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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: LeighK on November 15, 2007, 09:58:06 AM
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Hi folks,
I was wondering how cats have changed your lifestyle, here's a few of mine in no particular order.
1. I rarely entertain or go out socially
2. I only hoover when I have to because they hate the noise.
3. I never run my cooker hood as it scares them.
4. I feel guilty if I'm late to bed and usually retire early to maximise my time with Suzie.
5. I get up extra early to give them their food, change cat litter etc. etc.
6. I choose my friends on their attitude towards cats.
7. I have arranged the furniture to afford them the best views out of the windows.
8. I do food shopping trips exclusively for them.
9. I have bought soft furnishings especially for them.
10. I've not been away on holiday for years.
11. I have grown whiskers, headbut the furniture and like my tummy stroked (I made that one up, on second thoughts maybe I didn't) ;D
Cheers
Leigh
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Fab thread Leigh! :wow:
Well I would agree with all of your points.
1. I run the hoover regularly but move Lexy from room to room.
2. I certainly do food shopping for her only (usually when I have to buy more litter).
3. I plan my business trips around when I can get someone in to look after her.
4. I don't go on holiday anymore so she doesn't have to go to a cattery.
5. I look forward to my 5am morning wake up call (without the bat!) because that's when she's most lovable.
6. Am planning to rearrange the furniture to a) make the room more pleasant and b) so Lexy can view the windows more easily.
7. She has more beds than I do!
8. I've been happier with her in my life than before. :Luv2:
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we've stopped having our annual christmas party incase someone lets them out the front door
we never go away for longer than a week and its mostly long weekends now
I often shop just for them
our garden looks like feltham young offenders to stop them getting out
there are furry toys under nearly every bit of furniture
but yes I love it!
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Hell, thats a good question Leigh.
The main thing is I'm infinately happier than I was pre Bilbo and Baggins.
The other things (in no particular order):
Whenever I go shopping I get their bits and bobs first.
I've lost all use of the sofa.
Used to jump on the bike and go visit a friend for the weekend without any planning - now I don't (I prefer the cats company anyway :evillaugh:)
I've worn out more torch batteries scouring fields for Bilbo than would be needed to light a small village for a year.
I'm a dab hand at burying poor departed shrews.
I get up 30 minues earlier to feed em, and clean the litter tray.
I'm my vets best mate now :evillaugh:
I think in general, they now take priority whereas before I could please meself. Its worth it mind.
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Good thread this one.... here are some of mine....
1. Have to hoover daily... racals destroy and throw litter everywhere.
2. They make me smile every time I look at them.
3. rarely get out to socialise or have time to phone friends.
4. They drive me crazy chewing wires and knocking things over... and yet I clear away more stuff to allow them to lie where THEY want.
5. Dedicated shopping trips just for cat food and litter!!
6. Going out of my way to find a 'special' food if they are ill.
7. Worrying sick about them if they are ill and spending all the time I can with them.
8. Going to bed really late just so we can have our 'play time' with the cats before bed.
9. We love our Saturday morning cuddles with the cats and wake up early to open the bedroom door to let them all in.
10. Redecorating the house because they don't like wallpaper!
11. Diving out to buy them new toys constantly because they hide all the old one's in thin air!
12. Plan any breaks away around getting my mum to cat sit at our house.
13. Out in the middle of the night hunting for cats. Yet come home with a smile when we have them safe and sound.
14. Broken sleep... waking through the night for bottle feeds! Yet, wouldn't have it any other way.
15. Its gone from being Our House... to THEIR house! lol
;D
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What a great thread ;D
The main lifestyle change I've had with Max is that I don't go on proper holidays any more. I've not had more than 3 days away in over 7 years, but you know what, I don't care. Unless I could afford someone to live in, and I could implicitely trust them 100%, the only people I'd trust with Max are my parents, as they dote on him like the grandchild they know they're not gonna get :evillaugh:
I still entertain at home, but make sure that there's not too many people, especially so I can keep an eye on people not leaving the door or a random window open where my boy might get out.
