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[telophase]

(This was composed last night, but my connection dropped before I could post it, and didn't get back up, so I decided to just go to bed instead. Read 'yesterday' for 'today' and 'today' for 'tomorrow'. XD What, me edit? Insanity!)

In-progress shot of the cat the apartment rearrangement.



The cat spent most of the day totally freaked out - I was moving large objects and making things Different, the UPS man came by, and two strange men dropped off large boxes, and THEN the apartment blower man came by outside the window and blew leaves and THAT was JUST NOT RIGHT.

But she got in her box and all was right with the world.



The UPS man dropped off a Snuggle Safe Heat Pad, which is a hard plastic thing you nuke for 4 minutes which holds heat for a while. You can put it under the cat's bedding or something to keep them warm. It took her a while to discover it, but now that she has, she is glued to it. XD I was moving the TV and running cable around and behind things and scraping plugs against the wall and making all sorts of weird noises that normally would have her freaking out and running everywhere, but she is on that warm spot and is not gonna leave it. XD

This gif is from earlier, when she was surveying the apartment in between bouts of freaking out.




The new arrangement for the futon and loveseat:




A start on the Wall o'Books - I've got 3 bookcases in my car to haul in and put together this weekend.



The Desk. Covered in books that I'm in the process of moving around from bookcase to bookcase. It was amazingly simple to put together. The dresser is in that big box on the floor that's partly ripped open - it's more complicated and I decided to work on it tomorrow.

Comments

[scribblemoose]

That snuggle-pad sounds wonderful. I've been meaning to get something to keep my kitty warm and comforted while we're out at work. Sounds like just the thing. ^_^

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Yup. :) I got one for my mom 2 years ago, since her cat was sleeping on her at night and making her back hurt, and the cat loves it, and has stopped sleeping on top of Mom quite so much. I couldn't find one for my cat in the stores, like I did Mom's, so I ended up searching online and finding it.

I could find plenty of heating pads that you plug in, but Mom's cat likes to chew on telephone wires and I wasn't about to get her a pad with a live wire running to it, and although my cat has shows no signs of chewing on wires, I figured better safe than sorry. They stay warm for a really long time, especially if the cat is on it.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

Are some of those Ikea Billy bookcases? If so, I've 6 tall ones of those that I've had since 1988. I really really have gotten my money's worth!

And the Snuggle Safe thing? I've added it to my Amazon wishlist. Cache gets soooo cold sometimes - he never bulks up properly - result of bad nutrition when he was a stray, and he has problems retaining body heat. I think he'd LOVE this.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Nope. :) The two flanking the TV are from this place called Eurway (http://www.eurway.com), which specializes in cheap trendy furniture, and they had a sale on them two years ago, so I picked them up for, like, $30 each or something. The ones to the far right came from Service Merchandise or someplace like that.

The Snuggle Safe thing is wonderful - causes cats to realize that if they could only get the hang of opposable thumbs, they wouldn't need you at all! XD

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

Ahh! Eurway! First encountered that in Austin :D

I think our office desks came through Eurway, or at least we shopped there at the time.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

:D The loveseat came from Eurway, too. It's not the most comfortable thing in the world, but I can lift it with one hand. XD After I got it and told friends about Eurway, they went and bought a sofa and two chairs and a Room o'Bookcases from them - when you walk into their living room, all wallspace is taken up by bookshelves. :)

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

That's what I did when Ikea opened in Pennsylvania in 88 :D

We just keep adding to them. We are actually now out of wallspace for more bookshelves. (And we live in a 2700 sq ft home *facepalm*)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I will eventually be that way, but it'll have to wait a while - I've blown my furniture budget for this year, I think. XD I want to replace the loveseat and futon with things that are actually comfortable to sit on, but that'll also have to wait a while.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah - been there. We had crap stuff until 1999, and then got nicer stuff. Of course, it's 7 years later now, and it's starting to get shabby again, but MrVoodoo doesn't see a need for anything new. "What? It still works!"

I think the only way I'll be able to get new living room furniture is if we move to Florida, where the stuff we have will suddenly look VERY heavy and weird :D

[ninja-tech.livejournal.com]

I just bought one of the heat pads for my sister's cat, Georgia. Georgia is close to 13 now, so I think this will be welcome. She has a refelctive heat pad thingy for sunny spots, but I think she will really like this. Thanks for the idea!!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she'll love it. XD My cat's currently spent the evening on and around it - when she gets too warm, she'll move just to the side of it, and leave her paws or her head on it, and when she cools off, she moves back on top of it. XD