I just had a delicious breakfast a little while ago, but haven’t yet had my morning nap. I’m actually not all that tired, but I know I will be.
Mina and I have been wrestling quite a bit these days. Some days I don’t mind, but other days I guess I am a little cranky and would prefer not to wrestle with her. She is wiry and strong for her size (quite small), but I am bigger and heavier, so it’s a pretty even match. When I’m done, I just growl and she gets the idea pretty quickly. She learns fast.
A few days ago, Mom and Dad were sitting by the computer and he was playing with Mina, using the stick with the little pieces of cloth hanging on a string from the end. He then turned to me and I actually played with it. I don’t do the impossible acrobatic flips that Mina does, as I was lying down at the time, but it is the first time I have felt like playing for a long time. It felt good.
Mom keeps talking about jealousy between Mina and me. I know that every time I am sitting or lying next to or on either Mom or Dad, Mina will lie down somewhere that she can see us and we can see her. She will rest her head on her paws and just glare very angrily at us. I don’t know how she can justify being angry about that, since she is the interloper. What right does she have to be cuddled and petted by Mom and Dad? I get angry sometimes when I see her with them, because I should be there instead of her. I’m not jealous, though, only concerned with my rights. Mina is the one who is jealous, since she is obviously inferior to me. Mom tries to get both of us up in the comfy chair with her, but that’s just not acceptable to me. When Mina comes up, I go down. Just showing my displeasure with Mina’s company!
Mom and Dad have been watching all the news about something called Hurricane Irene. It would appear to be something worrisome and they are afraid that Mom’s daughter will suffer from it. What is it? Will it ever come to Phoenix? I hope not, because I don’t think I would like it at all. They said it will bring a lot of rain and maybe flooding. That definitely would not be fun. The only water I like is what is in our water bowl, and that comes from the refrigerator. I’ve seen water come from the sky (rain), and it’s most unpleasant. I always go into the house from the patio the instant it begins. Mom just laughs at me when I do that.
Mina has been watching television a lot lately. She will lie on the couch or on the comfy chair and stare intently at the television. She watches mostly when there are dogs or cats on the screen, but I’ve seen her watch humans, too. Maybe I will watch a little some time, as life occasionally gets a little boring around here. I think I know how to turn on the TV, so we could watch it while Mom and Dad are gone, too.
I think I mentioned before about Mina’s curiosity getting her into a little trouble. She has spent a night outside because of it, she has had things fall on her because of it, and a number of other things. I don’t think I ever said anything about what happened a little while ago. Mom was in the dining room reading or eating or something and Dad was upstairs working on the computer. Mina smelled something tasty in the kitchen, so she jumped up onto the counter and onto the thing they call a stove. They cook food on the stove, and sometimes they leave the pan sitting there after cooking. Well, Mina wanted to taste what was in the pan, but it was very hot and she got a little burn. Fortunately for her, she is pretty fast, so it didn’t really burn her, but she was not happy about it. She jumped down very quickly and I think she will stay away from the stove from now on.
I have been lying on the table in the dining room lately. Haven’t done that for a while. It is a nice view out the window. Sometimes both Mina and I are up on the table. Mom does not like it at all and makes us get down, but I take my time about it. After all, it is my house, too, why shouldn’t I be able to enjoy everything in it.
Well, I feel a nap overtaking me. I must go find a comfortable place to sleep.
Yours,
Apache
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Just We Two - Things
I just finished playing with a great toy! I’m not sure how to describe it, but it curves up on one side and down on the other. It has interesting things on it, too. It was lots of fun reaching under it and playing with the little ball that is attached to it. I can move it around on the floor, too, and that makes a nice noise. Mom heard it and came to see what I was doing. She didn’t yell at me or call me “bad girl,” so it must be okay to play with it. Maybe I’ll leave it alone for a while.
