Rule #14 when working from home

How to motivate your assistant.....ok, his bowl is full, his litter tray emptied, his bed was washed a few days ago, I gave him lots of cuddles and a motivational speech and card with a promise of 'ruling the world' but unfortunately it did not work.... He is asleep on the job, once again!!

Rule #13 when working from home

According to the law, you have to provide your employees with an enjoyable work environment... So .... a chair ?? Do you think that will do?? Or should I add a cushion??

Rule #12 When working from home

Make sure you keep a free space on your shelf for your feline ornament/ assistant/ supervisor *
* Delete whichever does not apply!

Rule#11 when working from home

Make sure your cat does not obstruct the path to the keyboard, otherwise typing might become quite impossible...

Rule #10 when working from home

Make sure your assistant is actually awake when notes need to be taken.....

Rule #9 When working from home

Make sure you do not get distracted by the cuteness of your feline assistant and end up grooming and cuddling him/her instead of working....

Rule #8 When working from home

Make sure you have a good security agent in place, someone who will guard your most important tool come what may.... Nobody will touch this laptop without getting scratched!!

Rule #7 When working from home

Make sure your assistant is not playing games on the iPad when there is work to be done....

Rule #6 when working from home

Opt for feline decoration instead of plants... Ok, they do not come cheap, and you have to feed them, groom them, take them to the vet.... Mmmmm, I guess plants are the better option, come to think of it....but on the other hand, having both does not work either, because the feline kind will eat/dig/destroy the plant kind...  This is clearly a case of one or the other.

Rule #5 when working from home

Never leave your glass of water unattended, it will be claimed by your cat....

Rule #4 when working from home

Always have plenty of water around, but do not drink until thoroughly inspected by Ray....just in case any commuters try to poison it!!

Rule #3 when working from home

Make sure that when you do have to leave your assistant unattented they actually do do some work, and don't nap on the job.....

Rule # 2 when working from home

make sure you have someone on the lookout, to give you prewarning in case you have to answer the door to postman/DHLdelivery man/neighbour/mother-in-law so you have time to change out of your pyjamas! Meet Layla, keeping watch...... 

Rules when working from home

Always have a good assistant, someone you can count on to get the job done... Meet my assistant Ray...

999

So there you have it, 999 followers, who will be the 1000th?

I'm watching you.....

Wherever you are in the house, I will follow you.... I will stand besides you when the doorbell rings, I will check up on you during your shower.... I help you make the bed and I love helping when you change the sheets.... Emptying our litter tray is something that you can do on your own, nothing to do with me.... Do let me know when you finish emptying it though, I love to dig around in the clean litter tray!

I can be sweet too

Specially when I have missed you.... And I always need a sniff to make sure it is you... Is that tuna??

Road bump

I am a road bump, you cannot pass me by without slowing down and giving me some attention... Go on, rub my tummy...... I won't scratch, promise!!

A bed is a bed is a bed

Not quite!! Although I really love my box from the wilderness, I am now completely enamoured with my pristine white box! And its best feature is the fact that it has a lid! I manage to crawl into it, whilst lifting the lid, and nobody knows I am there.... It has scared the wits out of Ophelia..... Great fun and undisturbed sleep.... Bliss!

Plus love

How is it possible that Layla gets more +1s than me??? Well, the war is on for more +1s..... Let us see who will be victorious.... Remember the drawer picture, I shall have to dig that one out again....

Pawesome..

A nice spot next to the computer, close to Ophelia, a good clean of the paw captured by her camera, add to that a bit of Google Auto Awesome Magic, et voila, a nice film to post on Google+. Anyone who loves Auto Awesome say: 'yeah.'

Picture perfect

A nice spot in the sun, a good eye for composition, and a nice camera, a bit of google auto enhance on high et voila, ophelia has a lovely picture of me to post on Google+. All those in favour of Google+ say: 'Ay'!

The best spot in the house...

Today Layla pinched the best spot in the house from Ray... She found his favourite spot and sat in it... Very courageous indeed,  but when Ray found out, he was not happy... He looked at her viciously for a minute or two, and although no words or hisses or scratches were exchanged, his look was enough for her to get the message and get out of there.... 

