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You are here: Home / Diary / Diary – January 2006

Diary – January 2006

February 3, 2006 By: Sparkle Cat2 Comments

UnBearable

The one-eared upside down pose

Well, that Christmas tree didn’t last very long again — shortly after the New Year my human took it down and put it back in the box. This is the second year this has happened.

And we were hoping the big box would stay empty for a while longer Boodie thinks ornaments are meant to be played with 'til they're broken, not put away

I don’t get it — after all that trouble getting it up, why take it down again?

Seems like a lot of effort for little reward

The tree skirt was covered in cat fur. Not my fault. I swear.

Although I wish it WERE my fault

The fun part about taking the tree down was that I found a giant size twist tie. That kept me entertained for at least 10 minutes or so.

Not just giant, but ginormous! Big twist tie plus hardwood floor equals happy kitty!
 

Well, until it lands somewhere unreachable

Have I ever mentioned about what an utter cheapskate my human is? I’ve got proof: she came home with holiday treats after the holidays were over and they were on sale.

They were cheap BEFORE they were half off Checking the expiration date

Binga didn’t care — she was more than willing to beg for them. Even Boodie thought she was nuts.

Binga will beg for anything even remotely edible And Boodie is rarely incredulous

I wasn’t having any! I guess my human felt guilty because a couple of weeks later she came home with new, fresh treats. I sat up for those.

Fresh and tasty! I know because I checked the expiration date on them too

I decided it was time to make my human spend some more money on me so I destroyed my designer cat collar.

It was fun watching the beads skitter on the floor

The ploy didn’t work. She just pulled out the old dirty collar and put it back on me. This really proves she is a cheapskate — what human in her right mind would save an old cat collar?

He does lots of Superkitty paintingsAnd she’s getting even nuttier. Instead of doing something logical like buying me a new collar or getting another cat tree (hint, hint), she commissioned a painting of me from some guy named R. Hutcheson. She thinks he’s some sort of up-and-coming hotshot artist.

I wondered why he neglected to paint a pose that included my fluffy tail.

Maybe the tail is on the back of the painting

I tried to rectify the situation, but it didn’t work very well.

Nope, no tail there Cat painting plus real tail

They weren't cute enough on their own, I guessAfter going from a tightwad to a spendthrift overnight, my human decided she’d better do something to rustle up some more money. This was just fine by me until I discovered she expected me to help. A friend of hers moved away to New York and left her with a big box of teddy bears, and she decided to sell them on eBay. I had to pose with them.

It was no fun. She reminded me — frequently — that the bears were not playthings. At least not for me.

Can't I have just one little bite?

She’s gotten rid of a few of the bears so far, but she’s hardly made a dent in the box. I will be very glad when they are all gone!

Enough already!

»February 2006

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