The Feline Day of Reckoning

Hi! Another off topic kind of day. Remember my Home Economics post? I discussed with the girls, if we put things where they belong, then we can find them. That was two weeks ago and it seemed to have stuck. I was pleased with them. They were putting their school stuff up when we finished, the toys were not as all over the house as they usually were. The toy room has still been in disarray, but that's normal, right? I forget what night it was last week.... Friday or Thursday night. I was frustrated because one of the cats had yet again left a present in the toy room. I'd had it. We would be keeping the toy room shut at all times. I cleaned up the mess and told them the cat probably wouldn't do it if there wasn't always so much on the floor in here. I told them I wanted everything off the floor.


Note to self...... specifics...... specifics are important........ I went about cleaning or making dinner, whatever it was I was doing and returned to the toy room to find.........

It was indeed off the toy room floor.... (this pic is from this morning so they had begun to pull it out again) all the shelves and storage boxes were empty. It's like they cleared the room and shoved it ALL in there. *sigh*

I just left it there.... They'd pull it all out again right? We could revisit the topic then. Despite the fact I kept the door shut all weekend I still smell cat when I walk in that room which makes me wonder if they didn't bury another present when they threw all the toys in there. Today, we are pulling out ALL of that stuff. It is time to reevaluate. There will be a charity bag and trash bag. If the toy in question does not have an incredibly obvious home, it goes in a bag. I'm hoping it's my imagination and there's nothing under there. I shampooed the carpet in that room this morning in hopes the smell would go away, but even if it does this is going to be the task for the day. There's no time like the present right?

The cats have officially been evicted for an indefinite amount of time. I guess because the toy room door was shut whoever it was decided to leave a present in the doorway right across from the toy room. I don't mind a mess once and a while, becoming a two time a week thing is just not going to fly. I tried over the last few months to figure out which cat it was, but each time I thought I had the culprit outside I'd find another. It's like they were tag teaming my sanity. I'm done playing games. Love my cats, but they are going to have to suck it up and enjoy the outdoor life for a while.