How to amuse a cat... for free!

As usual, the morning has been spent on endless conference calls dealing with the latest issues and crisis at work... nothing new there... although having had a late night last night (due to Anne's fun housewarming party, watching the latest set of Idol performances and results, and having to to more work at 11:30 at night) both Angel and I are tired today.

Anyway, while I was on one of my calls the cat came in wanting a brush. I of course had to oblige her (I now keep a brush in the office for these moments). With the amount of fur that I took off her I was able to create a little fur ball which, when rolled up tightly, bounces and rolls really well. The next 10 minutes were then spent with Wazzles running around and batting her own fur ball around the floor.

Several hours later and the fur ball (one that was doing the batting) is now asleep on the lower level of her climbing frame, and the other fur ball (the one that was battered around the floor) is still in one piece and still bounces when dropped on the desk or floor!

Why spend $5-$10 on a ball at the pet store when you can simply use the aminals fur as a toy!