I wanna cat cave. I bet Miss Kendra could sew one up for us easily... if ya help her move.

Also? You make me feel guilty for sleeping in until 7:30a.

I'm gonna just keep on commenting until someone else realizes you've posted.

So. . . . How's the weather downtown? Looks hazy from here. If I go into my boss's office and wave, d'ya think you can see me?

If I go into my OTHER boss's office (on the other side of the building), I can wave to ElleBlo. Purty cool, huh?!

Weather is crap down here. I am in such a ... mood today. How are you?

I think your site has gotten tired of me. That last comment took about an HOUR to post.

Someone else has realized she has posted Monkey Gurrl!:) Love the cat pic! sweet!

I just commented and it didn't show up. ON MY OWN SITE! That is the kind of day I am having.

Someone else has realized she has posted Monkey Gurrl!:) Love the cat pic! sweet!

I can beat that - I got in a fight with WMG last nite and threatened to move out on her and her father. I want to live in a little house in the Valley with four cats. . .

Laurie, Are you on here? Oh My God I feel Like I am meeting a Dixi Chick! :)

Oh, sure. Like "LAURA" is a real person. Sounds conspicuously similar to "Laurie", doncha think?!

I found a crinkle cave at Wal-Mart last week. People may find one at their local store.

It took forever for mine to post too.

I'm having one of those days where the cafeteria at work ran out of food (!!) at 12:30 but since I can't leave my desk I still haven't had lunch, and everyone has helpful advice (unsolicited advice, might I add) on how I should live my life, and lots of things are broken at work and I am about fourteen days behind on everything and I need a tequila IV.

You are welcome to come live in the Valley house... my cats would enjoy human companionship...

Laurie, OMG, where can I buy a crinkle cave? My cats would love one.

Just kidding.

But Roy does look sweet in the cat shaped cave.

I Swear I am Laura!

Aurgh. Everyone's got an opinion. And like arseseseses, should keep 'em to themselves. I'll come live in The Valley if you'll come live at Crappy Little Apt - where the washer and dryer have not been available for DAYS.

Mary -- see THAT is the kind of day I am having!!! hahahahahahahaa

You made me laugh :)

MonkeyGurrl, if I could trade legs instead of houses, I'd prefer that. You have rock-the-miniskirt legs. I have rock-the-support-hose legs.

Oh, Laurie, how I love you. I have just been inspired to buy my kitty's love as well. I am heading out to buy them some caves as soon as I get paid.

Your grandma blanket posts made me bawl! Ack! At work!

Oh, first a LAURA, now a LAUREL. Will it ever end?! And, have you ever heard the Heather Locklear quote on miniskirts (back in the Melrose Place days)? She said she has to wear them short b/c otherwise her legs have absolutely no shape to them.

Sigh. Tough life.

BTW, I heard George Clooney is gay.

Monkeygurrl, I thought that was how all suits must look, in my Melrose-Place-loving 7th grade mind. Don't we all look great in micro-mini suits??

That Cat shaped cave is too funny! For some reason my dog has quit sleeping in his kennel and taken the couch as his domain. I'll bet a cat shaped cave would get him to change his mind... if they made them waaaay bigger that is!

Monkey, I bet we can send him to that camp that Ted Haggart went to, or whatever his name was, he got un-gay in like two weeks! I keep offering to send my hairdresser there so I can marry him, FINALLY.

Christ, Laurel. I was out of grad school by the time Melrose Place came on. I hate you and your beautiful baby and young-aged-ness.

{crab crab crabbily crab}

What do you call a fish that eats cats?
A Catfish!
Sorry, that was pretty lame....
Is this the second Monday this week?

Re: George - I joke. A girlfriend of mine met him at a sushi place on 3rd with a *gorgeous* date (no one she recognized), and she said he was a perfect gentleman, very nice and sweet and even more gorgeous in person.

Laurie, OMG, where can I buy a crinkle cave? My cats would love one.

Just kidding.

But Roy does look sweet in the cat shaped cave.

You know, that's exactly what I've been looking for ... a snuggle cave like that, but in HUMAN size. Or perhaps in mega size, so that all the cats could curl up in it with me. And the dog.

