Gracie here. We should have known something was up when all the carriers were out. Morgan’s been getting her leg wrapped every week so we thought nothing of it. Hah! It was about 7 a.m. when the peep enticed us with breakfast. Gus was first. Food went down, Gus went up and in the carrier before he knew what was going on. Sasha was next. Gus yelped but it was too late. Sasha was in the carrier.
Morgan doesn’t move fast with her bum leg so she was in a crate in a New York minute. I made the peep play cat and mouse for a bit but within five minutes we were all in carriers. What is this? A mass cat vaccination? Gus gets a little scared because he’s afraid he’s going back to the rescue. We wouldn’t let that happen.
She drove us someplace. It was dark. We sang the song of our people. Loudly. She turned up the radio. We turned up our volume. It was a nerve wracking ride all the way around.
We landed and one by one the carriers went into the house, then up the stairs to a room. It had big windows and cat beds and trees. Gus said it looked like a cat room at a rescue but there were no other cats. She locked us in! We are free range cats (at least in the house). How could she lock us in a room!
Just before noon, the noise started. People were coming in. Lots of people. It was scary. We all ducked into the cat beds and the closet but no one came in our room. This went on for hours, then it was quiet. Finally they opened the door.
We weren’t home. This didn’t smell like us. We scurried around trying to make it smell better. I hacked up a hairball just to make it feel like home. The peep rolled her eyes. We have been here all week. We all slept in one bed for a few nights — the peeps and us but we are more brave now. The windows are good and the furniture is the same. Maybe this will work. If it doesn’t we’ll let the peep know. There is light carpeting upstairs. He he.
Morgan update: She ditched the splint and has a soft bandage on. Two weeks of this and she should be good. She is walking more normal and it isn’t as bulky. She is such a good sport. I took some pictures as the vet techs were changing it but she wasn’t her usual cooperative self. They were all blurred.
It’s good to get the reaction and impression of the move and new home from the ones who rule the roost! They are very good at expressing their opinions!
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Loudly and with hairballs if necessary.
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Thanks Kate…..I needed a laugh today…..”we sang the song of our people!” Oh right – I should be addressing the cats – thanks guys for a cat’s eye view. Maybe you guys should get a recording contract! Move over, New Cats on the Block are here!
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New cats on the block is right!
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Gracie – I feel for you kiddo. I am glad it is over for you (oh and the peeps as well). I hope you’ve sniffed out the new digs and it meets with your approval. Is there a sunny windowsill to grow catnip and cat grass on and a place to stretch out and get the sun’s rays? I’m sure the peeps ensured that criteria was met before they signed on the dotted lines because cats rule in this home.
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Cat grass check! Catnit, not yet. π¦
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Soon Gracie – hang on a little longer for the ‘nip.
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Glad to hear everyone is adjusting. I’m looking forward to reading more about the adjustments in the new home.
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It’s been an interesting ride. Don’t want to do again!
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Oh my goodness, Gracie! That sounds scary! But I’m glad everything calmed down and you are all OK and in your new home π
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We’ve all calmed down but now they are making us cats eat together. That’s not good. Sasha tries to steal my food. No counters here to put us special gray cats on to eat.
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π Glad everyone has calmed down! I’m sure they will find a way for you special gray cats to eat separately π
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Yes, we are still figuring things out.
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Good thinking with the hairball, Gracie! You have to let them know how you feel, right? Well, I sure hope you like your new home. Make sure to check every corner and rub your scent around so everyone knows it’s yours. You should call dibs on the best window before someone else does! Some are better for bird watching than others.
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Gus snagged the one by the bird feeder (and we don’t have the feeders out yet). There are lots so I’ll be ok.
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Oh, good!
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I joined the others in laughing out loud throughout this entire post. I am so glad that you are all in your new home safe and sound. I’m also delighted to hear that Morgan has ditched the splint and is getting better and better. I look forward to further updates.
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It has been a long process for Morgan. Makes me wonder what cats in the wild do when they break a leg. Eight weeks total of bandaging. Poor thing! I fractured my knee and it was only 4 weeks.
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Glad you are all getting adjusted to your new home. How sweet you all slept in the same bed at first.
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Yeah, that didn’t last! π
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I totally laughed out loud several times during this one. What a treasure! Glad they are settling in well.
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They are doing well considering they are cats and don’t like change.
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A house is not a home until it has been christened with a hairball! I had a hard enough time corralling my one cat for a short trip to the vet. I can’t imagine getting all four into carriers and listening to the cat-erwauling all the way to their new home.
Thanks for the update, Gracie!
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It was stressful for the peep!
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“We sang the song of our people.”
