Messing about with empathy
Happy Friday the 13th. I’m going to keep this short because I have to pet my black kitties and walk under a few ladders in honor of this superstitious day. You’ve probably heard from a lot of people that you should wash your hands often for 20 seconds. Well, if you are curious about how…
This was originally a post about my daylight saving time blues. But this blog has a no negativity rule, so I’m challenging myself to write something positive about daylight saving time (as opposed to the ten rotten things I could list if this wasn’t a no complaining zone.) Here I go. My cats don’t know…
I love all animals, but I am glad that I only have cats. My hubby used to be a dog person, like an “all cats should die” dog person. Now he is a cat person! So when he heard about a podcast discussing cat behavior, he sent it to me. Short Wave is a ten-minute,…
Thanks to my kittens, I’ve been missing sleep. I think they are in their teenage years, so they cause a lot of trouble and don’t listen to a word I say. They seem to like doing this a night, when I’m trying to sleep. So, I’m a little tired, but it’s nothing that a good…
Today is Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day (which is a bizarre holiday idea.) I have three kittens as all my readers know, and honestly, I don’t want to answer their questions. They’d probably ask things like, “Why can’t I go outside even though it scares me?” or “Why can’t I destroy the couch/carpeting/paperwork?” The answer…
Cats love laptops. Every cat I’ve had loved to either walk across my laptop or lay on the keyboard. Nowadays, I turn off my computer whenever I am not using it so that my three kittens can’t delete anything important (this happened with a previous cat.) However, when I’m actually using my laptop, I move…
When you do take down the Christmas decorations? When I was growing up, we removed the decorations on New Year’s Day. Dad would be home to help with the tree and outdoor lights. We’d put away all the ornaments while watching the Rose Parade, then Dad would haul out the tree while Mom vacuumed up…
Yep, I sorted my cats into Hogwart houses. I knew Hela was going to be a Slytherin, and she was. I thought either Chewie or Alfred would be a Gryffindor, but Alfred turned out to be a Hufflepuff, and Chewie is a Ravenclaw. I think Chewie is a Gryffinclaw (Gryffindor and Ravenclaw), but that wasn’t…
I’m fighting fleas right now. We’ve made progress since we fogged the house while the kittens were at the vet. They also have flea collars and have stopped scratching. I realized I know nothing about fleas. They may be a pest, but they’re still animals just trying to live and reproduce. I hope these flea…
2w I’m at a friend’s house and Magic (a large black cat with a short tail) decided to write my blog post for me. Thus the 2w on the first line. I left it there as a reminder that we should all back up our computers in case a cat gets ahold of our keyboards…