For those of you who don't already know, my husband is a crazy cat lady.

I'm really not sure how this happened, since prior to adding Vinny and Yoko to our family back in October of 2010 he had never even held a cat before. But nevertheless, he quickly fell in love with the species, and is completely enamored with our two felines.


It is not uncommon for me to come home to find him reclining on the couch with both cats on top of him, or for him to walk into a room with, usually Vinny, in his arms, exclaiming "look how cute this boy is!" It makes me laugh, and I really love seeing this side of him. He spoils them rotten, and they absolutely adore him.


However, he is also one of those cat owners (and this is where the crazy part comes in) who take pictures of the cats and send them to other cat-loving friends on a regular basis. Yoko in the laundry basket. Vinny laying on his back. Vinny laying on his chest. Vinny... Vinny is his favorite, if you haven't caught on by now. He also likes to look at silly cat pictures, and we came dangerously close to adding the LOL CATZ Bible (yes, there is such a thing, if you want a good laugh, just Google it) to our collection of biblical texts.


So when it came time to get calendars for 2012 it was no surprise that we ended up with calendars that are adorned by cats.
We have two.
The one in the bedroom is a typical cat calendar, with pithy little sayings on it that we bought at Barnes & Noble for 50% off after the holidays. 
The second one is in the dining room. It is our statement calendar.

Cat Lovers Against the Bomb.

It's a great calendar, with interesting tidbits on the dates about either cats or social justice-y events that have happened. And of course, there are cats.


All this to say that, for January, there was also a prayer with the cat photo, a prayer that I wanted to share with you all.

All we ask, Oh Lord, is to be safe from the rain,

just warm enough in the winter

to watch the snow with a smile,

enough to eat so that our hunger will

not turn us to angry beasts,

and sanity enough to make a justice

that will not kill our love of life. 

                               - Joseph Pintauro

Do you have any unconventional calendars?