Nothing Much to Say

Really, not much to say. I have been giving Sally lots of attention lately. I know right! Your mind is totally blown. I will be headed home AGAIN at the end of this week to help out with a yard sale my parents are having. Hopefully I can make a little bit of cash! I am not taking Mr. Grumblez with me this time. He takes up too much room in the backseat and I am sure I will be bringing MORE crap back. I will miss him though, super fuzzy beast. I brushed him last night. He needed it. 

Fall

Hi

I got back to Philadelphia yesterday after being home for a week. There was much to do there. Long story short, I was helping clean and pack a little to get my parents moved out of their house after some serious flooding post Hurricane Irene. I am sad to see them leave it, as it is my childhood home, and we are the only people to own it since it was finished in 1949. *sigh*

I knew I was going to be away for awhile so i took Mr. Grumblez with me. As much as he is not the biggest fan of the car he knows he gets super spoiled when he is there. He gets out a lot and hangs out on the back porch and gets brushed and gets lots of carrots and raisins. He doesn't like that he can't hippity hop around like he does here but he gets out enough regardless.

Bunny Bath on the Back Porch

Bunny Sphinx

Sally of course has been all up in my business. She charged me at the door with my hands full and nearly escaped. Because I had a lot of stuff to bring in I had to put her in the bathroom so she wouldn't run out.

Shut up

After driving back and bringing boxes in the house I was pretty tired (not to mention I had been up since about 7ish) and even though I tried to fight it I ended up laying down for a nap. Of course, my door was closed. On the other side Sally was screaming in the hallway and digging at the bottom of the door, which I'm sure you would know is NOT conducive to nippity nap time. So, I being the kind, warm-hearted, generous soul that I am, decided that I would allow Sally to lay down with me. She was absolutely as happy as she could be. She was purring SO loudly and kept rubbing up on me and nudging me most aggressively. I'm not going to lie, it was cute. It was still hard to fall asleep, as her purring was freaking out of control. Eventually though, we both fell asleep, she was in between my arms which were in an awkward 'C' shape around her. Our nap didn't last long (which was for the best) because I kept getting texts and such, then my 'roommate' called because she was home and went to get dinner at a pizza place a block away. She was nice enough to feed Sally for me while I was gone.

 I am super excited that fall is here. I WISH I could open the windows and leave the backdoor open but I can't seeing as though the windows don't have screens and as soon as the backdoor is open Sally is trying everything she can do to get out. GRRR. 

Red Ikea Chair

Of All Of The Inquisitive Cats....

Sally, you are the WORST! 

*bonus points if you get that movie reference*

Many apologies for the lack of blog lately. Things have been a wee bit on the crazy side!

ZZZ

My mom and I bought Sally a cat scratcher thingy and got catnip spray. I am trying to train her out of scratching the furniture. So far it is working pretty well. She also likes to just pass out on it.

Resting

Sally is used to not having her sisters here I think. She then in turn bugs the shit out of me all the time. Whenever I open the door to my room she runs at me, fat pooch swaying, and follows me into either the kitchen or the bathroom. She is pretty good at judging where I am going to go too. She is correct 95% of the time. However, I have been sacrificing my bladder a minute extra in the mornings by feeding her first so I don't have to hear her meowing while i pee. One of her favorite things to do is hang out with me in the bathroom regardless of what I am doing. She loves to sit in the sink and also drink from the faucet. I turn it on for her most days.

DRANK!

Sally also HAS to be in everything or try to get into places where she isn't allowed to go, ie. my room, my closet, the basement, outside via the back door in the kitchen. She has gotten out the front door of the apartment and she ran up the stairs to the second level of the house. I was less than impressed when she did that. Not to mention the upstairs is a bit creepy. Pepto Bismol pink walls and a random mirror with old awkward paisley carpet. For whatever reason I thought if The Shinning up there...

Crowning

Birthing

Tina, PROOF that her stupid ass CAN in fact fit through that little space at the bottom of the door. Fail. So annoying when you are trying to take the trash out.

Trying to Escape 

As for Mr. Grumblez, he is doing well. He enjoys having a more space than he had previously. He likes to come out of his house and push his front yard around.

