June 22nd 2009 3:46 pm
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I am heartbroken as my sweet love, my girl, Firegirl , has gone to Rainbow Bridge along with her brother, Bumper. I just can't type anymore right now.
Ethan
June 2nd 2009 11:46 am
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I was sure shocked to meet the new cat in the house today. I had smelled him around but had not been face to face with him. He raised his paw to smack me after I hissed at him once but my dad petted him and told him it was OK and he put his paw back down. I think maybe we can be furriends one day. I just have to be sure he knows he is third place in this house. Then we can have some fun.
Purrs,
Ethan
PS. I wanted to say that Kirby is indeed that cat that was missing in my diary entry before this one. He was called Kitty Boy then.
May 7th 2009 9:12 am
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Today I am going to write about Kitty Boy. He's a stray cat who just suddenly showed up at our door. He was a dark tabby cat with 4 cream mittens on his paws. We weren't sure if he belonged to anyone or not at first but after he started to look skinny, my mom decided to feed him. I really liked him through the glass door. Louis did not. He was around here about three weeks. Two of those weeks we did not see him at all so thought he was wandering. My mom tried to get him in a shelter that uses foster homes but none were taking in any new animals due to having so many with the bad economy. She kept checking and hoped he'd be OK outside. We have no place 100% safe here to keep a cat who could be around Louis or me. She did not want him going to a shelter that would just cage him as he was a happy and free spirit outside. Mom kept trying to not get attached but she started to lose that battle. Kitty Boy came to eat on April 24th and took a nap on our deck. He left sometime between 8:10pm and 8:30pm and was never seen again. My mom is heart-broken as she sure wanted to get him off the street. We have so much traffic here with the highway and all that she knew it was not good for him to be here. My dad rides his bike or walks each morning at 5am when he gets home from work and doesn't believe that Kitty Boy was hit by a car since he never saw any sign of him. Mom is worried. He's been gone too long. She came so close to locking him in our barn that last night but had no litterbox for him to use. The next day she went out and bought him one plus a new bed and some other things. But he never came back. She was going to try him in the basement if she could get him into our vet to be checked pretty quick. She didn't think he could stay here with Louis. Louis has FLUTD and gets very stressed around cats other than me. It once took my mom MONTHS to get him stable when he first got FLUTD so she does not want to risk that again. She thought she might try a little and see how it went though. Then Kitty Boy vanished. So please send him some purrs to find his way back to us and somehow we will help him. It would be very sad if such a sweet and handsome boy has gone to the Rainbow Bridge.
April 5th 2009 6:30 am
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Today is the day I was brought home to live with my mom, dad & Louis. It was 7 years ago. I don't remember much about that day. I guess I was in a cage at the shelter with my sister and 2 brothers. My mom had called the shelter to see if they had a brown tabby. For some reason she had made up her mind that was what she wanted at the time. They called her and said they had me- a brown tabby!?! She came in and held me for awhile and then my dad took me to hold and my mom was looking at my siblings. My one brother had 2 dark gray eyebrows and was very unique looking. My other brother was gray and white. My sister was an all black kitten. My cat mom wasn't there as she had been spayed and gone back to her home. The shelter had named me Malachai. Dad said only one of us could go home with them and my mom chose me since I was the one they caller her about. Yippee!! It was a very sad time for my mom as her brother had unexpectedly died the day before. But the shelter called and she went as she had been waiting for the call for a brown tabby for some time. I do have a little brown almost hidden in my stripes so I guess they weren't all wrong. MOL! I am so glad to be in the home that I have. I sure ended up being one lucky cat. I am celebrating today!
Purrs,
Ethan
March 10th 2009 12:30 pm
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Many thanks to the kind Catster who gave all in my family a nice glass of the bubbly. We sure all appreciate it as it is not often we all get a gift at the same time. Especially our angel cats! It would be nice to get a clue as to who you are but even if we don't, we hope you know we think you are pretty special.
