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Hello caturfolk. Pull Up Your Cat and join right in but please leave your politics at home. Pretty good week here as far as cats go I guess. Kuroneko has suddenly become both aloof and incredibly affectionate at the same time. The time change always confuses her though and she still can’t figure out why I’m such a layabout in the morning and so late getting home. Stoopid Hoomin!
Last week the apartment maintenance people had some carpet installers in my building and spying some carpet scraps outside, I decided the time was right to cover the arm of the sofa that Neko uses for a scratching post with a piece of carpet. I figured it would prevent further damage to the sofa and give her a place to scratch. I guess maybe it will even work…if she ever stops being afraid of it. At first she’d give the new covering a wide berth when moving past it and just last night, she moved on to sniffing it, having apparently decided that it won’t attack her. Intrepid cat.
So, on to this week’s pick of the pics:
Kuroneko picture of the week is of Kuroneko the meatloaf,
bravely cowering in the dark.
The object of her abject terror. Oh noes!
Obligatory cute kitten picture of the week. Tigerstripe kittens
are so cute but they seem to grow up so mean! Via lolcats
I hope everybody has a great week ahead but no matter what you have planned, please set aside some time to spend with whatever animal(s) share your life. Please feel free to share your pet stories, information and photos here!
Please enjoy this video of the ancient martial art of Kat-Fu.
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Ancient Art of Kat-fu! Love that! Hadn’t seen it before. Some great photography in that, as well as adorable kittehs.
I can’t do anything now, forced to be lazy, because of this dead weight of two (count ‘em! Two!) kittehs on my lap. They are in rather interesting contortion positions in the effort to fit on the lap and around each other. Squeaky and Pushy, of course; Smokey wouldn’t put up with the adjustments necessary. He and Big Boy are in the kitchen since breakfast.
Big Boy has seemed reluctant to leave in the chilly morning air when I go to work, but he isn’t ready to stay when I’m not here.
Yesterday he seemed pleased to stay the whole day post-breakfast.
That’s about all my kitteh news related to my own kittehs.
hola, Margaret and tejana! I got a photo of Adorable Boy from when he got fixed, let me see if I can post it to my picassa.
My crew happy to do some snuggling in the cold weather, even though it is “snuggling” on their terms. That means, sleep on the bed, maybe, if no hooman arms are visible.
Please elaborate: you can be in the bed, but must keep arms under the covers? That’s an interesting kitty quirk, a new one to me.
Waiting (im)patiently for the pic…..
Kuroneko will climb all over me while I’m in bed, sitting down here, laying across me there but she won’t settle down to sleep there unless it’s both cold and I’ve finished reading. She doesn’t like hoomin arms being above the covers either!
Sounds like Big Boy is coming along though. :)
Strange…the hoomin arm thing. No accounting for kittehs.
Yep, BB is coming along. However, he’s sensitive to noise, as you’d expect. I can’t really cook or clean up, bang pans,search cabinets, empty ice trays, without his wanting to flee. Early in the week a stack of stuff that was delilcately balanced fell to the floor, just a few inches from his bed, and he didn’t come back for quite awhile. And then he was extremely wary.
It’s all his fault I can’t get anything done in the kitchen. *g*
Suki (doxie/jack russell) sleeps with me every night tucked under the covers and behind my knees. In the morning Little Kitty comes in to wake both of us up no matter what. She starts out calm and sweet. But based on our interest in getting up, she will do what ever it takes to move us out of the bed. Suki and I secretly love this morning ritual. Suki’s tail goes crazy and is a target for Little Kitty. It is a great way to greet the day.
Well, truth to tell, I’m starving. The kittehs descended upon me before I got around to making my own breakfast. They ate, of course, and their litter boxes were cleaned. I sat down for a minute to rest and check for Caturday and so forth, and next thing I know, I’m weighed down by these furry lap-weights.
Think I’ve gotta get moving. Lots to do; including drafting my resignation letter. Ordering cards for my very own practice, opening soon. Shopping for affordable software for calendar and case management, etc., etc.
Yes, I’m about to bite the bullet and jump. I believe the last of the last straws were piled on last week, so it’s something I’ve got to do.
