Welcome Home

My kitten is coming home this week. I have been busy kitty-proofing my home. It is kind of like preparing a home for a baby that just learned to crawl. The exception is that in most cases you are trying to protect your child from the dangerous things that they can get into...with a kitten you are trying to protect your possessions from the dangerous kitten! I have a gorgeous (if I may be so bold) cherry wood dining set. The chairs are upholstered in cream colored brocade patterned silk- I had them specially made. If my new little kitten destroys them there will be a serious fight. I have completely wrapped the legs of the chairs and the table. I was reading that you can train the kitten not to scratch certain surfaces, but until I am confident that he is trained those legs will remained wrapped. Even the piano is wrapped. It looks like I am one of those people that has an abnormal fear of sharp or hard surfaces, everything is softly padded. Kitty has the PERFECT little eating station. I went to the Goodwill and purchased two matching wooded cabinets, they were dirt cheap. I lined the inside with that contact paper that people use for drawers and linen closet shelves (does anyone actually use that stuff anymore? So one is to hold his food and water, with pretty doors to close when company comes over. The other is for his self cleaning litter box which is NOT "self" cleaning...but I will save that discussion for another post. That little cabinet discreetly closes and matches everything else. So cute.
Now what to name the little critter………