Early morning tiger hunt

Kitty was full of energy this morning. As I was getting ready for work I could hear her playing in the hallway. I walked out to see her tossing Tiggy Tiger way up into the air, then jumping up and trying to catch him. She was flinging him all over the place. It was adorable! I'm so glad she knows how to amuse herself.

Meditation time

I guess we got kitty out of bed a little bit too early this morning. After breakfast, she was ready to go back to sleep. Poor Tulip! Here she is resting on her meditation pillow. Or maybe she's communicating with a higher plane. Don't underestimate her super powers.

Spooky cat

For some reason, Tulip has been doing the "spooky cat" a lot lately. You know, when cats arch their backs, puff up their tails and creep sideways? For some reason, it seems to be especially funny when she does it. I guess it's because she makes such a serious face. I have to get this on video.

Anyway, the other night I went down to the garage for something. I came back through the garage entrance and was standing on the landing of the stairs. The stairwell narrowed my view up into the living room.

So picture this. I'm looking up into the living room. From the right, kitty creeps into my line of view doing the spooky cat. She then proceeds to creep all the way across my line of vision and out of sight off to the left. Oooooooo, kitty. So scary!

It was like something out of a cartoon. I swear I'm going to start carrying a video camera around with me all the time.

Back to bed

When I went back into the bedroom to get ready for work this morning, kitty was in bed. Not just on the bed. She was on my side of the bed, in the covers (I hadn't gotten around to making the bed yet). She was nestled up against my pillow. Make yourself at home, Tu! She looked so sweet, I didn't have the heart to disturb her. She's so darn cute sometimes.

New officemate

I spent most of the day today in the office doing homework. Tulip spent most of the day sleeping in her kitty bed next to my desk. Except when she was in the kitty bed under my desk. Or on the chair next to me. Or messing with the plant. Or beating up Violet. Why so tough on Violet? But mostly she was content in the kitty bed next to my desk, filling the thing up like a heffalump. I wish I could sleep like this cat does!

Office update

Things are coming along with our office. We got the furniture in there last night. Of course everything is different now, so Tulip is bumping her head on and tripping over everything in the room. She wasn't sure she liked the new arrangement at first:



But after a while she decided it might be OK to try out my new chair:

She even has her own chair now, right between our two desks. Someone's a spoiled kitty! Next thing you know, she'll have her own computer so she can blog...

I can has a pony?

Awwwwww. Maybe Tulip would like a seeing eye pony!

Headrest

Little punky jumped up on the back of the couch last night while we were watching TV. Normally she doesn’t really hang out with us. She’ll hang out near us, but almost never on the couch with us. Mostly she will curl up on the rug near our feet or in her kitty bed under the coffee table. For whatever reason though, last night it was the back of the couch. She lay down right behind my head like a headrest. A fangy, scratchy bitey headrest. She behaved herself, but she kept giving me the evil eye (or the evil eyelid as the case may be). She’s sweet, but man is she tough as nails!

Let's GO!

Miss Tulip couldn't wait to get up this morning for some reason. She was sleeping at the foot of the bed. When the alarm went off, she walked right up the front of me and stuck her nose in my face. After a couple pets and some purrs, she jumped off the bed. When I didn't follow right away, she came back to see where I was. I heard her thump her head against the bed frame, then she let out a little chirp. When I got out of bed and headed for the bathroom, she took a swat at my ankle. I think she was trying to direct me to the kitchen.

After kitty got some breakfast, she came out to the living room. She proceeded to "stare" at me while I drank my coffee. You wouldn't think it's a big deal when a no-eyed cat stares at you. I find it's more disturbing than if she had eyes because you can't read the expression on her face. It makes me wonder what's going on in that little head. She really is an interesting little creature.

Which one's my good side?

Eve took these two pictures of Tulip a few days ago. I thought they were the cutest ones ever. She seems to like to pose for the camera. Maybe she can be a model. Get to work, kitty!

"Which one is my good side?"


Like a teddy bear that lost its button eye. Cute!


Awwwwww, pretty!

Busy, busy

We're still working on cleaning up and reorganizing our office. Kitty is quite interested in helping out with this project. Here's Tulip helping Evie sort some receipts.

"2007s go in here, Mama."

Lazy bones

Yesterday Tulip had a leisurely day of migrating from kitty bed to kitty bed. She napped ALL DAY. I was so jealous, as I struggled to stay awake doing homework. Once in a while I'd call her name. She'd stretch her little kitty arms out, toes all extended, and let out a little "brrrrrrrrrrrrrt". Then she'd yawn, get up, and stroll to the next bed. Must be nice!

This morning she was obviously well-rested. After eating her breakfast, she was bouncing off the walls (literally) playing with her leopard ball. Ah, the life of a punk rocker. I'm coming back as a cat in my next life.

Snuggles

Tu was such an angel this morning. She started off with her meow / pace routine around 4 AM. I called her up onto the bed, gave her literally 2 pets, and she curled up next to me and went to sleep. When the alarm went off at 5, I woke up and felt her nestled up against the small of my back. She was so warm. I loved it. Of course, after she heard me stir, she got up, stuck her nose in my face, and got 2 more pets. Then she curled up under my chin and we snoozed a little longer. When it was finally time to get up, kitty went to the foot of the bed and waited for the "elevator". I set her down on the floor and we headed off to the kitchen to make coffee. I love our little routine. She makes me smile. I think she's starting to understand that.

I found something new!

Not that every other cat isn't, but Tulip is extremely curious. Even with no eyes, she finds her way into everything. We had this collapsible bag sitting in the living room, and kitty though it would be fun to get in it. That is, until it ate her!

Hey guys! Look what I found!


Uh ooooh...


Oh noooooooes! It's eating me!


Only foolin'! I'm right here.


Is that not the cutest thing you've ever seen?

GET UP!

Tulip kitty was ready to get up this morning. She got off the bed before the alarm went off. Then she proceeded to pace back and forth around the bed. Over to Eve's side... Brrreow? Over to my side.... Brrreow? It's time to clip her nails again, so in between brrreows we heard tap, tap, tap, tap as she walked back and forth on the wood floors. It was so insanely maddening that Eve actually got up. She couldn't take it any more. She got up and made coffee, just so she wouldn't have to hear it one more time.

The evil Raynay came out, and I had to chuckle. I hear that pretty much every morning. Hee hee!

Hey, what's going on!?!

We are in the process of cleaning out the office/spare room and turning it into a proper office. Eve's parents were kind enough to take the spare bed and a few other pieces of furniture that we no longer need. Kitty is quite confused by all this commotion. Once the furniture was gone, she went into the office to investigate. When she noticed things were gone, she turned around and "looked" at us as if to say, "Hey! Did you know those guys took the bed and stuff!?! It's gone!" She had quite the surprised little expression on her face. She kept reaching out with her paw to see what else was missing. I wish we got it on video. We've been keeping the door closed so she doesn't get into all the rest of the stuff currently strewn on the floor. But every time that door is open, she's in there to see if things are really still gone.

Uh oh, kitty! Where's Tulip supposed to nap now? There's no more bed in the office!