REX, AVE ATQUE VALE!

THE HERO KING

HE LIVES FURREFUR IN OUR HEARTS.

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we is in the carnival of the cats this week!!!

how we spent our 4th of july

in durance vile, that's how!!! there was no flag-wavin', hot dogs, mom an' apple pie. was unamerican, we tells ya!! it was an apocatlypto!!

oh, ok, there was a flag wavin'. there was a mom, all right, but she had shampoo in her hand. there was a hot dawg, but she was dipped. apple pie? try pills!! an' for us innocent kitties, there was incarceration, plain an' simple.

it's all them darn fleazers' fault! they crowded in an' brought alla their relatives last week, so mom 'n' dad got some organic stuff to sprinkle onna carpets an' furnychur, an' to drop on our necks acause mom had been worryin' more an' more about chemicals an' kitties. but we turned into greasy, itchy messes, an' the fleas LOVED the organic stuff. they liked it so much, they sold it at their circuses for treats! we counted five circuses and 11 carnivals!!!

so today, the house got rug-sucked even in places there wasn't rugs, an' the slaughter of the fleazers began. we all got capstar pills, an' the fleazers drove us WILD in their haste to get offa us before they died; not many made it out alive.

xing (who has a really BAD flea allergy an' was all scabby) an' the geezer cat got baths wif a oatmeal soap in it. more fleazers perished. them two got packed into PTUs an' dumped onna carport.

then ed & nitro got dipped and stuffed in their PTU. still more fleazers became ex-fleazers.

cocoa got dipped, but SHE got to go run out inna field an' roll around. no PTU for her. unfair!!! she's a dawg, for bast's sake; she's a lesser being--an' she went free! where's that kitty constitution? there oughtta be somethin' in there about persecution!

then they put bombs inna house (but we din't hear no loud noises, an' it din't fall down), an' we languished in our PTUs onna carport for almost three hours! if we hadn'ta been soppin' wet [mom's note: we toweled 'em off, honest, we did!], we coulda took several naps in that time. but NOOOOOOOO. we hadda work, work, work to get ourselfs presentable again. an' after we FINALLY got back inna house, they made us STARVE a whole half hour before giffin' us our just desserts. an' main courses. an' by golly, there BETTER BE QUALITY TREATS later!

although it was kinda nice sittin' outside, chatterin' at the birdies up close, seein' the damdog make a bigger fool of herself by chasin' her ball, an' watchin' dad usin' a tennis racket an' a baseball bat to do battle wif a big ol' bee who din't wanna share carport space wif us. we could get useta that "outside" thing, if we din't hafta be locked in our PTUs. dad laughed at the notion of a stroller, an' we've tried the halter an' leash thing. maybe we can get them to get us a tent!anyway, that's the story of the inglorious fourth at our house. we hope none of you endured such a day, but had a safe, happy celebration wif yer famblies!

13 things that suck about rain

1. thunderboomers - an' we mean scary, house-rattlin', hide inna kitchen cabinet-type scary
   
2. bangers - little thunderboomers that don't scare, but disturb us enough to make us open an eye while nappin'
   
3. excessive wetness - damdog goes out to pee, comes back, an' shakes an' showers us
   
4. sunlessness - no warm spots to nap in
5. birdlessness - all hidin' from the rain in their dry nests
   
6. squirrellessness - ditto
7. crankyness - gloom makes mom an' dad peevish
   
8. chilliness - which goes wif #9:
9. humididitty - both of which make the beans run the A/C alla time, an' we freeze!!
10. sameness - borin', borin', borin' landscape fulla drips; it useta be fun watchin' 'em until we found out we couldn't catch 'em . . . an' wouldn't like 'em, if we DID catch 'em
11. muddiness - onna floor by the back door from beans & damdog goin' in-and-out, which is no fun to step in while peekin' out the door-window
    
12. slipperiness - onna floor where wet feets has been, lessening trackshun while playing T.H.O.E.
    
13. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz :nap time:
    

the ORIGINAL wordless--sphynx!

seldom-seen toezies

nelson lapurr's old toezies, kinda worn, but still serviceable!

mancat monday

nitro, the squinty sphynx, originally uploaded by olrebbie.

some mencats are just no good wifout their morning coffee--just like some menbeans!! don't worry--he'll steal some from mom's cup as soon as her back is turned. cream . . . yum!!!!

sunday, sweet sunday

we loves to help mom read the sunday paper. it's a cooperative effort--see? even xing an' ed aren't brawling! sundays are mellow.

how we spends our time

kilroy's meme

kilroy the cat tagged us for a "quirky" meme, so we made a fambly project outta it. here's the rules:

1. Link to the one who tagged you.

2. List the rules on your blog.

3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.