I guess I've had to get used to being woken up a lot during the night, and learning to love my books being all over the floor as opposed to the bookshelf, as that's where he always seems to put them :rofl:
Can't think of anything else really, apart from he is always in my thoughts every minute of every day ....
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Can't think of anything else really, apart from he is always in my thoughts every minute of every day ....
Lovely is that Clare :)
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Eh... well, I used to have a life, and now I'm a full-time slave to Poppy & Monkey. :tired:
Oh, and I have to wear scarves a lot more nowadays, to hide love-bites on my neck from Monkey. :-[
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Well this thread certainly made me think!
I seem to have turned into "Crazy cat lady" amongst my friends
Bought a specialist "pet" hoover
Pick the friends that can come to my house based on whether they like my cats
Go to bed early so I can have "bedtime cuddles" with Chutney
Constantly have remote in one hand, Da bird or laser pen in the other
OH's mum comes to cat sit when we go on holiday so good relationship with her!!
Collect toilet rolls to make elaborate feeding devices
Always leave used towels on the bed as kitties like to lie on them :innocent:
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Collect toilet rolls to make elaborate feeding devices
I forgot that one!!
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Collect toilet rolls to make elaborate feeding devices
I forgot that one!!
:evillaugh: oh yes I recall that one. Collect egg cartons to hide food in, go bankrupt with all the money spent on them..
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No of course they haven't! Except for:
1. Time spent hoovering up cat litter
2. The vet can now afford world cruises
3. Shopping bill grows weelky
4. Spend more time playing with them than anything else
5. Nervous breakdowns trying to remember to keep doors and windows closed
I don't have to worry about being away for a few days as my daughter looks after them and best of all, because of them I joined Purrs!
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Just off the top of my head:
1. Have learned to interpret at least 20 different meows / trills / chirrups and to respond appropriately
2. Don't really go on holiday, or out, much.
3. Rarely invite people over, and when I do, choose guests based on the cat's preferences.
4. Spend more time and money shopping for cat stuff (food, toys, beds) than on me & boyf combined
5. Rarely hoover bcoz they don't like
6. Have relinquished the top 3rd of the bed and a pillow each side so they can sleep about our heads
7. Endanger life and limb daily due to number of ping pong balls around the place...
8. Keep old shoelaces to make toys
9. Throw little paper balls everywhere rather than put them in the bin (tho I do eventually!)
10. Get up early to feed fluffies / scoop trays
11. Cook steak, turkey, fish, squid etc especially for the cats around twice a week
12. Put the heating on when I'm out so they won't get cold
13. let them into the bed for a snuggle at any hour of the night so they can put their freezing little paws and wet noses on me and warm up
14. Regard with deep suspicion anyone who does not like cats in general, and mild dislike those who do not like my cats in particular
15. am always prepared to alter any aspect of my life / routine to safeguard their welfare
16. I smile and laugh much more when around them
I could go on, but quite simply, my cats have improved my life immesurably. I have Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and the autumn / winter is a really difficult time for me. I have a lightbox, which makes things more bearable, my the real thanks goes to my cats. They are always there when I feel I can't cope with the world in general, and remind me that there are little furry people who make it all worthwhile. I can get up in the morning for them when I struggle to get up for anything else, and can get through the hardest of days knowing they will be there to welcome me home at the end of it.
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They transformed me from an immaculately groomed business woman( always wearing a suit)
to a Scruffy old bag who is so much happier. :rofl: :rofl:
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I love these :rofl:
our garden looks like feltham young offenders to stop them getting out
I've lost all use of the sofa.
I've forgotten that I ever owned one ;D
10. Redecorating the house because they don't like wallpaper!
did they choose pattern from one of those "swatch" books ? ;D
learning to love my books being all over the floor as opposed to the bookshelf, as that's where he always seems to put them :rofl:
I never get the time to read mine, only to look at the pictures, no, not what you're thinking, I have a lot of coffee table type Geology books from my Uni studies with big pictures in them ;D
I have to wear scarves a lot more nowadays, to hide love-bites on my neck from Monkey. :-[
A sad old git like me actually wears my cat love-bites with pride it makes me look like I've got a life! ;D
Collect toilet rolls to make elaborate feeding devices
Thank god I'm not alone, I thought this was only my pet perversion ;D I'd love to know more about the "pet" hoover.
