Put Off Cats

Sometimes Kasey, Kate and I know we have things to do. We have to get pets, wash all over, and help Them around the house.  We mean to do it. We really do, but sometimes we just put it off. Maybe we need to search under everything for a toy, and once we find it, we have to play with it. Every so often, it gets late in the day, and we have put everything off until it is time to watch TV, have a nap, or have some kibbles. We never get in trouble for putting things off, though, because She understands. When She makes Her to-do list, She has every intention of starting right in. First, though, She has to read the paper and have some coffee-the-drink. She comes into Her workroom, and decides to check Her messages before She starts.  It is very likely She will have to stop and play with Kate, who follows Her everywhere. Kasey has gone to help Him, so She decides it is a good time to play with me.  Next thing you know, it is lunchtime and She turns on the TV to watch while She eats. There goes that hour. She knows She will be sad if She doesn't do some work, so She starts sorting, or decluttering or arranging, and the next thing you know, She has to think about getting dinner ready. Sometimes, if there is an emergency, like something She has to order, that about does it for the day. We shake our heads and wonder how She ever went to work. I guess She is like me, thinking we can do that tomorrow. She and I are extremely talented at putting things off. Odd-you for now, mes amis.

One Step Cats

I did not know what He meant when He would say one step forward, two steps back. It seemed kind of funny to me. Was He talking about how to dance? She tried to help me understand. When you have a goal, or a project, you would like it to go forward. Step, step , step. Life isn't like that, Cofs, She said. When you get the idea, that's a step forward. When others don't understand, that's two steps back.  Then you go three steps forward and find out you need more money. That's two steps back. Little by little you make some progress. Sometimes you are almost there, and you find out someone didn't do what he said, and you go back a few steps. By the time She got finished explaining all this, I wondered how anything ever got done.  She told me not everything is like that, though. Sometimes you don't start working on your idea until everything is lined up.  We have to remember that He doesn't do it that way. His best thing is getting ideas. The rest is one step forward, two steps back.
I get it now. That's how it is working with Kate and me. She and I can lie around and relax, then one of us charges at the other. Well, the yowing has stopped - that's a step forward.  I still don't want to come out of the bedroom when Kate is there. That's two steps back. Every day She tells me let's be patient. It all works out fine in the end. I hope She is right. Chow, bellas.

Demo-Cats

With all the fuss on TV and the computer about elections, I got a bit curious. I already told Her I didn't much care, as long as I got my kibbles. She said that was not a good attitude. That I should study the issues and decide whose side I was on. From what I have heard so far, it seems that the guys who want to be elected can get kind of mean, and I don't like that. Neither do He and She like it. I can't help them think of a better way to do it - what do I know? I'm a cat. I also know that it is in my best interest to like the guy He and She like, because they are pretty fussy about that. One thing She says is that people choose according to what they are interested in. Since it is in my best interest to like the guy that can give me the best chance of getting plenty of kibbles, I see why they want me to go with the one who wants Them to keep Their pay that They get every month. I don't like the cat doc, but They like to see Their doc without paying a bunch of money. OK, I'm convinced. I'm going for the guy with the black and white dog. Of course I wish he would get a cat, but I'll tell him that after he gets the job. TTYL.

Quiet Cats

Excuse me for yawning. It has been that kind of day. She slept so long I thought She was in one of those comas that were on TV last night. A big box came for Her in the middle of the night, and when She opened it, she told Him well, this finishes my Christmas shopping. That only gives Her three months to sort it all out. She is giving fewer presents to some people this year. You can't tell it by the piles of stuff in Her gift-closet, though. I guess She was feeling rich, then, because She ordered a thing called a Nature Box, which is supposed to contain snacks that are good for you. Since She is a major snack person, it may turn out to be a wise thing. I'll tell you when it comes. If Her shopping is all done, I feel sorry for the catalog people, who will be wasting their time ending Her those big stacks of catalogs.
Even though She is trying to back away from all the politics, She listened to a speech be the President's wife and She really liked it. I still think we will watch a movie tonight instead of the politics.
I have to go and help with dinner now, while Kate is asleep under the desk. So long.

Welcome Cats

Today Rocky'sMom got home from her long, long trip, and there will be some catching up for Her and R'sM. While that family was gone, He and She took in some packages that the delivery guy brought, and they are here in our house. I guess Rocky'sBoy will come to get them to take home. She has known Rocky'sBoy since he was a kid in school. Now he is a nice grown-up man and he turned out just fine.
Another welcome thing was that He got a good report from his doc about the sugar in His blood. I don't know how the sugar gets in there, but it is bad for Him when He has too little or too much. He has to check it every day, and then go to the doc. She is chuffed when He gets a good report.
She said it was a welcome sight this morning when I wandered out into the hall. Since He sprays this new stuff, I am a little more brave. Kate chased me, but she didn't yow or biff. It was almost like playing.
I got close enough to the kitchen to sniffle some fish kind of thing for our dinner. He and I just love fish. I will wait patiently. TaTa for now.

Laboring Cats

Today is one of those days that humans have. It is a day when a lot of people get off from their work to honor hard workers and these things called Unions. It turns out that once the people who owned the companies wanted people to work a very long time without a rest. They even got little kids to do hard work. If you didn't like it, the boss would say, OK, go on home, I'll give your job to someone else. Since workers needed the money, they had to put up with it. They didn't get much money, either. Some mart people got the idea that if a big bunch of the workers said they were upset, and did it all at once, the bosses would have to listen or they would stop working. At our house, we think  that is a wonderful plan. That's because we are the workers. If we were the rich bosses we would have been mad because they outsmarted us. By joining together - I guess that's why they called it a union - they forced the bosses to give them the weekends off. They made them agree to a fair kind of pay, and my favorite part is that they had to promise not to let little kids work anymore. Being a kid is hard enough without having to go to a job. I'll bet they even had the cats catching mice and didn't pay them a single kibble. Once a year, they take a day to appreciate what the Unions did..Not everyone gets the day off, because then the workers wouldn't have a place to go on their honor day. Movies, eating places, store - all stay open to help the workers. Since He and She are not workers any more, it could be just another day for them, but They remember when They were working people, and they stop and appreciate the workers, too. All of that learning about this day has me worn out. I'm off for a nap. Bye.

Stuffed Cats

This is what happens when They go to have dinner with Cleo'sPeople. They give us a lot of food to last until they come home. So here we were, computer turned off so I couldn't write my story, and nothing to do but eat eat eat. Kate likes to come in and eat some of our food, although there is plenty of food in her dish. Then she drinks our water, even though she has her own water machine. Kate feels as if she should go anyplace she wants, which makes Her wonder why Kasey and I don't do that. I wish I knew the answer to that. Anyway, He and She went to have dinner with Cleo'sFamily. Everyone was there, and there was plenty of food. There was a salad, and She told me She would like a salad like that every day. She said it had too many kinds of things in it to name, and it was the best salad She had in a long time. Cleo'sDad made the main dinner, with vegetables and nice, tender meat. The people know He can't eat all kinds of white food, so they had everything He could eat. The food was great She said, but the best part was the talking. All of them are good talkers, so They got to talk and talk and talk. It is good that it was an easy day today. I think that stuff they spray might do some good, so maybe I'll get to tell you that things are going well, cat-wise, one of these days. Right now, I'll send you some purrs for good luck. Cheerio.