Rec’d, Peggy, and hopefully it will be a good and peaceful Pull up a Cat day. I’ll be back to see what’s new.
Okay, that sounds cute as anything! :)
“secretly love” this. I have always said I’d rather have the dog kiss or the kitty nose tap than the “bbbrrrrinngggg” of the alarm clock.
Scooting off, now.
Ooh! You’re opening your own practice? How cool! And who are you getting your cards from?
I can’t seem to extract the photo from the e-mail, it was not sent as an attachment. Maybe I have to go over there with my camera. Since the time change, it gets dark around feeding time when I am there, so I have not tried to get a picture then. I don’t know how often he is out during the day, but maybe with some wet food. . .I have a total weakness for the white and black animals, as in the donkey I saw yesterday.
We have to put Tucker (big yellow half Maine Coon) in the garage at night. Originally, we had to do this because he can be the most annoying cat on the planet. He routinely woke us up every night around four to eat or go outside. We can’t let him go out since coyotes could get him. Now, he requests to go out to his “apartment” every evening at about ten. He gets a bowl of water and food. But this morning he knocked hard on the doggie door to come back in cause it was hovering around freezing. We have a disc we can heat up in the microwave to put in his bed when it is cold out.
Ohhhh….hadn’t even thought of it… do you happen to know a good printer?
(today I’m just gonna order a small batch of the one-day kind from Office Max. Just to get started)
No office yet. To be brief…I’ve been trying to figure out how I could do it on my own, how to find clients, etc. Friday I met with three former employees of my firm….they are working together in another makeshift job that they see ending soon, and want to work with me. They are skilled at interviewing prospective clients, so that solves that problem.
The fact that there are three of them creates others, of course…I was thinking maybe ONE employee…in a few months…if all goes well.
We semi-agreed to go forward together. I have a few reservations…among them that one of them is long-experienced in the current office…he got tired of many of the things that bother me. But he’s thoroughly trained in the routines, and those are things I want to change.
Still, I think it will be better in many ways.
and…among the last last straws: Friday two lawyer applicants were interviewed right under my nose. Not a word was said to me, then or earlier, that hiring a new (another? or a replacement?) lawyer was even under consideration. I found out by accident, seeing the posting on craigslist (where else, right?)
Does it mean I’m about to be fired? I don’t think so, but either way, I’ve had it with this kind of secretiveness, and my lack of influence over hiring, policy, etc.
And I gotta leave it there for now…more news as it gets going. Time is flying by!
I have some friends in Spicewood who have Spotbutt the cat and she refuses to come inside. Ever. They’ve made her a house on the second floor deck, complete with heating elements under the carpet on the floor. She’s a very contented kitteh, even on the coldest days.
That’s a cool couch!
Actually I do. I’ll email you the info
It’s an ancient couch that used to have a large hole in it. I put the scratching thing there beside it but aside from going inside if I put the laser dot in there, she doesn’t ever use it.
I put the oil-type of radiant heater on a timer in the basement last night for the outdoor kittehs, and I put a heater in the tomato tent. I was a bit worried the wind might knock over the tomato tent onto the heater, but it didn’t happen. I am going to get a different type of heater for the plants so that it won’t cause Trouble. But so far, I don’t think it has really been as cold as predicted. We have had snow in the mountains, and my tomatoes are still doing OK.
I think we could do that for Tucker but it would have to be under the car in the driveway. That is his hang out. He is a wonderful critter. Keeps the other boy kitties out of the yard. Our two girl kitties think he hung the moon.
One night before cat dinner this week, I was trying to strain some old paint, and it was a mess. I was raising my voice (a rarity) at the cats trying to keep them out of the paint. It was kind of a stoopit hooman thing to strain paint on the floor in the kitchen at kitteh-eating time. Poor cats, but none of them got into the mess.
The cat’s got respect for the furniture!
LMAO! Maybe so but not MY furniture!
Aww!
Hello Again, Peg
Earlier in the week we noticed that Picky’s face looked swollen on one side. I called the vet and they said if we were concerned to bring him in to the walk in clinic the next day. But, the next morning, he was on my lap on the couch and it didn’t look as swollen, only a little bit. He let me rub his head, face, neck and didn’t flinch or bat an eye. If he had pain, he would have ripped off my face. So, I’m just watching him. Nothing different. No changes in behavior or attitude and it looks fine. So far, so good.
