Tyler's Tattles

2010-06-05T15:11:00.000-07:00

Tyler was put to sleep yesterday because of kidney failure. i came home from work and he didn't greet me. i called to him over and over again. he finally came out went over to the litter box and cried out. i took him to the emergency vet and the rest you can figure out. it sucks that i didn't see this coming and that he was miserable before he left. he was my best boy and i miss him so much.

2010-06-05T07:10:00.000-07:00

Tyler is at the Rainbow Bridge.

Brother, I Love You!

2010-02-15T02:23:00.000-08:00

Mom's home from work for a whole week and we're so happy we're huggin' each other for the sheer joy of being together. We hope all of you are spending cozy times with your family.

Love, Ty ad Jake

Silly Mommy!

2010-01-26T07:44:00.000-08:00

Sophie: Hello blog kitty friends. Tyler said it's ok if I blogged on his blog today. I wanted to tell you how silly crazy my mommy is. She came home yesterday and sat down in front of me on the big bed. She then opened up a baggie of cooked chicken that just didn't excite me and then started hollering my name. At first she was nice and sweet about calling me. She called, "Sophie, Sophina, I have something for you..." but I wasn't impressed with the chicken so I just stared at her. Then she started yelling at me for about 5 minutes straight. I was right behind her, so I started cracking up inside. Silly Mommy. Didn't she see me when she sat down on the bed? I never let on where I was which I guess made her panic because I always come when I'm called. The only thing was, I was already there so I didn't have to come. When she finally turned around and saw me. I smiled sweety at her. At first I told her I wouldn't tell anyone how silly she is, but this morning I decided I had to let the kitties how there know just how wacky my mom can be. Do any of you have parents that crack you up? If so, please tell me what they did. I love a good smile.

9 Lives, I'm Your Cat!

2010-01-23T23:42:00.000-08:00

Jake: I so sorry that my mom had to use her lousy camera phone to take such a cute picture of me. The real camera is always in the wrong place she trys to explain to me. I don't care cuz you can still see how cute, cute, cute I am. Right blog friends, aren't I the cutest cat on around this blog. It's okay to say the truth. Tyler's just too old to be cute, Cookie's too grumpy and well Sophie's the most fluffy and beautiful, but not cute at all. I'm the cutest. It's me. Even just watching me, makes me cuter. When I jumped into the box I made my mom giggle. I think it's a combo of my handsome ginger furs along with my huge whisker humps and my mischevious grin that gives me the edge. And look how I thought to chomp down on the box, cute, right? I think I'm headed for stardom. I wonder if that Moris dude cat that my mom told me about is ready to be replaced by a cuter more youthful ginger boy?

C'mon, I'm cuter than him, right people? Mom, I think you better get me an agent.

Happy New Year!

2010-01-02T21:44:00.000-08:00

Tyler:I hope all the kitties in the blogosphere had awesome Christmice with their families. We've been silently visiting some of your blogs. It looks like so many of you had wonderful holidays. We love each and every one of you. All of my sisters, my brother and I want to wish you a happy and healthy new year.

Sophie: Hi kitties and woofies, goats and rodents too! I learned a new trick. I'm tired of being the meekest little kitty around. So when some kitty annoys me, I give him a bop on the head. At first they were all so surprised to see me voice my opinion that they just gave me whatever I wanted. Today, Jakie, the Tangerine Pest, hit me back. I saw on an episode of Jersey Shore that boys aren't suppose to hit girls. On the tv show the cops came and took the boy away. When I saw that, I just knew that it was the answer to all of my Tangerine Pest problems (I like the way Parker calls Rudy the "Orange Menace", so mommy showed me how to use a thesaurus to come up with my new name for my brother). But when I asked Mommy to call 911 and report Jake.... she refused. She said she would miss him too much and that maybe I could come up with a less drastic solution.

Then of course there's the big sister version of the Tangerine Pest, Cookie, or as I now call her the Drabby Crabby One. After I bop her she now hisses. So I just bop her again for hissing at me. It's all quite a bit of fun.

And then there's Tyler. I NEVER bop Ty. He's the best brother ever. I groom him and kiss him whenever he'll let me. I adore that brother of mine.

Oh, and I forgot to tell you that Mommy left the camera at my aunt Beth's house, a two hour drive from here. It'll be a bit of time before we can post new pics. Yeah! Mr. Flashy's not coming around here for quite a while!!

2009-12-15T02:04:00.000-08:00

Jake: Mom?

Mom: Yes, Jake?

Jake: I love Tyler, lots.

Mom: I can tell, Sweetheart.

Jake: And Mom?

Mom: Mm, hm?

Jake: I love you too.

Mom: Ahhhhhh, such a sweetie.

Jake: NOW, can I have those Temptations?

Tyler in the Morning

2009-12-13T04:13:00.000-08:00

Hi Friends,

Finally mom fixed the camera. She decides to wake me up at 3:30 am for the photo shoot. She's been sleeping through the whole weekend because she's sick with a wickedly sore throat. So now she's awake and raring to go. This is my best black panther "Good Morning" look so early in the am, folks. I hope your Sunday is as lazy as can be.

2009-12-04T10:41:00.001-08:00

Jake: The strangest thing happened this morning. I was lying in the Millie bed closest to mom when my crabby sister who hates me came by. I ignored her by looking the other way. The next thing I know the girl is curled up laying beside and atop of me. You should have seen Mom's mouth drop. I cried out, "What the heck!" and then I shot out of there as quick as my legs could get me out of there. I couldn't wait for her to turn around and start spitting in my face. As soon as I moved, she did start growling and complaining. Typical Cookie.

Mom: I saw the whole thing unfold, Jake. You're right I was shocked. That dear crabby growler of mine never has a kind word for you and the next thing you know she wants to cuddle. She must have been extremely cold. But if the two of you were to come to some sort of agreement, I would be the happiest cat mom around.

Cookie: Listen Mom, I wanted the bed. I didn't want to be friendly. I knew that if I just pretended he was invisible he would become so.. It's that simple. So don't think I'm going to start liking that orange annoyance. It won't happen, ever.

2009-11-28T11:23:00.000-08:00

Cookie: I'm here to do the tattling today. First of all, our mom LEFT us on Thanksgiving day and hasn't come back yet. I knew this was going to happen when I saw the suitcase come out and saw the amount of clothes she was packing. But then I saw something really suspicious. She packed a brand new Furminator brush too. That could only mean one thing. She's two timing us. Now, I was able to teleport over to our auntie's house because that's where she told us she was going. I spied on mom from atop the tall cabinets that auntie has at her house. I saw my mom sweet talking my two tuxie cousins. She gave them treats off of her own plate. Does she do that at home with us? Noooooo, it's against the rules. She went to all this trouble making a kitty toy out of shoe string and a Lego man. With us, it's store bought toys only. I ever heard her call the kitties to her at bedtime so they would sleep with her. Chase slept right next to her and Chris slept in between her calves. When I do that, it's "Please move over Cookie, I gotta turn over."lllllllll

So when she gets back, she's gonna hear it from all of us. Because I'm letting all of my brothers and my little sister know exactly what she's been up to. We'll see who wants to sleep with her after they know what's been going on.

Oh, guess what? Mom finally brought the camera home from work. She tried uploading beautiful pictures of us into her laptop and found out that the disk is damaged. So she needs to buy a new one. Which she STILL hasn't done. Now if she had taken the camera to our cousins house, I'm sure she would have bought the disk already.

What! Did my listening ears just hear that mom's on her way home?Woohoo! Oh I mean who cares? ::yawn:: I'll just curl up here on the couch by the front door.

I hope all you kitties out there how wonderful Saturday catnaps.

Mom and the Bottle

2009-11-24T22:37:00.000-08:00

Tyler: I'm sooooo mad at my mom!!!! She squirted me with WATER on my butt!!! Why did she spray me with the liquid punishment in a bottle? For no good reason! That's why!

The Mom: Tyler, tell the truth please.

Tyler: The truth is that I went up to my uppity sister Cookie and gave her an "I love you tap" cuz even though she's a pain, it is the season for love and good cheer.

The Mom: Tyler tell the truth please.

So my love tap was a LITTLE harsh.

Tyler. Tell...

Ok, so I hit her as hard as I possibly could.

Because...

She looked too happy all snuggled up in MY Millie bed.

Your Millie b-?

In A Mille bed. I know, I know, there was another empty Millie bed right next to the one she was using. But, I'M the alpha cat, and she just looked too darn happy in THAT Millie bed.

Tyler, I thought I raised you to be-

A loving alpha cat? Ok, sorry mom. I'm gonna just go and curl up in the other Millie bed.

Good idea.

The Box

2009-11-19T21:21:00.000-08:00

Feast your eyes on an exact replica of the object that has upset what little balance of peace that was maintained among us catfolk here at Tyler's Tattles. It's called a Kong Kickaroo. Mom ordered a new Millie bed from the Siamese Rescue Store and though in the kickaroo as an afterthought. Well, today mom opens the box, places the Millie bed on top of her own bed. Two seconds later Cookie jumps into it. (She can still be found curled up there with no sense of remorse for being a bed monopolizer.) Next mom tosses the kikaroo to docile little Sophie. Well, when I politely asked her if I could have a turn she bopped me on the head WITH claws. Next thing I know she's whapping me for merely reminding her that I'm the alpha cat around here and it was an oversight on mom's part not to hand the toy to me first. I did what I do best and tattled to mom that Sophie was stoned on the primo nip that's in that toy and she better act fast before both Jake and I give her a lesson on what happens to little sisters that whap before they think and don't share the new Kickaroo with her brothers.

2009-11-18T05:44:00.000-08:00

Jake here: I think I need a translator. Last night mommy was standing in the family room and I walked up to her and said, "Aaahhhww." She bent down PICKED ME UP and tried to fling me across her shoulder while saying, "Oh Jakie, so you want me to pick you up?" I tensed my body up in a ball and corrected her, "Eeeeeeeeeaaaahhhhhhhwwwwww." I even looked her straight in the eye to let her know I was serious. Finally she put me back on the floor where I belonged, thank goodness. And I repeated my original command of, "Aaahhww," she reached down and scratched my back the way I like it. Now why didn't she just do that in the first place? Does anyone know of a good translator of kitty to English? I think my mom may need some help.

Simple Saturday

2009-11-14T14:33:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Thanks for the birthday wishes. The mom even forgot it was my birthday. She made it up to me though with some super duper skritches and some flaked tuna too. Of course, I had to share with all my other sibs.

That Jake is such a hog. He sticks his paw right into the jar of flaked tuna and showers the bed with a gazillion tiny pieces. He only eats the big chunks before he's after the jar again trying to get his wily little paw in there again. Jake's been joining us for naps on the bed more and more. This morning when mom was working on her laptop she felt a cat cuddle up between her knees. She assumed it was Cookie because the only other cat that rests there is Sophie and she could see her elsewhere in the room. Hours later she looked down surprised to see Jake. He's getting bolder and bolder with his sleeping arrangements. It's good to have him with the rest of us. Cookie still tries to scare Sophie and especially Jake away from mom, but they're learning to ignore her, much to Cookie's consternation.