Purrs,
Ethan
February 24th 2009 8:09 am
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I have been noticing some signs that Spring is getting close. The biggest sign is all the birds singing. They even sing when it is snowing because they know it is almost over. They sound so pretty and I like hearing them. I am seeing a lot more sunshine and blue skies too. I love to lay in a sunbeam in the sunroom and enjoy the warmth. I never used to like that so maybe it is also a sign that I am getting older. I have also noticed it is light a lot longer now. It used to get dark before suppertime! Now I am long done and relaxing before night falls. I guess those are most of the signs of Spring for now. Soon we will have trees budding and flowers coming up through the dirt. And best of all- chipmunks and Grumpy Frog making their appearances in my yard. I hope they all had a good Winter.
Purrs,
Ethan
February 17th 2009 10:44 am
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My new love is something very tasty to eat! I hope you are sitting down because I have to tell you that this is even better than Strawberry Jell-O with peaches in it!! No, I am not kidding. Probably even better than bread! It's Yoplait Strawberry Mist Whip. Oh my. I just hear my mom getting the container out and I go running to find her. I beg with the most sweet face and sad eyes that I can make. The only thing I have against this stuff is that the container it comes in is way too small. I would like a bath tub full of it to swim in with my mouth open. MOL! Well off to take a short nap and dream of being in that Strawberry Mist.
Purrs,
Ethan
February 5th 2009 8:28 am
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My good friend Scooter has fought a brave battle with a few health problems of late. Today or possibly tomorrow she will make her journey to the Rainbow Bridge. We are all very sad at my house as Scooter was such a special friend to us. Not just to us either, but to so many on Catster. I really don't see how Catster will ever be the same without her. I am very sure that I could not have had a better friend than Scooter. I love you so much, Scootie. I hope your journey is comfortable and filled with lots of good catnip plants and plates of baby food along the way. I will always cherish my memories of you . All my love, Ethan
January 29th 2009 6:46 am
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I sure did have a nice birthday yesterday. Many thanks to my pals for the gifts, rosies, email, ecards, real cards and pmail. I was a busy guy. MOL! You all made my birthday very special. I will thank each one of you individually as soon as I can. My mom has to hurry out today to do some stuff. Yesterday we got 10" of snow and the roads were very bad. So she did not go out. I didn't get a birthday cake either due to the snow. Luckily we had half of an apple crumb pie in the fridge and my mom put 7 candles on it! So I had a birthday pie. I didn't get any of it though as while I do like apples, this had way too much sugar and bad things for me to eat. I got some tasty cat treats though so please don't think I was deprived. MOL!! I also got a Star Chaser and love it. I have been playing with it almost constantly. One of my pals told me about it and I dropped a big hint for it for my birthday. Or so I think I did. Mine has 2 lighted balls because the one that came with it didn't light at first. My mom had ordered a spare and so used it instead. It's one of those things you hafta pull the paper out of it to get it to work. The paper tore off a bit in the one that came with the Chaser. Then my mom used a safety pin to poke around and got the paper moved and the ball worked. So now my Chaser has 2 flashing balls and makes this VERY cool to play with. Louis loves it too and we can both play with it at the same time. Oh no I see more of those snow bug flurries starting so I guess I will hafta go and let my mom get her errands done before the roads get too bad again.
Purrs,
Ethan
December 24th 2008 7:39 am
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I am getting pretty excited now as it is almost time for Santa Claws to come see every cat. Now image that- me excited! MOL! I just hope for some good catnip and maybe a few other fun toys to occupy myself. Oddly enough it is raining here. Could be near 60 degrees in a day or so two. We've had so much snow already and it ha been very cold so this is a nice treat. Some people like snow on Christmas but my mom says giver her a palm tree with some Christmas lights on it and she'd be thrilled. MOL! Oh I wanted to update you on those mysterious cat paw prints I saw outside. Before the rain took away the snow yesterday, we had fresh paw prints across the front porch. So that sneaky cat is still prowling around my house. You know what, though? I am happy that he is still alive and well and... hopefully avoiding the traffic. With that I will close this Christmas Eve diary entry by saying Meowy Christmas to all our wonderful furriends. If you celebrate in a different way, we send good wishes to you cats too.