Maybe he was stung? Glad he seems better!
Good luck…that is quite a jump. Our paper had an interesting piece on the reopening of old rail station. You can tell us more.
Could be(e). Box Turtle mentioned the same thing.
Of course I would take him to the vet if I thought something worse than a bite was going on. But, I wasn’t looking forward to the bill. My laptop’s hard drive died this week. Fortunately, we have an extra lap top, my son’s, as his sister just mailed him her husband’s older PC, like, 2 weeks ago. It’s always something, ain’t it? Two steps forward, 1 step back. But, like we say, as long as we keep moving forward, it’s a good thing.
Ha, just now I was discussing the prognosis and mister agrees that he seems okay. He said Yeah, he’s eating fine and everything, but he’s still an arrogant prick.
My laptop has got some problem too. When I turned it off and packed it up for the drive home on Monday, it was fine, but not when I plugged it back in at home. Getting the ? in a box, not good. I guess I have to call the repair guy. . .plus also the power cord is about to give up the ghost, so I need to replace that too. Not going to get another one soon, so it better be fixable.
(Shaking fist at B’s computer.)
Hope it’s a cheap fix, Barbara.
Ten years ago, when I first met the mister, I was in a really terrible place financially. I had a room mate who had stopped paying rent and who’s daughter had stolen my identity. Long, sad story.
We discovered that Picky had something terribly wrong with one of his eyes and Chris insisted on taking him to the vet. Eye surgery and that was not cheap. Plus, the medication, wow, but he insisted on paying for everything. What a guy. Picky had the cone of humiliation and was rather ticked with us for a while. So Chris gets a hall pass for calling Picky an Arrogant Prick. Really.
I have always been an Apple user, but I am not going to buy anything new from them until we see an improvement in their labor policies. My laptop is really old, and I bought it used. I don’t use it for much except surfing and e-mail, so it should be good enough. I can’t imagine it is anything significant to fix, since it was fine when I shut it down. But yeah, shaking a fist, maybe that will tell it.
No computer in bed, I know we are not supposed to have electronics in the BR, but I don’t live by that.
Wow! He did that for your cat and for somebody he had just met? No wonder you kept him. :)
No wonder you kept that guy. One in a million or so.
What may I get you to drink? I have bananas and OJ.
Make it OJ then bg. I gave up alcohol.
Margaret, how did you attach that carpet to the couch? Brilliant!! I see Neko spurned the cat post just next to the couch for the furniture. Heheh. Cats.
BIg Boy will be fully in overlord mode by the time the snow starts, I predict. He obviously doesn’t care for the cold.
Staples. Then tuck the edge under the piping. Easy peasy.
If it starts snowing here, I am moving!
Unfortunately, Apple’s labor policies are no worse than any of the other computer manufacturers. “No worse” isn’t better, obviously, but it is sorta silly to focus on Apple just because that’s where the spotlight has been shining lately.
It’s their sue happiness that is pushing me away. They seem to think anything electronic infringes on one of their patents these days.
Here it is, bottoms up!
My house is cold, and my hands are not happy. I think I will make some tea, happy to share that too!
Nice work. I dont want to make visible holes in the fabric of my couch, so I thought a counterweight tucked and attached under the seat cushions somehow. You’ve inspired me to think more about it! The couch is fabulous.
LMAO! Well thanks. Not bad for 30 minutes of work and free chunk of carpet I guess.
Hi, all. I can’t stay, but I wanted to rec this in case it gives extra life to the thread.
Hi BC! No bear stories?
I am getting ready to go out to enjoy the beautiful weather here. I don’t have a personal bear story, but the granddaughter of one of our friends had a really good one. Just a couple of weeks ago the GD was staying with a friend a few miles away from here, but still deep into bear country. One evening the two women came home walking and opened the garage door. As soon as they opened it a bear came running out. Apparently it had come in drawn by the smell of the garbage and they didn’t realize it. It kept trying to come back to get to the garbage and they were beating on pots and pans to drive it away. It finally gave up and left.