Mom has been leaving the camera at work where she needs it. She's going to try to remember to bring it home so we can display our handsome faces.

2009-11-08T23:30:00.000-08:00

Jake here: I've decided to shock my momma by almost cuddling with her. A few weeks back when she was home in bed sick I actually lay down with her for more than a whole minute. Now I lie on the bed and snuggle with Tyler. Sometimes I do touch momma at the same time, but I never stay there for more than a few minutes. I like to keep her guessing. All the other kitties snuggle with her. I just have not been into that. Now if she were to feed me some chicken while I'm snuggling, I may stick around a little longer.

Does mom remember how to do this?

2009-10-25T14:51:00.000-07:00

Boy have we missed all of our cat blogger friends. We've been lurking around a bit to check on the kitties everywhere. Mom and all of us are devestated to read about how many of our friends have recently crossed the Bridge. Of course the loss of our sister Kali, is still an unhealed wound that we thought was actually over and done with. But mom has burst into a waterfall missing her and thinking about all the other moms and dads out there having to deal with their pet's loss. Does the pain ever go away?

By the way, we are fine. I'm still the alpha cat though Jake wants to challenge me for it. Sophie is still my little groupie. She wants to curl up next to me all the time. Sometimes I just have to get away from her. Cookie is still the grumpy one and I can be naughty and chase her away from mom.

Mom is working at a new school. She teaches first and second grade now. She spends too much of her time there. She's been home with the flu for the past three days so that may convince her to take better care of herself.

Hugs and purrs to everyone! I'm really going to try to join in again. We miss you all, we really do.

2009-02-26T19:06:00.000-08:00

So mommy bought us one of those Breeze litter boxes. What a waste of money. Jake is the only one who'll use it and he only uses it to pee. Mom praises him like crazy so sometimes he just goes in there to here her his name said with "...oh what a GOOD boy you ARE..." blah blah, blah. Hey, I walked on the litter and so did Sophie that's stuff is killer on a cat's special toesies. I don't know how you cats in the blogosphere that like that Breeze-thingy stand for the harsh feel of the litter on the feet. So I'm sticking with the traditional litter box filled with my soft clumping litter. Sorry mom. You know that I don't like changes in my routine. You know that I don't care what other moms and dads write about their kitties' experiences with their Breeze boxes. So I think you need to donate the green thing to the other kitties who like it.

Oh Tyler, I haven't given up yet. I've just begun the campaign to convince you all to give it a go.

Mom, mom, mom, don't you remember you told me my middle name is Stubborn?

Yes, but I didn't tell you we have the same middle name.

We Won an Award!!

2009-02-20T15:21:00.000-08:00

We were thrilled to receive this award from the girls at Mark's Mews. Since we have barely been around the internets lately, it's super great to get an award that calls us friends. We LOVES making new friends. We just read that there are rules that go with the award and we better post them too or who knows what might happen to our blog. Here they are:

“LOVE YA” award-winner… These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind of bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

We want to pass on the award to the following friends:

Grr, Midnight and Cocoa (along with three other newly adopted brothers and sister).
Camie's Kitties
Laia and Minchie

No Pics

2009-02-16T13:45:00.000-08:00

Tyler: I've got good news and some bad news too. The good stuff is that my mom is home for a whole 9 days in a row. She gets a week off in February. That means extra snuggling time for us. The bad news is that she left her camera at work and it's been forever since she showed our blogging friends our pictures. For all you know a giant woofie came in and ate us all for breakfast and it's just my mom typing up these words in our absence. Mom can you think of any way to prove to our blogging friends that we're still alive and not in the bottom of some woofie's stomach.

Mom: Um, I could give them my word that you're still here eating, sleeping, shedding and stinking up the litter boxes.

Tyler: I just don't know if that's good enough, Mom. My friends aren't that gullible. They need proof, like pictures. I think you're going to have to drive into work and just pick up that camera.

Mom: I think they'll trust me.

Tyler: I know, you can fake it by using old pictures of us.

Mom: Ty, I'm going to go take a nap. Are you coming?

Tyler: What about my pics?

Mom: Zzzzzzzzz

Mmmm, Yummm

2009-01-17T17:46:00.000-08:00

This is Jake here: I had the most wonderful food experience last night.

"Mom, what was that yummy stuff called?"

"Whipped cream."

"And when do I get some more?" asked Jake.

"If you're a very good boy and stop attacking Cookie when she's not looking...I might get you some..."

"Then I might just keep on surprising Cookie. She likes it when I jump on her. It keeps her young at heart."

"Hmm, is that why she begs me to let another family adopt you?

"Ha, ha, that Cookie is such a funny girl," claims Jake.

2009-01-04T09:28:00.000-08:00

We are all so very very upset at the loss of Sophie's dear boyfriend, Castor.

He was so young. Please go to his blog and give his mom and brother your love, here at Castor . You will be remembered always Castor. Please give our love to Kali. She is a wise older lady who can watch over you at the Bridge.

2009-01-02T18:08:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year Friends! We're all happy and healthy over here in San Jose, CA. Mom has taken a job at a different school in her same school district, but this place is taking up all of her time. It's sucking the life out of her. Mom says she understands that we miss all of our blog friends. She says maybe we could blog once a week instead of just dropping off cold turkey, like. We all are doing just fine. Jake continues to be mom's challenging "child". He loves to keep us on our toes. He's either peeing on the bed or chewing up the bag of Temptations. I continue to be the "easy" cat. I get along with all others. Cookie, is still a pain in our backsides. She wants to be an only kitty. But surprisingly the last couple of days she's been accepting of even Jake. Sophie has turned into a very loving girl. She has the habit of curling up into mommy's arm at night. If mom ignores her she reaches out with slightly extended claws and taps mom on the lips. Mom then kisses her paw pads and they continue until Sophie falls asleep.

Have a great New Year everyone!

Sophie's a New Girl

2008-07-11T15:12:00.000-07:00

Sophie is finally relaxing into a loving little girl. She's turned out to be a little minx with quite a sense of humor. Mom has been wearing a lot of skirts to work lately because of the heat. When mom lies down for a nap, Sophie plays hide and seek under the skirt. The only problem is that sometimes she attacks the delicate parts of mom's legs with her claws. Yikes, mom can howl which makes Sophie that much more pleased.

When mom's in her recliner watching tv at night. Sophie lays back in the crook of mom's left arm with her belly exposed. She looks like a infant baby. If mom doesn't pay her any attention, she whaps her cheek with just a touch of claws showing. Mom will then play, "I'm going to kiss those paws." This was what my little sis wanted all along. Mom is just thrilled becuase for the longest time So has kept a bit of a distance. She has always loved to cuddle with me and a bit with Jake if he's quite enough. She still shies away from mom's open hand when she goes to pet her on the head. Someone hurt that little kitten when she was on the streets before we found her. But those times are over and our happily ever after is beginning to start.

Now if mom can just get a cuddle out of Jake. He's very loving on his own terms of course. He comes up begging for scritches and then kisses mom's hand til it's red, but he doesn't cuddle. He almost always sleeps away from mom and the other kitties. Sometimes he'll cuddle with me and a bit with Sophie, but he's only slept next to mom one time. She's wondering if he'll ever change. It's probably the brat Cookie that's kept him away even when she's no where near. Because when she has been near mom she sometimes doesn't let the orange boy near. Mom should close her outside the door one night at an experiment. As long as I get to sleep on the bed that would be fine by me.

2008-07-05T14:29:00.000-07:00

Cookie: "Mommy, you know how you always are telling me that you want me to feel loved and an equal member of this house?"

Mom: "Mm-huh."

Cookie: "I found a way for me to know that you REALLY love me."

Mom: "Ok..."

Cookie: "I want this, jut for me, NOW. Without the orange thing, NOW.

Happy Fourth Friends!

2008-07-04T10:59:00.000-07:00

We will celebrate living in our great nation by dedicating all of today's naps to the wonderful Americans that help other people and animals around the world. Here's hoping that my kitty friends from the US will get a little something left over from the barbecue. Or whatever your particular tummy desires (that goes for all kitties everywhere).

Jake, Let me go!

2008-07-03T05:35:00.000-07:00

"Sophie, Stay put. I MUST clean you!"

Has any cat seen this show?

2008-06-28T08:29:00.000-07:00

Dr. Katrina Warren is an Australian vet who hosts the show. She goes to the homes of people who want help with their cats. I like her a lot. I want to write her and ask her what to do with my grumpy sister Cookie. (Does anyone know how to get rid of this underline?)

Mom learned on today's show that I'm a senior citizen just because I'm older than 7 years old. Of course I've been trying to tell her that for a while now. Now if she would just give an old man the spot on her lap instead of giving it to the computer.

The one thing my mom dislikes is that the program is paid by Purina so there's a lot of their advertising.

The show is on Animal Planet. If you watch it, please let me know what you think.

Cats for Sale

2008-06-25T14:16:00.000-07:00

We have two cats who are on mom's Smiley Face list and two who are on the Sad Face list. (The mom doesn't use this with her students, just with the cats.) The two tabbies are on mom's Sad/Angry I'm Going to Sell You to the Dogs list.

On mom's return from grocery shopping the orange tabby monster cat rushed her and ran outside where he proceeded to run away from her outreached arms over and over again. And then when she finally caught the orange tabby boy and was taking him in the brown tabby girl ran out. Where the orange boy always remains loving and playful during these escapes the brown tabby girl growls at mom when she nears her and starts hissing when she's caught. The tabby girl is now apologetic and is trying to play kissy face to mom as she sits and types. She knows how to melt the woman's heart. The mom is trying to remain straight faced and angry just to make a point, but is losing the battle as the tabby girl licks away her at her face and arms.

"Okay, you win! I love you Cookie! Even if you do anger me at times. Just please stay inside. Especially when I haven't eaten all day and I'm looking forward to scarfing my salad."

"Hmph, I told you Jake. All you have to do is act like you're sorry after you've pissed her off and she melts every time."

"Thanks Cookie! So when do we make our next run for the door?" asks the orange boy.

"As soon as possible but lets go out at the same time," instructed Cookie.

"Ok! I go right and go left," snickered Jake.

Water, Water

2008-06-23T14:32:00.000-07:00

Jake took a swim in Mom's dirty bath water this morning. She was in the outer portion of the bathroom when she heard a ker-plunk and then she saw this orange figure zoom by her. She took a look and found Jake trying to dry himself with his tongue. She offered to towel him dry, but he wouldn't allow her near him. He kept giving her wounded looks as if she had purposefully tricked him into jumping into a draining tub. She had to go into work today, but he was there to greet her when she got home. His furs had dried out by then. Silly, silly brother. I don't go near the tub. He of course plays hockey in there with his pom poms.

We had a scary thing happen at our house. the hose to the hot water on the washing machine burst open. Mom was standing right there when it happened. She feels extremely lucky to have avoided a flood. She's hoping she can change the hose all by herself without asking my uncle or a plumber for help. It's times like this that she wishes she lived in an apartment.

What is that?

2008-06-22T07:52:00.000-07:00

Tyler: Help! There's an intruder on my blog!

