09/12/2022 – Patience

Patient Pia © Colehauscats.com
Patient Pia © Colehauscats.com

Unlike her brother Quint, Pia has patience when it comes to some disruption in her routine. She’s come to accept Mom isn’t available to sit on the couch with her to watch the sun come up on Mom’s work days. And on Mom’s off days, Pia lets Mom know if it’s taking too long to settle in on the couch. That’s Pia’s version of patience and she’ll elaborate if you ask for details.

Not patient Olivia © Colehauscats.com
Not patient Olivia © Colehauscats.com

Olivia, on the other paw, flip-flops on the whole patience thing. She will calmly, and at great length, show you the various arts of being stealthy, but sit down with a croissant or a spoonful of non-dairy ice cream, and she’ll shred your leg forcing you to let her have a sniff. Or a lick, not once but until that tasty treat is completely gone AND she’s truly convinced of that. Thankfully, we rarely have either croissants or ice cream, dairy or non, in the house, so our legs are reasonably safe. Olivia would just like everyone to know she’s on high alert for such treats, and in the meantime, quietly and in an out-of-the way spot, she patiently keeps her claws well groomed and prepared.

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Is this bathroom rebuilding week? Only an Amazon delivery person knows for sure.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2021 – No post
2020 – No post
2019 – No post
2018Wordless Wednesday
2017 – No post
2016Monday’s Important Announcement
2015 – No post
2014Quint’s CB Calendar Day
2013 – No post
2012Meet the Visitors – Hummingbird Flowers

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09/09/2022 – Cats Who Sing, Late Summer Edition

Olivia sings © Colehauscats.com
Olivia sings © Colehauscats.com

I love to SING!
No one knows it’s my THING!
For any reason, for anything,
like my favorite spot, here I go now!
And you probably thought, somehow, I’d only meow.

Olivia sings louder © Colehauscats.com

MEOW!

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2021 – No post
2020Our Summer Vacation
2019Monday Mischief
2018 – No post
2017 – No post
2016Friday Fiction
2015Wordless Wednesday
2014 – No post
2013Fruit Cats
2012 – No post

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09/07/2022 – Nope

Mad Tessa © Colehauscats.com
Mad Tessa © Colehauscats.com

We choose not to get into politics here, or in outside life for the most part. We’ve lost friends and family to division and Mom is feeling sad that she may have lost another. And for what? Nothing important, really.

During a phone call, when asked about last weekend’s U.S. Labor Day holiday, Mom mentioned in passing she didn’t barbeque last weekend because 1) we don’t want to own a grill, and 2) she had to work.

Mom was told to “get over” having to work Labor Day weekend, that “that’s what you signed up for when you decided not to go to college to get a real job.”

Ouch.

Not everyone has an opportunity to go to college. At age 15, Mom helped support her family by working her first job in retail, and continued doing so into adulthood. Dad was sent to computer trade school in another state for one semester before discovering a family member had stolen his entire college fund. He was then forbidden to return home, his family siding with the thief.

So, Mr. High and Mighty on the phone, glad to hear you had a great holiday weekend grilling this and that, and have a wonderful life. That’s not sarcasm. We’re really happy for you. But nope, we’re not going to get into this. And with that, we’ll leave you with family photos of our girl Tessa and boy Quint who’s both had just about enough of you and your smugness.

Mad Quint © Colehauscats.com
Mad Quint © Colehauscats.com

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2021 – No post
2020 – No post
2019 – No post
2018Schedules
2017 – No post
2016Wordless Wednesday
2015MultiCat Monday
2014 – No post
2013 – No post
2012Bug Battles – The Two Sides

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