Purrs,
Ethan
December 8th 2008 11:11 am
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I woke up today to see cat paw prints in the snow all over our deck! Some kitty has been sneaking around here at night while I napped. I was surprised because we see so few cats outside in my neighborhood. I think they do go out but with so much traffic and high speed traffic at that, they would have very short lives. Maybe they never quite make it to our house. This cat is doing well though to have shown up here to check out our deck. I am so curious and think I will have to take an early nap from now on so I can sit and watch to see who our mystery visitor might be. I hope he is careful and will come visit for a long time to come too.
Purrs,
Ethan
November 25th 2008 8:00 am
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The other day my mom was getting something out of the linen closet. I was right there like always, to be sure I didn't miss out on anything. She got what she went into the closet for and looked down to see where I was. There was no sign of me so she shut the closet door and went to do something on her computer. Pretty soon she started hearing me clawing at the door. She yelled and told me to stop. This closet is where she hides the peacock feathers so I tend to scratch at the door once it is closed in hopes of snagging part of the feather. I stopped scratching on the door for a bit then started again. She again yelled no at me but I kept on. Finally after some time she got up to come and shoo me on my way. But I wasn't there! So she opened the door and I rolled out and landed on my back. MOL! I was trapped inside the closet and frantically pushing on the door with my paws trying to get it to open. Then of course my mom felt really bad. Here she was thinking I was being me when I was actually trapped inside the closet. She said I must have really been hiding in the back of a shelf as she never saw me there. One good thing about this adventure was while I was trapped I did manage to snag that peacock feather a number of times in between pushing on the door to get out. My mom said I am always getting into trouble but she's the one who closed the door on me, right? Right??
Purrs,
Ethan
October 23rd 2008 7:08 am
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I've been watching the chipmunks scurrying about and trying feverishly to get all the food they can to store it for their long nap this Winter. The funniest thing is when they put a big peanut in each cheek and a third in their mouth. Do they ever look silly! I guess it gets the hoarding job done a lot faster though. MOL!
The pond has pretty much been shut down by my dad. All the tropical lilies are now in the pond he sets up in our basement. They can't stay outside here or they would freeze in a hurry. The fish do stay out and so great. So I have them to watch. I have not seen Grumpy Frog or any of his ilk for some time now so I guess they have all burrowed into the ground for the cold weather. I will see them again in a few months.
My dad is always busy raking leaves and using that big machine that makes all the noise to get the leaves cleaned up. Soon we will have only bare trees left.
Well I had better get back to keeping a close eye on that chipmunk. You never know what he might get into and I have to be on guard.
Happy Birthday Scooter!
Purrs,
Ethan
September 10th 2008 8:27 am
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I think this time of year is often when we write about our Summer vacation. Hmmm, I didn't really have one. It was a nice Summer though. I got to watch the demolition of our old shed and the building of our new barn. I watched the ground hog scamper around the backyard a few times. I had the chipmunk climbing up into a plant that sits right outside the sunroom door. We were eye to eye! I went crazy trying to get at him but alas and alack, had a screen door between us. I was serenaded by Grumpy Frog and his new friend. His friend is grumpy too but has a very high pitched grump sound. I think it might be Mrs Grumpy frog. I was witness to our neighbor's huge tree falling down. There was no wind or storm, it just fell over with a mighty thud. Those were probably the biggest highlights of my Summer. I had lots of little fun things going on like birdies and squirrels visiting. I even saw a hummingbird a few times right by my door. So all in all, I'd have to rate it as a pretty fun Summer. Autumn is almost here and it is by far the prettiest season of them all.