2. The vet can now afford world cruises
because of them I joined Purrs!
My vet sends me postcards from exotic holiday locations just to rub salt in my open wounds. Joining Purrs has been a great consequence of having the puds for me too.
Cheers
Leigh
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Never not had a multi-cat household as a grownup so can't remember !
Always had a cat as a child too, so maybe I shouldn't have bothered with this post at all ...
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1. I rarely entertain or go out socially - never in the week...
2. I only hoover as Leo is facsinated with it !!!
4. I feel guilty if I'm late to bed and usually retire early to maximise my time with Leo
5. I get up extra early to give them their food, change cat litter & dedicate a full half hour of play before I get ready in the morning.. (however hard it is to keep my eyes open !!!)
6. I choose my friends on their attitude towards cats.
7. I have arranged the furniture to afford them the best views out of the windows.
8. I do food shopping trips exclusively for them.
9. I have bought soft furnishings especially for them.
10. I wont be going on holiday for years !
11. I had whiskers anyway :rofl:
Much the same edited to suit ! I also go to bed later. . . .have to place Leos towel on the clothes airer as he loves to sleep up there... Have cellotaped up every single cable in my flat... Go out & spend hours on a sat looking for new toys for him !.. Grow cat grass every 2 weeks... Sit with him while he eats his dinner.. & stir it for him when it gets all flat to the dish from his nose (if I dont now he will meow untill I have stirred it !) No one is allowed in my kitchen without shutting the door behind them....I could go on forever.. BUT I love him to bits & I am more than happy to do al of this & more if need be... xx :Luv2: :Luv2: :Luv: :Luv:
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Ah yes, I too grow cat grass - or try to, since its almost impossible to find anywhere "safe" for it to be allowed to grow at all before its demolished :rofl:
I am intregued by this feeding toy out of loo roll tubes - assembly instructions, anyone? :)
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mine is a loo roll pyramid with dry food inside that the have to find - not my invention but Vicky Halls supposed to mean they have to hunt for food!
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Ive done the tube thing too.. i cut & filled a cling film tube with rice & taped it up for a toy Leo loves it ..
I have a special cat ball for the food fun !
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Vicky Halls is a goddess!
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I got told off by the owner of my local cafe one morning for all the white cat hairs on my brown fleece which made me look like I'd just been to a sheep shearing contest, he produced a roll of cellotape and handed it to me, :censored: cheek ;D
I had a couple of those cat treat balls too but I think that Alfie must have launched them into orbit as I haven't been able to find either of them for months.
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mine is a loo roll pyramid with dry food inside that the have to find - not my invention but Vicky Halls supposed to mean they have to hunt for food!
Dawn the egg carton thing is a good one too. See... we are all mad
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Ruth I never really understood what I was suppose to do with the egg cartons to be honest
Leigh I bulk buy sticky rollers from costco!!!
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Dawn, I've got shares in Wilkinsons for all the sticky rollers I've bought but they never keep up with demand ;D
I might try blasting them off with one of those high pressure hoses that aree used to clean cars ;D
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Ruth I never really understood what I was suppose to do with the egg cartons to be honest
Leigh I bulk buy sticky rollers from costco!!!
I got some free with the cat tree i bought of ebay and ive been buying them ever since there extremely handy!
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I am surrounded by furbabes and now live like one.....OH keeps protesting though, gosh you would think it the end of the world having to empty a litter tray :evillaugh: :sick: ;)
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Dawn you take the bottom half of the carton that has the egg cups. You put dry food in eac one and cover each one with a toy that makes it a bit difficult for them to get to the food, like ping pong balls etc, but not too easy.
