{"id":14566,"date":"2015-05-23T00:10:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-23T04:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/?p=14566"},"modified":"2015-05-22T18:07:46","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T22:07:46","slug":"helpful-cats-caturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/helpful-cats-caturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpful Cats Caturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was getting ready to begin my preliminary packing for BlogPaws the other night and walked into my bedroom, alone, with my suitcase. Obviously you all know what happened next – not even a split second later and out of nowhere appeared a clowder of cats that covered my suitcase. I find it infinitely fascinating how they are able to appear, seemingly out of thin air, yet these are the same cats that when you bring out a cat carrier, they vanish just as quickly into thin air. How do they know the difference between a suitcase and a cat carrier?<\/p>\n

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Rest assured, while my suitcase is not leopard print, all my clothes, my shoes, my purse, my carry on bag, and everything else is… Whew… wouldn’t want anyone thinking I wasn’t me!<\/p><\/div>\n

All of this got me to thinking just how helpful my cats are in my everyday life, not just with helping me pack my suitcase (which, by the way, the only reason they are not freaked out by the suitcase anymore is because they know it means kitty swag will grace the house soon). In the spirit of helpfulness, I thought it would be\u00a0fun to share a montage of photos of my cats\u00a0“helping” with other things around the house. I hope you enjoy them – it is but a fraction of all the ways they help, but I did not want to overwhelm you with hundreds of pictures! Happy Caturday and how do your cats help you around the house?<\/p>\n

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Flashback to days of Mr. Jazz and Harley – the kitties helping me untangle Christmas lights…<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another flashback with Mr. Jazz and Harley – the kitties help me with housework by sleeping on my bed so I don’t have to make it!<\/p><\/div>\n

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The cats help me by putting away their toys… Not really how I would do it, but I guess I have to give them credit for the effort…<\/p><\/div>\n

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A helpful reminder that some food and water would be appreciated…<\/p><\/div>\n

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Since I didn’t get their hint it’s time to eat, the cats take matters into their own paws…<\/p><\/div>\n

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One of my favorite moments back in 2010 – the cats helping me with the launch of Zee and Zoey’s blog.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The cats are always helpful when it’s time to get my paperwork in order for taxes… I love Zee and Zoey playing in the background!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Our infamous leopard cat condo – this was the cats trying to help put it together!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rolz is supervising my cookie baking. His disapproving look leads me to believe he thinks the cookies need a pinch of catnip instead of a pinch of salt…<\/p><\/div>\n

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My favorite kind of help – having the kitties snuggle on my to help me unwind at the end of the day …<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was getting ready to begin my preliminary packing for BlogPaws the other night and walked into my bedroom, alone, with my suitcase. Obviously you all know what happened next – not even a split second later and out of nowhere appeared a clowder of cats that covered my suitcase. I find it infinitely fascinating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365],"tags":[42,175,339,1265],"class_list":["post-14566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cat-humor","tag-blogpaws","tag-cat-behavior","tag-cat-humor","tag-cats"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_4512.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14566"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14584,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14566\/revisions\/14584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}