Holiday Recap: But What About the Cats?

Yes, the cats loved the attention of having us around the house all day, and Rudy forgave us immediately for staying out all night Christmas Eve.



The tree has stayed upright so far, and only a couple of ornaments have mysteriously fallen off.



I'm going back to lounge on the sofa, now, if Pammy will let me have my seat back.

At Home

I maybe stayed at home too much last week.

My Life With The Real Still Kult

You might think that with a little down time I'd get all relaxed, maybe make some art or something. Nope. So far I've been reading library books, watching videos and trying to remember to speak loud enough for my mom to hear me.

I went to Bouffant Daddy and got tidied up...


I resisted the urge to find out what Dutch chocolate and red wine taste like together...


I held Rudy so JulieDill could take his picture. I don't remember why...


Maybe it's time for some baking.
Pax vobis, y'all.

Rudy is underwhelmed by Rockband

Even when we move it to the living room.

Cat Update

Because I really don't go outside much when there's a heat advisory.

I bought the most obnoxious overkill bike chain & lock for my new scooter. Rudy is still enjoying its plain brown wrapper.

The Cat Update

Yes, I know you're just dying to know how the other housemates are.
They're fine.

Rudy continues to test gravity at every opportunity and will crawl into any part of any bag available to him.


Pammy is my cyber-protector. Nothing will go wrong with my laptop if I just stop using it. It is her Princess Pammy Pillow of the day..

New Gadget

Last night I brought home a new smartphone that should replace my old cellphone and pda. Configuration is still under way, but you know darn well what I played with first - the camera. It's atrocious by any highbrow standard, and I love it. It's my digital Holga.





Julie played with it, too, this morning.
I wondered why she was putting a penguin on my neck...

She can walk!

I took a walk today, all the way to Chippewa. Yep, not quite a half a mile round trip, but it's the furthest I've walked since last Friday, and the first time I left the house by myself.

Well, not quite by myself. Rudy decided he wanted to come, too.

This is awkward, since he's supposed to be an indoor cat. Luckily, he went back in without too much fuss, and I didn't have to face Julie with some lame story about how I misplaced her cat.

Cat Party in my living room

Some mornings you just see strange toms staring in your window.
We call the neighborhood stray Roofus. He's quite agile.

At home

Since we haven't had a random cat pic for a while, here's a confusing scene: Pammy being nice to Rudy.

She usually won't willingly share a full sized be with him, let alone cuddle next to him and groom him. He must have been sick. She always comes and sits on me when I'm low.

Cleaning @ Home

Sorry, folks. I haven't had much to report lately. I've been spending a lot of time clearing junk out of my upstairs/attic closets at home, trying to reclaim some sense of order.



Rudy hasn't necessarily been helping. I can't really blame this mess on him, though. This mess belongs to a weak-willed trash bag that lost its bottom as I carried it downstairs.

P.S. - No, Rudy isn't huge. He's actually kind of small in the grand scheme to things. Our stairs are just that narrow.

Our Welcome Home

It's been a while since we had a cat pic day, right?


Pammy inspected everything we touched. Maybe she thinks that's her Elliot Erwitt book.


Rudy was a bit more interpersonal.


Paws lives with our friends. We visited almost as soon as we got home. She eventually woke up long enough to say "hey."

Saturday morning @ the vet

Flufface, the guard cat. No, I don't know her real name, and I don't want to. I call her Flufface.


Rudolf Yaber, waiting patiently for his annual shot in the rump.

Sunday Recap

How I spent my day:

- sanding, cleaning & painting this firewood rack someone was kind enough to give us for free (along with all the firewood it had been holding) - installing a new door closer on the front screen door - masking Grandmother's metal trunk for it's last round of painting - scraping the bbq and the charcoal chimney so I can repaint them with high temp paint - replacing an outside light fixture - installing a threshold in the bathroom doorway -

How Julie spent her day:

- working her butt off cleaning - running loads and loads of laundry - scrubbing every bathroom surface available - mopping - more scrubbing in the kitchen - drinking much water - reminding me to drink more water - finding places for the things I leave laying around everywhere -

How Rudy spent his day:

- underfoot in the bathroom - undermop in the kitchen - playing with my screwdrivers -

How Pammy spent her day:

- staying out of everybody's way - ignoring our commotion - sitting patiently by the water bowl (in case I would happen to drop an ice cube in it) - stealing my red bandana from me - telling me I smelled bad -

The Rude Dude is all wet