Handycat

While Eve was out of town, I decided it might be nice to finally repair the broken hinge on her bathroom cabinet. It's only been broken for something like a year and a half. Mostly I've just been dreading the trip to Home Depot.

I finally went to get the hinge. When I got home, I went right to work on fixing it. Kitty was very eager to assist. I had already taken the door off so I could take the broken hinge with me for comparison. All I had to do was re-drill the screw holes (Why would they line up? That would be way too easy.) I drilled the new holes, then started screwing the hinges onto the door. Tulip stuck her nose on the back of my hand to see what I was doing and kept it there while I tightened up the screws. It was pretty funny. She wouldn't back off, even though I was hitting her in the nose as I tightened down the screws. She was standing on the door, helping out. When I put the door in place, she was right there supervising too. She helped me level the door. Kitty's a big helper! Now if I could just get her to put some shelves up for me...

Meeting Caprice

Caprice came over to have a few beers with me on Friday night. Evie was out of town, so I was pretty mellow and just wanted to relax. While we were kicking back Miss Tulip kitty was very interested in the whole situation. Caprice isn't especially loud, so I think that helped Tulip relax. Caprice also happens to be fantastic with animals, so I was really hoping kitty would check her out.

As we sat around talking, we pretty much ignored kitty. She stuck her head out from behind the couch to "have a look" at Caprice. Then she came to the other end of the couch to investigate from there. Then she came out an flopped herself on the rug by me, listening in on our conversation. Finally she decided it was safe enough to start showing off for Caprice. She was rolling all around on the rug. Then it was up and over the arm of the couch. Then she was on top of the subwoofer for the surround sound. What a ham! She let Caprice get as close as a touch on the nose. Not quite as much as I had hoped for, but her behavior is interesting. She is certainly opening herself up to people a bit more. One of these days she's going to make friends with someone. I can hardly wait to see who she chooses.

Long day

Eve just sent me this picture of Tulip kitty. Paperwork really takes it out of a girl.

All work and no play makes Tulip a tired kitty!

Long time, no update

Sorry, I've been pretty quiet this week. It's been a really busy week, and Miss Tulip hasn't been up to that much. She's becoming more interested in coming up on the couch with us when we sit there. She usually doesn't stay, but she comes up to say hi.

This morning she and I played another round of rug surfing in the hallway. I think I wrote about this before, where she gets a running start then pounces on the rug, making it slide down the hallway. This weekend I'll see if I can get that on video. It's pretty funny.

Nothing else exciting comes to mind. However, I'm sure kitty will do something ridiculously cute any time now. She always does!

Lap cat

Yesterday I was sitting on the couch all day doing homework. We had the sliding door open, so it was freezing in our house. Tulip was all huddled up on the run, trying to stay warm. I reached down and snatched her up off the floor, plopping her on my blanket. Amazingly she didn't bite me. She curled up in my lap and slept, nice and cozy. When I got up and disturbed her, she followed me around the house to see what I was up to. When I got back on the couch, she jumped back up too. She tap danced all over my textbooks for a few minutes then nested herself into my blanket again. Awww. Is kitty turning into a lap cat?