Crazy Aunt Purl (aka Laurie Perry) is nearing the end of her blog tour to support her new book, Crazy Aunt Purl’s Home Is Where the Wine Is: Making the Most of What You’ve Got One Stitch (and Cocktail!) at a Time. Since Laurie’s probably answered every possible question there is to ask about her book at this point in her blog tour, her cats have stepped up to be interviewed… for the first time.
Today, Chaos and Mayhem are excited to welcome Bob, Sobakowa, and Frankie from Crazy Aunt Purl to Stumbling Over Chaos! Bob, Soba, and Frankie live in Los Angeles with Laurie.
Chaos: Excited? We are awake.
Mayhem: Speak for yourself, big kitty! Hi, other kitties!!!!!!!! Mom said you live far away. I hope you don’t live at the vet!! The vet is far away.
And May is a titch excitable… Perhaps you three can begin by telling us a bit about the book?
Soba: All I know is that I’m not on the cover – again – and she’s going to hear from my lawyer.
Chaos: So I heard that you actually wrote this book, Soba, but didn’t get any credit for it. Any truth to that, and if so, why do you let your mom get away with treating you so cruelly?
Frankie: I’m an airhead.
Bob: I’m scared. Or hungry. Or scared. Or hungry.
Soba: Obviously I have a more existential relationship with the manuscript, as my way of working is more self-directed, but I don’t need the recognition of a byline. Lesser cats may feel slighted by indignities like pooping in a box or having a stunt cat pictured on the cover of her human’s book, but I have loftier aspirations. Total world domination.
Chaos: Did you always know you’d be so successful at being crabby, Soba, and can you offer any advice to kitties who’d like to do the same?
Soba: I don’t think of myself as crabby. I think of myself as unfortunately equipped with claws but no thumbs.
Chaos: I feel your pain! The no thumbs thing really sucks, especially since Mom put locks on the cupboards. Hmph. Ok, Bob, you’re so laid back. Any tips for maintaining your boyish cool in a female dominated household?
Bob: Find a quiet spot in the closet.
Mayhem: Do you dye your fur, Bob? No one is that shade of orange!
Bob: I once ate half a bag of cheetos that I found in my human’s handbag. Maybe that did it?
Chaos: Are the rumors about Bob faking his dumbness true? Is it true he really has a degree in Economics, and it’s all an act?
Bob just fell off the bed, and is unable to answer this question.
Mayhem: Ouch. Poor Bob. I bet that hurt. Frankie, how do you deal with the pressure to be beautiful all the time? I myself find it requires many hours of napping to sustain.
Frankie: When you’re naturally gorgeous like me, you don’t feel pressure to stay beautiful because you just are. But finding people to appreciate your beauty nonstop is so hard! They always want to do things like “sleep” and “watch TV” so I have to stand on their stomachs or block the TV. It’s hard work being appreciated for your beauty.
Mayhem: Do you ever see ghosts? I do!!
Frankie: Not since we moved. Now we see more dust bunnies.
Chaos: Is it true that pets that live in California are all famous?
Soba: Only the ones with good representation. Our agent is with CAA….
Mayhem: What’s your favorite flavor of yarn? I like all kinds!!
Bob: I prefer knitting needles to yarn. Much easier to ruin.
Mayhem: Oh, yes, knitting needles are nice, too!!
Chaos: What kind of parties do you have when your mom’s at work?
Soba: I hate cats, so I spend most of the day trying to open the door and get to Starbucks so I can be with my own kind.
Mayhem: Do you have any suggestions on how to get our mom to quit spending so much money on yarn and buy more toys and treats?
Frankie: Have you tried throwing up on the yarn?
Mayhem: Oh, I’ll have to get the big kitty on that. He’s a very pukey kitty.
Chaos: What happens to you when your mom leaves for a while? (We’re pretty sure our mom stood in the hallway for two weeks when she said she was going on vacation, because even she wouldn’t visit the vet for two weeks.)
Frankie: We have a British nanny who stays with us. She’s like supernanny, only taller.
Chaos: How do you punish your mom for leaving you alone?
Bob: Hairballs.
Soba: Targeted furniture shredding.
Frankie: Constant meowing when she returns is really helpful.
Chaos: Oh yeah, I work the constant meowing, too. So very effective, isn’t it?
Mayhem: Is it true that fluffy white birds [snowflakes] don’t fall from the sky in California?
Frankie: We have lint. Does that count?
