Kitty Meadow

Ms. Rosalie spent most of the day sitting in front of our sunny windows. All three of the girls were SO happy about the great weather yesterday. 55 degrees here at our house (on the outside).

Sleeping is a bit of a challenge in our household these days. The girls have a strong habit of making sure everyone knows (aka Me and Matt) that we’re to be up at or before 5AM. This doesn’t go over well with me. I’m a sleeper. I like to sleep. NOT for a long time, but just a sufficient amount of time until, let’s say, my back aches from my bladder pressing on every other organ so hard that I can’t stand it any more.

My desired bedtime is about 10PM with me waking up to go to work around 5:45-6AM (Matt hates my “snooze” button!!).

Of recent, Phyllis has decided that the best time to play with her dads and get some quiet alone time is around… 2AM. This is miserable! Not because she’s forceful (which she is), but because she’s SO darned cute! She wants to go into the “kitty cave” (sperlunking kitty that she is). Phyllis isn’t one for sleeping under the blankets but she sure LOVES going under them and exploring, then coming back out, making a tour around the bed, then back in, and so on and so forth.

It’s usually after about 15-20 minutes of this that I finally wake up and have to lock them out of the bedroom. Then at about 5AM, when Matt’s bladder gives in, back in they all come!

When they return at 5AM it’s usually Rosalie who’s the most persistent. She LOVES to purr (as we all know). So, she’s ALL over us, sitting on heads, nudging noses, wanting to peek under the covers (not a true sperlunker like Phyllis), and nose in the ears. This all the while purring with her adorable little rhythmic purr-squeek-purr-purr-squeek. Again, you can’t even be annoyed by it. She’s too darned cute to be anoying!

So, on the upside, when Renatta is in the bedroom, she’s the angel of the entire bunch! She wants to lay at the foot of the bed, never wants to cuddle, never wants to rub noses, never had an interest in sperlunking, she just likes to sleep and be close to where all the action is. HOWEVER, when she (and the others) have been locked out of the bedroom, this is where Renatta comes into their plan. I’m sure the others put her up to it! She is by far the loudest and most persistent in meowing! When she wants in, she will NOT be ignored. She will sit outside the door pretending someone has cut off her leg until someone lets her in. I have to say, it’s quite effective. Works every time with me.

(All of the above photos were taken with the BlackBerry devices Matt and I own, not “normal” cameras)

Phyllis is so soft and cuddly! Plus she throws off some good heat! Personally I think Phyllis likes it too because when Rosalie purrs it’s like a full body massage!!

Hi gang! Thank you so much for your patience during January! We’ve been really lax on posting these lovely gals lately, but I’ll just share with you a bit of what’s happing in our lives.

First and foremost, our good friend Jim (mid-60′s) back in November had a seizure and fell outside his house and broke three ribs. Matt took him for several doctor appointments and treatments. Well, about mid December Jim fell inside his house and broke his arm in 4 places!! So, for 4 weeks he was in a nursing home while Matt and I ran errands for him and went to visit every few days. So, he finally go out of the nursing home (forced actually by Group Health, given the choice of paying $219 a day or leaving) about Jan 6. Matt has basically had to move in with him since then and I, on occasion, have been staying with them, or giving Matt a break and I’ll stay while Matt goes home to visit the girls.

Although we really love our friend Jim we really miss our family and our “patterns” of behavior. The girls have NOT been happy about us being away this much. And although we’re still staying with Jim, one of us comes home every night. This weekend we all get to spend the week together as Jim asked another friend to give us a break. WOO HOO!

So, below is a relieved photo of Ms. Rosalie. She’s VERY happy today that we’re all napping and relaxing today (waiting for the Super Bowl!!)