Cupcake

 Wow! What's this?

 Uschi is fairly sure this is for him, after all, its pretty too.

 Its actually a nest for our newest family members: five rats

who live at school (more on them soon).

 This seems a bit small for me.

At least it smells good.

Nap for T

 We got home early enough for one of Tanji's favorite things:

curling up on the bed with a reading or napping parent.

 Tanji's tail circles the perimeter like a shark fin trailing prey.
After a few rounds, T pops up next to the pillows...

Hiiiiiiiii, what'cha doing?

A bit of traveling up and down the bed...

 Then its time to find an open area of fleece blanket to knead

and plop down on.

A little gentle meowing to make sure none of this went unnoticed,
and then its cuddle time.

More Time at Home

Today was a 13+ hour work day for both of us,

hopefully the last for some time.

We've gotten a lot done, but the price is high,

we come home to the most guilt-inducing

situation possible...

 Tanji waiting for attention and Fancy Feast.

Luckily we are quickly forgiven.

We're Coming Back!

O.K., its been a shamefully long time since the last T,U,V posting.

Life has gotten busy, something like:

"Work, work some more, walk the boys, feast, everyone asleep,
and repeat."

 So, its all been awesome, but blogging got temporarily put aside.

 We're getting a grip and will be back soon...

Kennel Restored

The boy's kennel had been reduced in size,
because we were going to build a room off that
side of the house. We changed our plans, so
their kennel was restored.

Once it was buttoned up, the boys came out
to inspect their new/old kennel and the
finishing up around the outside.

Daaaaaad, can I help?

I'm a good helper,...

Vladi is glad to have his big climbing pole back.

Dad,... Daaaad,... Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaad,...
I can climb too.

V zooom up the ramp.

Headed back down.

Tanji inspects the clean-up.

Whoa there, dad is compacting the soil
a bit too energetically.

Thanks for putting our kennel back together.

What Is Going On?

What is going on out there?

Did you see that?

Wow, this is exciting?

I'm going to get to the bottom of this,...

Brave Tanjiro

Hmmmm this is interesting.

Look at all this dirt.

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad,
what are you making meeeeee now?

Kennel Door Modification

We have mentioned on several occasions that Uschi is a bit "vociferous."

When he starts "Oooostering" at 4am, we eventually get up (snap),
if he is not already on his wheel, he quickly heads to it,
and starts running and continues to Ooooster.

When we get to him he is purring and showing off his wheel,
all happy we are finally up and ready to play, it is kind of sad but
we scoop him up and take him to the kennel where he gets launched.

All is well for a few minutes,
Then he starts pounding on the locked door,
(we've tried putting pillows next to the door, etc)
this is almost worse than Ooooostering.

So, now almost 7 years in,
(I might be a light-Blue (mix of White & Blue) from
The Color Code Hartman Personality Profile)
I decided to modify their kennel door.

Daaaad,... what are you making Meeee?

Ummm, he is doing something to our door.

I used 0.75" plywood to make a slotted holder for
piece of 0.75" plywood to slide into.

Vladi is on the scene to "help"

Anyone want to play?

Completed modification.
The first (inner) 2" wide layer of plywood is
just thicker than the door, the next layer is 1" wide, then the
third (outer) layer is 2".  This creates a 0.75" thick slot.

That tightly holds the 0.75" thick plywood.
Solid, nothing to bang on.

So, he thinks that will work,... Ha!

It has,... so far.

Restocked

We were down to our last can of food,

so we restocked!

Whoa,... did you see all of this?

I feel funny

Sun Beams

In the evening the sun beams just reach Uschi's wheel.

He is as happy as can be.

Super T

Super T is draped in my placemat cape.

He's faster than a speeding bullet.