Gracie here. What a week. The peeps are buying new furniture so it was a lot of work for all of us. (She’s hoping she will be back to normal soon. Ha! She doesn’t know what normal is.)
They made 87 trips to furniture stores. Sat in anything on display. Brought dozens of fabric samples home. All of them had to be sniffed and sat on, very exhausting!. Didn’t pick up any dog smells.
New furniture is different so they pushed stuff around to get an idea of how it would work. Then they went rug shopping. Oy vay! Rug samples are heavy and yes we had to sit on all of them. (If the next people who borrow them have a dog, he will be happy to smell our messages.) Technically we cats picked out the carpet. It had to be something with enough color variation so the various hairball barfs won’t show. Did you know they make “pet proof” carpets? Cool!
Is this color too light? too dark? too busy? too whatever! It disrupted my life. To appease me, the peep fed me rotisserie chicken. I liked it and demanded more. Now I don’t want to eat anything else. Dinnertime with me is a nightmare. The peep is saying bad words.
In all this commotion she was able to capture one of the lovers’ grooming sessions.
Hopefully everything will be finalized today and we all (you too!) will have a great and peaceful weekend!.
Wow – I didn’t know they had pet proof carpets. My mom would be happy to hear that in the early 1960s, since our Cocker Spaniel Cocoa liked to go for a walk, then come into the house and squat and piddle on the hall carpet. His long and silky ears dragging into his food and water bowl were not a big draw either and he barely made it out of puppyhood before he was given away to owners that had more patience than my parents.
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Cocker spaniels, while adorable, aren’t the easy dog that many people look for. Definite ear issues. The piddling I’m not sure about. Maybe more training.
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My mother would rush to hold his ears up so he wouldn’t drag food and water from the bowls … we never had any luck with dogs … parakeets and canaries yes, but not dogs.
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We had a family dog when I was young. Mostly he was outside. He was very hyper but a great dog. Lived to be 18.
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You were lucky. My aunt had two dogs and they were housebroken at an early age – never had a bit of trouble with them. I think she had more patience perhaps.
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Gracie, we all like rotisserie chicken, but it’s a treat, not an everyday thing. You would get tired of it if you had it every day!
So what kind of furniture and rugs did your peeps pick out?
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I’m not sure. They tried to keep us off the carpet samples. Something about tossing a hairball!
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🙂
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Gracie, I don’t think you’ve heard the last of those bad words. I love the love scene between Gus and Sasha ❤
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Yes we are having a conflict of the wills. The peep says the cat food has all the vitamins I need but I like rotisserie chicken!
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Sniffing new stuff is a cat’s job, and you should get paid for it, with the best chicken, not with some just okay poultry.
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Yes, only the best for me!
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Gracie, I have to say I am a bit envious of the lady peep’s motivation for the shopping of the new furniture. I just can’t work up the energy. We had a not pleasant purchase recently that turned out to be a “not purchase” and it took it all out of me. We are pretty particular when it comes to purchasing rotisserie chicken so I understand. Sasha and Gus are truly devoted♥
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The furniture shopping is wearing the peep out. Naps all the time! You would think she’s a cat. Yes on that chicken. Seriously, what was she thinking.
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Gracie, you are right. What would they do without you? Gus and Sasha are just adorable. I can’t imagine how they are going to act on Valentine’s day!
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They are so disgusting. Seriously! Get a room!
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Wow, all that furniture testing must be exhausting! I loved the video of the hairball in the making. 🙂
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Fortunately the carpet is purchased. All the samples were exhausting. The peep won’t let us sit or sleep on the fabric samples. Not since I barfed on one!
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Sounds like you had a very busy week. That was a cute video. Have a nice weekend.
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This was supposed to be the peep’s “non-scheduled” week. Nothing was scheduled but it was just as busy!
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Cute video. Hope you all have a great weekend.
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Thanks. We are freezing our butts off! Good thing we are not outdoor cats!
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Good luck with the redecorating. Better you than me! At times like that, my husband and I remember how different our tastes are. Thanks for the video; I love to watch Sasha and Gus together. So devoted!
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At this point, they are a bonded pair. They are almost always together.
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Great post. Enjoy the new furniture. Love the clip!
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They are lovers, aren’t they?
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So cute!
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❤️
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New furniture you say? But not the right chicken? Life can be difficult. I hope you find your equilibrium this weekend, you poor dear.
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After two hours, Gracie ate the dang chicken. I was NOT going to go out to get another one at another store!
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Just think how nice it will be to “break in” some new furniture Gracie…..and a new rug too. It will be like Christmas for Cats at your house ALLLL over again……!
Hugs, Teddy
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Yes it will. I’m saving up a great barf!
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I am so in Gracie’s corner. None of the other food store chickens come close to Costco’s!
Went to the Humane Society today to donate food and towels . There were 2 all black cats that caught my eye. So wish I could have taken them. But my two dogs already terrorize my cats….
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I love black cats but I’m at full capacity!
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Nothing wrong with rotisseried chicken…just shows you have gourmet taste. 🙂 Pet proof carpet? Where can we get some of that?! Have a great (and productive) weekend. Hopefully you’ll get all your store visits done before the Arctic blast moves in.
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Not quite. It started today. It was freaking cold running around. When I got home that was it! Not going out again today!
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Gracie, don’t let anyone tell you that you’re not as much a diva as Sasha. The two of you!! You should give your peeps a break once in awhile…just sayin.
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Me? I’m delightful! Except at dinnertime or when the peep wants to go on her computer. Sasha needs watching! She gets into trouble!
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Aww, aren’t grooming sessions the best! We have plenty of that over here.
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Your videos were an inspiration to our peep. Sasha is the instigator and will make any of the other cats clean her face but none of them do it to each other.
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You’ve worked hard, Gracie. Thanks for your post.
Peep — I loved the video.
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The video was in my “get a room” file.
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How cute!!!! not smell our messages. LOL
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🙂
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It is exhausting work. Obviously more special chicken is required. (Hope that can be found)
Rest up – who knows what your peeps will surprise you with next week!
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Today the peep got a rotisserie chicken from another store. Nope, not the same. Won’t eat it. She needs to go to Costco for it!
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Hey Gracie! Did they work you so hard this week that you didn’t have the energy to go to the casino?? I thought your peeps would be settled down after all the renovations of the building y’all call home. Maybe that’s why they are looking for new furnishings, because they’re bored without all of that chaos going on? I hope the let you catch up on rest this weekend!
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Big casino trip next weekend. Celebrating the cat bowl!
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why you can not come with them to find the right things? i’s called FUR-nitures, so … well….
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They should have let me loose in the furniture store. So much furniture to barf on and so little time.
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LOL, Boss Cat bugs us so much at the table (AND WITH CLAWS) that we have “decoy” chicken to feed her at dinner in order to eat in peace.
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We ran out of Costco chicken and no other kind will do. How can a damn cat tell where the chicken came from? Oy vay!
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Hi, Gracie – That sounds like a huge ordeal. But hopefully it will all lead to very happy peeps and very happy cats. Wishing you all a well-deserved relaxing weekend!
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I really need to rest my sniffer. Worked overtime this week!
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