Slept like a baby last night- went to bed right after that documentary on Showtime, popped up at 5 am bright-eyed and bushy tailed. I miss the piglets, but the night of sleep without squirming and bickering animals waking me up every hour was nice. Not being bitten on the toe by Rosie when I move in the middle of the night is also a plus. Also, waking up on my own, rather than face to face with a wailing Tunch demanding food is kind of alright. It’s always kind of disorienting and unnerving waking up face to face with him glaring at me.
I still miss them, though.
Y’all have a good day.
Jack
You should get an auto-feeder for Tunch, you might live longer.
;-)
Thoughtful Black Co-Citizen
Where the hell are you now?
Triassic Sands
Feed him or he’ll eat you. It’s the loving agreement we all have with our feline companions. He’s not glaring; he’s trying to decide whether he hopes you wake up and get him the same ol’ food he gets everyday or if he prefers you to remain asleep in which case he’ll have to decide where to begin eating. If you’re a heavy sleeper, just hope he decides to begin with a limb and not the jugular. That way you’ll get a second chance.
Nice Tunch. Good boy.
Luci
I hear you on thinking it’s nice to have the peace and sleep without disturbance and then missing the disturbers! ;) As a disturbee, I am fair game for being fought over, snuggled up to, piled onto if it’s cold, and generally roughed up for having the temerity to sleep in THEIR bed. :-s But…without them, it’s kinda quiet and not so exciting too. Hee!
Mnemosyne
@Triassic Sands:
Every night, we give our cats a can of wet food as a treat. One time, I was out and G didn’t realize what time it was.
About an hour after the usual time, our sweet fuzzball Annie jumped into his lap and (gently) bit him on the arm. As in, “Look, buddy, you can give us our treat from a can, or we eat you. Your choice.”
Mnemosyne
Also, it sounds like things are settling down in Egypt and the Mubarek supporters are no longer being allowed to attack the protesters, so that’s good news.
Poopyman
Tux (as usual) banged on the closet door at 3:22AM until I got up and let him out. This gave Lily the opportunity to poke me repeatedly once I got back in bed until I let her under the covers, where she flopped and started violently kneading my armpit. After she settled down Tux jumped up on the windowsill and yowled to be let in. That I could ignore, but just as I was starting to doze off, Lily decided she didn’t want to be under the covers, so squirmed her way out.
Lily repeated the cycle at 30 minute intervals while Tux kept up his yowling until I finally got up at dawn.
So screw your good night’s sleep.
J.W. Hamner
I need a good hearty/wintry vegetarian recipe to cook with my girlfriend… any thoughts? Avoiding special trips for exotic ingredients a plus. Thinking of just doing chili like this.
Annie
Rosie, Lily, and Tunch are saying the same thing. Especially Tunch, who does think it is annoying waking up with you glaring at him….
Amir_Khalid
@J.W. Hamner: You’re planning to cook your girlfriend?!!
J.W. Hamner
@Amir_Khalid:
Oh no! “Girlfriend” is just the pet name I have for the beans in my cupboard.
MikeJ
@J.W. Hamner: Do not eat the “special sauce” at JW’s house.
Omnes Omnibus
@J.W. Hamner: In that case, one shudders to think what pet name you have dreamed up for your actual girlfriend.
John Dillinger
Just be thankful Tunch doesn’t lick your hair to wake you up when the food bowl does not have what he considers a sufficient quantity of food.
cathyx
John,
I was wondering what your thoughts were on this article by Howard Fineman on the Steelers that I linked to last night in your open thread.
huffingtonpost.com/howard-fineman/the-steelers-have-already_b_819008.html
dmsilev
This just in: Sarah Palin is as dumb as a post.
And that’s probably libeling the intelligence of posts.
dms
J.W. Hamner
@Omnes Omnibus:
What, you don’t call your significant other “kidney bean”?
Omnes Omnibus
@cathyx:
Fineman is an idiot. Call me when the Steelers have 12 league championships. Being a fan is one thing, but Fineman is supposed to be a journalist.
Omnes Omnibus
@J.W. Hamner: No, but the term “little monkey” has been used on occasion.
Superluminar
fixed for cannibalism.
geg6
@Omnes Omnibus:
Well, despite the fact that Green Bay has a bunch of championships that bear little relationship to the current NFL championship, Howard is perfectly within his rights to state his opinion as to which team he considers the greatest franchise in football history. And, in this instance, I agree with him.
He’s still an idiot, though. ;-)
Triassic Sands
@Mnemosyne:
It’s dangerous to allow cats to develop expectations. They’re not too good at differential equations, but they sure as hell know when it’s time for wet food.
Jay C
@dmsilev:
Heh – I didn’t think “X” was something you could trademark…
asiangrrlMN
I don’t let my boys sleep with me ‘coz I’m allergic. However, I’ve been sleeping on the couch the last few nights, which delights the hell out of them. Favorite game? “Jump on the pillow on her face at three in the morning.” Fun for them, not so much fun for me.