I’ve been noticing some things about Mom and Dad, well mostly Mom. Sometimes I see her without her clothes on, and she is really funny-looking. I was very surprised to see that she has only two milk holders. My feline mom had lots of them. Of course, just seeing the milk holders made me realize that probably human babies get their milk that way, just the way we felines do. I know that Miss Patchy has wondered sometimes about baby humans and whether they actually exist, since she has never seen one, but now I think I know that they do exist. Maybe some day she and I will get to see one. Of course, Miss Patchy has taught me to always leave the room and go sleep under the bed whenever the doorbell rings, so I guess if a baby human ever rang the doorbell we would never see it anyway. I must think about this for a while, as it is somewhat confusing.
I have been thinking lately about going back out onto the roof sometime. That scary experience was a while ago, and that was the first time I was ever scared out there. Maybe things are okay out there now. I will think about checking it out once again. Miss Patchy never goes out there, or maybe just a little way out. She would just rather lie down in the doorway and feel the air blow over her, or maybe see a little bit of sunshine. Now that it is hot out there, Mom and Dad never leave the door open, and there is a machine that makes a noise and blows cold air out of the walls. It’s a little scary, but Miss Patchy isn’t afraid of it, so I guess it’s okay. She says that every year when it gets hot outside the machine blows out cold air. Also, it blows warm air out when it is cold outside, but not very often. The cold air blows out all day long. It is on, then it is off, then it is on, and so on. I guess maybe it would be too hot in the house if the cold air didn’t blow out. Why is it hot outside sometimes, and sometimes cold outside? I don’t really understand it. There is another thing to think about. Is my little brain capable of thinking about all these things?
Here is another puzzle. Sometimes Mom and Dad talk to a little box that they hold up to their ears. What on earth is it and why do they talk to it? I think the box talks to them, too, because sometimes they are not saying anything and then they talk again, or laugh or something. Very odd! Maybe Miss Patchy and I can figure it out some day. They often leave their little boxes lying around on a table or the couch or something. Maybe she and I can investigate them and find out how to talk to it.
Speaking of puzzles, Mom did what she calls a puzzle. It was many, many pieces of cardboard on the dining room table. They had colors on them and looked like fun toys. I went up on the table and grabbed a piece and took it down on the floor with me. It had an unusual taste and I wanted to check it out some more, but Mom got mad and took it away from me. She was upset because I pulled a lot of pieces away from where she had put them and she had to put them all back. After that, she started putting a piece of cloth on top of the “puzzle” and put other stuff on top of the cloth so I couldn’t pull it off the table. Miss Patchy says that Mr. Cherokee always used to play with Mom’s puzzles, but he was lot stronger and bigger than I am and he would often take them apart. He also would sometimes pull the cloth off the puzzle. She said that Mom would get very mad at Mr. Cherokee, but he would just laugh. Miss Patchy said that she sometimes went up and checked out the puzzles, too. Somehow I just can’t imagine Miss Patchy doing anything wrong, although Mom has had to tell her not to scratch on the furniture a few times lately.
Dad vacuumed yesterday. I was curious about the vacuum cleaner when I came here, but Miss Patchy told me that I should stay away from it and go rest under the bed when they turn it on. I always go with her, but I think I would like to know more about it to see what it does and why they turn it on and rub it over the floor. Hm-m-m-m-m! A very curious thing!
Well, I hear my toys calling me so I must go and play with them. One can never have too much fun!
Regards,
Mina
I’ve been noticing some things about Mom and Dad, well mostly Mom. Sometimes I see her without her clothes on, and she is really funny-looking. I was very surprised to see that she has only two milk holders. My feline mom had lots of them. Of course, just seeing the milk holders made me realize that probably human babies get their milk that way, just the way we felines do. I know that Miss Patchy has wondered sometimes about baby humans and whether they actually exist, since she has never seen one, but now I think I know that they do exist. Maybe some day she and I will get to see one. Of course, Miss Patchy has taught me to always leave the room and go sleep under the bed whenever the doorbell rings, so I guess if a baby human ever rang the doorbell we would never see it anyway. I must think about this for a while, as it is somewhat confusing.
