Mii and the Wii!

I am sixteen weeks old today! A whole four months, and I have been in my house for three weeks, so there are lots of anniversaries today.

I was up bright and early at five o'clock to see if I had got any presents, but I didn't, so I went back to waken my MH. She was tired this morning and didn't want to get up in what she calls the middle of the night. (I shall miss out all the extra words that come with that in case I get into trouble!) However, once I had climbed over her face and kneaded her head with my delicate little claws, she decided to give in and come and pander to my every whim.

The day carried on as normal after that, and it was another day of housework, so again I had to stay out of the way of the awful vacuum cleaner. Did you know that vacuum is the only word in the dictionary with two us together? Unless anyone out there knows another one?

So, once all the hoovering and dusting and polishing was done, it was my turn to be played with for a while with all my toys and my climbing frame, and then I retired to my blanket on the couch (no, not the ground!) for my wee snooze, but boy, was I in for a surprise!

Out came the Wii again. If you continue reading all my posts, you will find that my MH likes routine and order. She likes something called symmetry too, but I don't know what that is yet.

My DH disappeared to play on his computer and before I knew where I was, I was being weighed in the Wii! She has decided that I will be weighed every Tuesday and the wee man inside the Wii will keep a record of it all, so watch this space and see how I get on.

I am now going to continue my nap now until feeding time, so bye bye.

No Eggs!

Well, I didn't get any Easter Eggs and I must admit I was a tad peeved, but then I discovered my new basket and I cheered up a wee bit.

I had noticed this in my living room before, but hadn't paid much attention to it, 'cos to be quite honest, there is a lot to do here, and I was leaving that for later. However, I was in such a state of peevedness that I decided to attack it, both from the outside and the inside and I was fully expecting the normal 'tut, tut' when I do something wrong, and was quite surprised when I discovered that this was all mine. It is very comfortable and I had a wee napette in it--really just to please them indoors-- but my favourite sleeping place is still on a knee.

I have been very, very busy today as it took me a lot of running, jumping and climbing to get rid of all my energy and my two humans are lying down in a darkened room as I write this.

AND!! I have been outside in the big world again. Not for very long and not too far away from the door, but it is a start. My MH (mummy human) had gone outside for a minute and she left the door open and called to me, so I went into the porch and sniffed for a long time, until gradually and paw by paw I stepped onto the path!

I stood sniffing for a long time and there are lots of lovely smells, and I could hear all the wee birds talking to me but I wasn't ready to go out and play, so after a wee minute or two, I went back in feeling very brave and quite delighted with my little self, and I know that soon I shall be able to venture further.

Day of Rest

I have had a very mixed day--exercising, resting, eating and being fussed over. All of these have become my very favourite pastimes, although I do like sitting on my mummy human's knee while she plays on her computer.

I was up bright and early and 5.30 am and of course my mummy human had to get up too and we even managed to get my daddy human up too, although that was really by accident, because he heard my mummy and me playing and he thought it was up time and it was only when he opened the curtains and saw that it was still dark, that he realised he had done a wee mistake and was not best pleased.

However, since we were all up anyway, I decided that we should just start our training early and so I pounced on my climbing frame and attacked every single toy in my collection while my two humans got into the act by throwing said toys for me.

After an hour of concentrated exercise and training, I finally let them get back back to bed and I went with them and curled up for a wee while.

The rest of the day passed fairly uneventfully and I inspected all my corners again, and watched the birdies from the window. There is a bird feeder outside my house, so I can get a good view of all the winged visitors, but I still don't want to go outside yet as it is still too windy for a little pussy cat like me.

One of my mummy human's friends came up to see me and I gave her a sparkling display of my energetic runs, leaps and bounds and she thinks I am wonderful too!

After this, the dreaded Wii came out and mummy human did her exercises and today's picture is me having a wee belly-laugh, but please don't tell her 'cos she thinks I am yawning.

My day finished up with an early evening nap and then another concentrated effort on the climbing frame before going to bed with my mummy human and attacking her feet. My leaps are getting bigger, so I must be getting stronger. Someday soon I will take all this energy outside, but not just yet.

Hobbies Part 2

I have discovered the telly, and I like my telly. I have seen all sorts of weird and wonderful things already and I am not yet four months old, and really adorable, in fact I think I am getting more adorabler by the minute.

I have smelled the manure down in Emmerdale---smells like home sometimes--outside I mean!-- and I have walked the cobbles of Coronation Street and sat in the jail with Gail, I have been all over the place with Countryfile and I have seen lots of lovely eggs that I want the Easter bunny to bring me.

My favourite programme to date is football and I have been watching Wayne Rooney scoring goals and I hope his wee ankle is getting better. I have been practicing playing like him in my own living room, and even though I say it myself, my front paws are pretty nifty.

Now, all these things are the wonderful part of my viewing, so I must come to the weird part and I do apologise in advance to any of my readers who are of a nervous or delicate disposition, and also to anyone who is eating.

My mummy human has a Wii----not the Wii in a litter tray, but a Wii game, and it is not a pretty sight when she gets going. Mind you, she has been threatening to slip into purple Lycra complete with sweatband, and if that comes to pass, then I am looking for a new home!

She prances around the living room on a daily basis getting in to all sorts of shapes, and then comes the dreaded weigh-in, and in fear of my little life I am saying nothing!