Omnes Omnibus
@geg6: So we are just going arbitrarily cut off the history of the league? I understand the fan speaking and I will ad mit to a pro-Packer bias. That being said, I really do not think his statement is supportable. The Packers, Bears (spit), Cowboys (spit again), Browns, and 49ers could all make a case at least as good as that of the Steelers. It was a stupid categorical statement, but, as I said and as you agreed, Fineman is an idiot.
Tim
Jeez. Why don’t you people put your animals in their own sleeping spaces at night? Show some pack leadership and give yourself a break at the same time.
This is the umpteenth thread here where commenters bitch about how they can’t sleep because of their animals, but none ever get a clue and solve the problem.
Could it be you all ENJOY the complaining? No, couldn’t be… :D
geg6
@Omnes Omnibus:
Well, I beg to disagree. He didn’t say the Steelers are the best franchise in the NFL based only on championships. He just said they were the best franchise. There are any number of other measures, including league championships, on which we can measure teams. Some of those measures are completely objective; others are completely subjective. And in my own subjective opinion, the Cowboys will never be one of the best franchises. Because I hate the wholly false name of “America’s Team,” I hate Jerry Jones, I hate Dallas, and I hate Texas. And I really don’t need any other reasons.
Suffern ACE
@dmsilev: Coming to an Ace Hardware near you: Palin(r) branded posts. You’ll find them next to the George Foreman grills.
J.W. Hamner
@Superluminar:
Ahem. Please don’t correct me or else it gets the hose again.
Omnes Omnibus
@geg6: I did spit when I mentioned the Cowboys (spit). In the spirit oc comity I will note that tomorrow’s game will feature two teams named after good old fashioned, blue collar workers.
Suffern ACE
@cathyx: I think I’m going to throw up. If the roles were reversed a little and the Packers had the stupid quarterback who got charged with sexual assault a few years after showing up to camp with missing teeth and a broken jaw, he’d just write how the hatred of the Packers is yet another sign how America is failing to live up to the legacy of Vince Lombardi and is sissifing the game.
“rom now on, no more sons of anti-war Congressmen get to be anywhere near the sport cause Goddell and the New Yorker plan to steal my penis” sums up that whole mess of an article.
Pangloss
I slept late this morning, and when I woke up, my two cats were perched on top of the television stand overlooking my bed like two gargoyles waiting to be fed.
snarkypsice
@Tim: Hahahahahaha!
Pack leadership… with cats … hahahahahaha!!
J.W. Hamner
OK, you people are no help. I think I will walk with my fava bean over to Formaggio Kitchen to get the ingredients for my favorite mac and cheese. Also we will make a cheese plate based on their recommendations.
geg6
@Suffern ACE:
Well, I’m not sure what his motorcycle accident has to do with anything, but I’m about deathly sick of everyone acting as if the Steelers is the only team that has a player who was accused of sexual assault or any other of a multiplicity of possible crimes. I hate to break it to everyone, but pretty much every team has such people on the roster, even the so-called angelic Green Bay Packers.
sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-packers-assaultallegations
Suffern ACE
@geg6:
It has nothing to do with anything, which is why it makes it a great thing to write about to provide insight into the meaning of the game. I mean Ben’s sexual assault has nothing to do with anything except for the people involved, yet some people can make it into a symbol of everything that is wrong with this country while Friedman can render his garments over the people who don’t like the Steelers and look at that as a symbol of America having lost it’s way in the world and given up everything that made it great!!!
Next up: How a Steelers loss would be a victory for Hamas and yet another sign that God doesn’t love us anymore because we don’t work hard enough.
Cathie from Canada
cyberhymnal.org/htm/p/e/peaceper.htm
Peace, perfect peace, with loved ones far away
Winston Smith
I woke up at noon ready to take on the world.
And now I’m here.
Where did I go wrong?
Tim
@snarkypsice:
“pack leadership with cats. hahahahahaha”
couldn’t you just close the bedroom door, though?
Church Lady
I love my dog, but our bed is ours and he’s got an entire house in which to find a spot to sleep. Usually, it’s at the side of our bed, laying on my husband’s slippers. Otherwise, he goes into one of the kids room. The thought of dog hair (he’s a lab, so he sheds a lot) in my bed kind of grosses me out.
D-Chance.
Slept in a motel last night… could not cross iced-over bridges and hills to get home. $60 for a bed less than 20 miles from my own; but, it saved me from a 90 minute haul down snow-hidden roads at 10-15 mph, with a chance of making it all the way to the destination at somewhere around 10%. As it turns out, I was right, the snow that morning turned to black ice that night, and the chance of making a return trip back to work was 0%.
Anyway, finally got home this afternoon. One burst pipe (thankfully, the exterior faucet, although I’m no plumber and don’t have the first clue as to how to fix it) is the only damage from the 36-hours of snow/ice. And, since it’s Saturday evening and others are in que, I’ll have to wait until Monday to get someone out here to properly get things back right.
I will say this: the one night a year in Texas where we get our “snow event” is our annual reminder of just why we’re proud we’re not Yankees. I can’t imagine spending six months (eleven, if you Minnesotian) putting up with this crap.
someone
You mean you woke up every few hours and cried?