There's definitely a market out there, Laurie. How about knitting and felting something like that?

Shoot, I didn't mean to double post.

:(

That's the kind of day I'M having.

Hey, as long as Roy is happy, that's all that matters.

When I moved in to my boyfriend's ridiculously cold apartment, I purchased $200 worth of heated kitty mats. And then proceeded to spend hundreds a month on heat anyway so that the 20 year old cat wouldn't be cold. I costs me more to heat our three bedroom apartment a month than it costs my mom to heat our three family house (both in NY city.)

I love Roy. That is all. :)

Obviously you have higher class cats. I tried various kitty beds, but Kitty 1 prefers cardboard, especially if it is broken down and waiting for recycling day and Kitty 2 prefers to be on her "blankies" (scraps of fake lambswool fabric) under the dining room table. So, I buy ridiculously expensive food to assuage my guilt instead. Yup, we're all one step away from being the Crazy Cat Lady. ;)

I've been checking and checking...and now I'm posting as fast as I can. So, I want the crinkle-cave in AI, in which the mom and kid have night-time stories; especially the trippy glowing light.

Waking at 4:45am is untenable, except on vaca days - you are dedicated. Are you having to put in extra-over hours to make up for time spent with your family?

p.s. you, your mom and grandmother are good looking women - I bet you got some great pix while everyone was visiting.

Heh, monkeygurrl! Might as well keep the place warm till everyone else shows up!

That is one of the CUTEST pics of Roy EVER!! What a sweetie! That cat cave is so cute but I'm afraid if I bought it for Teddy he'd be enamoured with it for like, two whole days and then snub it. His favorite place to sleep at night is on my pillow - all 17 lbs. of him, give or take. I sleep on my side so he can have some pillow but then whenever I roll over I have to push on him a little. My hubby wonders why I put up with it. Cuz I love my fat, cuddly kitty, that's why! But he's so finicky with his playthings. If I hide something for months and then bring it out he may or may not take another interest in it. So I'm not sure if I ought to spend the money on the crinkle cave or cat cave. I'd love to, though, and maybe I can ooh and aah over it and put catnip in it and Teddy will think it's the greatest thing evah! Yeah, right! He'll say, "Leeny-mommy, YOU sleep in it!"

Had to drop by to check. Hope the kids aren't eating that evil kitty killing food. Am on a list where a family are grieving the loss of their kitten through eating that stuff.

MG - you freakin crack my ass up. It's like a little IM conversation here!

By the way, it took Teddy 3 weeks to get rid of his gay...They aren't miracle workers after all. And didn't you know you can marry your hairdresser gay or not...seriously, have you not spent enough time with Michael and me?

Also, that cave totally looks like some demented fish with a beard...I'm really freaked out by that.

Oh yeah, and, did you see the picture of Mia I posted yesterday? If that doesn't make your day, I don't know what will. She is out of control cute!

The good news is that my car looks like new...

Clearly I'm working real, real hard.

Actually, my brain hurts from a bad pharmaceutical company who needs someone a little smarter than Keanu writing their trial protocols. Just sayin'

I just lurves Roy!

My Perry Penelope thinks brown paper bags make the best throw rugs - she beats them down "just so" - the bottom is pushed up to make a pillow for her head at first until the bag gets so beat up it's soft. I've learned that if I take one bag up I better put another one down to take its place or I'll get my ankles nipped. That's just the sort of boss-cat she is :)

OMG! you have a cafeteria at work? AND an office? i bet you have a real salary too. and job satisfaction. oh, what am i doing wrong?

i was wondering if anyone was going to weigh in on the Toxic Pet Food From Hell. i'm tempted to feed my bebehs real meat.

roy is oh-so-cute.

hey, my post posted okay!

cool chicken cam:

http://www.flyingskunk.com/live.html

Yeah, the comments are really acting up. I think the server is sad, or has PMS.

Faith, I am so glad your car looks good! Your post on "fat talk" the other day was AWESOME.
xo
laurie

Roy's cat-shaped cave is available at Amazon for under $17: http://www.amazon.com/Meow-Town-Jungle-Cat-Cave/dp/B000IBSGBG

Dammit, I posted and then I saw your addition.

