lisaviolet's diary

Saturday, December 18, 2010

catstuff
09:43 AM - 12/18/2010

The topic: When we went to bed last night
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Brian kept looking around the bed (it was fairly light in there with the light from the Christmas tree out front, pictures of that later). I asked him what he was doing and he said “counting cats”. He counted twelve.

I got to thinking “had I seen Bobbie?” and got out of bed to look for him. He was in the office, next to one of my cameras. I grabbed the camera and headed back to the bedroom. It was no longer light, the timer had shut off the lights outside, but I used the flash. And I got this shot.

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Can you see all the cats? No?

But wait! I'm not done yet!
I've got more to say!

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catstuff
09:41 AM - 12/18/2010

The topic: Pancho and Skipper
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I love the look on Pancho’s face. (Who at this very moment is climbing all over me.)

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catstuff
09:33 AM - 12/18/2010

The topic: Then there’s the recliner we gave over to the cats
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We quit sitting in it when we realized the cats climb up into the works. This was years ago. We didn’t have a problem with them scratching it until Charlie came to live here. He’s really bad. Once he started the others followed suit.

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When they started pulling out foam earlier this year and had it clawed down to wood, I had enough. Last month, we went shopping to get a new one. We checked Mor furniture, but didn’t have anything at a price we liked (money is pretty tight right now). Then we hit Jerome’s. Brian hates Jerome’s (I have no idea why), but we ended buying a chair and footrest there. He had to go pick it up, he wanted me to go with him, but new fish were being released and I wanted to be on the top 100 first catches. (Another one of the reasons I figured it’s time to quit.) When he got home, he took the old one apart and put it in the dumpster and set up the new one. Marco was the first.

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Of course, I start putting blankets and stuff on it. And with the extra time I'll shortly have, I'm going to try my hand at making a cover for both pieces.

Ronnie, Katie and Mickey
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catstuff
09:09 AM - 12/18/2010

The topic: I’ve been looking at photos
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I’ve taken and never uploaded to the interwebs. See, I was addicted to a FaceBook game by the name of Fish Wrangler and I made the decision to quit. And even though I’ve not quit yet, I’m spending less time there. And doing other things.

Like looking at photos I’ve taken and never uploaded to the interwebs.

So, here’s one of my favorites. It’s Potter in a sunbeam on the rocker in the living room.

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Then there's one of the pictures I took of Mickey around the time I was so terribly worried about him. This picture really makes me sad.

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Another sad photo, this one taken the day we said goodbye to Sebastian.

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Ever wondered about the catcam chair? Brian was complaining about the smell of cat pee and he only noticed it when the furnace was running. I told him it was probably coming from the catcam cover. The cats pee up there. (Is there anyplace they don’t pee?) So, I pulled all of the covers off to wash. It takes a couple of loads.

That's Lorelei in the chair
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The first set of covers is on. It's not nearly tight enough.

Charlie is one of the cover cats
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Finished product:

Rory is the other catcam cover cat
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Ollie loves his pa:

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Rachel was sleeping on her side with her paws in the air; the initial flash woke her up.

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