Then you just let them try to fish out the food, by trying to find ways to get the toys out. Lexy finally sussed if she got p'd off enough with it she would hit it and the food would fly out.. but hey.. it works. Keeps her entertained for ages!
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Thanks for the tip Ruth,
Guess whose having eggs for his tea tonight ? ;D
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I posted a really long message and it just got rid :tired:
Basically I was going to say, Leigh, if you are interested in a pet hoover - the Electrolux Velocity pet hoover is fab ;D it sort of pulls itself along the carpet with a special motor it has to automically turn the brushes. It collects so much cat hair off the carpet too we could make another kitty with it :evillaugh:
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That's Brilliant :thanks: Dawn, I have lots of rugs and their hair is a swine to get out with my hoover it just gets pushed into the rugs. I'll check this out right now. I could knit a jumper every week with the hair that my lot deposit around the flat.
:thanks: again for the info and my rugs asked me to pass on their :Luv: too ;D
Rugs have feelings too, a rug is for life not just for Christmas ;D
Edit : Dawn is it this one ?
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?jspStoreDir=argos&catalogId=1500000701¶ms=adref%3DUpright+bagless+vacuum+cleaners&productId=1500056445&referredURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.argos.co.uk%2Fwebapp%2Fwcs%2Fstores%2Fservlet%2FProductDisplay%3FstoreId%3D10001%26catalogId%3D1500000701%26productId%3D1500056445%26langId%3D-1&keyword=Electrolux+Velocity+Pet+Lover+Cyclonic+Upright+Cleaner&langId=-1&referrer=FG13P&engine=froogle&storeId=10001 (http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?jspStoreDir=argos&catalogId=1500000701¶ms=adref%3DUpright+bagless+vacuum+cleaners&productId=1500056445&referredURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.argos.co.uk%2Fwebapp%2Fwcs%2Fstores%2Fservlet%2FProductDisplay%3FstoreId%3D10001%26catalogId%3D1500000701%26productId%3D1500056445%26langId%3D-1&keyword=Electrolux+Velocity+Pet+Lover+Cyclonic+Upright+Cleaner&langId=-1&referrer=FG13P&engine=froogle&storeId=10001)
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Oh Leigh that made me laugh :rofl:
Yes that is the one - I got ours for only £70 on Amazon though! :wow: I would have a look on there and link but I have to get back to work now - lunch over :shify:
It has different levels for different length piles of carpet - and rugs :evillaugh:
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I got told off by the owner of my local cafe one morning for all the white cat hairs on my brown fleece which made me look like I'd just been to a sheep shearing contest, he produced a roll of cellotape and handed it to me, :censored: cheek ;D
Come to think about it, it is rather funny, I feel a strange pride when people comment upon looking at the cathair stuck all over my dark coloured fleece "Oh, you have a kitty don't you?" :evillaugh:
We were rather nervous when we had to use our "suckcat" (a.k.a. hoover), "whipcat" (a.k.a. kitchen blender and food processor), and "buzzcat"(a.k.a. electric saw) as they scared him pretty badly in the beginning. But he has grown to be quite indifferent to scary noises, if a bit annoyed, he continues to hang about to check out my activity while these "killers" are turned on! :)
I have never, ever thought myself to be a doting mum type, or even to have much of a maternal instinct, but that hidden side of me have just come out in its full glory with my cats. I would have never fancied having my own life turned upside down by some children in the house, but I find myself catering happily to the whim of my feline babies. But I have a feeling only cats can get away with that, never a human child :naughty:
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Well my life changed completely when my first cat arrib=ved and have just gone from bad to worse :rofl: :rofl:
Hoovering as little as possibly cos they scared
Mealtimes.....they get to eat first even when I am starving
Toys every where.....if i trip over one more blooming mouse!
Front room is dominated by a giant cat tree
Cant get in frontdoor cos a big sctratching post blocks it opening properly
Car is full of fur from my clothes
Everywhere I go there is fur fur fur
I am being seriously bullied most of the time
I am a cat bed
I dont have a sofa cos the cats decided they wanted them
Dont have a desk cos its Misas
Dont have a bed cos the birmans think its theirs
If I leave my chair someone else takes it within seconds
Havent been on holiday for over 10years
Cant have visitors cos cats are scared or other people................and they wouldnt like all that fur!
