...wisely.

Our kitties sure do adjust to living within our structures on their own
time. Sometimes it can seem like they'll never make the adjustment (or
we'll never make the adjustment to them), then all of a sudden - wham.

I am absolutely delighted to hear that you two are getting so well
attuned to each other. Lorelei sounds like an absolute delight!

Dan


She really is.

I figured out pretty early on that Lorelei's first home was far less
than ideal, but I didn't know any details.

My bet is that she was never treated the way a cat really deserves to be
treated. So, she had to learn, slowly.

I was afraid that moving to my home had traumatized her irreparably.

The cat tree is wonderful for her: she still spends a great deal of time
on it.

It gave her a place where she felt safe, where I could approach her, and
give her the attention that I think she never got before.

It must have been very, very hard for her.

But deep down inside was a very, very sweet kitty, just trying to get
out, all of this time.

I was very discouraged, at first. I remember carrying her into my living
room once, and having her absolutely freak out.

Now, she is just a big teddy bear, who just loves attention, and getting
lots of lap time with me.

She is sitting on my lap, even as I type this

Truly, we are both very fortunate, indeed.

On 5/4/2011 7:51 PM, at dot Gandalf wrote:
On 4 May 2011 20:59:50 GMT, Dan wrote:

After living here for almost 6 months now, a LOT of this has taken place
in only the last month or so.

I remember the first few weeks Lorelei was here, when she was having
none of me, for the most part, and how upset I was.

Patience truly is a virtue, with very, very rich rewards, indeed.

I think it is safe to say: I believe I chose...wisely.

Our kitties sure do adjust to living within our structures on their own
time. Sometimes it can seem like they'll never make the adjustment (or
we'll never make the adjustment to them), then all of a sudden - wham.

I am absolutely delighted to hear that you two are getting so well
attuned to each other. Lorelei sounds like an absolute delight!

Dan


She really is.

I figured out pretty early on that Lorelei's first home was far less
than ideal, but I didn't know any details.

My bet is that she was never treated the way a cat really deserves to be
treated. So, she had to learn, slowly.

I was afraid that moving to my home had traumatized her irreparably.

The cat tree is wonderful for her: she still spends a great deal of time
on it.

It gave her a place where she felt safe, where I could approach her, and
give her the attention that I think she never got before.

It must have been very, very hard for her.

But deep down inside was a very, very sweet kitty, just trying to get
out, all of this time.

I was very discouraged, at first. I remember carrying her into my living
room once, and having her absolutely freak out.

Now, she is just a big teddy bear, who just loves attention, and getting
lots of lap time with me.

She is sitting on my lap, even as I type this

Truly, we are both very fortunate, indeed.


Wonderful news. It can be hard when you adopt a cat and don't know their
history. I've adopted cats and had to teach then how to play and
that it was okay to get on our bed.

After almost 6 years Samwise has finally let my husband pick him up.I
haven't tried yet. Samwise is are semi-feral cat we trapped in the back
yard when he was about 4 months old.
--
Ann

in Connecticut

we are glad to have you, soft
"Judith Latham" wrote in message
...
In article , Mosey =^..^=
wrote:


Kyla gently snipped

I love reading about how well Lorelei is doing. Even though I think
it's sad that you only post here. I remember how upset you were when
you first had her. She obviously loves you a great deal. She has great
taste.

Judith

Judith Latham
Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

Hi Judith, nice to see you post here.
How are you?
Yes, Lorelei is very lucky to have Gandalf as her hoomin.
I don't post 'there' any more either. Not for a long time now.
Kyla

Hi Kyla, how are you? I'm fine but missing so many friends. So although
I've been lurking here for many years, I decided I'd better join in as so
many of those friends are here now. There has improved but I don't suppose
anyone wants to come back so I'll be on here as well now.

Judith

--
Judith Latham
Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

:


Kyla gently snipped

I love reading about how well Lorelei is doing. Even though I think
it's sad that you only post here. I remember how upset you were when
you first had her. She obviously loves you a great deal. She has great
taste.

