Caught in the act

Finally, proof positive! They are a little blurry, but this is Reese when she is ignored for too long. She starts off with a little nibble and works her way up, taking bigger and bigger bites until she can no longer be ignored! What a crazt cat!

And in the meantime... back at My Visible Soul, I am pleased to say that I've designed some stocking stuffers. There are bumper stickers (also good on binders and in lockers!) and buttons. With the buttons, you can buy in bulk and give like Santa for less than $1 each.

Other stocking stuffer ideas for pet lovers are the coffee mugs and teddy bears.

I've also just begun using Google AdWords. It's an advertising program I used years ago, and am back using it again for My Visible Soul. I think you'll be seeing more and more of MVS over the next few months :)

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Mondays Bite

Once again, Reese is up to her old chewing tricks. This time, the corner of a piece of furniture, but without warning! It wasn't until I heard a snap as she bit a piece off that I realized she was around! Eeeergh!

Perhaps it's just as well that she's found a new cat toy to play with. It's the loofah sponge with hang rope, like the one below, which sits on the outside corner of the bathtub. She walks into the bathroom, stalks it, and gives it a huge smack to send it hurtling into the bathtub. Then she carefully climbs into the tub so as not to alert the loofah, takes a big chomp and hauls it into the foyer for easy chewing. Sometimes the "tail" and sometimes the "body", she's a big fan of the loofah sponge.

My Fuzzy Alarm Clock

Reese, my fuzzy alarm clock, allowed me a gracious 19 minutes of sleeping in this morning... and who says animals can't tell time? She is a remarkably consistent and insistent cat, let me tell you. Because waking up isn't all I must do. And no, I can't just feed her, either. I must also sit at the computer for a while and take a shower. After my shower, it's Reese time: she waits on the bath mat for me every morning for 10 minutes of pets and attention. If she doesn't get that, well, she's in a baaaad mood for the whole day. Readers of other blogs will know Reese, but just in case, here's a pic:

See how happy she looks being posed? I got at about the age of 1.5 years, about 1.5 years ago, from a small Toronto rescue group who took up the challenge of finding homes for cats when the North York SPCA closed. Hard to believe in a city of millions that an SPCA closed down! I found her on PetFinder, simply narrowing down the city and the choice of animal. As a child, I had dogs and dogs and dogs. As an adult in the city, I've had cats and cats and cats. Can't wait until I am some old biddy out in the country... horses maybe? Remind me one day to tell you about the donkey...

I just looked beside me, and there she is, staring at me. If I ignore her long enough, she will tap my elbow. If I keep ignoring her, she'll bite my chair. Don't believe me? Look at this:

Hmmm... looks like I have to dust, too!

-- Sue