Confessions of a cat mom's housekeeping .... "oversights"

[kimlovescats]

Well, I must confess ... my house is a disaster!!!! We have only been here for 3 years now, and you'd think we had been here at least 10!!! Why is it that being a catmom ... "things" just seem to go unnoticed, overlooked, or ummmm ignored!!!???? Let me paint the picture for you ....

Our bed is rarely made ....
There are at least 2 laundry baskets with clean items that we live out of, rather than putting away ....
Our walk- in closet is more of a .... ummmm, step-in closet ....
Our kitchen floor is ummmm, sticky and has tumbleweeds ....

Our carpets are atrocious .... full of barf stains, and every doorway has frayed carpet at the corners ....
The baseboards and lower parts of some of our walls, have well um, sneeze marks!!! .....
Hair on your behind is a normal part of your everyday attire....
The smell of ummm, kitty caviar (according to our dogs) is the odour you enjoy upon entering our home.....
My kitchen counter looks more like a cat smorgasbord than a place for people foods....
and lastly .... everywhere you step, you have to be careful not to trip over a mousie, toy or even a live cat!!!!

OK..... so now I realize why it is that I don't like visitors to my home! Well, that is unless they are extreme cat-lovers themselves! And YES, did I mention that I LOVE MY LIFE!!!!!

[rg_girlca]

LOL You are truly a cat-lover Kim and I would love too come to your house for a visit.
You forgot to mention the beach area where the litter boxes are.
Ah yes, what we cat-lovers have to put up with. I wouldn't have it any other way.

[Craftlady]

That is priceless. We have a beach area too at our house.

[kimlovescats]

Oh yes, how could I forget the sandy beaches!!!

[sirrahbed]

What about the snowglobe effect if you have ceiling fans? I know CCL has that one, too. Can you make cat fur designs on your kitchen floor with your bare toe? If you want to stuff a small decorative pillow, no need to buy that stuffing.

[catnapper]

YES! You've just described my house! Ifind myself not wanting to iron... not because I dislike ironing (its just so much fun!) but because Allen seems to enjoy when the basket is full!

You've forgotten to mention the kitty litter tracked from wherever you have the box for a 20 foot radius!

[Miss Meow]

We took my in-laws to my parents' house for dinner when they were here last week. All was well until I could smell a rather poo-ey aroma from afar. I snuck out and Schnaggles had left a ring of diarrhoea around the carpet (someone must've fed him roast pork, the poor boy). Shane and I are nonchalantly scrubbing away, my mum and dad didn't care, but the in-laws were mortified!

[QueenScoopalot]

I wear kitty-litter slippers every morning, but keep a pile of laundry that needs washing on the floor so I can wipe my 'slippers' off before going upstairs. No matter how often I sweep it's always part of the decor. I had a couch once that humans sat on...now it's wall to wall dozing cats, and one tiny chihuahua cross in there somewhere, looking dismayed. I sometimes think it's easier to paint the kitty snots onto the walls and call it stucco, than to try soaking that stuff off. I'm getting a grip on my chronic sneezer so maybe someday the walls can really be washed.... Ceiling fans make for fun slow moving objects when it's turned on. The hair slowly falls off and the cats go nuts waiting for it to land. Someday I'm going to make a plaque that is heart shaped and says "Home Is Where The Hair Is".

[CatMama78]

Originally posted by catnapper

You've forgotten to mention the kitty litter tracked from wherever you have the box for a 20 foot radius!

Unless I vacuum it everyday (and even then), this is hopeless. Two seconds after I finish, the litter is tracked everywhere, including on the couches. Oh well, ce la vie!

[sirrahbed]

Originally posted by QueenScoopalot
I sometimes think it's easier to paint the kitty snots onto the walls and call it stucco, than to try soaking that stuff off.

ROFLOL somehow I can't help but wondering if Martha Stewart could do something with this one.....well, actually I am envisioning fur mixed with the paint for the stucco effect....not snot blech!

[RedHedd]

Ah so nice to know I'm in good company here. I almost never have anyone over unless they are cat lovers and truly understand why my house is the way it is. Cat-hair bunnies, furry dust, critter litter in the rugs .... Cat snot on the baseboards? Paint over it for a new art nouveau effect! Martha might even approve!

[kimlovescats]

Hehehe..... glad to know I am not the only one living in a less than perfectly clean home!!! Yep, Redhedd .... kitty sneeze! When you live with a kitty who has had chronic URI since birth ... I'm speaking of Pee Wee (aka Sneeze Weeze) it's hard to NOT have kitty snot on certain things!!! We are slowly repainting our entire house with washable satin finished wall paint ... the builders just used flat paint ... which is horrible to wash!!! We will be doing the hall and foyer next weekend, which will help a LOT!!!

Of course, I can't totally blame the kitties for every thing that doesn't get done around here ... I do confess that I LOATHE ironing!!! Most of the time I am a wrinkled mess, figure that as soon as I sit down and get comfortable, I will be wrinkled anyway, so why bother!!!??? Unfortunately my husband is Mr. Neat Freak, Heavy Starch Users Unite!!!

[rosethecopycat]

Originally posted by kimlovescats
Well, I must confess ... my house is a disaster!!!! We have only been here for 3 years now, and you'd think we had been here at least 10!!!
(3 years-exactly the same for us- house only half painted)

Why is it that being a catmom ... "things" just seem to go unnoticed, overlooked, or ummmm ignored!!!???? Let me paint the picture for you ....

Our bed is rarely made .... (ours-never)


There are at least 2 laundry baskets with clean items that we live out of, rather than putting away ....( can't find my laundry basket)


Our walk- in closet is more of a .... ummmm, step-in closet ....
Our kitchen floor is ummmm, sticky and has tumbleweeds .... (our is more like crunch&munch)



Our carpets are atrocious .... full of barf stains, and every doorway has frayed carpet at the corners .... (why can't they match cat food gray-to match my carpet)


The baseboards and lower parts of some of our walls, have well um, sneeze marks!!! ..... (I paint right over it sometimes)


Hair on your behind is a normal part of your everyday attire....(really lucky I wear a black tux to work-unfortunately I have Siamese colored cats)


The smell of ummm, kitty caviar (according to our dogs) is the odour you enjoy upon entering our home.....
My kitchen counter looks more like a cat smorgasbord than a place for people foods....(cans, cans, everywhere!)


and lastly .... everywhere you step, you have to be careful not to trip over a mousie, toy or even a live cat!!!!( so, so, many toys)


OK..... so now I realize why it is that I don't like visitors to my home! Well, that is unless they are extreme cat-lovers themselves! And YES, did I mention that I LOVE MY LIFE!!!!!

(I wouldn't trade it for the world, when they gaze into your eyes with thanks)

[Kfamr]

You have dogs?!

[kimlovescats]

Kfamr... oh yes, do a search on the Dog side!! I have posted several posts before about Gretta (Doxie) and AnnaBelle (poodle)!!!