Last Sunday, we were treated to some spectacular late summer weather. My husband and I spent the afternoon on the front lawn, eating chips and salsa and watching our kids dig up my garden beds in search of earthworms. Everything was perfect, except for an annoying sound coming from the screened door."Meow! Meooooooooooow!"
Our two indoor cats felt left out.
Since we didn't feel right about calling the day a "family day" without the entire family being present, we decided to bring the cats outside. To prevent Millie and Biscuit from hunting birds or catching the amorous eye of the gigantic tomcat that roams the neighborhood, my husband tied a fifty-foot rope around each of their collars. Although the cats weren't exactly thrilled to be attached to gigantic leashes, their desire to eat grass and stalk grasshoppers eventually overpowered their feelings of frustration and irritation.
Over the next hour or so, my husband and kids took turns "walking" the cats around our yard and cul-de-sac. Coincidentally, as all of this was taking place, a neighbor was holding an "Open House" for their home that is on the market. We want to let potential buyers of the home know that our neighborhood is filled with friendly, normal people, so we made a special point to hold the makeshift leashes in one hand, thus freeing up the other hand to wave to all of the people as they passed.
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