Recommended. Thanks for hosting again, Margaret. Romeo can relate to Kuroneko’s caution regarding the new side of the couch–something as simple as a large Kleenex box in the wastebasket in my room can cause him to jump as he rounds the corner, then go into a long neck-craning, slinking sniff of the new object. He stops to check that wastebasket every single time he comes into the room (only 9 or 10 times a day). I don’t know what ever happened to convince him that something malevolent lurks there waiting to get him.
I just got back from my walk on the American River. There are more salmon than I have ever seen! I like to imagine what it was like two hundred years ago with the bears feasting on the fish. I would have loved to have seen it.
That’s funny. I’ve seen Neko leap straight into the air when she unexpectedly comes upon a sock. Then she sniffs it and gives me the “I meant to do that” look.
It is the cat autism. I am totally convinced that it is common, perhaps the most common attribute of cats. Change? No it is not tolerated. At. All.
Wow!
Another animal story.
Two days ago I was driving down the hill and off to the left of the road, in an open space, arryos, I saw some long legs. I slowed down and I say a deer, loping. And, then another, so I pulled over to the curb and three more came dancing down. A family, I thought. Pop, mom and three smaller ones, probably a family.
I said Hi Honeys! It was a magic moment.
I had a kitty like that years ago. She wouldn’t move off of a certain spot on the rug in the living room. The only time she wasn’t wild was when she had a litter and I could pet her and love her. Strange.
Hello, everyone!
No time to read right now … and can’t wait to watch the video (thanks Margaret!) and read everyone’s news but …
Tejanarusa, I wanted to be sure you wouldn’t miss my hearty best wishes for your new endeavour! This is so exciting … I was thinking about you just last night (I do that, find I have been thinking about things that are in the mist …) and how you had re-started your professional life, and wondering how it was going. We’ve had some lovely side conversations a time ago about business and survivial jobs … which you may not remember (no worries!). I am so excited for you! I know you can figure it out. I will look forward to hearing more as I too try to work these matters out (altho’ not in the lawyering realm). Carry on, dear!
Oh, Margaret:
That’s such a great job you did with the carpet on the sofa: it looks great!
Kuroneko will be so proud once the scare wears off! :-)
How cool!
Good luck!
Umph. Only have kitteh-stories here. Pulled up my cat, in this case, long-haired tortie Ms Cutie-baby. It did not go well, anybody got a bandaid?
Going forward (HaHahahahah!) Ms Little Kitty is unconcerned about the bloodshed and wants her usual petting before eating. This is her idea of foreplay, I guess. I am always amazed by how well our kittehs train us to their preferences. Mr. Shy-shy arrives on the stair-rail just before a person (c/w hands!) does. Mr. Dass simply lies in the traffic pattern, so it/he is a t(r)oll bridge. Ms Julia has staked out the bathroom — ideal! Food, water, litter, warmphs, and from time to time, Hands (attached, usually, to Persons) who come there to use the facilities.
I have to agree with Henri, cats should govern. They are clearly the superior minds.
I have just managed to sleep almost all day…what a treat although my house looks like it did before the nap. Just to say, what a life those adoring house cats have…sleep and eat, ya’ know.
The incessant wind finally blew me inside. demiest, the bucks are almost into their full rut around here, are totally stupid in love and wandering all over the place in the middle of the day, instead of lurking around after dark and solitary. Most likely time of year for car/deer mishaps. Likely the family you saw was “Pop,” seeking to start the next generation. Was wise to stop and watch.
Kuroneko decided my bare feet were just a wee bit too close to her spot and so she pounced on them. I needed two band aids for the left one.
LOLouch
Caturday!
Hi everybody
Hi Ellie! Welcome. :)
I don’t know what I’m doing different but never a drop of blood from me, inflicted by an occasionally cranky cat. Whether the feral I tamed and found a home for, my last big black male or Mcat. This is brushing feeding, pulling weed burrs, stuffing the occasional coarse of meds into the mouth, trimming claws, whatever. Not complaining mind you, maybe just luck?
All my charges have been indoor/outdoor and maybe they got their hunting and stalking energy used up without needing to test it on their human.
I think it depends greatly on the individual cat. I never had a bite until my current cat moved in–now I have scars I’ll take to my grave, and I take care to keep my tetanus shot up to date.
