Attn: Mom!

 Attention Mom.  I am hungry.  Where's breakfast!?

The Year Wears On...

 Kitties!  Soon it will be a new year for us to use.   This year I am going to try to be more careful in my use of it! We hope for our best interests and ideas.  The first three months aren't mom's fave she said. Me, I don't care.  They are all the same to me because I live inside and don't notice the passage of time.  Mom said it seems March is the month every single year that she gets some sort of upper respiratory infection.  Usually for the whole of the month.  Seems to never fail.  

Brovver is going back to his home over the Mountains tomorrow morning.  I have had him here to pet me for a week.  Seven days.  I get greedy. Usually, he stays till Friday but not this time. 

Mom and me..Brovver too have eaten like they just don't care, and they (we) are paying the consequences.  No one's tummy is used to all this richness in food.  Mom and Brovver made a huge batch of Toll House cookies.  Don't think they didn't eat plenty of them though the bulk went to other favorite brovver's home.  

Happy New Year to come.

Mom's Last Hurrah for Shopping

 Mom's going with Brovver, to Costco this morning.  You know that will be an adventure for her.  They'll probably have to park up there on the telephone wires with the sparrows and other birdies. 

She bought some cat measuring spoons yesterday at Hobby Lobby and when she opened them, she found they were in no way able to do the job They are going back this morning.  

Mom gave me a Zoom Groom grooming this morning.  Oh my gosh, how I love that!  I kept asking for my usual as I splayed out on the tub edge but Brovver needed in so he could have his shower and shave.  (we only gots one bathroom.) So I got the wonderful Zoom Groom.  So much FUR!  

Mom got her exercise ring filled yesterday (iWatch) just walking around in Hobby Lobby believe it or not.  None of her usual stuff like fast walking or aerobics.  Just shopping.  Got all of her stands in and almost closed the exercise ring.  Whatta mommy.  I'm acting up with eating foods again.  Oh, I will eat if she serves what I want.  But that changes every few days!  I refused my Sheba flavors, so she hauled out the FF Senior.  I wolfed it down.  I ate the whole can within 2 hours.  I had to go get my clars cutted yesterday afternoon  Brother came with me and carried me.  

Morning Majesty! 

Lion, Donkey and Ducky and Me

Merry Christmas all of you CB Family.  Love you. 

Schlepping Along

 Kitties!  I'm always ready for a nap.  That's why I said I was schlepping along.  I jumped up to help mom wrap three last gifts this morning and had the tiring job of subduing that twine she was using for a brovver gift!  That stuff put up a big fight trying to get away from me.  Mom was even helping it!  I had it in my claws and mouth killing the dickens out of it and Mom kept helping it out of my mouf.  Can you believe it!!?? I'll have a talk with her about that tonight in bed before we sleep.  That thing (and mom) ut up such a fight that it actually made it around the box several times.  See if I help you any more.

Here I was again this morning in my corner.  Mom was trying to make sure all was well with me before she got bizzy wrapping, and then thought to look in my little corner.  There I was.  I don't think you'll much see me though. 

Oh.  Mom saw this next one below on FB a few days ago,  The look on the face of the girl cat was so precious she took a screen capture to show all of you here in case you missed it.  She and our family are just loving this picture and its caption AND it's MEANING!

I Love My Sunpuddles

 Kitties!  I found a most excellent sunpuddle right here in the corner.  I will bake until I fall asleep and mom was trying so hard to find me...There I was all the time.  Invisible in the corner. 

asleep in plain sight (except Mom's) 

Awake within a second! 

Finding sunpuddles and food1

This is the just 11 second video I was trying to publish yesterday.  Only a cat mom of the cat featured would love to see these things.  :-) 

I will say I have found out that a total change of catfood turned out to be a good thing.  She has been eating normally since I tried Sheba and one other...whose name escapes me for now.  She is chowing down.  I need to get her more tomorrow.   Meanwhile, I am trying to get everything up to speed for this little soon to be 16 year old girl.  She will celebrate her Gotcha Day and her birthday at the same time in January.  As long as she is interested in her food again, I am a happy Momma. 

 Oops.  Katie hasn't said a word here!  It's all Momma.  Just because she's asleep is no excuse.  I, mom, is sorries. 

XO 

  

Christmas is Getting Near

 Mom and I  spent half the afternoon wrapping presents.  Her back hurts but tomorrow she will work that out she said.  There are a few more gifts yet to arrive, then, she'll haul that stuff out again.  

Look at ME!  Just this afternoon. Not really good- Mom doesn't think her video is going to appear.  She may just put a picture in.  Sent to video off to where it's snowing or something!  That's me in my box.  I was picking morsels out of my egg crate.  Mom has saved that crate for a couple of years. 

I got a brand new BOX!  All my disinterest in everything disappeared (except I am still not eating much at all.) But Mom cut off the handles, twine ones, from a shopping bag and I quickly drowned one of them in my water dish!  He's dead Jim.  The other one made it to safety in the living room.  I turned over the little trash can in the spare room.  Mom smiled big when she went in there to open the mini blinds.  A couple of nights ago, I turned hers over in our room and rooted out the spare bags under the one that lined the can after I emptied it out of the little trash in there.  She just stood there smiling.  (Mom's an Almond Joy.  Sometimes she feels like a nut...sometimes she don't!! I have been napping in my new box, batting it, and having a great time in or out.  My early Christmas present from Mom. 

