The country gentlemen return
Posted: Thursday, April 15, 2010 by Travis Cody inMy mom was here last weekend to help with the reorganizing of the condo, as well as the spending of some of my money. She excels at both and has a first class assistant in Pam.
It was fun! The condo looks great.
I can report that construction about 85% complete. I spoke with the foreman on site and he says the things left to do for our building are basically exterior finish stuff like painting, deck railings, front stair railings, and reconnecting porch lights and doorbells. Those sorts of things have to wait for the weather, because exterior painting is the biggest job left.
I am putting together a photographic retrospective, but I thought I'd wait until I can report 100% completion.
Anyway, Mom was here and she brought her two country gentlemen to stay with us for a month while she and my stepdad travel in California and Arizona. Mr Tucker is settling in quite well with Mr Bailey (the house panther) and Mr Newby (the tiger kitty).
Oh, pardon the state of the bed. We were washing all the linens and anyone with more than one kitty will tell you that if you want a picture of all of them together, you have to take it quick and not worry about the background!
With all the construction, Mr Tucker has lost a bunch of weight. At first it was because he spent his time during the day hiding from all the scary construction guys swarming all over the place, and didn't eat nearly as much. Now that they aren't coming around as much, Mr Tucker is taking advantage of his new sleek self. He's much more active than he used to be, despite being 12 going on 13 this year.
So I wanted to get him a nice tall climbing perch. This past weekend seemed like the perfect time to do that, to give all three guys another thing to do while we're at work.
They seem to be taking to it quite well. Sleek as he is, we did find out that Mr Tucker needs a little step to get up into that cradle bed so that's why we put it next to the chair. He loves it, and he did manage to pull himself onto the top perch.
So it's crowded and cozy now with me and Pam, Mr Tucker, and the two gentlemen.
Had to chuckle a bit at your comment about your Mom's ability to spend your money for you. It made me think of my Mom but in her case, it was that she excelled in figuring out all kinds of ways for me not to spend any money! And the cat pics -great! Your Mom has two beautiful cats who rank right up there with Mr. Tucker!