Thinking Outside the Box
July 8th, 2008 . by CaryInside joke, the title.
As in, inside the cat’s room. Yes, I’m talking about a certain cat who likes to think outside the box. Normally, a good way to come up with a solution that had not been thought of before. In this context, I’m going to have to vote against any further thinking outside the box, as it results in pee by the door and cat poop on the floor.
Cinnamon, the little brown dog, tells me that if she were allowed in the cat room, there wouldn’t be a poop-on-the-floor issue.
I don’t wanna know.
I managed to sabotage my bike riding efforts yet again – I left my phone (with the alarm function) in the closet last night, in stead of on the bathroom counter. That way, when the alarm went off, it was muffled by the closed closet door…
So – how’s your week going?
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Are you sure it only THINKS outside its box??
I’d start on my own exercise/walking program once again, if I could BREATHE outside. The fires in Fornicalia have made the air in Sacramento where I work horrible, and the air quality where I live in the Sierra Nevada mountains geometrically WORSE. People are told not to go outside, kids and older people.
I can never remember the air affected like this before. The fires are oppressive. And my house is situated in the midst of the driest forest around. In Sacramento, to be 108-degrees today and tomorrow.
At night, the perfect time to open your windows for the cooling breeze, you can’t open your windows due to the smoke. It’s hot, hot, and smoky.
BZ
BZ – I know how bad the fires have been in the past.
Know that you are in our prayers.
Be safe.
Cary, thank you most kindly sir.
BZ
We were ALL outside the box today, StartLogic was crashed for almost 5 hours, were you aware??
See that is why I have a dog. A box of poop inside my house is just not acceptable.
Fred – yeah, I was aware. Luckily, I have this back-up activity, called a daughter, that can expand to fill time quite nicely.
Jenn – when you put it that way…
We’ve had that cat “thinking” outside of the box problem too. I can relate. It’s a real pain.
Exercise? Just do it at other times…indoors, if need be. You can even make playing with little ones or dogs exercise!
I’ve got NO room to criticize; I’ve put a couple inches on my waist since I quit the evil weed. Shamefully enough, I can still out-run many of my subordinates (aren’t video games great for our kids?).
Here’s to hoping that BZ’s neck of the woods remains pristine.
That is one thing about cigarettes – they do keep you thin. I think it’s the replacing with food that causes the gain. I know I’ve gained since I quit, and that’s the part I’m fighting.
You are right, John, I should be looking for alternatives on the days I can’t get out and ride. Thanks for the motivator!
cube: it’s when the thinking occurs far from the box that the issues really start. Now, I’ve gotta bleach the area by the door, since the smell will attract them to use it again, and again…
Cary, the trials and tribulation of we pet lovers! When I first got AugieI trained to to a “doggie litter box” (child’s plastic swimming pool filled with sand) because I lived in an apartment for the first 3 months of his life. When I bought my house he decided that the bathtub must be his litter box. To the day he died he’d rather poop in the tub than outside! But hey – it was better than the floor!
BZ – Man my brother lives in Reno and it’s scary to look out your window and see a fire ten feet away from your house. I’ll take Texas tornaodes any day! Good luck and the best to you!
Samantha, I wouldn’t trade a minute of pet ownership for anything; it is more rewarding than almost anything else. Augie sounds like the type of fun dog that everyone should have at least one of!