Mom: It's just a cute kitty.

Tyler: Mom, that's not a cat.

Mom: It's not?

Ty: It's a bun. And this is a cat blog.

Mom: It's just a cute bunny.

Ty: Mom, do you ever listen to me?

Mom: Not too often.

Over the Deep End

2008-06-21T14:51:00.000-07:00

I think my mom has gone crazy. The way she told it to me was that she was pulling into the drive-thru Starbucks that she had just found not to far from work when her eyes glanced over a sign for a new taquería opening up. Thinking to herself "Not another taco place," when her eyes continued across the next word on the sign, "pupusería" her brain started screeching "Ding, ding, ding, JACKPOT!" You see a pupusería is a restaurant that makes pupusas. A pupusa is an El Salvadorean delicacy (it's not delicate at all, but mom insists I use that word. Really it's just a food) that my mom fell in love with six years ago. One of her student's moms would bring her this dish several times a year each time one of her two sons was in her class. Mom looked into finding an El Salvadorean restaurant or even downloaded the recipe for it and the cabbage "curtido" and hot sauce served with it. She never followed through and now she doesn't have to. The silly woman has eight pupusas sitting in our fridge right now. It's as if she was afraid the pupusería would go out of business over night. She bought enough for five meals. Silly, silly woman.

And did she consider us when placing her order? Not at all! There were pupusas with meat that she could have ordered. But because she's one of those horrific vegetarians (I'm not lying! I've watched her, never a morsel of meat passes between her lips!), she didn't buy us anything.

At least she did go back to the store and stock us up on Fancy Feast. Because of that, her bed doesn't need to be "scented".

Meet Your Purr-fect Match at ARF

2008-06-20T09:10:00.000-07:00

"Love Bug", "Personal Assistant", and "Leader of the Band" are the types of cats my mom is suppose to be most attracted to according to this survey she found at:

www.arf.net/adopt/feline-ality-form.html

The only problem is that I'm not any of those cats. I've decided that I'm a MVP. Now I officially know that my mom and I are incompatible. Hey wait a minute, why is she hanging around websites that match cats with new owners anyway. She promised us when she brought Jake home that there would be no more cats, even after Kali left for the Bridge. I'm going to have to search her internet usage to see what she's up to.

MomLynn: No worries Tyler. You're my cat no matter what your personality type may be. And I'm not bringing in a new brother or sister...but you can't blame me for looking.

Mancat Monday

2008-06-16T11:06:00.000-07:00

Tyler: "Mom, can we get past being mopey and sad and just admire how my dark panther furs showed up so silky and shiny in this photo?"

Mom: "Sure, I think I've cried enough tears. I'm going to miss that old lady, that's for sure."

Tyler: "She sure was a hissy cat. Do you think she's still hissing at everybody over the Bridge?"

Mom: "I'm afraid I wouldn't recognize Kali without her hiss. Maybe it's how she's saying hello.

'Hisss, my name is Kali. Excuse me and please don't mind my bad manners, but I've always hissed to introduce myself and I don't want to stop now."

Tyler: "Mom, you're dreamin'. I can't ever hear her say 'excuse me' or 'please'. "

Mom: "Well, it is the Bridge after all. She has to be making friends. You never know how being out of pain has changed her mood. And what's wrong with a mother dreaming?"

Tyler: "Okay Mom. Have it your way. Just don't forget to give me some loving too."

Mom: "Like, 'Wow Tyler, you're furs are looking really silky and shiny."

Tyler: "Yep, just like that."

2008-06-14T16:31:00.000-07:00

Kali left for the Bridge this afternoon. She was her normal bratty self giving the staff at the vets a hard time. Their plan was to put in an IV in the back room bring her back to the exam room and give her a drug to make her fall asleep and then the final drug. I was to leave after the first drug but before the last. Well, I heard her screaming full force in the back room. They came back and asked me if they could sedate her first then bring her back in. At first I said yes, then I asked if they could sedate her with me and then do everything else while I was gone. They didn't like the idea, but I was here for Kali not them. So she complained while they poked her and I tried to sooth her as I said good-bye. I had told the vet that as soon as she couldn't tell I was there to let me know, so that I could leave quickly. So I'm there talking to her for a long time and I finally ask, isn't she sedated yet. And they say told me that she was. So they thought I was saying all of that because I needed to and didn't realize that I was wanting out of there. I had been focusing on my sweetie and didn't realize that the vet wasn't there. There were two vet techs and they hadn't heard my request to be told as soon as she lost consciousness. Ugh! It didn't go as smoothly as it could, but honestly that was Kali's style. She was a Tortie to the bone.

I miss her terribly already. The vet had a huge cage filled with four snowshoe tabby kittens with signs requesting that the kits be held so they could be socialized. They were of course up for adoption. I almost considered putting one in the carrier on my way out. "Kitties, surprise, Kali's gone, but we have a new sister for you to meet!" I'm afraid Cookie might have smoothered me in my sleep.

I owe you all my sanity. Whenever I thought I couldn't bear it, I thought of all of you who wrote saying that you had gone through a loss and that gave me strength. I thought of the candles being lit, the moment of silence during Gree and Othello's gathering and people saying they would think of my girl it all gave me such strength. I felt the love, thank you,

Kali Wants to Go Home

2008-06-14T07:22:00.000-07:00

I will be calling the vet and trying to make an appointment to assist my lovely lady to the Bridge today. She's developed a tick. Her head jerks back and forth. She's wobbly on her feet. She's always been a very dignified cat. I owe her to allow her to go before she loses any more of her cat sensibilities.

I forced some Super Charger into her mouth yesterday. And then she actually drank some salmon juice and ate a tiny bit of the fish. I was praising her like crazy and she was trying to please me. Still it's not enough to change my decision.

I'll come back and let you all know if I get the appointment with the vet.

Thank you everyone for all of your support.

Love, Lynn

Update

4:00 pm PST is the time she will be meeting with the vet. I keep reminding myself that she deserves this. I need to remember it's suppose to be about what's best for HER not me. For me, I could keep her around until the last possible moment...

She purrs as soon as she sees me and allows me to pet her entire body, something I never was allowed to do before. I was limited to petting just her head before. She continues to answer all my comments with a meow, just has she's always done before. That's my girl, always needing to get the last word in.

Kali does have a sister at the Bridge that will help her cross. I lost Katie about 10 years ago to kidney failure. She was only 4 years old at the time. She gave me no warning. Kali used to bully her something awful because Kali couldn't stand to share me with the little one. That was a long time ago. Katie never did hold a grudge. I bet she'll show her the ropes. And Lilly's mother Peggy has written that Lilly. who just recently crossed, will also be there for my girl. (Oh gosh, and now Castle writes that Stormie will be there too!) This means a lot simply because I cannot go with her to make sure she's safe and happy and not hissing at others. I guess this is where faith is suppose to take over. I need to surrender my baby in so many different ways. I'm not good at surrendering. I'm good at holding onto things...tightly.

Ok, well I'm going to go enjoy some last moments. Again, thank you. Please pray for me to be strong. If you're not into prayer maybe you could imagine thoughts of me being a strong resilient cat owner, who can handle this, no problem. Thank you.

Good Bye Sweet Girl !

2008-06-13T08:56:00.000-07:00

Stormie,

We are so proud of you for winning your fight. What a wonderful example of strength you are. You will be missed and never forgotten.

Could you keep a look out for a fiery Tortie who should be crossing your way pretty soon? She's my sister and we want her to find friends over where you are. She's never been very good at making kitty friends.

We know that now that you are pain free and for that, we are grateful. Enjoy yourself and we'll try and take care of your family over here.

Until we meet again.

Headbumps and purrs,

Tyler

2008-06-13T05:55:00.000-07:00

Kali is still not eating. I tried giving her heated chicken baby food, heated chicken liver (suggested on a website). I gave her the antibiotic, but I don't think she has an infection. I also gave her some of the Lickable Super Charger that Moki's mom recommended. It's similar to the paste they make to get rid of hairballs. It has calories and nutritional supplements in it. It's the only thing she would eat, yet she started gagging after she first ate it. After forcing the antibiotic down her, I didn't have the heart to force food down her too. As a Tortie, she's always prized her dignity. She still is drinking water on her own. But she looked me in the eye and I feel as if she asked me to let her go.

I still have to go to work today and I don't want to spend the day tearing up in front of my first graders like I did last week so I'm not making any decisions about when I'll take her in exactly. School is over next Tues. Although I welcome a bit of time off before I'll work again during summer school, there is so much required of me right now. I feel as if I can't concentrate on doing as much for Kali as I'd like to.

I bought so many foods yesterday that I still want to see if she'll eat. Chicken has always been her number one love, but I need to try the other things too.

Oh Darn!

2008-06-12T05:56:00.000-07:00

So, now Kali isn't eating. She refused a piece of cheese and Temptations. I want to start her on the antibiotics today just in case that's the problem. I want to try giving her baby food. Does anyone know what type I should buy? Or do you have any other suggestions?

If she still doesn't eat, well that's my sign to let her go. I will ask you to purr for her still. Thank you.

PS She did eat her pill pocket.

News from Vet

2008-06-11T15:58:00.000-07:00

Lynn again: Kali's blood work is back and it's not good news. She has beginning kidney disease. She has some sort of heart disease. Her heart is enlarged. Her thyroid is fine. So that's not what caused her heart to get out of whack. The radiologist thinks she "may" have an infection in her lungs. It's not typical, but it could be what was causing her lungs to look like they were filled with water on the X-rays. So we're going to put her on antibiotics. If that doesn't show a big improvement, it's probably something serious like cancer.

The vet wanted to have two ultrasounds done at $500 a piece. I cannot afford that. She's an old girl. They might be able to pinpoint what she has, but at her age, what are they going to do to help her?

I will need to have her put to sleep as soon as she is not living a good life. The vet said to check out if she stops eating or drinking or showing signs she wants to go off and hide and be alone. I haven't been home a lot, but when I am I still hear her coughing. Before when she was vomiting she would always start with a cough. The same thing she has always done if she had a hairball. In the morning she did vomit after her cough but this afternoon I just heard the cough. Her white blood cells were slightly elevated but that could have been caused by stress.

Here comes my old geezer girl...

Ah, well that was a quick visit. I opened up the Temptaions' bag for Kali and all of a sudden I had four cats in my lap. After eating her treat, Miss Kali took off again. I think she read my thoughts and wanted to prove to me that today wasn't her day to go. Normally she would have whapped the others away until she could lie down nest to me.

Thank you Girl, I'm thrilled to know that today your still here to hug and kiss.

2008-06-11T09:08:00.000-07:00

Tyler at the keyboard: Sheesh, I finally get to write on my own blog. Mom has been giving my big sis Kali WAY to much attention. She looks like the same old annoying sister of always. She's walking around, eating and drinking, I really think much too much was made of a little hairball yacking. She still is doing that a bit. And mom is feeding her those delicious Pill Pockets three times a day. And when I ask her, "Mom may I please just have one", she says, 'No.' Can you believe that? That old geezer girl is getting on my last nerve.