4. Tag some blogger friends with links.

5. Leave a comment on their blog to let them know they've been tagged.

6. What's a quirk?

1. nels: i like to lay on the carpet where mom sprays the de-stinker spray when someone makes an oopsie!! i get all rub-myself-all-over-it an' wide-eyed.
   
2. nitro: i am fearless. fearless (and squinty-eyed) in the face of the water schpritzer, fearless in the face of the knuckle-on-toppa-the-head, fearless in the face of the spoon bowl on my noggin. (::ed: that's not fearless, that's stoopid. you has got rapped so many times fer pushin' yer face into beans's foods while they's still eatin' 'em, yer just pixilated::)
   
3. xing: i only drinks FRESH, like i mean you gotta pour it now, just before i drink, water. My Mommy says i could die of thirst in a room with a gallon of water that was poured last night.
   
4. ed: i chews the li'l hard tips offa dad's shoelaces an' leave 'em lay there next to the shoes like empty bug skins. mom gets wigged out sometimes by this. *smirk*
   
5. nels: i like to lay with only my hinders on beans' laps, and hold onto the chair arm with my front paws.
   
6. ed: i will NOT poop in the litter box, only right next to it. even if it's brand-new fresh and nitro hasn't stuck his stinky hind end in it yet, no sirree! pee, yes; poop, no.
   
7. nitro: i know what flavor the damnbrowndog has. feh.
   
8. xing: i don't know how to play. My Mommy drags stuff in front of me, rolls stuff past me, dangles stuff in my whiskers, an' pats my paws, an' i just get all hissy. i just don't get it. i would just rather be skritched.
   

now we tags miss mittens polypaws, wmd, jimmyjoe, an' toby and/or cupcake!

t'abby normal's meme

well, t'abby normal has tagged nitro for a meme. here goes:

Rules: 1. be honest; 2. tag other kitties; 3. have fun!

What is your name? nitro s (for "stubborn") pierce
If you could change your name what would it be? chaos; as a matter of fact, you can call me CAPTAIN chaos.
What is your pet's name (it can be a webkinz or a real pet)? kin i count my faverite toy? 'cause i takes really good care of it by whappin' damnbrowndog inna nose when she tries to eat it! it's a fev-ver butt mousie called "checkers"!
If you could change your pet's name what would it be? nuffin'; i LIKE "checkers".
What is your brother or sister's name? ed, nels, an' xing
If you could change their name what would it be? stoopid, cranky, an' b*tchy (well, they're not dwarfs, an' this isn't eggsactly a fairy tale, after all >;-)

Now tag as many people as letters in your new name for yourself. OK, I tags flynn (an' eric, if he's feelin' up to it), li'l billy sweetfeet, tripper, an' daisymae maus.

(by the bye, t'abby, since you commented on the damnbrowndog's pose, we realized you weren't blogging yet when the "monty-q" was born. monty of "survival of the furriest" first posted a picture of himself in this pose here. we believes it was his cuz, skittles the huntress, of "the whole kitten kaboodle" who named it after him. we cats thought it was almost the greatest thing since dried catnip--after a couple of months, there was even a contest with lotsa kitties sending in pictures of themselfs or their sibs in the same attitude [or versions thereof] . our edmund even got some recognition!)

weird wednesday

cocoa does the monty-q!!

tabby tummy & toezies tuesday!

floofy toes an' tummy get toasted inna sun!

fadder's day at our house . . .

was - as many days have been recently - a trifle damp. *sigh*

after the storm . . .

we bloggin' kitties are so incredibly lucky. we knows comfort, love, an' peace in our lifes here on earth.

but didja efurr think of alla the furries who were rejected, abused, neglected, or homeless in life? they also live at the bridge. who comes to meet them beside the road?

it's the beans who was rejected, abused, neglected, or homeless (an' beans who allus wanted furriends but couldn't haf 'em) that also travels along that same road to heaven.

when they come into view, they are greeted jubilantly. there are ecstatic hops, skritches, jumps, pettin's, sleeks, pats, licks, rubs, an' purrs given an' received as each recognizes his or her most special furriend--oh, such joy!

then they, too, enter heaven togefur, rejoicing that at long last, they know the love and peace they missed on earth.

