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    Home » Cats

    Kitty Cats Helping

    LAST UPDATED: March 14, 2019 PUBLISHED: February 22, 2019 By Pam Greer 18 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Calico cat sitting on notebook

    Kitty Cats Helping (or Not!)

    Every Wednesday, I gather up the grocery store sale ads and plan my menu.  This involves getting out my planner, my laptop and cookbooks and magazine with recipes that I want to try.

    Since it's been raining every day and Coco only goes outside for a quick minute, this also involves Coco helping.   It begins simple enough with Coco sitting on my planner.   You might also notice that I have Evernote open on the laptop.  I keep my weekly menus stored in a note, that way if I'm at the grocery store and they don't have something, I can open the note and see what I was planning on using it in and seeing if I can make a substitution.

    Note - these photos were taken with my phone, not my DSLR.

    Calico cat on a laptop

    Then it became a little more troublesome.  This is where she opens up apps that I didn't even know I had, changes the laptop over to voice recognition and starts my collection of Patsy Cline songs playing.

    Calico cat laying on laptop

    She finds that she quite likes Patsy Cline and that it's good music to groom to.

    Calico cat laying on laptop.

    Calico cat sleeping on laptop

    And with that, I've decided that maybe I'll come back later to do my menu planning!  Can you spot Luxie in the last photo?  And, do you notice that my two orchids are about to bloom again?!  They have gotten on the same blooming schedule!

    For my artsy photo, I used Topaz Labs - I tried a different one of the edits and I really don't like it as well as the others.

    Cat Photo edited with Topaz Labs

     

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    Comments

    1. Sandee says

      March 01, 2019 at 9:50 am

      Coco love that warm laptop. That's why she's there and she is helping you. Without her your post wouldn't be as precious.

      Thank you for joining the Feline Friday Blog Hop.

      Have a purrfect Feline Friday and weekend. Scritches to Coco. ♥

      Reply
    2. Madison says

      February 28, 2019 at 5:00 pm

      Oh boy! Our kitties would be in so much trouble if they sat on Mom's laptop! They do almost anything they want, but they know to stay off Mom's desk and away from her computer. You seem to be enjoying your computer time, kitty.

      Reply
    3. Brian Frum says

      February 28, 2019 at 7:02 am

      Great job Coco, you've got it all covered pretty girl! Thanks for joining the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!

      Reply
    4. Michelle Miller says

      February 26, 2019 at 12:23 am

      Coco is a riot! I love how she is lying on your laptop. Too funny. She seems very helpful. lol

      Reply
    5. Scylla, Fenris, Tuiren, YinYang & Chimera (ATCAD) says

      February 25, 2019 at 6:23 am

      We saw Luxie on her table and Coco and Scylla must be twin "helpers" that is how Scylla helps the Mom do stuffs on the computer.

      Reply
    6. Peaches & paprika says

      February 24, 2019 at 11:35 am

      Hello gorgeous girl. We have never seen a photo of you we didn't like! We love your creative calico postures~!

      Reply
    7. ERin the cat says

      February 24, 2019 at 8:01 am

      PRICELESS I love how cats just always manage to find a shortcut on the keyboard that nobody ever found before. I guess Apple really needs to hire more cats, MOL
      As ever, we love your images this week and the sequencing is perfect. Patsy Cline not so in this house, but I'm sure anything mellow classical would do just as well.
      Mrs H for Erin who is sat on my iPhone aving a groom

      Reply
      • Pam Greer says

        February 24, 2019 at 10:00 am

        You are so right, they definitely need to test with kitty cats!

        Reply
    8. Ellen Pilch says

      February 23, 2019 at 8:22 pm

      Such a good helper and excellent taste in music 🙂

      Reply
    9. Melissa & Mudpie says

      February 23, 2019 at 6:59 pm

      I would say she has very good taste in music!

      Reply
    10. Mary McNeil says

      February 23, 2019 at 4:23 pm

      In the second photo, she appears to be musing over which key to select, Has she turned your display 90 degrees yet ? That stumped even the guys at the computer shop,

      Reply
      • Pam Greer says

        February 24, 2019 at 10:01 am

        Oh my gosh, that's too funny! No, she hasn't figured that out yet!

        Reply
    11. Athena says

      February 23, 2019 at 12:54 pm

      What a cutie!

      Purrs xx
      Athena and Marie

      Reply
    12. Catscue Catmom says

      February 23, 2019 at 9:36 am

      Don't you just love it when they 'help'? MOL! Precious photo's today, and I'm so envious of your organization skills - I am much happier when I plan menus before shopping, but it happens rarely - MOL!

      Reply
    13. Cheryl says

      February 23, 2019 at 7:59 am

      Well, you made it so warm and comfy for her so what’s a girl to do but lay down and rest. Re-blooming is the of the things I love about orchids.
      Happy Weekend Pam.

      Reply
    14. Memories of Eric and Flynn says

      February 23, 2019 at 3:45 am

      Coco finds the laptop a nice warm place to groom and then nap.
      She reminds me of when I got a new laptop. I was sitting in the recliner finding my way around it and Flynn was on the arm helping me. He obviously decided I was having problems with something and took matters into his own paws.
      Next thing I knew, the icons were getting bigger and bigger until 4 icons covered the whole screen. I took me over an hour to get it back the way it should be!

      Reply
      • Pam Greer says

        February 23, 2019 at 12:52 pm

        How funny! I always have to fix something after she gets up!

        Reply
    15. Heather says

      February 22, 2019 at 7:02 pm

      So cute! My cat Nala does the same thing right as I'm sitting down to get my work done on the laptop!

      Reply

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