Purrs,
Ethan
July 29th 2008 8:15 am
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I was tagged by my good friend, Milagrito to list 6 things I hate. They are:
1. Company! I do not like people in my house that don't live there. I usually hide for a very long time.
2. Aluminum Foil! Yikes the way that stuff sounds when it gets ripped off the box. It sends me running.
3. Plastic garbage bags! Same as foil for me- just not liking the sound when they get opened or shook out.
4. The Doorbell! It means company has arrived.
5. Landscapers! They have the noisiest mower and weed eaters that I have ever heard. They also yell a lot.
6. Cat clothes, hats, fancy neckwear, etc.! We are cats, not kids. If I am sleepy then maybe my mom can get a pic of me wearing something but never think I like it, OK? Nope not me. It's not anything a cat should allow to happen.
I am tagging any of my furriends who feel like doing this list. I know we get lots of tags so I am not going to name any cat in case you don't want to do it. I hope some will though.
Purrs,
Ethan
May 11th 2008 7:15 am
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Some of you will remember when we had the groundhog living in our yard and digging a tunnel by our house. He was moved, came back and now lives elsewhere again. But this Spring we got some really nice surprises left by the groundhog. He made a small flower garden it seems. It had sunflowers late last year and now we have a few daffodils and one very pretty bright pink tulip. A few years ago my mom had planted the tulips in our front yard. They were all dug up and disappeared. We suspected a chipmunk was the culprit. Somehow the bulb must have been dug up from the chipmunk's home under the ground and replanted by the groundhog. It might be the best tulip in the whole world. That is because it reminds me of that groundhog. I really do miss him.
Purrs,
Ethan
April 7th 2008 10:15 am
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For all of Grumpy Frog's fans (and he does have some)- today he was spotted by the pond! Well I guess I should say he was heard before he was spotted. MOL! My mom had just opened the front of the sunroom so we could look at the pond and hear the waterfall too. That is always such a nice thing in Spring because you know the cold weather is drawing to a close. After she opened the window she opened and closed the screen just to get it moving a bit. Grumpy Frog did not like all the racket around his peaceful pond. So he started grumping at us. He is really loud and really big this year! He's out sunning on the rocks as we type this. I am so glad to see him and know he is well and grumpy as always. :)
Purrs,
Ethan
March 14th 2008 8:08 am
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You probably thought I was going to write about myself with that subject title. MOL!! I am not even going to write anything about jealousy. But I am going to write about all the green stuff in my house about now. It's everywhere! We do kind of get into St. Patrick's Day pretty good. Mainly because it is Louis's birthday. But my mom likes a lot of Irish things. Or has an interest in them like the Titanic. It was an Irish ship after all. My song on my page is actually the stearage dance from the Titanic movie. My mom even owns a piece of coal that went down on the real ship. I guess the expedition that was inspecting the wreckage of the ship brought up a lot of the coal from the ocean floor and sold it to help fund the expeditions. And we have one little piece. Mom also likes Notre Dame college (Fighting Irish) and especially our Cleveland Browns quarterback, Brady Quinn. You see he went to Notre Dame. :) Plus she says he is a really nice guy. Anyway I just wanted to talk about Irish stuff today. We have green decorations on all the doors, windows, tables and just about everywhere. Even my eyes! MOL! (OK so those are always green.)
Wishing you a rainbow
For sunlight after showers—
Miles and miles of Irish smiles
For golden happy hours—
Shamrocks at your doorway
For luck and laughter too,
And a host of friends that never ends
Each day your whole life through!
Top O' the morning,
Ethan
February 4th 2008 5:09 pm
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I have been tagged by Punkin. Here are the rules of the game! Each player starts with seven random facts about themselves. Cats who are tagged, need to post in their Diary the rules & their 7 pawsome facts. Then choose 7 cats to tag and list their names. Don’t forget to purr them a pmail that they have been tagged and to read your Diary or send them a fun Rosette announcing they've been Tagged!
So here are my 7 facts:
1. I like to lick Creamsicles.
2. I like to stalk Louis and pester him all the time.
3. I have decided I now like to play with plastic milk jug rings.
4. I like to hang off the edge of the coffee table and bite my mom's toes when she wears socks.
5. I like to sleep under the bed when I don't want bothered.
6. I like to run up and down the hall at lightening speed over and over.
7. I always try to lick stamps and envelopes if they are left sitting out. Glue is good!
And now I tag these 7 kitties:
1. Socks
2. Firegirl
3. Kayleigh
4. Snicks
5. Vanessa
6. Merlin
7. Blue II
If any of you have already been tagged then just ignore this. MOL!
