06/02/2023 – Hello June 2nd

Olivia and her summer fruit © Colehauscats.com
Olivia and her summer fruit © Colehauscats.com

Hello June 2nd! Nice of you to come along. Please leave your extra hot days stowed away in a safe, horizonal position and thank you for choosing to do so.

Olivia would appreciate non-sweltering heat, as well as would the rest of us. This year, we’re already using our new-ish front heat-filtering blinds. May had five 90 degree (f) days, breaking another weather record, and sadly, making us believe this has become the new normal here. Those blinds have worked wonderfully so far and really cut down our interior temperature.

Olivia picks one from the herd © Colehauscats.com
Olivia picks one from the herd © Colehauscats.com

This month, Mom goes back to her regular work schedule, she’ll find time to repaint the living room ceiling, get her once every two year eye exam, and try to keep up with outdoor garden watering.

Dad will work with a new MS doctor, keep bills paid, help maintain some sense of organization inside here at home, and make sure all the Colehaus Cats get brushies, treats, and on-time breakfasts and dinners.

Meanwhile, Olivia will seek out any unwary fruit left out on the counter. She’ll carefully nudge one from the main herd*, and then . . .

Olivia sends a grape on its way © Colehauscats.com
Olivia sends a grape on its way © Colehauscats.com

. . . surely, you know where this is going.

*One grape was bruised in the making of this blog post. It couldn’t be helped (if you listen to Dad). The rest of the grape herd went about its business cautious, but intact. The bruised grape was picked up BEFORE it found itself under the refrigerator, gently washed (because the 5-second on-the-floor rule had lapsed), and promptly eaten.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2022 – No post
2021One Word Wednesday
2020 – No post
2019 – No post
2018 – No post
2017On Vacation
2016 – No post
2015Ruby Tuesday
2014ManCat Monday – Quint’s Spring Walk
2013 – No post
2012 – No post

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05/31/2023 – Bonkers

Pia and the pink plastic ring © Colehauscats.com
Pia and the pink plastic ring © Colehauscats.com

You know what drives Pia bonkers? A toy not in its proper place. Everyone knows toys belong all over the floor, under the couch, and under the refrigerator, or as Mom thinks, in the actual toy basket (that’s bonkers talk right there!).

So a toy on the bottom step? A singular toy, in this case, a pink plastic ring not on the floor? How could this ever happen? What’s this world coming to? Here, we thought all along it was the economy, politics, and whatnot that was wrong, wrong, wrong. But nope. It’s all about one rebellious toy rising up above all others onto a stair step. How dare this happen. Who can right this wrong? Who amongst us can make thi . . .

Pia to the rescue © Colehauscats.com
Pia to the rescue © Colehauscats.com
Pia fixes the world © Colehauscats.com
Pia fixes the world © Colehauscats.com

. . . ah, okay. Well, that was easy. Nevermind.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2022 – No post
2021 – No post
2020 – No post
2019 – No post
2018 – No post
2017Black & White Wednesday
2016 – No post
2015 – No post
2014 – No post
2013That Girl!
2012 – No post

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05/26/2023 – Surely, One of the Best Cats Ever

Perfect Olivia © Colehauscats.com
Perfect Olivia © Colehauscats.com

What can we say about Olivia that we haven’t already told you? She’s like, a perfect cat! She doesn’t get into fights or arguments, she always uses the litter box properly, and she rarely barfs – and when she does, she’s silent which could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on where you’re stepping and what’s on or off your feet.

Olivia keeping an eye on everything © Colehauscats.com
Olivia keeping an eye on everything © Colehauscats.com

She keeps an eye on things and lets us know when something isn’t right (or maybe when something isn’t up to her standards?), and sure, that means she tattles but really, that’s for everyone’s good in the long run.

Pretty Olivia © Colehauscats.com
Pretty Olivia © Colehauscats.com

She’s easy on the eyes and her fur is soft and so shiny. She’s always been our supermodel cat, keeping herself in top shape by not eating out much, watches those empty calories, does Pilates even though Cross-fit is currently much more in style, while at the same time, not making a big deal out of it meaning she doesn’t take photos of herself all the time. Then again, she’s not a YouTube influencer either and probably could be if she wanted to put forth the effort.

Good girl Olivia © Colehauscats.com
Good girl Olivia © Colehauscats.com

Olivia is more of a learner, a scholar, an academic personality. She enjoys listening to conversations and being read to. She likes fiction, mostly, Michener and Follett are current favorites, but a good non-fiction book about organization and motivation draws her in like nothing else.

And lately, she’s taken to softly asking either Mom or Dad to sit on the couch next to her sitting on a favorite pillow. It’s adorable and we always say yes, of course we’ll sit with you.

Clearly, all this makes Olivia one of the best cats ever!

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As tradition has it here at Colehaus, we’ll be away from blogging Monday, May 29 for the U.S. Memorial Day holiday. Mom will still be working and those extra holiday pay green papers will sure come in handy. Have a good weekend. See you Wednesday!

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2022 – No post
2021Not Quite Wordless Wednesday
2020 – No post
2019 – No post
2018 – No post
2017Patrol Sergeant to Love Bug
2016 – No post
2015Ruby Tuesday
2014Olivia’s Motivational Monday Report
2013 – No post
2012 – No post

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