Exercise in Frustration

I think mom is really frustrated with us right now, especially me. It all started like this.

A while back, when it was really cold and windy, our power went out. Without power we had no heat. Temperatures were in the 40s during the day and the 20s at night. Mom’s friend, Kelly, called the electric company and they said to expect an extended outage. Well, not knowing what that meant, mom ran right down to town to get a kerosene heater. Of course, while she was gone, the power came back on so she just left everything in the car, where it stayed until yesterday when she decided to unload the car.

The heater came in a very large, heavy duty box which mom thought we would love. She got the camera ready to do aExercise in Frustration - Christy in a box photo shoot for some new box pictures. She called us over to it, showed it to us, turned it on its side, but we were having none of it. She even put us in one at a time, several times each, and we all just immediately jumped out. Doesn’t she know yet this has to be our idea? Anyway, we just were not interested in that box and refused to cooperate.

Today, after we wrote this post, mom decided to take some pictures of me jumping out of the box to illustrate. She put me in and I wouldn’t come out. I peered out at her and took a bath.

When she downloaded the photos to add to the post, the one of me peering out was out of focus so she put me back in to try to duplicate it. I wouldn’t stay in the box! She gave up. What fun to torment her!

Thank goodness it’s been toasty and warm in the house and we haven’t needed that new heater yet.

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18 Responses to Exercise in Frustration

  1. hahaha…what fun Christie. That was quite the big box…maybe it stunk and that’s why you didn’t stay in long.

    (((Shoko)))

  2. MOL ! Your mom is still full of hope ! Purrs

  3. Sammy says:

    When will humans “get it” that all the stuff they WANT us to do will only ever get done when we FEEL LIKE IT! HAHAHA Even the temptations of the open box – if we’re not in the mood – forget about it…….haha

    Hugs, Sammy

  4. Summer says:

    MOL! I can’t believe your human expected you kitties to do what she wanted! ROTFMOL!

  5. Raven says:

    Sometimes you just don’t feel like cooperating for the human and her flashy box.

  6. Oh poor Mum MOL!!! It is always better to be safe than without heat! That is a great box though!

  7. Penelope says:

    Bwa! Haa!! Haaa!!!
    Humans will never learn!
    Kisses
    Nellie

  8. MOL! Always keep the humans guessing, we say…and never do what they want us to do!

  9. Deziz World says:

    So glad y’all didn’t hav a power outage fur too long. Weez had a foo scares this season too. But so faw so good. Speshully since weez can’t hav a kerosene heater in ow pawtment.

    Luv ya’

    Dezi and Lexi

  10. It’s impawtent to keep them on their toes!!

    The Florida Furkids

  11. Ellen Pilch says:

    Glad you are warm and getting to annoy mom 🙂

  12. da tabbies o trout towne says:

    well done guys !!! N while mom iz a sleep two nite, enjoy de box N haz a lotta fun in it 🙂

    heerz two a warm, walleye, whitefish week oh end !! ♥♥♥

    { pee ezz…glad ya getted power & heet bak !! }

  13. It’s so much fun when they have a plan and WE ruin it, isn’t it? Love, Cody