Cat skritches solve all!

Cat haters:
One of the main reasons people say they hate cats is 'cause they do their own thing - they don't give you love and support the way dogs do.

That's true. They don't slurp your face when you are sad.

Today I'm feelin' kinda down. I've slowly gained a lot of weight over the past years for various reasons (including the fact that I love food!)

Ok, so maybe my boyz don't help me this way.

I give a fuzz a skritch.

PURRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

BELLY UP.

PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

So I may not have gotten a face slurp, but I know my boyz are happy.

And all the purring and the skritchin makes me feel better.

So all you cat haters: I have definitively proved that your argument is invalid!

Welcome back me!!

I know - where have I been?????

The answer - VA & WV! Changed careers/ new job/ new place to live/ new life!!!

But the boyz are still here and creating even more mischief 'cause my apartment is bigger!!!

I have lots of fun stories (getting pulled over by a cop while taking 2 howling cats to the vet) and not so fun ones (peeing cats - the carpet, not the potty) and lots more crazy cat lady-filled adventures!

So - I had been thinking about changing careers for a while, which also meant moving where the boyz could have more space to zoom, bugs to eat, and birds to watch out the window. After looking for a long time, my dream job came through and soon it was time to pack up all my, um, crap and hit the road to begin my new life - and I had to transplant 2 city cats to the suburbs of Northern VA.

How do you think that went?

QUESTION: CATS IN CLOTHES

Every now and then I see pictures of cats in clothes:

Cat wedding dress

(I found these on an awesome blog - Crazy Aunt Purl)

While I think that it might be cute to put a little dog in a dog shirt, I just don't think it's ok for cats. I was just telling my friend this.

His response, "Shouldn't that be self-evident?"

Me: "Apparently it isn't."

Him: "It is when you get clawed."

Maybe because I know if I attempted it, my cat might chew my arm off. Maybe it's because they wouldn't sit still long enough for me to attempt to stick them in a crazy sweater I knitted for them. Maybe it's because I don't think they look cute in them.

Do NOT dress your cats up.

I will admit, I made a dog sweater for a friend's Pomeranian and I tried it on Al when it was finished. He was too big for it.

SUNDAY SNUGGLES: THE ELUSIVE SINK CAT

Sorry for the lack of post, folks. This week has been life-changing. Literally. In a good way!!

Way back when I discussed the phenomenon of the sink cat I promised when I caught the elusive sink cat in action I would post the pics. The time has arrived!!



He's been doing it a lot lately and I love it. It's so darn cute!!! And I can always tell when he's been in the sink: white sink and black cat fur all over it!!!!

RULE # 8: A CRAZY CAT PERSON MUST ASPIRE TO BE THE BEST

The advent of the internet has put a lot more pressure on Crazy Cat People. Better Crazy Cat People are discovered daily. No longer can you claim to be the best. There is proof out there that someone is better than you are!

I'd have to say that these two examples make me feel like I am only a Grade W Crazy Cat Person. These people are the cream of the crop, Grade A Crazy Cat People. I can only aspire to be like them:

I was a little disappointed in this video. It doesn't exactly give examples of how to massage a cat. But the cat is fabulous!!! It looks like it is in heaven. Or drugged. Either way, that looks like one happy/ drugged cat! (Except when she touches his tail. I'm not sure massage is for every cat. My parents cat used to attempt to gouge your eyes out if you tried to touch her tail or her belly.) Regardless, this is the perfect example of what a Crazy Cat Person should aspire to be!

This second example is my favorite and what I want to be when I achieve Crazy Cat Person Greatness:

Puss In Boots

(This was found of peopleofwalmart.com. It is a fabulous and extremely snarky site. (I love it!)) I WANT to be that person.

1) I have a black cat.
2) I like cheetos.
3) I have black boots.
4) I'm sure I could pick up pj's that look like those.

My only problem. There are no WALMARTs in NYC!!!

One can dream.

SUNDAY SNUGGLES: ELLA

ELLA
Ella really really wants a belly rub!!!

My brother is also a crazy cat person. This is his cat, Ella. What a pretty face! I don't know how he managed to resist the belly long enough to take the pic. I would have had my face in the middle of that warm belly in 2 seconds!

Send me a pic of your fuzzy(ies) and I might just post it in a snuggle post!

QUESTION:ARE CATS WORTH LOSING VALUBLE SLEEP?

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Oh, I'm sorry. I may not be too coherent in today's post. Why?

12:13am - Al: Meow, Meow, paw, paw, paw, paw

2:20am - Al: Meow, Meow, paw, paw, paw, paw

2:40am - Al: (Tromping on little cat feet from the left side of the bed, across my stomach, and sitting down next to me for about a minute before walking back across me and sniffing around on the left side of the bed) Meow, Meow, Meow

3:00am - Gus: Meowl!! Meowl!!!

3:45am - Al: paw, paw, paw, paw, tromp, tromp

4:00am - Al & Gus: Meowl, paw, Meow

4:10am - Al & Gus: Meowl, paw, Meow

5:00am - Al: Meow, Meow, paw, paw, paw, paw

5:10am - Al: Meow, Meow, paw, paw, paw, paw

5:20am - Al: (from the other side of the closed bedroom door) Meow, Meow, Meow

5:30am - Al: (from the other side of the closed bedroom door) Meow, Meow, Meow

6:00am - Gus: (from the other side of the closed bedroom door) Meowl! Meowl! Meowl!

8:00am - My phone rang.

I'm exhausted.

I know, see RULE #9. So when they exhibit this behavior what am I supposed to do? Yell at them? Reason with them? Skritch their fuzzy warm bellies? It's not like they were hungry. There was some food in the dish. It's not like they were looking for attention cause they didn't stick around for skritches. ARGH!!!!!!!!

But they are so darn cute and I love them, so I have to suck it up and deal. And be sleepy and cranky today. But I really need to figure out how to stop this behavior. It's not like I can take them out for a run and tire them out so they sleep all night. Stay tuned for updates to the "situation."

In other cat related news, I successfully captured the wily little suckers for our expedition to the v-e-t! I totally lulled them into a false sense of security! They weren't expecting it at all!! My plan worked!! And I emerged from it unscathed! Physically, that it. Emotionally, Gus let out the most heart-wrenching MEOWLS. It sounded like I was torturing a cat. My doorman and porter looked at me like I was this person that needed to be locked away for harming poor little innocent animals. I have a huge feeling that everyone in the entire apartment building heard the meows. Seriously!!