about last night
I want to be able to explain to the cats, why it is simply not good enough not coming in until after 2am, or will I be having this conversation later in my life with the boys!
It is also amazing how much housework you can do at this ungodly hour, folding clean clothes, tidying away toys, dusting, and washing up, I did draw the line at hoovering!
If you are wondering why on earth I was staying up for the cats to come in, well we don’t have a cat flap, and since Baggy was shot last year, I’m not prepared to let them stay out all night : (
Thankfully they are in for tonight, and now they are waiting for me to go to bed!
Should be nice for the next couple of days, so lots more sunny walls : )
8th September 2009 @ 11:25 pm
We had “naughty stop-out” problems with Sherlock, our old roguey feline friend. We started keeping back his evening meal until he came in for the night… that makes him come back on time. It’s harder in warm weather, as the door stays open til after dark (which is late in summertime!), but it works most of the time.
Anyway he’s a creature of habit and likes to stick to his bed time. I was typing away tonight and jumped through the ceiling at a paw patting my foot. DH is away and Sherlock wanted me to “put him to bed” – ie. show him that there is food in the bowl and shut him in the kitchen.
But it’s amazing what a bit of mild starvation will do to encourage good time-keeping (works for kids too lol!)