Purrs,
Ethan
January 28th 2008 6:12 am
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When I first opened my eyes this morning I was expecting to see something different. I guess I always do that on my birthday and everything always looks the same. You would think turning a whole year older would make something look different! Louis says it does but it just happens very slowly and it happens to my body. Hmmmm? I'll let you know if I ever see this going on with myself. MOL! The day is starting off very sunny and I like that. It might attract some birds to the feeder and I can watch them eat. That would be a good thing to do for my 6th birthday. I will also play, eat, sleep and run a lot. Yep that sounds pretty much like my normal day. I think I might get a little bit of cake later and rumor has it that is has cherries on the top! That just might be even better than watching birds. Notice I said MIGHT be. OK well that is about all I have to say as I step into my 6th year of life. I hope all of my friends have a great day today and wish I could share my cake and birds with all of you.
Purrs,
Ethan
December 12th 2007 7:27 am
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Kissmouse meme
I've been tagged by my friend Tig'mut'hep and I need to write a list of 5 things I'd like for Kissmouse.
1. Catnip pillow
2. Catnip mouse
3. Catnip blankie
4. Dirt to dig in and toss about the room
5. A bathtub filled with strawberry Jell-O and bread!!!!! Yum!
Now I have to tag 5 furriends...
My girl Fire
Socks
Ruby
Kayleigh
E.J.
Purrs,
Ethan
November 10th 2007 7:32 am
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I am having so much fun watching all the falling objects. No, I don't mean the ones on some of our Catster pages. I mean all the Autumn leaves and the first snow bugs of the season! In case you are a new friend or have forgotten, you can look back in my diary entries for my explanation about snow bugs. They didn't last long at all and completely vanished when they hit the ground. It is still a little too warm for snow bugs I guess. They were small and icy and not the big fluffy ones that I like the best. The leaves are cool though. Right now they are almost constantly falling. They hit the sky lights and are so intriguing to my cat senses. :) Louis has no interest in the leaves or snow bugs. And I must admit that I am not quite as interested as I used to be either. I do have my moments still though when the kitten in me comes back and I am once again mesmerized by Mother Nature.
Purrs,
Ethan
October 29th 2007 11:15 am
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I have been tagged a number of tims for this new meme. I choose 10 friends and say something about each of them. It was not easy to pick just ten so I mainly used cats I had gotten the meme from and some other good friends. To those I tagged, if you want to play, then please pick 10 friends and do the same. But if you don't wnat to play or have already done this meme, that's cool too. If you do play then send 10 friends a pmail or rosette to let them know you said something about them. Friends that I tagged:
Firegirl- beautiful, a little wild and my girl forever I hope
Tigmut'hep- very cool and smart, loves his food
Socks- so much fun and a lot like me
Isis- Tigs' pretty new sister and a nice friend
Milagrito- intelligent, interesting and handsome
Kitty Kazoo- funny, pretty and a favorite of ours
Kayleigh- another pretty girl and a very sweet friend
Bobbi Boi- new to Catster and me but seems to be very cute and nice
Oly- a very special kitty, creative and helpful
Maytag- a wild man but more calm now, cute as can be
Purrs,
Ethan
October 12th 2007 10:52 am
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If you read Louis's diary then you know about the groundhog we had here and how he came back. He is living under our neighbor's shed now. Where he was digging the hole in our yard caused him to dig up several chipmunk holes and tunnels. I guess that stirred up some seed the chipmunks had been storing for Winter. Suddenly one day we saw a huge sunflower already blooming right by where the groundhog had dug. We are not sure why we didn't see it coming up but it just seemed to be there all of a sudden. It's really a pretty yellow flower too. So many times our dad tried to grow sunflowers but the chipmunks would chew them down while they were still very small. So it must be some kind of small miracle for this one to grow so big so fast and have no critter attack it. It really is a gift from the groundhog. Maybe he was trying to make up for all the mess he caused in our yard.