Judith

Judith Latham
Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

Hi Judith, nice to see you post here.
How are you?
Yes, Lorelei is very lucky to have Gandalf as her hoomin.
I don't post 'there' any more either. Not for a long time now.
Kyla

Hi Kyla, how are you? I'm fine but missing so many friends. So although
I've been lurking here for many years, I decided I'd better join in as so
many of those friends are here now. There has improved but I don't suppose
anyone wants to come back so I'll be on here as well now.

Judith

--
Judith Latham
Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

Hi Judith,
Well, it's nice to see you here
I always liked your posts 'there'
But, nope, I don't want to go back 'there'.
'Here' is so much more fun
I would love to e-mail you, IF you would like my e-mail address.
I'm not doing too bad.
Hope you are doing okay.
YOU were always so nice to me.
Kyla xx

An Lorelei taut yu meowchat. She iz a furry special kittie.

Booker

On 5/3/2011 10:31 PM, at dot Gandalf wrote:
I think it was about a month ago that I finally lured Lorelei into my
living room, where I tend to spend a lot of my time.

Now, if I spend a lot of time at my computer, as I tend to do, I can
count on a lap buddy 4 or 5 times a day

She is so sweet: she comes up behind me, and taps my arm or shoulder, to
let me know I have to move away from my computer desk, to make room for
her in my lap. She weighs close to 15 pounds, after all.

Even as I type this, she is sitting on my lap.

If I neglect to fulfill her scritch quota for awhile, she gives me a
sweet little meow, to remind me that contractually, the arrangement is
supposed to be that she sits in my lap, and I pet her and scritch her
ears, and also her chin. and the base of her tail. And rub her tummy,
too.

If I am doing a good job, she has both of her eyes closed; if I am only
using one hand, she may have one eye closed.

If I am petting her, she likes to look at me with those pretty blue eyes
of hers.

All cats have such pretty eyes, but I confess I am totally smitten by
Lorelei's beautiful blue eyes.

On Sunday evening, I was watching one of my old B&W movies on videotape.
I have hundreds of them, some more as old as 30 years. I love old movies

I heard Lorelei meow, and she was only a few feet away. She has never,
to my knowledge, strayed more than a foot of two from my computer desk.

But, with some encouragement, she slowly climbed up onto my sofa, and
over to me.

I should mention that my 'sofa' is a double recliner, because my house
is too small for a 'real' couch. And one side of the recliner has never
worked.

Anyways, ever so slowly, Lorelei climbed on top of me, and settled,
first in my lap, and then lying full length on my chest.

There is nothing in the world more wonderful than to have a cat lying on
top of you, while you watch a movie made 75 years ago, with good acting,
and directing, and character development, instead of car chases,
explosions, machine guns, and CGI.

And, Lorelei stayed for the entire movie, close to two hours, until I
was finally forced to get up, and visit the bathroom.

Lorelei has also taken to coming and checking up on me, if I'm there for
more than a minute or two. Not always...but pretty often.

As I move about the house, I often find that after a greater or lesser
period of time, Lorelei comes to check up on me.

It's as if she likes to know where I am....and if she can get some
attention, while she checks on my whereabouts.

My house is tiny: I'm sure she can pretty easily hear

Lorelei left, and came back, while I was typing this.

Which proves that not only am I just about the world's slowest typer
(typing person...?) but that Lorelei really, really loves me.

And, she is quite quickly approaching the almost unattainable high bar
set by my nearly incomparably sweet RB kitty, Kenzie.

It is hard to believe, even for me.

After living here for almost 6 months now, a LOT of this has taken place
in only the last month or so.

I remember the first few weeks Lorelei was here, when she was having
none of me, for the most part, and how upset I was.

Patience truly is a virtue, with very, very rich rewards, indeed.

I think it is safe to say: I believe I chose...wisely.

"Judith Latham"

Mosey =^..^=

Kyla gently snipped

I love reading about how well Lorelei is doing. Even though I think
it's sad that you only post here. I remember how upset you were when
you first had her. She obviously loves you a great deal. She has great
taste.

