Facing North

You may have heard about cat's insane ability to find their way back home from even a long way away.  It's true that cats have a remarkable ability to navigate the world but so far there hasn't been enough evidence that they have any sort of internal compass.  It's more likely that they use their other highly tuned senses to make their way through the world.

Our cats however don't have to worry about navigating the world, they're inside cats and merely have to navigate the house.  It's so much simpler.  We just moved and this is our first home with them but their third home that they've had to get used to.  They're adjusting nicely though and seem to already think they own the place.

That all said I can't figure out why they decided at this point to both sit in a doorway facing north.  They are usually running around or lying in a box, or on their cat tree on one of the many many levels, (I'll get into that at another time but I don't understand why there are so many cat trees that should really be called a cat bush or even just a cat chair....) or gnawing on each other as they still fight for who's the dominate cat.   But here they are spaced apart just sitting there.  I can't explain it.

Does anyone else have a cat (or other pet) that seems to face north or any other direction.  They rarely face north but they also rarely are just sitting there so there's that.

Living Room Rug

The right rug can make all the difference in how a room looks.  We originally had a much darker rug in this room, which we've since moved to the study, but have replaced it with this one.

It's a lighter color that matches the floor but at the same time brings in the colors of the items in the room.  We have also since put back the glass table with the flowers in it.  We added  some blue ones to tie into the rug better since they were pretty much tan, browns, and reds in a brown pot.

The change was in response to one of our friends who insisted we change the rug.  This rug is also bigger that the previous one and takes up more space.  We thought about turning it the other way but this is the direction you would come into the room from usually and it just makes more sense.  Also the kitchen is to the right and we are wanting to get some bar stools for that area.  It makes more sense to have it this way and keep the stools off of the rug.

The kittens are also getting bigger so we've opened up the blinds more too.  It gives a good view of the back yard which we still haven't done much with.  We're trying to plan better with this house so we're taking it slow and not overwhelming ourselves too much with clutter.

Addi Saying Hi to the Camera

To be fair she'd say hi to anything you're holding.  Or more like she wants to know and smell and bat around, because everything is a toy, whatever you're holding.

This was the least fuzzy frame I could get from the video of her saying hi.  Many are too close and blurry to see her well.

The rug is one of my favorite pieces that we've bought in recent years.  Since we moved to a house though we're rethinking where it should go.  Currently in the middle of the living room but it may wind up in the study as nearly a carpet replacement since its nearly the same size.  I think there will be about a foot all around where the carpet would be able to be seen almost like an edging for the rug.

Speaking of the study we have to take my desk apart to get it in the room.  One thing they don't tell you about some new homes is that the doors aren't necessarily as wide as they should be.  I guess they have to cut corners somewhere to get the price down to be affordable.  Fortunately I've already taken this specific desk apart to move it myself and it's marked for easy reassemble. Once it's in I don't plan on moving it any time soon so it will be fine.

The rug we're looking at getting for the main room is going to be brighter and more fitting for the rest of the decor.  A bit less bold.

Sean Taking a Nap

After a couple days Sean and Addi are finally settling down.  They took a fairly long nap yesterday and had a good play afterwards in the evening.

They are starting to get used to the idea of not getting fed immediately when I get up in the morning.  Our previous cats Grade and Solomon were fed in the mornings and Grace specifically made sure meal time was not missed.  So if I either forgot or was for some reason not able to feed them at the usual time Grace would lightly tap my wife's face as she was sleeping to alert her that meal time was severely (5 minutes or more) overdue.

They are really cuddly, good lap cats when they want to be.  Last night it stormed and they were wanting comfort.  Both of them stayed either under foot, on lap, or next to whatever computer was being worked at by either of us.

Still a lot of things to unpack and organize.  We cooked for the first time yesterday evening and gave them a small piece of chicken each.  They had already had their wet food but they had been stressed.

You can tell this is Sean because his nose is all black.  Addi has a faint stripe down her nose.