Commentor Notwendy shares:
When you don’t get the meal on the table in a timely fashion: Squirrel II looks on as Boris (solid blue) “discusses” seating arrangements with Dr. Girlfriend.
The War on Christmas…Although to be fair the tree was hogging all the sunlight and was just
asking for a smack down from Boris.
Under the tree: Dr Girlfriend enjoying a snooze on her handmade kitty scratching bed.
Cat-Reindeer hybrids are not viable: An unhappy Squirrel II refuses to play any reindeer games.
demkat620
The babies are very cute but man where did you get that tree? I like it. I like it a lot.
stuckinred
We trying to figure out what to do. Blacksburg got a nice three inches of snow but making it over the mountains and the around Charlotte is a bad idea.
JPL
The pictures made me laugh and the tree is great.
@stuckinred: Be safe.
comrade scott's agenda of rage
Are they holiday-only helpers? Our brood helps year round on numerous tasks that range for going to the bathroom to cooking.
Love the antlers. Our rescue Maine Coon might be a candidate for that next year.
Linda Featheringill
Love means never having to go to the bathroom by yourself? :-)
I lived with a cat once, Agnes, who was really interested in the cooking process. I finally set up a stool for her in the kitchen and allowed her to inspect the ingredients as then went into the pot.
There was another fellow, Beau, who was fascinated with water and especially soap bubbles. He didn’t want to get wet. He just liked batting the bubbles around. I had a supervisor while washing dishes and company while taking bubble baths.
Svensker
@stuckinred:
I’m sympathizing. There’s a blizzard due to come in and we’re debating whether to go down the hill to visit Mom and watch the Jets game. We’ll cancel seeing our out-of-state friends tonight, and God only knows about our flight tomorrow. Yuck.
JCT
@Linda Featheringill: Our cat follows us into the bathroom and sits on the bathmat patiently waiting to be rolled up into a cat burrito.
This is something I like about cats — mine hangs out with me when I do stuff in the kitchen or putter with a camera. My dogs really only seek me out when they think they are about to get a snack. Then again, they’re beagles.
@Svensker — we’re awaiting the storm as well. Just remember, safety first and if you’re stuck at home there is always alcohol. Oh, and go J-E-T-S !
Gina
These are the *best helpers ever*! Way better than Martha Stewart or Sandra Lee’s tablescapes.
Gina
@JCT: I wonder if it’s a dog breed thing. My rottie sticks to me like glue while I’m doing all kinds of scintillating tasks – computer stuff, grocery lists, reading a book. I can’t go anywhere without him being within 4-6 feet of me. Not being a PITA, just hanging out nearby. Dogs are banned from the kitchen when I cook, so he plops down right at the threshold – just in case anything amazing occurs, I guess.
ThresherK
Major ups for naming a cat “Dr. Girlfriend”. I don’t know the intersection between vet staffers and Venture Bros. fans, but I imagine you get a lot of questions.
4jkb4ia
Griftopia actually gets good review in NYTBR, by Peter Goodman, who IIRC used to work for NYT. Thrust was that outraged tone was necessary.
4jkb4ia
Also, there is a special treat in “The Lives They Lived”: “George Steinbrenner, An Oral History” by Jonathan Mahler.
Enough snow here to be pretty but not enough to fear for life when taking out car. Went for walk on Friday night and general atmosphere was enchanted. The corner bar was open! Insert own “Fairytale of New York” joke.
kelly
@demkat620: We found the tree a few years ago at an after Christmas sale at Target. It was $4. Unfortunately it no longer lights up – Dr Girlfriend loves cords.
@JPL: Thanks! I’ll have to get their rescue stories typed up – along with more pics of course.
@ThresherK: The intersection is, in our experience, a null set. We almost went with Molotov Cocktease but my sister kept calling her Molly.
@4jkb4ia: Were you referring to this?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjFQpwE3cqE
It’s the Dr Girlfriend & Monarch version of the song.
p.a.
I hope I don’t come off as a cat hater, ’cause I ain’t, but can’t you cat people just give ’em names like ‘Bob’, or ‘Rusty’, or whatever. Cats are so self-sufficient, so ‘bottom-line’ I get the impression they they would hate their own too-cutesy names.
kelly
@p.a.: Well, it’s not as if they come when you call them so we might as well amuse ourselves. : )
4jkb4ia
This is our season! Here at the crossroads of time! Jackson has already run for TD.
asiangrrlMN
@kelly: Agreed. And, I don’t call my boys by their real names most of the time anyway.
The cats are ridiculously cute. Seriously. Like, stealable cute.
Jules
I think “Dr. Girlfriend” is the best name ever for a cat.
You need to get a dog and name it “Monarch”….
Barbara
@kelly: No no, not Molly. Penelope!