I'm having to sit in mom's lap in the evenings and turn on the old charm, just so she remembers that I live here too. I did get some Temptations last night for allowing her to furminate me. The funny thing is that I like getting my hairs stolen. I have way too many of them for these hot June days. Cookie started growling at mom for the same offense. That one has quite the attitude. Doesn't she know that getting rid of the old hairs feels good? Finally she allowed mom to continue, but she wouldn't put up with changing sitting postions so that mom could have more access to fur. And the surprise was that Jake seems to be liking the Furminator. He hated the Zoom Groom so mom assumed they'd be the same. He actually sat still for a little bit.

I'm still the best kitty, I don't give my mom any troubles, ever. Ok, when I whap Kali I do agravate my mom and get in trouble for that. But she deserves it, I promise you she does. Have a great day!

Lynn here: I played phone tag with the vet regarding Kali's blood results. She looks a lot better. Yet as Tyler said above she did yack up her breakfast this morning. I need to ask the vet if I should have repilled her after that because I had given her the meds only 15 mins. before. Thanks again for all your good thoughts and wishes. They mean so very much! Enjoy a good day.

7 pm (PST) Update

2008-06-09T17:55:00.000-07:00

Dear Friends,

Tyler's mom speaking:

I am overwhelmed by the beautiful comments you have all left on Ty's blog. I believe in the power of prayer and I believe that you all have brought a miracle to our doorstep. I came home from work to find an almost peppy Kali. She got up out of her bed and greeted me. Something she hadn't done for the past three days. I took her to the new vet and I fell in love with this person. She was so compassionate. She told me all of our options and let me decide. She did say that Kali seemed to have too much spunk today to be helped to the Bridge. She recommended having blood work done and X-rays taken. She wanted to find out if Kali could enjoy more life if we managed her care with medicine.

The blood work results will come in tomorrow. The x-rays showed some concerns with her heart. She had heard an irregular heart beat and the film showed that her heart was over to the right. Also their might be fluid in her lungs. A radiologist will be in the office on Wednesday to give more feedback. The vet thinks that Kali may be suffering from hyperthyroidism which may be the cause of her heart problems. We'll know more once the blood work comes back. For now I'm suppose to put her on Pepsid AC and then she gave me 2 perscriptions, Reglan to prevent her from vomiting and Lasix for her heart. She wasn't dehydrated so she was able to drink water without spitting that up. I'm to feed her in ver small amounts to see if she can keep that down too.

Forgive me for calling wolf and saying that she was most likely going to the Bridge today. I honestly thought she would. I wasn't trying to be over dramatic. I plead ignorance. With her age, I assumed that any troubles would be too serious to try to fix. I'm grateful for being wrong.

But it looks like we have bought her a little bit more time. I am so surprised. With her poor heart and possible fluid in the lungs I'm not sure how much time has been bought. The vet gave me the option of having an ultrasound of her heart and possibly an EKG, although she thinks my girl might be too fiesty to sit still long enough for the EKG. The more I think about it, the more I think that she's too old to go to such extreme measures to try to save.

I asked the doctor to just make sure that Kali isn't suffering. If she isn't suffering, I'll spend every extra day with her that I can. It's such a huge responsibility to decide what's best for her.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your loving thoughts. We are so lucky to have you all as our friends. We are in your debt. Headbumps and purrs,

Lynn

2008-06-09T05:59:00.000-07:00

Kali continues to yack everything up. She even yacked up yesterday's Temptations. I'm going to call my vet today. I'm preparing to say good-bye. Part of me will feel better once she's out of pain. The other part will feel alone without my companion of nineteen years.

Update

My vet's office only has one vet in today and told me that I'd have to leave her there and they would look at her when they could. Well I know Kali and she freaks out whenever we leave home and at the vet's she has had fits in the past. She's had a lot of painful dental work and I think she's just too smart to put up with any strange people a pokin' and a prodin'. She is a Tortie after all and she can be very opinionated. I am not leaving her somewhere so that they can then call me and tell me that she needs to be put to sleep.

The person who answered the phone felt very badly that she couldn't work me in. But this service just isn't acceptable. I searched high and low for a vet clinic that people seem to like around here. I found one that has glowing reports, has 5 different vets, and who's website has the title "Full Service Care for Pets Who Are Part of the Family." I made an appointment here. She will be seen at 4:00 pm PST. I will be moving all of the cats to this vet, if I like it there. It is so difficult to get into my current vet's office. I like my vets personality, but if I can't see him, then it's not fair to the kids. And these are my kids.

Thank you so much for your kind comments. Only cat people can understand. I saw her up and walking about this morning and I'm sure it's your prayers that gave her the strength to do that.

Hugs to each of you,

Lynn/The Mom

2008-06-08T08:13:00.000-07:00

Well, my Kali is showing her fiesty tortie nature. As Mom I'm thinking lets have some last day cuddles. I put her on my bed which she hasn't ben up on for a couple of years. She can't jump up there and Tyler used to bully her when she went into that room. I shut the other cats out except for Sophie becuase she is mellow and loving toward Kali. Well, my old lady would have no part of being up on the bed. I returned her to her cat bed underneath the dining room table.

She got up later on ate more wet food and yacked it up...again. My poor, poor baby.

This morning when she showed interest in walking towards the chair she shares with me, I picked her up and carried her there, where she immediately showed me an interest in the bag of Temptations. I gave her about ten, but stopped for fear that she would just throw them right back up.... It's been about 20 mins. and so far she hasn't.

I'm calling the vet tomorrow to take her in the afternoon and I expect to say goodbye at that time. I feel a sense of peace at the moment, I just want her to stop suffering.

Purrs Needed

2008-06-07T08:04:00.000-07:00

Kali isn't feeling well. Yesterday I noticed that she didn't come and visit me when I was watching TV last night. I realized that I hadn't given her glucosamine pill the day before so I made she she had one right away. She didn't want to get out of her bed. She was in the kitchen this morning looking for food. She ate a bit of stinky goodness. Normally she would be sitting with me as I write this, instead she's gone and laid down in her cat bed. I'm wondering if her time has come to cross over the Bridge. My vet is open today, but he doesn't accept appointments. It's first come, first serve. I'm afraid I'm going to stress my girl out waiting there with all the other pets. She hates going to the vet. She normally pees in the carrier on the way over there. I need to buy puppy pads for her carrier... I am going to see if she perks up a bit after eating the wet food. I also did hear her trying to cough up a hairball last night. I don't think she was successful. I wonder if that's her problem. My eyes are leaking all over the place. I don't want to let her go, but it all depends on what's best for her. Please purr for her. I'll update this, once I have any news.

UPDATE

Kali went into the kitchen and I opened up a new can of wet food just for her since she was interested. She ate a lot, but then yacked it all up a bit later on. I didn't see hair in it. And I've been grooming her very well lately with the Furminator because she doesn't groom herself much any longer. I'm most likely going to be taking her into the vet. I'm going to go look up the hours right now. I'm pretty sure at almost 19 years old that her time has come. 19 years feels like most of my life. I don't want to let her go for selfish reasons. But I must do what's right for her.

UPDATE AGAIN

6:25 pm PST

Well, I didn't make it to the vet's. She went to the kitchen again and ate more stinky goodness and this time she's kept it down. She's still very lethargic. I she continues like this, will call the vet on Monday. I promised Kali to do what's right by her. Thank you for your purrs.

The Real Stuff

2008-06-05T05:58:00.000-07:00

Jake speaking:

"Oh Fancy Feast, Oh Fancy Feast,

You make me happy in the tum-tum-east.

I could eat you all day long,

That's why I'm singing this song.

Just a few posts ago Momma told you all how we don't like the healthy foods she buys. Well, last Sunday she came home with TWO whole boxes of Fancy Feast. This morning I sang my song to Momma as soon as she got up to use her litterbox (Mom: at 3 am) and she didn't move herself into the kitchen like she's asuppose to! "She shook her head 'No' and went back to bed. I had to sing my song, over and over and over again. Finally she got herself out of bed and did what I told her to do. Sheesh, it took her FOREVER to put that delicious stuff on my plate!

Mom: Jake, you got me up an hour early screaming in my ear.

Yes, it's true. I found out that two types of FF are healthier than the rest. "They are Flaked Ocean Fish" and "Flaked Fish and Shrimp." Our vet wants the kids to eat wet food so I'm thrilled to have bought some stinky goodness that they actually want to eat. And it was on sale last week!

We "Borrowed" This From the Catblogosphere

2008-06-04T15:01:00.000-07:00

Tuesday Tabby Love

2008-06-03T11:54:00.000-07:00

"Momma, these are my 'I love you eyes," explained Jake.

"I recognize them, Sweetheart," said Mom.

"Now can I have some fish flakes?" asked the boy.

Well it IS Mancat Monday, After all

2008-06-02T10:55:00.000-07:00

"Mom while I snooze, don't let that pesky orange striped thing near me, ok? He's been chasing me down all day long to sniff me or touch me. I've had enough!" warned Cookie.

"I'll do my best, Cookie, but I make no promises," cautioned Mom.

"Hee, hee, hee, nor I," whispered Jake.

Oh Jake!

2008-05-27T06:35:00.000-07:00

Last night Mom decided that she wanted to brush Jake. She knew that Temptations bribery just wouldn't be strong enough for that boy. So she pulled out the serious stuff, fish flakes. We wish we had captured a movie of what my brother did. As Mom concentrated on zooming him as quickly as she could. Jake would stick his paw in the can of flakes and out would explode a bunch of flakes onto Mom's tummy and lap. Jake would pig out on the big gobs of fish as he tried to pull his body away from the zoom groom. Once the large bits of flakes were eaten, Jake would again pull out big gobs of fish. Mom put the lid on so he would carefully eat the tiny pieces of fish that now covered her whole front and lap. Instead Jake ran away and let Sophie and Cookie eat up the smaller bits. He was quite a comical sight pulling a fast one on Mom by eating the big gobs of fish and trying to run away before she could finish brushing him. That boy is very clever.

Merrick's b. g.

2008-05-26T07:31:00.000-07:00

We've been doing some taste testing of a new brand of cat food in order to help our mom out. She's always looking for a healthy food that we'll go crazy about too. Well, this is how it stand so far. The canned chicken is bluckty-bluck-yucky bad. The canned salmon flavored Jake ate about 2 tablespoons worth and the rest of us wouldn't take a bite. We still need to taste the quail, beef and tuna wet food. The dry crunchies we like better. The tuna was the best, but we liked the other two chicken and salmon just fine. This brand is called b.g. (Before Grain) and it's made by Merrick which makes other healthy stinky goodness flavors, that the kittens sort of like, but I Tyler won't eat. Cookie and Kali don't like healthy stinky goodness at all. They both like Fancy Feast, but mom won't buy that for us. She only lets us have it if some one gives it to us as a gift. We're seriously deprived over here. We have yet to find a tasty healthy stinky goodness. It's very sad. We read about others enjoying their stinky goodness on a regular basis and we just don't understand why we too can't life the good life. We thought Mom loved us, now we have serious doubts. >>Sigh<<

We're Back!

2008-05-25T07:45:00.000-07:00

Hi friends! We've been away for such a long time. I demanded that my mom take some time to help me write this post. It's without pictures though because mom doesn't know what she did with thing that uploads the photos.

