My human has been very busy lately and she has let her desk get out of control. This is unsatisfactory because I have less room to supervise her. In fact, if I did not know better (she really is busy!), I would suspect she has done this on purpose to make it difficult for me to keep track of her work habits. Humans do have problems with authority, you know.
Because she has not done a thing about the mess on her desk, I am forced to take matters in to my own paws. So this week, I plan to:
1. Make flying leaps onto the desk to clear it of all unnecessary papers.
2. Shred that unending length of calculator tape, and maybe chew on it for good measure.
3. Bat all the pens onto the floor and use them as cat toys until they get lost. She does not need pens anyway. She can write on her laptop.
4. Pull open the center drawer of the desk and remove the pipe cleaners and guitar strings so she is forced to play with me. Yes, I know exactly where she keeps them.
5. Surreptitiously pull the cord out of the laptop and hide it so the battery runs down and she has to take a break and give me treats.
I think this sounds like a great plan, but I am sure some of you have more suggestions. If you do, feel free to share!
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Dear Sparkle, I am sure that your plan will work…I don’t see how it cannot. Please say hello to your mom for me. Blessings, Catherine
Wow, that’s a lot of work Sparkle…nice to-do list! 🙂
You’re such a wise kitty! 🙂
Oh Sparkle,
You are definitely a cat who takes matters into her own paws!
Good luck with your plans, but don’t tell my kitties about them. One of the year-old kittens, Kalle-Mathilda, has already become an expert at running into my workroom at lightning speed if I open the door ever so slightly, and then climbing up to the top of the bookcase where she reigns as queen.
All because she reads your blog!
Best wishes,
Anna
Thank´s for all the great tips 🙂
I sure will use one or two of them 😉
Walking across the keyboard and leaving extra messages always works too!
O hai. 🙂 I would knock over some stuff and run away.
Yes, we like the hair ball suggestion. All of your other ideas are spot on!
I agree, sometimes a cat just has to be firm and put its paw down. It’s no good when a human has so much stuff on their desk that there’s no room for us to sit on it.
What is with humans getting themselves busy all the time?!
What I do sometimes is that I lie down on her papers where I can (not always easy) and I gently push piles of paper so they would fall on the floor, freeing some room for me.
If I get caught, well, I just give her my indignant look (the one that says “look what I needed to do to have just a little comfort”).
Purrs
Sparkle, you got some great ideas going on there for sure!
you don’t want to annoy her too much, as she may refuse to help you with the computer.
Good office work there – you could definitely get a job as an Office Manager or should I say Office Catager. FAZ
Mowzers, these sound like New Years’ Resolutions – only far more pawesome!
Well Sparkle, it sounds to me like you have this situation well in hand…I mean paw. Go for it…..and of course let us know if things don’t quite turn out the way you want them to so we can all pitch in and pay your bail and spring you from kitty cat jail……..OR………let us know that your desk clearing technique worked so WE can do the same!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
Sparkle, that sounds like a great plan! We rearrange our mom’s desk, and one suggestion we have is to make sure lots of things end up on the floor around the desk so she can’t even get to it! Then she’ll just go into another room and she’s all yours!
Thanks for the advice. Our mom has been too busy lately.
You’ve got quite a week planned, Sparkle! Be sure to leave enough time for any and all “organizational opportunities” that may arise. heh heh
; ) Katie
Dear Sparkle,
My personal favorite is to knock the mouse beind the desk! That way she has to move the desk and that usually means if it is NOT cleaned off, all the stuff falls on the floor!
Kisses
Nellie
I prefer to bite the papers—-quite creative I believe I am. My human does not share my glee….
::Scratches notes with claws::
Sparkle, it sounds like you have an excellent plan! If after doing all that and there’s anything left on the desk, make sure you whap if off!!
I know you are small (me too) but even a small cat can cover a lot of desk territory if they strew their furry limbs about all helter-skelter!
Sparkle, I loved your term “Playkitty”! It’s purrfect! That’s ‘zacklee what I am!! May I borrow it?
And if you can manage to knock those items off at say about 3am, all the better!
Target likes to lie on the mouse. Oh, and he lies on the mobile phone so that he gets a massage when it rings and I can’t find it. That’s always fun!
Sparkle
YOU always have the best ideas!
purrs
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Sounds like a good plan in theory and we hope it works, but you know how tricky Humans can be.
Sparkle, you are a master of planning!
The laptop cord sounds like an especially good idea! We dont have a laptop HERE, but there ARE lots of cords ta pull out of the desk one.
Those are all great ideas Sparkle! We also like to lay on our mommy’s lap with our head on her hand so she can’t type so must pet us. Sit on her chair so she gets a numb butt so will play with us to try to get us out of the chair. Sit between her and the computer. Or Angel’s favorite is to sit in the hallway and cry and cry until she gets up to follow her to the treat stash.
Sounds like a plan to me. Also sounds like Pop’s desk, TW’s dresser top and every other surface around here.
You really do have a great game plan, let the games begin!
Looks like you’ve devised a good plan. Good luck with it.
hugs, Max, Bugsy and Knuckles
Oh those all sound like great things to do and I bet cha that will get that her attention and quickly. Just have an escape route in mind. Put Binga up there. Take care.
Great tips, buddy!!!!
Ass… Nelson
I like to pierce papers with my fangs! Mommy calls it “making lace”.
Felix xx
That sounds perfect Sparkle. Perhaps I will try some of these tactics on an erm, larger scale
I hope you are successful. I quite often get that nudge from The Crew and some how I am able to keep ignoring them..
you forgot about stretching yourself out across the keyboard! That works!
My Mom’s desk was the same way til last Wednesday when Mom spent 3 hrs cleaning and organizing her office!
Tell her to get moving!
Love, Cody
First you knock as much as you can off, then you lie down on the rest of it. It is good to lay your head on the computer keyboard too. That’s what Ichiro does.
Good plan Sparkle, we hope it works for you!!!
Great plan, Sparkle! Sounds like you have it all covered. We’ve always wondered why our mom needs more than one pen!
Sparkle, I’ll never understand why moms and dads don’t get that the world revolves around us and beyond us, there is no “busy.”
We often try sitting on the keyboard to get our mum’s attention – she just picks us up and “dumps” us on the floor!
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
My humom is mad at me. I was on the top of the hutch part of her desk, giving her my best upside down look that she so loves, when I accidentally fell off. I knocked over her cup of coffee. It soaked her night gown, splashed on her key board, the floor and on me. She yelled at me, told me to never get up there again. She didn’t even ask if I was OK. Now she is mumbling something about a sticky space bar. She still hasn’t asked me if I am OK.
Eddie
Great ideas! One of my boys always plays with my pen, too 🙂
You will be one busy feline. Let us know how it goes.
Good heavens, you have a busy week ahead of you, Sparkle! Just reading your “to do” list has exhausted us!
We definitely agree with the idea of knocking all the pens and pencils down. At least Audrey does. I think your idea of pulling out the cord to the laptop is genius. Definitely you should constantly rustle the papers and make her nervous that you will cause her to lose some of them. How about hacking up a hairball all over everything Then she will decide it is better to file all the appers away.
Most helpful advice, which I will act upon. Another good one is to nap on lap with extended claw. Guaranteed to allow for uninterrupted sleep indefinitely! >^..^<