Author’s note: We hosted a family reunion this past weekend. The cats were not happy about the change in routine, sticky people and delays in dinner. Here are their thoughts.
Sasha: I am Sasha, prima ballerina and in charge of all nonsense. The humans had thousands of people here last Sunday and no one brought catnip. Not a tuna dish nor a crunch. No feathers, strings or grass. Don’t their mamas teach them to come with presents? What kind of rock concert has no grass? I stayed under the bed until the firestorm was over. My human had to coax me with some food. I conned her into a WHOLE can for me, me, me! #can’tbuymewithfood #maybeyoucanbuymewithfood
Morgan: The bloody residents had a bunch of philistines here last weekend. Loud and noisy. It was very hot. I napped until dinner which was late. I considered bringing a dead mousie for dessert. That’s a great way to clear a house. #stickyhumansyuk #whereisdinner #nomousiesforyou
Gracie: I came down after happy hour to check for snacks. Nada. What a bunch of freeloaders. No prezzies for the cats. I gave the others a “no tuna” report. We considered calling cat protective services but were working on Morgan’s mousie angle. I rubbed some legs and allowed a few head scratches. They don’t get to spend time with such a fine feline at home. The humans were sweaty so I left fur on their legs. I prefer floofing my tail across their lips but it only works with lipstick or gloss. #hopingIdidn’tpickuphumancooties #humansneedfur #don’tmesswithcats #furrylips
Mollie: What? We had company? No presents? Whatev! #seniorcatdoesnotgiveafig
And that is the reunion report from the four felines.
So cute!!
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Awww.
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You dodged a total rebellion, Kate. Next time, how about a little tuna just to protect yourself! 🙂
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Dear Sasha, Morgan, Gracie and Molly – That’s totally annoying about the lack of presents. If I ever drop by, I promise to bring something for each of you. Please just don’t mouse me! 🙂
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Still no mouse has shown up in any form in the house so no worries for now.
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To those who attended the family reunion, I hope the cats’ comments have been duly noted for next year’s event. Mousies presented to the visitors would have gone over big I’m sure and that was one way to clear a room – your cats are no slouches. 🙂 PS – I note you have a new profile pic – very nice!
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I’m not hosting next year so the cats aren’t concerned. The hostess has a cat and a dog. Food for thought. Thanks, old pic was…well…old.
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Cat and a dog will be mad as they’re locked away from the party. They tie the Doberman on the corner up everytime they have a party – he barks all day long as he feels excluded. I don’t have any current pictures of me – not had a pic taken in eons (except for the green card and it is in B&W and they take it at an usual angle to display your ear) and the closest I got was a shadow selfie the other day. 🙂
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I’m not good at selfies. I was trying to get a shot of my hair. In hindsight I could have taken one in the mirror of the back of my head. Oh well.
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When I got highlights again (I let them lapse when I started working at home, along with contacts, makeup and curling my hair), the girl who did the highlights for years said “you are getting some gray – you need lowlights too.” So got it done and told a friend of mine and she wanted to see how it looked. First of all, I don’t have a smartphone. It was before Anne Mehrling took a selfie shot by holding her digital compact camera at arm’s length to take pictures (they came out great). I tried the bathroom mirror and all I got was the side of my head and part of my glasses for all the tries I did – never did get a good picture to send her.
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How dare they not bring you anything! Humans suck at being good guests.
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They certainly do. All they brought was people food. Who does that?
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Too funny, Kate! You do know your cats. Great dialogue! You should give them a voice more often.
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They will want to take over the world if I do that!
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I gotta meet your cats!
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I’m mail them to you!
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LOL! Puuurfect!
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Help! Send tuna!
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LOL!
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Priceless Kate.
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Aww, thanks!
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😀
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Gotta like Morgan’s style!
Glad you managed to escape Cat Protective Service interrogation. (and so far a mandated turn about fair play cat soiree)
Whew. Things back to normal-ish.
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Normal in this house is scary!
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That staff considers it normal is scary HaHa (insert commiserative laughter…no it is not manic laughter…)
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Hahaha funny cats with lots of typical cattitude!
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Gotta love them!
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Ha. The different personalities yet all the usual kitty-cat indifference. Love that adorable photo of Sasha.
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Yes, she’s a little judgy and a little impatient!
