Outside of Washington DC, it’s a slow news week filled with approvals, naps and ummm…friendship.

Hazel is breaking in the new carpet. The cats are doing their best to replace new carpet smell with old cat smell.
There are no limits to friendship. Instead of trusting a face to face encounter, Molly prefers to verify with a quick (or not so quick) butt check.
Everyone here hopes you have a great weekend free of smelly carpets and butt verification.
I really like your new carpet! I hope the cats are kind to it for as long as possible. You are the one with the sensitive nose! You’ll smell things no one else will, but new carpeting smell is always a favorite for as long as it lasts. š
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Thanks for sharing pictures of your cuties with us! Cat pics are always a comfort in times of trouble – though the cats themselves are even better š
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They are indeed! I’m part of 2 cat groups on Facebook and just scrolling through silly pictures puts a smile on my face.
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Haha! You too. š
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The cats go very nicely with the new bedroom carpet.
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They think so but I don’t have a blue cat. That would blend in better.
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Your cats are probably too happy to be blue.
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Cats can find contentment in the simplest things.
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Well, they say everything is “fake news” these days, so might as well verify the facts right from the horse’s mouth, er cat’s butt.
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I’ll pass on that.
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All I can say is that I’m glad I don’t have to sniff someone else’s butt to verify anything.
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Me too! I’ll go with a visual!
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Love your new carpet and your comfortable, friendly cats.
I have a busy weekend coming up: Write on the Sound Writers’ Conference. I’ll be worn out by the time I finish nine sessions and a keynote address. Hope I learn something and meet some fascinating writers.
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That sounds fabulous!
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Slow news weeks, with well-verified information, are the best. Thank you for the delightful change!
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Sometimes only pictures of cats and dogs will bring down the blood pressure! š
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The shade of blue in that new rug flatters Hazel’s coloring. Very chic. Happy Weekend!
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She thinks so. She’s been pretty happy on it despite the fact that it’s not a thick cushy carpet.
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Happy weekend to you. Hopefully the carpet smell will soon be replaced with kitty smell. Or any other kind of smell other than the off-gasing one. Cheers!
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So far, no hairball! All good!
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Happy Weekend, Kate . . . and Kitty Crew!
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Thanks! Right back atcha!
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Love your new header! We have a new contender for Grumpy Cat. š
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My header is set to random pics so it should be always changing although I don’t see what people see. Lately every picture I take of Mollie has been either grumpy face or blurred. Hazel is a mix depending if she’s in the mood.
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You know how there’s so much more time when the news/tv is off? Drama has sent us all outside. RC Cat is thrilled to have not only clean litter ahead of schedule (trying the pads underneath as you suggested) and new cat grass. (3 days with no real amounts of rain…now for the tossing of drowned plants who have given up…but no way going near plant nursery on weekend if it’s sunny!)
Hope to verify you and the cat crowd have a great weekend!
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We ate dinner out on the porch all summer foregoing the evening news. I was much healthier. There is nothing like yelling at the TV while you’re eating to get indigestion. Now we wait for Jeopardy (and occasionally we will yell at that!). I am simplifying all my beds. Non-maintenance plants only. Need blinders at nurseries. I still want everything.
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I have gotten down to 3 medium pots of probably won’t last long seasonal plants – had hoped these would hang on a bit longer until cool enough for pansies. Right now the nurseries all have loads of lovely blooming summer plants which are hard to pass up…a bit like displaying little kittens and puppies while cute and before they get big. Hard to resist, but must.
If we move, I want another screen porch or place where mosquitoes aren’t. Eating outside always sounds so restful and enjoyable..but between the rain, humidity, heat and mosquitoes, it’s not happening.
It always looks so lovely in the movies…
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It is lovely. This year the mosquitoes are as big as 6 year olds and just as voracious! We couldn’t sit on our patio at all. Thank God for screens.
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Enjoy your weekend, Kate. The Eagles need a win!
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Yes they do!
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My dog dives into the carpet and rubs his muzzle all over it. I think his muzzle is losing hair and the carpet is gaining an amazing ecosystem.
The cats are much daintier.
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I don’t have a dog to compare with but there was a thick layer of cat hair on the old carpet. It was very difficult to vacuum (one of the reasons we replaced it!).
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hahaha! I could do without the butt checks š but Happy Friday!!
It is Thanksgiving in Canada this weekend and tomorrow is turkey day for me with the family. Today I’m knee deep into prep and errands. Once tomorrow’s dinner chaos is over I’ll be able to enjoy the rest of the long weekend.
Hope you have a good one š
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Happy thanksgiving! I have a hankering for pumpkin pie which we usually don’t have until our thanksgiving in November.
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I LOVE pumpkin pie. It’s actually one of the few pies I really like. Unfortunately I’m in the minority (ie the only one in the family who does) so I rarely buy or make it because I would be the only one eating it.
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I have that problem too. I was able to buy a half pie yesterday at our farmers market but even that is a lot.
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That’s a great idea – selling half pies. You are right though … I would hoover through that half pie in record time.
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At least it restricts your hoovering. š
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In the short term š
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LOL! Hope you have a wonderful weekend Sassy Cats and family!
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Thanks! They are cats. Unless there is a vet trip most of their weekends are great.
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