Have boxes of boxes of cat food cluttering up the place from last cheap offer
Litter trays .......we wont talk about those
The cats all have place mats but are disgustingly messy eaters
The utility room is useless with a line of 8 bowls of food and two water bowls....................I am fed up of kicking over a water bowl
I respond fast to meows, squeaks, howling and rush to kitchen if the flap seems to be flapping more than it should
I get crowded with disapproving looks if I come home later than normal
Anxious cats will sit watching through the window if I go out to the car
Am known as the cat lady in my painting and drawing group..............probably mad but they havent said!
Life what is a life..................grovelling to the bully cats I think :rofl: :rofl:
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I’ve got something to look forward to when I get home.
Cat Cuddles!
It’s the best thing and really makes my day. Course by the time I’ve sat down after fixing dinner etc they’ve all gone and left me ;)
I was resting my eyes last night while laying down with a book in hand and our Smoke came up and sat in the most awkward position on my arm and stayed there till I got up.
We don’t go out much (not that I ever did).
Holidays we get his parents to watch them, they phone daily to let us know that the cats are alright.
We can’t do anything without Lirael getting into it.
No glass of water or open paint is safe (we learned to keep the acrylics closed after chasing Lirael who was happily putting green pawprints on the floor).
You cannot leave a plate unattended this includes taking your eyes off it.
You cannot leave paper around unless you wish for it to be taste tested by Lirael.
We will never have expensive furniture because Lirael chews on anything wood based, plastic, cardboard, metal…. Well anything really.
When opening the door you must either shimmy into the hall or pick up Lirael if you’re on the other side. She likes to be there and great people and will walk outside if not attended.
Close the door, close it properly (an issue for my brother in law) unless you want cats outside or Lirael in a room with chewables.
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Erm, I dont think my life changed much when I just had my two, I still had weekends away adn overnight stays (did have a housemate then though), but things have certainly changed since fostering, I do dislike being out too much now, and try not to be out too much in the evenings. I also get up earlier than I used to, and have sleeping issues now (although that might not be purely due to the cats!!). A lot of the things that have changed have been mentioned by other people - I do hoover though, regardless of what the cats think, although I have let bedchanging slip a few times due to struggling to get Molly off it!! I even re-arranged my spare bedroom for cats, and the bathroom occasionally has them in, so tray, post and bed live in there as standard now!!
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Forgot another thing, particularly with Oliver... to keep the loo rid down at all times (whenever we remember to do so...), which we had never really bothered before, to keep him from getting inside!! :Crazy:
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Forgot another thing, particularly with Oliver... to keep the loo rid down at all times (whenever we remember to do so...), which we had never really bothered before, to keep him from getting inside!! :Crazy:
Ah yes! A real prob for my boyf - or it was, until one night Riley drank loo water and upchucked on his work boots ( :naughty: good boy, Riley! :rofl:)
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I forgot having to re-arrange furniture in our snall living room to accommodate very large cat tree - but they do go onit, so it was worth it.
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Yes always leave loo seat down, I forgot that too,,,,,,,,so scared they may fall in
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Thanks Dawn, I'll look into it again when I get home, sounds just the ticket.
