12 years ago this week, on 7 January 2007, I posted about Gun-Hee’s first visit to Petco.
He was quite impressed with the mice.
The birds…not so much.
Those were always more Tessie’s thing.
And Jacoby’s, too.
I’m just glad that nobody tried to buy him for $3.99, though!
Every year about this time, I have to remember my Christmas kitten, Gun-Hee.
We collected him on 15 December 2006, only 10 days before Christmas.
I’ll never forget the way he discovered climbing the Christmas tree.
He was so proud of himself!
And now, 12 years later, Gun-Hee is still in my Christmas tree every year…thanks to this Fancy Feast frame ornament.
Can you believe it’s been FIVE years since Jacoby got his United Bamboo retro suit that he, famously, wore as JFK to my Marilyn?
But it’s true…it was five years ago this year that I got Jake his “Don Draper” suit.
My, how time has flown, right?
Can you believe it’s been that long since Jake got his cool suit?
Because I can’t.
It seems like he’s always had it…and yet, at the same time, it feels like he just got it. Time is funny that way, isn’t it?
Facebook, in its infinite algorithmic wisdom, reminded me this morning of Jacoby’s invitation to be Cat of the Year at the famed https://abyaday.wordpress.com/2015/11/27/aby-a-day-november-27-glorious-plumage-friday-fashion-flashback/” target=#> Westchester Cat Show and the fashion show where Jake first wore his fabulous Turkey costume.
Hard to believe that it’s been FIVE YEARS since then! So much has happened since then!
Jake clearly thought he looked amazing in his festive outfit.
The beautiful cat costume, made by Golden CouturePet, was only meant to be a loaner for the fashion show…
…But it seemed to be custom-made for Jake. The minute he put it on, it was his. The creator agreed and gave it to Jake as a gift because it suited him so very well.
Jake being named Cat of the Year was such an incredible honour.
We will never forget it.
And we have this sparkly confection of a costume to remember it by. Thank you, Westchester Feline Club!
Of course Jacoby is a Red Sox fan – his very name commemorates a magic moment at Fenway that happened 12 days after he was born. But what we tend to forget is that Gun-Hee watched them win the World Series, too.
He was a pretty good fan, too. Look – he knows where the ball is!
He was fascinated with the players, too.
Ummm…maybe a little too fascinated?
He was so adorable, you didn’t really even mind that he was blocking your view of the game. Of course, we didn’t have the Red Sox wardrobe that Jake later acquired, but that didn’t make him any less of a fan.
On Sunday, the Boston Red Sox won their fourth World Series in fourteen years, which is incredibly awesome. Even more awesome, I was able to watch them every step of the way, because just this year, Swedish television started showing MLB games. I mean, I have been here for over two years, but when I saw they were (finally) showing baseball, I was so happy.
It also reminded me of when they won five years ago. About a week before they won, at the beginning of the series against the Cardinals, Jacoby and I went on a therapy visit to the Fuller Center in full Red Sox regalia.
We rocked it – I even found some real baseball pants to go with my jersey.
Jake was so good about wearing his Red Sox hat.
He actually wore it for most of the visit. He’s such a good boy.
I actually miss going on therapy visits, with Jake or with anyone else (Lorelai and Izaak, I think, would also be great therapy cats), but there doesn’t seem to be anything like that in Sweden. Too bad, too…because Skaraborg’s Sjukhuset is really close to where we live and super easy to get to by bus
Five years ago this month, the Boston Red Sox won their third World Series in 10 years, and of course our Jacoby wore his jersey to cheer the team on.
Well, this year the Red Sox have had an amazing season and just beat the Yankees in the first playoff round and face the Houston Astros at Fenway on Saturday night. I’m lucky in that just this year they actually started broadcasting MLB games on Swedish television! They’re shown live, which is…challenging, given that they start at 1 or 2 in the morning, but I usually DVR them and watch them the next day.
Of course, it being October and the Sox being in the ALCS reminded me of the last Boston World Series game we watched.
I found a bunch of photos of Jake watching that game that, apparently, I never posted here. Of course, Jake was excited to watch the game.
Nothing like Boston during a playoff game – especially one at Fenway!
The Dropkick Murphys sang the National Anthem. That was awesome.
This was Game 6, and Boston was leading St. Louis 3-2.
Checking out the Cardinals’ line-up.
Make sure you have your bat, Jake!
Let’s just hope that the Red Sox can get past the Astros. GO RED SOX!
