Tom's Catstag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-17346882010-03-09T17:11:25-05:00Am I still a "cat person"? And what does it mean to be a "cat person"? Garrison Keillor of A Prairie Home Companion has said "Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function." Will I become lazy? Will I be content, when I should be composing a blog post, to nap in a sunbeam? Will they accept me? I haven't thought much about that.TypePadtypepad/jegan414/toms_catshttp://feedburner.google.comBeginning tomorrow night it's just me and the cattag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451906869e20120a91c167d970b2010-03-09T17:11:25-05:002010-03-09T17:15:36-05:00The Cats know that something is up. Luggage has been packed and unpacked many times. Tom and Cheryl will be heading to Europe for a few weeks. I think they have been taking my measure, "sizing" me up, for the...Jack E
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<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Cats know that something is up. Luggage has been packed and unpacked many times. Tom and Cheryl will be heading to Europe for a few weeks. I think they have been taking my measure, "sizing" me up, for the last few days.<br></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Pepper and I get along. We should be fine</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">I think that Dusty is having some reservations. She's convinced that I don't know how to play cat games. Unless I am a fast learner, she may be very bored until Tom returns.
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<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Now what can you say about a cat that thinks that it's fun to walk around with a piece of plastic hanging out of his mouth? Cheryl has been getting up around 4:30 AM to row on the river. I had been waking up around 6:30 AM. I expect that all three cats will be banging on my bedroom door well before 6:00 AM, demanding to be fed. Our first test of wills.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">I'll keep you posted.</span></p>
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