(we read somethin' like this on the innernets a long time ago an' hasn't seen it since. thought we'd polish it up a bit an' share wif you.)

soror, ave atque vale . . .

we will meet again in health and joy!

weird wednesday

there is something SERIOUSLY wrong wif this kitty. let's all purr that she recovers her sanity!! (it looks like she's a black kitty and her right front paw has something orange-y stuck on it, but we saw her in anofur video, an' she's a T.A.T wif a golden paw!)

oh, look!!!

miss daisy's been moonlightin' as a calendar model, just like ed!!

memorial day wif mom

we wants efurryone to remember that this is the "thanksgiving day" that comes inna springtime--we gifs thanks for alla beans who have kept us safe an' for alla beans who are still doin' it. they are all PAWESOME!!!mom an' dad was gonna take cocoa inna boat out inna lake to catch fishes early this morning, but the trip got rained out, an' there's more boom-and-flash coming, so they wented back to bed. soon as mom got up (see her nightgown an' unbrushed hairs?), we told her how glad we were that she was gonna be home. mom doesn't skritch xing when xing lays on her acause she drools! (xingy, we mean; mom only drools when she sleeps.) an' right after dad took this picture, nitro fell ofur backwards onto the floor while trying to reach a difficult spot to clean. *hahahaha*

(Meower Mom here: You can tell that i would do anything for my kitties by the mere fact that I let them publish this picture. Happy Memorial Day--Never Forget!)

SURPRISE!!!!!

THE MEOWERS SENDS YOU
BEST FISHES FOR THE COMING YEAR!!

uh-oh!

ed's on Mom's List--an' we don't mean the chrissmus card list!last night, he was sleepin' on mom's left arm an' rolled ofur into a more comfy position. a paw hit the picture box controller, which fell onto the table with a clatter. he panicked at the noise, an' launched hisself into space off mom's tum. we bet he's not sittin' on mom tonight! (she stalked off to get the purr-ox-eyed, mutterin' somethin' about ed goin' to see somebody called "basement cat" . . .)

busy, busy, busy mancat

here's our ed, giving a whole new meaning to "hunt and peck" typing! he's gotta get wif it, ofurwise we won't be postin' at all--mom's gonna haf less time than efurr to help us visit an' blog this week.

some portant beans are comin' soon to spect her day hunting place an' efurrybean hasta spit an' polish an' file an' make typing papers all pretty (like she does) , so the portant beans will keep on buying their puters from them. she says it's a cue-sea spection, but we don't haf any idea what billiards an' the ocean hafta do wif puters.

we watches billiards onna living room picture box, an' we would like to go see them for real--those little balls just scoot around SO fast an' would be SUCH fun to chase an' play wif! the ocean? ptooey; it's wet an' we don't want nunna that!

nelson's meme

nels sez: my good bud, mickey, tagged me for this meme. mick, i'm sorry i forgot to thank you for includin' me in your "tuxedo cat" line-up #2--i guess i forgets i'm really a tuxie acause of my coloring--but all i wear of a tux is "the tail"! ;-) pretty skimpy, an' sorta racy for a geezer kitty!!

1. What was I doing 10 years ago? same as today--sleepin' inna kitchen window, crunchin' my crunchies, an' occasionally swattin' anofur cat--only back then, it was midnight or charlie fluffy-tail who got swatted.

2. Five Things on my to do list today. sleep; eat; nap; beg for temptations; doze.

3.Three snacks I enjoy. temptations, any flavor; cheetos; doritos.

4.Things I would do if I were a billionaire. invite alla homeless kitties (wif a separate yard for alla woofies, an' a airplane-hangar size hutch for the buns) to come live wif us; revive mom after she sees alla kitties arriving; buy several bathtubs an' fill them wif primo nip, an' haf a string toy hanging above them that would shower down more nip, an' invite the whole blogosphere ofur for a par-tay; hire the black furrball for a cruise to fiji, acause i like the name; tell mom & dad to go moon their respective employers an' come on HOME!!.

5. Three of my bad habits. i don't have any; i'm too old.

6.Five places I have lived. outside, wif my furmother an' sib; daddy's warehouse; here in my furrefur home--all here in springfield .

7. Five jobs I have had. dad's helper inna warehouse (mouser); dad's accounting helper (i can run a 10-key!); uncle eeker of blessed memory's 2nd in command; house boss (retired); champeen sleeper.

so many other kitties has done this meme, if you hasn't already, you can consider yourself tagged!!

Mancat Monday!!

daddy helps nitro keep himself in tip-top mancatly shape by "turnin' his liver ofur" regularly. mom & dad had a bean furriend who swore by it!! seems to've worked so far for nitro! ;-)

see you inna funny papers!

toesie tuesday!

