Cat Prodigy

I live with a cat prodigy. It’s not easy. In the beginning it meant baby safe locks on all the cabinets unless I wanted to come home to find him sleeping on the dinner plates.

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Then he learned to open the tri-fold closet doors. I couldn’t find a lock for those  so  a stool blocks the doors from opening now.

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I come home to the TV flickering away when I know I turned it off before I went out and the ceiling fan…well, lets just say he even knows how to adjust the speed. I watched him with the remote just last night. After he got  the fan up to medium he went back , nosed it around and with a very deliberate paw, pressed the button for the lights, switched his tail and walked away.

He’s been typing for years. It’s how he earned the title of “Editor -in- chief”.

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Today he discovered a new trick. He took a selfie with my cell phone. I watched him do it!

Usually he hates my phone. He’s always trying to chew on it but this time he moved it around with his paw and managed to unlock the screen. Next thing I knew the flash went off. After that he lost interest.

I checked the camera function and there it was… his very own “selfie”.

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He’s a scary cat… Sometimes I think he’s smarter than me. What will he figure out next?

 

 

The Sounds of Spring time

Birds tweeting comes to mind…but not in my neighborhood.

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Today it was the revving of Harley engines on the side street by my window. At dawn…grrrr

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That is my only complaint with motorcycles.. the noise…or maybe it’s not the bikes themselves but the inconsiderate riders who like revving the engines so early. When they actually pulled out the noise level wasn’t bad.

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The other sound of spring also started today 🙁  Ach, ach, ach…the lovely sound of a cat barfing a hairball. Yup shedding season is upon us.

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Somewhere it all that noise a bird has to be singing , right?

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I’m Late

 

I know I’m late with today’s post.

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To be honest, I had a cram packed full day yesterday and didn’t have time to even think of a topic.

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But I’ll put my thinking cap on and try to get us back on track for tomorrow.

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Without Valentine’s Day, February would be… well, January.  ~Jim Gaffigan

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Superbowl

Wow, who would have thought that the Superbowl would be such a blowout?! Peyton is a better QB than that.  Once the rout was on, the first play? why bother to keep watching? I’ll tell you why…The Commercials!

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Yup they are what I watch for every year. Remember the Darth Vader car commercial? That was the cutest little Darth Vader I’ve ever seen and when his Dad started the car so Darth would think he’d done it… precious!

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=superbow+darth+vader+commercial&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=494706FA021771D4F724494706FA021771D4F724

Budweiser commercials with those gorgeous Clydesdales are always my favorites.

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Last year was the one about the foal bonding with the farmer and the reunion after the little horse had all grown up. This year it was horses and puppies. How can you miss with that combination? It’s my favorite from this year.

http://msn.foxsports.com/super-bowl/commercials?related=1ca04d67-3524-48a5-8fcf-04bfeb62eae2

Ok I admit it. I also laughed at the Bud Light  commercial and the Tebow is Back (T-Mobile) commercial. I even chuckled over the Geico commercial with the pig at the registry. Let’s face it, we’ve all been there!

I thought the Muppets commercial was a let down but maybe you disagree.

What’s your favorite?

http://mashable.com/2014/02/02/super-bowl-2014-commercials/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#gallery/super-bowl-2014-ads/52ef10b3b05f9d222a000e2c