Whoa, what a long week. We've been preparing the house for our visitor all week, which was a lot more work than I thought. And now I'm not even sure the house looks that much better than it did before (there's only so much a broom and a sponge can do when you've got mismatched moldings and poorly-patch ceilings). But things should be stable enough to weather a couple of people coming over for a few days.
Speaking of visitors, Mugsy the feral cat showed up after disappearing for almost half a year. We assumed he was dead, but as you can see he's as beautiful as ever.
We have a bunch of brochures for stuff to do this week. Lucky for us, we haven't done anything culturally-relevant since moving to Bushwick. We'll probably go to that Bodies exhibit, even though I think it might make me hurl. There's another brochure that advertises a "Tour Simulator," some kind of IMAX type thing with footage of the city. I love the idea that people travel here from all over the world then see a simulation of what they ostensibly are here to see.
Last weekend, our interior designer Sean (so named because we keep furnishing the house with stuff he's throwing out) lent us an Xbox plus a bunch of games, so that should keep everybody occupied for at least a half-hour. I still can't tell the difference between the PlayStation and the Xbox; the Wii still seems like the most fun, but I usually get broed with video games after a couple days anyway. What's really fun is … building cat shelters!
This weekend I am hoping to finally assemble the shelter I ordered from FeralVilla, it's basically a 2-story, shingled-roof house for cats. If the cats don't use it, I'm moving in.







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How did the feralvilla work out? I am thinking of ordering one.Did your ferals like it/use it? Any info will be helpfull!
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the FeralVilla works but since then I've built a bunch of storage tub and rigid insulation shelters. the FV definitely gets used but it's hard to tell how much since you can't tell when anybody is inside it! but when i check to see the straw levels, you can tell if somebody has been bedding down in it. it's certainly very sturdy, and when the weather is nice the cats love sleeping on top of it, a la Snoopy 🙂 some photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmylegs/sets/72157603624182435/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmylegs/sets/72157609378965509/