Minkee Monday

I swear this cat must be reverting back to a kitten. She has been "discovering" all sorts of new places to sit. This one kills me cause I can't figure out how she got in that space!

Minkee Monday

I have had this unfinished quilt on the floor behind my sewing machine for weeks waiting for a binding......Ms. Minkee made herself a little nest!

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I think it's funny how she finds that most obscure places to sleep!

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Not being cat people...ahem....we are always surprised by the funny things this silly cat does. You daresn't leave a chair for a second or you have an instant seat cushion! She loves to sit at the kitchen table with us during dinner. Poor DH got up to get a napkin and was greeted by this at his return.








Like a small child, only a face a mother could love and INSIST on showing off!! LOL!! Thanks for indulging me with these Minkee Monday posts. They soooo amuse me.

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I have no clue what she was digging for in this pail. She went at it for about 10 minutes though!

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DH is NOT a cat lover. DH is NOT a cat lover! DH is NOT a cat lover?????? Hmmmm....let's review. Find original evidence here. Ok, I'll give it to him. DH is not a cat lover. DH is a Minkee lover!!!!! BUT, BUT, BUT, she seems to be converting him! LOL!

Last week we had torrential rains and flooding. Just as we left for work on Monday, the skies re-opened and it was a downpour. That night, well into the evening, DH looked at me and said, "There was a little cat in the middle of the freeway." Pause. "It was just sitting there soaking wet." Paauuse. "There was so much traffic and it was pouring. I couldn't just stop in the middle of the freeway. The poor thing was just sitting there." Pause. "The rain was just coming down and there were cars on both sides of me. The traffic was heavy. It was just soaking wet." PAUSE. ........ "I had to drive over it. Neither my tires or the bottom of the car hit it but......" (Now I realize that NOT hitting an animal is not a reason to be called an animal lover, that's just being a decent, caring human being. It's what happened next that is the amazing part.) I looked at him and said, "Awwww, too bad you couldn't stop a get it, Minkee would love a friend to live with her." He didn't even balk!

Hopefully that poor little kitty made it's way out of the middle lane of the freeway. But I have a feeling that the next little orphan Mr. DH sees, will be coming home in his pocket! I don't know how in the world we'll ever explain that one to the girls.

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This is what we see when we sit down to dinner...... cracks me up every time!!!!!!

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This is the 2nd pair that has fallen into the Minkee trap. The first was DH's. This set is mine...Need I say more?

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I was once again fiddling around with my camera. I used the cat as my subject.

The Aloof Look

Doubling as a rabbit? Mouse?



Curiosity close up!




Sepia Tones.....




I'm ignoring you!






Just cute!



close-up....interesting how I managed to NOT have red eyes...I don't know what settings I used!



I've about had enouuuuggghhh...zzzzzzzzzzz

I'm OUTTA HERE!

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I just don't know.........she dances to the beat of a different drummer......

Minkee Monday

I was organizing my charity fabric. I filled this tub with strips and instantly had a friend "helping" me. The pictures tell the story!

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I stand up....she sits down. I can be gone for one minute or an hour and she is in my chair!
Her new favorite hangout. ....an old computer shelf waiting to go to goodwill....

Minkee vs. Grrr

This has been an eventful week in the life of poor little Minkee. Grrr...loves to chase and YAP at her. She doesn't appreciate it. For the first time I hear/see a cat hiss. Of course she ran into a corner before hissing....big, brave hunter! She was relinquished to the sewing room behind a 4 ft. table barrier. Here is how our week has gone. Put Minkee in the sewing room, block entrance, let dogs out of the kitchen. Let dogs outside, unblock Minkee....she stalks/slinks into the livingroom and takes up refuge...hiding really untill the dogs come back in. Dogs in, Minkee in sewing room. Here she is on the lookout for yappers

She fell asleep defending her area!!!

It's really pitiful because Grr took her favorite spot.

We have had quite a few standoffs at the barrier....Grrr trying to find a way in, Minkee crouching down ready to pounce. I saw Minkee on her hind legs like a bunny looking over the barrier and Grrrr the same. Usually they just stand there for a while and then go lay down. I'm really looking forward to Sunday. I'll be exchanging two dogs for one niece. At least she pottys on her own!

Pets......uhm ...granddoggies

My daughter is the keeper of ugly dogs. There. I said it out loud.

