Hetty Miep Wainthropp
Breed Unknown/Breed Unknown

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Home:Lawrence, KS  [I have a diary!]  
Age: 4 Years   Sex: Female   Weight: 7 lbs.

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Nicknames:
Miep Miep, Hettykins, Bags

Quick Bio:
-pound cat

Likes:
wrestling with her "brother" Elvin; eating; bopping the other cats on their foreheads with her paw when they're not expecting it

Pet-Peeves:
not getting food when she wants it (which is all the time!); when people stare at her when she doesn't want them to (she has been known to run across the room to bop the staring offender in the face); Garp

Favorite Toy:
Elvin & Hilda

Favorite Nap Spot:
cat tent; on the arm or back of the couch during the day; under the bed coverlet at night

Favorite Food:
seems to like pretty much anything; this cat is a food hound and is known for her "hit and runs" on food (eg: jumping on the counter to steal a corner of raw pizza dough, wrestling with A. over a red pepper slice)

Skills:
uses her bottom as a weapon when she wrestles with the other cats: if the other cat is getting the upper hand, she'll do a quick 180 & sit on on the other cat's head or hits the other cat in the head with her bottom

Dwells:
indoors

Arrival Story:
We adopted Miep from the local humane society. She had been at the shelter for over a month when we adopted her. Miep seemed very depressed. She was so grateful to be adopted that she would jump on our laps, place her paws on our chests, and give us kisses. That lasted about a week. The other cats must have told her that A. and H. are pushovers and that she didn't need to be so affectionate.

Bio:
When Hetty Miep was first adopted, she was named Hetty Wainthropp (after the PBS mystery series). This caused confusion for H. and Hilda (who is often called by her nickname [Hildy]). H. wanted to change Hetty's name to Miep because that is the sound that Miep makes (meep meep). A. didn't like that name, so A. & H. decided that they would call her Hetty Miep. A. calls her Hetty; and H. calls her Miep. It took over a year, but Hetty Miep now responds to "Hetty," "Miep Miep," or "Hetty Miep." Additonal skills: ability to make the other three cats in the house (each one is much larger than her) fear her. Quirky characteristics: she has a bit of a boozy walk (swings right rear leg out a bit when she walks).

Lives Remaining:
8 of 9

Forums Motto:
Miep Miep!!

The Last Forum I Posted In:
Blue ribbon rosette "best in show"

Favorite Catster Diaries:
Sofie, Shmool, & Patchez

I've Been On Catster Since:
April 14th 2005 More than 3 years!

Special Gifts Given In The Past Month:
Spunky


Rosette, Star and Special Gift History

Catster Id:
138610

for 1059 days

Meet my family

Garp

Hilda

Elvin

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Hetty Miep Wainthropp Investigates...


Tagged!


May 23rd 2007 1:04 pm   [link to this entry]

I’ve been tagged by Cinnabar Flambeau to participate in a meme.

THE RULES: Each player starts with seven random facts about themselves. Cats who are tagged write in their own diary about their seven random facts. You need to choose seven cats to tag and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment that they have been tagged and to read your diary.

Seven random facts about ME:

1. I have a boyfriend that lives outside. His name is Orange. As you may have guessed, he is a large orange cat with a very gregarious personality. Even though we’ve never met face to face, we’ve had some very deep conversations with our eyes. I watch for him every morning at the windows by the deck. Orange left H. & A. a present in the Oregano patch for me. H. referred to it as “compost.”

2. I love ABBA! Dancing Queen, anyone?

3. I will eat anything green and living, whether poisonous or not. Past victims include oregano, basil, rosemary, jade plants, etc. For some reason, there are no longer green things in the windows for me to munch on.

4. I have a big crush on A.! No matter how nice H. is to me or how much A. ignores me, I always pick A. to snuggle up with.

5. I like to be in bed by 10:30 pm. And by “in bed”, I mean H. & A.’s bed and they have to be in it too or it doesn’t count! If H. & A. aren’t heading towards bed by 10:30 pm, I start reminding them with meows that it’s bed time. If they’re still not in bed by 11 pm, I get very anxious and aggressive (knocking things off of tables and beating up the other cats). If they’re not in bed by 11:30 pm, I pout, continue beating on the other cats, and run around so that they can’t get to sleep when they finally do go to bed.

6. I like to be fed at 5:45 am. A. & H. have the ridiculous idea that I should wait until 6:30 am, so I like to change the clock on H.’s nightstand so that she thinks it’s later than it is. (I do this by pushing on the hour/minutes buttons on top of the little clock.) Most of the time H. catches me; but earlier this week, I was able to advance the clock by 5 minutes without her noticing until later in the morning!

7. Even though I am the alpha cat of the household and resident bully, I occasionally have my soft moments. During these times, I have been known to roll around on my back and make soft mewing noises. Although I’d deny it if any of my siblings ever said so, I like when H. coos “Hetty Miep” to me during these times.

I’m tagging the following seven cats:

1. Shmool
2. Patchez
3. Sushi
4. Mackenzie
5. Dexter Jeebus
6. Deej
7. Misty


Too Much Information


January 6th 2007 7:10 pm   [link to this entry]

I suspected something was amiss last night when A. & H. locked Hilda up in the study (ie, Lockdown). This morning, H. stayed up after feeding us at 6 am. She NEVER does that on Saturdays. She always goes back to bed.

Then they took Hilda away in the maroon box.

A. and H. came home later with the red box but without Hilda. H. told me that Hilda has an abscess on her anal sac that has to be lanced. She won’t be home until Monday.

My first thought was “Ow!”

My second thought was “Too much information, H.!”

It really makes me wonder what she’s telling others about me!


Lockdown!


December 15th 2006 7:27 am   [link to this entry]

Date: December 13, 2006

Time: 6:26 pm

Infraction: The defendant was caught repeatedly chasing her brother, Elvin, up and down the hallway and launching herself on his back. She was warned several times to cease bullying her brother or she would be “placed in lockdown.” She was also overheard threatening her other siblings, Hilda and Garp, with similar treatment when she was finished with Elvin.

Statement from defendant: “I’ve been framed! Again. Elvin told me he wanted to wear his beautiful Hetty cape. It’s true we had some problems getting it to stay on. That’s why I had to repeatedly launch myself on his back. His loud meows were meows of encouragement not of distress.”

Sentence: The defendant was placed in lockdown (the bathroom) for 15 minutes. While being escorted to lockdown, the defendant expressed her displeasure with language that was deemed “coarse”. Upon release, she immediately chased Elvin down the hallway and launched herself on his back again. The defendant was placed in lockdown for an additional 30 minutes to consider the gravity of her crimes.


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