Kuroneko loves to roughhouse with me. She always has. For a tiny cat, she has an enormous personality.
Oh, from time to time I have bandaids from playing either with Picky or with Brindle. I figure it just goes with being with them. And, yes, I do keep alcohol and antibiotic cream on hand. Always.
Nonquix – I’ll keep my eyes peeled when I’m driving through the more rural parts.
Always learning something new at the Lake. Rut!
I just came back in and saw that you are going in a new direction. All the best to you in your new endeavor.
Having mentioned J-cat, the big male, I was diverted by searching for some pictures of him. I’ll have to sort through a few picture CD’s later.
Temps are dropping like a rock, my feet are crossed and being warmed by the snoring fur-ball, hate to get up to warm the left over soup.
Popping back in briefly – got the email, Pegs. I thought that was what you meant, though I had never been entirely sure of the nature of that company’s business (is that obfuscated enough?)
gesneri- your story about the neck-craning, sniffing, checking out of anything odd is so familiar. My guys are older now…haven’t seen anyone leap straight into the air for awhile, but every once in awhile something startles them, and they go into that neck-craning, cautious-sniffing mode. It’s adorable and hilarious.
Slinking along…I always think of my very first cat, who was not full-grown when she came to live with me. My apartment was in a quite new complex, and a couple months after Blanco became a permanent resident, the management put in a ceiling fan in the living room.
I believe she thought it must be some kind of giant bird of prey; getting from the bedroom to the kitchen or dining room, she paused, glanced up, then dropped low to the ground, and slunk-ran as fast as she could(while staying very low) along the wall til she was past the area of the new fan. Ears back, clearly very worried, but determined to brave the danger.
I had never seen anything like it at the time (I was new to being owned by kitteh).
Well, I ended up sleeping a chunk of the afternoon; no ordering done, no research, no writing. Sigh.
Certainly my new plan is not set in concrete; I had been sorta thinking of trying to work it so I could put in more or less part-time, though flexible, hours, as I get soooo tired. But not sure I can do that if we have to bring in enough money for four of us to live on and get the practice up and running, then keep it going.
Still much to think on. RevBev, my “house” is still pretty much a wreck, too. But no question I needed the sleep. If I could stay away from Caturday, er Pull Up a Cat, I might be accomplishing something right now, I suppose! Guess I will try to get moving again.
Love to everybody, and thanks for the encouraging words. And thanks to Peg for taking on PUYC today again.
I’m finding a couple of short naps more or less a required part of the day. The new normal. Recalling my parents, I wonder if it takes two people nagging each other or finding things to do to stay out of each other’s personal space as the motivating factors to have a house and yard that my standards of perfectly clean or orderly will never match. ;^) Not loosing sleep (my nap) over it.
My potato leek soup is just about done. Just sit.
I’ll zap some to ya.
FYI, the Book Salon was fascinating, for anyone who wants to check back. Here’s to a good week….I need to do the things to help it start well… Cheers, folks.
Yeah, I keep trying not to say it’s cause I’m old….but prolly it is. Otoh, my best year in college was the one when my schedule allowed a half-hour nap after lunch….I studied very effectively the rest of the day that year.
and now, dangit, I’m getting up from this chair!
If you come back, great news about you venturing out on your own. If there is anything I can do to help you, vis-a-vis transcribing or editing or such, let me know. Glad to help, pro bono as it were. Happy to lend a hand if I can. You rock, girl.
Where did the day go? tejana, I wish you all the best if you decide to get on with your own business. Dealing with all the “quirks” of people who have been doing things their way forever can be a real challenge, whether it is in the old environment or a new one. I am self-employed, but I do work with some friends here and there, and we all have our issues with each other. Mostly we are able to get on with our work together, but we do bitch and moan about each other on occasion, and we have had some pretty intense blow outs. We have managed to stay friends though, so that seems positive. I guess for the most part we can let sleeping dogs lie. . .so good luck and I hope it works out.
I am not a very great business person, and my skill set with keeping books and keeping everything organized is a challenge. My brother got me a ledger for the BH and suggested that I should try to do things his way, which is Compulsive. (This was when we were getting ready for the closing sale, ha ha.) Everyone would laugh if you saw how I keep the books for the BH. But it is more than my father used to do, so I feel like I can vouch for my process.
