Kari's Facebook Posts
2016

Oct 18, 2016 10:58:25 pm
life with cats... Cirrus was being a needy grumblecake, so I thought catnip time might be needed.
I retrieved all his toys from the cat condo and covered them in sprinklings of catnip as I arranged them on the living room floor. Cirrus was thrilled!
He drifted off to sleep on a pile of catnip covered pom poms. He was sound asleep. Sitting on the couch talking, Mike and I saw one or two times when he actually moved a little.
Muggins missed those. He saw his brother sprawled out on the living room floor and was worried. He paced around him, sniffed at him, moved a few toys, lay on the floor next to him, came over to us to express him concerns, and then went back to fussing over Cirrus.
Frustrated by our lack of action, he finally leaned over and licked Cirrus' head.
Cirrus bolted up with an angry "mrrrr" and shot him a look that said "I'm not dead, you idiot! I was comfortable and you ruined it."
He eventually grumbled his way to get a drink of water and head down the hall to go to bed. Muggins followed, apparently happy he had fixed his brother. One of my favorite stories of the brother cats!

Nov 11, 2016 7:06:47 am
Mike is back from Albuquerque! He went there last week to help construct the reactor for is solar concentrator project, and came back last night.
Cirrus and I were happy to see him! Muggins was mad. He spent time avoiding Mike and coming to see me. As Mike and I were sitting on the couch talking, Muggins came up to us, meowing away. He sat down near Mike. Mike said, "Are you going to come up to see me?" Muggins paused, got up on his hind legs so he could put his front paws on the couch and look Mike in the eyes. "No"... and he stormed off.
(Muggins does not say "hello" and "no" as clearly as his brother, Braveheart, did; however, he still does use those two words in context.) Don't worry - the story has a happy end. Mike has since been forgiven. :)