apologies for the lateness!

It's been awhile since we've updated on the current happenings of the Harukat. Rest assured, we have just been gathering many awkwardly cute photos to bombard you with . . . . 

STARTING NOW!!!

This was taken on the day we brought her home. She is just getting out of her kitty carrier . . .

And this is just after she got her first bath, after piddling all over the place (as mentioned in the one of the first blog entries.) Note the happy face. (More like . . . OMG get that camera out of my face . . . face.)

And this is my peed-on self.

We shall return soon with updated kitty happenings!

One of Haruka's silly spots.

These pictures were taken a week or so ago, but I'm just now finding some time to post them. Haruka loves the small shelf on our TV stand. Almost TOO much . . .

There shouldn't be a shelf there. It should be a drawer. We just never finished it.

The patented upside-down head tilt with paw up.

CAT CHIN!!! MUST SCRATCH!!!

*waves to adoring public*

The close-up . . .

Okay, mom. You can stop now. Really.

Spoilsport.

Naughty kitty.

Haruka has been very naughty lately. In addition to her ninja trolling, she is also climbing on top of the laundry, trying to get into the dryer, sitting in the fridge, and she's still trying to eat my legs and toes as appetizers.

When she's sweet she's awesome . . . 

And when she's mischevious you want to lock her up!!

The only time we do lock her up is when people are coming in and out of the house and we don't want her to run outside . . . . or when she decides to jump into a low-lying cabinet and the door shuts behind her. I know she's just being curious . . . . . . . . and it's so frustrating sometimes . . . . but . . . . that face. You can't help but start cooing.

"Yeah. Go ahead and coo. Will you be cooing when I chew up that Target receipt you stupidly left on the bed? You didn't need that, did you?"

At least she's not chewing wires. My old cat, Little, chewed through a LOT of radio wires! She also licked plastic bags. Haruka must be related, as she likes to lick . . . just about everything, including the fridge, the shower, and the hubby's face.

Such are the joys of cat ownership! :D

random kittage!

Some random pictures of Haruka for your 'ahn'ing pleasure.

Laying on top of the loft with her head hanging over the edge.

CAT BUTT!! Disappearing under covers. I totally realize this is upside down.

Sleeping in a Harry Potter blanket. No lie. She would totally be Gryffindor.

Proof of the 'Al Bundy Cat.'

I present to you proof that our cat sits like Al Bundy. Either that or she has no shame whatsoever.

She will sit like this on the couch,  in a lap, or on the floor. Pardon the upside-down-ness. She was caught in the act of attacking the door.

Haruka is perfectly content this way. With her little paws up like a bunny. Ah, yes, the sideways-ness. Haruka told me not to adjust the picture. She likes it this way.

The ninja troll.

Upside-down ninja troll is trolling like a ninja!

Since we've put the bedskirt back on our bed, Haruka has taken it upon herself to camp out underneath it, just behind it, and ATTACK.

She's like a little troll under a bridge, but with ninja-like reflexes. She will see an unsuspecting foot or ankle nearby, and BAM! a paw or two zooms out to clamp around the prey. The prey always gets away after a 'HEY!' and a shrug-off. But that doesn't deter this ninja-troll. No feet are safe. She's always lurking . . .

She tried to get me, but stopped short when she realized she was being photographed. Then she posed, but said, 'you're NOT putting this on the blog, mom.'

Well, I've got news for you, Haruka . . . . you can't access the internets.

Bug Issues #2.

So, I shall continue this by typing, as it really isn't as epic as it may have started out. Like any new home owners, we needed a pest inspection anyway to make sure nature doesn't find its way in. Like any new pet owners, we FREAKED OUT at the sight of ants making a home in Haruka's food bowl. Maybe MORESO than most . . . . I was all sorts of paranoid that she would get bitten by bugs (in reality, she was still munching when we saw it . . . . but still . . .)

We had Truly Nolen come out the next day to perform an inspection, and then the day after that they came back out for a treatment. So far, only one ant has tried to come back. We've upped our protection with a pet-friendly bug repellent disc underneath her water bowl. Haruka came out of it all unscathed, but I got bit twice.