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 took these of Phillis atop our wireless router.
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.
Addiction aside (read previous post for details), these little ones turned a year old recently! They haven’t been in our home for a year yet, but that’s coming up soon!
Let’s take a look at some of their photo history! FUN!
How time flies!
Thank you all for sharing the past months with us. We LOVE our kitty family and so grateful to share it with you!
And here we thought only Playboy and Glamour Shots were good for air brushing!
I was awaken this morning by Matt dry spitting and saying, “Oh GOD Phyllis! Eww! Ewww!”
When I asked what was going on Matt said, “Well, I always ask Phyllis for a kitty kiss in the morning and usually she runs up to me and touches her wet little nose on my chin. Well, she just slipped me some tongue and it GROSSES me out! Yuk!“
I was laughing SO hard. But I managed to go right back to sleep.
Hi All! I’m thrilled to let you all know that I just bought a flash for my camera! So, not only do we have a new camera, but now we also have some great lighting!
Enjoy!
