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Siwsan

(27,536 posts)
Thu Sep 21, 2023, 11:12 AM Sep 2023

Gryff has decided to tread on my last frayed nerve, today [View all]

He is just on a rampage, this morning. He jumped on the bar cart and broke my precious Manhattan pitcher. SHATTERED it. OK, it's just a material thing and I didn't use it all that much but it had great sentimental value. How he didn't break more items is a mystery. Fortunately I keep the costly glassware in the hutch, behind glass doors. I've moved a Waterford Crystal bowl from the top of the hutch because he likes to jump up there, too.

Next he knocked over a box of masks I keep on TOP of the Grandfather Clock, and started chewing the elastic off of them before he got distracted by something on TOP of the book shelf, where my parent's ashes are kept. Fortunately, again, I got him down before he caused another disaster.

He also knocked everything off of the dining room table, including the pad and table cloth. I've taken all of the leaves out to minimized the table top and am now desperately searching for the rubber matting I have, SOMEWHERE, to (hopefully) prevent him from sliding the two sections of pad on to the floor. I'll probably just go out and buy more.

Now he's sitting on the table, confused as to the size change.

Time to take a deep breath because it's too early to pour a glass of anything soothing.

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We adopted a 3-year old cat BlueSky3 Sep 2023 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author 2naSalit Sep 2023 #2
Losing appetite is something I'm very familiar with Siwsan Sep 2023 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author 2naSalit Sep 2023 #6
When I had gallbladder Rebl2 Sep 2023 #19
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That's Rebl2 Sep 2023 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author 2naSalit Sep 2023 #23
Your day sounds terrible. Please be ok and Polly Hennessey Sep 2023 #7
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Text him and ask.... Delmette2.0 Sep 2023 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author 2naSalit Sep 2023 #17
Good to know. Delmette2.0 Sep 2023 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author 2naSalit Sep 2023 #28
The little hooligan! Ocelot II Sep 2023 #3
I have one like that radical noodle Sep 2023 #4
Take some solice in knowing that almost all cat owners do drink more than average. EarnestPutz Sep 2023 #8
Doesn't Gryff, in Welsh, mean fighting Prince; fierce? Polly Hennessey Sep 2023 #9
You should have a Manhattan ybbor Sep 2023 #11
Mmmmm. The Torch. That's where they took me for my birthday. Siwsan Sep 2023 #13
That does sound good ybbor Sep 2023 #26
He knows you are stressed and is trying to distract you from your problems. BoomaofBandM Sep 2023 #12
If he'd just help me with this infestation of FRUIT FLIES Siwsan Sep 2023 #15
You're not alone with the fruit fly problem! slightlv Sep 2023 #20
Do you have houseplants? 2naSalit Sep 2023 #25
Put catnip on his butt? LiberalFighter Sep 2023 #16
Take away his allowance for a month and no borrowing the car !!! Karadeniz Sep 2023 #18
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