My brother, sisters and myself need to thank Queen Snickers and Empress for our Swap n Tails package. We were delighted with a huge bag of Pounce treats. Mom has been using them to brib us to sit still for our furs to be Furminated. They also gave us Fancy Feast stinky goodness. It's so tasty that even Cookie is eating it and she NEVER eats the stuff mom buys. There were several yellow pom poms that Jake took to right away. He likes grabbing those furry things and acting like he caught a real live mousie. Mom encourages by calling him a brave hunter, sheesh that kid will do anything for a little love. Those two lovely ladies gave my mom a citrus smelling bottle of oil that has reeds you stick into it. She saw one at my aunt Beth's spa and liked it's perfume. Now she has one just for herself.

In other news, I'm being mistreated by my old geezer sister Kali. The old gal should know by now that mom's lap is mine. Yet she comes over while I'm already there and starts whapping me on the head very hard. Now I whap right back of course or now I've learned to turn the other cheek and let her go at my backside as I cringe away. I know mom will save me. That makes me look like the wonderful child in her eyes. And then when I'm alone with Kali, I let her have it. I've got to teach her to respect me.

Yesterday Cookie sneaked out the front door. Mom was so frustrated that she told her to just take off already because she needed to carry in a box that the Fed Ex man had left by our door. Mom then turned around to see how far my roaming sister had gotten. Well, when mom didn't run after her, my frightened little sister came back and was right by mom's feet. Silly, silly girl!

Mom has some exciting news in her life. She has been wanting to change schools within her district for years now and it looks like next school year it's going to actually happen. The school she is moving to is a very good one. She is going to learn new skills and work closely with her teammates. So closely that she may not have to work as hard as she does now. She is very excited to make this change.

Happy lazy Sunday on this long holiday weekend. Hopefully mom will get herself organized so that you can see my handsome face again sometime soon.

Oh yes, and hugs to everyone. I think this is a sweet way to honor Bonnie.

2008-05-24T13:29:00.000-07:00

Although we're late in posting this, we want to say good-bye to feisty Bonnie. We so much enjoyed reading about how you ran your house and let Victor know who was the boss. We hope you've found loved ones over the Bridge who will obey and honor you, dear girl. We pray that your family will soon heal from your leaving and just remember the good times.

Tyler Tattles on a Tuesday

2008-05-06T14:01:00.000-07:00

Tyler here for the big fat tattle on my mom. She disappeared again for a whole day and NIGHT again last weekend. When she came back, she had that aroma of strange cat on her. Each of us took turns investigating the smells on her arms particularly. She had been unfaithful. She even had strange tuxie hairs on her PJs. Now I know I've got a lot of siblings and they come in all colors and hues. What I don't have is a tux brother OR sister. Mom wouldn't talk, so today I broke into her iphoto and who did my little eyes spy but two tuxedo cats staring me down. Here's what I found:

Having found the evidence, Mom claims she, get this, "forgot to tell us" that she would be sleeping with our cousins. Well, she's in trouble now. I'm thinking up the proper consequence. Mom's a teacher and talks about consequences having to be natural and not punitive. I don't know about that. I think the punitive ones are better. Or at least having her worried about the various punishments I may come up with is better. Of course I'm open to suggestions.Or perhaps you may refer me to a published list of acceptable punishments for the beans various crimes. Especially, if they've worked with your person or people. Gotta run, take care. Thanks for any ideas you may have.

Mancat Monday

2008-05-05T06:27:00.000-07:00

Hi, it's Jake here. And it's my turn to do Mancat Monday. I'm a year old now. Although Mom doesn't know my birthday, my Gotcha Day is June 6th. I was around 8 weeks old when she got me. So now that I'm a real man, do you think I'm any less hyper? Well, just a little bit. Last night I slept next to my moms head, which was a first. I let her cuddle with me while she fell asleep. Never before have I slept near her. Oh, I might snooze by her feet, where of course she couldn't touch me. It was sort of nice to be snuggled, but I haven't decided if I'm going to allow it to happen again. You'll just have to stay tune to a future Mancat Monday.

2008-05-01T00:28:00.000-07:00

Knock, Knock.

(Tyler, Kali, and Cookie: Um, Mom are you going to get the door?)

Knock, Knock.

(Sophie & Jake: Mom, the door!)

Knock Knock.

Who's there?

Nobel.

Nobel who?

No bell, that's why I knocked!

Okay that's our joke for Camie's Kitties'

fundraiser. You should check it out!

Mom can't figure out how to format this post correctly, but that's what happens when she tries to post after 1 am.

Zoolatry is Wonderful!!!

2008-04-30T12:00:00.001-07:00

Both of the above graphics AND our brand new header are of course done by the very generous and lovely spirited Zoolatry. Mom is just overwhelmed with the beauty of these photos. Just look at how the color of Sophie's stars match her furs. Now Mom understands better how others feel when they drag out their children's baby pictures and SWEAR their babies are cuter than any other baby alive. Mom feels the same way about us. These graphics just thrill her to pieces. What a talent they have over there. We've always loved all the pictures of our friends that they've managed to create. To be included in such a wonderful group of kitties is an honor. We bow down to you and give you kitty kisses Zoolatry. We're very honored.

Thank you PB&J!

2008-04-27T08:47:00.000-07:00

We received our April Swap 'n Tail's package from PB&J. They gave us this fragrant bag of homemade nip. It is so strong that we just want to bury our faces in it. Mmm, mmm. Mom, it's time for a nip party or maybe you should just let So and I eat up the bag all by ourselves. Wow, they should market this stuff. I wish all you Nipheads could get just a little whiff.

Enjoy your Sundays and the rest of the week. We hope to be around more often, but mom's work has been keeping her super busy. Hopefully we can convince her to help us visit you all and post. Bye!

2008-04-13T15:14:00.001-07:00

Sophie: HI der friends! Happy lazy Sunday. Here I am in a cube that's suppose to be apart of a cat tree. Mom never put the thing together because the quality of the wood looked so cheap. Jake and I love this cube though. We play "I'm going to bite you if you don't get out of that cube". The big cats sometimes stand on top of it and play with which ever kitten is inside. It is a fun place to hang out.

Bye-bye, see you around the blogosphere. Thanks for stopping by.

You Found Me!

2008-04-08T06:36:00.000-07:00

Shhhhh, please don't tell anyone you've found me. I'm hiding from my brothers and sisters. Sometimes a girl just needs some alone time.

2008-04-05T15:18:00.000-07:00

Hi there friends! This is a picture of me on my new snuggle. It was made for me by my new friends', Camie's Kitties, mom. Can you believe she made five of these, one for each of us and sent them to us with a bunch of toys and treats just out of the goodness of her heart? We really like laying out on them especially when there's a chill in the air. Do you see the fluffy blue trim? There were two of those and three with pink trim. And we just happen to be two boy kitties and three girl kitties here. We're lucky to have friends like Camie's Kitties. Thank you Cody, Tavi, Tiki and Camie's mom! You're a very good snuggle maker! Oh and thank you for the toys and treats! You're the best.

Jake's Hammock

2008-03-29T12:27:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of me in my new hammock. Mom bought it just for ME because I often get chased of the big people's bed at night by Cookie. Since it is MINE, ALL MINE, no other cat better go near MY bed. Because it is MINE, MINE, just MINE. In this picture, I'm looking at my sister, Sophie. I'm giving her my back off, You. I see you eyeing my new soft sleeping spot. If you know what's good for you, you'll hop up on the people bed and curl up over there. There is no room for you here and besides this is MINE, ask Mom.

If you see anycat near my hammock, shoo them away for me please. I don't think they'll dare, because I've told them all to stay away.

"Oh this is comfy! That Jake can kiss my fluffy tail, if he thinks I'm going to stay out of this hammock. Brothers!" :::shaking her head:::.

I'm in the doghouse!

2008-03-28T04:24:00.000-07:00

I was put in time out last night. By my own mother! Yes, I pounced on Kali. Yes, I meant to hurt her. But what Mom doesn't understand is that she was threatening my other sister, Cookie. Now I have been putting up with a LOT lately from that old sister of mine. She is constantly in my face telling me that I'm not the head cat, when everyone knows that's just a lot of bull. But when I heard her mouthing off at Cookie, I lost my patience. I've always protected her from Kali as long as she has been here. Another thing is that no kitty here gets along with her. She's mean to everyone except Mom.

So today my plan is to stick close to Mom and show her how loving I can be. As soon as she leaves the house, I'm going to pounce that big sister again. But please don't tell mom, I don't need to be locked away again.

We're Back for a Visit, at least.

2008-03-26T07:26:00.000-07:00

Three cheers for my aunt Ruth, who has lent Mom her work laptop while mom 's is being fixed.

Auntie is also a teacher who's on vacation this week. Auntie's district distributes laptops to each teacher. Mom wishes her district could afford to do the same. Of course, since Mom has a habit of cracking laptop screens, perhaps it's best that she doesn't have a work laptop. There is finally a little good news regarding mom's computer. When she took it in to get fixed yesterday, one of the Apple employees recommended taking to a third party repair place, which Mom didn't even know existed. After calling them, she was quoted a price a little bit more than half of what Apple wanted for the same job. Not only that, but the shop promise a 24 hour turn around. Whoo, Hoo! This is VERY good news. The store is a bit far away, but Mom's heading over there as soon as the traffic dies down.

On to more important topics--US! Mom put together Jake's hammock and he loves it. What Mom? Later? Please forgive my mom's bad manners. She now "claims" that she has to run and take her computer to the repair shop, before the big machines stop up the freeways. Since it's our computer too and Mom says that it means more cuddle time in the long run, we're allowing her to post this without our news. Don't worry, we'll make sure she lets us back on here soon.

Bye, bye! We can't wait to get to your blogs and read them. It's been so hard being away from you all for this long.

Love,

Tyler and Sibs

Uh-oh!

2008-03-20T16:25:00.000-07:00

I think it was just last month that I wrote about how Mom had destroyed her laptop by spilling water on it. Well, after spending quite a lot of money to fix it, she opened it this morning to find the screen cracked. And this is her third cracked screen within a two year period. We think the laptop may have dropped off of the recliner onto the carpeted floor when Cookie jumped down from the recliner. It was in it's protective case...but it wasn't the super-duper thick case that Mom bought after the last cracked screen. The one she swore she would use faithfully, until it arrived from Amazon and she felt how heavy the thing was....

Mom is feeling extremely stupid, careless and persecuted by the bad Macbook karma fairy. She also wishes she had asked Camie's mom (of Camie's Kitties) who wrote a comment saying that she had insurance covering her computer. Mom now really wants to know where does one get computer insurance. Is it part of home insurance? She asked our local Mac genius at the Mac store in the mall and he said that maybe it was conected to making the computer purchase with a credit card that offered such insurance. Now that would have been a smart move.

Mom hasn't figured out what she's going to do exactly about buying a new computer or having the old one fixed. Needless to say, we may not be around at all for the next week. Mom's going on vacation from work and that's where her current computer is located. Waaaaaaaaaaaaah!

