{"id":2990,"date":"2011-01-10T02:10:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T07:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2990"},"modified":"2011-01-10T02:13:53","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T07:13:53","slug":"catching-up-with-the-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2990","title":{"rendered":"catching up with the cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you have four cats living with you, they like to help with even the most mundane things.<\/p>\n<p>Corey (he&#8217;s grown a bit since you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2748\">last<\/a> saw him) frequently hops up to help me with the dishes. This particular night he refrained from jumping into the sink and standing under the water and stuck instead with a view from front and center:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5341662615\/\" title=\"Washing Up by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5161\/5341662615_2ef7f1d13a.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Washing Up\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Della and Jeremiah laid down with me the other evening to look through a knitting catalog. It wasn&#8217;t long, though, before we all agreed our time would be better served with other pursuits:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5341663471\/\" title=\"The Sleepers by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5046\/5341663471_5c203d0a4d.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"The Sleepers\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Posey begs forgiveness for not appearing in any of these shots. She is a cat who likes to do things her own way, which means we spend most of our time together after Rudi has either left for work or gone to bed. She promises to appear in a future post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you have four cats living with you, they like to help with even the most mundane things. Corey (he&#8217;s grown a bit since you last saw him) frequently hops up to help me with the dishes. 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