Purrs,
Ethan
October 6th 2007 1:50 pm
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I almost forgot to tell you about the result of the card on top of the clock from my last diary entry. I am innocent!! The clock started to gain time and the card was never moved from the top of the buttons. I knew it wasn't me changing the time and I am sure that you knew it wasn't me too. And now my mom & dad know it wasn't me . Yay! (Time to get a new clock.) MOL!
Purrs,
Ethan
October 1st 2007 10:40 am
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We have a clock on our entertainment center. It's one of those with a radio and has red digital numbers for the time. It's been gaining time. I have a habit of jumping onto the top of the entertainment center. My mom really doesn't like me up there as I tend to jump up onto other more dangerous areas. But you know me- I go anyway. Well this clock has been gaining time as I said. My mom has had and does have a few of these around the house. Usually they either work or they don't. She says it is rare to see one gain time. So my dad said I must be standing on the button on top the clock( used to change to the time) to move the numbers forward. Last night my dad set the clock again and it kept purrfect time all the way until he went to bed. Sometime mid-morning today, he noticed the clock was fast again. I got the blame. I always get the blame around here for some mysterious reason. Hehehe. He said I must have stood on the buttons in the middle of the night and made the time go forward. If I did, I sure don't recall it. So they have set a trap. They stood a card up on the clock. So if it gains time without the card getting knocked off then they know it is the clock and not me. If the card falls then I get the blame. I swear I am innocent! But so far the clock has not gained any time since this was done. Stay tuned for the cliff-hanging conclusion........
Purrs,
Ethan the Innocent
July 28th 2007 8:01 am
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Well you might have noticed that we changed the words after my name from "needs purrs" to "doing well now". So that sums it up quick. MOL! I do still have the tail problem and the heart murmur business to deal with but I am feeling good now. I am just a notch below my usual viper speed around the house. But that will be improving to full throttle too I bet. Thanks again for all the good care you gave me as I think that's what did the trick. I won't update unless there is news on anything else. Have a purrfect weekend!
Purrs,
Ethan
July 27th 2007 10:40 am
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It's been strange the last 18 hours or so. Last night I took a turn for the worse and got very sick again! I was back hiding in the closet, more bad diarrhea, not eating and very depressed. My mom thinks the shot wore off as the vet said 48 hours and the pain returned in my tail and that made the rest of me feel bad too. My mom put me in a spare bedroom for the night so I would stay calm and so she would know if I ate anything. She did not sleep well at all due to worrying. Then she got up this morning and opened my door and I leaped out. I ate very well overnight, had bright happy eyes and was on the move. :) She said it was like a miracle. She never expected to see me looking so good. I even tried to climb the bookcase and ran when I heard my mom coming to check out the noise I was making. So maybe this time I really am on the mend. I do still have a crook in my tail but otherwise feel pretty good. I do not have to go to the vet at this time as the less stress for me and Louis, the better right now. But I may have to go see about this tail before long. So please purr for me for today yet to be sure I stay fine through the night tonight. I really think that must be why I had such an improvement since last night- all the healing purrs you sent. You are all amazing. :) I can't thank you enough.