There is so much to post about and so little time. Mom will post again tomorrow to tell of happier news. Right now we have to get going. Hugs and headbutts to all of our friends. We hope to convince her to just get that new computer, right now.

It Already Arrived!

2008-03-18T11:49:00.000-07:00

Mom came home and found a white box by our front door. When she looked at the return address she was pleased to see that the hammock had arrived. She brought it in and put it down quietly because in the other hand she had a shopping bag from our favorite store, Pet Club.

Right away Jake convinced Mom to play chase with the new wand toy with him and Sophie. Jake has so much energy that he's taken up the habit of finding a stack of Mom's important business papers and just tearing them up. He lies on top of the papers and reaches down with his mouth and just rips away, moving his head from side to side, as if he were chewing a mouses head off. Mom figured out the boy is bored. Even though he has several play-it-alone toys, he requires at least two half an hour sessions of play with mom a day.

Fairly soon Cookie came over and went into a sniffing frenzy around the white box. Mom knew that it could be the wonderful smell of the Forty Paws gang, but with Cookies intensity, she thought there must be something else besides a hammock in that box. When mom opened the box, I, Cookie, Jake and Sophie all scrambled a top her to get a wiff. Uh and after reading the note, it was confirmed. Primo organic NIP had been sprinkled throughout the contents of the box. Cookie who doesn't play around where NIP is involved, claimed the soft fleecy fabric for herself. She plopped her entire fat self right on top of the fabric part of the hammock that was on Momma's lap and that was that. She growled at all us other cats who tried to sniff the fabric. We had to content ourselves with nip that was deposited on the PCV tubes. Mom said we have to wait until the weekend for her to assemble the hammock. She needs to rest up before attempting the mechanical thinking that she fears may be involved. This is a very busy week for Mom after work. Friday is her turn to bring in treats for the school staff. She likes people to feel taken care of, so she likes to provide different foods, for different palates.

Besides, Jake has been sleeping on the bed this week with Cookie mysteriously sleeping in other secret spots. So no one will suffer if she waits to assemble the hammock.

Returning to the topic of Jake's hyper nature...he absolutely has a fit when mom tries to put our harness on him, so she ordered a new type of harness. This is a picture of a different kitty in it. We just ordered

it yesterday.

Mom also ordered extra balls for his "Peek-a-Prize" Toy Box, a Panic Mouse and other toys that will hopefully be self-entertaining. She even ordered him new cat DVD's called "Mewvie DVD Collection." She's hoping to create a toy rotation system to keep the guy happily busy. He has become the most affectionate of cats. When mom scratches his back he covers her hand with kisses.

Does anyone have advice for dealing with a hyper kitten? We're grateful that Mom picked him because he's the type that would drive other people insane and may have been returned to the shelter for his misbehaving ways. As naughty as he is, he's five times as cute, or so my Mom says. He's not going anywhere. Except maybe up a wall.

Don't Tell Jake, but He's Getting a Hammock

2008-03-16T09:21:00.000-07:00

Jake: Mom, why did Maw say that I had to watch out for the guy in blue shorts on Monday or Tuesday?

Mom: Oh, there might be a secret something coming your way.

Jake: I like it when the blue short guy rings the doorbell because then I get a chance to run, run, run.

Mom: Uh Jake, I'm going to be at work when your blue shorts guy comes. Nobody's going to be answering the door.

Jake: Drat.

Mom: Have you forgotten that you're getting something special from the Forty Paws?

Jake:Can I have a hint?

Mom: It's something that all of your sisters and brother cats have been admiring.

Jake: And it's just for me?

Mom: I got it with you in mind, but I imagine you'll be sharing it.

Jake: I like to share!

Mom: We'll see if Cookie feels like sharing it wth you.

Jake: Mom, last night she growled at me and wouldn't let come into the sleep room with everyone else.

Mom: I know, Sweetie. She can be such a tyrant that girl. But you do sort of stalk her during the day, and get on her nerves.

Jake: I like to see how close I can get before she hisses at me.

Mom: Oh Jake.

2008-03-09T09:04:00.000-07:00

Sophie: I'm sitting here waiting for my darling meezer Castor to show up for a good long snuggle on this lazy Sunday morning. Once he gets here Mom's going to open the stinky goodness to share with him. Since his family had to leave him and his brother Pollux we've been transporting back and forth a lot. His brother looks so much like my sweetie that I have to be very careful who I curl up with. Pollux is a lot of fun to be around too because he likes to play with the toys. Although I'm shy like Castor, Pollux and my brother Jake have a wonderful time together racing through the house and wrastling each other. Everyone here loves it when the Meezer Brothers make there way over here. Happy Sunday everyone.

Fangs on a Sunday Morning

2008-03-02T11:13:00.000-08:00

This is my "Hurry up already, Mom, or else," look.

I'm Really Angry with Mom

2008-02-26T22:01:00.000-08:00

I've been reeducating mom today. She came home from work and lied down for a short nap. I stayed away until I finally heard her calling for me. I stayed away a little while longer. When I felt as if I'd punished her enough I finally jumped on the bed but instead of curling up in a ball near her head, I turned around and gave her my butt to stare at. At first she was very confused, she asked me if I was feeling sick. "Yeah, I'm feeling sick alright," I thought to myself. "Sick of not getting my proper greeting when she comes home. And sick of her immediately starting to PLAY with the kittens instead of calling out to me as she used to do when she first came through the door." Finally, she realized the errors of her ways and she fussed over me for a good half an hour. She told me she knew that I was alpha kitty and that I should be the first one to get her attention. Later on when she got out the Greenies, she told all the other cats that I was to get mine first. I purred and made lovey eyes at her for that. Her reeducation was complete for the day. I hope she remembers her lesson well, so I don't need to repeat it anytime soon. Sheesh, sometimes I just don't understand that woman.

Raining Like Cats and Dogs

2008-02-23T18:47:00.000-08:00

There has been nothing but rain here for quite a while now. Mom's feeling a bit down. When mom doesn't get enough sun she gets depressed. I don't know why. She has us to cheer her up. What else would a woman possibly need to keep her happy?

Fishy Friday

2008-02-22T10:54:00.001-08:00

Last month mom took this awful picture of something quite special. It's a photo of the only Great White Shark in captivity (at the time).. The shark is on the right and a dolphin-fish is on the left. Mom took her class to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. This is their third Great White that they've kept. It was released earlier this month. Mom asked one of the aquarium staff members why the sea turtles weren't in the tank. The expert told mom that they like to have their backs scratched so they swim in front of the sharks then slow down so that the sharks run into them. They were doing it on purpose! Their games were stressing out the fish so the staff took them out of the aquarium to give the others a break.

Here is a beautiful picture of the same shark.

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Gifts

2008-02-20T04:12:00.000-08:00

Our first Swap 'n Tails package arrived! It came from sweet Miz Allie herself. This month's theme was red. Mom's sorry she didn't grab the camera. But as you can imagine, there were several red cat toys that Jake has already taken and hidden. The early cat gets the kibble around here. He stood over the package as Mom opened it. The lady of the house also received some gifts. A box of chocolates and a heart shaped foam picture frame that has a magnet on the back. Perfect for my picture. I look good in red.

We also received a package of goodies that mom ordered. There were some cat toys that were hand crocheted (spelling?). Many of the toys were infused with honeysuckle scent because the website claimed that the cats go wild for it. Unfortunately, there were catnip items in the same package, so everything came out smelling of nip. We did go wild over the packages Mom opened, but we think it was the nip smell not the honeysuckle. There was even a nip spray that Mom sprayed onto one of the crocheted balls and I spent the afternoon in nip heaven with that piece of yarn.

We wish everykitty a wonderful Wednesday. Mom's headed out of town for the day. So much for a weeks worth of "us" time. Oh well, she's going to try to make it back very early on Thursday.

It's Tabby Tuesday!

2008-02-19T06:55:00.000-08:00

Mom said that I could have my picture put on Tyler's blog today because I'm a tabby and he's not. The poor guy doesn't even get his own day of the week because none of the days start with "b" for black or even "p" for panther.

The only bad thing is that I'm not the only tabby. But my tabby sister has only been looking at the camera with murderous eyes because she doesn't like the flashy thing. And my big sister, Cookie is really good at looking mean. She hisses and growls at me daily. Of course that just makes me want to be even closer to her. I long for the day that she stops growling and actually welcomes me with a headbutt or even a nose smooch. Sometimes when she's asleep, I come up to her and sniff her furs. Then she usually wakes up and hisses me away again. She's a very good hisser. She could probably teach a thing or two to a snake.

Look what I got! Thank you Cat Realm for this honor. You are too kind to me. It was easy to help you in such a small way. This award was created by Ruis, Carl's life partner. That's a picture of his REAL PAW. I'm going think about who I want to pass this on to. There are so many deserving kitties.

Hi Friends! I Have Good News!

2008-02-17T10:35:00.000-08:00

Without sounding like a braggart, I want to shout out that my mom will be home for a whole week! One week of snuggling afternoon naps, regular stinky goodness delivery morning and evening, efficient litter cleaning, a lap to lounge on, blog writing, a bean to follow from room to room, to give eye kisses and perhaps best of all is the ability to visit our friends blogs on a DAILY basis, ok Mom? DAILY. We've already started to take advantage of her presence. Four of us snoozed on the bed last night when it usually isn't more than two or three.

Unlike many of you who have dependable beans, my stinky goodness isn't delivered on a regular basis. Ever since we showed our picky s. g. eating habits of the so called "healthy" food, our goodness delivery has been sporadic at best. If mom is running late in the morn, NO s.g. If Mom just threw out a plate full of uneatable offending s. badness, no s.g. for us. Mom swears it isn't purposeful, she wants to be an organized deliverer of s.g., but swears it "slips her mind" or it pains her to waste more food. So far she's been pretty stubborn about not bringing back the TRUE stinky goodness that she treated us with a few months ago. Yet we are also stubborn in eating just some flavors of the healthy stuff. I don't care if I ate it months ago without complaint. Now that I've been introduced to the delicious cheap stuff, I simply cannot get it off of my mind. The healthy goop is hardly tolerable.

We are also determined to catch up on posting an award that we were given by a very generous friend.

Mom has even agreed to some picture taking. The camera is home and so are we. Mom even thinks the data reader thingy that is plugged into the USB port is home, though she's not absolutely positive.

So I hope to be visiting with you very soon.

I'm Tattling on Mom!

2008-02-12T14:06:00.000-08:00

Mom did something very stupid early Monday morning. She feel asleep while working on her laptop with a glass of ice in the crook of her elbow. She fell asleep, the ice had turned into water and drenched her laptop. Apple says it'll be a LOT of green papers to fix. My mom is extremely clumsy with MacBooks. She's gone through two laptops due to carelessness just last year. This one was bought last March. She decided to have it fixed instead of replacing it like she normally does because it would be a lot more money to replace. She feels so stupid for not taking better care of such an expensive item. She has to write from her yucky computer at work, so no pics until the Mac is back. We're going to write up a list of rules for using our laptop. This is just not convenient for us to teleport to her work during our nap time no less. There won't be time for us to visit our friends blogs. Life is just a mess. Mom says we should be gratefull that it's just a thing we lost use of and not a person who is sick or injured. I think she's just trying to feel less guilty. Which is just how she should feel.

