It's official... I'm losing it.

Ok, um...so, I REALLY can't explain this one other than that it's been on my dream list for a while now, and would have been EXTREMELY convenient in Charlotte and all that hotel hopping...so at 11pm one night I was on Amazon.com and had a weak moment and bought...

I can't say that I have the most positive feelings on this adventure.  Which probably means I shouldn't do it, but I'm doing it anyway.  I really do think Oakley will go for this.  Pilgrim on the other hand...we'll see.

I've also never trained anything.  Not really, anyway.  So this will be interesting.  The book lays down several simple steps and warning signals when to slow down/back up if things start to go wrong.  For example, it's very important to verify that both cats have "performed" before moving on.  The general process is as follows:

Step 1:  Put the box next to the toilet.  (I even got them a NEW box for this little adventure)
Step 2:  Slowly raise the box to toilet height.
Step 3:  This is the one I'm dreading...remove the box, cover the toilet with saran wrap and add some kitty litter.  Try try try not to forget this at 3am when the human has to use the toilet too.  This seems to be where most cats bail... we'll find out in a couple weeks.  If everything goes as the book says (HA!), I'll have a very different pet scenario by Halloween.  Again, why am I doing this??  I can only imagine it's because I need a life.  Y'all have my permission to smack me if I try to train them to use a can opener.  Oakley is getting fat.

So with a slightly tenuous drumroll.....

Day 1:  Here we go...!!