our mom is home!!!

nitro sez:

yay!!!!! she got back last evening. it was a wonderful time, she sez, but she was glad to get back home where cats needed lovin' and dawgs needed pettin'. and i guess she was glad to see dad, too. they was huggin' for a LONG time.

but this morning she's got laundry and thank you notes and catsmas shopping to do, and we needs litter and foods, so off she goes again! but this time, she'll be back soon. an' she promised a recliner nap and extra pettin' later, so we'll hold her to it--literally!

thanks to all you who wrote with good wishes and purrs and purrayers for her safe trip--they worked--she nefur even got losted once!

we'll be on line again, maybe later, maybe tomorrow--see you then . . .

kind of a catch-all!!

ed here: well, i opened it, like y'all said--there's a pretty catsmass package, so mom sez i gots to save that one, but there were also nip-scented fevver-butt mousies and yummy new "dental care" temptations and a pretty card from gemini, georgia, and chey! so i shared, and we played and played with the mousies and chomped down on the temptations--it was ALL good!! an' we enjoyed even more entertainment than they actually packed in the box, 'cause we got to see mom whack cocoa (coo-coo dawg) onna head with the tv guide to get a mousie outta her mouth!! THANK YOU, gemini, georgia, and cheysuli!!! this was my first secret paw, and i love it!!

nels here: i hafta ask you to be serious for a while, and go to libby marie's blog and offer all the words of comfort and love that you can. you will be furry sad, but you hafta help these beans and libby. i mean it. please.

mom here: i'll be driving to chicago tomorrow, saturday, for several days - maybe until thursday - so the kitties will be afk for that time 'cause dad doesn't know his arse from his elbow about blogging. it's possible i might be able to peek in if i can get to the library (limited to 15 minutes for non-residents!!!!), but of course that won't help the kitties much.

it's my mom's 90th birthday, and with dad in the nursing home (and mostly non compos mentis), i don't want her to be alone. that just must not happen!! it's not real easy for most of the other kinfolk to get there--they're almost all age and/or distance-challenged. i hate to leave at such an exciting time for the blogosphere! you know i wanna be BOTH places at once, but mom & dad are the hands-down winners. i hope the kitties will attend to their secret paw shopping with dad, and have them ready for me to mail when i get back.

nitro here: fevver-butt mousies!!! fevver-butt mousies!!! wheeeeeeeee!

xingxing: if My Mommy's going away, who will protect me from the scroungy boycats?!? i wish i could go with her!!! my gramma would LOVE me!! (but mom sez there can't be any petses in gramma's building. darn. i will have to find some new hidey-places . . .)

oboyoboyoboyoboyoboyoboy!

ed sez:

i gots my secret paw!!!! it's from gemini, georgia, and chey, alla way from washington!! can i open it now, or do i have to wait until catsmas, like mom sez? we nefur secret pawed before, so i don't know . . .

we have issued a challenge!!!

the missouri meowers have challenged the dainty Precious Flower from Calico Girls to write a pome to her daddy. if she does, and posts it on their site, we will send $15 to the kitty, bean, or association of her choice!! go ofur to their bloggie an' encourage her!!!

need a laugh?

maybe you haven't seen all of these pictures yet. we hadn't, and we've seen lots! mom's friend joe posted them on his bloggie (an' there's lotsa other interesting, neat-o stuff for geeks there). we didn't unnerstand ALL the captions, but then, we're not techno-cats; but some of you are, and we're sure you'll get 'em. you can see them here: www.fourthlaw.com -- it's the most recent post, entitled "im on ur netw0rkz, scannin ur sheenz!!!!!!!1111!"

edmund answers the challenge!

My Midnight

My ladylove’s got fuzzy toes,
A sweet brown ruff, a cold black nose,
Pellucid eyes that shine so bright
They fill her little face with light!

Lustrous black, her fur does lie
In plushy waves an’ makes me sigh!
Ebon whiskers frame her face—
They tickle me when we embrace.

