Feline Friday: Boogie Fever

Alas, another week has gone by with not a single blog post by the Meowmy. This makes me sad. I need to do a better job of time management so that I can get back to blogging because -- believe me! -- I have a lot to say! 😄

But of course, I would never miss a Feline Friday! For today's post, we shall take a brief trip down meow-mory lane.

When Lily was in her younger years, we somehow got the misguided idea that she could compete in cat shows. Lily is such a sweet and adorable kitty, and we fervently believed that those qualities would surely enable her to stand out in competition. 

Alas, Lily turns into some kind of hissing, snarling MONSTER at cat shows. (Truthfully, it's the same naughty behavior she exhibits at the vet, so we shouldn't have been that surprised.)

Still, we held onto the belief that with a little practice, she'd somehow get better. 

She didn't.

But we DID learn that cat shows sometimes have a cage decorating contest. Without even knowing there was such a thing, we won that category at our very first show. From then on, I knew how we could have a good cat show run -- we'd go just for the cage decorating contest! Lily could be as naughty as she wanted and we might still go home with a prize. LOL

At that same show (which was held in the pig barn at the Iowa State Fair...), Lily somehow came how with a ginormous ribbon for 10th Best Household Pet Cat. I still think that's rather remarkable considering how absolutely dreadfully she behaved. It was WAY more ribbon than she deserved, as sweet as we think she is!

For our efforts, we won quite a few goodies.

 One of Lily's prizes was this "Boogie Board" mat which she absolutely loved. It unzips on the size to allow insertion of dry catnip. Kitty smells the catnip through the fabric and proceeds to BOOGIE!

So now -- if you're still reading 😀 -- comes the point of today's post. This week, Lily re-discovered her beloved Boogie Board. It has been sitting out since the day it came home with us, but I haven't been diligent about replacing the catnip. This week when I saw her show some interest in it, I refreshed it and BOY DID SHE BOOGIE!

 

 

Now she's sleeping on her Boogie Board and playing on it during the night. It's just like old times from her failed cat show circuit days! Time has washed away any unpleasant memories Lily may have had about the three cat shows she attended, leaving her with only happy thoughts.

Of course, the catnip may have had something to do with it... 😉