That Darn Cat

This afternoon I thought I heard a cat crying outside our door. I looked out the peep hole and, sure enough, there was a cat sitting by the stairs. When I started opening the door to go out and check on it, it ran into the apartment. Olive jumped off the couch and started chasing the poor cat around the living room. I was able to catch her and the cat took off into the bedroom and hid under the bed where it stayed for the rest of the afternoon.

I called the front office to see if anyone had the cat on their lease in this building or a building nearby, but they said there were no orange cats listed in the area. After that I called Olive's veterinary office, Brookfield. They said we could bring him in and they would scan him for a microchip - unfortunately he didn't have one. The staff recommended a place we could take him, but when they called the place was already closed. Brookfield was kind enough to give us a bag of food and some kitty litter so we could keep him overnight. When I got home, Olive and I put up signs around the apartment complex in hopes that his owner would see them.

Just a couple hours later there was a knock at our door. The girl from upstairs was wondering if I'd seen her cat, he'd escaped and wasn't used to being outside. She was so happy to have Noogie back.

Winter Wonderland

This past Thursday, we awoke to find the world covered in white. There was about 6 inches of fluffy snow everywhere and it was still coming down. Olive was, of course, THRILLED! Tim took her for her usual morning outing and she was so busy running in circles, she nearly forgot to do her business.

We left Olive at home while we drove to Tim's work. The roads were quite slippery, but the Neon made it there and back. We were very proud of the little car for making it up a hill that a pick-up truck was stuck on. Tim's fellow Torontonian co-worker was there already. When the weather didn't let up and the city didn't clear the roads the company president sent an email to say that unless you can walk, have all-wheel drive or are one of those crazy Canadian animators you should just stay home.

When Lindsay got back to the apartment, a few of the neighbourhood dogs were out running around so she decided to take Olive out to play. Olive spent about half an hour running in circles and being chased by four other dogs: Bob, Mona, Dune and Lito. Dune and Lito are 7 month old Whippets, so they got a bit cold after a while. Mona is a new addition, she's an Australian Cattle dog that Bob's family saved from going to a shelter after her previous owners were evicted from their house. She and Olive became fast friends, with Mona herding Olive around the parking lot.

One of our Australian neighbours, from the same building as the four dogs, tossed snowballs for the dogs to chase and catch. They all had a grand time and yet somehow when Tim got home Olive was still wired and wanted to go out and play again. She settled for dragging him to the poop area, the mail box, the poop area again (for real this time) and finally back to the apartment.

The Nutcracker

This past weekend we went to see the Nutcracker in downtown Seattle. It was quite different that the version in Toronto, it had a bit more of a modern styling to the set design.

They've been talking about the Nutcracker on the radio station we listen to for a while, so when our friends invited us to go with them, we decided to go. It's the 25th anniversary of the Nutcraker in Seattle this year, so I guess they were going all out. There were 11 of us in total, spread out in two rows at the top of the balcony. We saw the 1 pm show.

One of the radio commercials they played most often talked about the growing Christmas tree, which was built by Boeing. We thought it sounded really cool and had a picture in our head of what it would look like... Well, it wasn't quite as cool as it was in our heads, but it was pretty impressive.

After the show we went to a nearby vegetarian Chinese restaurant for dinner.

Campaigning for Disney

This past weekend we went to see Disney's new movie, Bolt. It was GREAT! At one point Lindsay was laughing so hard that there were tears streaming down her face and her cheeks hurt. Tim really, really liked it, too.

Here's the trailer:

So, if you get the chance this coming weekend, YOU should go see it too!! Unfortunately it lost at the box office this past weekend because of another big movie, but it deserves to be seen!!

Dinner with Family

A few weeks ago Tim's Uncle Wellington & Aunty Darlene were in the area and we got together at the P.F. Chang's China Bistro in Bellevue. Yes, technically they are Ompung's generation, but look how young and spry they are!

Thank you, Uncle and Aunty, for stopping by to visit and catch up over some tasty food. We had a really lovely time.

Happy Halloween

Carved by Tim.

35th Anniversary Dinner

Sormin's Anniversary Dinner

At the end of July, we celebrated Tim's parents's 35th anniversary with dinner at Sunnybrook Estates in Toronto. The whole evening was lovely. It started with a tour of the grounds and neighbouring building, then we went to the library for hor d'oeurve's and then into the dining room for our meal. Click on the picture above to see the rest of the photo's.