I have been thinking lately about going back out onto the roof sometime. That scary experience was a while ago, and that was the first time I was ever scared out there. Maybe things are okay out there now. I will think about checking it out once again. Miss Patchy never goes out there, or maybe just a little way out. She would just rather lie down in the doorway and feel the air blow over her, or maybe see a little bit of sunshine. Now that it is hot out there, Mom and Dad never leave the door open, and there is a machine that makes a noise and blows cold air out of the walls. It’s a little scary, but Miss Patchy isn’t afraid of it, so I guess it’s okay. She says that every year when it gets hot outside the machine blows out cold air. Also, it blows warm air out when it is cold outside, but not very often. The cold air blows out all day long. It is on, then it is off, then it is on, and so on. I guess maybe it would be too hot in the house if the cold air didn’t blow out. Why is it hot outside sometimes, and sometimes cold outside? I don’t really understand it. There is another thing to think about. Is my little brain capable of thinking about all these things?
Here is another puzzle. Sometimes Mom and Dad talk to a little box that they hold up to their ears. What on earth is it and why do they talk to it? I think the box talks to them, too, because sometimes they are not saying anything and then they talk again, or laugh or something. Very odd! Maybe Miss Patchy and I can figure it out some day. They often leave their little boxes lying around on a table or the couch or something. Maybe she and I can investigate them and find out how to talk to it.
Speaking of puzzles, Mom did what she calls a puzzle. It was many, many pieces of cardboard on the dining room table. They had colors on them and looked like fun toys. I went up on the table and grabbed a piece and took it down on the floor with me. It had an unusual taste and I wanted to check it out some more, but Mom got mad and took it away from me. She was upset because I pulled a lot of pieces away from where she had put them and she had to put them all back. After that, she started putting a piece of cloth on top of the “puzzle” and put other stuff on top of the cloth so I couldn’t pull it off the table. Miss Patchy says that Mr. Cherokee always used to play with Mom’s puzzles, but he was lot stronger and bigger than I am and he would often take them apart. He also would sometimes pull the cloth off the puzzle. She said that Mom would get very mad at Mr. Cherokee, but he would just laugh. Miss Patchy said that she sometimes went up and checked out the puzzles, too. Somehow I just can’t imagine Miss Patchy doing anything wrong, although Mom has had to tell her not to scratch on the furniture a few times lately.
Dad vacuumed yesterday. I was curious about the vacuum cleaner when I came here, but Miss Patchy told me that I should stay away from it and go rest under the bed when they turn it on. I always go with her, but I think I would like to know more about it to see what it does and why they turn it on and rub it over the floor. Hm-m-m-m-m! A very curious thing!
Well, I hear my toys calling me so I must go and play with them. One can never have too much fun!
Regards,
Mina
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Just We Two - Mina's Rebuttal
What fun! I’ve been lying on the table in the office, on the papers and things that are there. Before that, I was in a box on the table. The table is a really fun place, so many little things to scatter. There are lots of other things to do today, but I will get to them later. Just the other day, I scattered the bits of paper by the shredder. That is a lot of fun, too.
There are so many amusing things to do in the office. When I get a little tired, I jump up on the top of the computer desk. That means that I jump on the desk, then up on top of the monitor, and then up to the top, over the shelves and things. There are four pictures hanging on the wall over the computer desk. Mom says they are pictures of her, her two sisters, and her brother. I like to play with her brother’s picture, which is hanging just over where I like to lie down. Mom used to straighten it up every time I made it crooked, but now she just leaves it the way it is. She’s just no fun at all. It was a great game.
Just the other day, we were all on the couch, watching a movie. I was up on the top of the back cushions and Mom was lying down next to Dad. I got tired of the movie, so I jumped down hard on her stomach. I don’t know why, but she didn’t find that as much fun as I did. Yesterday we watched a movie. Mom said it was called “Lady and the Tramp.” I watched a lot of it, because there were lots of dogs in it and sometimes they barked. It’s kind of silly to make a movie about dogs, since felines are much more interesting. I guess everyone likes different things in life. Mom says that a lot of people have dogs, and I do hear them barking sometimes. Felines are so much quieter and, I think, better behaved, although I really haven’t known any dogs.