House and Yard

Mr. Grumblez is quite the intelligent fuzzy lumpkins. He found a weak point in the fence. By running into it in different directions he was able to get the hooks to unhook and then he runs around my room and hides under my bed. He takes awhile to capture again...I can lure him out eventually with carrots. Typical rabbit.

Bun Hands

I Can Have My Second Raisin???

Bunny Noms (they are cuter than your noms)

Mostly Pictchas

Sorry it has been awhile. I/we are moved into the new apt. sans 2 cats. Sally is here with me while the other 2 are on a farm. In real life, not a 'we took them to a farm' meaning we put them to sleep. 

There is a lot to write but frankly I am so tired so I am just going to put up the last few images I took of the 3 of them in the old apt. 

Mid sneeze

Sink time

Hanging out

Me too

She looks sooooo fat

Hanging out in his side yard at the new apt.

Reese is SO adorable

He looks compact

Chiz

The King Has Returned

Well, I guess I am not a king buuuuut....

A friend of mine posted this on my Facebook wall and it is hilarious so I will post it here...



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As soon as I walked in the door, of course, I got bombarded by the cats. I fed them and petted them a bit. They were so starved when I was gone that they knocked down Mr. Grumblez yogurt drops and tore into them probably got a taste and decided they were gross and left the package mauled. I was playing butt time with Baby Chan just now. She was loving it at first but then I got too aggressive I guess and she got mad, yelled at me, swatted at me, then jumped down and ate her feelings.  My mother and her friend 'followed' me up, however not successfully. Last I heard from them they were about 25 miles north of Philly....GPS fail. We paused at the DE Welcome Center to re-group. They were supposed to follow me again but a combination of my mom driving the U=Haul and in general the people of PA, NJ, NY are assholes and make it impossible to caravan. I brought Mr. Grumblez out while we ate, obviously, I didn't want to leave him in the car! He got a lot of attention. A few people came up and asked to pet him. Others called attention to their loved ones and pointed and laughed and questioned loudly, 'what IS that?!' A group of foreigners passed by and were confused by him but appreciated his cuteness. When they walked by he was in the middle of a bunny bath.

Hair-do blowing in the wind.

Hiding

I was sitting on the couch and had just finished my breakfast when I looked down and accidentally locked eyes with Baby Chan. Now when you do this to a cat, especially her, it is an open invitation for them to come up and bother...uh...sit next to you or on you. She then hopped up and laid down next to me so I petted her and she quickly fell asleep. I decided to take this time to update the blog since the next week or so is going to be pretty crazy.
Tomorrow I am going home to get all of my stuff to move into the new apartment which will actively take place on Monday. I will be cleaning up the house and changing litter boxes and cleaning Mr. Grumblez house. This will be the last time I go home for awhile so poor Mr. Grumblez won't have to worry about car rides for a long time. One of the first things I am going to do when I get home is comb him. My mom confirmed that I left it there last time. He looks like a ragamuffin.

He sits like this when we have 'nose-nose' time.

Before I leave tomorrow I will put out extra food and water. I might leave the bathroom door open and actually hide some in the bathtub. My favorite is right before I leave I fill up their food dishes from breakfast and when I do they all come running over and start eating as if I hadn't already fed them less than an hour prior. Such fatties.
On Aug. 1st we had a much needed thunderstorm. It cooled things off quite nicely afterwards. Now thunderstorms scare the shit out of these cats. As soon as the first clap of thunder happens they all go scampering about to find a hiding spot. I was able to document (poorly) where they were hiding. Sally had the most amusing yet unhygienic spot...

Reese under a metal thing with stuff on it in the kitchen.

Stretching after coming out of hiding under the kitchen counter.

UNSANITARY!! In-between the toilet, plunger, and bathtub.

Here is some more eye candy...

Catdana

Thanks to the lovely Tina, Reese Cup now has a fabulous, brand new, crochet catdana. Isn't she the best hipster kitty around?? Last night Tina witnessed first hand at how 'cat lady' I have become. Near my head to the right was Reese, purring and happy as I was loving on her. On my left side Sally was streeeeeeeeched out sleeping. It was foul.

Ain't she a beaut?!