CATS OVER COFFEE/ANTICS AND ATTITUDES

 "Sweetheart, we sure have learned some things from our cats!"

FIRST CUP OF COFFEE

To say or think that you own a cat is a total misnomer. They will let you believe that but only when it is to their benefit, and even then, only occasionally. "Yes, you own me. So it is ok to feed me every day. In addition, you can make available the entire house for me to roam, sleep, stalk, hang out, get high on catnip, and perform disappearing acts."

"Don't be alarmed when you can't find me. After all I am a house cat. I am in the house. I will come out and make an appearance when I feel like it."

Get the picture? My wife and I found out very early on that we don't own the cat. The cat owns us!

This is a universal truth. Even the most docile cat, the one who never flashes a paw or claws at anything can suddenly become truant and disappear to the point of frantic concern.

"Where is she?" "Where did you last see her?" "I just petted her this morning..."

So, you turn the house upside down trying to find her. You search under the beds, in the closets, by the water troughs, in the screened in room(which you built for the cat to have more space and put up more cat condos) to no avail.

Then, later, from around the corner she comes as if to say, "You guys sure did a lot of hollering and upsetting things around my house. Can't you just leave me in peace when napping?"

In any case, once again the lost is found. The prodigal cat has returned once again.

Bottom line, there is a huge ownership of homes and if the deeds were properly recorded they would read, "Property of" and then just insert the name of your resident cat or cats.