Friendly Fill-Ins and Photo Fails

Who's ready for the Friendly Fill-Ins? We are! In case you missed the fill-ins yesterday, you can find them below. Ellen of 15andmeowing came up with the first two, and I came up with the second two.

1. I deserve a gold star for _________ today.

2. Right now, I am loving _________.

3. The best advice I've ever been given is _________.

4. If I had to choose a new first name, it would be _________.

As always, I took my turn to fill these in, too.

1. I deserve a gold star for successfully dodging five piles of cat puke in a dark hallway today.
(Sometimes, I'll walk through the dark hallway at my house and my foot will find one or two—or three or four—piles of cat puke. This morning, I walked through the dark hallway, only to soon after realize that I had somehow managed to miss five piles of cat puke. I felt so accomplished. Then that sense of accomplishment sort of dimmed as I got on my hands and knees to clean it all up.)

2. Right now, I am loving the show Nailed It! on Netflix.
(This is a comedic reality baking show. Each episode, three amateur bakers are brought on to attempt to recreate complicated baked goods. The results are hilarious epic failures. Have you ever seen those memes where people try to recreate a beautiful baked good or craft item that they see on Pinterest, only to fail miserably? In those memes, the failed attempts are often humorously accompanied by the words, "Nailed it!" That's where the idea for this show came about. I watch this show if I need a good laugh.)

3. The best advice I've ever been given is, "Do something because you enjoy it, not just because you're good at it."
(This probably sounds kind of random and strange, but this advice has stuck with me ever since my dad offered it to me years ago, as I was preparing for college and trying to settle on a career path. My dad admitted to me that he made the mistake of pursuing an education and career in something that he was good at, but that isn't really one of his passions in life. Back then, I thought I properly took his advice. After college and entering the job force, though, I realized that some of my true passions didn't make it into my initial plans for my future. I have plans to change that now, though, and so I'm again taking my dad's advice and reworking my goals for the future.)

4. If I had to choose a new first name, it would be Autumn.
(Honestly, my answer to this could change on a whim. I love names, and I always have. Anytime I meet anyone, and certainly anytime I meet a furbaby, I want to know their name. Anyway, to explain my answer, autumn is my favorite season, and I've simply always thought it was a pretty name.)

Now it's your turn!

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or in the comments on Ellen's blog, 15andmeowing.



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Are you ready for your Eddy fix? Luckily, today also happens to be the day of the Pet Photo Fails, a blooper bog hop hosted by The Cuddlywumps Cat Chronicles.

And so, here's Eddy doing what she does best—creating bloopers!

Have a fun and fantastic Friday, friends!

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Our Doodle of the Day:

I guess I'm in the mood to scribble up some more bookish doodles. Hopefully you all don't get tired of me drawing books, because that seems to be happening a lot lately. I also seem to have a thing for toadstools, but I'll try not to include those in every single upcoming bookish doodle.

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Our Tip of the Day:

As we mentioned yesterday, we're doing a series of tips dedicated to none other than the litter box. Yesterday, we talked about choosing a type of litter box. Today, we're going to talk about the number of litter boxes you might need.

We're going to begin this discussion with a bit of an equation:

(# of cats) + 1 = (# of litter boxes)

That up there is the general rule for how many litter boxes a home should have, for the comfort of the kitties living there. Since we're a broken record, we'll say it again: the number of litter boxes should equal the number of cats, plus one. This general rule helps ensure that all of the cats in a home have plenty of options, something that is especially important in a multicat home. Finding a clean litter box, and not being bullied out of it, is more easily done when there is a sufficient number of boxes. As for single cat homes, the equation above still typically applies. Why? One reasons is that some cats don't like to urinate and defecate in the same box. Another reason is that, again, it gives them more options for a clean box, and can thereby reduce potential out-of-box behaviors.

Now that we have that little equation out of the way, we'll also mention that it's possible that not all of the litter boxes in a home should be or will be the same type. For example, do you have one cat who likes covered boxes, and another cat who prefers uncovered boxes? If so, then you should probably have litter boxes of both of those types. This ensures that each cat has a choice that suits their preferences. So, it's not only important to ensure that there are enough litter boxes, but that the boxes suit the needs of all cats present in the home.