Before and After

It's my 100th blog post!! Way back in January '08, my first blog was about my kitty, so it's only appropriate that my 100th blog is about her too.

The above photo was taken last Friday, when she was blissfully unaware of what was coming. Once a year, we shear her down to what is known as a "lion cut." It looks really goofy, but come summer time, the hair is shooting out of her all over the place no matter how much you brush, along with a host of other problems. Up until now, we've always done the dirty deed ourselves. But this year we found an incredibly cheap groomer only about a mile away from us, so I took her there instead.

It only took 15 minutes!! She barely had time to realize what was happening! Although she did manage to hiss at the dogs in the salon while the groomer was shaving her butt. I guess she blamed them for her troubles. (Better them than me!)

When we got back home, I had the audacity to give her a bath. Her day just kept getting better and better.

She is much more frisky now that she is streamlined, but she does like to snuggle for warmth. (Something she doesn't like doing normally.) Note the fact that she has her paws and tail tightly curled underneath her now to keep them warm. I also think it's interesting that she seems to lose all her orange and black fur when she is sheared.

Maybe I won't tell her that she is going to get her shots tomorrow. I think that would put her over the edge.