A normal start to my day

This is what I have to deal with on a typical day, right after I return from my morning walk, and after I read the paper at our kitchen table. I then usually get my laptop out to take care of reading my favorite blogs and websites, plus upload items like here, and on my photoblog. It's then that I am "visited" by the furry ones.

I stopped laying my laptop bag on the table, because Lucy (on top of it in this photo) and Boots try to crowd each other off. Lucy won the battle this day.

Boots, our kinda fat calico cat, also likes to lay on my arm while I'm using the laptop, and that makes typing difficult, but I have managed to get used to it.

I'm not really complaining about any of this—I enjoy the company. But, it makes for a somewhat crowded table at times.  All in all, not a bad way to start the day.