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I loved this post! It actually had me thinking that Jake was telling you…”Cupcake, let the world know what the current residents think about this reunion nonsense!” Soooo much stress for you and the cats…and if there is a next time, you really have to hire staff! xo
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Staff, check! KFC chicken, check. Despite the upheaval it was fun and good to see everyone. Not so much for the cats!
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Great report, kitties! Love that photo of Sasha.
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Sasha is so easy to photograph, especially compared to the grays! Her attitude always comes through.
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Ha! Hilarious reactions from the kitty royal court. If I ever visit a feline dominated family I will be sure to bring tuna and catnip.
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At least one will do!
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Bwahaha…bark, bark, bark! We love the reunion report from the felines. And we tend to agree about rude Philistine visitors. Unless they pet or feed us treats us nonstop, they have little value. Glad you left cat hair on their sweaty legs.
Your fur-iends,
Sam & Elsa 🐾
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Without treats, what good are visitors anyway?
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Our point exactly!
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Hilarious, Kate! I’m still laughing at people cooties and Gracie’s floofy tail maneuver.
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As soon as I put lipstick on to go out, the nearest cat will come for a hug and tail swish. Nothing worse than furry lips. Yuk!
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I don’t remember our cats doing that. Our first cat couldn’t do a tail swish. He came home with his lovely tail shredded, and it had to be amputated. He lived to be 14 to 16 years old, so it didn’t shorten his life by much.
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Awww, poor kitty!
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We saw him climb a bush before he learned his new balance, but he overcame it. We loved him just as much with a tail as without.
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It’s similar to my one-eyed cats. They had to learn perspective but now you don’t know they only have one.
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Too cute… and I love the hashtags! Now that the house has returned to normal, I hope the staff is back in 24/7 cat service mode, as it should.
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It is. There were extra servings of food and a 3 a.m. romp by Gracie. She’s taking salsa classes and practices on the bed at 3 a.m. Gotta love them.
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Too funny! If I ever come to visit you again I’ll be sure to bring presents for the fur kids.
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You brought something when you came last time. We still have that jingly ball.
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HA! Well cats seem to know who they will be appreciated by: the other cat people. Teddy is social for about five minutes while he solicits appreciation and compliments from guests, then he leaves the room if he gets nothing for his effort in the way of a treat or toy. Oh well – I imagine if HE had a pile of friends over I’d find a hidey spot elsewhere to hole up until quiet returned too!
Hugs, Pam
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If my cats had a crowd over, they would make me wear a French maid outfit while I brought around tuna treats on a tray.
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Mollie is so chill!
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You inspired her. She was chill. I don’t think she moved from her bed the entire time.
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Bwhahahaha! I love your cats. They are my kind of people.
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Yeah, self-centered and demanding but entertaining!
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There seems to be a common complaint here… no presents for the Sassy Cats! I would have brought presents.. Hahaha! Mollie making me laugh out loud all by myself on the couch in the office. Well, they have their peep’s total attention now and the porch is free of sticky philistines!
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This is the first reunion at my house where we didn’t find a forgotten item afterward. However, the cats claim they are still finding people cooties. We are all a bit peopled out. It was very peoply all week starting with the reunion.
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Each cat is distinctly hilarious. My cats would’ve been more like, “Hello, box spring my old friend/ I’ve come to hide in here again…”
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That was Hazel’s theme song. She used to climb in the sofa too. We had to put new fabric on the underside.
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Love the photo of little Sasha 💕 This is the kind of pose I would expect from Theo, except he would be laying in the centre of everything in an opportunistic move to catch anything that might fall 😉
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Sasha might like to do that except for the annoying people. She ate the end of a piece of cake yesterday. She wasn’t even subtle about it (like Hazel was). She jumped up and had it in her mouth before I could say “NOOOOO!”
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HAHAHAHA! I like her style 😆
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LOL! I think Morgan woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
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She is usually more friendly. The grays always come out for people. It was either siesta time or there were too many.
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They/you crack me up! Thanks for the laugh 😂
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Thanks for stopping by.
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This was GREAT! I think my two would have had the same reactions!
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Cats have a universal language. Mostly it’s where’s the food, I need scratchies and get away from me.
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This is wonderful! Clearly your cats are clever creatures who deserved better than the got from your guests. No tuna? The horror.
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We did have one guest who was clearly Gracie’s buddy. I’m hoping he went home with a furry leg as he as 4 cats of his own. It always makes it interesting when you come home with another cat’s scent on you. There’s hell to pay.
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