Y'know, I think there's a clinical trial for pms around here. I wonder if we could get your server involved...

xo

laurie, if you're getting up so early in the morning, what time are you going to bed?

I think Ed needs one of those, not that he'd be able to see it, but the rest of us could worship the unbearable cuteness of him in it.

Gran, I go to bed as early as I can but you know, I don't get home very early so I do the best I can.

I think I am probably grumpy because I am so tired. Usually I manage to handle things better, but when you're really tired and stressed out I find the ol' sense of humor is the first to go ;)

Wow, maybe you could get your cat litter allowed back into California? I tried one of those "caves" for my cat, he wanted nothing whatsoever to do with it. He prefers to boot the labrador off her dog bed and hog that.

OMG. Roy looks so sweet in there.

I love you guys! You all are too funny, and Roy is too cute. Can we just rent out a hotel and have a big ole purl pajama party?

My kits, Bob and Carl wouldn't use the cute kitty cave. Bob sleeps on me and Carl sleeps in the underwear drawer.

I actually thought it looked like a fish!!! A sort of role reversal so to speak. Looks very comfy. We can't have cats - too many allergies.
Janet MF up in Yellowknife

My brother and I agree (after much consideration, mind you) that it looks like a catfish. Which makes things even funnier, in a way.

I'm surprised a southerner like you didn't hit on that one, Laurie! ;-)

The new cat cave is adorable but I have to admit that seeing it from the front like that, I thought it was shaped like a fish. Now that would have been ironic, a cat in a trout's mouth!

It looks like a fish until you see the ears on it at the Amazon site.

Then you can see it looks like a fish with ears.

My one of two (the "slow one") cats would be happy with a roomful of plastic grocery bags. I have to put them away so that I'm not awaken at night with her rubbing all over a plastic bag. So . . . if I put a plastic bag in an old box, maybe I too will have a crinkle cave. Signed, the Martha Stewart of Cat Caves. Not.

Geez, Roy doesn't have to work very hard to win the hearts of all the ladies, does he? I'm telling you, there should be a fan club. I'm dying for a Roy newsletter.

I love this cat cave so much. I think it's those fur lips; so very Meret Oppenheim. I love the cave so much that even though my cats have both passed away, and we are waiting until I graduate next year and go home for good before we invite new cats into our home, I want the cave NOW!

Roy is stinkin cute in his little cozy.
If i had one, i'd never leave!

I think I'm going to need a couple of those cat caves. Because I don't want to see the fighting if I only buy one.

I think it looks like a fish too. How many cats will fit in there? I think my cats are maybe too snobbish to sleep in a cat cave, but my dogs would love it.
I can see why you'd want one for yourself, it does look comfy...but then I never got the canopy bed I wanted when I was little so maybe that is the attraction for me.

Yeah Roy!!!!

I didn't get psychomom's joke until I read through the other comments.

I thought it was a fish too but OH don't those kitties look darling in it! I made two kitty pi beds - one looks all right and Lilliane uses it as a kick-it-to-death; the other one didn't felt right and it looks like a --well, it's flabby and the sides won't stand up. Evangline TRIES to lie on it but she's just trying to make me feel good. I should show your pictures to Mr. I-Wouldn't-Have-a-Pet-if-it-Weren't-for-You, because he might go get them for the girls!! HOORAY for more cute kitty pictures, Laurie, and THANKS!

oh man, i really want to get that cat mouth cave thing, but the last time we bought cece a cat bed she never got in it and it instead became a makeshift yarn basket. but that thing is so damn cute...

Well, I just added that to my Amazon wish list. Too cute.

I made a fish-shaped cat bed from a Simplicity pattern right after I moved to LA - ye gods, that pattern was AWFUL. And then my three ingrate furballs refused to set paw in it.

So I donated it to the nearest animal shelter - and boy, did I get the funny looks walking down the street in West L.A. with a giant fish-shaped cat bed under my arm.

