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  1. Brenda, have you ever watched a batter in a baseball game stand at the plate and get ready to bat? The way they will bend a little from the waist, stick out their butt a little and then shift weight from foot to foot waiting for the pitch? When you were describing the way Ivy gets ready to pounce by wiggling her butt I was reminded of that thing the batters do. I think something to do with balance or focus in both cases. Anyway, just an aside! Also, I was thinking that if your new bathroom rug is fluffy maybe Ivey doesn’t like the way the texture feels on her feet when she walks on it. But who really knows the mind of a cat? Perhaps another cat, but for sure not we humans. Yup, the weather went from the seventies this morning to the fifties this afternoon and now lower somewhere this evening. Brrrr. I wish I were a bear and could just hibernate in a cave all Winter! But, alas, the seasons do not consult we humans! Stay warm, Brenda and enjoy that little feline inigma that lives with you!

  2. Your post about Ivy and the bathroom rug made me laugh out loud! My Mom had very bad allergies and we could have no pets. I begged for years for a cat and then on my 8th birthday Mom brought home a Blue Point Siamese kitten that I named Nisa. The deal was I had to comb her hair every single day and I did (she actually loved it). Nisa slept at the foot of my bed every night for the next 10 years until I left home for college – a carefully measured distance on her terms for sure. Nisa loved baked chicken and Mom would always make a breast just for Nisa who would walk around the house meowing loudly the whole time it was in the oven. She lived over 20 years and the vet said the daily combing probably played a role in her longevity. Gotta love them and kind of agree w the psychopath study lol.

  3. Oh, Ivy!!!! One of my cats jumps about 5 feet in the air if he sees anything “string-shaped”. I do know he finds snakes repulsive….
    The Paula Poundstone quote is a favorite of mine. There was actually a study done that concluded that if cats were human, they’d be psychopaths. One of the most endearing things about cats is that they can carry off characteristics with aplomb that are quite unattractive when seen in people.

    1. That’s so funny about your cat and things string-shaped! But then cats are just truly funny much of the time, aren’t they? I will look for that study. Sounds interesting.

  4. Love the Ivy tails, err tales! Lol!
    The photo of her is so pretty – love her eyes.
    My Max keeps me entertained, although now that he’s a senior cat, he takes lots of naps. A sensible boy.

  5. hahaha…very funny today, Brenda…thanks for the laughs!! Animals are the best for comedy!!

    1. They truly are the best for laughs! And they may be self-involved, but they’re very loving. On their terms of course.

  6. Today’s post was very entertaining. Cats are such strange but wonderful creatures. Stay warm. It’s only 31 degrees here today. Wasn’t ready for that yet.

  7. My brother’s dog would not walk in their new wooden floors until a couple of weeks later. I think it was because it sounded different and felt different, too. Keep us posted of the changes Ivy makes. And keep warm in your cozy little house.

    1. The thing is, she used to love area rugs. I don’t know what it is about this one unless it’s the texture sticking up.

  8. I love to hear stories about Ivy. My dog Bindy sleeps in my room at night, most of the night she sleeps on the bed and takes up most of it.
    She won’t let me sleep past 6:30 am. I’m not sure why she wants to get up so early, she doesn’t seem to have to go out. It could be she is hungry! We’re going from the seventies this past week to a high in the forties !

    1. I wish Ivy would sleep on the bed. Steve next door says his cat Skippy sleeps right up against his back. A breathing electric blanket.

  9. Ivy and the rug is so funny. I can just picture her slinking along beside it!! Our one little
    cat Norah likes to sit directly in the heat vent when the heat is on. I have a day bed with a trundle we use for a couch in the great room and both cats love to sleep on the trundle. Guess because it’s dark. Stay warm sweetie.

  10. That cold weather arrived here over night, bringing some snow up north. Yesterday we broke a record with 77F and I was working outside without a jacket doing yet more garden clean-up and gave the backyard its last cut for the year. Everybody was out with their mowers from the sounds in the neighborhood, LOL! And today it’s a sunny and windy 38F outside, brrrrr! No outside work today! Tomorrow, I will dress like an Eskimo and make the mile round trip trek to the supermarket to resupply peanuts (some in shell, some not) for the squirrels and all the birds who come here to feed (best food in town, the word is out) while I resupply myself with essentials like wine and Pringles. My gel fuel fireplace will be put to good use this weekend. I wonder if your new bathroom rug has something in it that humans can’t smell and that is why Ivy is avoiding the rug because she doesn’t like a scent that it is offgassing?

    1. I admire that you get such exercise going back and forth to the grocery store. But I am walking a little better.

    1. This is the same rug the lizards were close to in the bathroom. Thankfully, I’ve seen no more lizards.

  11. Pets sure make life better…our kitten is doing good…recovering from being spayed with no problems…our little dogs were beside themselves when they could not find her in this house…an d when she came home they knew something had happened to her…she was supposed to be confined for 24 hours but broke out of her pet playpen..using her claws on the zipper. . we could not believe it…she has been a joy…they all 3 sleep by us on the couch and in bed…and make life so much better…love your Ivy stories💞

    1. Oh, I love hearing about the kitten! And how sweet that the dogs missed her so. Wow, she can open a zipper?

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