Today, I took my cat and my mom's cat to the pet store to get their nails clipped.  Both of our cats have been indoor/outdoor cats since we got them seven years ago (has it really been that long), so that's claws on eight different paws to clip and since our cats both have a bit of a wild streak, mom and I opt to pay someone else to do the dangerous job for us.  My mom's cat, Kissa, was hanging out downstairs near the food bowl, trying to get me to realize that there were only a few crumbs left and I should feed her and my cat was hiding upstairs somewhere when I decided it was time to head out.  Instead of feeding the cats (which I knew would get them both downstairs and on top of the little bookshelf) I hauled both cat carriers inside and got them set up: I threw one of my dirty shirts in the one that still had a pad on the bottom for my cat and put Kissa's little rug in her carrier before pulling out the almost empty bag of cat food and filling up their food.  Just as I expected, Sisu came running downstairs to eat, but Kissa was much more intrigued by the new additions to the living room.  She went over and sniffed all around the door to her carrier, finally sticking her head inside and sniffing inside a few times. Suddenly, she stiffened, and had she been able to speak English, I'm sure it would have gone something like this: "Oh, s***!  I know what this is!" Luckily, I was right behind her by then and was able to get her in the carrier before she got away, but she wouldn't shut up the entire way to the store or home.  At least she was well behaved at Pet Co; since my cat's difficult behavior is the opposite of Kissa's (she's fine in the car, but difficult at the groomer's or vet's) "they both have a chance to shine" (my Dad).

I watched the so-called apparition episode of Ghost Hunters.  Yep.  It's pretty freaky.  I now understand, though, why I could never find a screen shot of it: unless you actually see it form and disappear, it looks like someone is just standing in front of the camera, half-blocking the shot.  I was very careful to save this episode to watch with my Dad later.  Ghost Hunters is about the only show we can both agree on, so I try to make an effort to save the really good episodes for him.  Unfortunately, autopilot usually kicks in.