Cookie Is a Crook!

2008-02-10T16:37:00.000-08:00

Cookie stole our prize package from the cats who won it. Mom mistakenly took it out of the bag in which Siamese Rescue mailed it to us. She placed the penguin Millie bed and the purr pad on the big bean bed thinking it wouldn't be such a sin for us to test the bed out while she figured out how exactly she was going to get the thing back in the mail. Two minutes later Cookie crawled right in and stayed there for three days straight. I think she may have gotten out to eat, drink and use the litterroom, but we never saw her out of it. Now sometimes Cookie lets somekitty else lie in her bed.

Mom had to write to Artsy Catsy the winners of our contest and ask if they would be willing to pick another Millie bed from the Rescue Center. They were such gracious kitties they did pick out a new bed and we also sent them a new purr pad. Mom was relieved because she's a trusting soul, she didn't realize she was being duped by Cookie. Mom says she was grateful to be able to send the gift to the winners from the merchant and not have to figure out how to wrap the huge thing herself. Yep, she's lazy. Lazy to the core.

Mom left both of her cameras at work AGAIN! I wanted her to take a picture of Cookie in her stolen merchandise to prove my point. Maybe we'll post it tomorrow.

We hope everyone is having a restful Sunday, if you have any Sunday left by the time you read this.

I think I might just go see if that penguin Millie bed is open. We have three Millies now, but there is something special about the Penguin one.

We're in Love!

2008-02-02T12:18:00.001-08:00

None of us kitties nor our Mom knows how to create beautiful graphics for our new Valentine friends. So we searched the net for some pictures that we could borrow to show our new Valentines how we feel.

Sophie speaking:

Castor, this mousie is for you and your brother if you would like to share it with him. You can run all over the place after this little guy. He knows what he\'s in for. He swears he can outrun any ol\' meezer! Enjoy! Loves, Sophie

Free Comments & Graphics

Tyler:
Oh Dearest Abby,
This is for you!

I want you to know that I like quite girls. It's more conducive to cuddling in front of the fire on a cold afternoon. I don't mind if you boss me around like you boss your brothers. I'm used to taking orders. Any command from you would be like a bid of loving sweet nectar. For your royal wish is my deepest desire to fill. I want to make you happy, Sweet Abigail. May I take you out to a kitty cafe I know of? (It's really just my kitchen, cuz I'm not allowed outside). I'll feed you from a silver spoon delicious turkey pate. Later you and Reggie, Cookie and I can play a game of Scrabble, Monopoly or Spin the Pounce Jar.
Until we meet again, Tyler

Cookie:
Hi Reggie! How is your weekend going? I found this picture for you My Tabby Mancat,

Please just imagine my picture instead of the white girl you see inside the 'puter. That's how I imagine you dreaming of me throughout the day. For like your sister, I am the Queen of my domain. Unfortunately, only the master bedroom is mine, but I'm starting small and will one day branch out. Come over, I beg you, and worship me from close up. I hear you're a good brother to my new friend Abby. And she taught you well how to enforce her word? I might be able to use some of my talents around here. Especially with this orange annoying kitten who claims he lives here. Maybe you could get rid of him for me? Or at least make him cower in the corner of the dining room, far away from where I roam? Reggie, I think Tyler wants to invite you to come over some silly board games or something. Lets not and we'll spend the time better spent on the bed where you can chase all the other cats away for me. I'm going to love having you around. Maybe Abby can train another brother to be her enforcer. I'm going to need you at me beck and call. Mua, Mua ::Cookie kisses the air like the celebrities she sees on Entertainment Tonight::Come over soon Reg, ok! That's a demand not a request, by the way.

Jake says:
My Precious, Oh Precious, you're name is so wonderfully right for you. Here is my valentine picture for you:

I'm hoping that you and I can go somewhere to get away from the craziness at my house. I love sneaking out when my mom comes home from work. I'll teleport over to your place and take you wherever you want to go. Then maybe we can play in a field. Do you like to chase mice? I love to play with the fake ones so I'm imagine the fun of finding real ones and tracking them down. I just realized it was your family that sent me the wonderful Secret Paw's package. I still have all my blue toys and my blue blankie. I can bring the blankie with me and let you borrow it to keep you warm in the winter months while I'm not there to snuggle with you. Romantically yours, Jake the Rake

PS. Does anyone know how to change the text colors? When I tried to look up the info on the Help Blog I couldn't find anything. Please let me know, I would like to learn how to change the color of my letters. Ty

100th Post!

2008-01-24T05:52:00.000-08:00

This is my 100th post. This one right here.So that mean I need to announce a winner. Ta da da DA (that was my attempt at a drumroll). The winner of my contest is Artsy Catsy! The Siamese Rescue Center made a mistake with the order so the bed is in the mail, but as soon as it comes, we'll forward it to them. Thank you everykitty that participated.

2008-01-24T02:26:00.000-08:00

Sophie here: Look at what my new valentine, Castor, from Meezer Brothers gave ME!

Castor is such a cute valentine! He's one of Stella's babies. So that makes him a true blue blooded meezer. And he wants ME as his valentine. I'm so very honored because I'm just a formerly feral street kitten. He wrote that my furs are beautiful and he wants to help groom

We're Looking for Love

2008-01-21T12:47:00.000-08:00

All of us except Kali have contacted Queen Snickers (above) the moderator of the Love Cafe. We are in search of LOVE. Kali says that she's happy enough with her simple life of rest, eat and mommy time. If any of you are looking for a kittyfriend, you need to head over the Cafe and leave your info. Who knows maybe you and one of us will decide to spend some serious snuggle time together.
Lovingly yours,
Tyler, Cookie, Jake and Sophie

Good Bye Sweet Boy

2008-01-21T07:49:00.000-08:00

Everyone at our house is very sad with the news that we lost a good friend yesterday. Ceasar crossed over the bridge during his sleep sometime during Saturday night. Although we are grateful that he was able to go peacefully in his sleep and we believe that the mancat is now young and healthy once again. Our hearts go out to his family and to Prinnie his beloved sister. We found the below picture and quote on his blog Ceasar and Princess' Happy Place We pray for Prinnie too who has to live out her remaining years without her dear sweet brother here with her.

"We are brother and sister and so close and loving to each other.
We treasure the love and care we have received from our family for over 16 years!!!
If one of us should leave and go to the bridge,
it will be a difficult thing for the one remaining.
We are almost always together, and when we are not, we do not stay apart for long."

NOW , MOM!

2008-01-19T16:16:00.000-08:00

Jake: Oh, I am just so mad at my mom. Yesterday she came home with two big bags from our favorite but seldom used pet store. She went on and on about how she bought us new foods and how good they were for us and how tasty they were. Lies, lies, lies. She's a big fat liar. As soon as the big hand hit the twelve and the little hand was on the five I started hollering for MY stinky goodness. Hollering is very important. I'm the only one who knows how to do it and I do it well. She comes in and excitedly opens up a can of the new stuff. I'm thinking, "Good Mom, good girl. C'mon move just a little bit faster. OK, put it down, put it down. Me firs,t me first." And then I stuck my muzzle in it and take a big chomping bite...BLUCK, BLUCK, BLUCKITY, BLUCK. I ran out of the kitchen with my tail between my legs. I think she was trying to poison me. So I give her 30 mins. or so to see that I wasn't going to eat the crap and then I started hollering again. "Where's my Max Cat Gourmet Classics Salmon and Whitefish Entree, please"? But then Mom did something unexpected, gone was the 'OK honey I know that your hungry.' And in it's place was, "Get your butt in here and eat this food. I paid a fortune for it." And it was the same exchange between us for hours. With her adding tidbits like, "I bought a case of it," and "I bought the 13 oz size." Now I ask you kitty friends. Is any of this my problem? SHE bought the wrong food and won't admit her mistake. And that kissface Sophie didn't help by eating a few bites. So kittyfriends can you help argue my case. Tell my mom that she needs to feed me the RIGHT stinky goodness RIGHT NOW!

Mom here: The new food is Innova's EVO chicken and turkey canned food. I feed them all a can last month as a taste test and they gobbled it down. But since then I bought some of the Max Cat canned food on sale and I think they're taste buds were spoiled. I'm going to give it another try after a few days without any wet food. They are eating the crunchy Innova EVO without a problem, thank goodness.

Thank you, Thank you!

2008-01-19T10:52:00.000-08:00

Wowie do I have good news to share. I was nominated twice for the Thinking Blogger Award. Thank you Adan and thank you 3 Boys and a Lady. Here are the rules:1. You must write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think.2. Acknowledge this post.3. Optional: Proudly display the 'Thinking Blogger Award' with a link to the post that you wrote.4. Go tell your humans to fork over the treats!

Mom you better get the fish flakes out!
I'm going to look and see if I can find five friends who haven't recieved the award yet.

My Boy Is Growing Up

2008-01-15T23:01:00.000-08:00

Momma, I'm a real mancat now! Right?

Mom: You're getting there Jake, but you always be my little kitten.
Jake: Mom, not now ::sheesh::HIDING FACE BEHIND HIS PAW IN EMBARRASSMENT::.

MOM IS LETTING ME HAVE A CONTEST!

2008-01-14T11:26:00.000-08:00

Pretty soon I'm going to be coming up on my 100th post. And I'm having a contest! My first contest!

Here is a picture of the prizes. It's a penguin Millie bed with a matching purr pad. They're coming right now from the Siamese Rescue Center. Although I don't know why my mom insists on buying stuff from a meezer only store. My contest is for every type of cat.

THE RULES
1. Add your guess to the comments section. Please leave me your name and your blog's address (You need to have a blog to enter).

Date and Time

FOR EXAMPLE:

Jan. 14 at 5:30 am Tyler of tylerstattles.blogspot.com

State the date and time WITH am or pm.
All times are PDT.
If you don't put am or pm, it will labeled as am.
2. Only one guess per every family living in the same house.
3. You have to be a cat to play. Your bean can help you fill out the forms.
4. The first cat to post the correct date and closest time wins.
5. In the spirit of copying those who have done this before me, I can change the rules if I need to.
6. Your entry needs to be in before 1/19/08 11:59pm.
7. I removed my blog archive to make it trickier to win.
8. Good luck! I can't wait to see who will win.

Now is the time to come home!

2008-01-12T09:22:00.000-08:00

SUN NIGHT UPDATE: MAO IS HOME AND ANNIE HAS BEEN SEEN!

Two wonderful cats from the blogosphere need our purrs today. Annie is from Krasota Castle Cats

Mao's blog is:Mao Mews

2008-01-11T14:49:00.000-08:00

Making new friends is just about the best part of blogging. Our new friends, Trixie and Pyewacket from Topcatrules honored Kali and me with the following award earlier this week.

We will pass this one along to China Cat. We met her during Secret Paw season this Winter. Yeah, to meeting new friends.

Before that Karl, from The Cat Realm, gave me "Life Is Like Hell without Friends Award".

