Ms. Kitty and Her Lint Roller

Ms. Kitty is very loving, but only if it’s her idea. She doesn’t come when called. She knows her name and turns and looks at me, and her ears move but she doesn’t come. If I can’t find her, or I want her in my lap, all I have to do is tear a sheet off of the lint roller and she appears. One of her favorite things is to be rolled with the lint roller. It collects loose hair and massages her at the same time. This would be a good thing, but in order to use the lint roller on myself I have to stand up, and then she complains that I am using her lint roller! To stop her from doing something I make a noise like a spray bottle, and she is gone!

The ping-pong table is in the carport. When Ms. Kitty hears a game being played, she sits in the window or the door, and complains because she hears her ping-pong balls bouncing and she can’t get them (she considers them all hers).

I bought a large bag of cat food, and left it in the trunk of the car for safe keeping for two days. I was waiting for the large plastic container I keep her food in, to empty. I brought the bag into the kitchen and left the room for about five minutes. When I returned Ms. Kitty had made a hole in the top of the bag large enough to insert her head, and she was crunching food. I didn’t realize how fast and proficient she had become at this task.

I have just returned from a four day vacation, and Ms. Kitty was happy to see me. While loving me she walked over the keyboard of my laptop as I was typing this entry. This is something she does often when she wants attention.

I like to have a glass of milk in the evening, and Ms. Kitty gets beside me and sits up like a dog. She reaches toward the glass with both paws motioning for me to move it closer. She tries to pull the glass to her so she can see into it. I give her a teaspoon of milk and she drinks it, but she doesn’t really like it. She just wants to see what I’m having.

The floor is the place for anything and everything Ms. Kitty can bat with her paw. She sits on top of the refrigerator and reaches down the sides and knocks the magnets and notes off. Pens and pencils are not to be left on the desk or table for writing, but are there for entertainment so Ms. Kitty can watch them hit the floor. At night I am careful to put my eyeglasses in a drawer for fear she may get them.

I rent a bedroom to two ladies, and when I go away they take care of Ms. Kitty. The older lady was concerned when she found cupboards and drawers left open. I assured her that Ms. Kitty was the prowler and often opens cupboards. The drawer in the bathroom cabinet rolls open very easily, and if not completely shut, she inserts her paw and pulls it open. However, after investigating the contents, she does not close the cabinet or the drawers.

Ms. Kitty gets into the cupboard in the bathroom where I keep the towels and wash clothes, and leaves them looking like a cyclone has passed through. The linen cupboard in the hall is very deep, and I keep a rubber band around the knob handles so she can’t open it. When she sees me open it, she comes like a flash and jumps in. If I don’t catch her quickly, she goes to the back, out of reach and has a nap. Thankfully, the dish cupboards all have catches that require a thumb to open them!