the LAST of the secret paw pictures

do please scroll down--there are several posts about our paw loot! it's taken mom a l-o-n-g while to get herself together and get it ready to post.
now you know why some of the videos that follow are smeary!! thanks, nitro.
as far as mom remembers, this was nelson's secret paw. he wasn't feeling furry perky that day, so he deputized ed & nitro to do the honors. they did, and with a right good will!
MUST. HAVE. FEV-VERS. MUST HAVE FEV-VERS! MUST HAVE FEV-VERS!!!
ed discovers the luxury of soft catnip puffs!

mom din't feel furry good the day edmund's paw got opened and couldn't remember where the camera was, so we're sorry there's no pictures or video of those festivities. but we sure had a good time wif all the mousies and catnip and treats!!

xingxing's secret paw

here xing investigates her pressies from her secret paw, luna. then she gets distracted by a squirrel she sees through the bedroom window. (well, wouldn't you?)

and here are all the goodies by themselves (mostly, with a couple cameo appearances by xing herself). efurrything from a home made fluffy ball to boughten toys to yummy treats & food (even for the beans) and a package of dried fishes!! that's why mom let xing explore her paw goodies by herself--the boys were sniffing around the envelope like circling wolfers, hoping for some of whatever smelled so enticing. yes, xing shared later at supper--and they ALL fell on those fishes like wolfers! yum!! YAY, LUNA!! thanks again!

secret paw joys, part 2!!

nitro whips up on the fev-ver wand he got in his secret paw box from yuki. when mom & dad got tired of holding it for him, he proudly dragged it all ofurr the house! and then the next day, the fev-ver thingy wasn't on it anymore. the jingle bell still is, so we hadda snap on the tinsel thingy to the string, and now he's playin' wif that. we dunno what happened to the fevvers. he worked 'em over really hard and they were showin' their age (1 day!) when last sighted. we din't find any crunched remains, so we don't think cocoa ate it; maybe he hid it for later, or hockeyed it under the frijamerator!

secret paw joys, part 1!

nitro hears the delivery truck pull into the driveway!

ahhhhh! riches beyond measure!

enjoying the first taste of fev-vers!

well-loved fev-vers!

ed's favorite part of nitro's s.p.--he's a glue & tape sniffer! (is yer mom missin' some tape, yuki?)

what a beautiful package xing got from luna--decorated front and back with sparkly stickers!!

an' miss luna was so kind as to include some nougat candy (yum!), and a pretty fan for meower mom--it has a map of the part of spain where luna lives! mom has it displayed in her studio between castanets from puerto rico and cuba.

we doesn't have a fireplace, but we gots a mantle! you may see your card there, but if not, there were lots of ofurr cards on our bookshelves!

two-fer tummy tuesday! (late edition)

nelson and ed sleep off their new year's celebration!

it's mom's fault this is late: she helped us prepare this post last night, but forgot to post it this morning!!

we had a fan-furry-tastic time! (we think . . .)

happy new year!

Our Wish for You in 2007
May peace break into your house and may thieves come to steal your debts. May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet for $100 bills. May love stick to your face like Vaseline, and may laughter live on your lips! May your clothes smell of success like perfume, may happiness caress your face, and may your tears be those of joy. May the problems you had last year forget your home address! In simple words:

May 2007 be the best year of your life!!!

hey, guys?? a little help here??

we can't post to secret paws' bloggie. how's come? we useta! can somekitty fix that? or is there something we's s'posed to do? TIA!!

xing goes to the v-e-t

xing sez:

My Mommy noticed that i had a bump on my upper lip, right next to where my upper left fang would be (if i had one, but i don't, and nobody knows why i don't, not even me!). so she took me in the brand-new PTU to see dr. harders. it is a furry nice PTU, and she bought it just for us with her very own christmas gift money--THAT's how much My Mommy loves us! i don't even understand what the big whoop is about going somewhere in it--it's beautyful, an' has a soft padded bottom that my toeses can grip so i don't slide around! an' screens on the ends, so i can see what's goin' on around me. if i don't like what i see, i just curl up and put my tail ofurr my eyes!!

anyway, dr. harders's tech examined me first, and then she came in. i told her the tech had tried to do a rude thing with a thermometer, but i had insisted that he NOT do it. just as i finished saying it, in he came again, and she HELPED HIM do the rude thing to me. i consider that furry unsporting, but then that's my life--the boycats gang up on me at home. but i love dr. harders and trust her, so i let them. i am normal. WELL! i could have told them THAT without sticking a thermometer . . .

