- I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that our two weeks of glorious sunshine have given way to a week (so far) of clouds and rain.
- I miss the sun.
- The snow is mostly gone, since it’s also been unseasonably warm.
- I think I’m preparing for the start of Daylight Savings Time this weekend by already feeling tired.
- Ok, I’m back. The previous reminded me that some of contests from yesterday’s linkity post actually end in EDT/CDT instead of EST/CST. All fixed now.
- I have started a new pair of socks.
- I’m already past the heel and into the leg on the first sock!
- Too bad my sister-in-law’s birthday is tomorrow and I’m sure she really wants two completed socks instead of one sock, 2/3 done.
- Earlier this week, I was sitting innocently on my couch, type typing away on my laptop when a yowling black blur of stench hurtled past me and shit-o-caust arrived in my living room.
- *blink blink*
- What caused this most horrible and inauspicious event?
- Chaos exiting the litterbox at high speed with poop attached to his butt by one of my hairs that he’d consumed.
- He was, apparently, fleeing in terror from the poop chasing him.
- I must have missed the chapter in the cat owner’s manual where it prepared you to have to chase down your pet as he fled from his own poop, hold him down, and clean his butt with toilet paper.
- Because? I’m pretty sure I’d have remembered that chapter.
“Have no doubt that I will get you for sharing that, Mom. And also? It never happened.” -Chaos
On the bright side, the sun will come back. Here, however, we’re heading into winter and the sun will be around less…although not as bad when I lived in the UK 🙂
Poor Chaos *hugs* And Chris…I hope Chaos wasn’t spreading his…um…problem while rampaging…
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She doesn’t want one 2/3 done sock? Whyever not? 🙂
The things we do for our pets…I hope you both recovered from the traumatic experience!
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What? No skid marks? 😉
Aw man, is it DST already??!
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There was nothing in the baby manual about your beautiful little angel barfing all over her bed and your hands and peeing on your shoe en route to the baby bath, either. I think I would have remembered that chapter as well.
What is this “sun” for which you pine?
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LOL…the things we do for our pets!!
Speaking of socks, I had a dog that once ate a sock, and it tried to come out the other end…talk about freaking out an animal 😉 Thankfully cats are more refined than to do that 😉
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What a frightening experience for Chaos. To bad kitties have to endure such indignities…er, I mean nightmares Chris, too).
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Chaos- Of course it never happened. What can Chris be thinking?
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OMG. I’m killing myself.
We had to give up tinsel on our Christmas tree because we were finding poop garlands connected with shiny silver. Luckily it didn’t freak them out though.
Oh noooo! LOL. I guess if we really loved our cats, we would keep our hair short so that this would never happen.
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Oh, terd-in-the-butt sucks. We used to call Shelli “poo foot” b/c she had a parasite when we got her that caused her to have diahrreah and got it on her feet. She jumped up on Joey to give him loves and got poo on his shirt.
Poo-stuck-to-the-butt incidences have left us finding a terd on the ottoman and on the windowsill in her room. It’s like a joke in our house now;).
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OK so you started my Friday just perfect. Figured I would share my own animal poop story. My boyfried at the time came in on a Sunday morning, before church to eat and whatever, I had a bird that we called the super shooter, said BF gave said Bird a treat before first POO and super shooter shot him. It was the funniest thing ever, he then married me, so it could not have been so bad.
At least you managed to chase down the poop before Chaos decided to wipe it off himself on one of your carpets/towels/favorite-items-of-clothing…
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Marsha: Ummm… Actually, I just haven’t recovered from that part of the trauma…
Sorry, but I’m laughing at the image. Hope you enjoy a great weekend.
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Those poop situations do really, really suck. Really.
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Thank you. My early morning laugh. One of the many many joys of pet ownership. And, Chaos does look duly offended;-D
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good luck with the socks….and the Poop That Never Happened. LOL
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Poor boy! My SIL’s boxer once got into the trash after I’d fried eggplants and ate all the greasy paper towels…. It was a similar scene the next morning. And I have the photographic evidence, SIL all dressed up for her daughter’s 1st communion, plastic bag covered arm, trying to help the “issue”.
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LOL – that pic of Chaos says it all.
I am DREADING DST. Of course it happens during March Break, when my kids will be good n’ cranky on my time.
“fleeing in terror from the poop chasing him”
Hahahahahahahahaha!
Ahem. Sorry. I hope you’re all over the trauma.
oh yes, i’ve seen that same thing recently too. my cat bowie, loves balloon ribbons. it turns her into a shit pinata
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If I had a nickle for every time I had to clean cat poop outside the litterbox – I’d have at least a $1.50. Jack is litterbox challenged.
