Busy, Busy, Busy

My heartfelt apologies to my loyal followers for not posting since last month. Ms. Patty hasn't given me as much computer time as of late, something about looking for a job in order to feed me. Well, as I adore edible goodies, who am I to argue?

I have been busy myself, adjusting to my new home especially late into the night. I've been here a little over three months and I keep discovering nooks and crannies to explore, thought it's a relatively small home. I've also tried sleeping in a lot of different places, no real favorites yet. Unless, you count sleeping on top of Ms. Patty - though she doesn't like it as much so we need to come to an agreement on what works best for both of us. I'm sure I'll win. Ohh, that was catty, wasn't it? Meow!

One of the things I discovered in our house is the garbage can. It can really tempt me while Ms. Patty has been cooking. She throws away meat wrappers without letting me lick them, I truly am aghast at that. What a waste, all those juices...gone. Sigh.

But never fear, I'm nothing if not creative, even if by accident. You see, one day I realized that if I stood up on my hind legs and reached up with my right arm (remember, that's the strong one as I'm right-pawed), I could tip the garbage over and get into all that goodness! The first thing I found was some smelly things I think she called onions. Yuck. I kept digging and found some coffee grounds, double yuck.

But then I found this lovely package wrapping for what used to be something called bacon. I had not heard of that before but oh my, I was really enjoying myself licking the package when I heard her footsteps. Uh oh. Lick, lick, lick...hurry, get all I can before she takes it away! Faster! Faster! Phooey, there's still some left on the package but she grabs it away from me.

Ms. Patty: "Stella! What have you gotten into?"
Me: I would think that's pretty obvious.
Ms. Patty: "Looks like we'll have to get a different garbage can, one you can't get into."
Me: Sigh.

So the next thing you know Ms. Patty goes out and buys this metal-like thing with a lid I can't poke open, it's too heavy to tip and I can't smell a thing! Oh well, I am trying to watch my waistline so it's better this way. Most of the time. I'm lucky though because you know what? I found where she stashes some treats, don't tell her!

What else? I know, I've been helping her shred paper which for some reason Ms. Patty calls "Pulp Fascination." I don't know what pulp is but anyway, the first time I tore up a receipt she wasn't very happy but for some reason now she finds it amusing. And I get to destroy something WITH permission. Although I don't have a picture of me shredding something in a lady-like way, I'm sorry about that. I only have one that's a tad blurry because she startled me tearing up that receipt. I even bared my teeth but I made sure to apologize to her later. I still need to eat, you know?

Ms. Patty has taken a few other humorous pictures of me which I suppose I could share. I've taken to playing between the shower curtain liner and the tub. See, the shower curtain is outside the tub, then I'm inside the tub inside the liner. I then jump up at the curtain to see if I can make her laugh when she comes in. I sometimes simply hang over the tub edge because it's so comfy. A really cool thing though, is chasing my sparkle balls around the tub. They look like little balls of tinsel and they really fly!

Here I am in the tub and following that is a picture of me trying to rest after playing but Ms. Patty insisted on taking my picture even though I wasn't looking my prettiest. I still love her, she feeds me so how could I not?

Stay warm, my darlings!