Awardie from Nerissa

I thank Nerissa of Nerissa's Life for his award to me a few days ago while mommy was gone.   It's called The Best Moments Award.  Thank you so much Nerissa and I hope that you are faring well with your operation, dear furriend.  Kitties, please go see Nerissa and wish him well in his surgery.  He has hurt his knee very badly.

Mom was going to cut and paste the rules for the award but it looks so bad on my black background that I am making her go back and forth from Nerissa's blog to mine to write it down.  The rules are as follows:

Winners re-post with their acceptance speech.  And display the badge in their sidebar. What makes a good speech? Gratitude, humor or inspiration.

Nerissa, I thank you for this lovely award and I accept with gratitude my dear furriend.  You are a delightful and steady furriend that I count on for a smile efurry day.

What else am I grateful for?  My home.  When mom came upon me all unknowing a year and a half ago almost, I was in a small cage at the Vet's Office with four other little ones.  All of us needing a home.  Our cages were spacious enough to move a bit and for our litter trays, smallish with shredded paper not litter in them.  Our food was brought and then after a space of time removed again.  The techs came in the socialize us every day.  Mom volunteered to help with that but no one seems to care to take her up on it.  Maybe that's best as she gets emotional about kitties and doggies in cages.

There was a Tortie there who looked like Admiral.  An absolute mirror image, she'd swear.  And a ginger cat she thinks, plus another that we don't recall right now.  The story of me being brought to momma has already been told and that is what I am grateful for.  Thank you momma for rescuing me from that cage and giving me a home where I am deeply loved and cared for.  Where I am played with, given good fuds and lots of toys and lap time and kisses and huggles and gentle petting.   Thank you Nerissa.  I love to express gratitude and I will add as you did that I am grateful for the CB and all of my dear and loving furriends.

Grateful Girlcat

Oh Kitties!  I am so glad mom is home.  I couldn't be stand-offish although I gave it a lot of thought.  I was beside myself with happiness when she finally sat in my recliner after putting away all that car full of stuffs she bought. She sat and I came up and head bumped so much it was non stop.  I rubbed all the way down her arms, both of them from shoulder down, I bumped any protuberances available.  Then I repeated it all again while purring so loudly with my voice mixed in it, that it sounded musical.  I know other kitties make that precious music too.  I have noted it when they have written of it in their blogs.  That is when we kitties are over the moon happiest!  I tried to sleep on her and did nap but I had to start head bonking again and purring in between.

Later when we got into bed, I made biscuits so hard that she had to cover herself to the chin to avoid being hurt by my claws which really need cutting.  I began making those musical purrs again and rubbing my face on her and the sheet.  I did get down long enough to bring my favorite toys, my lion, my donkey and my kickaroo even before the light was turned out!!!

I stayed with her a good part of the night. This morning when I woke her I made a lot of passes across her lap; got scooped into her lap for hugs and some kissies and then, I laid beside her with my arm out so I could touch her while she petted me.  It was a good day.

The sitter said I did not hork the entire time she sat for me but within one hour of mom coming home, I horked four times, as usual.  That's the magic number.  She just got the paper towels and spray and started going from one place to the other.  Welcome home mommy!

I got to smell a boy cat on her Kitties.  I will tell you about him tomorrow.  Till then..kisses and huggles.

Happy Girl

Soon to be 'Bandoned!

Kitties, my mom is going to 'bandon me tomorrow for the weekend.  Her's going over the mountains to see her son there.  I love my sitter and mommy pays for her to come here two times on Saturday to feed and play with me, once Friday evening and once Sunday morning.  But the fact remains, I am being 'bandoned.  Alone.  Left to my own devices. No mommy to press against in the cold night.  No mommy's warm lap to sleep on in the day.  No treats. I'm getting scared again.  Maybe another kitty will dare to walk on the sidewalk across the street! There won't be anyone to soothe me!

To King Spitty who asked in comments yesterday--brovver is gone and in his home and back to work without my healing purrs.  But I did my job well he told me.  He said they had a party for him when he went back to work that first day.  He said he would love to have his very own resident cat to love and may do so.

It was cold again last night.  Mom has the thermostat programmed to keep the temp lower at night.  It was 42 degrees f outside and felt like it in HERE too. (Mom here:  It was 67 in here)  I had my feets pressed into mom's back warming them.  Mom woke a little to feel my toesies wiggling into her back.

So I will be dividing my time between my two favorite blankies I guess.  I'm not sure I'll have time to lay in supplies for a house trashing.  She may get a break this time from it but I CAN hork EVERYWHERE!! (and I will).

