Spring break is over and things in Sunshine have returned to normal. It's been a cold and snowy winter. Many of our Sunshine neighbors, like others all over the country, head south over the break seeking warmer weather. Often, the whole family heads out, leaving the pets home. To protect the the furniture and to feed the pets, most of our neighbors bring in someone to "house sit".
House sitting can be an interesting situation. When Steve and Julie leave, their two dogs (Maui and Plato) head off for the neighbors and don't return until they see Steve and Julie again. The neighbors just love it! My son, Nate, did some house sitting for some neighbors just to keep the dog from chewing up the furniture. Many of the pets have some peculiar habits as our friend Jody found out.
Jody was house sitting for one of our neighbors who own a cat. The cat is fun loving and very affectionate. It is so affectionate that Jody had to lock it out of the bedroom so she could get some sleep. If left in the bedroom it would purr and claw Jody, so Jody decided to leave it in the living room over night. The cat, being nocturnal, evidently decided to protect the house from any invading night-time creatures. About 3AM the cat evidently jumped off the couch and landed on the TV remote control, which had been left on the floor. As chance would have it, the TV turned on and the volume was up just loud enough to wake Jody. Thinking someone had broken into the house, Jody reached over to the night stand, picked up the phone and dialed 911. The 911 operator dispatched the sheriff, who was 1/2 hour away. She also paged the 1st responders of the local fire department, who were only minutes away. It's a heck of a way to meet the neighbors.
Some other notes: Team Sunshine will be meeting on April 26th at Abby's house and the Flap Jack Fling will be held on June the 3rd. More details to follow.
The latest pictures of the rebuild of SFPD station #1:
9 comments:
David, this is so funny! A similar thing happened to me in the car. My dogs like to stand at the window and look out at the cows as we pass the fields in our part of the county. One day, as I drove down the road, my Misty jumped up and leaned on the armrest of the passenger door (front seat). The automatic window rolled down, and she had full access to the country air and barked her little schnauzer head off! Her paw was resting on the window/down button. I was startled by the window rolling down, and noticed that she jumped at first, but then leaned out of the car barking... like she had intended to roll the window down. It's happened several times since then,.... I think she has learned how to roll the window down! Our pets are curiously funny, and smart too. Good to hear from you again. The FD is looking good. Spring is here! Bea
Very funny story, David, thanks for sharing. I had this spoof video on YouTube, about a raccoon setting off a burglar alarm, and the operator reassuring the client all the way from - New Delhi... Unfortunately, the company (ADT) didn't see the fun in the spoof about ADG, and had the video removed on the ground of copyright violations.
Poor kitty must have jumped clear to the ceiling upon hearing the TV suddenly turn on !!! I always lower the sound completely down when turning it off at night, just a habit, so that whoever and however it gets turned back on, it's not blaring !!!
The fire house is sure coming along nicely.
be well my friend,
Ellen
Oh, no, Poor Jody! How embarrassing!
Lori
LOL I bet Jody was mortified!!! But it's a nice funny 'after' story~~
I hear you have snow coming again this weekend. I hope it takes it easy on you guys over there. Take care and have a great weekend!
Rebecca
Great story.....our felines have always been our comic relief!
LOL at the cat. Megan's kitty has hit our remote several times while jumping around the familyroom. Grizzly suffers from extreme separation anxiety which gets worse as he ages. He grieves unless Megan, Joey or Becky are with him if I go away for a few days.
The fire house is moving along nicely, David. Think spring! Chris
Forget the beware of dog sign....lol watch out for the cat. Dakota has finally learned that there is glass in the back french doors. He used to head out full speed after the cable, power people, and BLAM crash head first in the door. Age has made him wiser...lol Have a great day.
Dwana
What a funny story about Jody and the cat. That sounds like something I would do! Hee............
I will housesit for anyone there. Reckon they will by me a round trip plane ticket? LOLOLOL. Gawd, I soooooooo miss Colorado. Have I said that enough yet?
Blessings!~
Susan
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