Weekend Cat Blogging: Moving Day
(From the 35mm vaults: Stuart on Moving Day, many many moves ago)
Oh, how we hate moving. We hate it even more when it’s a tedious, agonizing process that involves the endless juggling of tenants, relatives, and mountains of semi-packed kipple. At this point, it’s a wonder we know where The Cat is.
(She’s fine, in fact. Cooped up a little, lonely at the moment, but surrounded by her treasured catnip-imbued crumply paper. She and Platelicker will be reunited soon… and then — ahhhh — life back to normal. Cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria, the usual tranquility.)
This past week we spent three days in a tiny mountain village in Central Washington: Our first true vacation since our honeymoon (which was, go figure, in a tiny mountain village in Central Oregon). It was a refreshing break from moving madness, but more than that, it gave us quiet time to sit back and say hey, what’s next.
Not that we lacked plans before this moment, it’s just that now our plans are beginning to crystallize. I’m not ready to go into specifics just yet, but I will soon, and the specifics will involve a few changes to Belly Timber, and the addition of a new blog in our repertoire.
This latter bit should be good news for The Cat, who is always looking for a new sandbox to defile. Er, I mean a new playground wherein she might romp, chase butterflies, and do all the adorable things sweet little (non-angry) kitties do.
For more Weekend Cat Blogging, check out Boots and Tess and all the WCB links at The Hidden Paw.
WCB Schedule:
October 14 – Rosa from Rosa’s Yummy yums.
October 21 – Jelly from I Got 2 Shoes.
October 28 – Linda from Kayak Soup.
November 4 – Lali from Lali et Cie.
November 11 – Skeezix at Skeezix the Cat.
November 18 – Amar at Catsynth.
November 25 – Sanjee and all the cool cats at the House of the (Mostly) Black Cats.
December 2 – D at The Hidden Paw.
December 9 – Miz D and the Angry Cat right here at Belly Timber!
December 16 – Kitchen Mage.
December 23 – chefsarahjane.
December 30 – TBA
Moving bites. Wishing you the end of boxes some time very soon.
So sweet! Cats always love to lie in the most improbable places…
Boxes are nice, but moving is nasty.
We at the House of the (Mostly) Black Cats are going to be hosting WCB on November 25, so you can put us on the schedule http://catsnmom.blogspot.com
Purrrrrrrs,
Sanjee the Cat
Moving is just awful. I plan to never move (unless I should somehow marry a fabulously wealthy man who wisks me off to Italy or Paris, in which case I might consider it.) Looking forward to seeing what your new plans will include.
Ahh moving. Too well I understand the moving ritual having done so at least a dozen times…
Thanks, Kathy, and yes, ugh, boxes. Worst part is we’ve got boxes in four different locations now and I can’t remember what I put where.
Rosa, we used to have a cat that slept in a wooden salad bowl! That was my favorite improbable place. Some day I’ll try to track down a photo.
Got it, Sanjee! Thanks for the update!
Hah! Kalyn, I like your exception to the no-moving rule. Now for me, if only Chopper could strike it rich and whisk me off to Barcelona…
Linda, I think I’ve lost count, myself, though I know Chopper’s got me beat if we go back to our childhoods. At least I made it through that era attending a single school.
I’m looking forward to reading about the next steps.
Here’s to settling in, and getting rid of those peskyboxes! (We’ll be moving back into our kitchen soon, too!)
Best of luck with the rest of THE MOVE! Hang in there – I can’t wait till you’re settled in! And to hear about what’s next for you two…
Thanks, Kimberly! The move continues, the next steps still a short distance away. Meantime, we’re in the thick of house painting — which would be much more fun if I had a taller ladder!
Thanks, Michelle. I can’t wait either. Seriously. I Really. Can’t. Wait. :-)
Do I get bonus points for recognising one of my favourite Bill Murray quotes tucked away in there? ;-) Good luck with the move – it is ghastly however you cut it, but usually worth it in the end!