HELLOs. MintIceCream here(MIC for short) tis a world about me, and the crazy antics of my 5 cats that just love to drive me nuts.

Age-20
Job-substitute teacher
Gender-female
i recently graduated from college with a BS degree in education, certified for art (I'm an art teacher). i currently sub teach while i shop for a job in my content area.

Mindy-my cat, she's a white cat with tabby splotches all over. She's 15 years old, nonsocial, phychotic, and crazy. But i love her all the same.

Texa-my dad's cat primarily, he has a tuxedo style coat. black with a white strip down his belly, on his paws, and the lower half of his face. he's also a manx(no tail) and very talkative. a gentle giant, very lovable, although he doesn't really like me to well. he's 11 years old. (he's also kind of a cranky old @$$)

Bogart-mom's cat. and mine sometimes. the very fat one of our family. he's 7 year old. a brown tabby who loves to raise chaos. he loves to terrorize the adults, and chew on everything. he's also a big pig and will eat anything. even though he's my mom's cat, he loves everyone. he's quite the ladies man. he prefers the company of women over men.

Sammie-Ryan's cat. 7 year old. he is all gray, with thick soft fur. the sweetest cat in the whole world. he isn't all that smart though, and kinda slow. definatley not our brightest bulb, but we love him all the same. he will do anything for a tidbit of human food, so i have managed to teach him a few tricks. his favorite food is gold fish. we try to tell him it's not a real fish, but he doesn't believe us.

Augustus (GUS for short)- everyone's cat. the newest addition to our family, we rescued him from a cousin who should be banned from owning animals. he was 5 weeks old when we got him, so tiny. he's now 3 years old. he is a miniture norwegian forrest cat. all black, orange eyes, and EXTREMLY fluffy. he is the baby of the family, and res1sident ninja/trouble-maker. he is also quite dog like. he will sit and shake paws for a treat, likes to play fetch, loves meeting new people, and go for walks on a leash and harness.

anyways, have fun, and enjoy the power of the minty-ness.

berry picking

went to the gym this morning. 2.5 miles in less than 1/2 an hour. faster than yesterday by a few minutes. that puts me up to 5.5 miles. only 994.5 miles left to go.

had to help mow the yard. but that was easy. went hunting for garage sales after that. only found 2. but at one there was this cool mug/bowl thing that had soup and crackers all around on it. and it was a minty green color. i had to get it. i'm going to clean it out and use it tonight. we're having leftover texas style chili for diner.

while on our way out to get something for lunch, we spotted a sign that said berry patch, pick your own berries. so we headed towards it and found a strawberry farm. we grabbed a box, and managed to find the strwberry feild eventually(we've never done it before). we ended up with a bit over 5 pounds. good eats. and it was cheaper than getting them at a grocery store.

need to spend some time with mindy. haven't in a while. i think she's feeling lonely and neglected. a nice 2 hour nap snuggled together, maybe a movie, and lots of neck rubs should fix that.

i've decided what to do for sammie's bday. the kittens love baby food(the human kind) as long as it's meat flavored. i even managed to teach them tricks they so despritaly loved it, they would do anything for it. so i'm going to buy a small jar for sammie's bday. it will kinda be like his cake. he will get most of it, but he will have to share. just like we usually share our cakes with other people. i think i'll get chicken flavor, and put on top of the wet we normally give them for breakfast.

mouse

went to the gym this morning. at the gym, there is this challege-ish thing. to run/swim/bike across the state. not literally, though. i chose the run. 1000 miles equals the width of state, it says. so today, i hoped on the eliptical and treadmill, and managed to run 3 miles. i put it on my log sheet. when i reach 1000, i get a tshirt.

i have to work today. :( i hate work. but i'm going to take a pencil and some paper with me, so when there's down time, i can work on some sketches for some of the fanart contests i want to enter.

before we left to the gym, i was looking around at bogarts toybox and condo thing, and noticed a package of hotdog buns in the condo. all smooshed, and with teeth holes in the plastic bag. great. we had to throw them away. he keeps doing that. sneaking up onto our counters, and taking off with bags of chips, or packages of buns. >.<

monday is sammies bday. he'll be a year old. i want to do something special for him, but still haven't figured out what to do though.

what a boring day

mom decided to drag ryan and i to the gym this morning. then grocery shopping. yuck. then home, sit in front of comp. for several hours. i need a shower. and food. definatly food. but that involves getting up. sighs

i have discovered fanart competitions. and i'm in love. i've entered 3 so far. i want to enter 3 more, but i guess you can only do 3 every 24 hours. :( so i'll enter the others tommorrow.

we kenneled sammie before we left this morning. to avoid the trouble i had yesterday. he just won't leave mindy alone. even though we've yelled and spanked him, he just keeps attacking her. so we decided to kennel him when we're not home so that we know for sure he isn't going after mindy when we aren't around.

bogart got ahold of my newest drawings, and chewed and them. so now they have holes.

easy day

feel much better today. i think i managed to puke it all out yesterday. ate subway for lunch, and so far my stomach hasn't rejected it.

slept in. mom and rytn walked to hospital for his appt. when i picked them up, we drove around to a few community center like places to try and find a summer activity for ryan. then subway. then a nap. in a few minutes i have to go to work though. whoopee :(

the cats were a pain in the rear while mom and ryan were gone. sammie keeps trying to nail mindy, and so in retaliation, she nails texa. bogart was the only good one. i eventually had had it though, and shut mindy up in our room, and kenneled sammie. seeing as how those two were the ones causing all the ruckus. when we got home and let them up, mindy was good, but sammie was trying to nail mindy again. i had to shut him out of my room while i napped with mindy. but as soon as i opened the door, he shot pass me and spooked mindy out of our room. she's currently seeking safety on my lap, but i'm going to have to have ryan keep an eye out while i'm at work. mindy's getting to old for this.

today

had to take my dad to the airport this morning. which meant being up at 5 in the morning. then we sat there. i love my dad and all, but siting in an airport, is soooo boring. then came the goodbyes. he has to go back to korea for another 6 months. mom and ryan were all red and wet from crying, balling their eyes out. i didn't cry. i never cry. don't know why. don't feel anything either. it's just normal to not have him around for me now. stupid military. when he is home visiting, it's just so akward. it messes up our normal routine. and even when he is gone, we don't talk much. mom and ryan hog the phone. and i'm tired of having to ask to tald to him. why doesn't HE ASK to talk to ME. if he isn't asking, i'm assuming he doesn't want to. :(

sleep when finally got home, hung out with ashley for 2 hours, and watched my speed racer movie. feel nasueos and sick. am going to bed now.