Friendly Fill-Ins

Welcome to Friday! How about some Friendly Fill-Ins? If you'd like to participate but missed the fill-in statements yesterday, we'll share them again here. Ellen of 15andmeowing came up with the first two, and I came up with the second two.


1. _________ is like trying to nail jello to a wall.

2. _________ never _________.

3. If I had a dollar for every time _________, I would be rich.

4. I wish _________ grew on trees.


My answers are below in bold.

1. Trying to trim Winky's claws is like trying to nail jello to a wall.
(I trim the nails of the all the cats in my immediate family. That's the 6 cats at my house and the 12 cats at my parents' house. Of all 18 of those cats, Winky is the only one that sometimes doesn't successfully get a full nail trim, simply because she refuses to cooperate in any way, shape, or form. No matter what trick we try, the girl goes berserk during nail trims.)

2. I have never flown on a plane.
(I intend on keeping it this way. The mere thought of flying terrifies me.)

3. If I had a dollar for every time my kitties lost a toy under the couch, I would be rich.
(I regularly have to do what we call a "couch cleanse". That means we grab a yard stick and slide it every which way beneath the couch, until all the toys emerge from their early grave. Most of the toys end up back under the couch in a matter of minutes. I'm thinking I'm not alone in this.)

4. I wish books grew on trees.
(This wouldn't only spare the trees' lives when it came to producing physical books, but it would also just be really cool. If they existed, I would plant a dozen book trees in my yard.)

Now it's your turn!

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You are also welcome to complete the fill-ins in the comments below,

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

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We know last week was blooper week, but blooper queen Eddy had a few blooperish moments to share again. Not all that surprising, really.

Don't you just love Eddy's snaggletooth? I love her snaggletooth.

Happy Friday, friends!

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Flashback Doodle of the Day

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Tip of the Day

One of our fill-ins today talked about toys getting lost beneath furniture, in our case this being the couch. Though this here human hasn't wizened up and blocked the area beneath the couch, there are ways you can do this in order to prevent toys from getting lost down there. For example, if you look it up online, you will find that there are blocks or shields on the market for keeping toys from escaping under the couch. Many of these blocks are clear, which means they won't ruin the aesthetic of a room. You can also DIY your own beneath-the-couch blocks with a blanket, towel, pool noodle, or even a door draft stopper. The latter, a door draft stopper, is also a great way to keep toys from going under actual doors, such as closet doors. And what about toys that go under the refrigerator, stove, laundry machines, or other appliances? It's likely not safe to use anything cloth to keep toys from going under such appliances, because of fire hazards and the like, but there are still options. One simple option is to use pieces of window screen to DIY blocks for gaps beneath appliances. So, consider saving your kitty's toys and your sanity by using safe yet effective blocks beneath furniture and appliances.