Two good things that go great together, right? Check out the CatCase, it’s a bookcase and a cat hangout all in one. Waldo and Dickens would love it I am sure but Santa won’t be bringing them one. Not because they have been particularly naughty (though they are always into something), but the Catcase says “slippery slope” to me. They start climbing one bookcase why not climb them all? And then things get knocked down and broken and they pretend as though Nancy Pearl jumped off the shelf all on her own. Dickens keeps a stoney silence while Waldo claims that he has been trying to tell me for ages that Nancy was suicidal but I just wouldn’t listen. Poor Nancy broke her shushing arm. So you see, Waldo and Dickens do not need any encouragement.
The Thanksgiving holiday is fast approaching which means I get an extra long weekend. Laziness is already taking hold of me. Of course I will not be too lazy to read! I have lots of books on the go so won’t be at a loss there. I also subscribed to the London Review of Books and have my first issue on hand. It looks like it will arrive on alternate weeks from the New York Review of Books. Whether I will be able to keep up with both of them remains to be seen. I haven’t given up on Poetry Magazine though, my mom asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I told her a subscription would be just lovely.
Posting might be light these next few days.
And if you are celebrating on Thursday, have a very happy Thanksgiving!
OMG, the “cat case” is so awesome. I wish I knew someone handy who could build one.
Diane, isn’t it though? It looks pretty modular so if you are handy enough to build square boxes I bet it wouldn’t be too hard. Your cats will love you forever
Hah: love it! Hope you enjoy your book-filled long weekend. Look forward to hearing about your reading (and feasting) afterwards.
Have a great holiday Stefanie ! The catcase sounds a great idea but understand your hesitations after what happened to poor Nancy Drewe. By the way, are Waldo and Dickens big purrers?
Ian, thanks! Oh yes, Waldo and Dickens purr quite loudly and even though they are brothers the pitch of their purrs is different so when they get to purring together they almost set up a bit of a harmony which I at least find very amusing
buried, thanks! I Bookman and I will be having our “traditional” vegan enchiladas on Thursday. Yum!
Oh those cheeky cats! Poor Nancy, it would have to be her shushing arm, wouldn’t it? I’ve spent part of the morning cleaning up a hairball, so no fun cat cases for Harvey this Chrimbo, that’s for sure!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving if you are not here before then.
Litlove, I know! I was thinking of gluing her arm back on and then making a little sling for it as a joke but so far the thought of it has been more amusing than actually doing it! Hopefully Harvey didn’t leave the hairball for you to step on barefoot in the dark. Thanks for the holiday wishes!
And did you see the Bamboo Cat Radiator on the same page? I love the thought of tubes of cats hanging from the radiators! Turtle (one of my cats) would love one of those.
Happy Thanksgiving! I know there will be at least two turkeys who have something to be thankful for!
Joan, no, I somehow missed the bamboo cat radiator! Waldo and Dickens would definitely be out of luck on that one though since we have forced air heating! I love that one of your cat’s is named Turtle!
Happy Thanksgiving to you too! Yes, the turkeys are safe from the likes of us!
My experience of cats suggests that the last place they will sit is somewhere that is actually bought for them to sit. I think you’d be pretty safe if you bought one of these. Although what they might do to your other furniture in revenge is another matter entirely.
Alex, LOL, this is a truism. One of my cats’ favorite things is a cardboard box that came in the mail with bathrobes in it for Bookman and I a few years ago. When it finally wears out I don’t know what we will do!
Happy Thanksgiving, Stefanie! Am trying a “deconstructed turkey” this year ala Julia Child. I followed her instructions to the letter. Mixed results on the stuffing otherwise, a pretty darn good way to cook a large turkey without drying out the white meat while waiting for the dark meat to finish. Need to re-read the recipe to see what to do about a rather nasty stuffing texture. Must have missed a step. Well have a great weekend reading. I’ll be doing the same.
Grad, thank you! Sounds like you had a fairly successful TG dinner. I hope you also got in lots of good reading time!
Haha, love it! My reaction was the same as Alex’s, though – they’d never use it, but would climb all over your other bookcases instead! Throughout my childhood my parents bought various scratching posts and so on, perfectly designed for cats to sharpen their claws and flavoured with all kinds of stuff that cats love and so on and so on, and yet our cat always ignored them and ripped the sofas to shreds instead.
Andrew, those naughty cats! I think there is some universal law that says the more a person spends on their pet’s toys and accessories the less likely the pet is to use it. We have a nice scratching post for ours too and they seem to prefer the area rugs.
Love that! Thomas doesn’t climb much, although he does get up on the table. However, I just love the idea of the catcase!
wherethereisjoy, I am sure Thomas would love a catcase!
I’m waaay behind in my magazine reading (and only read books over my long weekend), so the less said about that the better! Good thing the two magazines are at least going to arrive on alternate weeks–then you’ll always have good mail every week! Love the catcase–my cat would love it–she is already naughty–she needs no extra help or temptation! Hope you had a great long weekend–mine went by too fast.
Danielle, I am almost caught up but now I will fall behind again and won’t have time to catch up until my holiday vacation. That’s ok though, something to look forward to, right? It is nice they arrive on alternate weeks. I am sure bookish cats everywhere would love a catcase!