I even got weighed, but fortunately animals can't do the exercises, so I can escape that humiliation, 'cos I'm sure she'd have me in matching purple Lycra and that is definitely a step too far, in fact I shall have to lie down until that thought passes.

Later, much, much later. I feel strong enough to continue now.

After all this exercise and jumping about, she then plays golf and tennis, but I can assure you that Tiger Woods and Andy Murray have nothing to worry about. She has even tried boxing and that is quite hysterical!

My interest in all this is the lovely bright colours and all the super noises that come from my television, but I haven't worked out yet how I can chase the balls. I need to look into this further. When I am sitting peering at the screen and pondering, I get a row because I interrupt the signal from the handset, and she loses another game, but when I'm not there, she loses all by herself.

Life is certainly not dull.

Oops!

For this post I will take my dear friend Button's advice. I know we haven't met yet, but I am sure we will be friends and swap many a mouse and human tale in the years to come.

Anyway, if you are a cat reading this, I have made my first slip up but if you are of a human disposition, then it was just another part of my basic survival training.

Yesterday, in Maison Squeak, it was all go as it was a cleaning day and everything that stood still was either hoovered, washed or dusted, so me and my daddy human kept on the move---just in case. Also, I wanted to further my skills by following her and jumping from place to place---I almost frightened the old dear out of her (few) wits at one point---and I had to make sure all this work was done to meet my rather exacting standards.

All of this had gone well and I was feeling very pleased with myself, and on reflection, perhaps just a tad over-cocky because when she went into the big cupboard to get clean towels, it all became unstuck.

As you know, curiosity is one of our more endearing traits and so I sidled into the cupboard unbeknown to her dear self and began some more exploratory work.

Now I know all the older and wiser felines among you will be sighing and there will be much rolling of eyes, but please remember I am still very little etc. etc. and have to learn that if I sneak in, she doesn't see me, and if she doesn't see me, she doesn't know I am there, and if she doesn't know I am there, she can't make sure I am out. See?

So! Oft she went again on her cleaning way, gaily humming to herself, and shut the door with me stuck in the cupboard. I never made a sound, not one single miaow, in fact I think I was a wee bit shell-shocked and it was dark in there so I was a wee bit frightened.

However, I did find a ladder ( it is quite a big cupboard! ) and practiced my climbing skills until I managed to reach nearly to the top of the ladder where I perched until I was released.

I could hear my humans calling, but decided to play the game a wee bit longer, when suddenly my mummy human remembered where she had been (apparently this is an unusual occurrence) and opened the door to find me up the ladder trying to open the loft hatch.

My how we did laugh!! Naturally there are no pictures of this escapade so today's offering is an action shot of yours truly.

Hobbies

Apart from all my educational work, I do take some time out to pursue relaxing pastimes and so far all of these have been undertaken indoors.

I have been out in the big, wide world just once, and to be honest I didn't like it at all. My humans carried me out to the garden, but I must admit to a little apprehension on my part and when my mummy human put me down on the grass, I took off and was back on my couch before she could straighten up again! In my defence, in case you think I am a scardey cat, it was blowing a gale at the time, and as I am just little, I didn't want to get blowed away.

I nearly went out one other time and this time I took the air for a wee while longer. As my devoted readers know, I love sitting on the window-sill and so my humans opened the window for me. I gingerly stepped out and sat on the outside window-sill and sniffed the air. This was lovely, and I was feeling quite brave until the cows next door started to shout and I got a fright and ran indoors again. Okay---how was I to know it was their feeding time and they couldn't see me? I thought this was the noise of huge mouses, and I was taking NO chances!

And so my indoor hobbies include refining my martial arts skills, sprinting from room to room usually at breakneck speed, perfecting my high jumps--on the table, on the shelves and on to the backs of chairs, but I am also learning to go the computer and today's picture shows me and my mummy human doing our lessons.

After all this excitement and exertion, I usually climb up on a knee and have a wee nap, and that's what I need to do now, so bye, bye.

Who? Me?

And so the education begins--mine and my humans' and we all seem to be getting used to one another's funny wee ways.

As you know, if you have read my previous posts, I am a VERY early riser, and seemingly before I came here, my mummy human was not. Oh how things have changed.

As she was stumbling about the kitchen this morning at 5am, she could be heard muttering 'I didn't know there were TWO five o'clocks in the day!' So she has learned something already.

Now, my lesson to pass on to the world today is to perfect the 'Who? Me?' look. I have mastered this beautifully even at the tender age of fifteen weeks (and adorable!)

On my window is a lovely wind-chime, which is today's picture, although it is a bit dark because of the snow outside, but you will get the idea I am sure.

Well, said wind-chime hangs down quite low, and I can jump up onto the window sill, and you all know what is coming, don't you? If it is there, I have to hit it, and if I hit it, it chimes and when it chimes my humans yell and when they yell I give them my steely look which says 'Who? Me? Never!'

As soon as they turn away, the whole pantomime begins again, and sometimes if I am quick enough, I can be back on my climbing frame to give them 'the look' and this causes a fair bit of wonderment on their part.

They have been wondering quite a lot in the past two weeks! I just love teasing them.

However, I must paws now for a nap, so till tomorrow.......