She for whom I write this ditty
Is my own Midnight, beloved kitty--
First best cuddle and my sweeting,
More dear to me than even eating!

an' if'n you don't know what challenge i'm talking about, go to my sweetheart's bloggie here
an' find out--and make one!! this is a fun way to help our kittyfurrends and their beans who need a little extra just now! and check out skeezie's blog, too--he has another contest, and will donate $$ to our friends based on how many of us enter the contest. he's a PRINCE!!

winter wonderland

just a coating of ice pellets - no snow in this picture (thursday afternoon).











today the trees are all wearing crystal crowns (right)

mom got to work ok this morning, and she's peevish, 'cause we only got 3" of snow. she just wanted to see lotsa snow again (like the 6"-12" they predicted), but would have gone to work (she's got common sense, a jeep with 4-wheel drive, and most of the idiot drivers would be too chicken to go out). dad wanted it 'cause he could close his store and stay home, but no such luck. she took these pictures from our car port at lunchtime (1:30), and will try to get some more on the way back to work.

baby, it's COLD outside!!

well, the wevver inna ozarks has finally started to be like winter. on wednesday, it was 72 degrees. today, it's 27 and sleeting. mom took this picture when she came home from work--she went there, and darn if they din't send her home! a big can on top of a wooden pole went KA-BOOM! and then there was no 'lectric, so they couldn't see nuthin' or run the machines. this has happened all ofur the city!!

in one place, there was efen a tree ON FIRE 'cause one of them cans 'sploded right next to it and lit it off! an' we hears sireens alla time. mom saw polices efurrywhere because lotsa branches and efen whole trees had fell inna streets and the beans' machines couldn't get past 'em. it's a m-e-s-s!! but the good thing is, we has an extra snuggle-by-the-woodstove day wif our mom!

the joke's on dad!

mom & dad are allus urging cocoa (the d*g) to "git them squirrels"!!! to motivate her to chase 'em away from stripping dad's poor struggling pecan tree in the back yard. they've never gotten a ripe pecan from it although it bears efurry year. the darn tree ratties get 'em.

well, cocoa chases 'em dutifully, and finally got one. when dad came home tonight, mom was holding something behind her back, and told dad "cocoa got a squirrel!!!" at first he was all proud, but then kinda disbelieving, 'cause he din't think mom would be holding a dead squirrel in the living room (sez mom: too right!). when she presented him with it, this is what he saw:


unfortunately, the only pecans it has efur menaced were in a pie; it's the plywood cutout that grandad made for mom to use to pull out hot oven racks. apparently it had been taunting cocoa from the safety of the counter, and let its tail hang just a little too conveniently low. *sigh*

WHO's taking ofur the world????

we found this on little catzee's bloggie:

There's a guy who wants to study bloggies an he's askin fur help. Does all the kitty cat bloggers wants ta help? All ya gotta do is links here, and pings Technorati. Wanna help?

there is lotsa knitters posting there who thinks maybe now is when they find out they is taking ofur the world--we can show 'em different!! c'mon, kitties!!! PING!

xing lu politely offers to . . .

rip ed's face off, after he pushed his way onto mom's lap! no love lost between these two, although she's getting a little better at tolerating nitro.

NELSON is Cat of the Day!!

g'wan--check him out in all his glory! you KNOW you want to!

tummy tuesday - nitro

AHA! Caught in the act!!

the evidence:














is it ed? looks like he's washing up after a meal . . .














is it nitro? he's inspecting that hole pretty closely!














AHA! caught red-pawed!!

Ed sez: Here is my sweetheart!

Miss Midnight, the most beautyful girlkitty in the blogosphere, is my sweetie! Hello, my darlin' adorable girl! Isn't she gorgeous?!

(Eric & Flynn were the clever fellows who guessed right first on this bloggie.)

edmund announces:

that the lovely miss (you hasta guess this part) has consented to be my girlfurrend! she's a fluffy girl with a fancy fur collar, and she's delightful!! she's my furry first cuddle-kitty, and i adore her.

hello, sweetcheeks! i'll dream about you efurrytime i nap today!

and please, efurryone, keep purrin' & purrayin' for our dear li'l kc, miss libby, brendan, and all those in purrrayer & praise bloggie

HELP! PURRAYERS NEEDED FOR KC!

Please go to the Pet Prayer and Praise Blog tonight at 8:30 EST. Little KC has complications from her ladygardenectomy surgery and needs our help.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

mom keeps telling us . . .

"get a job and contribute something to your upkeep, for pity's sake!" so i did. i'm working part time as a bookmark!

VISHUS DEER ALERT!!

Oh, Dear Bast! They Have Recruited Human Servants!!!!! Study these faces well--learn them--KNOW THEM!! They are among us now!!

(WARNING: NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART--THIS WILL FREEZE YOUR BLOOD!)

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