anyway, she weighed me (7.8 lbs) and examined me all ofurr and looked specially at my lip and chin and throat. mom told her i have scabs all ofurr me from scratchin' at the fleases that darn cocoa-dawg brings in. so she looked at those owies, and at my chin again, an' she said i has eosinophillic granuloma complex. it is 'cause i am lergic to the fleases. so now i have to be frontlined (and i HATES that spray), and i have to take prednisone for lotsa days (which she says will tone down the itchies a lot). My Mommy will keep a close eye on my lip boo-boo, but it will go away with the medicine.

what the boycats don't know is, THEY have to be frontlined, too, and also the dawgs. tee-hee. i'm not tellin'!! they'll find out soon enough!

and My Mommy asked me to tell you she's finally getting the pictures in shape to show you some secret paws package fun. but don't hold your breath; she's busy lovin' on me!

chilly morning!

mom saw us cuddled up unner the blanket and grabbed the camera. what? what? like we nefur cuddled before? sheesh. how insultin'. brofurly love, an' all that!

she should just go back to fightin' blogger-formerly-known-as-beta. bfkab has hidden some fiddly bits that she wants back, and must read up on where they might be and how to restore them. but she has most of our page back together, so we are happy!!! thanks, mom!!

well, we has made the move . . .

to the "blogger formerly known as beta". you notice stuff missing, we bet, like blogroller, scooter's picture, our secret paws and cat blogosphere badges. as soon as mom figgers out where they've gone and how to get 'em back, we'll restore them. anybody got any hints?? please email us through our profile! (we think it still works . . .)

widebody wednesday

ed sez: our fambly gots this christmas card from the folks who sheltered my momcat while she was hatching us kittens! it's not really me, though i am furry flattered to think they thought i could be a model!!

we had a furry merry christmas!

but it was pretty subdued. at noon-thirty, dad went to grandma & grandpa's house wif The Boy, auntie sue, uncle steve, an' cousin kayla, and they had a big party there. mom stayed here acause she couldn't stand the smell of food, an' even hadda hide in the bean den while dad was smokin' the ribs. but it worked out fine: she cuddled us--each an' efurry one (one at a time)--as long as we din't step on her tum. we had cuddles an' naps ALL day long, 'cept for when she let nels open his secret paw (thanks, lizzie and fambly--it was a BONANZA of goodies)!! he let us all get goofy onna nip an' play wif the fev-ver butt mousies (come to think of it, the nip was prolly why he let us play;-). mom's really sorry that she couldn't find the camera to record it. it was a SUPER good time.

then dad finally came home and brought more presents to open, and mom ate more tea and toast. they watched the polar express, acause dad had seen it before and thought mom would like it--she did. an' then he made up the fire and went to bed early--he hadda get up to go to work this morning, but mom's stayin' home TO CUDDLE US SOME MORE!! YAY!!. she's better--she ate some jello already, and is thinkin' about a soft-boiled egg wif toast--and sez it sounds good to her, which is a big step forward. yesterday, she couldn't even walk past the furridgeamerator wifout cringing!

we sure hope you all had a wonderful holiday, and we'll be around to visit a little later!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

to all our furriends!! y'all have a wonderful celebration, and LOVE EACH OTHER MIGHTILY!! many, many purrs and headbutts to all!!

(mom's sorry we haven't been around lately. she's been a lean, green barfing machine since friday midnight, and regrets not being able to visit around at all the stories and open houses. she's better, but still turns icky at the sight of more than toast and tea. we hopes she'll pep up later . . .)

somethin' nice . . .

our bean auntie, marilyn, sent this link for all of us to enjoy. thanks, auntie!!

santa's watching, so we're being GOOD!

miss karen, you shoulda made that challenge--xing & ed, touching! and not growling! (well, not after the first few snarls.) an' no one bloodied. mom still can't believe it. we are glad dad could work the camera.




an' here's one efen MORE amazing:

oh, christmas tree . . .

oh, christmas tree! oh, christmas tree!
how nekkid are your branches!
we see no danglies, hear no bells,
we pat no crystals, smell no smells.
oh, christmas tree! oh, christmas tree!
how nekkid are your branches!

oh, christmas tree! oh, christmas tree!
the doggie brown is lurking.
our mommie sez, "no tree this year--
destructo-dawg is my big fear!"
oh, christmas tree! oh, christmas tree!
we miss your shiny treasures!

oh, christmas tree! oh, christmas tree!
devoid of pretties are you!
no winking bulbs, no hangie-downs,
no crunchy tinfoil snowflake sounds.
oh, christmas tree! oh, christmas tree!
that darn dawg spoiled our christmas!

peeyes: betcha can't tell which stocking is nelson's;-)

hahahahahaha! a catsmas card!

mom's cousin maria sent it--we thought both the front and back sides were pretty funny. for some reason, mom shook the card at nitro--an' inside the card, maria efen said, "thought you could relate!" hmmmmmm. do you think she's been peekin' at our bloggie?

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 . . .)