We are going to award this to all three kitties and the woofie at Camie's Kitties. These are more new friends who started blogging just last month. We've really enjoyed reading their blog.

Mom doesn't know how to put things in the borders yet, so she hesitated to write about these awards. I insisted that she let me write about them so that I can say thank you. Also, my vane-side wants everyone to know that I got TWO awards!!! Yippee, Yeah, Wow, Neato, Fantastic, Superb!!! I haven't seen one of these in a heck of a long time. I thought maybe it was my fish breath. Maybe once you've been around a couple of months nobody cares anymore. But NO, I got TWO awards in one week. I'm giving Mom an ultimatum about learning how to display my accolades in a more lasting manner. She better learn how to do that margin thingy that I see others doing. I also want her to post in color and use different fonts. I've been patient enough. I know where she sleeps and I know where she leaves her uncovered water cup. And I know it grosses her out when she finds one of us licking the ice in her cup...
Thanks for the awards guys.
Hope you all feel appreciated, with or without the awards.
Peace, love and purrs,
Tyler

We Hope to See You There!

2008-01-11T05:59:00.000-08:00

Mom Found This Welcome Mat on Amazon Today

2008-01-10T15:28:00.000-08:00

2008-01-09T18:36:00.000-08:00

Have you heard about Miz Allie Cat's "Swap n' Tails"? This is what she wrote on the Cat Blogosphere: Miz Allie Cat has a new swap starting in Feb. Something like Secret paws, only its not secret and its every month. Meow… Anyways, all you have to do is post a comment on the Swap n’ Tails blog that you want to join up with the gang. then when Miz Allie sends you your paw-tner You send your puurrr friend 1 cat goodie plus 1 goodie for your puurrr-friend’s human mom…Its a fun little exchange… Meow Miz Allie Cat

Seven Weird Things

2008-01-09T06:12:00.000-08:00

I've been tagged by Chancy & Ernie's Voice to reveal "7 Weird Things About Me". Chancy is a very new friend of mine. I'm honored that she wants to get to know me better. I found out that she can easily be frightened. Please visit her blog and say 'hi'.

The rules are: Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog. Share seven random weird facts about yourself. Tag seven random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

1. Tyler: I am Mommy's "Meant to Be" baby. You see, I'm not the kitty that she picked out at the shelter. Mommy had chosen my brother, but there was a mix-up and the very smart shelter worker put me in the PTU instead of my brother. When Mom got home, she called the shelter and they asked her, "Is there a problem with the cat you did take home?" And she of course said, "No, I guess not." And she KEPT me. I don't blame Mommy for picking my brother by mistake. We looked a lot a like. He was just a little bit more mellow than I was. He was just as cute as me, so I know that he found his real forever home too.

2. Cookie: I don't like Temptations. The only treat I like is fish flakes.

3. Jake: I have a super-dooper nose. I can find treats almost anywhere they're hidden. I will jump up to very high places.Mom puts the treats in four sets of ziplock freezer bags. I can tear open each of the bags and also open the bag of Temptations. I always share the open bag with my other siblings who like them.

4. Tyler: I also have a good sense of smell. I use mine to seek out bad smells. If any kitty yackes or leaves another type of accident I immediatly try to cover up the offensive odor with anything nearby. One of the worst smells is coffee. Mommy actually yells at me when I whap her coffee cup over trying to cover up the offensive stink. She guards her morning mugs very close to her every morning.

5. Jake: I love to tear up paper. I love killing rolls of paper towels. I wrap my whole body around the roll, give it bunny kicks and rip it to shreds. No roll of towels is safe in this house.

6. Kali: I only stay in the family room now that I'm an old geezer lady. I will walk to the kitchen to eat and drink, but that's it. Mom had to give me a litterbox in my domain because I stopped using the other ones. (Now all those young cats, use MY box instead of the four other boxes out there.) I'm the only cat that doesn't sleep on mom's bed. It's been years since I've been able to jump on the bed. Mom doesn't buy me the stairs that they have now because the bedroom is just too far away. It's okay because there are just too many cats up there for me to be happy being there anyway. I like a lot of space. Opps, did I just tell you two weird facts about me? Oh well, at 18, I'm allowed to do whatever the heck I want.

7. Cookie: I'm the only cat that sleeps on Mom's tummy. Tyler used to try it, but he's too heavy and mom can't breath well. But I'm a very light and dainty girl so I get to stay. When I'm on her tummy, Mommy talks to me about her day.

We're not going to tag anyone because We've read that most kitties have already responded to this meme. If you'd like to do it, then please help yourself. Please let us know if you do chose to use it. We want to read what's different about you.

Everykitty and every bean have a wonderfully bright day today.
Peace, love and purrs,
Tyler and family

The Boys on Sunday

2008-01-06T14:43:00.001-08:00

The Truth about Tyler

2008-01-03T11:19:00.000-08:00

Kali: I want everycat to know that Tyler isn't always the wonderful brother that you here about. With the younger cats he's all lovey dovey, but with me he's a constant pain. You don't believe me? Well, let me give you an example. For months now my favorite sleeping spot was a my cat bed on the couch. Just last week, I was all snuggled up in my warm bed and I look up and Tyler is standing over me. He tells me to get out. I hissed up a storm, but did he care? No, I jumped down and wend to the catbed by the tv. The next night, I look up and he's kicking me out of this bed too. Mom sees what's happening so she fills the family room with beds and comfy spots. When I find the down throw on the other side of the couch, I'm in heaven. (That's where I am when she took this picture of me.) If you guessed that Tyler soon came over and kicked me out of that spot, you're right!

Now I'm an old lady. My bones ache. All this moving around is difficult for me. The truth is that Tyler is asserting himself because he's jealous of the times I spend in Mom's lap. I can't help it if she loves me more than she loves him. I was here first. He may make me move from bed to bed, but he'll never be the top cat in my eyes. That's my job.

Now you understand why my life is complicated by the boy?

Can You Come Over for a Cuddle?

2008-01-02T12:11:00.000-08:00

Good News

2007-12-29T10:45:00.000-08:00

I have great news to report. My sister Cookie isn't freaking out as much when Jake comes near Mom. Mom has even stopped using the Felliway. Now Cookie allows the kittens to lay near Mom, without growling and hissing. Mom is elated to be able to cuddle with the kittens more. Even Sophie, who has been afraid to be petted, is seeking Mom out for extra loving. She still evades the pats on the top of her head, but she allows mom to caress her body for a little bit of time. This is very good news. Keep up the good work Cookie!

Hi, my name is Kali

2007-12-27T04:40:00.000-08:00

Hi my name is Kali. At eighteen, I'm mom's oldest living cat. She loves me the most. Don't tell the others, but I'm the only one she truly loves. The others are here to...actually I don't know why they're here. It must be some sort of error. It will be cleared up one of these days.

I was here years before that little boy Tyler came along. I"m the true top cat here. Tyler tries to get me off of my mom's lap in the evenings and I have to whap him very hard to let him know that I still rule. One would think that over all this time the boy would learn, but no, I'm afraid he isn't very bright.

I like food, I mean REAL food. I like the food off of mom's plate. And since mom often eats in front of the tv, not at the dining room table, like a dignified person, I jump right up in her face no matter what she's eating. She compalains loudly but I don't care. I talk back and then settle down on the arm of the armchair and wait until she puts her plate onto the floor, because then it's MINE, all mine.

It's been nice, but I'm overdue for my nap. Until lunchtime,
Peace, love and purrs,
Kali

Merry Christmouse!

2007-12-24T08:16:00.000-08:00

Mommy is packing up right now to go visit my cousins. This is my cousin TYLER with his cat Chris. Can you believe we share the same name? I'm older, so I had the name first! Tyler got the idea of putting the Christmas sweater on Chris after mom showed him some of the Halloween pictures of you all online. Chris is the most mellow of cats. He actually doesn't mind the clothes or being held.

We all hope your Christmas is filled with love and playtime!

Who could have done this?

2007-12-23T06:17:00.000-08:00

"Who has learned how to make this bag of Pounce treats a self-serve item on the menu?" asked Mom.

"I think it was Sandy Paws," chirped Tyler.

"He, he, he or maybe I should say ho, ho, ho." chuckled Jake.

Our Fourth, Fifth and Last Secret Paws

2007-12-22T15:20:00.000-08:00

Our last Secret Paw arrived. It was for two of us, Kali, at 18 the oldest and for Sophie who stil hasn't had her first furday. It was from Lucinda and Ceasar. Cookie recognized Ceasar's name right away because he was the one she sent a Secret Paw package to last week. Does anyone know if these cats have a blog? Their name is listed together with Maximus on DMK's Secret Paw's blog, but we don't go anywhere when we click on their name.

"These presents are for Kali and me? Wow, look at the Fancy Feast, Mom!

"Thank you Lucinda. I've never tasted dried beef before and I love my new Cat Dancer!
"Hello there, Cat Dancer. Are you going to dance for me?"

"Kali, you're secret paw Ceasar got you hairball prevention goop that you love," shouted Mom.
"Moooooom, I'm sleeping!" complained Kali.
"Ok, Old Lady, hopefully won't be offended that you didn't get up to see his presents for you. Let me just tell you that he also gave you your FAVORITE stinky goodness, Fancy Feast."
"Mom, please explain to Ceasar that I only get up a couple of times a day. I will LOVE to gooble down some Fancy Feast and a little bit of goo, but just later on..."
"Ok, I know your old bones need to rest, I'm sure Ceasar will understand. May I take a picture of you sleeping?"
"Do you want me to yak in your shoes?"
"Ahhhh, you're still my spunky tortie, how sweet!" whispered Mom.
"Merry Christmas everyone!"

Cookie's Secret Paws

2007-12-19T04:30:00.000-08:00

"Cookie, it's your turn look! A beautiful present from China Cat!" called Mom.

"Cookie, get out of bed and look at all this great loot," insisted Tyler, Jake and Sophie.

"Cookie, seriously, you can't see all the awesome presents you got from China Cat! Get your furry butt out of bed!" prodded Mom. "Mom, get that flashy box outta my eyes. That new box makes me see stars instead of my presents. I'm serious Mom, all you get is the back of my head until you get rid of that thing."

"You won't even turn around for some delicious fish flakes that China Cat sent you?" asked Mom.
"Fish flakes?!? Ohhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhhhh, I LOVE fish flakes! Thank you China Cat! Mommy, China was so generous.. She gave me so many presents, like a Christmas catnip wand toy, another wand toy with tops you can change, Christmas colored mice, a furry cute girlie mouse, a catnip birdie that squeaks and cheaps when you shake her and a sparkly ball and I think my baby sis, Sophie grabbed something else and ran before I could even see what it was ! And look for you a cute cat calendar, Kleenex for your purse with a kitten wearing a santa's hat and sticky roller to get Ty's furs off of you."

"Wow Cookie, you and I have some serious playtime ahead of us. Everyone has been so generous with the Secret Paws gifts we've received. Thank you one and all. I can't believe there are still two more of you to go."

Thank you China cat, now that it's morning Cookie is all over her gifts. I am very grateful for my gifts too.
Pounces and purrs,
Cookie and her mom