Last year we went on a big journey

We moved from Belgium to the UK

Layla in her cage in the car on route from belgium to exmouth

Ray in his cage in the car during the journey, I was not a happy bunny....uh, cat!

Inspecting the cages beforehand! 

Take your cat to work day....

First a meeting and a discussion, then some typing and to round it all off, some napping.... Let's not overdo it certainly, on this lovely warm and sunny day!

 

 

Ray still loves his box

What arrived in the box has long since been forgotten, but what remains of it is still loved soo much! The box is still there, with padding and all, next to the radiator..... Needless to say Ray is still a big fan, and this morning, instead of sleeping on the keyboard of my laptop, he opted to go in his box..... Leaving me to work in peace and himself asleep in the box, soooo tired after sleeping all night!

Cat food corner art...

Ophelia made our food corner look really nice, there was a strange thing there with three holes and a switch, a bit dangerous maybe, but we did not touch it at all, but now she made a work of art and stuck it on there, looks nice....

not quite Van Gogh.... 

Foreign visitors come and go.

Finally, our foreign visitors have left and peace once returns to our home.... It has been a very busy weekend indeed, Ray kept to the bedroom most of the time, as all chairs, and the sofa was taken up by the visitors.....I stuck to my high perch in the utility, well out of the way....

May day may day

Stop the rain!! This weather is awful and Ophelia has the day off work and she wants to go out.... And that leaves us in peace at home, a nice snooze, a stretch or two, a little wash and a bite to eat, and back to snooze, wash, ... Bliss!   Otherwise she will bring out the yellow monster again, and move things about and there will be no peace at all..... We like it clean, mind you, but we also like our peace and quiet.....

Happy reunion!

Ophelia went out crafting all day yesterday, amd whnm she came back I was sooo happy to see her, she has made some lovely things but really, that is not important, what is important is that she is back, yes! She filled up the water with nice fresh cool water and the bowl is brimful of food,  and we are reunited once again..... It was a long day.... But now all is well again!

It's weekend!

After what seems a long week it is finally arrived, the weekend! I am looking forward to lazing about, keeping my eye on Sylvester and keeping Ray away from my lookout position in the conservatory..... A quick scratch of my nails into Ophelia's office carpet and I am ready for the weekend!

A friendly visit??

Now that the weather is better Sylvester our neighbour's cat is outside a lot more. He generally sits on the fence and sometimes he walks in our courtyard but he does not try to get in any more. Well at least not this week.... Last week he tried to get in via the office window, that scared Ophelia I can tell you!!! Today, he came and sat on the windowsill in the kitchen. Layla did not like that.... There was a moment or two of tension, believe you me, amd then he left, and peace returned once more! Nap time now!

A new layout for the blog

No no no, you have not come to the wrong place, Ophelia changed the layout of the blog .... Fancy no?? I like it very much. She has also added some links to cat supplies... guess she got some from Amazon?? You know the box that arrived not so long ago??? Well that came from there, very handy too! Still my favourite place!

Ah yes, she's now also got a blog on cards, so if you are interested .... go and have a look at this address: http://opheliasbespokecards.blogspot.co.uk/

Do not bite the hand that feeds you....

I generally get bored rather quickly, and sometimes it happens that when I ask for attention and I get it, I then change my mind and scratch or try to bite. Generally, I am not vicious.... I find it just a bit difficult to express myself any other way.... And you just have to know me.... And I try very hard not to scratch or bite Ophelia's and Hamlet's hands, as they are the ones feeding me, or Layla, for that matter, but when they take me to the vet, and try to put me in that cage... I forget all about that ...

It is in my nature....

More people around means more attention, and I am good at asking for attention, just go and sit on them in the morning and they will magically wake up, or I'll spread myself out in the middle of the hallway, so no one can just walk past me, and generally they will see me and give me a stroke or two, and although I did ask for it, I do get bored rather quickly and when I've had enough, I've really had enough!! And then I'll scratch .... Sorry, can't help it really, . . . it is in my nature....

