Building A Moat To Keep A Cat Out

My 2011 goal to take a kickboxing class is not going to happen, I looked into it and I found out that kickboxing is not for me. I am taking a taekwondo class though, I am on my 3rd class and so far I have learned many different kicks, the crescent kick, front kick and the round house kick. Next week I will be learning different punches. My new goal is to make it past green belt because my dad didn’t make it past green belt. I will keep you updated on my progress.

On a totally different topic. My roommate has a cat named Simon. I am not sure if I have talked about Simon before but he’s a cute orange cat. I enjoy Simon in my life, he is a good friend we take naps together. That being said Simon tends to scratch at my door in the morning if my roommate is not home because he wants to be fed. I tried many different techniques at first, I tried putting boxes along the side of my door but he would just move them. I tried spraying Febreze but it would just give me a head ach smelling it under the door. I then read online about building a mote in front of the door because cats do not like water. That night I set out four different bowls in front of my door and filled them with water. I woke up at 6:30am and there was no scratching. I went back to bed for 15 min and I woke up to scratch scratch scratch. I walk outside to see one bowl moved away from the door and no water on the ground. Simon had spent all night drinking the water out of the bowl and then was able to move it with ease. I couldn’t even be mad, he out played me.

Now Simon sleeps on the end of my bed with me when my roommate is away or if I don’t want him in my room I was able to purchase a spray from PetSmart which is a smell cats don’t like and it works like a charm.

2011 - A New Year

I am not trying to say that 2010 was bad, but I have high hopes for 2011. I typically think of myself as a lucky person and I felt like in 2010 I was not very lucky. I see things turning around soon. There are many different reasons why. Let’s see the Packers made it into the playoffs and won their first game and I am looking into kick boxing classes at a gym near my house to get buff. I realized in 2011 I need to do some things different, so today I started doing a few things differently. Here are three examples.

1. When I was looking for food in the fridge I looked for the expiration date on an item. Let’s be honest if it doesn’t have mold on it I don’t typically care what date it says…which is probably bad. I realize that most people typically do look at expiration dates. Maybe I should start now? This can be part of the new me.

2. I went for a run in the dark. I may have just lasted a few blocks but I saw that my friend Katy is training for a 10k and it made me realize I am out of shape. I feel like if I do end up taking kick boxing classes I don’t want to be the dud in the class. I realized I should start preparing for my potential future class.

3. I cracked an egg which I thought was hard boiled on the table and well it wasn’t. I have never done that before. This may not help me in the future but it was funny and I did laugh out loud.

It looks like 2011 is going to be a great year.