In all fairness, I've said it before, I am NOT an animal lover. Sure puppies and bunnies are cute, but they grow up and become nuisances. Animals in the wild are so cool but in my house.....too much bother. How do I put up with Minkee you wonder? Well, I don't exactly know but she is the exception to the "I don't like animals" rule. Now before you get all judgemental on me have a look for yourselves. I challenge you to look and not laugh out loud!

This dog, has a name that sounds as silly as he looks, is Grrrr. Yes, you read it, Mrs. S named her dog a sound! He is spastic, and has an underbite....on half of his jaw!!! Half of his teeth always hang out. Plus he likes to yap! Oh, he doesn't yap at just anything. He yaps at Minkee, the cat. More on him later.

Can you even tell that this is a dog?????????????????????When he lays on my brown rug, you can't even find him!

I don't know what he looks like...a fluffy, outerspace critter or something. This dog is neurotic, allergic, has skin conditions and oh did I mention, is blind. Yes, you read it correctly he is blind.

This is the reason they are here instead of a kennel. Mrs. S didn't want him to have the stress of a kennel. (this I understand. It really would have been unfair for this poor neurotic thing to be stuck in a cage.) His name is Bob, short for SpongeBob. Bob runs into things. You have to stand just so on the patio to call him in or he will run into the back of the door again and again and again. At one point the barrier I was climbing over (to keep Grrrr from yapping at Minkee) fell. I jumped a mile to keep from falling myself, Grrr took off like the devil and Bob ran smack dab into the wall! I swear the poor thing was shaking his head while the stars circled him. On Tuesday, he decided he loved us so much he wanted to give us gifts. He decorated our carpet. With what you say? Use your imagination. Luckily I was sitting right there. I thought maybe he had a stomach thing going but no, that was not the problem. He was collecting the little presents for us in the fur on his backside!!!!!! G-ROSS! This warranted a bath....DH holding him and me with gloves, soap and scissors invading his backside!!!! It was gross, smelly (wet dog with a skin condition), disgusting and OH SO MUCH FUN!! I told Mrs. S that I was going to bathe him and what does she tell me, the pet lover? "Oh, mom. I blow dry him so that his skin conditions don't act up.But I won't hold you to my standard!" You have got to be kidding me!!!! I don't even blow dry my own hair most days! As it turned out I only washed half of him. I couldn't figure out what to do with his face. Mostly I can't find his face!!

Today we have a viable truce between cat and dogs, no presents and the yapping is minimal. We only have 3 more days of this juggling cats and dogs (more on that tomorrow). I keep telling Mrs. S that I will wait and get her back when I am old.....and drool.

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Poor thing doesn't like the cage. She meows like a baby...it's so pitiful. I called Mrs. S and she thought I had a baby in the car! Ms. Minkee was only off to have a "pedicure." I had to break down and pay someone as I couldn't corral a friend to cut her nails and they were LONG! It makes me nauseous to cut nails!!

My machine Does have an ON button!

Edit! I photographed all of my pillowcases UPSIDE DOWN! SHEESH!

If you remember correctly, DH, ahem.... hates cats..... Naturally, I had to play on this uhmm...hatred. Yeah, that's what he claims it is... hatred. I got these silly fabrics at Joanns. They are Robert Kaufman and I got them on clearance for under $4/yard! Ever since we got Minkee, DH has been saying things like "Your riffin' raffin' cat," or "I hate cats! " ect. At the same time, he worries incessantly about the doors being open too long, the blinds being down too late in the morning, ect, ect, ect. You get the picture. Big man of the house can't be in love with the widdle bitty fwuffy kitty! So, when I saw this fabric I HAD to buy it. He was out of town while I made them. He cracked up when he finally saw them. Even his body pillow matches! He calls me the cat lady.....WE know better! Cat Man should be HIS new pseudonym!

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It's the paw reaching out over the arm of the chair that cracks me up. Who woulda thunk it that this little annoying, noisy, wake us up at 5 am, creature would have captured us so completely?!

(that is my double delight, cowboy quilt in the background)

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This is one silly, schedule oriented cat! Every night DH comes home from work and has a cigar on the patio. The cat likes to join him. I think she feels like she is free! It is actually rather sad to see her watching the birds and squirrels. However, as soon as he gets in door she runs to the patio door and waits.
Here she is looking at him like "Hey! What takes you so long buster? Leave in the contacts, the heck with charging your phone, we need to get outside!" Sometimes, if he takes too long, she will meow at him in frustration.