Easter wishes

It has been rather hectic in our household lately, more people around, things moved about, lots of activity! Ophelia makes sure we are safe, and I guess it means more people to give attention to us too! So I wish you a happy day today and enjoy your Easter!

A ball of hair in the room

So I wonder who is going to mention the ball of hair in the room first! It is there, no denying it, and it came off our coats, I am not fighting that, and most of it is mine, yes I know, I shed a lot ot hair, but hey, it is in my nature, Layla hardly loses any hair... And now that it is getting warmer I will be glad some of it is gone..... Oh, well, I'll just grow some more.... Where is the bin?

Ginger, our first cat, now in heaven!

This was our cat Ginger, who was only with us for about 5 months and died at the age of 8 months of undiagnosed feline cardiomyopathy.... There was not much we could do once he was ill, not knowing what would be wrong we had lots of tests performed at the vet and his heart gave out quite quickly..... A postmortem showed the signs of a thickened heartwall and he would never have had a long life had we found it and given him medication, so he was better off going to heaven, really, .... Thinking about it now, he was always so sad looking and seemed tired all the time! I really did not take enough pictures of him, I gathered them all together in one album.... 375 or so..... 

We got another one straight away, Ray, and one year later we got Layla! And needless to say, I take lots of pictures of them....

A place to lay down my head....

Where in the world better to lay down my head than in a nice box, or on a soft bed?? Layla sleeps on the bed at night and in the sofa by day, but I prefer my new bed box during the day and at night, although I also love love love the pillow on the big box in the bedroom, really cosy, all four of us there in the night! What I also like is the laundry basket, it is cosy and round and provides lots of support, only thing is, you must not be in there when there is dirty washing in there, it smeeeelllllssss!

Being seen, not heard....

I like being there, without anyone noticing, just being there, observing all that is going on, being perfectly still, ... Ok ok, sometimes I fall asleep and my snoring gives me away, but many times I overlook all proceedings without anyone knowing I am there, still as an ornament!

Today is judgement day....

The morning loomed in all its darkness upon us, today is judgement day: a visit to the vet, where we will be weighed, checked and cuddled too. The vet is really nice, but she is also going to prick us with a needle, and that is not, I repeat, not nice! But Ophelia says it will be over in a second, so hopefully we won't have to go on a diet and we'll be back home in no time! But when the cages came out I was not so positive, I really did not like it, I scratched and I bit, and the only way to catch me was with the oven gloves on! At the vets, I screamed when she tried to prick me with the needle, Layla was fine, but I was not a happy bunny.... euh, cat! Anyway, we are back home now and all is well again, phew, another year to go until the next visit!

Layla, warrior princess!

I protect my household when foreign bodies try to invade it! I am up first when the doorbell rings and sniff out the postman, and I am there first when Sylvester tries to come in through the window.... I also try to escape myself, but Ophelia is quicker .... In another life I would have made a great warrior princess! Ooh, one can drean, can't one?

Feeling the love......

Ophelia just reached 500 followers, or whatever you might call them, you know people who have her in their circles! And she's really happy, and so are we, because I guess more people will read about us! And she would really like that too, and she's saying how much she really likes Google+ and how much she's feeling the loooooove! So thanks everyone, for all the google+ love... We love you too!

My bed (part two)

Ok, so I've just spend all evening, all night and all day in my lovely new bed, and I really need to stretch now!!! Layla still hasn't dared to steal it from me and when I nipped to the litter tray earlier it was still here upon my return! So,I guess the bed is here to stay, jippie! I am a happy cat!

My new bed is lovely

My new bed arrived today, it is really lovely, it is just the right size to snuggle up in.... It has some padding as well, makes it nice and warm! It came from Amazon, specially for me..... It had some sort of things in, but those were not for me, the box in the other hand is for me..... Ophelia put it next to the radiator, oooh, lush! Ok, now.... a quick drink, a few bites and swiftly to the litter tray and then ..... back to my new bed before Layla discovers it!