I haven’t gone out on the roof since my scary experience. I’m not sure I will go out there again. Mom keeps telling me now that it’s very hot out there and I wouldn’t like it anyway. It’s hot in the garage, too, so I never like to stay out there for very long. The patio is pretty hot, too, but there is shade, and sometimes the air moves a little bit. We go out there only in the morning. Mom says that is before it gets really hot out there. We’ve been out there a few times lately, because Mom thinks maybe her purple lilac vine has died. I’m not sure what that is, but she is sad about it. She has given it water a few times, and even what she calls food, but she thinks it is gone. That makes her sad, so I am sad, too. Poor purple lilac vine!
Miss Patchy thinks it’s odd that I lie down with her for a nap, but keep my eyes open. Who wouldn’t? It is boring! Somehow she can just lie there sleeping, for hours and hours. A lot of the time, she sleeps under Mom and Dad’s bed. Another boring place! Sometimes I like to sleep in the water box. Mom and Dad buy bottles of water and keep the packages on the floor in the dining room. When some of the bottles have been taken out, I like to crawl in there. I chew on the plastic covering for a while and then sometimes I sleep. The water packages are kept right under the window, which is another fun thing to do. I like to get up on the window sill and look out. Sometimes those buzz birds come near and tease me. Ooooh! Would I love to get my paws on one of those!
The other day, Mom was going out on the patio, and I rushed to go out as soon as she opened the door. I bounced right back! I could feel the hot air coming through, and the sounds of the outside were coming through, and I could see out, but I couldn’t get through. Mom laughed and said I had to wait until she opened the screen. Oh! Not sure what it is exactly, but now I know to watch for it. I didn’t realize it was there, since I could see through it. If I look closely, though, I can see it. Sometimes humans have funny things. I will have to learn more about these screens. It was kind of an embarrassing moment.
Well, I think I see some things that need to be played with, so I will end for now, but I will be back.
Regards,
Mina
There are so many amusing things to do in the office. When I get a little tired, I jump up on the top of the computer desk. That means that I jump on the desk, then up on top of the monitor, and then up to the top, over the shelves and things. There are four pictures hanging on the wall over the computer desk. Mom says they are pictures of her, her two sisters, and her brother. I like to play with her brother’s picture, which is hanging just over where I like to lie down. Mom used to straighten it up every time I made it crooked, but now she just leaves it the way it is. She’s just no fun at all. It was a great game.
Just the other day, we were all on the couch, watching a movie. I was up on the top of the back cushions and Mom was lying down next to Dad. I got tired of the movie, so I jumped down hard on her stomach. I don’t know why, but she didn’t find that as much fun as I did. Yesterday we watched a movie. Mom said it was called “Lady and the Tramp.” I watched a lot of it, because there were lots of dogs in it and sometimes they barked. It’s kind of silly to make a movie about dogs, since felines are much more interesting. I guess everyone likes different things in life. Mom says that a lot of people have dogs, and I do hear them barking sometimes. Felines are so much quieter and, I think, better behaved, although I really haven’t known any dogs.
I haven’t gone out on the roof since my scary experience. I’m not sure I will go out there again. Mom keeps telling me now that it’s very hot out there and I wouldn’t like it anyway. It’s hot in the garage, too, so I never like to stay out there for very long. The patio is pretty hot, too, but there is shade, and sometimes the air moves a little bit. We go out there only in the morning. Mom says that is before it gets really hot out there. We’ve been out there a few times lately, because Mom thinks maybe her purple lilac vine has died. I’m not sure what that is, but she is sad about it. She has given it water a few times, and even what she calls food, but she thinks it is gone. That makes her sad, so I am sad, too. Poor purple lilac vine!
