Well, it's Sunnyday here again, but things went a little different than usual. The hoomin finally turned up the heat on in the Great Outside, so when he cleaned out the wire box Mom and I got to go OUTSIDE. I still had to wear my lease, but this time the hoomin hooked a long lease onto the regular one, and stayed inside watching out the window while I explored.

Once the wire box was cleaned, he put away the feathered creatures, opened up the door and came out with Mom and me. He brought out the hot smelly black water and read the paper for awhile while I continued exploring, and chased the dry things that the wind blows.

As you may remember, I once wrote about the time I ignored the hoomin and stayed on the tasty green carpet when the green snakes started spewing water. Momma and the hoomin just laughed at me when I got wet..

Well, today the laugh was on them. While the hoomin was laying out the green snakes, Momma went through the hole in the fence. When the rain started, Momma was on the wrong side, but wanted to come back and keep the hoomin from ruining his eyes reading. (One of Momma's self-appointed duties here is to make sure the hoomin doesn't ruin his eyes by reading too long.) She called to the hoomin, but he just looked up and kept reading. It was obvious that the hoomin's eyes were failing fast, so she dashed through the hole and ran for the patio. It sure was funny to watch. Once she got to the patio she jumped up in his lap. His cup of black smelly water spilled and got them all, Momma, the Hoomin and the paper, wet.

Then he went around the building and the rain stopped. A black snake, called soaker hose by the hoomin, was sunning itself in the flowerbed. This was where I used to chase the bugs when the hoomin put the green snake there and water came out. This new soaker thingy doesn't have water coming out the end like the green snake, instead it made a hissing noise and water started coming out all along its length. This was when I discovered a new watersport. I explored all up and down the length trying to figure out where the hissing was coming from. Sometimes the water just drips from the soaker thing, but sometimes it squirts out. The bugs still come out, but not as fast as with the green snake.

After a while, we all came inside and the hoomin started collecting all the dirty clothes and putting them in piles. He does this about once a week - calls it laundry day. Momma helps by making sure the everything is put in the right pile. I dig through all the piles to make sure none of my toys are inside - Once the hoomin took one of my furry mice. When the piles were all done, the hoomin collected everything and left while Momma and I took our naps to rest up to help when he brought home the clean stuff.

After a couple hours he came back and all the dirty stuff was clean again. Momma and I woke up and went back to work helping him put away the clean stuff. Usually Momma inspects everything to make sure it's clean before it's put away, while I make sure everything is soft and smells good.

But today she went outside while he was carrying it inside. So today when she came to inspect the hoomin was already putting stuff away. That's when the second funny thing happened to Momma today. The hoomin was putting stuff in the top drawer which Momma hadn't inspected yet, so she jumped up get in the drawer and check things out. You should have seen her face when jumped up and the drawer slid shut. Luckily, she managed to let go before her front paws were caught by the drawer. Then she went over and sat in the middle of the floor and tried to pretend that she was just helping shut the drawer.

While she was putting on her act, I helped put away the towels. That's my specialty, making sure they're nice and soft and on the right shelve. The cupboard where they go is one of the best places for a cat to sing - nice soft towels to lay on and the acoustics are great when the towels are put on the right shelves.

Well, that's pretty much how things went around here today. Hope everyone else is having a great day. Bye for now,