When our cats scratch the furniture or otherwise create havoc in our material world, my husband Michael says, “See, Ann? This is why we can’t have nice things.”

I think that’s a nice thing and a funny thing for Michael to say, because, at this point in our lives, we’d rather have nice cats than nice things.
Do you see nice things in my other images for today?















Here’s “Nice Things” by the nicely amazing Hayes Carll.
I’m thankful for all the nice things, cats, and people in my world, including YOU!

I’ll be brave enough to be the first one to say it: cats are nice things. Having nice things means a certain amount of sacrifice, but that’s life. Few things in life, though, give us as much in return for what we give up as cats do.
Thanks for this very nice comment, Chris.
110th anniversary of first Girl Scout meeting in USA.
Nice!
Who needs nice things when we have cats?
Nicely said, Peter.
pets > nice things (it’s life math)
p.s. I very recently lost my baby cat yeti, who just turned one and was fighting a disease his whole short life, and he was worth more than any nice thing I can imagine
I’m so sorry for your loss, beth. 💔💔❤️🩹❤️🩹
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Watching Joan and Harley through your blog is one of the nice things in my life, Ann, as was noting marvelous Oscar for so many years.
I am so grateful for your nice comments, Marvelous Mark.