203 days ago by Olie | 96 views | 2 meows

Kiddo: My obsession with pipe cleaners

Boy, I sure have been in trouble lately!  Mom has this craft basket, and I am absolutely obsessed with it.  It's her fault.  She has several packages of pipe cleaners in there that I just CANNOT resist, she knows I cannot resist them, so if she honestly expects me to stay out of them, she should not have them!  She thinks hiding them is good enough, but what she doesn't realize is that I always know where they are, and I will find a way to get to them.  She keeps them in a basket with a lid that I can flip up.  So she put a heavy book on top, but I knocked it off.  So she put 2 heavy books on top, so I knocked the entire pile onto the floor, where I proceeded to mutilate the entire contents, and specifically, dragged the pipe cleaners all over the house.  I have done this several times over the past couple years.  She picks it back up, puts it back on the shelf, and I knock it down again.  A couple weeks ago, I knocked the basket upside down into a cardboard box.  I dug in and found the pipe cleaners and dragged them all over.  Mom gave up on making the craft box nice, so instead, she left it upside down in the box, closed the box, and piled lots of books on top of it.  I still got into it and dragged them all over the house.  So she piled MORE books on top, it did not stop me.  MORE books, I cannot be stopped!  And MORE books AGAIN, and STILL, pipe cleaners all over the house!  Mom thinks I am facing a pipe cleaner addiction and she recommended PCA- Pipe Cleaners Anonymous.  Everyday she comes home and finds the pipe cleaners all over the place.  She picked them back up again last night and put them in their packages and made the craft box nice, one more time, and the pipe cleaners are at the bottom of the box.  The craft box is in a cardboard box, with books on top of it, then the box is closed with more books on top of that.  She thinks she's pretty sly, but I can still get into it.  And I will.  The mistake she keeps making is that she lets me watch her hide it.  DUH, Mom!  If you show me what you're up to, I will find a way to still get in there!  She thinks I'm using magic, but really, it's just kitty intuition.  She let me keep 2 pipe cleaners to appease me, and maybe keep me out of the box.  It will not work.  I will get in there again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again.....