Cats and Cookies

1... Look in cookbook for cookie recipe.
2.... Get cup of coffee.
3... Get cat off of cookbook.
4... Find that special recipe.
5... Get cat's nose out of coffee mug.
6... Go to fridge and get eggs.
7... Get dry ingredients from cupboard.
8... Break eggs in small bowl.
9... Sift dry ingredients into a large bowl.
10.. Answer the phone.
11.. Cat ate eggs; get more from fridge.
12.. Get cat out of flour bowl and dust cat off.
13.. Get Band-Aids for scratches on hands.
14.. Throw flour out and get more.
15.. Preheat oven for cookies.
16.. Glare at cat with desire to bake cat now.
17.. Watch cat run for cover into bathroom.
18.. Flour the counter to roll out cookie dough.
19.. Run to bathroom to investigate loud crashing sound.
20.. Cat has toilet paper all over floor and your personal bathroom things have been knocked over on top of the counter.
21.. Yell at cat. Cat falls in toilet bowl.
22.. Take cat out of toilet to dry cat off.
23.. Get bandages to cover more scratches on arms and legs.
24.. Clean up bathroom.
25.. Run to kitchen to see what cat is doing now.
26.. Get cat off floured counter in kitchen.
27.. Try to pick cat hairs out of flour.
28.. Step on cat's tail and get bitten in ankle.
29.. Get coat, car keys, cat, and drive to store to buy cookies.
30.. Squeeze cat through partially open window into a stranger's car at the store parking lot.
31.. Eat most of the cookies on the way home.
32.. Give the last cookie to the cat waiting at the front door as the cat has beaten you home.

Freedom (and Revenge)

I'm FREE! Released from my bondage, I can now roam again. The very first thing I wanted was to go outside...meow...meow. (I know if I keep doing this, someone will let me out!) Meow! At last, the portal opens! A quick move on my part, and...I'm out! Must check to see that nothing has changed. Run to the fence... Climb... Freedom! It feels so good to smell the airs and scents all around me. Back down again and I walk casually towards the house. (I must never appear anxious.) I sit for awhile. (Got to make them feel guilty about not letting me in.) Finally, one of the stupid dogs wants out. I act somewhat amused. Must never let on that I missed them. Min trys to lick me again. Yuck! If she only new how disguesting that is to a cat! I tolerate it only because of the debt I owe. She's actually not that bad, it's just her enthusiasm that gets to me. I stroll (not too fast) into the house. Jump on the counter and survey my domain. Ah, to rule the humans is always such a treat. Meow to Now... Lily =^-^=

Alone...and Caged!

I was crammed in the little box again. Thought I was going to get my nails trimmed again. Hate that, but I tolerate it for a short period of time.

But no, I arrive in a different place. Different sounds and smells. The box is opened. The nice lady takes me out. She is saying something to me and begins to cry. I comfort her by putting my head on her and rubbing. Why is she saying, I'll be back for you? Then, another lady takes me...she is taking me away from the nice lady. Why? Meow...why?

Cage! Don't like cages. Confinement reminds of when I was in the shelter before the nice man...Alan rescued me. I'm alone. Scared. Where's the nice lady? I meow. The lady that brought me in is saying something to me. I don't understand. Meow.

Wait! They are giving me my catnip and my cardboard toy. The nice lady brought it with her. This provides me some comfort.

There are other cats here too. Meow, Mow, Meeeeow, Grrrrr. Owwwww. Different "cat" languages and dialects. The Siamese is the most difficult to understand, but there's a Maine Coon Cat that has a very strange dialect. This keeps me amused. For awhile.

Still, it's lonely. Where's the nice lady? Will she come back?

The lights have dimmed now. More chatter from the other cats, but this leaves me depressed. I want my family back. I even miss the dogs.

Lonely and scared,
Lily (meow)