Judith

Judith Latham
Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

Hi Judith, nice to see you post here.
How are you?
Yes, Lorelei is very lucky to have Gandalf as her hoomin.
I don't post 'there' any more either. Not for a long time now.
Kyla

Hi Kyla, how are you?
Hi Judith,
I'm okay, I guess...still have the darned arthritis. Oh well...thanks for
asking.

I'm fine but missing so many friends.

I'm glad to hear you're fine

So although
I've been lurking here for many years, I decided I'd better join in as so
many of those friends are here now. There has improved but I don't suppose
anyone wants to come back so I'll be on here as well now.

Judith

Well, to be honest, a lot of people were being so mean to me 'there' I
don't want to go back, but I've always liked you Judith, and am glad to see
you post here You were always nice to me and I appreciated that, but
there was too much fighting going on 'there' and I don't go where I'm not
welcome. My feelings were hurt too many times and I was also being stalked
by someone who posted 'there' about me from the Pink Floyd ng I subscribe to
and to avoid more trouble, I just left.
You are welcome to e-mail me at any time..I wish I had your e-mail address.
I do understand about munging e-mail addys lol.

Mine is IF you ever feel like e-mailing me.
I have a Yahoo addy that I use too, but the Comcast one is more secure. I'd
love to hear from you. I don't even read 'there' any more..last time was a
few days ago and that's when I found out about Orion, who had visited' here'
a few times.
'Here' is a lot more fun and without all the
fighting/insulting/killfiles/grousing and such.
And even reading 'there' raises my BP. lol
I keep in touch with a few nice people from 'there', and I'd love to hear
from you. I doubt if anyone else from 'there' will e-mail me, but if they
do, they better be nice....lol
Thank you for caring about me and I hope all is well with you.
Take care
Kyla

I loved reading this. It is as I knew it would be if your patience held out
and the reward is awesome. You are both blessed.

"Booker" wrote in message ...

An Lorelei taut yu meowchat. She iz a furry special kittie.

Booker

On 5/3/2011 10:31 PM, at dot Gandalf wrote:
I think it was about a month ago that I finally lured Lorelei into my
living room, where I tend to spend a lot of my time.

Now, if I spend a lot of time at my computer, as I tend to do, I can
count on a lap buddy 4 or 5 times a day

She is so sweet: she comes up behind me, and taps my arm or shoulder, to
let me know I have to move away from my computer desk, to make room for
her in my lap. She weighs close to 15 pounds, after all.

Even as I type this, she is sitting on my lap.

If I neglect to fulfill her scritch quota for awhile, she gives me a
sweet little meow, to remind me that contractually, the arrangement is
supposed to be that she sits in my lap, and I pet her and scritch her
ears, and also her chin. and the base of her tail. And rub her tummy,
too.

If I am doing a good job, she has both of her eyes closed; if I am only
using one hand, she may have one eye closed.

If I am petting her, she likes to look at me with those pretty blue eyes
of hers.

All cats have such pretty eyes, but I confess I am totally smitten by
Lorelei's beautiful blue eyes.

On Sunday evening, I was watching one of my old B&W movies on videotape.
I have hundreds of them, some more as old as 30 years. I love old movies

I heard Lorelei meow, and she was only a few feet away. She has never,
to my knowledge, strayed more than a foot of two from my computer desk.

But, with some encouragement, she slowly climbed up onto my sofa, and
over to me.

I should mention that my 'sofa' is a double recliner, because my house
is too small for a 'real' couch. And one side of the recliner has never
worked.

Anyways, ever so slowly, Lorelei climbed on top of me, and settled,
first in my lap, and then lying full length on my chest.

There is nothing in the world more wonderful than to have a cat lying on
top of you, while you watch a movie made 75 years ago, with good acting,
and directing, and character development, instead of car chases,
explosions, machine guns, and CGI.

And, Lorelei stayed for the entire movie, close to two hours, until I
was finally forced to get up, and visit the bathroom.

Lorelei has also taken to coming and checking up on me, if I'm there for
more than a minute or two. Not always...but pretty often.

