Day Two Hundred Twenty Six

And Then Something Went BUMP!...

Because the ssscat has done its job so well, we've been letting Boo! loose in the house at night with her brothers. When Dash first got here, he was confined to the front bedroom at night for several weeks, but Boo! has never been isolated. Maybe it's because Dash is such a good babysitter, or that she seems to be more than capable of taking care of herself, even though she's so tiny. Whatever the reason, it has proven to be false logic. Apparently, she is the real life version of The Cat in The Hat.

Boo!

I don't know how she did it, but I would bet one hundred dollars she is behind the wreath coming down through the night. Andy said he found it lying on the floor with Thing One and Thing Two (Chance and Finn) sleeping in the center of it. There were pieces of it - pine cones, fake berry clusters, etc. strewn around the house. My guess is she tugged on the unplugged cord hanging  from it - bringing the whole thing crashing down. I'm just glad nobody got hurt. Keep in mind, this wreath, which our daughter made when she was a teen, has lasted well over a decade!

Then, right before my eyes, Boo! knocked over a glass sculpture I've had in the bathroom for years. I keep hand towels in it. It scared her as much as it startled me when it went over. Fortunately, it didn't shatter. After she did it, though, she wanted out of the bathroom.

Boo! is such a little instigator. Like The Cat in the Hat, she has all sorts of ideas to keep everyone from getting bored. Dash has morphed into the Goldfish from the story; desperately trying to warn her she's going to get into trouble.

It never works and she ends up throwing everything into chaos. Last night I found her on the kitchen counter nibbling on the end of a chunk of cheese. So, you're thinking, well if the cheese was out... but it wasn't. It had been sealed in a plastic bag. Shortly after that, she fell into the toilet. This morning, I found her trying to climb into a space even I didn't know existed.

We have lived in our home since 1989. In all that time, I never noticed there is a gap where the kitchen cabinets come together in the corner. It is open and I never realized this. I looked over to see her halfway up and pulled her out in the knick of time. I know that she has not forgotten this and will wait until I am asleep then will explore it further. Now, I've read about cats going up chimney flues. She would do this. We keep it sealed. But what am I going to do about the cabinetry structure?!

I mentioned this to my problem-solving husband. I probably should have waited until he finished his breakfast. I got one of those stares I've come to know so well. It means, "Seriously? Do you just sit around thinking of things for me to do?" Of course, a few minutes later I saw him inspecting the problem area. He already has a plan.