Hi. I’m MacKenzie.
The week has been just awful. The Mother of Cats has been gone most of the week going on adventures in the new car WITHOUT ME and leaving me home alone. It snowed. It got horrible cold. I couldn’t find a mouse anywhere no matter how many times I went into the garage. Another cat in the family caught a mouse under his house and SENT THE PICTURE TO TAUNT ME!! I have been sad all day about it.
The Mother of Cats went to the pet store today to buy me a mouse (in a cage with a wheel it could run on… she said it would be fun to watch) and they refused to sell her one because it was TOO COLD!! It is so unfair I can hardly stand it. I want a mouse!!
I’m such a good boy.
Can I have some cookies when I wake up?
>^..^<
Notes from the Mother of Cats:
- It has been hard to find MacKenzie a new companion. I tried to find him a kitten, but it is the wrong time of the year and I’m kind of worried that he is too old (he is 15) to handle a spunky one. I looked into fish, but there really isn’t a good place in the house to put the tank where he can watch them. A caged bird isn’t a good option… he is too clever by half and the bird wouldn’t be safe. Eventually I’ll get him a (securely) caged hamster to watch.
- The sweet little mouse is from the pattern Portly Mice & Chubby Bunny by MK Designs. It was a fast and simple knit with almost no finishing work; I think it took me an hour to make. I made it with some of the yarn that I’m knitting a sweater with right now, and it is stuffed with filling and catnip! My project notes are here
There really was a dead mouse picture that arrived in my phone for MacKenzie. A nephew cat named Panthro sent it.- The temperature outside is a balmy 11 degrees F, much better than the -14 that we started out with this morning. It has to get over 30 degrees before I can buy the hamster.
Yarn, Books & Roses 
We had mice when I was a kid, in a cat proof cage….needless to say, eventually one of our cats worked out how to get in and ate most but killed all 😦 I’m sure MacKenzie is as smart as our Gatsby was….so don’t believe the cat proofness of any cage…buy a padlock 🔒😉
Oh, dear. I don’t want that to happen! I’m going to have to look at those cages really carefully!
I had a bird… he learned to push the cage until it fell off the shelf. The cage would break open and the bird would get out. He never caught it, but it was so traumatizing to the bird I gave it away.
You see MacKenzie. She does love you
MacKenzie: You will love hanging out with your new mouse. It can be your friend forever and not rot:)
I ate part of the tail last night. It is a good mouse!!
I hope your mom knows this or she is in for a surprise in the litter box:(
MacKenzie: it was only a little bit off the tip of the tail. >^..^<