Sometimes the cat is so patient...

Or maybe he's just too sleepy to protest.

How much do they make an hour??!

Future construction workers of America:

Future construction workers of American on break:

News of the Weird

How's this for strange? The kids' gymnastics teacher was walking her dog along a rural Iowa road, turned around and realized she was being stalked by this:A serval!! In Iowa!! When she sends us the pictures she took, I will post them. (She freaked out, called her husband to pick her up, and they happened to have a camera in the car.) She got some amazing pictures!

Clearly, it was someone's pet, but it's just so interesting to contemplate...how long has it been loose? Has it been wandering all over Iowa? From a quick web search, it seems they are popular exotic pets. Which makes me sad. One site said they will not knowingly sell serval kittens to families with children. Uh huh.

Cat games

This has become Rumpus' gorilla. He carries it around and meows very loudly, usually at 2 a.m., then brings it to us wherever we are. So Mark has taken to hiding it all over the house to see if the Rump can find it. He has found it everywhere so far. This is today's hiding place...he hasn't found it yet.

Apparently...

...Rumpus wants to play, too. Did you know one game of Monopoly can provide days and days and days of entertainment?