Choice Morsels

The Mama Kat writing prompt today is on the topic of, "Write about the last thing that spooked...your pet." This is our cat, Sunni. She's exclusively an indoor cat.(Because fleas will bite Hubby and we can't have that) Sunni is very companionable and has us well trained. She sits at the table with us for dinner, then runs to the bedroom and "calls" for one of us to come make a "cave" for her in a blanket, so she can get in it and be covered up. Her one penchant is she doesn't like other cats. She doesn't even like seeing one walking around in her range of sight outside.  Several neighbors have outdoor/indoor cats and they walk through my yard; sometimes even approaching the sliding glass door to peer within. Sunni flattens as low as she can and watches them intently till they leave. If they get too close to the sliding glass door, she'll sniff loudly and growl and even yowl menacingly at them. Currently, with the A/C off...

  The Mama Kat Prompt this week is: "What made you laugh this week?"        The answer is: the same thing that makes me laugh everyday---our cat, Sunni.     She's 12 now and still spry and full of play.      Every night, about 10:30, she's wants to play a bit before we go to bed. Her favorite game is to hide in a large plastic shopping bag we hook over her cat scratch, crouch down, then wait expectantly for my husband to reach under it and grab her belly. You can read the look of anticipation on her face! That cracks me up by itself!  Then when he does grab her belly, she presses down against his hand with this intense, "I'm not going to let you get me" expression for a few seconds before suddenly flipping over in a complete somersault to try and get that "pesky hand." Of course, my husband is lightning fast getting his hand out of her reach for the most part. He'll then flap th...