Chaos: I still miss Roy. Care to share an amusing anecdote about the Old Man?
Bob: He could actually open doors! He was so tall that if he stood on his hind legs and put his paws on the long type of door handles he could open all the doors. It was amazing.
Mayhem: Where does your mom buy your catnip? Does she have an inside line to a reputable source?
Chris breathes a sigh of relief that May didn’t bring up Frankie’s bust for catnip possession last summer.
Frankie: Living in California has its advantages, as we have legalized the catnip trade for medicinal purposes. Soba uses it for her “glaucoma.”
Chaos: Do you like it when your mom has visitors? How do you react? I stand at the front door after Mom buzzes someone in and I greet them with growling and hissing.
Soba: I enjoy discourse with new humans. The other cats hide under the bed and pretend to be invisible, the fools.
Mayhem: Thank you for visiting with us, kitties from faraway!!!!!
Chaos: Whatever.
And thanks for letting your cats visit with us today, Laurie!
Laurie’s publisher HCI has offered five copies of Home Is Where the Wine Is for me to give away, so make sure you mention that you’re entering the contest when you comment.
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Good luck!
Please count me in for the contest. I enjoyed the first book and already have a stupid whack of icord knitted up when I had this bad idea (I think I knit more than 14 yards of icord last fall).
And apparently, going to bed early results in waking up even earlier than normal! Yuck!
.-= Seanna Lea´s last blog ..mr. nose sniffs again! =-.
TOO FUNNY! I’ll enter the contest please.
I’m excited to enter the contest! I can’t get enough of Laurie’s cats, so this was perfect! Thanks!
I’m glad to see that Shelli’s not the only one who greets visitors with hissing. I feel like she lives in a Vietnam War Flashback.
.-= Melanie´s last blog ..I Let a Whole Week Go By… =-.
Oh, Mae is really pleased about the tips on handling her natural beauty. Like Mayhem, she really feels as though it’s an underappreciated aspect of her.
Malcolm thinks Bob ROCKS. Should I be worried?
.-= Brigitte´s last blog ..Remember When… =-.
Ooops! And yes, I’m entering the contest!
.-= Brigitte´s last blog ..Remember When… =-.
Do not let all five cats live together. They will conquer the world!!
.-= margene´s last blog ..Tasty Tuesday =-.
Jane says she would like to enter the contest. I would like you to know that I happen to be the same color as Bob, but my fur is all natural! And Soba is right about the thumbs. It’s a tragedy.
XO, Annabelle
.-= Annabelle´s last blog ..Consoled =-.
So this is what happens when I go for the second cup of coffee…
.-= Jane´s last blog ..Consoled =-.
Please enter me in the contest! yay! good interview guys!
oh, Bob! Knitting needles! A new direction in naughtiness!
.-= Carolyn Crane´s last blog ..Making with the freaky freak on new releases and a contest =-.
Catnip is legal in Cali for medicinal purpose now!! Whoa, must make plans to move back — quick!
Great interview Ladies & Gents. 🙂
.-= Donna-FantasyDreamer´s last blog ..Spotlight & Giveaway: Where Angels Fear to Tread by Thomas E. Sniegoski =-.
Um, Donna, is there something you’d like to share about, say, a catnip addiction?
CAP’s cats are beautiful!! Great interview. 🙂
Lol, hilarious! Love the questions and answers
.-= blodeuedd´s last blog ..Review: Release – Beth Kery =-.
Sigh. Mel does the constant meowing thing when I’m gone for *a day at work*.
Count me in for the giveaway, please.
.-= naomi´s last blog ..knitting and spinning update =-.
YAY for more kitties. 🙂
Count me in for the giveaway.
~smooches~
Jase
Chris- One question- Kitten Chow would like to know where one goes about finding a feline Lawyer?
And please count me in on this one.
.-= Lorraine´s last blog ..2010- The Winter That Wasn’t =-.
Count Cricket in… she’s looking for another good book to read now that’s she’s finished “World Domination in 10 Easy Steps.”
Great interview! And I miss Roy too. Count me in on the giveaway.
.-= Kathy´s last blog ..Dining Out Bucket List =-.
LOL! Brilliant guest post/Q&A. Not entering the contest because I’m the last stop on the tour tomorrow. 🙂
.-= Andi´s last blog ..Scattershot Reading… =-.
“Bob just fell off the bed, and is unable to answer this question.” Too flippin’ funny!
