Kitty Meadow

This is a sweet little video I just shot of Phyllis and Rosalie grooming like they LOVE to do! Phyllis doing all the work of course!

Ms. Renatta has decided Phyllis can no longer hog the bear all to herself!

Her favorite brown bear!!! Yeah Phyllis!

Matt put a white slip cover on the “kitty couch” in their bedroom and they just LOVE their “new” couch!

She’s such a doll. Anything that changes she wants a part of… even if it’s an empty basket of socks.

I’m not sure how many of you have heard, but the Seattle area has had record breaking heat over the past week or so and it has been MISERABLE! Last Monday: 92, Tuesday: 95, Wednesday: 105, Thursday: 94, Friday: 89. Expecting a break today of ONLY 87!

Last Sunday Matt surprised me and told me we were going to Sears and buying an Air Conditioner… for the kitties! I was SO excited knowing very well that when the kitties got something like A/C I would be able to also benefit!

Well, they really weren’t very impressed by A/C. As a matter of fact, it made too much noise and they preferred to stay in the kitchen where it was still 95 as opposed to coming into the living room where it was merely 83! After the first couple days they did discover the trade-off between noise and comfort and did finally move into the much more agreeable living room temps.

Now, the A/C unit is affectionately referred to as MBB (Marvin’s Big Brother, as you might recall, Marvin is the automatic poop box we bought that terrified them also).

Matt and I are on vacation in Maine (“Downeast Maine” in Machiasport) visiting my family. Well, Mom & Dad’s kitty, “Scooter” is such a loverboy!!! He lets me hold him and love on him, but he doesn’t ever let anyone else ever hold him! He’s such a doll!

We accidentally locked him in my bedroom yesterday and when I went in he was trapped behind the blinds of the window and was just there tapping on the blinds trying to get his attention.

Matt took these of Phillis atop our wireless router.

Well, we’ve been putting off the inevitable… getting a puppy! Y’all might be surprised that we named the new puppy a similar name to one of our kitties. Our new puppy’s name: Roverlee!

Wanna see a picture? Here she is!

Ok, so you might be a little confused. Ms. Roverlee has gone through a species change. We’re pretty sure she’s mostly puppy! She sort of makes puppy whining, barking type noises and eats until she can’t stand… just like a real puppy!

We’ve always understood that Roverlee was different, but we really love here. We’re very accepting of diversity in our household!

Welcome Roverlee!!!

I decided to surprise Matt with a gift to alleviate his anxiety of going on vacation to Maine and leaving the Kitties at home with “standard” litter boxes.

So, I bought him (and the girls) the “Litter-Robot”.

We were VERY nervous after setting it up because the girls REFUSED to go near it! It was like… well… like a MARTIAN had come into the house! Granted, it does look like something out of a science fiction movie!

For three days we let it sit in the “kitty room” (yes, they have their own room, with their own couch, toys, and all the fixins) with no litter. We were sure this would allow them to explore it and sniff around and get used to it. So, on day 4 Matt put the litter in and plugged the Litter-Robot in. They didn’t touch it all day long. Instead, at midnight I heard, in my sleep, a faint “beep” and then a minute or so later, the very whisper of the Litter-Robot’s motor turning it’s first “official” cycle of joy.

Well, it was less than a cycle of joy for the girls! Within seconds of the “very whisper” turned into scrambling for lives! Crashing! Banging! Fur was flying! Apparently, the Litter-Robot’s subtle sounds were WAY too much for the kitties!

I should have known better. I should have known NOT to plug it in until they were used to actually using it. My bad. So now we are trying to reaclaimate the poor kitties to their new enemy, “Marvin the Martian” as he has become known thanks to Matt’s creative wit.