Hello and happy Friday, friends! We're here and ready for the Friendly Fill-Ins challenge, and we'd love for you to join us. My amazing co-host Ellen of 15andmeowing came up with the first two, and I came up with the second two.
1. _________ is a useful skill that I have.
2. I recharge by _________.
3. My job as a _________ taught me _________.
4. I wouldn't mind visiting a house haunted by _________.
My answers are below in bold.
My answers are below in bold.
1. Speed cleaning is a useful skill that I have.
(I'm not perfect at this, and my skillset is mostly in reference to my ability to clean up feline messes very quickly. Having shared my life with many animals—namely having shared my life with my sweet Evan and his urinary incontinence and messy megacolon—I've learned ways to clean and sanitize such messes rather quickly. I need to expand my speed cleaning skills to other areas, such as cleaning kitchen cabinets and the oven and such. But, I can at least speed clean my kitties' messes.)
(I'm not perfect at this, and my skillset is mostly in reference to my ability to clean up feline messes very quickly. Having shared my life with many animals—namely having shared my life with my sweet Evan and his urinary incontinence and messy megacolon—I've learned ways to clean and sanitize such messes rather quickly. I need to expand my speed cleaning skills to other areas, such as cleaning kitchen cabinets and the oven and such. But, I can at least speed clean my kitties' messes.)
2. I recharge by staying home with my cats.
(I'm a broken record and have mentioned many times before how I'm an asocial homebody. I want nothing more than to be home alone with my kitties. When I do have required events that involve socializing and the like, including simply going to work for the day, I can never wait to get back home to recover in the company of my cats.)
(I'm a broken record and have mentioned many times before how I'm an asocial homebody. I want nothing more than to be home alone with my kitties. When I do have required events that involve socializing and the like, including simply going to work for the day, I can never wait to get back home to recover in the company of my cats.)
3. My job as a veterinary assistant taught me customer service.
(When I worked as a veterinary assistant, I was the only employee for a veterinarian who had a very abrasive personality. She had trouble getting along with others, including clients. Because of that, and because I was the person who greeted everyone and tried keep the clients coming back, I was forced to learn some intense customer service skills while working that job. Though I don't work that job anymore, I'm still able to turn on that customer service version of me. I once heard someone comment on how they don't even recognize the customer service version of themselves, and I honestly relate to that so much. I'm not a very social or talkative person, and yet when I bring out my customer service side, I can be exactly those things. It's like acting in a fictional role. My mom and sister have seen it in action and said I'm a completely different person in a customer-centric setting, and they're right.)
(When I worked as a veterinary assistant, I was the only employee for a veterinarian who had a very abrasive personality. She had trouble getting along with others, including clients. Because of that, and because I was the person who greeted everyone and tried keep the clients coming back, I was forced to learn some intense customer service skills while working that job. Though I don't work that job anymore, I'm still able to turn on that customer service version of me. I once heard someone comment on how they don't even recognize the customer service version of themselves, and I honestly relate to that so much. I'm not a very social or talkative person, and yet when I bring out my customer service side, I can be exactly those things. It's like acting in a fictional role. My mom and sister have seen it in action and said I'm a completely different person in a customer-centric setting, and they're right.)
4. I wouldn't mind visiting a house haunted by my furry angels.
(I've been debating with myself if this is really the answer I want to put. I'm not sure if this sort of visit with my kitties and pups who have passed would be too heartbreaking or not, but the reality is that if I were given the chance to see them all again, I would absolutely take it.)
(I've been debating with myself if this is really the answer I want to put. I'm not sure if this sort of visit with my kitties and pups who have passed would be too heartbreaking or not, but the reality is that if I were given the chance to see them all again, I would absolutely take it.)
Now it's your turn!
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Eddy was not spared from being haunted by the festive little friend the other kitties have introduced you to this week. This tabby girl already tends to get suspicious of the camera, and she gets even more suspicious when it shows up alongside a ghostly fiend. Her suspicions made for some cute photos, though. See?
Have a wonderful day, friends!
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Spooky Flashback Doodle of the Day
Today, Eddy is sharing her Halloween costume from a series of doodles I scribbled up a couple years ago. She got to dress up as Michael Myers. Why? Because Eddy has a couple things in common with this Halloween menace. You know, like antisocial tendencies and a penchant for using sharp objects.
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Tip of the Day
We talked about sparing unwilling furbabies from dressing up for Halloween, and about selecting safe costumes for those furbabies who do enjoy dressing up. Today, we're here to remind you that, if you yourself are planning to don a costume for Halloween, to again take your furbaby into consideration. Any costume worn by yourself, or anyone else in the house, should be safe around your kitty or pup, such as by being free of parts and pieces that a kitty or pup might chew or ingest and thereby put themselves in danger. Earlier in the month we also talked about the toxicity of items such as fake blood, so of course it's safest to refrain from including that in any costume you wear.
Aside from costume dangers, also keep your furbaby's comfort and happiness in mind if you have any sort of costume for yourself. Wigs and masks, for example, might scare some cats or dogs, especially those who are already skittish. It's not only important to ensure that any costume you wear is safe around your furbaby, but that it also does not scare them.
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