These girls couldn’t possibly be any more different from one another. Other than the obvious color difference, each communicate differently, react differently to each of us, eat different, sleep different, patrol different, play different. And oddly enough, there has never been a tussle or disagreement between Pia and Viola. Not one.

It’s as if they mapped out their areas and boundaries from the start and have yet to ever cross paths. This is about as close to each other as they have ever been. We think they’re okay with this. It’s a secret agreement their cat lawyers scratched out.

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A cause for celebration here at Colehaus: Our replacement refrigerator finally arrived! We’re still getting used to the sounds it makes – Mom says it sounds like a muted cell phone call and Dad agrees. It’s not one of those kinds of appliances that’s connected every which way to the Internet. The sound is just the compressor spinning up and not a case of our refrigerator calling someone (maybe secretly to a friend made at the factory?).

As for the return to refrigerated anything, Mom shrugs and says, “Meh,” while Dad says ThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYou
ThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYou
ThankYouThankYou.

And that’s all fine and good because three days later, our washer washed up. But we were expecting that and have been saving for a new one since April. And carefully timing our laundry schedule so no one has to wash clothes in the tub with soap and a stick (Dad’s bachelor days). If all goes well, a new washer will be delivered and hooked up later today, just in time for Dad to wrap up his weekend laundry chore. Mom bets he’ll still be whispering, “ThankYouThankYouThankYou,” under his breath long after Mom gets home from work.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2023 – No post
2022 – No post
2021 – No post
2020 – No post
2019 – No post
2018 – No post
2017 – No post
2016 – Love on a Special Day
2015 – With Love
2014 – To Dexter with Love
2013 – ManCat Monday – Summer Love
2012 – No post

Mom, it’s hot. I think it’s time you do something about it.

You know what that means, Pia. Are you ready for that?

Do I have a choice?

Well, not really. Let’s get this over with. We’ll go fast.

And so we did, with minimal yowling and no hissing or biting. Mom zipped through fur with her trusty clipper and removed a few neck pre-mats along the way, and at the end of the 20-minute ordeal, Mom wore more fur than Pia had left. Pia is much happier, and cooler and our washing machine got a good workout. Coming out of a few weeks of hot weather, this really was the best time for Pia’s haircut.

Pia showing off her uneven haircut side. Within three days, her short cut fur evened out to something similar to velour. She loves the extra attention she gets when she’s not shedding kitten-sized hunks of fur.

After all that, Viola woke from her sixth afternoon nap and was a bit startled when Pia came downstairs.

Who’s that? Did we get a new cat?

Everyone had to take a sniff at Pia sporting her new fur-do. She let everyone know that wasn’t at all appreciated and so, life returned to normal pretty quickly, minus a bit of fur.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2023 – MultiCat Monday
2022 – A Random August Post!
2021 – No post
2020 – Finally Friday
2019 – Art in August, Cat-Style
2018 – No post
2017 – Monday Melty Memories
2016 – No post
2015 – Friday Fun
2014 – No post
2013 – Secret Stripes Part Tuxie
2012 – No post