{"id":211,"date":"2008-09-26T10:23:57","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T14:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/?p=211"},"modified":"2008-09-26T10:25:32","modified_gmt":"2008-09-26T14:25:32","slug":"bella-the-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/?p=211","title":{"rendered":"Bella the Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I adopted Bella on this past Sunday (Sept 21) from Cats in the Cradle Rescue Organization during an adoption event at PetSmart in Alpharetta.\u00a0 She&#8217;s approximately one year old and so-so adorable!\u00a0 There was another interested party but we (Dana and I) staked our claim and I filled out the adoption application and the foster owner, Debbie, couldn&#8217;t have been more excited about us adopting Bella.<\/p>\n<p>Since this was my first animal, Dana and I had to wonder though the PetSmart and buy everything&#8230; litterbox, scratchpad, food, food and water bowls, a carrier, litter, collar&#8230; Dana was having fun picking this stuff out.\u00a0 (people love to help me spend my money&#8230; I&#8217;m looking at you, Kevin! haha)\u00a0 We got through at PetSmart and it was time to go home with my new pet!<\/p>\n<p>Once we got home with her, she proceeded to put out her food and water, fill the litterbox, and get her collar ready to put on Bella&#8230; but while our backs were turned, she got out of the open carrier and hid&#8230; and she hid WELL.\u00a0 I found her Monday after work in closet&#8230; I thought I had looked everywhere!\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t make her come out but I did pet her to let her know that everything was okay&#8230; later I did bring her out and showed her the food and water bowls&#8230; she looked at me like I was crazy and went back upstairs and found another hiding place.<\/p>\n<p>I was awoken early on Tuesday morning by the sound of moving blinds&#8230; she had come out and she&#8217;s moving around the kitchen.\u00a0 I went downstairs and fixed my door blinds and went back to bed as there was no sign of her.\u00a0 I went back to bed and about an hour later, she did it again&#8230; and the same thing, no sign of her&#8230; so I decided to sleep on the couch&#8230; and again, about an hour later, she did it once again, but this time I was prepared.\u00a0 I caught her in the kitchen and I pet her a bunch for about 30 minutes and I got her to purr! \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 But then, I had to go get ready for work and she hid again!!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Bella\" src=\"http:\/\/c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com\/images02\/64\/l_a11d05821f3f4f14891c70e47667a6a6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\nShe still looks a bit scarred but she&#8217;s still adorable&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Dana arrived at my house before I got home from work and found her and had been bonding with her.\u00a0 I got home and she had gone upstairs but I found her and brought her downstairs.\u00a0 We all pet her and did some more bonding with her.\u00a0 Now, she&#8217;s always around! haha&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Bella\" src=\"http:\/\/c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com\/images02\/44\/l_cdb5e85cf25c47a0ad2de3898f5c6c81.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\nGetting more comfy, are we?<\/p>\n<p>I stayed home from work (well, I worked from home) on Wednesday because Dana was sick and it&#8217;s contagious and I didn&#8217;t want to spread it at work&#8230; so, we did get some more bonding in.\u00a0 I bought Bella a &#8216;jungle gym&#8217; from Target and put it together.\u00a0 She hasn&#8217;t played on it yet, but I am sure she will.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, still fearful from getting sick, I worked from home again.\u00a0 Bella stayed around almost all day.\u00a0 She did go upstairs to her favorite window and sat in the window sunning and watching what&#8217;s going on outside.\u00a0 She loves to do that.\u00a0 I did get her to be a bit more playful last night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Bella\" src=\"http:\/\/c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com\/images02\/57\/l_b3e8b3d1ac434ee1b837f6bb39c9289a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\nShe has found herself a favorite perch on the back of my couch&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Today is the first day I have left her alone after she came out of hiding&#8230; I hope she doesn&#8217;t tear up my house!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I adopted Bella on this past Sunday (Sept 21) from Cats in the Cradle Rescue Organization during an adoption event at PetSmart in Alpharetta.\u00a0 She&#8217;s approximately one year old and so-so adorable!\u00a0 There was another interested party but we (Dana &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/?p=211\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions\/214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}