LOL Licia,
"suckcat" (a.k.a. hoover), "whipcat" (a.k.a. kitchen blender and food processor), and "buzzcat"(a.k.a. electric saw) child :naughty:
Now one instinctively knows when one's been in the company of cats for a while when one has names for such things. Alfie loves being brushed and I heard myself muttering under my breath the other night in the tone of voice that one frequently adopts when talking to babies "Ahhhhhhhhh Alfie-walfy loves his ickle-Alfie-brush, look at all this Alfie-walfy hair" etc. etc. ;D :Crazy:
Mind you I often give names to inanimate objects, allow me to introduce you all to "Bertie" the bamboo plant, "Freddie" the freezer and "Little :censored: " the shower attachment ;D
Cheers
Leigh
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I have never, ever thought myself to be a doting mum type, or even to have much of a maternal instinct, but that hidden side of me have just come out in its full glory with my cats. I would have never fancied having my own life turned upside down by some children in the house, but I find myself catering happily to the whim of my feline babies. But I have a feeling only cats can get away with that, never a human child :naughty:
I agree entirely - hooman babies are OK (For other folks, not for me, thanks), but furbabies are just the best! ;D Besides, cats never ask for your money, they just allow you to realise there is no better way to spend it than on them :rofl:
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Either I just had another "senior" moment or I don't remember posting that ;D ;D besides in my case it's biologically impossible ;D
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:rofl: :rofl: The quote is actually from Dolcetta - no idea why it's come up as attributed to you! (unless the ghost of th forum knows something you don't?! :shocked: :rofl:)
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1. no long weekends short trips away 2. Spent more on mary than i have myself 3. get up at silly hours 4. Flat is longer tidy 5. Hoovering , washing to br done when mary has her quiet time in bedroom. 6 Being az human maid to said cat
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Whewwwwwwwwwwwww that's a relief, I've been getting far too many "senior" moments recently ;D
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I don't think my life changed at all until I got Boopy. I've always had cats so I have never known any different. As a child we went to the same place each year on holiday as we could take the cats with us and then we bought a static caravan so the cats could always come with us. I've only ever been on holiday abroad once when I was 11 as we didn't like to leave the cats in a cattery.
The only real change now I have Boopy is that I can't go away for more than 1 night at a time for 6-7 months a year and the other months of the year we have to make sure we are going on holiday somewhere that the cats can come too as most catteries won't board her but that's no hardship and I much prefer taking them with us anyway as otherwise I spend the whole time worrying and if they have to go to a cattery I make sure it's close to where we are staying and visit them every other day to make sure they are ok.
It's been a big change for my OH as he had never had pets until he met me and now he's had to get used to putting toilet seat down, doors closed, watching that no-one tries to escape out the back door, being careful with windows, cat run in the garden, litter trays, scratchposts, toys and things everywhere and not being able to take me away on holiday at a moments notice for 2 weeks. He's ever so good about it though and has been fab making the cats some rope toys, building them an outdoor scratchpost and he spent ages the other month levelling half the garden and slabbing part of it for the base of their new cat run. I think he secretly loves the fact that Bilbo thinks that he is the best person in the entire world.
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Mind you I often give names to inanimate objects, allow me to introduce you all to "Bertie" the bamboo plant, "Freddie" the freezer and "Little :censored: " the shower attachment ;D
Glad it's not just me that does that lol, Dave thinks I'm potty. I gave his car a name (he's Oscar Octavia!) as I can't drive a car that doesn't have a name lol. We also have Sally the Snugglesafe amongst others lol.
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;D No you're not alone,
Okay folks, I've just lost my tenuous grip on reality, I've just seen a green-clad pixie waving a wand riding an eight foot tall fluffy reindeer around the shopping centre where I work, I'm off to lay down in a dark room :Crazy:
Leigh
What worries me most is that one day I might have to start taking myself seriously ;D
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Now one instinctively knows when one's been in the company of cats for a while when one has names for such things. Alfie loves being brushed and I heard myself muttering under my breath the other night in the tone of voice that one frequently adopts when talking to babies "Ahhhhhhhhh Alfie-walfy loves his ickle-Alfie-brush, look at all this Alfie-walfy hair" etc. etc. ;D :Crazy:
While that mothery quote did come from me, but you better admit it, I do see that you definitely have a doting mummy inside you too!! :evillaugh:
BTW we did get the material to build a cat tree for Oliver... pretty soon our "buzzcat" will be buzzing away in full swing, he'd better appreciate what we will be doing!! ;D
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I'm a "new man" Licia, firmly in touch with my feminine side ;D
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I got Old Mog literally months after I moved out of home. I can't remember life without them! Has to be said though, when I was younger I definately went out more. (I always bought cat food etc before doing so.) Now I seem to prefer watching a film curled up with my partner and however many of the cats want to sit on me! ;D
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Excellent thread! It's nice to sit here giggling after reading the moving, teary thread today in the bridge section.
