What Happened? - Page 2

hckynutjohn · ‎06-15-2015

Thank you so much. That avatar you have there? When Jasper, our younger one, has that look! He is ready for some mischief. Been that way since he was a little kitten.

Jasper looks a lot like my avatar of Toby. Just a little less white on his chest, but on his belly, he has a big white outline of a ♥️, it is something to see.

hckynut 🏒

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Annabellethecat66 · ‎03-12-2010

@hckynutjohn @I enjoyed reading your post, and everyone's post actually.

@hckynutjohn As I was reading your post it reminded me of my late husband and "his" cat beloved 'Fabio'.

Fabio started out being called Marsha, I think it was that. Anyway, it was a girl's name because I thought the cat was female.

Marsha just showed up on day (like most cats do). We kept feeding him/her o the back porch because I kept saying, "I will not bring another cat in the house". We already had (Ithink it was) 6 of them...all females.

But when Fall came along (and it started getting cold) I gave in and said, "OK...what's one more cat". Easier said than done. Marsha the cat, was difficult to catch. My husband put in 3 cat doors, trying to catch Marsha.

Then one day, as I bent over to put down the cat food for Marsha....my eyes beheld the biggest (starts with a 'b' and ends with 'alls' I'd ever seen!

A little background here...the name came from The Brady Bunch show when they were always saying..."Marsha! Marsha!". Marsha: I found out later was called a Van cat. I'd never had one with that coloring.

On to this boring story..for those still here...thanks...I guess. I'm typing this and I'm bored.

At dinner I announced to my husband and daughters that Marsha would, from now on be known as "Mickey".

My husband jumped up and said, Mickey! What kind of name is that for a manly man?" I said "OK! You name him". It took 2 seconds and my husband said "Fabio...You know like that guy with the longhair women swoon over".

I was shocked! No, not by him knowing who Fabio was, but because he managed to get in a word at the dinner table!

An outgoing wife and 3 equally talkative and outgoing females, my husband barely talked at the dinner table.

We managed to get Fabio indoors...finally. Even though we had him neutered immediately, til the day he died, he still sprayed in my house near the water tank. I had to use varnish on the sub-floor to seal in the smell and replace the carpet.

OK finally....the reason I'm posting.

When my husband died, his former business partner asked for some family pictures. I had one heck of a time finding some thewere just the two of us.

They were mostly Fabio and Fabio's dad (my husband). After my husband died, I had to get rid of his truck becauseFabio sat on the hood every day all day.