We have a kinda Thursday in the Garden post...here is my strawberry container plant.
Mom already ate the one ripe strawberry.  There are lots of flowers on it and lots of baby strawberries just starting to color.

Mommy said she will check on everyone from far away and let me know how you are.  I may...MAY authorise her to comment.  XXOO

Tuxie Tuesday

Kitties, it is cold again but it will warm up.  The heat and air man was just here to do the yearly summer check up on the system.  Imagine our surprise when we found out he is a dedicated cat man!  He has a Manx, Buddy, who is 16 years old.  He loves his Buddy as the family member that he is.  He is strictly an indoor baby and the tech worries about a time in the future when he won't have Buddy.  He says he will miss work.  I told him I know Mommy did for when her babies flew to the Bridge.  Who can work at a time like that?

Tulip of Critters in the Cottage  has flown to the Rainbow Bridge.  Please go by and leave your thoughts and condolences to her momma.  She will be very missed.  Mommy had leaky eyes for quite a time after reading the news.

Here I am, enjoying the sunpuddles.

A Tale of Two Blankies

Kitties!  Now I have two loved blankies and I share time equally with them.  Mommy found me going from one to the other for several hours of naps on each one yesterday.

I am exhausted with my ever evolving sentinel for that very fat mousie.  (mom saw him..he is as broad as he is long).  He has an unfair advantage of being able to stay in the kitchen where he has all the appliances to get under and I can't reach him.

Here I am yesterday night on my blankies.  Mom and I know they are poor pictures but they were taken late in very poor lighting. Please note my arms are thrown up over my head and my fangs are out in one picture and in the other I have my back turned..please not to think I am rude.  Mom said she may include a red dogwood picture that she took Thursday last week.

If you Biggafy, you'll see my fangs!

Black satin floating on a sea of froth.

Red Dogwood down the street last week.

Sunday Newses

Kitties!  I barely got to visit at all late yesterday (or furry early in the a.m.) on accounta 1.  Brother went back to his house which is a joy and makes me miss him. 2.  Other brother came here from over the Mountains the very night that favorite brother went home.  They both then went to the Spring football game yesterday which was called the Orange and White game (team colors).  That is a way for the fans (and the team too) get to see how the players are doing before Spring practice starts.

Mommy meanwhile said she was going to a shower!  A shower? GOING to a shower? She's not going to take one here in the rain box in the small room?  She got gussied up a bit and headed off and away mid- morning and other brother did too. I was all alone till 5:30!!!

She said the shower was dry and that it was a family bridal shower for her future daughter-in-law.  She had a wonderful fun time.  Her son, the groom- to- be (in one month) arrived at the end of the shower to sweep his bride- to- be away for a half an hour horse and carriage ride.

Then, when the football game was over and fave brother was at his home again, the other brother came back here and mom and he went out again to supper!  Today, the youngest brother will be here for awhile at lunch time to see Mom and then, peace will descend.

That was my day Kitties.  Whew.  Alone and lonely all day. My tunnel was on the fritz so I couldn't even escape that way.

Fankful Fursday

Kitties!  A package came just for ME yesterday late afternoon.  I could hardly wait for Mommy to open it for me.  Mommy doesn't have a picture of me at that time because she is hopeless about thinking foreword!  But believe me when I say I was very curious.  I sniffed the package very hard and very much.  Then, it was open and Kitties!  There was a beautiful hairy Peggy blankie inside.  There was a dear note included.

The Peggy blankie was a gift from Boomie, my Mancat! He wanted me to be all wrapped up in a gen-u-wine hairy Peggy blankie.  He found one to bid on at the auction we just had and won it for me!

I am thrilled on accounta I have said (and so did Admiral I know) quite a few times that I wished I could have a Peggy Blankie all soft and hairy the way so many other kitties did and NOW, I have one.

Boomie, I am so grateful and I crept onto it within a minute or so of mommy laying it out.  I have 2 beds with blankies now! I slept on the Peggy blankie last night when I did sleep after taking a break from the mouse stalking.

Here I am...investimigations! See my tongue?

Ahhhhh, hairy blankie. <3

Mommy took pictures within a hour of me receiving the blankie from Boomie but it was so dark in there they did not come out too well even with the flashy part flashing all over me. But it was too impawtent not to take the pictures when I first was introduced to my soft and loving gift.

Fanks you Boomie.  I love it so much.  XXXOOO