Do Your Job #PottyMouth

My people are obsessed with my potty habits. They are constantly saying, "Amelia, do you need to do your job?" Which is the polite way of saying go to the bathroom.  When they are being patient, they take me out and say, "Okay, do your job." And when they are being impatient, they say, "Come on, take a pee," or, "I know you need to poop." As if they didn't understand that these things take...

Fears

I guess it's common knowledge that I am afraid of a lot of things. When I first found my forever family, I was so anxious and afraid all the time that I chewed holes in just about everything, such as my old pink blanket. In my defense, I'm a lot less afraid now than I was five years ago when I first came to live with Todd and Diane and I haven't chewed a hole in any blankets, sheets, towels, or...

The Big Rolling Crate

There's a lot of excitement at my house right now while my people try to get everything ready for our big adventure. My boy-person, Todd, whom it is my duty to protect from all dangers real and imagined for as long as I shall live, spends a lot of time preparing the Big Rolling Crate, and my lady-person, Diane, fusses around the house, doing all the stuff she didn't have time to do during the...

My Favorite Things

When I told Diane I wanted to make a blog about our adventure, she said to me, "Amelia, that sounds like a lot of work. You don't even like people! Why would you want to do that?" And I looked at her and I said, "I do too like people, I just sometimes forget that I don't have to be afraid of them. Anyway, the internet is a great place for agoraphobic, anthropophobic like me to make connections." She...

Family

I guess before we get all involved in our epic road trip, I should tell you a little bit about how I found my forever family. I came to live with Diane and Todd in early January, 2011. It happened like this: One cold day, this nice lady came to the animal shelter and she thought I looked very smart. She thought I might be the perfect dog to rescue her, but she had heard that a lot of shelter...

Sister Cat

When Diane and Todd brought me home, I was surprised to learn they already had a rescuer: a cat named Taco. Taco is "O Cat" spelled backwards. Also, Taco's full name is Tacocat, which is a palindrome. Actually, Diane and Todd didn't name her Taco for either of those reasons. They just thought it was a cute name for a feisty cat. They only realized the poetic potential of her name later. Anyway,...

Canoe

Whether or not we need a canoe for this summer's adventure has been quite a big topic of conversation between Todd and Diane for the past few days. Todd thinks a canoe is the perfect accompaniment to the big rolling crate, and Diane thinks it would be somewhat insane to tie a 16-foot canoe to the top of the bus and drive a few thousand miles like that. Usually I side with Todd in all things pertaining...