Hello!
I just joined. My name is Nik. I'm a 23 year old girl from South Dakota, who has recently moved up to Canada to start a life with her husband, who is originally from the Greater Toronto Area. I wanted my username to be Snotty McPetPants, but I was heartbroken to find it was a character or two too long. C'est la vie.
My husband and I have two wonderful kitties. A handsome young man named Charlie, who I adopted as a fuzzy kitten and love more than anything, despite his many attitudinal problems.
He's a snobby Himalayan who knows exactly how beautiful he is. He was rescued from an "over-kittied" house. I had originally adopted a pretty tabby/white girl kitten, but her former owner called us and asked if we would return her in exchange for a different kitten. Apparently her daughter missed the kitten very much. Little did we know what a basketcase Charlie was, LOL. He is a very non-sociable cat. He's only willing to give you love if you're in the bathroom or if it's very early in the morning and no one else is awake to witness it. He also loves to eat popcorn and play with candy wrappers.
The baby of the family is a girl named Jinxsie. She's a beautiful short-haired calico kitty who will be one year old this April. We bought her at a local pet store. My mom actually bought her brother earlier in the same week that I bought her. I've always thought it was nice that they've been able to stay together for so long. When I moved up here with my husband, we had to leave her behind in my mother's care for the time being (can't bring her here until my Canadian residency goes through, unfortunately). I sometimes feel guilty at the thought of having to separate the two of them, when that time comes. They are just the best of friends and it will be very sad to see them apart. I hope they won't take it too hard.
I have a couple of questions regarding the forum.
1.) I know a ton of people have asked this, but the question always seems to be answered via PM instead of having a thread addressing it: how do you upload/select your avatar and create your signature?
2.) I've seen lots of people on here with small pictures of their cats next to their usernames when they post in a thread, but haven't been able to figure out how to do it myself. I see at the top navigation there is a link that says "Your Cats" and I'm wondering if that may be the key. However, everytime I try to click on it, nothing happens at all. Is there a problem with the link, or am I simply cursed?
This may be the longest introduction post in history and I applaud anyone who may still be with me.
Thanks for any answers anyone can provide, hello to my fellow cat lovers, and good night.
I just joined. My name is Nik. I'm a 23 year old girl from South Dakota, who has recently moved up to Canada to start a life with her husband, who is originally from the Greater Toronto Area. I wanted my username to be Snotty McPetPants, but I was heartbroken to find it was a character or two too long. C'est la vie.
My husband and I have two wonderful kitties. A handsome young man named Charlie, who I adopted as a fuzzy kitten and love more than anything, despite his many attitudinal problems.
The baby of the family is a girl named Jinxsie. She's a beautiful short-haired calico kitty who will be one year old this April. We bought her at a local pet store. My mom actually bought her brother earlier in the same week that I bought her. I've always thought it was nice that they've been able to stay together for so long. When I moved up here with my husband, we had to leave her behind in my mother's care for the time being (can't bring her here until my Canadian residency goes through, unfortunately). I sometimes feel guilty at the thought of having to separate the two of them, when that time comes. They are just the best of friends and it will be very sad to see them apart. I hope they won't take it too hard.
I have a couple of questions regarding the forum.
1.) I know a ton of people have asked this, but the question always seems to be answered via PM instead of having a thread addressing it: how do you upload/select your avatar and create your signature?
2.) I've seen lots of people on here with small pictures of their cats next to their usernames when they post in a thread, but haven't been able to figure out how to do it myself. I see at the top navigation there is a link that says "Your Cats" and I'm wondering if that may be the key. However, everytime I try to click on it, nothing happens at all. Is there a problem with the link, or am I simply cursed?
This may be the longest introduction post in history and I applaud anyone who may still be with me.
Thanks for any answers anyone can provide, hello to my fellow cat lovers, and good night.
