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You are here: Home / Diary / Diary—November 2003

Diary—November 2003

November 1, 2003 By: Sparkle Catcomment

Star Turn!

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The new issue of Cats USA 2004 just came out—you’ll find my photo on page 103! This is very exciting—it means I’m now a star!

Cats USA 2004 - Sparkle won first place!

Would someone please tell my human why IAMs should not be allowed in our house?We just got our first bag of free IAMS cat food. My human picked up the Lamb & Rice flavor. I was dubious about it at first—my human has brought home some awful dried cat food in the past. But this stuff was great! All of us love it. I think we can live with IAMS for breakfast for the next year (just so long as we keep getting the Nutro chunks for dinner).

Definitely not thrilled to be locked upWe also have a new cat carrier. There were a bunch of really horrible fires in Southern California in October, and even though none of them were near our house my human was concerned because we only have two cat carriers—one for Binga and one for me. Boodie, being a foster, never had her own. So my human’s boyfriend brought home an old one from the vet clinic where he works. It’s actually bigger and sturdier than either of ours, but Boodie hates it. Binga likes it, though—she even let the humans shut the door on her.

After Binga’s brave display, I decided to check it out, but I waited ’til no one was looking (or at least I thought no one was looking—the fact that there are photos proves that there’s a snoop around here somewhere).

Not as stealthy as she believes No one saw me in here, right?

Foiled again - humans are no funMore work is being done on the house. This tall guy came in and started painting the doors in the hallway. He had to take them outside and sand them and Binga thought that would be her chance to run down in the basement again. The last time she did this, she got under the house and it took the humans forever to retrieve her. Well, she was out of luck this time—the painter taped plastic over the basement doorway.

Ugly carpet, great scratching surfaceThen another guy came by and started tearing up the carpet on the stairs. This kind of bummed me out because the carpet made a nice surface to claw. My human didn’t like the carpet. She’s been complaining about it for as long as I’ve known her.

I have to admit the staircase looks better without the carpet, and it isn’t even finished yet.

Now we really need a carpeted cat tree I will never be rid of this awful crinkly mouse

While the guy was pulling up the carpet and removing the pointy staples and nails, we cats got locked in the bedroom. We hate when that happens. My human pulls out the toys in a vain attempt to placate us. Well, actually it’s not always such a vain attempt. But you can see that Boodie’s heart isn’t in it.

My favorite toy! Bummed because the crinkly mouse is downstairs

All this has completely frustrated Binga – you can tell when she’s irritated because her tail starts flipping.

Nobody locks baby in the bedroom!

Getting out her frustrationsShe went on a rampage the moment she was free to roam the house again. She caused more trouble in the past couple of weeks than she has all year! One night she went in the downstairs bathroom and played with that roll of paper the humans keep in there.

Then she jumped in the linen closet and pulled out some towels. She was proud of her work.

Causing mayhem Admiring her accomplishment

Telling her no makes her do it more often. Little does she know the humans dont really careThe tile in the upstairs bathroom wasn’t done a moment too soon. I can’t say that Binga has calmed down now that she’s got the bathtub back, but at least she can take out her aggressions by rolling around in it again. She jumps in the bathtub every morning.

Now she spends the afternoons napping instead of creating mischief.

Causing trouble in her dreams

»December 2003

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