Hi. I’m Hannah.
The Mother of Cats has been really busy reading books and knitting lately, and she likes to go out on the catio so that is perfect for us. Mateo loves the grasshoppers, and I am a huge fan of the butterflies. The last couple of weeks have been just perfect until about a week ago when the Mother of Cats went off to her son’s for the night, and then they both came back over here with ALL OF HIS CATS!!!!!
Mateo vanished into the closet. Thanks for the backup, buddy. What a baby, right? We were pretty safe because the Mother of Cats put up a barrier at the top of the stairs to keep us safe, which was a good thing because those invading cats took over the whole house!!
Yep. Those kitties got the entire downstairs and THE CATIO while the Mother of Cats stayed upstairs mostly with us and knitted away on her new socks. It wasn’t all that bad, except for the little Siamese kitten who would run up the stairs and try to whap us through the gate every time he saw us. The Mother of Cats said that he was just trying to play, but it is kind of rude, whapping, don’t you think? Mateo certainly thought so!!
Anyway, lets get back to the knitting. Check out the finished socks.
The Mother of Cats is really happy with how the socks turned out. Let’s look at some of the details:
Do you see how thick and cushy the knitted fabric looks on the inside? This is one comfy sock! Look at how nice the afterthought heel is, and how about how the flowers pop out from the background on the outside of the sock? Seriously, this sock is nice! Even Mateo thinks so. (No, Mateo. You don’t get a knitted bunny made in this pattern…)
Back to the invading cats; look at how they acted on the catio!
Yep, that is one of our toys in the paws of THE MONSTER. The Mother of Cats had to move several of the plants, and the invaders even got to eat some of OUR TUNA!!!! They practically destroyed the downstairs cat tree, and whoo-boy, was there ever commotion going on down there every night! I think that a fly got into the house, and to be frank, that little Siamese kitten can practically fly… Just when I thought that the accumulating outrages would never end, the Mother of Cats left us Thursday night and drove to the airport to get her son back. Whew! As soon as he got back the Monster perked up and the kittens calmed down. Mateo even went through the barrier to play with everyone on the catio, but I stayed safely on my side of the gate. The next day all those furry invaders went home to their own catio and Mateo and I returned to bunnyland.
Today the Mother of Cats is back to knitting on her sweater, and before you know it she will have it done and we’ll be hunting for more yarn to play with. Life is good.
This is Hannah, signing off.
Notes from the Mother of Cats:
- The socks are the Pressed Flower Socks by Amy Cristoffers.
- The sweater that I’m working on is Alpine Bloom by Caitlin Hunter. I’m getting really close to finishing up the body of the sweater.
- My son was working at a convention for his company. That’s him on the right, talking to a customer/attendee. Oh, you can’t see him? Well, you get the idea: stand for hours and talk to conference attendees in a dimly lit and high tech environment.
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Boy, is theMoC’s son lucky to have a tame cat-sitter !!! Just as well, Hannah, that she doesn’t stay out so need to take you guys over there, eh ?!
But honestly, m’dear, those kitties are pretty cute – even you should kind of admit that ..
And, MoC, them socks is WUNDERBAR !! I’ve already sent another blogging friend a link to have a look at them, and she was absolutely rapt !!
Terrif 2S of your children on the catio – they are such beauties !!
I kind of a pushover as a kitty sitter, huh. We decided to bring them down to my place because I can’t really manage to drive up to his house daily, and it still isn’t a good idea to leave the kittens alone for more than a day. Those guys just vacuum down the food!!! It’s a little hard on Hannah and Mateo, but they all did better than I thought they would do. Yay!
I’m really pleased with the socks. I need nice warm socks, and they sure fit the bill!
Poor Hannah. How annoying those kittens must have been. Especially when they took over your catio. Just remember, you were once a kitten too. Tell MoC that her socks look absolutely divine. And don’t you dare snag them!
Hannah: she already took the socks away from me, and now she’s knitting a PICC line and she won’t let me chew on that yarn, either. I deserve pampering because… kittens!
I think that at some level Hannah was entertained by the kittens. 🙂 Still, she was glad to see them go!
OMG, Hannah’s eyes in the picture where she is occupying the high ground!
Hannah – you were very brave and very good during this difficult time. Hopefully now you have some tuna and some toys to make you feel better 🙂 Matteo too, especially after dealing with these invaders.
MoC, your new socks look great! very cushy and very lovely 🙂
She was brave! Okay, I did stack the deck by buying those plug-in pheromone infusers, but when you are dealing with a feline invasion all rules go out the window! Oh, they are letting me know that they need extra tuna!
LOL! Hey, whatever it takes 🙂
Well I don’t know how to comment on this tale of an invasion of the catio snatching kittens! It’s like a zombie apocalypse invasion, well done for making it through. Well done house for surviving 3 kittens and 2 cats!
I just vacuumed the house to remove all the debris from those kittens. They absolutely shredded a carpet-covered cat tree and there were little fluffs of carpet everywhere. And toys. And litter from the additional box that I put out for them. So much fun, kittens are, but then there is the chaos factor…
Wow! That sounds like a lot of excitement around the house. I’m glad everyone got a turn to enjoy the catio, at least!
It was a little crazy for sure!