8.9 Location - Happy Birthday to Zelda!

Bestest Friend and I are doing a blog project. Each day we will write a post on a pre-determined theme chosen by a random noun generator. The theme for the ninth day of the month is "Location."

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We brought home baby Zelda in July of 2011. Her rescuers said her birthday was probably June 7, so that's what's on all her records. She is twelve and gorgeous and ready for action at any moment of the day.

Look at baby fuzzy Zelda! LOOK AT HER!

She was part of a litter of farm cats my friends had rescued and all of her other siblings had been adopted already. Dr. BB and I were about to move from Minneapolis to a place where I wouldn't have a job or friends, so I told my friends that I would take her. I didn't really even ask Dr. BB, except for a brief phone call where I told him that we should call the apartment we were going to be moving to and add on a pet.  

There are relatively few locations where you'll find Zelda Belda today, despite her early life of moving from the farm to the rescuers house to Minneapolis to Winona and then to where we are today. Here are some of the more popular places you'll see her.

1. Her cat tree. Her cat tree is eight feet tall and she uses every inch of it. This was definitely the best cat-related purchase we've ever made.

2. In the dog's bed. I think Zelda sleeps there more than Hannah does.

3. In her own bed. I mean, why restrict yourself to the dog bed, you know? I know it looks like we have shoved her bed into a bookshelf, but it's a very sunny spot in the morning and even when I move the bed away from the bookshelf, she pushes it over there. Look, she's smarter than me and I don't try to fight it.

4. The dog's other bed. I know she's my own cat and I might be biased, but isn't she just the floofiest, flounciest, most badass creature?

5. Staring out windows and doors. She likes to keep track of local wildlife.  Who can blame her?

Cameo by Hannah, who is nearly always watching Zelda closely.

6. Where her meal ticket (AKA Dr. BB) is. Because my husband feeds her and she's a very hungry little lady, she follows him around from room to room.

7. My lap. Sometimes people say that they don't like cats and I'm utterly befuddled. How could you NOT like a cat purring on your lap? How?  They're soft and warm and vibrating and they've chosen you as their person and what could be better?!

Another Hannah cameo. She loves to look out that window while resting her chin on the sill.

To celebrate her birthday today, I will take her photo lots, post her to Facebook and Instagram for her fifteen minutes of fame, and promptly leave her for the weekend to enjoy quality time with Dr. BB.

Do you know the date when your pets were born?