Three nearly unrelated things

[susandennis]

1. LJ is having a bit of a sniffle again today and all my friends are jumbled together rather than in their nice, tidy groups as usual. It makes for an interesting read.



2. I have two litter boxes but one is out on the terrace and generally unavailable in winter. The other is in the closet behind the curtains. This morning, after breakfast, I was getting dressed and saw Jake sitting at the curtain break patiently for Betty to finish so he could have a turn. It cracked me up.



3. I've had Jake since he was about six weeks old in 1989. He's now about 35 pounds of nice, solid kitty. He's always had kind of a strange demeanor. He's not shy at all but he's not much of a snuggler either until recently. About a year ago he started Our Time on The Couch. I sit on the couch and pick up my knitting and here he comes. He sits as close to my thigh as he possibly can - wedging me in. This past month he's now decided he's a lap kitty. 35 pounds on my lap and that's not the hard part. It's his walking about on my thighs to get a good settle that's bruising me up some. But, he's a love and I love that he goes through these stages even at his age.

Comments

[joyofmacs.livejournal.com]

I have noticed that Jake sits next to you more lately. he is a beautiful cat and so is Betty.

As my cats got older they too became much more friendly.

Word to the wise though. Gigi is 17 pounds of dead weight and I do believe she have given my right thigh permanent nerve damage by sitting on my lap so much. Strangely, at night she sleeps on my left side.

[susandennis]

Remember Death by Cat where I trip over one of them, crash down to the floor and die there? Well, maybe Jake is working on Cripled by Cat.

So last night, after I told you that these guys sleep in the same place every night, Jake moved up to my left shoulder last night. He's not only going to criple me, he wants to make a liar out of me, too!

[susandennis]

You had a cat who was toilet trained? How very cool!! I've tried but failed at that one. I do, often, however, come in to pee only to find Jake drinking out of the toilet. He gets swatted off when it's my turn. He starts paying mortgage, he can have first dibs at the toilet.

[judith.livejournal.com]

35 pounds? Are you sure? He doesn't look that big. My biggest guy is about 18 pounds and he really does look it. And feel it.

[susandennis]

He might only weigh about 30 pounds. He was 35 at the last vet visit but that's been a while and I think he's dropped a few. He's not that big, really, just packed in tight. The vet assistant weighed him a couple of times because she couldn't believe it.