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.
Contest Rules
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- Winners will be selected by random number.
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- Please make sure that your spam filter allows email from stumblingoverchaos.com!
- If a winner doesn’t respond to my congratulations email within 48 hours, I will select another winner.
- Only residents of the US and Canada are eligible to win.
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Good luck!
Please enter me in the contest. I miss my kitty. Plus I too work in a Bank. And I agree that home is where the wine is!
Note to self – don’t read things like this while drinking coffee. Coffee all over computer monitor is not a good thing! This was hilarious! Please enter me in the contest!
Linda in VA
Count me in on the contest, I look forward to all CAP’s posts!! GO Kitties!!
I’m glad my kitty isn’t online or he’d be picking up tips. Enter me in the contest please.
Cute kitties! Thanks for a laugh during a trying day!
.-= tara´s last blog ..Knitting Olympics – Milo socks =-.
I would like to enter to win. Love the cat interviews. Bob was my favorite.
thank goodness none of my four fur-herd have been interviewed (that I know of)
My daughter and I have been following Laurie’s blog for years; glad to have finally heard from her cats the other half of the story!
yes, please I’d love to win her book!
.-= claire´s last blog ..Sweater for a rainy day =-.
Please enter me in the contest! Great interview – my cats would be jealous if I let them read it.
please enter me
Nice interview! It was also nice of Laurie’s cats to cooperate for a change. 🙂
Already have the book, so thanks anyway!
That was HILARIOUS.
Thanks for the contest, I’d like to enter too please.
Thanks for the interview! I’d love to be entered
I am very glad to see there is no “munching of books” listed as a punishment for Mom. Hopefully that remains something that Suzy alone does – and the sooner I can train it out of her, the better.
(And not a m/m romance? Then I’ll enter the contest! LOL… 😛 )
.-= Nicole´s last blog ..Back-Tracking =-.
Loved the interview. Lovely bunch of kitties.
Please enter me.
That was a great interview. Thanks, it made my day.
Now enter me in that contest. I want more laughs.
Please include me in the giveaway. I absolutely loved her first book too!
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Please enter me in the contest. I enjoy reading her blog and would love to read her latest book.
I really enjoyed the cat interview. My cat completely ignored it.
.-= Donna´s last blog ..Did you see that?!? =-.
Please enter me for the giveaway!
I’d love to win Laurie’s book. Thank you!
I’d like to enter the giveaway. Laurie surely has a way with words. And her cats are so smart. My cat would never give an interview..
Please count me in for the giveaway, and that was quite hilarious! Cats and their personalities…lol
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This is to enter in the book contest and say how much I enjoyed your interview with the cats who keep Laurie company when she goes to hermit mode.
Thank you.
So hilarious! I used what little break I had today to read this and it was so worth it. Brilliant idea 🙂
I am entering the contest.
Great interview. Do you interview dogs? I often wonder what the dog is really thinking (not to mention the guinea pigs).
Toss my name in the hat!
I am entering the contest.
And this was a wonderful ‘cat’s eye perspective’. I came here from Laurie’s blog, obviously, but plan on visiting more often. 🙂
Finally! An interview with those cats! I think Laurie should let them blog on a regular basis. Please enter me in the contest!
.-= Susan B´s last blog ..Day 55: February 24, 2010 =-.
Brilliant inspired interview!
’causes me to wonder what mine are saying about me!
Please enter me in the contest! I love Laurie’s blog and getting connected with other cool people like you. Great interview with the cats. Mayhem looks like my Toby. I’ll be out of town until March 13, I’ll try to check my emails to see if you pick me.
I’d like to enter the contest please! And thanks for that probing interview.
Love ALL those cats!
Plus please enter me in the drawing.
That was a great interview! Enter me in the contest too please.
Yes, please enter me in the drawing. I’d love a copy of Laurie’s book.
Great interview, by the way.
Please enter me in the contest. Misty and Gizmo can’t wait for me to read it to them!
Contest entry, please!
I’d love to be considered for one of Laurie’s books.
The interview with the cats is fabulous.
Thanks for your creative representation of some very intelligent worldly cats. They rock!
That was extremely clever, loved it! Would also love Laurie’s new book, thanks! 🙂
Please enter me in the contest! I hope to read the book before Lucy Fur and Taltos complete their mission to kill me on the stairs.
I’m entering the contest.
I always wondered about Soba’s true feelings on her feline companions.
Loved the interview! And maybe I’ll hold on to my luck long enough to win this contest too!
.-= Faren´s last blog ..Lucky Me and Kitchen Products =-.
what a fun interview. please enter me! i loved the first book, even knit the devil baby blankie! would love to read the second book!
.-= turtle´s last blog ..A Bit of Farm Pimping =-.
Awesome blog. Please enter me!
Thanks!
I’m entering the contest. It was great hearing from Laurie’s cats. Bob is my favorite.
I was so much enjoying the interview and my clear similarities to Mz Mayhem there, that Oh, what a surprise to see a contest at the bottom!
Count me in!
Poor Mayhem, having to put up with Curmudgeonly Chaos…
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Please enter me in the contest. I loved the interview with the cats!
Love the cat interview, I think your questions had a way of bringing out each cat’s individuality.
Looking forward to seeing who is the lucky book winner!
This is one of the best interviews I’ve ever read – congrats to all of the kitties (no offense meant, Soba), and what the heck, I’ll enter the contest!
.-= Bridget´s last blog ..For the Record =-.
Excellent interview! Please toss my name into the contest as well.
I would love to enter the contest. I totally loved the first book – read it 5 times in a row. I do hope you can mail north of the 49th parallel.
Excellent interview. Why couldn’t Barbara Walters ask some decent questions like that?
Please don’t enter me in the contest – I have the book already and I LOVED it. I just wanted to say that your cat interview was *hilarious*.