Well most of what has already been said applies to me too, plus:
1) I spend most days wondering why I chose 2 dark coloured, furry kitties when I know I've got a paleish carpet and a severe hatred to hoovering, so now have to hoover alot more :tired:!!!
2) never before had I actually seen a cat in real life walking along the curtain rail, clonking the curtain rings as she went, until the other night.
3) My neighbours have now been treated to my stupid, high pitched singing voice :Crazy:, I'm sure I'm not the only one who makes up silly songs about their cats and sings to them "oh Polly Pocket you are so delicious, I could eat you all up, little Polly Polly Pocket, you are so sweet ..." come admit it, you all do it!!
4) I have discovered since signing them up for "Catbook", they actually have more friends than I do!
5) never before have I been saying "no", "get down", "not on there", "stop it" etc etc so much in one day
6) I never knew the endless amount of fun cat toys that can be purchased, along with having to take out a loan to buy them!! Whatever happened to a good old ball of string and a ping pong ball?
7) They are a fab excuse for not being able to go away to OH's parents for the weekend :evillaugh:
8) My OH had never had any pets before Fergus and Polly, so it's always fun watching him with them :Luv:
9) OH did actually say the other day I'm alot happier since we got the cats, which for me is what it's all about, how would we live without them hey???!!!
edited: why does the emoticon with the sunglasses come up where I've put the number 8???
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Leigh, I do all of those things plus not accepting weeknight invitations as I won't be home to get them in early, leaving parties early so I don't leave them alone too long, accepting that fur and shredded whatevers are normal floor fittings, you name it. No wonder I'm an old maid :hug: :hug:
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Leigh/Dawn... here you go (and yes.. I spent 10 minutes trying to find the hidden toys that as someone said earlier...vanished in thin air!) The photos were taken not 10 mins ago.. and Lexy is now cleaning her bum.. which oddly enough I find very endearing :evillaugh:
Searching
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Searching...
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Tired of it.. and use nose to shove it over...
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Eat the biscuits...
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I notice so many people mention that they can't do the hoovering 'cos their cats are too scared...
Well, some cats are different. :evillaugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=187kmDiiiVY
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well that would certainly cut down on the hair on the furniture, the clothes, the floor, the windows, ........... ;D
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I notice so many people mention that they can't do the hoovering 'cos their cats are too scared...
Well, some cats are different. :evillaugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=187kmDiiiVY
Oh my goodness :rofl: :rofl: :Luv:
I like my face the way it is so wont be trying that one with mary :rofl:
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Hiya,
Great video, I'll show it to my lot in the forlorn hope that they'll have a change of heart towards the hoover ;D
Thanks Ruth, great pics, I bought some eggs especially yesterday and I'll try the puds out with this over the weekend, excellent.
Although I've been owned by cats for more than 17 years now I think the main difference for me between not having cats and having cats is how much happier and calmer I've become because of them. As an example let's take the situation where I'm working on the computer and Frankie'll waddle in, headbut the chair, miaow loudly and demand that I up tools and lay down on the settee so that he can leap up for a stroke and to fall asleep or when Suzie miaows repeatedly at 10 PM for me to come to bed or Alfie head buts and licks me to death when he wants feeding all of these things might, to the non cat fraternity, seem an intrusion on one's time but to me they're magic moments and make one realise that there's little that is so important in life that it can't be put off or done later to accommodate their emotional and physical needs. When I'm stroking any of them, sometimes two at a time on my lap, listening to them purring, being head butted, licked to death having lost all sensation in my arm(s) and/or leg(s) and being covered with a ton of cat hair I can feel the stresses drain away and a feeling of contentment flooding in, in short, priceless.
All the best
Leigh
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thanks for the tip Ruth, I've give that a try this weekend!