Miss Patchy thinks it’s odd that I lie down with her for a nap, but keep my eyes open. Who wouldn’t? It is boring! Somehow she can just lie there sleeping, for hours and hours. A lot of the time, she sleeps under Mom and Dad’s bed. Another boring place! Sometimes I like to sleep in the water box. Mom and Dad buy bottles of water and keep the packages on the floor in the dining room. When some of the bottles have been taken out, I like to crawl in there. I chew on the plastic covering for a while and then sometimes I sleep. The water packages are kept right under the window, which is another fun thing to do. I like to get up on the window sill and look out. Sometimes those buzz birds come near and tease me. Ooooh! Would I love to get my paws on one of those!
The other day, Mom was going out on the patio, and I rushed to go out as soon as she opened the door. I bounced right back! I could feel the hot air coming through, and the sounds of the outside were coming through, and I could see out, but I couldn’t get through. Mom laughed and said I had to wait until she opened the screen. Oh! Not sure what it is exactly, but now I know to watch for it. I didn’t realize it was there, since I could see through it. If I look closely, though, I can see it. Sometimes humans have funny things. I will have to learn more about these screens. It was kind of an embarrassing moment.
Well, I think I see some things that need to be played with, so I will end for now, but I will be back.
Regards,
Mina
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Just We Two - Mina Has a Lot to Learn
Well, I’ve had a nice nap and I’m ready to rumble, as I’ve heard humans say. I’ve heard it on the TV. I’m not sure exactly what it means, but it sounds good.
Speaking of rumbling, Mina was out on the roof a while ago, and she got very scared, as I think she wrote in her last blog. Of course, it was thunder and lightning and wind that she experienced. She was extremely frightened. Ha! Ha! She is so curious and nosy, it serves her right. However, she keeps on being curious and nosy, no matter what happens. She usually learns from her experiences, so all is not lost, but she makes me laugh a lot.
Lately, I have been feeling pretty good. What a nice change from before! Mom has noticed it, too, and claims that I have lost weight, as well. That’s really good news. She says that my face is thinner and I’m looking very good. Mina just thinks I look old, no matter what. Just wait until she is my age! She has been jumping at me a lot lately, and starting fights. We wrestle a lot, but I always win, since she is very small and I am not so small. Sometimes she keeps it up long after I’m tired of it. That’s when I get mad and growl and hiss at her. It takes her a little while, but she usually realizes that it’s time to quit.
When I lie down for a nap, Mina usually comes with me, but Mom has noticed that quite often Mina is lying there with her eyes open, looking bored. Silly girl! She just doesn’t know what is good for her. One can never get enough sleep. Or enough good food, although I haven’t been eating as much as before. I think Mom is giving us a little less food, and I just don’t seem to be that hungry these days. Maybe the food Mom makes for us is a little more satisfying. The first time she made food for us, we didn’t like it an awful lot, as I mentioned previously, but this second batch is very good. Mom always gives me a little bit of yogurt with my meal. At first, I didn’t like it at all, and Mina won’t touch it, but I do eat it now, although I usually leave it for last.
Mom has made up some new names for us. She calls me Queen Patchy and she calls Mina Princess Mina. She uses those names only sometimes, but I rather like mine. It makes me feel very regal, I think is the word I want. Mina doesn’t care one way or the other. Pretty much all she’s interested in is her toys. I keep reminding her that they are actually Cherokee’s toys (most of them, anyway), but she doesn’t care. She thinks she would have liked to know Cherokee, but, of course, that will never be. I still miss him so much, but I am not as sad as I was before. I guess that’s good, but I don’t ever want to forget my precious brother. Perhaps when my time comes, Mina will miss me.
Mom and Dad are now talking about moving somewhere. They say that the economy is so bad that they just don’t know what they will do. Dad has not been able to find a job – any job, and Mom is really worried about money. I never worry about money. I’m not even sure what it is for, but Mom and Dad say they never have enough of it. As long as I have a home and food, I’m not worried about anything. Mom says she has meat in the freezer that she will cook for us soon, since the second batch of food is getting low. That makes me happy, because I know that we will be eating well for a long time.
