Thumper
12-23-2013, 02:02 PM
Lynn and I did a bit of grocery shopping yesterday and returned home around 1:00 pm. We put all the groceries away and just took it easy the rest of the day. We have two cats who go outside during the day and come in at night (the other 4 stay in the house at all times). One of the "outside" cats (Duke) is a real trip and if a door of ANY kind is opened, he runs right through it. No thought, no checking it out first ... he just zips right through! He learned the hard way about the one cabinet door in the upstairs bathroom a while back. It's a laundry chute that leads to a very large storage bin in the laundry room downstairs. You can figure out the results of that one I'm sure! It doesn't matter what we open, he's IN THERE in a flash. Kitchen cabinets, you name it. In fact, we always have to drag him out of the dishwasher before we turn it on because every time we open it to add dishes ... or soap to WASH the dishes, he's in there in a split second!
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Well, last night we went to let the cats in and Duke was nowhere to be found. The last time that happened, our neighbor told us he found Duke lying on their bathroom counter. Evidently he slipped past them as they entered the house and made himself at home! We found him another time after being locked in another neighbor's garage overnight. He evidently slipped in as they returned from dinner and they didn't notice him. (he's slick) Anyway, we went out to get him in the house a dozen times last night and he was nowhere to be found. Between Lynn and myself, we got VERY little sleep last night as one of us was getting up to go outside to see if he was home every 30 mins. or so. NADA all night long. Of course Lynn was TOTALLY upset when she had to leave for work this morning. I made the rounds to the neighbor's houses to see if he'd "accidentally" been locked up in one of their garages overnight ... but to no avail. I began to suspect the worst and Lynn has been calling every 30 mins. to see if I've found him.
Well, I just went out to the garage freezer to pull a package of sausage for lunch and there he was! Hungry as all get out ... but unharmed. I guess when we returned from the store and put groceries away, he slipped into the garage and we never noticed. We both thought he'd gone back outside after coming in for lunch. So ... the pressure is off until his next adventure. He's a little shithead but I have to admit, he's cool. Like these guys. :D
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Well, last night we went to let the cats in and Duke was nowhere to be found. The last time that happened, our neighbor told us he found Duke lying on their bathroom counter. Evidently he slipped past them as they entered the house and made himself at home! We found him another time after being locked in another neighbor's garage overnight. He evidently slipped in as they returned from dinner and they didn't notice him. (he's slick) Anyway, we went out to get him in the house a dozen times last night and he was nowhere to be found. Between Lynn and myself, we got VERY little sleep last night as one of us was getting up to go outside to see if he was home every 30 mins. or so. NADA all night long. Of course Lynn was TOTALLY upset when she had to leave for work this morning. I made the rounds to the neighbor's houses to see if he'd "accidentally" been locked up in one of their garages overnight ... but to no avail. I began to suspect the worst and Lynn has been calling every 30 mins. to see if I've found him.
Well, I just went out to the garage freezer to pull a package of sausage for lunch and there he was! Hungry as all get out ... but unharmed. I guess when we returned from the store and put groceries away, he slipped into the garage and we never noticed. We both thought he'd gone back outside after coming in for lunch. So ... the pressure is off until his next adventure. He's a little shithead but I have to admit, he's cool. Like these guys. :D
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