WEDNESDAY NOTE: they're edmund's toesies!!

whose are these? ed's or xing's? YOU decide!

sunday: late edition!

ok, so it's really late monday. but mom's been busy sortin' cloes an' foldin' an' packin' 'em for gramma's big yard sale in a couple weekends. we helped a lot--snoopervised an' held efurrything still so she could decide if it was a keeper or a seller! here is a couple pictures of us helpin':

ma'mselle l'feline mystique

knock knock!!

Nels:
Knock, knock!
Who's there?
B-4.
B-4 who?
B-4 I freeze to death, please open this door!

Ed:
Knock-knock!
Who's there?
Tabby!
Tabby who?
Tabby or not ta bee!

Nitro:
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Meow.
Meow who?
Take meow to the ballgame.

Xing Lu:
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Wendy.
Wendy who?
Wendy cat's away the mice will play.

(an' scroll down for another post . . .)

our mom's mis-spent youth . . .

she din't know any better then.
she knows better now, you betcha!!
this was prolly the great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- . . .

MOM: *SQUIRT* enough with the "greats" already, you guys! i'm not THAT old!!

. . . grandparent of the vishus deers who plague kitties in michigan today! (gee, mom; ya don't hasta be so tetchy--efurrybody inna blogosphere knows you're sixty squillion naps old--you let us post it onna bloggie!)

MOM: lissen, sonnyboy, there was enough of the drink taken at that party to guarantee i didn't even notice you had the camera, much less figure that you'd go posting about it. you oughta know that a bean party at our house is pretty sure to be embarrassing at SOME point or other.

oh, we do, mom. we do. *snicker*

*SQUIRTY SQUIRT SQUIRT SQUIRT*

*run away!!!!!*

(peeyes: yesterday's guest star, "lemon laser eyes" is our cousin, powder.)

wordless wednesday

(biggify for full effect - the lemon laser eyes of death!!)

purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

FREAK-OUT FRIDAY!!!

mom & dad wented out to look for a new machine to replace mom's ancient green one, an' THIS is what they discovered in the front yard of an ofurwise purrfectly normal-looking home:

***THE MISSOURI HEADQUARTERS
OF THE VISHUS DEERS!!!!***

they haf the absolute crust to brag about themselfs by advertisin' the location this flagrantly! we din't see no beans around, so we dunno if they is bein' held hostage an' stockholm'd, or if they is willing participants . . . or if they has been *shudder* eaten!! we can't quite figger out what role the swans play, eifur. dessert? fev-ver factories for kitty-lures?

there is something more than usually upsettin' about the big deer onna right, but we can't quite put our paw on it . . .

if you wanna know the location so you can avoid teleporting around it on the way to our house, we can email it to you.

PLEASE, PLEASE be extraordinarily aware--they are organizing!!!

our NOMSS furriend!

it was lannie's barkday last sunday--we wishes you a shiny happy barkday, lanfear! may you an' your beans live long an' prosper;-)

toesie tuesday!

manly mancat monday

if YOU don't talk to your kitty about 'nip, who will?
(how about those mancatly whisker humps, gals??)

huh? earthquake?

we din't feel nuthin'. we was sleepin' the sleep of the just!! (just kitties, that is.) mom & dad were in lala-land, too.

the zen of grooming

breathe deeply; recline; relax;

stick tongue out and catch a hank of fur;

disengage that brain!

move head upwards in long, sweeping motion;

lose yourself in the moment.

think of nothingness.

repeat many, many, many times.


meditate while ingesting furs;

what is the sound of one cat hurling?

watchful wednesday

we don't think nitro would wanna be a woofie, but if he were,
he would definitely be a watch-woofie!

thank you thursday

this thankful thursday, we wants ta thank alla you who, wif your sweet words, heartfelt purrrayers, kind thoughts, an' loving purrs, comforted us earlier this week when xena left us. we is still awful sad, but the warmth of your reaching out to us has helped more than we can say. you is the one, the only kitty blogosphere, an' we wouldn't wanna be wifout you! whiskery kisses an' warm snuggles to you, each an' efurry one!!

nels, ed, nitro, an' xingxing . . . an' cocoa, mom, & dad

widebody wednesday

it looks like ed's been modeling an' not tellin' us!

mom found this on her calendar at work!!

tearful tuesday

our sweet, quiet, woofie sisfur, miss xena velvet-ears, went to the bridge yesterday.

