Cats and New Things
Thought I’d share with you this morning what happens when we bring any new furniture into our house. For some reason the boys instantly claim it as their own. And that, my friends, is one of the reasons why we buy masking tape lint rollers by the caseload in our house!
Some friends of ours were moving and decided they didn’t have room for the table and chairs and gave them to us. Gorgeous and I thought the set would be a good way to finally set up our breakfast nook.
How silly of us! We have simply provided a nice sleeping place for Their Majesties the Cats. Both boys were sleeping when I went take this photo. Low Rider is pretty challenging to sneak up on, though. He wouldn’t look away, hence the evil looking green eye flash. Fat Boy on the other hand lost interest fairly quickly.
Why is it we tend to obsess about our stuff? Especially when it’s new. You should have seen us trying to get all the cat hair out of those green cushions before we had a bunch of people over for dinner the other night. And no one even sat in the chairs!
Yet our couch that we’ve had for years, that we pretty much ignored when we were getting ready. The boys have completely taken over that couch. It’s theirs. We didn’t bother wasting the tape to clean off the hair. Yet the couch was full of people for hours while we played a board game after dinner.
Talk about a double standard! And it isn’t even remotely logical. Yet there it is, staring us in the face.
We tend to take much better care of our new stuff than we do of our things that have been with us for a while. Why do you suppose that is?
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Cats like sitting on things the way women like travel. It’s a Big Thrill to sit on a new chair…or box…or pair of pants fresh from the laundry. Just like it’s a thrill to visit a new city and explore the hot spots.
Sitting on New Things is Inherently Fun to Cats
Chris, what’s happening? I’ve posted a response in the class warfare three times now and it shows up immediately after I post it but as soon as I leave and come back, it’s gone?
What’s going on?
Chris, I think something is wrong with your system. I’ve posted a response below and here and it shows up but as soon as I leave, it’s gone! I’m trying posting under another name as a test.
What gives?
I’d take it even one step further, Panther. In our case, Fat Boy and Low Rider like sitting in things as well.
The other day I was in my study working on the computer and Low Rider started pawing at an empty banker’s box I had stacked on some other things. You know, the kind of box with a lid that sets on top designed for files and stuff. Well, he managed to knock it off the stack onto its side with the lid still on it. Next thing I know he’s inside the closed box peering out at me through the carying handle.
Cats are so wierd! But they are always good for a laugh!
Oh, and I don’t know if your stereotype about women is accurate, but Gorgeous sure likes to travel!
Dan, Jeff,
Please see my appology in the Class Warfare post. Askimet somehow flagged both your comments as spam and I didn’t know to check it to turn them loose.
I promise it was ignorance, not malice nor an attempt to surpress y’alls viewpoints!
I think we’re back rolling again. I’m at the office with a full plate today. I’ll take a look at what y’all said tonight.
Thanks for your persistance while I learn WordPress!
“Jeff” is me. Jeff Street Baptist is my church and that’s an email account I had set up for blogging purposes. Just so as not to further confuse the situation.
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