Purrs,
Ethan
July 26th 2007 11:02 am
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I think I'm doing OK. I'm just kinda being quiet and not at all like my normal self. Not all that active either. I am eating fine. We are not going to do any antibiotics for now and see how I do. The vet said we can always get back on some in a couple of days if my mom thinks I need them. I'm still the same with my tail. I lick it a lot like it is bothering me but when my mom runs her hand down it, I have no reaction. I hope it will be OK. My mom said she misses seeing me prance toward her with my ring-tail held high. I think she is gonna post a pic of me and how I am now holding it. Thanks friends for all the drinks you sent me! I am sure well-hydrated now and I really love the taste. :)
Purrs,
Ethan
July 25th 2007 9:00 am
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First of all I have to say how great all of you Catster friends have been to me for my illness. I will thank each of you when I feel a bit better but for now I am saying a general thank you for the purrs, purrayers, good thoughts, well wishes, rosettes and stars. All of you sure make not feeling well a little less awful. I was doing a bit better last night. I was even eating some. But today I am not eating and have severe diarrhea. (I know an icky topic!) from the antibiotics. So the vet said to stop them and tomorrow they will try another kind. I was a bit depressed earlier and no change with my tail. I can't seem to hold it up and it has a crook in it now. Maybe I merged with some of Scooter's Siamese traits?? But my crook is about 3" from the base of my tail. The last hour or so I am feeling much more like my happy self though. I even went after Louis and sent him into a fit of growls and hisses. He still hates me from having a vet smell. But I did enjoy that little attack on him. My fever seems to be gone. So I suppose today is good news and not so good news all mixed in there. I still have no idea what happened but it all may be lucky as it helped us find that heart murmur. We can deal with that next. Now if only I wanted to eat.
Purrs,
Ethan
July 24th 2007 10:44 am
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I started to feel really ill yesterday. I did not eat and spent the day and night in the closet hiding. I kind of acted like I had pain in my abdomen. I am keeping my tail down and at an odd angle. I went to the vet this morning. The exam seemed pretty normal. But he did find a grade 3 heart murmur on me. I never heard about that before. But the current problem has me very lethargic and my endless energy has vanished. My mom did not sleep all night as she just kept checking on me and is very worried. I am now on antibiotics and got a shot for pain. I do have a fever too. The vet said if I am not better in 2 days that we will have to start bloodwork and maybe some other tests. So please keep me in your good thoughts and send me some healing purrs. My mom said I acted just like a little mouse at the vet. I never moved a muscle and was just so quiet.
Quiet purrs,
Ethan
May 23rd 2007 8:42 am
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The other day Louis & I had an interesting and somewhat wild wrestling match. He was laying on the floor and I started to pester him. He got mad and decided to run from me. Silly boy to think he could outrun the speed of my long legs. MOL! As I went to pounce, he jumped onto the dining room chair and in the same effort, right onto the dining room table. I went right after him. We proceeded to roll and wrestle right on the table. My mom had been to the store for cat food that morning and 24 cans of the food were neatly stacked on the table about to be put away. Yep, those went flying everywhere as did some of my dad's papers and the silk flower arrangement as we bulled over it. My dad came in to break up the brawl and I took off for the sunroom. Louis just laid there on the table. He has nerve I'll give him credit for that. Dad asked him if he might move as we are not supposed to use the table for our wrestling mat. He didn't budge. So Dad picked him up and moved him to the floor. My mom just rolled her eyes at us. Yesssir, a job well done by Louis and me in once again amazing out parents. ;)
Purrs,
Ethan
May 21st 2007 3:18 pm
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It seems that I have been tagged by Cole to participate in a meme.
The rules: Each player starts with seven random facts about themselves. Cats who are tagged need to write on their own blog about the seven things and the rules. You need to choose seven cats to tag and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment that they have been tagged and to read your blog.
!. I lick my parents' hands, arms and legs constantly.
2. Most of the time I lay on my back with my feet in the air to sleep.
3. I like to chase bubbles my mom makes for me from the dish soap bottle.
4. I like to sit in front of the computer monitor so my mom only sees me and not the screen.
5. I am known as "doorman" at my house as I run to see Mom & Dad off any time they leave.
6. I like to drink plant water when it runs out the bottom of the plant pot and into the saucers. Good stuff!
7. I like to stalk Louis and jump on his back to make him mad.
Now I tag these 7 cats:
1. Kayleigh
2. Charlie
3. Baby Girl
4. Sparky
5. Jules Vern
6. Ruby
7. Merlin
Purrs,
Ethan
April 6th 2007 11:38 am
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Yes our ONE day of Summer was really spectacular. It was last week and was 80 and sunny. A few days later we have about 6" of snow, about at the freezing mark for temperature and more snow coming down. All our pretty daffodils have kind of wilted away. We had them such a short time. On a much brighter note, I am still dancing around over winning the Catster Winter Carnival 2007 Photo Contest. My photo that won was of me doing some real fancy snowboarding. And I hope you got to see all the photos in the contest as they were so good and so much fun to look through. I will be modeling my prizes once I decide exactly what I want. Many thanks to Leo's mom for her great creations. And for giving them as the prize. I also want to thank the Catster Winter Carnival Group for holding the photo contest and for all who took the time to vote for the photos. I suppose a nap would be in order now after all that typing.
