bad cat behavior, ep.8

yes, the boys are at it again. this time, i came in the door and saw something...weird on the floor. i wasn't sure what it was until i saw the box. let me clarify--the previously unopened granola box that had been sitting on our counter. notice i said previously unopened.

they acted like they did nothing wrong. stinkers.

bad cat behavior, ep.7

i know i've mentioned ben's habit of batting at pictures on the wall, but i finally captured it on camera. seriously, at times the pictures on our wall are like at 30 degree slants because of him...it makes my blood boil, especially because he comes up behind me while i'm sitting on the couch and does it.

notice how BOTH pictures in this photo are skewed. thank you, interior decorator ben. on a happier note, the framed picture on the right is our wedding haiku. it looks much better when it's straight, but i love it even when it looks like it's about to fall off the wall, thanks to our cat.

thankfully stu hasn't quite grasped this habit...yet...(knock on wood)

bad cat behavior, ep.6

this sock pictured above started out behind that door at the end of the hall...in a clothes hamper. ben and stuart have a newly discovered affinity for wool socks. like, an obsessive affinity. as in i bury a pair of socks in the dirty clothes hamper and by morning they are strewn about the apartment.

now, random fact about me, i don't like wearing socks most of the time (or shoes for that matter, if i had a choice) so it's only on very cold days that i end up wearing socks. this means the wool socks haven't had much time out, but lately these cats can't get enough. it started when we got back from tahoe and brandon dumped out our suitcase. both socks in my pair got "stolen." i put them in the hamper, under other things, and by morning they were back out. i wore another pair of wool socks, and again....put them in the hamper, and while we're watching tv i see ben run by, sock in mouth.

pretty much every day this week we come home to socks somewhere in the apartment.

bad cat behavior, ep.5

well, this one is pretty self-explanitory from the pictures...i like to call this one: chair, or scratching post? you decide...(obviously the cats have put in their vote already)


the good news? this is a chair that brandon found on the street when he lived in san francisco during his 4th year of college, which means it is old and was free. the bad news? brandon loves this chair.

bad cat behavior update

so, remember the other day when i spoke of stu shutting himself in the bathroom, and then mentioned how the next day he shut himself AND ben in the bathroom? well, we have now had 4 consecutive days of stuart shutting himself in. the 1st and 3rd days, it was just him. the 2nd and 4th days he shut himself and ben in there.

what a weird habit.

bad cat behavior, ep.4

stuart has a strange habit of locking himself in rooms. our apartment building is old, and doors don't really shut properly, but they stick once they're partially closed. stu enjoys going on his hind legs, putting his paws on the door aaaaaand shut. he's done it when i'm in the room even. lately, he's begun doing it more and more frequently. sometimes he locks ben in the room too, mostly he just locks himself--brandon jokes that he does it on purpose to get away from ben. regardless, it's strange.

yesterday i came home to this:

a closed door. that can only mean one thing.

yup, he was at it again. even turned over the trash can (he likes doing that too). this time, he went as far as pulling down the hand towels. when i picked them up they were warm--someone must have been napping on them!

ben decided to check out stuart's damage...

***update. when brandon came home yesterday, stuart had shut himself AND ben in the bathroom. i'm sure ben was not happy with his brother...***

bad cat behavior, ep.3

so, a frequent challenge in our house is changing the sheets if the cats are anywhere in the vicinity, especially with stuart (ben can usually contain himself).

i mean, fabric that bellows as it gets fluffed and floats down onto the bed? wrinkles that move as corners are put in place? what more could a curious kitty cat want?

stuart is typically locked out in order to to expedite the process, but the other night he snuck in

this time, ben decided to join in on the action

luckily for me, there is an easy solution to this bad cat behavior...don't let them in the room!

bad cat behavior, ep.2

so, remember that cute little cat curtain i made for my bookshelf? and how i mentioned that i only had a makeshift curtain rod and needed something else? well, the need for that became a little more urgent. i came home from work and it was obvious that two little cyclones had hit our apartment:

apparently we have a woodchuck or two residing here. not only was the curtain down and stick chewed in half, but the blanket was halfway across the room, their bed was flipped over, and the bathroom trash was knocked over. looks like the boys had a wild day! never a dull moment at our household....i really need to get some kitty cams up

bad cat behavior, ep.1

for the new year, i've decided to document the trouble my cats cause around the house. there is a ceaseless supply, so it shouldn't be too difficult to make this a semi-regular thing here on the blog. with no further ado,

bat cat behavior, episode 1: attempting to print

whenever i try and print something, as soon as the printer begins making noise i suddenly have two curious little creatures on the desk, on the computer, on the printer, wherever they can explore. brandon says "they're just trying to help!" that really isn't a consolation when i'm actually trying to get output from the printer. let's not even mention the printer cord that seems to be tasty dessert for the cats (i have to put it away after i use the printer every time).