Kitty HUNGRY!

Quite often I am the first one up in the morning. Tulip and I have a morning routine. I go out and get the coffee started. Once that's going I wash her bowls. Her water bowl gets filled first. She checks that out and turns her nose up at it. Then her food bowl gets filled. I give it a little shake as I put it down so she can find it. She checks that out, then "looks" up and waits for me to put the food container away in the cabinet above her. Once I'm done she starts eating.

This morning Eve got up first. She has quite a different routine. First she starts up her computers. Then she gets the coffee going. Then she reads some email while she waits for the coffee. Notice there's no feed Tulip kitty in there. Well, apparently Tulip was upset about that fact this morning. When she went to the kitchen with Eve and didn't get any satisfaction, she marched back into the bedroom (where I was still sleeping) and screamed at the top of her little kitty lungs. KITTY WANT FOOD NOOOOOW!!! There's really nothing quite like waking up to a Tulip scream. Needless to say I got up and fed her. I guess it's clear who wears the little fuzzy pants around here.

Kitty Stack

I have this plastic drawer organizer, and of course my blind little Tulip Kitty finds it underneath the computer table. She would plop herself on top of there and sit while I work at the desk. Well, she'd leave kitty funk (hair, dirt, and unidentifiable nasties) on there, and so I decided to stack papers and whatnot on top of the organizer to prevent her from getting on there.

It worked. Well, for about a few weeks. Part of that time, I would also work from the dining room table, so I wasn't always in the office. Today, I decided that I'd go back to the office to work. I set my laptops up as I liked and began working. She took a nap on the bed first, and then started walking around the office. I subconsciously noticed her under the desk but didn't think anything of it, since my pile of crap was still on the organizer and I had no fear of my pile being disturbed.

Some time goes by and I hear shifts of movement. Thinking that it was impossible that she'd be on top of the entire pile was ludicrous, so I chock it all up to her just messing around the thing. But out of curiosity and the need to confirm my suspicions, I looked under the desk and beheld a cat at face-level. She had climbed on top of the pile, which only had a 10-inch clearance with the keyboard tray pulled all the way out. Had the tray been pushed in, she would have had almost 4 inches less.

My surprise and disappointment of my foiled plan was quickly replaced with chuckles of disbelief. See the pictures of her contentment as she defiantly sits where she considers to be her spot and there's nothing anyone can do about it!

Late-night soccer match

Earlier today it was pretty hot in here. There were about 200 screaming kids in our swimming pool, so I ended up closing the sliding door to the deck. Without the circulation, everybody was groggy. I was sprawled on the bed studying. Eve was sprawled on the couch napping. Tulip was sprawled on the rug in the hallway snoozing under the breeze from the ceiling fan. Apparently those two are well rested.

Right now I'm trying to do some homework. Eve and Tulip kitty are down the front stairs kicking up a ruckus. They're playing soccer, as Eve has come to call their new game. I just heard her say to Tulip, "Alright Mia Hamm. Is it half time yet?". Tulip's not ready to settle down yet. I can hear her flying up and down the stairs and her little ball bouncing all over the place. I'm sure our neighbors love us.

We seriously need to wire this house with cameras...

Picture from Ray

Here's the picture of Tulip that my brother Ray took the other day when he was visiting. Kitty's always hogging the computer.

Pet now, please

I've noticed that Tulip kitty has a system for when she wants or doesn't want to be petted. When she feels like being petted she comes over, turns around, arches her back and waits to be petted. When she's done being petted, she flops herself over onto her side and bites you if you pet her.

So if you ever come over to visit, just remember:

Pet: |
Don't pet: __