Gracie here. It’s day eleven of the peeps home arrest. They are only allowed out to buy food (preferably cat food). We cats have been keeping them entertained but they are a tough pair.
They do not bath and nap after every meal. This is bad. Not only is it unsanitary but they will get into trouble with too much time on their hands. Like weighing us and saying we are overweight. What? Or trimming our feetsies. Argh!
We came up with a great new game for them. The Easter bunny basket with fake eggs is on the dining room table. Every night we take all the eggs out so they can have an egg hunt.
At first they were slow to catch on. Not the sharpest knives in the drawer. By day three they figured it out. First they blamed Sasha. We all laughed and laughed (except Sasha of course). They always blame the youngest one. Disrupting centerpieces is my jam. By day 5 they figured it out.
I couldn’t resist a little play with a lonely pink egg that was resting under a china cabinet and the lady peep caught me. It didn’t stop us though. Every morning they hunt and replace the eggs. Some have not been found since day one. What can I say? We are good at this. They are not.
We are working on more games like find the hairball in the shoe or did someone barf or just gag. So much fun to see them running around like maniacs. Until next time be safe and have a good weekend.
Note from slow peep: Some of these will not be found until we move and clean everything out. Then we will wonder where they came from!
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Dear Gracie,
Probably best to not make suggestions like these us dogs out loud. It will send the huMom over the edge and she barely can deal with our daily emptying of the toy & bone bin out. Did we mention we have nearly 25 bones in various stages of chewability? It keeps her busy for most of the morning (i.e. out of our hair) finding those everywhere and putting them away since you really don’t want to step on one of those babies in bare feet.
Your fur-iends,
Elsa the Ninja & Stormin’ Norman
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I’m taking care of my human right now, she is stuck in her room alone. She just came down with cold symptoms and doesn’t want to get the little humans sick. She only has me to take care of her so I am. Maybe I will hide eggs for her when she is better! The little humans are destroying the house. But I won’t tell on them. Maybe they will give me some eggs to hide? Great idea.
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Little humans can be more destructive than cats. This is the time that you can get away with anything and blame it on them (except for hairballs of course). Sending virtual purrs to your sick human and I hope it’s just a simple cold. Now go put your butt in your human’s face. They like that. — Gracie
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Gracie, you are a lively one!! Yes, they do like it when I put my butt in their face. I will do that just as soon as I take my morning nap. And I will be blaming my misdeeds on those little humans. Of course!
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LOL! Gracie – you have to keep them busy!
That’s hilarious, Kate 😀
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Yes, until I step on one in the middle of the night.
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Gracie – you gave me a laugh, but you’d better watch out because the lady peep may put a board over the top of the bunny’s head like she does with the pond to keep the heron out. Just givin’ you and your peeps a head’s up.
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The lady peep was talking about netting. Don’t know what that is but it can’t be good. The great news is she can’t go shopping to buy it! Yay! — Gracie
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You’re a smart cookie Gracie – don’t fret because Herons are lesser beings and not as smart as cats, so they can’t do a work-around.
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No one needs to egg you on, Gracie. Good going!
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That was funny! I am making you an honorary cat! Now hork up a hairball and be proud! — Gracie
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Gracie, you are too much! I don’t know that it will count, but I cleaned hair out of the shower drain this morning. Can I still be an honorary cat? I can purr pretty well.
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Close enough!
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I think my reply got lost. Maybe it’s with the Easter eggs.
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I’ll CATch up with you later, Gracie.
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Gracie, you are the Number 1 game inventor to keep humans entertained. And now you are reaching far and wide to spread joy faster than any colonavirus.
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Thanks! This was a fun one. All those eggs were begging to be played with! — Gracie
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Nothing better than to create mischief and have it blamed on someone else. Go Gracie!
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Sasha comes in handy sometimes. Other times she eats my dinner! — Gracie
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I loved this one! Hope you’re all well and staying safe!
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The peeps are healthy. They need to learn how to play better! — Gracie
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A needed smile blog! Thank you.
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Your welcome!
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Great post Gracie, good of you to entertain your staff.
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I try to make them laugh so they are not so grumpy! — Gracie
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haha. You could always tickle them with your feather on stick.
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That is cute. Cats love thinking of themselves as the owner and not the pet. 😀
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They have me thinking of them as the owners too.
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😀
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Gracie you’re so smart thinking of ways to keep your humans entertained:)
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It’s a tough job but it must be done or they may try to groom us! Yikes! — Gracie
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That sounds like a very fun game! I’m sure my cats would love to participate.
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They would. Sometimes it takes us a while to find the right hiding place. We have to bat them around a lot! — Gracie
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Hi, Gracie – Thank you for the morning laugh. You are VERY good at this. Keep it up!