Really good interview kitties. And Soba. Time for a Starbucks break.
.-= Karen B.´s last blog ..One woman’s roadmap to WordPress =-.
I laughed so hard I scared Merlin and Herne off the couch. They’re both bitter and hoping I don’t win a copy…but I’m entering anyway.
Great interview – count me in on the contest.
.-= Cheryl S.´s last blog ..Two More Days, Two More Pieces =-.
Great job interviewing CAP’s kitties, Chaos & Mayhem! Soba, Bob, and Frankie, you did a great job answering some tough questions.
Please enter me in the contest 🙂
.-= Julie´s last blog ..Friday with Clover =-.
I said it already… you guys are my hero…
Fun post guys and lovely to meet the other kitties….if they are kitties…
E.H>
.-= Erotic Horizon´s last blog ..Excerpt Day – From Afar © Ava March =-.
Very cute interview, nice to get the cat point of view. Oh, yes, and enter me in the contest, please!
I’m in (although it has been really hard to wait out your contest – because I’m sitting on some B&N giftcards begging to be spent!)
Anyway – loved the interview & insight into the lives of the kittehs.
I’ve already got the book – so don’t enter me, but I’d like to thank Chaos & Mayhem for a great interview. I think I need to reread the book now with this additional insight!
.-= Jennifer´s last blog ..New Sweater =-.
Well done by all kitties! And I appreciate my thumbs even more.
Please enter me in the contest.
.-= Brenda´s last blog ..Progress Report: Frost Diamonds and Seussian Vine Scarf =-.
Mayhem and Chaos, great job with the interview!!
Pleasepleaseplease pick me! Hannibal and En Esch would be soooo happy!
.-= kmkat´s last blog ..We go bargain hunting. =-.
LOLOLOL What a great post!! You’ve seen those ghosts too eh May?
Targeted furniture shredding eh Frankie?? lololol
I really enjoyed the read kitties..
Please don’t enter me Chris but I will post a heads up at my blog tomorrow.
.-= Lea´s last blog ..Commencement Day… 🙂 =-.
That was a wonderful kitty interview (i kept typing knitty there, funny the things the brain does). I hope there are extra treats waiting for all the parties involved to thank them for behaving so well.
Can’t wait to read the new book.
.-= ikisti´s last blog ..Jury Duty and The Ravelympics! =-.
1. I cannot enter for the book as I’ve already won in one stop on the blog tour.
2. I have enjoyed this interview more than any other – what a great GREAT interview your cats did with Soba, Bob and Frankie. This was wonderful! It’s so nice to hear the REAL brains behind the blog for a change.
🙂
Excellent interview Chaos and May. Maybe you guys should have your own daytime talk show, I think it’d be a smash hit.
Why not, I’ll enter the contest. I occassionally read. 🙂
.-= Rebekah´s last blog ..Abner Plays Soccer =-.
OH my gosh… This is hilarious! Please do not enter me, but I had to stop by and see what the kitties had to say!!! I am still lmbo!!!
Have a great day Chris!
Wonderful interview, kitties. Please enter me in the drawing.
Love it! Cats rule, but don’t tell my dog that. Please enter me. I would love to win!! And I so wish I were in LA for the big event tonight.
.-= Tara´s last blog ..Out in the world =-.
so funny..my tortie is very much like Soba!
Excellent post! Thanks!
Very clever–and funny! Thanks. (I’ve already purchased and read the new book (excellent read) so I’m not entering the contest.)
And the question remains . . . is Bob just faking his ineptness?
LOL! This is such a cute, funny post 🙂 Thank you for the laughs!
No need to enter me for the contest.
.-= ErotRomReader Janna´s last blog ..High Five, Low Five Review of Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy for the DIK Book Reading Challenge =-.
So glad I was directed over here from CAP’s site! I love the little furry ones. Please enter me in the contest!
I am happy to enter the contest! Thanks for the opportunity! Your interview with the catties was inspired. I wonder what answers my cats would give…
🙂 Hoping to win a book,
samm
I’m entering the contest. And I loved the interview the cats. By the cats! Hmmm, I wonder what my dogs do when I’m not home. Maybe one of these days I’ll see an interview with them published in someone’s blog …
I would love a copy of Laurie’s latest book. I read her blog daily… mostly to see what those crazy cats are up to and also to get ideas about knitting, dinner, travel and of course, weather updates – always something interesting 🙂
I would love to win Laurie’s book please count me in for the contest!