You’ll Never Believe What My Cat Tried to Pull…

When Cat People Bring a Dog Home

So you may have caught on from earlier posts that I’m generally a cat person. Cats just make sense to me: they’re calm, dignified and will cuddle you while you’re reading a book or watching a movie. Dogs, on the other hand, can stress me out. They have all this jumpy energy and need constant validation. But a crazy thing […]

My Daughter Starts Teaching the Cat to Walk

It has been torturously hot in Sacramento lately. The other day it was 116 degrees, and the weather channel keeps telling us it’s about to get even hotter. And right now, the weather is bad enough that my two-year-old screams in instant agony every time she walks outside. Our bike rides have been suspended until it […]

Biking Adventures With Extra Diablo Sauce

I’m gonna go out on a crazy limb by saying time management can be tough with children. Everything you do suddenly involves additional complications, like kids who constantly lose their shoes and move REALLY SLOW. Kids are also unbelievably messy. What used to be, say, quick Chinese take-out now involves long periods of post-meal rice grain patrol. Because toddlers are tiny bombs exploding your house 30+ times […]

Where I Try To Figure Out Why People Hate Cats, Part 2

So after chronicling the failed first part of my quest to figure out why people hate cats, I found myself still pondering the question. It isn’t the idea that some people prefer dogs that baffles me so much as the greater social acceptance of outspoken cat hatred. In other words, why is hating all cats a thing […]

My Cat Warns Me About Bridget’s Incessant Screaming

Zoë the Cat: Hey, is this a good time to talk? Me: Yeah, I guess so. Zoë the Cat (clearing her throat): Okay good, because there’s something really important we need to address… Me: Go on Zoë the Cat: Well, you know I’ve always been supportive of your mothering efforts. I mean, bringing up kittens […]

Conversations With My Cat: Tigers

Violet the Cat: Oooh, ohh… we’ve been wanting to ask you something. Me: Okay, what? Zoë the Cat: We think we’ve figured out what you are. You’re a tigress, right? We’re right Me: Tigress, I like that. But why do you think I’m a tigress? Violet the Cat: Because you’re really big, you bring back […]

Conversations with My Cat: Tables

Me: GET OFF THE TABLE! Wylie the Cat: That’s so MEAN. Violet the Cat: Yeah, you KNOW we love flat things. Me: I don’t care. It’s dirty. We eat there. Violet the Cat: How DARE you? I bathe twenty-seven times a day! Me: Don’t care. I don’t need you guys tracking your litter-paws across the […]

Conversations With My Cat

On Panicking Whenever I Walk Past Her Me: Violet, you’ve been my cat for over two years now. If I were planning on eating you, I would’ve done it by now. So you don’t need to jump whenever I walk by. Violet the Cat: That’s exactly what someone who was planning on eating me would […]

Toddler Kitty Hijinx

Heard some maniacal laughter earlier today, so I walked into the loft and found this face. The look on this face said: Umm… What? Nah, I’m just standing here. I did NOT just lock a cat in the guinea pig cage then laugh hysterically. Not sure what the cat’s face is saying though. We have some patient […]