Emmy's human has odd bathing preferences

There's obviously little Miss Emmy can do about this . . . she has tried on numerous occasions (in fact, numerous times DAILY) to demonstrate the beauty of the tongue-bath.  Is there nothing more elegant than a long extension of one's hind leg as you tongue-stroke, stroke, stroke upwards to your toes?

Correct.  You understand what I mean.

Yet, this human continues to splash about in a big watering dish, making use of that liquid which is only useful for lapping delicately from a bowl (preferably cut crystal), and only on rare occasions IMHO.

Now she comes home with these photos, extolling the WONDER of this contraption.

This monstrosity sits on a deck hanging off the edge of a steep cliff and is open on three sides.

Now.  Really.  Miss Emmy is really all for Bathing With an Audience.  She does so DAILY.

But this location offers scant opportunity for admirers to view the production.  It really only offers the opportunity for the bather to lie back in that tub full of water and stare out.  

At.  This.

I mean, who would want to do a thing like THAT?

I have to say that Full Blame must be placed on the shoulders of that Individual of Very Bad Influence, Missy Gayle.

Missy Gayle

You can see just by looking at her what a devious individual she is!

She's another one of those incomprehensible females who has chosen to Keep a Husband.  

(As everyone knows well, the most sensible female behavior is to have many husbands and have them often -- and then send them yowling on their way over the back fence.  I mean, how else are we to manage our time-honored mandate of overtaking the world with many many many kittens?)

So, if any of the Full Blame is to be shared, we must slap it (perhaps with a bit of claw) on the shoulders of the male who constructed this monstrosity -- which appears to be directly responsible for driving my Human nearly bonkers with imbecilic envy.

This entire episode has so stressed my system that I've had to retire to my abode under the bed.  I have curled myself into a tight ball and have wrapped my tail around my nose.  

I realize it has been nearly a year since I've had a single thing to say here, and it may be another year before I get over my snit.

Ah me.  What a world.

Delicate Drier Tutorial

Miss Emmy’s human is often behind on her laundry.  And when she does get around to washing her delicates, she’s frustrated by the mess required to set up the drying rack in her laundry room, which protrudes into the traffic area as well as crowding Miss Emmy’s royal dining area.

In the interest of hygiene (which is always of foremost feline concern), Miss Emmy devised a solution to this delicate dilemma, and instructed her human to enact it thusly.



Gather the following materials:

• 1 wooden coat hanger
• 12 wooden clothes pins (found at the $1 store) 
• Super Glue or White Glue

Measure the clothespins out across the hanger at regular intervals.
For this hanger we spaced our pins about  1.25” apart.
Then we glued the pins to  the hanger, starting next to the hook.

We first tried using super glue, hoping that it would speed completion of the project (since we had delicates washing and Miss Emmy preferred not to have her dining dishes crowded again).  However, the super glue was not successful with every pin.  The clothes hanger was not entirely flat, so it was difficult to get a solid seal for all pins.
 
Therefore we opted to use the white glue, which would require at least 30 minutes to dry.  However, it held very well, and within an hour we were using our new Delicate Drier for Miss Emmy’s human’s unmentionables. .

   Notice that we are able to hang these from a long hook on the pegboard in the laundry room (which also organizes our frying pans and tools – but that’s another post for another time).

If you have ever used one of those collapsible plastic driers that opens out in numerous spokes, you’ll remember that it’s impossible to hang one of those in a confined area.

We are happy with our Delicate Drier because it doesn’t take up a lot of room, and we can carry everything into the closet and keep it hanging neatly while we put it away . . . something we could not do with the old plastic item.  

We’ve decided that our Delicate Drier will make Miss Emmy’s human’s laundry days much easier . . . what do you think?

(By the way, notice the petite tension rod which resides just inside the closet door.  It’s also handy for hanging just-ironed clothing or for assembling an outfit for the day.  Miss Emmy even has an improvement on THIS system, but again, that’s another post!)

What ideas do you have for making laundry day easier?

Emmy Must Do More Research!

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