I know most firms have a different person for various tasks, or at least in architecture. Or that’s what I have been told. It is probably the same with lawyering.
Sleep tight and peacefully, when you get there, Bev.
great tale/tail!
had sad news last week,3,actually 4 deaths,idiot working on my barn,let Mabel,chichi out when i was not there,she was run over,Minx starved herself to death from fear.(moving trauma) and Angus got out,cant be found,and wee little kitty honey pie,just couldnt make it,even after vet visit,honey child brother doing better(he has kitty herpes)and sis Lambie pie is feisty…im sad,but marshall on!
Thanks, my foot-warmer had gotten up to inspect the food dish and I had another hungry mouth to feed here, walking on two legs. I almost forgot to get the dozen leeks still out in a little garden bed in the back yard. Tanks for the reminder, your soup smells delicious.
Margaret, Thanks for the postnhost.
You’re welcome. I too got a nap. Neko and I slept on the sofa and she’s done a little scratching in the designated area so yay! I’m going to wrap this up though as I’ve got to ride my bike still and then watch my show. Hope everybody has a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by!
I’ve asked owners more than once, to put the pets in carriers or kennels in such situations previously and write that into my work contracts if it applies. Stuck holding something up or carrying something in or out and dropping everything to be stopping a loose pet can’t always be helped, but I really am sorry to hear the sad news.
Thanks Margaret, pleasant dreams and a prosperous upcoming week.
that is a brillant idea,wish i had thought of it before Jolie,and Harry destroyed my white damask Bloomies couch! oy….ill prolly just recover,lord knows what that will cost,but it is so comfy
she was in a carrier,Minx,she was part feral,and just freaked,the chi chi got out of a double fenced enclosure,we still have not figured out how.but there is no peace from all this,just keep getting more cast off pets,new English Lab Maggie,Blue tick Mackie Macintosh,Holly the hound,Leyla charpei,i is exhausted,but keep going forward
pics will follow,honey chyle is a very sick little red kitty,but every 4 hrs,i feed him,and whiskas has moma kitty milk,he is taking lysine too,so he has improved a lot,sorry his adorable runt sis didnt make it…this is NOT for the faint of heart.reminds me of Richard however ..press on
I’m glad you like the idea. I wish I’d done it before but I’m glad I had an old sofa that I don’t really care about to try it out on before I get a new one. I think it turned out pretty well, seeing as how I don’t even know how to spell upholstery.
Thanks for clarifying the circumstances, I hope I was not coming off as being preachy. Part of the arrangements I mentioned are for my job safety (being distracted or surprised with a power tool in one’s hands or on a ladder) as much as for the pets. I am remembering your offer to help with SD’s cats. Take care of yourselves so that you are able to continue doing what you apparently feel called to do. The best for sure.
i was teh sick last week,ended up in hosp,for 2 days,s much can go wrong in these little creatures lives,and lets face it,most people dont give a rats ass,anywho,they are worth the trouble,they are wunnerful little creatures,well Mags aint so little,but to think they euthanize so many keeps me going
i got the farm,to stem the tide,it will take time,but i have a new slogan JUST TAKE ONE,like N Rayguns,JUST SAY NO…hope it works,wish me luck
Yikes. I hope you’re better now? Nothing too very serious I hope…
OMG! I missed that comment while I was taking my nap! Soooo very sorry for your losses! I don’t know what to say! ((((sadlyyes))))
Pegs, the day is almost over, and most likely I won’t be seeing you until next weekend.
Thanks, hugs, scritches to you and the crazy girl.
Mad love to you.
Mad love back, demi. Thanks for stopping in and for being you. :)
Just got off my exercise bike. Thank you all for stopping in and sharing your stories. So sorry for your horrible, no good, crappy week sadlyyes. I hope the next week is better for all of us.
Goodnight.
Thanks for hosting, Margaret.
Teja, I’m excited for your new work project and I’d like to hear more about it next time.
Sadly, why were you in the hospital? I’m so sorry to hear you lost precious critters while you were away, sick.
thanks,a touch of pneumonia,feel better ,now
a touch of pneumonia,working too hard.hopefully things will settle down,shoring up all fences etc