Question

Given the choice between hardwood floors and a handwoven rug, WHY DOES IT SEEM that cats will always choose the rug?!

This morning, as is frequently the case, Sam threw up within 5 minutes of eating breakfast. Yay! So I, grumbly as is always the case, cleaned it up. As I headed back into the kitchen Sam was sitting in front of his bowl, crying for MORE FOOD. Seriously, there are numerous articles about cleaning pet vomit from carpet (for example). I think I need to go deeper, though, so I'm going to study up on Cat Pet Peeves. Heaven forbid, Sam is vomiting because I'm annoying him!!!

cat eats?

I have been looking into changing my cats' food now that I happened to read that the type I recently discovered that Sam LOVES is potentially threatening to him. [Nice.]

I stumbled upon this cat nutrition site and then as I was reading the PDF version of her main argument, I came across a link to this other cat nutrition blog.

After reading, I am grossed out AND stressed out, because apparently I am supposed to be feeding my cats a diet that, as I figured it, would cost me around $4 a day. Yikes. Most days I don't spend that much on my OWN food. Which is actually another problem for a different blog...

In other news, I recently watched the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens, and Little Edie at the end talks about being lonely, concluding that although she loves animals, "cats and raccoons get boring after a while." (She feeds the raccoons that live in her attic - a loaf of Wonderbread and a box of Cat Chow - probably not an approved meal for my cats.)

I agree with the statement, but it must be remembered that cats and raccoons also don't forget about dates you've scheduled or insist on buying the ugly furniture because it's cheaper.