I wish this “bad economy” would go away, since it is making Mom and Dad unhappy and worried. I don’t know what it is, so I don’t know what it looks like, but if I ever find out and see it somewhere, I will growl and hiss at it, bite it and scratch it and make it go away. Then we can all be happy once more. One can never overrate happiness. It is a wonderful way of life. I can never get enough of it. Food makes me happy, Mom and Dad make me happy, naps make me happy. What more could there be to life?
Well, all this worry on Mom and Dad’s part is making me very tired. I think maybe a nap would do wonders for this problem. Maybe Mom and Dad should do more of it. That’s it for now.
Yours,
Apache
Speaking of rumbling, Mina was out on the roof a while ago, and she got very scared, as I think she wrote in her last blog. Of course, it was thunder and lightning and wind that she experienced. She was extremely frightened. Ha! Ha! She is so curious and nosy, it serves her right. However, she keeps on being curious and nosy, no matter what happens. She usually learns from her experiences, so all is not lost, but she makes me laugh a lot.
Lately, I have been feeling pretty good. What a nice change from before! Mom has noticed it, too, and claims that I have lost weight, as well. That’s really good news. She says that my face is thinner and I’m looking very good. Mina just thinks I look old, no matter what. Just wait until she is my age! She has been jumping at me a lot lately, and starting fights. We wrestle a lot, but I always win, since she is very small and I am not so small. Sometimes she keeps it up long after I’m tired of it. That’s when I get mad and growl and hiss at her. It takes her a little while, but she usually realizes that it’s time to quit.
When I lie down for a nap, Mina usually comes with me, but Mom has noticed that quite often Mina is lying there with her eyes open, looking bored. Silly girl! She just doesn’t know what is good for her. One can never get enough sleep. Or enough good food, although I haven’t been eating as much as before. I think Mom is giving us a little less food, and I just don’t seem to be that hungry these days. Maybe the food Mom makes for us is a little more satisfying. The first time she made food for us, we didn’t like it an awful lot, as I mentioned previously, but this second batch is very good. Mom always gives me a little bit of yogurt with my meal. At first, I didn’t like it at all, and Mina won’t touch it, but I do eat it now, although I usually leave it for last.
Mom has made up some new names for us. She calls me Queen Patchy and she calls Mina Princess Mina. She uses those names only sometimes, but I rather like mine. It makes me feel very regal, I think is the word I want. Mina doesn’t care one way or the other. Pretty much all she’s interested in is her toys. I keep reminding her that they are actually Cherokee’s toys (most of them, anyway), but she doesn’t care. She thinks she would have liked to know Cherokee, but, of course, that will never be. I still miss him so much, but I am not as sad as I was before. I guess that’s good, but I don’t ever want to forget my precious brother. Perhaps when my time comes, Mina will miss me.
Mom and Dad are now talking about moving somewhere. They say that the economy is so bad that they just don’t know what they will do. Dad has not been able to find a job – any job, and Mom is really worried about money. I never worry about money. I’m not even sure what it is for, but Mom and Dad say they never have enough of it. As long as I have a home and food, I’m not worried about anything. Mom says she has meat in the freezer that she will cook for us soon, since the second batch of food is getting low. That makes me happy, because I know that we will be eating well for a long time.
I wish this “bad economy” would go away, since it is making Mom and Dad unhappy and worried. I don’t know what it is, so I don’t know what it looks like, but if I ever find out and see it somewhere, I will growl and hiss at it, bite it and scratch it and make it go away. Then we can all be happy once more. One can never overrate happiness. It is a wonderful way of life. I can never get enough of it. Food makes me happy, Mom and Dad make me happy, naps make me happy. What more could there be to life?
Well, all this worry on Mom and Dad’s part is making me very tired. I think maybe a nap would do wonders for this problem. Maybe Mom and Dad should do more of it. That’s it for now.
Yours,
Apache
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