she was nefur mean to any of us, nefur chased or barked at us. she liked it when we'd sleek up against her, an' would gif us little licks. she just watched an' lissened to efurrything, an' nefur need anyone to tell her when it was treat time--she just showed up an' waited quietly at dad's chair. she was our favorite woofie.

her kid-mes had been failing for a while, an' she hadn't been eatin' or drinkin' or nuthin'- not even waggin' her tail - inna last week. so mom an' dad splained that even though she had had a wonderful, active, happy life wif us, now she was goin' to her true, best home to be wif her doggie-daddy thor an' momma sugarbritches, an' all her little brofurs an' sisfurs who left when they was little. an' maybe a surprise appearance by some ofur brofurs an' sisfurs who growed up, like her; we dunno. but we know that her hips an' back don't hurt no more, an' there'll be steaks, cool water, an' treats efurry day, an' she will chase her daddy around again, nippin' at his big ol' floppy flews. an' he won't mind at all, this time.

mom sez this sadness is pain we take on ourselfs gladly because it means xena is now wifout pain, an' so we bear it on that account, but oh! we miss her drefful already.

A Bridge Called Love
It takes us back to brighter years,
to happier sunlit days
and to precious moments
that will be with us always.
And these fond recollections
are treasured in the heart
to bring us always close to those
from whom we had to part.
There is a bridge of memories
from earth to Heaven above...
It keeps our dear ones near us
It's the bridge that we call love.
--Author Unknown
*MYOOF* *MYOOF* *MYOOF* *MYOOF* *WOOF*

nels, ed, nitro, xing, cocoa
mom, dad, dash, leslie

mancat monday

nitro discovers the outdoors!!look! outdoors lazer eyes!! how did he DO that????

watchin' cars!

watchin' birdies!!

watchin' woofies!!

thankful thursday for last friday!

ed sez:

las' friday, mom an' me had a wing-ding-doo of a purrthday party wif lotsa people. (nitro an' nels hid a lot, but that just meant more pettin's for me an' xing, who is a love sponge an' will throw herself onto anyone who makes a lap.) the whole thing was a surprise for mom, an' she was just gob-smacked by the party. us kitties knew, of course, acause we hadda help snoopervise the preparations. daddy had been workin' on puttin' this togefur for almost six months--it was furry hard to keep our little fuzzy yaps closed!

lotsa beans sent cards, an' both grammas an' auntie marilyn an' auntie ethel had called wif purrthday wishes an' had sented green papers for a "spa day"--mom was excited about that. she splained that she can go get petted good, an' haff her paws rubbed real special, an' the claws painted, but that it costs papers to get that done if yer a bean. glad i'm a kitty!

she was sad all friday that she hadn't gotten a card or a call from her heart's sister, joy, in omaha NE. inna afternoon, dad came into mom's work an' told her to cover her eyes for a birthday surprise. she did, an' then dad said, i'm bringing it in now--it has long, blonde fur and wiggles its tail--mom whipped her hands off her eyes acause she knew perfekly good an' well that daddy wouldn'ta got her a puppy--an' there stood joy, wagglin' her hindquarters an' laughin'. daddy had got her here, an' she stayed until noon on sunday. it was super-great for all us kitties, acause auntie joy LOVES critters an' cats especially, so we got lotsa the best skritchin's an' rubbin's an' cuddlin's efur! we has a picture of auntie joy, but she will snatch us all bald-headed (mom included) if we posts it, so we won't.

daddy had took off from work early, cleaned the house, an' smoked some pork an' some chick-hen, an' we all got some. we din't like the cole slaw an' tater salad, though. an' miss ginger, mom's bestest furriend in town, came an' brought a chocolate cake decorated wif palm trees an' an ocean acause she knew how much mom an' dad liked cancun! an' her daughter lanie sent a pretty handmade purrthday card--i put the bitey on it as a seal of approval later on.

on saturday, mom an' auntie joy went out oglin' shiny beads an' stuff, an' inna late afternoon some out-of-town furriends stopped by, so dad smoked some more pork, chick-hen an' a whole half a sammon. yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. we were all burping. we each an' efurry one just snatched that fish outta the fingers offering it, an' we nefur do that--foods hasta be deposited onna table or plate or floor for us to take it. not sammon--that's a whole 'nuther subject! we got leffofurs on monday at lunch, too--but mom don't let "locks" sit around furry long. we dunno why she calls sammon that; it doesn't look at all like a door fastener.so it was a successful purrthday for both of us--it's a good thing we like the same stuff since we shares a purrthday. an' daddy succeeded in rendering mom speechless, which he can't do furry often, so it really was a special day we won't furrget!

wordless ed loves his mommy