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I work under the radar because Sasha creates a distraction! — Gracie
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That was great! I second the kids book idea!
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Don’t hold your breath.
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You’ve already written it – you just have to illustrate it with some visuals – ie your own photos of your own lovely cats.
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PS. You wouldn’t deny your cats the chance to become famous would you?
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Ingenious. It really is a good thing to be a cat in your home. The fun never ends.
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They are very creative. Maybe because there are a few of them. They bounce ideas off each other. Literally.
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Sounds like your fur kids are working hard to keep you busy. 😊
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Yes they are!
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Good distractions.
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Those tricksters. 😁
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Gotta love them.
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I love your Easter egg hunt. Heidi is busy making friends with all the neighbours now we are not allowed to. She loves having every one home. She is getting large. We are not sure if it is because she is part maine coon or if she is being spoilt. Our grocery situation is getting better. We had to queue in single file to get into the shop this morning but I could get most things I wanted including eggs. I think having to pass a line of suspiscious shoppers is stopping people hoarding.
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I’m glad that you can get supplies. We are out of some things here but not near as many as last week. Also there are restrictions on how many you can purchase of certain items. TP is available again!
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Egg-cellent job, Gracie! Way to keep those humans entertained.
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We do our best! Working up a good hork for lunch! — Gracie
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make sure you place it strategically!
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Always!
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I haven’t read something this good in a long time. It really perked up a foggy day here. Wonderfully told, and so much fun to read. Thanks for making my day, during these shut-in days.
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Shut-in for sure. My heart goes out to those whose entire life is shut-in because of health issues. Today has started warm (50) and sunny. Maybe I’ll do some pond cleaning. The kitties will want to go out on the porch for sure! Everything here is mating so it’s a lot of fun for them to watch the mating routines. I swear I saw a squirrel do a somersault for his girlfriend!
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Kate, when I saw your title I thought you were talking about real eggs and then I remembered I had seen somewhere where you had found eggs at the store. No eggs here, they will show up eventually. I am curious when you say you can do a lot with them. True, but I am afraid I am missing something wonderful that you make with them. Gracie, you are the Sassy Cat in the centerpieces! I have a vision of your humans down on the floor crawling around for eggs… makes me laugh!
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Well for eggs you can make brownies! Seriously though, I will scramble an egg with a little bacon on fried potatoes, add it to tuna salad, frittatas, omelettes. We also make a robust Austrian version of Yorkshire pudding with eggs that my mother served with a side salad on meatless Fridays. I also like to add a hard boiled one to a salad for protein. I don’t know that I do anything unusual (except for the pudding one which isn’t a pudding at all) but we like them so they are used frequently.
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Have to have a hard boiled egg on salad! We (I am supposed to be not eating them so much) eat a lot of eggs… for breakfast, lunch and dinner. My favorite way to eat an egg… fried by SSNS, over easy, with a toasted piece of Italian five grain bread with butter. More than you wanted to know, I’m sure 😉 Except for the pudding, we eat them every way you mention.
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I like fried eggs too. Over easy always unless it’s in a sandwich with bacon. And maybe cheese. Now I’m hungry!
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I hear you, I think that’s why I typed that… I was wanting that fried egg and toast!
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With a side of home fries!
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Yes!
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oh that sounds like a great game!!! do you think I should give it a try too? LOL btw: since we are homies, I’m totally lost in time..thought easter is this weekend oh my!!!
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We have no idea when Easter is. I suppose it’s when the centerpiece goes away! — Gracie
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Gosh that’s a brilliant idea – entertaining the humans to keep them from focusing all this “extra” time on us! Thanks…..I’m going to give this a try. The only thing I do routinely is hide my spring toys under furniture – I’m going to “up my game” by finding something THEY need and hide it.
Hugs, Teddy
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During the egg hunt yesterday, they found 3 catnip mice under a cabinet. We were overjoyed! Doggone peeps should clean that out more often! — Gracie
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I see a children’s book in your future, Kate. 🙂 Enjoy the beautiful weather!
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Good grief I doubt it! Since I never had any and it’s been so long since I was one, I wouldn’t know where to start.
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Jill’s got a point . . . start with this one. It’s great. I especially liked:
What can I say? We are good at this. They are not.
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Not sure kid’s would get my quirky humor.
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Well, we appreciate your humor and your cat’s eye view of the world! Happy Friday. And Happy Hunting for those eggs.
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I think that’s a great idea – lots of time now. Humorous kids books are the best as they keep the parents entertained too.
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Good job kitties! Keep tourcpeeps thinking and on their toes so they don’t get too bored. Bet it wont be king before you come up with some more new games.
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Yep! We had a nice barf on the kitchen chair this morning. It was very artistically arranged! — Gracie
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At least it was artistically arranged.
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