Kiss THIS

Happy New Years' Eve from Barley. He's available for kisses at midnight.

Lovin' It Up

Seriously - this is what it was like every day that I was home and Pete wasn't. I documented it thoroughly because if you see Barley with me when Pete is home, you would never believe that he likes me.

Away

When Pete is away, I get kitty cuddle time.

Boots

Barley was checking out Jamie's boots when he came over.

Micro Mosquito

Barley is not really a fan of the helicopter.

Mitch

Barley Approved

Our new chairs are 100% Barley Approved.

Your love keeps turning me

upside down. asleep.

Sharks With Lasers

I love how you can see his tail going in this one.

Half Cat

This is Barley's impersonation of his cousin, Ivy.

Bonus Photo

Barley was chillin' on Pete's shoulder, and decided it would be fun to play with the tag of his tea bag.

Another Day, Another Bag

Even Barley was psyched about my new camera...it meant he had another bag to play in.

Posing

Barley's super model pose. He actually sleeps like this sometimes.

Happy Freaking Thanksgiving

Now leave me to nap in my nest!

Up Close and Personal

I bought my new camera, and the zoom lens let's me get right up in Barley's grill...without being close enough for him to push the camera away with his paw!

Hunting

This is what Barley looks like when he's stalking bird outside the window.

Kill the Monkey!

Apparently Barley doesn't care if the slippers are lying in the middle of the floor or ON MY FEET, he'll attack them regardless.

Barley's in Jail

BFF

Barley has come to terms with the monkey slippers, and now steals them in the middle of the night and moves them around during the day (a very funny sight, hopefully I can catch him in the act with the camera soon). If I wake up and my feet are cold, chances are good I have to hunt at least ten minutes in the dark to find both of my slippers.

Upside Down

Barley has been sleeping in funny positions lately.

Who? Me?!

"What?! I didn't just have my face shoved in your water bottle! It must have been...your other cat?!"

Super Scratcher

We bought Barley a Super Scratcher because we were tired of him attacking the couch. It came loaded with cat nip. He loves it. Check out what he did to the bag it was in over the course of two minutes after we got home and Pete set it down before getting around to opening it up!

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Paws

Shopping Time

Barley REALLY wanted to go grocery shopping.

TJs

I carried something home from work in a Trader Joe's bag, and forgot to pick it up. Barley likes to hang out in it.

Good Morning

This is Barley's favorite morning hang out. When he isn't chasing your feet or laying in the way in the middle of the bathroom floor.

Tall

I updated with September photos, so make sure you check them all out...

Please Go Away

Ready To Attack

Gimme My Friskies!

I bought food for Barley, brought it home, and he attacked the bag. I thought it was because he's always curious about plastic bags, but after I took this shot, he actually dragged the bag of food out of the shopping bag and across the floor.

No Photos Please

Barley got tired of me taking photos and pushed me away.

Please Play!

When Barley bites you he really means "come on and play with me!"

Big Foot

Well Hello!

I've got you, little green fluffy thing!

Nap Time!

Assume the Position

Mike and Leyre stopped by. Barley ran upstairs as soon as he heard the door buzzer, and then he assumed his watching position for the duration of their visit.

LET ME IN!

Barley is PISSED that he can't get into this box.

Look who found our empty Target bag

Upside Down

This Bag Is Not A Toy

We keep telling Barley that bags aren't toys, but he won't listen. Don't think that he "accidentally" ended up sticking his head through the handle - that's his preferred approach. He walks up to the bag, sticks his head through the handle, and then proceeds to chew on the top edge of the bag. When he's done, he ducks his head back out of the handle and moves on.

Bonus Picture Sunday

In an effort to (finally) finish unpacking, I unwrapped a lot of framed photos to start working out where to hang them. Barley spent hours entertaining himself with the discarded wrapping paper.

Cause Determined of Internet Shutdown

Dorchester - Around 1:30 PM a mysterious event occurred at the Chocolate Factory - sudden loss of internet. There was recycling of modems and routers, restarting of desktops and laptops, and leaching off the neighbor's unprotected wi-fi to live chat with tech support. Comcast pinged the modem and determined that it was fine, and the problem was the third party router- which they can't troubleshoot.

Pete took matters into his own hands. One more recycle on the router, and still nothing was working. Pete plugged directly into the modem to find that no - there was nothing coming from the modem. The only light on was the "standby" light. After closer investigation, Pete found a button on top of the modem labeled "standby" and decided to see what would happen if he pressed it. Lo and behold - the internet was back in action.

The cause? None other than our beloved Barley, who had been spotted near the scene of the crime just prior to time of the lost connection.

Barley and the Dots

I bought these cool magnets the other day because we have a metal door now and it's boring. Also, it's a handy place to hang things we need to remember to mail (Netflix, bills, etc...) so we remember to grab them on our way out. Or leave each other love notes. You know, because we're so romantic. Turns out that Barley's a fan. He's generally pretty quiet, but he's started making more noise now (although VERY quiet - nowhere near Bill volume!) and a few times since I put these up he's sat at the door, meowed at the magnets, and then attacked. Anyone want to start a poll on how long before the gets the bottom ones knocked off?

I call this "Danging With Pete"

Attack!

Barley is not amused.

Sleeping on Pete

Barley fell asleep half on Pete and half on the couch.

Barley's Boa

We bought this green feathery toy for Barley because we decided that he needs
toys to entertain himself while we're asleep. Every time he plays with this one, he tears a little chunk of green off. Sometimes he eats it, and sometimes you can see little green fluffs if you look closely at our carpet!

Barley and the TV

Pete and I paused a DVD, and this little oval bounces around the screen and changes color every time it hits the edge of the screen. Barley likes it. Sorry the lighting sucks, I probably should have passed this video on to Pete to touch it up.

Barley and the Shoe

Pete isn't home tonight, and tonight I don't even get treated like the last resort! Apparently my shoe is better company - Barley's been hanging out under the futon all night, even though I try to bribe him to love me by giving him lots of treats.

ETA: Only five minutes later, and now that I'm getting ready to go to bed, Barley has decided to come out and run around the house like a madman. Of course.