The Cat's Meow
The new house has been filled with all sorts of surprises. Some have been good, like discovering that the owners left us a tool box filled with excellent quality tools, or finding a nice cast iron frying pan in a (bathroom) cabinet. Some of the other surprises have been of the middle of the road "eh" variety, such as finding that some of the handles on cabinets were painted and not screwed in, or realizing that the spare bathroom toilet would stop spouting smelly gunk as soon as the wax ring was replaced. And still other surprises have been, well, not-so-good. Among these was a gas leak that took Husband and my father three days of trenching and pipe relaying to fix, a window screen that NO MATTER WHAT will never stay in because it has nothing to latch it on except balance, and a KitchenAid dishwasher that stank to high heavens for at least two weeks while we tried everything to stop it. It would not drain. It could not drain. It was a friggin' nightmare.
But the biggest surprise of all came just the other day. I couldn't find the kitten Anastacia and I decided that before I went looking all over the yard for her, I'd use the bathroom. So I walked into the bathroom, lifted the toilet seat and found...
AN UNHAPPY KITTEN IN MY TOILET.
Sitting there. Drenched. Sullenly saying "meow" and too traumatized to move. The picture will follow as soon as I figure out how to get my pictures off my camera and onto the computer with the new setup.
Oh, that is hilarious! That is so something that would happen to my cat. I'm surprised it hasn't! Too much.
Posted by: L.A. Daddy | 27 November 2007 at 03:55 PM
Awww. That poor little baby. I bet she won't go near the toilet anytime soon!
Posted by: Motherofbun | 27 November 2007 at 09:25 PM
Oh can't wait to see the wet pussy. eeep.
Posted by: toyfoto | 28 November 2007 at 09:42 AM
Poor kitty. While I laugh my head off. Hey, at least you didn't spend a ton of time searching for her. I would have never thought to look in a toilet for a kitty.
Posted by: Andrea | 28 November 2007 at 02:31 PM
Hehehe...I thought that was just part of the "what if" game...not that it actually happened! Your cat is special.
So...I'm counting down. Did you know that I'm home in, oh, 15 days? ;)
Posted by: Emily | 28 November 2007 at 11:08 PM
We really need to see these picture. poor kitty.
Posted by: Rachel | 30 November 2007 at 05:53 PM
Well, that beats my cat catching on fire...
LOL!
Can't wait for the pic. (And thanks for the French lesson!)
Posted by: mamatulip | 13 December 2007 at 12:21 PM
Hi, me again. I just read the comment you left on my advice site and girl, I laughed so hard I cried. Thanks for sharing your story with me. LOL!
Posted by: mamatulip | 17 December 2007 at 10:44 AM