We have that episode at least once a week with Django! The dog won’t stop consuming cloth. Seriously he’s eaten about 10% of our bedspread. Of course we don’t ever have to chase him down, because when ever he has poop still attached he comes running in like a bat out of hell finds me and jumps on me. This happened again last night at 11:00 p.m. So I have to hold him down while Nick cleans the poop. Ahhhh the things we put up with to be loved by our pets.
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ha ha ha!! It might’ve been in the basement black cat owners manual that they forget to give us, b/c i’ve had to perform that operation more times than I’d like to admit. I even own a pair of snub nosed scissors JUST for that auspicious occasion.
Okay, why does the term sh*t & giggles ring in my ears…
On the downlow Chaos… puppies do that too.
Hope you are enjoying your day Chris!
Yea – we had that happen occasionally, but with rubber bands. The cat loved rubber bands.
Is nothing sacred….. Does mommy need to let it all hang out..
Chaos, I feel your pain…
I really do…
E.H>
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I think that whole poop story was just to distract us from the fact that there was knitting content in this post.
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ROFL!!! Poor Chaos. Luckily my Kitty goes outside since I’m sure it’s probably happened to her too, what with three of us having long hair at one time or another.
I feel your pain about the weather. It’s been raining here the past two days, yuk!
Wow. I am trying not to giggle. Our kitty used to play with rubber bands (and by used to, I mean would if we put any of them in an accessible location), and we were afraid she was eating them. We spent a bit of time box watching, but at least she never came tearing through the house with poo flying like a kite from her butt.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Poor Chaos, how humiliating. 🙂
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Poor Chaos. One of our pups mamanaged to swallow about a yard of yarn once, and there was a similar reaction when it started to pass. There he was running up and down the hall (fortunately he was peenned at the time) with the poop trailing about a foot behind at the end of the yarn like a demented pull-toy. Add the sound track of YI YI YI YI YI to get the whole effect.
Oh my!
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It could be worse. At least Chaos might learn to never eat your hairs again. My mom’s cat is a longhair… which means that he either needs to get his butt-fur trimmed, or we have episodes of cat-chased-by-poop fairly regularly… And neither of those options are pleasant.
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ROTFLMAO! You must add an addendum to the Cat Owner’s Manual!!! Bwaaa-haaa! Put a chapter in there about newt licking too!
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..ok now I feel a bit sick, I got poop on my brain
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The same thing can happen when Cat Eats Yarn. Or Cat Eats Tinsel From Tree. Just sayin’…
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I like having more light in the evening, and I wish all year were DST. The switch is killer, and I think daylight is wasted in the morning.
I hope all of you have recovered from the trauma that may or may not have happened. Would it have been worse hacked up as a big hairball?
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Yeah, that definitely wasn’t in the adoption paperwork I filled out. Because if it were, I not only would have had to put my head between my knees (which I did due to anxiety) I would have passed out.
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oh noes! That is not funny, I dod not laugh
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Should try it with long haired cats!
ROTFL!! Hey Katie races through the house after using the litter box, without the poop chasing her though. But then I’d probably race through the house if I were being chased by poop too.
I remember Christmas as a kid, back when we had tinsel on the tree. …Same thing happens.
Oh no, Daylight Savings Time.
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At least I just have to deal with the dog who eats crayons. We find him too often walking around with a crayon sticking out of his mouth like a dangling cigarette. I think the wax in them acts like a “digestive aid” and keeps him regular. It makes for colorful poop, though!
I take it from your sock progress that your socks are toe up?
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Chris – I’m sorry, I tried to catch up but then I saw that dreaded phrase Daylight Saving Time and my blood froze. Gah. It’s this weekend, isn’t it?
If you want sun, come here. Well, not today, it’s raining, but normally. ;_)
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What CAN I say except ROFLMAO!?!
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We call them “klingons” at my house. Luckily, only Phoebe gets them cuz her fur’s so long. But it’s also harder to clean because she’ll butt scoot the second she’s out of the box. Scissors are usually required.
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OMG, Chris! I think liquid flew out of my nose while reading that. Too funny. And I can laugh about it because it’s happened to me too. Cleaning up your cat like that definitely proves your devotion.
I’ve had to wipe poop off of my cat too. Why are they so afraid of their own poop, besides the smell? That was so funny.
LOL! Poor sis-n-law. ::still giggling::
And now I’m LMAO at your poop-o-tastic experience…that’s happened with my dog. Same exact thing, except he came in from outside and proceeded to drag his butt across the floor… ::now roaring with laughter:: because I can sympathize. Totally!
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Ah, the poop garland…there’s nothing like it.
Rowan thinks eating anything stringy is a great idea…my hair, yarn, embroidery floss, sewing thread. I’m painfully familiar with the horror.
Kids are the same way. When my youngest was a toddler, he used to try to run away from his puke when he got sick. It never worked out well for either of us.