I truly almost did spit out my coffee, but I never do that, so. it did, however, make me laugh so hard that my cat Roo, who is never more than 6 inches away from me – no really, I mean it, never – got scared at my laughing and ran away. Haven’t seen her in over an hour. So, thanks for that!
And Happy New Home, ketzes!
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Yep, we have singers here!
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Iβm so glad you didnβt have any problem finding everyone to go into their carriers! Weβve known cats to pick up on whatβs going on and hide. It sounds like everyone is adapting well, and I just love the relationship Gus and Sasha have!
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That’s exactly why I had to work fast. Once Gus got in and yodeled, Sasha would have gone in hiding. I didn’t have a lot of time for hide and seek. Gus and Sasha are so unusual for me. I never had cats that slept together before.
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Gracie, Thank you very much for letting us know what you’ve been through the last week. It was tough, I know, but your peeps love you very much. By now, I hope you’ve found your favorite window and a good place to catch the sun’s rays for a nap. Be kind to your peeps. They’ve been through more than you will ever know.
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Thanks. Right now I am bathing on top of the loveseat back. It has a throw and it’s a favorite of mine. It’s snowing so no sunspots but this will have to do. Kind to the peeps? Whatever for? Servants!
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Glad everyone is moved in and settling down.
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We are. We cats have enjoyed the boxes and clutter. Good hiding places to make the peeps nuts.
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Such a sweet story – thanks for sharing it with us! Your peeps do love you and take good care of you – your own room. Glad you are able to roam free! (Good job, Kate! Glad the move went well. Seems you had a plan.)
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There were some twists on the plan but we are here and all is well.
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Congrats on surviving the move. In no time, your familiar smells should become second nature. Have a fur-ball free weekend. π»
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That’s not likely. Their digestive system is the first thing to get upset with change. So far though, only one and it’s Friday. They came Monday morning.
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Sounds like maybe theyβre adapting? π€π»
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They are. Cats do not like change but they are resilient. Even if they don’t want to own up to it.
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Yay for the successful move of the kitty-cats! Hopefully they forgive the peeps for the various indignities inflicted upon them soon…
Deb
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I haven’t told them there is no screened porch here yet. That will be a biggie.
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Wow, what an adventure for you all! I’m glad you’re settling in nicely.
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You call it adventure, we call it trauma! π
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I’ve been AWOL from the blogging world due to covid. Sounds like you finally moved. Yay. You describe the kitties reactions so well I can just see them. Hope all is okay with Morgan.
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Morgan is close to the end. It was 8 weeks of bandages for her. Poor kitty.
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Oh yes. Iβd much rather hear about the move from you, Gracie, and not the one who tricked you into a new home. At least the peeps let you sleep in the bed together at first. And Iβm so glad Morgan is doing better. Tell Kate congrats on the move! You though have my sympathies! XO
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Next move is in a pine box!
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Lol!
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Woo Hoo! You’re on the home stretch now!
When we moved from North Carolina to New Jersey, Jazz & Cayenne sang for the entire 12 hours. I kid you not. I didn’t think cats could stay awake for 12 hours straight, much less “sing the song of their people” for that amount of time. It was awful. But it was just 2 cats. You had 4. You deserve a medal. And a margarita!
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It was only 10 minutes but a grueling ten minutes!
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Enjoy getting settled.
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Yay! The eagle (and all four cats) has landed! Best of luck in your new home! π
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Yes the worst is done. Don’t have to worry about weather anymore. We can work at our own speed.
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I am very impressed with the fact that you got all four cats into carriers at the same time. Usually once one was in a carrier, the other was in the box spring.
Congrats on the new place!
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Exactly! Getting that done kept me up the night before. I had to have them out of the house before the movers came. I started with the hardest to crate and went from there. The grays are much easier so they were last. Even I was impressed with my skill! However the cat-ernackle choir on the way over almost put me over the edge.
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“cat-ernackle choir”… HAHAHAHA!
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One cat howling is more than enough to set my teeth on edge. 4 would have required earplugs! I hope it was a short drive.
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It was 10 minutes and 40 seconds but whose counting?
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Congratulations! You’re MOVED IN! It will be a while before things are where you want them to be for sure…..and the cats don’t feel like they’re on another planet….but you are SO close to that light at the end of the tunnel – – – I know you’re happy about that!
Hugs, Pam
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At least we can see the end of the tunnel even if it’s a distance yet!
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May you all relax and find positives in the new home-sweet-home- digs.
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Yes and may it stop snowing please?
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Good to hear all is coming together for the whole family without any big problems. It does take awhile to get it just the way you (and the cats) want it.
Wonderful Morgan news!
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Each day it gets better. I don’t do well living in chaos but now most of the areas where we spend time are cleared of boxes. The extra bedrooms are still a disaster!
