Monday, August 20, 2007

The rent DIDN'T get paid!

So I have often complained to Joe that we live in about 1,000 sq ft place. I have 3 cats. So by division, thats about 333 sq ft per cat. You would think they could handle that. Well not so. A house cat pays "THE RENT" by making sure their territory is free of rodents, insects, small reptiles, and any other creepy crawly thing that could make its' way in the house. On two occasions this has proved to be less than satisfactory. About 6 months ago, was had a small mouse in our kitchen. Kevin saw it. He yelled at Maddie, who jump on the couch. They watched as the mouse ran from the kitchen to the living room, right by Missy and Toby, and out the front door, slipping under the screen door (which is how I assumed it got in in the first place). 2 cats sleeping, while "THE RENT" ran out the door.

Sunday we had the lizard incident, which I thought was all over. Not so. About noon on monday, I went into the bathroom to find a cute little guy looking at me. A LIZARD! He ran behind the toilet and after some contemplation as to how to pick him up, I placed a small hand towel over and picked him up. This was not the lizard from Sunday morning. He had every bit of his tail. Boy, was he mad! He was thrashing his tail, and whipping it around. I screamed and Kevin came running to open up the doors as I escorted this guy out of my house! (Of course I was holding on with two hands!)LOL!

So here we are again 2 times in 6 months, and The rent was still unpaid. I called Joe to tell him of all the drama, I was having and I asked him this question "How does a lizard get into the house and all the way to the bathroom without 1 of 3 cats seeing him?" Only God in Heaven know the laziness of my 3 very spoiled cats! Some day the rent WILL be paid!

3 comments:

Jolene Harris said...

Alice, sounds like your precious little kitties need to hear how to become participators instead of spectators. lol I'm sure those little critters want to be fed and pampered but don't want to do any work right? Sounds like some people I know. oops! You could really use this as an object lesson. I enjoyed reading it. Very humorous.

Alice said...

Yes, I think I should read them the definition of "Predator" Maybe that would help! Thanks for commenting!

Sis. Sabrina said...

You see Dr doolittle they come to your house because of who you are!!!!!!!!!LOL
You dont hear me encoutering all these little creatures in my yard and house LOL
But I have to say with Cody wanting to be a vet and how he is always talking to the animals I better get ready.
Sabrina