As I move about the house, I often find that after a greater or lesser
period of time, Lorelei comes to check up on me.

It's as if she likes to know where I am....and if she can get some
attention, while she checks on my whereabouts.

My house is tiny: I'm sure she can pretty easily hear

Lorelei left, and came back, while I was typing this.

Which proves that not only am I just about the world's slowest typer
(typing person...?) but that Lorelei really, really loves me.

And, she is quite quickly approaching the almost unattainable high bar
set by my nearly incomparably sweet RB kitty, Kenzie.

It is hard to believe, even for me.

After living here for almost 6 months now, a LOT of this has taken place
in only the last month or so.

I remember the first few weeks Lorelei was here, when she was having
none of me, for the most part, and how upset I was.

Patience truly is a virtue, with very, very rich rewards, indeed.

I think it is safe to say: I believe I chose...wisely.

Sillie man, what makez u fink U choze? Herself did da choozink and it tuk
some timex to git u in line. Lizzie knowing dat sumcat from da bridge sent
her to da grambyz hoze dat nit it was 10 belo zero.

"Booker" wrote in message ...

An Lorelei taut yu meowchat. She iz a furry special kittie.

Booker

On 5/3/2011 10:31 PM, at dot Gandalf wrote:
I think it was about a month ago that I finally lured Lorelei into my
living room, where I tend to spend a lot of my time.

Now, if I spend a lot of time at my computer, as I tend to do, I can
count on a lap buddy 4 or 5 times a day

She is so sweet: she comes up behind me, and taps my arm or shoulder, to
let me know I have to move away from my computer desk, to make room for
her in my lap. She weighs close to 15 pounds, after all.

Even as I type this, she is sitting on my lap.

If I neglect to fulfill her scritch quota for awhile, she gives me a
sweet little meow, to remind me that contractually, the arrangement is
supposed to be that she sits in my lap, and I pet her and scritch her
ears, and also her chin. and the base of her tail. And rub her tummy,
too.

If I am doing a good job, she has both of her eyes closed; if I am only
using one hand, she may have one eye closed.

If I am petting her, she likes to look at me with those pretty blue eyes
of hers.

All cats have such pretty eyes, but I confess I am totally smitten by
Lorelei's beautiful blue eyes.

On Sunday evening, I was watching one of my old B&W movies on videotape.
I have hundreds of them, some more as old as 30 years. I love old movies

I heard Lorelei meow, and she was only a few feet away. She has never,
to my knowledge, strayed more than a foot of two from my computer desk.

But, with some encouragement, she slowly climbed up onto my sofa, and
over to me.

I should mention that my 'sofa' is a double recliner, because my house
is too small for a 'real' couch. And one side of the recliner has never
worked.

Anyways, ever so slowly, Lorelei climbed on top of me, and settled,
first in my lap, and then lying full length on my chest.

There is nothing in the world more wonderful than to have a cat lying on
top of you, while you watch a movie made 75 years ago, with good acting,
and directing, and character development, instead of car chases,
explosions, machine guns, and CGI.

And, Lorelei stayed for the entire movie, close to two hours, until I
was finally forced to get up, and visit the bathroom.

Lorelei has also taken to coming and checking up on me, if I'm there for
more than a minute or two. Not always...but pretty often.

As I move about the house, I often find that after a greater or lesser
period of time, Lorelei comes to check up on me.

It's as if she likes to know where I am....and if she can get some
attention, while she checks on my whereabouts.

My house is tiny: I'm sure she can pretty easily hear

Lorelei left, and came back, while I was typing this.

Which proves that not only am I just about the world's slowest typer
(typing person...?) but that Lorelei really, really loves me.

And, she is quite quickly approaching the almost unattainable high bar
set by my nearly incomparably sweet RB kitty, Kenzie.

It is hard to believe, even for me.

After living here for almost 6 months now, a LOT of this has taken place
in only the last month or so.

I remember the first few weeks Lorelei was here, when she was having
none of me, for the most part, and how upset I was.

Patience truly is a virtue, with very, very rich rewards, indeed.

I think it is safe to say: I believe I chose...wisely.