lizzielou742
08-02-2004, 09:11 AM
Tito, Sophie and I have really gotten their dinnertime rituals down pat now that the move is over with. It's the same every day, usually at the exact same times each day (unless I sleep in, like I did yesterday!!). :p I know to some of you all this might sound boring and not worth reading, but it fills me with happiness every day, and I'd like to share it with you all.
First, I begin by picking up both of the kitties' food and water bowls and washing them out at the kitchen sink with soap and hot water. I am sort of weird about their bowls being spotless all the time. The entire time I do this, Tito sits and my feet and meows loudly and persistently (as if it will get him fed faster) and Sophie hangs out on the kitchen "table," which apparently was put there exculsively for her use(!) :rolleyes: like this:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid130/p1d3b5e074bf4405aa4340ae359a87add/f7bdd5a7.jpg
She's well behaved and quiet as a mouse, unlike SOME kitties:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p9527d027e44c85a84cedb7f3fe69ad40/f84120f5.jpg
Anyway, Tito's begging continues as I carefully measure out his food (he's on diet food) and fill up his water bowl. Then I give him his food to shut him up - he inhales it immediately. Sophie's gets measured out next (she's still on yummy kitten food). Seeing me pick up her bowl, she squeaks (she sounds like a bird, honestly!) and hightails it down the hall to our bedroom. She has to eat in there with the door shut, or else Tito will come in when he's done with his food and eat all of her food too. :rolleyes: I usually try to leave her in there for at least half an hour. When I go in later to check on her (while holding Tito back at the door - he's dying to rush in and check out her bowl) she's always asleep on our bed. This is when she's the sweetest. We usually have at least five minutes of snuggle time - she's content, sleepy, and has a full belly and is super cute. Meanwhile, Tito is crying at the door to be let in. I swear he has a food fixation. You'd think I starve him. So, after Sophie and I are done, I pick up her bowl and go into the kitchen to put whatever she didn't eat back in the bag (she's not a big eater, like Tito). I come back into the bedroom, and Tito is sniffing around Sophie's eating area for any crumbs. I put the bowl down and Tito licks the bottom of it. :rolleyes: Sophie, meanwhile, has usually become playful again and is pouncing on some invisible thing on the floor (thank goodness she protects me from the evil carpet monster!) :)
So that was my long-winded story about how much I love feeding my kitties - even if it is a big ordeal twice a day. :p
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid115/pdb1d2e63479aeefac8a13966822b13f5/f8c2bee5.jpg
First, I begin by picking up both of the kitties' food and water bowls and washing them out at the kitchen sink with soap and hot water. I am sort of weird about their bowls being spotless all the time. The entire time I do this, Tito sits and my feet and meows loudly and persistently (as if it will get him fed faster) and Sophie hangs out on the kitchen "table," which apparently was put there exculsively for her use(!) :rolleyes: like this:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid130/p1d3b5e074bf4405aa4340ae359a87add/f7bdd5a7.jpg
She's well behaved and quiet as a mouse, unlike SOME kitties:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p9527d027e44c85a84cedb7f3fe69ad40/f84120f5.jpg
Anyway, Tito's begging continues as I carefully measure out his food (he's on diet food) and fill up his water bowl. Then I give him his food to shut him up - he inhales it immediately. Sophie's gets measured out next (she's still on yummy kitten food). Seeing me pick up her bowl, she squeaks (she sounds like a bird, honestly!) and hightails it down the hall to our bedroom. She has to eat in there with the door shut, or else Tito will come in when he's done with his food and eat all of her food too. :rolleyes: I usually try to leave her in there for at least half an hour. When I go in later to check on her (while holding Tito back at the door - he's dying to rush in and check out her bowl) she's always asleep on our bed. This is when she's the sweetest. We usually have at least five minutes of snuggle time - she's content, sleepy, and has a full belly and is super cute. Meanwhile, Tito is crying at the door to be let in. I swear he has a food fixation. You'd think I starve him. So, after Sophie and I are done, I pick up her bowl and go into the kitchen to put whatever she didn't eat back in the bag (she's not a big eater, like Tito). I come back into the bedroom, and Tito is sniffing around Sophie's eating area for any crumbs. I put the bowl down and Tito licks the bottom of it. :rolleyes: Sophie, meanwhile, has usually become playful again and is pouncing on some invisible thing on the floor (thank goodness she protects me from the evil carpet monster!) :)
So that was my long-winded story about how much I love feeding my kitties - even if it is a big ordeal twice a day. :p
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid115/pdb1d2e63479aeefac8a13966822b13f5/f8c2bee5.jpg