>I must have been tired, cause I slept til 1pm from about midnight. My cell alarm for lunch woke me up. LOL I am tired, and achy and foggy, but I have a goal, which is get ready for new couch, the one scheduled to come on Monday. So I have incentive to do things in spite of how I feel. That’s a very good thing, because usually, I tend to slug when I don’t feel that great. It’s already looking better in here. I have a plan now, and can visualize how I want things to be, which part of my brain had burned out several years ago. It has sprung from the ashes, like the Phoenix. I am really excited about getting the couch. If I can just figure out how to keep Gertrude from shredding it, which except for declawing, I can’t think how. I don’t believe in declawing, so could someone maybe knit me a chain mail couch cover? It could work, right? LOL
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>Cats usually like to shred on the back edges, and I think there are hard-plastic corner covers you can buy to cover them.
>Devil cat Salem, in my house, delights in making the pretty long strings from the ugly smooth couches. He is from Satan. I am convinced. If you figure out how to get him turned on to the nice scratching post my nice neighbor made us, please let me know!
>Will do, Sherrie, but don’t hold your breath. The couch is micro-fiber, which I read cats don’t scratch as much, but only time will tell. Unfortunately, I can’t confine her anywhere else because the apartment is so small. YOU couldn’t knit me a chain-mail couch cover, could you? excentric