Animals (and other stuff)

In this picture, you see a loaded pet taxi.  Normally it is only used when we need to take Iris to the vet, to contain all that hair she sheds.  

Three cats are going to get fixed.  That's Mamma Kitty in the back, and you can barely see Jake in the corner.  At the vet's, the lady had to fill out a card for each of them.  When she asked the name of the calico in the foreground, I said, "She doesn't really have a name.  Call her Suzie."  
I was only scratched once, and that was by a cat who escaped, sealing her fate.  
I never intended to spend that much money on cats.  They had certainly better not run away from home, or let somebody else entice them away.  Mamma Kitty is the only one of the group you could call tame, although the others will allow themselves to be petted by me, since I feed them.  
  I just noticed that wasp nest in the upper right-hand corner.  I hate mud-daubers.

Notice the flies are on Jody's face, not mine.  I certainly hope my photographer friend does NOT photoshop flies onto my face!  Right after this was taken, I asked Cliff to come and take my picture with Jody from farther back, but when he drew near, Jody got up.  She doesn't really care for Cliff, or anybody else other than me.  

I'm getting pretty fed up with T-mobile.  I buy my minutes ahead of time because I use the phone so rarely, but we left Cliff on the plan because we both use his phone to call out, most of the time.  Our house phone won't call anybody except 911, although we can receive calls.  By the way, I'm fed up with Century-Link, too!  High prices for no service.  
Back to T-Mobile:  We pay for 500 minutes, and our bill is creeping up all the time.  It used to be $41.  Last month it was $47, and this month it's $54.  Cliff only used 135 of his 500 minutes.  It's time for a change, if only I could figure out what kind of change I want.