OtherLisa, I boughtthat exact same pattern, got the thing home, read it and... tossed it! No way, Jose. LOL

Your story made me actually see you walking with it under your arm! We MUST meet. hehehehehe.

See if you were in New Orleans, people would just say, "huh ... I wonder who's having a giant fish costume party."

Laurie, that fish bed specifically looks like a giant Plecostomas.

But himself looks damn adorable in it anyway.

What are you doing up so late?

P.S. If I had one of those things in people size, I don't know if I'd ever come out.

P.P.S.: If you want to make an el cheapo crinkle pad minus the cuteness factor, put several layers of bubble wrap inside an old pillowcase, sprinkle some catnip on the bubble wrap and sew the end of the pillowcase shut. Cats will go nuts on it.

Now I'm gonna see if my sorry old insomniac arse can get back to sleep....I have a proposal due on Thursday so of course I can't sleep.

Dez, I also have too much work to do to sleep!

But the good lord willing, I will prevail and sleep on...uh. Friday?

LOL

I am going to try the bubble wrap inside a pillowcase thing. My damn cats love any krinkly surface, Roy just happens to be a fan of the cave-y interiors. And you know I do anything for than dern Roy!!

p.s. my daddy made gumbo last week and I about died of happiness and okra.

Hee hee. I love the cat bed. I wonder if my little orange guy would.

I love Roy!! (but don't tell Soba, I don't want to be added to the manifesto)

OMG, Roy is TEH CUT3ST!! (yes I did that on purpose because I am A Tool. Also, having one of those days, too. Tequila IV sounds SO. GOOD. TODAY. And it's not even 10 yet...)

Love to you and the kitt0rzzzzzzzzzz...

I think you can find something similar to a crinkle cave at IKEA. I could be wrong though. Happens all the time!

Delurking for the first (or maybe second) time ever (although I enjoy your blog daily!) to say... when I first saw that pic of Roy, I thought the cave/bed was a fish, not a cat! Which made me think of that scene from "When Harry Met Sally" where they're playing Pictionary and Bruno Kirby is guessing Meg Ryan's drawing: "Baby fish mouth! BABY FISH MOUTH!"

I'll be chuckling about that all day.

Hurray Roy! Best cat in the Blogiverse! (oh god, don't tell my cats I just said that out loud). I think I might have to get my kitties a cave now, just to assuage the guilt.

Thanks SO MUCH for the links! I ordered the cat cave at amazon, and my local target has the crinkle cave -- I will run out at lunch. It will be a nice present for the kitties after their annual bath this weekend...

If you're feeling crafty (and you love basting - trust me on this one), you can make a similar bed:

http://www.simplicity.com/dv1_v4.cfm?design=9004

I think Roy's is cuter, though!

Umm, weren't you supposed to not buy anything till april 1?

What a sweet kitty--too bad that my two think that their kitty bed is OUR bed!

And about running into George Clooney, sorry, he's down here in South Carolina filming a movie. (Now if I could just run into him....) Oh well, hubby wouldn't like that too well.

I believe you that it is a cat...but is it a catfish maybe? Because it so looks like a fish.

God, it's early. Or late. Whichever.

It's entirely possible it's the Nyquil posting.

Laurie-Purl - I think it is lovely that you spent 10 extra dollars to help out a family run business - think of it that way since you can't do anything about it now. BTW - that is SO cute (and I'm a dog person)

hi laurie,
i live in the land where Target was born. Minneapolis, Minnesota. you might be happy to know that my friend works at target HQ and i have it on good authority that very soon they will be expanding their cat-related stuff like they did with the dog stuff. you know when you go to a target and they have miles and miles of great dog stuff? they admit they have neglected the cats and are about to rectify the situation.

p.s. i love your blog and read almost daily. you are fantastic. keep it up! (no pressure, or anything)

hi again,
laurie, can you edit that comment i made just above as to not implicate my best gay boyfriend in the fact that he let me read a memo that i didn't realize was supposed to be all hush-hush?

he really likes his job and i don't want to be responsible for him losing it.

thanks bunches!

Just wanted to let you know that our Wal-Mart has the Cat Crinkle Caves for sale. I bought mine yesterday for $6.88. My cats love it!!