Mom helped me by finding my Fat Pink Mousie way under the end table.  I could not get it.  My arm isn't long enough. 

Belated Christmas Card Day

 Kitties and Woofies!  I forgot that yesterday was Christmas Card Day.  I am as useless-- and so is mom-- as mammary glands on a boar hog; so this lovely card I am sharing was done by Ann!  We send this to all our furriends with love.  Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all my furriends.  

Mom and I are busy as bees and that's busy!  I helped her get all the Christmas cards addressed and ready to mail.  She took them yesterday evening to the box. Today she and I will start wrapping.  That is something that Mom would rather I did by myself and leave her out of it.  She does what she is pleased to call her "spartan wrapping".  It looks awful! I could do better with my four paws but, Nooooooooo. So, I'll watch her, helping when she asks me to hold the paper down while she tapes...and I may do the tags.  

Mom and I had to endure a many hours thunderstorm with driving rain all day, and most of the night..but the thunder and lightning from bedtime till about 0400 was something that kept us awake an awful lot! I sleep on my pillow on the "passenger" side of the bed at night, and I had my arm out to her, touching her for my safety most of the night.  Mom said she felt my toes. 

Mom said she would try to re-type what she had for her own bloggie a few days ago.  She messed it up badly, gave up and deleted it.  It was about the spoon incident.

I seem to not want to eat my wet food.  Seems I have begun occasional passes at it through the day and Mom has to bring it to me in my room or elsewhere to interest me. I am using my litterbox. Mom changes flavors all my life so I don't get hung up on one flavor.  Mom's starting to worry a little. 

I'm urging her to comb her hair and finish getting ready for the day. There are several items to go out into the still hard rain, for.  See you over at your house. 

One of My Days...

 Kitties!  Here is one of my delightful visits...just one.  Mom didn't think to get out the flashy box for the others. Can't you just feel the scritchies?  This feller came by to trade one hobby thingy for another that mom had that wasn't suitable for her.  Now she has something that is.  She left me soon after this and spent a couple hours with a friend in town, then another came by and stayed a few hours.  I got LOTS of lovins and scritchies.  I love menfolk best though except for my mom.  But Favorite Brovver is coming back in a week or so.  Mom is going to make real chocolate chip cookies, but use M&M's instead...for Christmas dessert among others. .. and she will ask Brovver to help.  Oh, she finally broke down and got a cookie scoop.  FINALLY she won't have those dinner plate sized cookies spreading out all over the baking sheet!  But she said loudly when she got home "That sucker cost 14 dollars and change!  Add our 10% sales tax...whew!" BUT no dinner plate cookies.  

You guys remember the Nestle commercial with a kid singing "Please don't eat all the morsels, or your cookies will be bald." LOVED that one, she did! 

She said I have to tie on my apron and help clean the bathroom while she vacuums.  Sigh.  A kitty's work is never done. 

Gratitude

 Kitties, Ann has given me a new header for Christmas.  I hope you like it.  Mom and I sure do!  It's beautiful.  I have a Christmas card to post a little later too, for each of you.   We are very grateful.  XX

Today was so busy for Mom.  She got her hair done, but then after that, she met with a colleague here at the house for several hours.  I adore that person and can't stay away.  Then, she headed out to see another friend and stayed there a few hours, and one came over and stayed about 2 1/2 hrs.   She said she didn't get her mail answered, or her aerobics done.  But she said at least she had a great workout yesterday.

Now me...I was busy soaking up lovins from the two friends here and some brushies from mom after her supper. I love days like that.  

I have been kinda clingy these past weeks.  Not sure why.  Mom worries a little about me.  But she was happy to see when she finally put out my brand new green tunnel...bigger than my pink one, that I was crazy about it.   I can stop in the middle and see out through the webbed enclosure in the middle of the tunnel.  And catch a breath of fresh air.  No hanky panky in there though without someone looking! 

Mom can't quit yawning for goodness sake.  She may need to go to bed earlier.  A man is coming to finish the side porch that she decided to have made.  She's annoying me with all that yawning!  STOP it Mom. 

Supervision

 MOM:  Have to wake my supervisor and get into the tub and clean it out pretty, shining, and white as snow.  I am so short all over that I just get on in (with my supervisor advising)...and gitter done.  Before Katie steps in here, my own blog tells of an awful 24 hours.  BUT my eyes are better.  I'll see the eye Dr. tomorrow to see if after a month I am near normal.  Katie!  Shut up! 🙀

I'm shutted up Mommy. 

 Mom, I need to tell the CB that my Gotcha day is January 16.  Not sure how to do that.  

Meanwhile, Brovver will be here for Christmas break very soon.  Mom is still Christmas shopping.  I am gearing up to help her wrap!  

Her is getting geared up to get into the tubby and clean it.  Her arms are short and so is she, so she just gets into the tub.  I always monorail on the edge supervising, and this is my comedy show of the week.  

Well, she gets into her skivvies to do this so turn your heads.

Matter of fact, we will see you soon.  Bye!!!