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