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It’s only been less than a week right? I’ve been here 25 years and the extra bedroom pretty much stays a mess unless someone is coming to visit. With the pandemic thing who knows when I will need to straighten it up again.
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I’ll go with that!
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Pleased to know that you’re safe, even if She locked you in. I’m sure that She had your best interests at heart. You’re ranging free again, I hope.
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We are free now except for the basement. She will let us down there as I’m sure she’d like to get the litter boxes down there. We need a cat door cut in the existing door.
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Glad to know all is good and the cats are making it home. Glad too that Morgan’s leg is wrapped in a softee and she’s getting about OK. The skinniness is normal (had it with my dog Lucy when her bandage came off) but will soon fill out again. Remember a beauty clinic wrapping me up like a mummy for two hours to lose inches. The fact I could hardly breathe is totally incidental……. but I did lose inches, even if it was only for two days.
Keep safe!!
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We will all be glad to get it off. I still don’t know how she did it. Hopefully it won’t happen again.
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Finally! I was getting excited for all of you as I read Gracie’s play by play! I am so happy you are all together in the new home. Very good news about Morgan’s leg. Ugh, I remember the noisy people part… I wish somebody had locked me in a room until it was over! Enjoy your weekend, Sassy Cats and people, you are home.
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Thanks. It’s snowing here so not much going on but we have a lot of boxes to keep us busy! You did it right be selling your furniture with your house. Making things fit, ugh!
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We sold our furniture with the house in Missouri. We moved all the furniture from the condo to this house. Ugh, is right! We have bought a lot of stuff, but I love it all!
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There are some pieces I love but don’t really work here. That’s kind of sad.
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Yes, but you will find something you love and that works. We have a coffee table that is a canoe and I love it. It doesn’t work in the gathering room/living room/family room(whatever it is called now) and it has served us well but it doesn’t work BUT I can’t get rid of it. I am going to shove it into the office in front of the very Florida looking couch when the new coffee table arrives… ta-daaaah!
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I have a sled coffee table I really like. I couldn’t use it at the old home because it was too big for the spot. We’ll see if it works somewhere here.
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Yes!
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It sounds like the move went as smoothly as a move can go. I laughed out loud at the comment “We sang the song of our people. Loudly.” I have an anxiety attack listening to just Theo in the car. I can’t imagine an entire choir singing the Feline Blues!!
Hope everyone is settling in well π
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The ride over was awful. Only 10 minutes but mostly screaming. Not sure if I was one of those screaming!
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LOL!! I hope the horrible trauma of their car adventure has worn off and they are now happily settled in their new home.
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Happily may be a stretch but they have found and claimed their favorite hidey holes. We are working on their dining area. I was hoping to get them to eat together (they didn’t at the old house) and it looks like that won’t happen.
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I have a niece with 4 cats and it is so cute to see them all lined up at mealtime chowing down side-by-side. That doesn’t mean there aren’t attempts to steal from one another π
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I’d love to be able to do that. The grays eat by themselves or the “others” push them out of the way and steal their food. Well, maybe not Gracie. No one puts Gracie in a corner! π
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We should all learn to channel our inner Gracie π
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β…a New York minute.β βWe sang the song of our people.β I feel like I have been embodied as a cat. Your description is sooo vivid. I, too, believe this will work. Glad to hear Morgan is on the mend, Kate.
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The week has been hectic. We have to make it work. Some furniture needs to be switched out and new things purchased but we’ll get there.
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Sending you good vibes, Kateπ
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Thanks!
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oh we are with you… that was an act agains freedom… but we hope it goes super fast and all smooth so you can discover your new kingdom…. hugs for a good weekend…
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There is a lot of “conquer” here. With all the boxes they are in heaven. Sometimes I can’t find them because of all the stuff sitting around.
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Congratulations on your new home, Kate. I thought of you when I heard the reports of ice and snow in PA. I’m happy to hear you are all getting settled.
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Yesterday’s Starbucks drive was tricky. Today I brewed my own. It’s still snowing here and there’s a lot of ice.
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I love the story told from their perspective. Christened with a hair ball, nothing more purrfect.
Enjoy the new place.
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Yes they like to make it homey!
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So glad the move is done and everyone is settling, and especially glad that Morgan is now in a soft bandage. Woo hoo!
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They taught me how to do the bandage but I opted to have them do the last one. She wasn’t still for this one and it took the two of them to do it. Dan isn’t good at this and I don’t think I could do it alone. Her leg looks so skinny. It’s not bare but she has lost some of her fur!
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Good move on having them do it!! She will be so happy to be free of it, and let’s hope she never breaks it again.
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π I hope not!
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