Bobby Brady, hanging out atop the cat tree.
Peter Brady approaches.
Almost a year ago, I got an email from Lita, who wanted to send something for the cats. I gave her my mailing address, and she sent it, but it never arrived. We figured it’d gotten lost along the way.
AND THEN
When I was checking the PO Box at the end of December, I got a notice that there was a package too large for the box. I went and stood in line, and they handed over this package from Australia.
I looked at it, and saw that the date “2/12/10” was written on it in black marker, which is what they do when they leave a notice in your PO Box. I pointed it out to the postal worker, and she basically shrugged and offered that perhaps it had been misboxed.
So it’s a mystery where it’s been all these months, but the important thing is that it arrived!
And what, you may be wondering, did the package contain?
“What’s this? This for us?”
Marcia and Cindy, investigating.
Cindy, pulling the cube over on top of herself.
Two cubes! Attached!
Bobby finds this very tasty.
Hello, Crazy Eyes.
They even hold up nicely under the weight of a kitten!
All the kittens are quite fond of these cubes. Reacher LOVES to get in and roll around in them, and in the evening when it’s time for the Bradys to go to sleep, we have to wrestle Reacher out of the cube to remove him from the room. (There’s a second package of the cubes, which I believe I’ll set up outside the kitten room so Reacher can cube-sit to his heart’s content.)
So Lita, Sam, Niles and Zorro, thank you so much for the gift. It’s been very much appreciated, as you can see!
Today’s movies are Brady-centric, of course. The first is Peter Brady, playing with a toy he found.
The second is from back in November, shortly after we got the Bradys. They’re so TINY! It ends kind of abruptly, sorry about that – a talented videographer I am not.
With the snow outside, Coltrane is perfectly happy to spend all his time inside. On the heated bed, thank you.
Previously
2010: I live to serve, is what I’m saying.
2009: My mother and Nance are all about feeding the addiction, obviously.
2008: No entry.
2007: I don’t know what it is about Lowe’s that makes me so gassy.
2006: Right now, Fred’s thanking his lucky stars that I don’t have this much Christmas stuff, because it would drive him NUTS.
2005: (YES, GODDAMNIT! I HAVE CONFIRMED THAT YOU CAN, IN FACT, BEGIN WRITING THE FUCKING CHECK BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY HEAR WHAT THE TOTAL IS, YOU IN-MY-WAY MOTHERFUCKER!)
2004: I need to go crack open a beer, watch the game, scratch my balls, and think about what this means.
2003: No entry.
2002: No entry.
2001: “Yeah, so you‘ll be the one with the big head blocking everyone else’s view.”
2000: No, I’m not on any drugs, why do you ask?
We have (had) those same cubes for several years, until Snickers chewed off the piping and ripped holes in the Nylon.
On another thought….Where is Nance..this is the message at her site this morning, but she hasn’t updated for more then a month?
Forbidden
You don’t have permission to access / on this server.
Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Catsy, I imagine she’s working on her site at the moment.
That woman is never happy with her site is she? lol.
Well those cubes certainly took their sweet time! We have those cubes too but in Blue
They are a hit with one of our cats too!
We’ve had mail issues here too but lost for over a year? That is crazy!
My bff’s husband has worked for the post office for a long time and they keep cutting back staff and consolidating the way they do things and it is not helping at all. My mail gets mixed up with someone on another street with the same house number and a similar name. He’s a scary kind of person and my gut is in knots when we order something until the package arrives here. I was considering a po box but I guess that is not a reliable solution either? We don’t get that many things by mail thank God.
Thanks Catsy for asking the question I was gonna ask about Nance. I also check her site every day and nothing…she hasn’t posted in a long time. I sure hope all is good with her. I loved her writing and letting us share in her life. I miss her, just as I’d miss Robyn if she ever decided to take a break from writing.
Robyn I love all the kitty pictures you post and the cute little words you write with each picture. Please don’t ever stop journaling. I think I spelled that right…ha.ha
Damn that took a lot of stamps!
I am glad that it wasn’t food since it took so long to arrive!
I have the same cube in blue that I found at a thrift store for $2.00. Only 1 out of 3 of my cats ended up liking it but I thought it looked like a blast! and I love how easily they fold up.
Our furbabies love those cubes as well. My fur-niece got one for Christmas. Hope Lita is doing well in Oz and not in the middle of the flooding. Please all say a prayer for our friends in Australia.
First off, I’ll take all the kittens (okay, not really, my husband would kill me). They are beautiful.
I have a question for you regarding litter boxes. I have two cats and one of those covered boxes. Quite frankly they’re a pain in the butt and if I don’t clean them daily, complete with the lysol treatment they stink (I’ve been informed my sense of smell is alot higher than other peoples, yes, odors bother me a lot!).
Have you ever used this box or heard of it? I’m thinking about getting one for the two cats. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002DK2DU/ref=nosim/kkorg-20
Omega Paw Self Cleaning litter box.
Since you have so many kitties I was just wonder what you thought about it.
Karen
Karen, I have two of them, the large and the medium. They work really well, but I found they were a bit small for my grown cats. Also, I prefer to use the crystal litter instead of clumping, and too much of the crystals were winding up in the disposal tray, so I went back to regular boxes. They were super easy to use, though – I have back trouble, and the constant bending, and/or staying bent over, gave me trouble. With the Omegas I could just flip them over with my foot and then bend over once to empty the tray.
I don’t know that they would help much with odor, though; if you’re cleaning your litter boxes every day (full-on cleaning?) and still noticing odor, you might need to try a different litter.
My Omegas are sitting out in the garage taking up space… shoot me an email if you’re interested in buying secondhand and I can send pictures and whatnot. (Robyn, will you give Karen my email address if she asks for it? Thanks.)
Should also clarify: “My grown cats” refer to my two oldest, both of whom are bigger than my other cats, and both of whom are #1 finicky about the litter box and #2 a bit on the portly side. My other cats are full grown and fit fine, but by that time I had decided I was wasting too much of the crystal litter. If your cats are, say, Maine Coon cats or are heavyset or demand a huge box, the Omegas might be small, but if your cats are normal-sized they should be okay.