Scaling To New Heights

This past Sunday I wandered into our kitchen. Bill was outside and the kids were busy playing but I got the distinct impression I was being watched. I looked around quickly assuming Bill or the kids had decided to play a joke and sneak up on me. Nope I was clearly alone--or was I?

Finally I looked up and peering down at me from the tops of the cabinets was Sophie (our kitten who doesn't really look much like a kitten anymore). I am not clear on how she discovered this new found climbing talent or what on earth possessed her to climb up on top of the cabinets in the first place. I mean the only things up there are dust bunnies that she seems to be knocking all over my counter tops. I am thinking she was left alone too much this past weekend and got bored. I stood and pondered how on earth she got where she was. Then I thought, "what goes up must come down," so after snapping a few photos for proof I waited patiently to see her route of exit. Sophie didn't disappoint for not long after, she sauntered over near the fridge, hopped onto the top of that and then onto the counter and finally to the floor.

Unfortunately what I thought might be just a kitty novelty has turned into a full-fledged perching place and I have the seemingly endless dust bunnies falling onto my counter tops to prove it. Needless to say I will be tackling the cleaning of the tops of the cabinets in the next night or two. I guess it is time since the last time I did this was the weekend we moved into the house in Feb. 2005 -- boy was that embarrassing to admit!

Can you find the Kitty in the picture? (No fair picking on my outdated wallpaper and window valance!)