Purrs,
Ethan
March 19th 2007 7:30 am
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Last week sure was wild around here. I bet you are wondering what I did. MOL! But it was not wild because of me. Well for the most part anyway. It was wild due to Mother Nature. Last Monday (March 12) we had an earthquake. Just a 3.2 and very small by standards in other areas but and earthquake all the same. Since we don't get many here by the Great Lakes, it was something to be noticed. Then the weather finally warmed up to a summer-like day. That brought storms and a tornado to the area. It was not far from us but not real close either. That all led to an ice storm and more snow. I wasn't sure what would be coming next. I hope that this week will be a bit more calm. Although if Mother Nature is anything like me, then calmness won't be happening any time soon. ;)
Purrs,
Ethan
February 20th 2007 11:05 am
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It has finally warmed up some and the big snow we got late last week is melting. It is still about a foot deep on our deck but it is starting to go away. We have huge icicles on our sunroom because we heat it but being all glass, the heat escapes and somehow or other, we get the icicles. One of them is almost all the way to the ground today and dripping like crazy. My dad said he will bring us in some later so Louis and I can lick them. We love that. It's like a melting popsicle but tastes like outside. MOL! Anyway I do like my snowbugs when they fall gently from the sky but having a mass attack of them so they lay 20" deep on my yard is not good. Then they just form a cold blob of white. So today they are sinking into the ground as I watch. Just another good thing to celebrate today. By the way, Happy Mardi Gras to all our friends!
Purrs,
Ethan
January 25th 2007 8:15 am
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Sunday, January 28th will mark 5 years since I sprang into this world. And I am still springing. MOL! OK I will admit to having slowed down just a bit this past year. I take a longer nap in the afternoon and things like that. When I am awake though, I still run and climb and so all the stuff I have always liked to do. I did some checking for interesting facts for January 28th. I really didn't find much. :-/ I was surprised to see so many bad things happen on that day though! A couple of big plane crashes a few years back and of course the ill-fated flight of the Challenger space shuttle back in 1986. I only saw one famous person that I recognized to share my birthday and that was Alan Alda. He is going to be an ancient 71 or so years old. Yikes! So that's about all I have to say about my birthday. Oh and I sure hope that Louis lets me take a nap on his special dining room chair that day. Hehehe.
Purrs,
Ethan
November 21st 2006 10:57 am
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In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday in a couple of days, I thought I would list some of what I am thankful for this year(in no particular order):
Strawberry Jell-O with peaches, Italian bread, catnip of any kind, package bows, my mom, my dad, Louis, snowbugs, chipmunks, a sunbeam, Scooter, kibble, toes in socks to attack, my dad's chair to steal, moths, Firegirl, ferns to tip over, a bar of soap to lick, photos to lick, Beastie, Louis warming up a bed, envelope glue to lick, Kitty Kazoo, flies, watermelon, hamburger buns, Simba, spiders, birds, a dead battery in the camera, Sweetie, Ruby, fresh blankets from the dryer, my cat tree overlooking the pond, Grumpy Frog, Kayleigh, open windows, a window shelf, Cole, Toffy, nap time, laser toy, Milagrito and all the other great friends too numerous to mention. I am a lucky cat! Happy Thanksgiving!
Purrs,
Ethan
September 26th 2006 12:07 pm
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I had an alarming photo of a couple of ducks on my page previously. They were, after all, missing their heads. My mom says they were perfectly fine and just going under the water to look for food. These ducks are not in our pond. Ducks can be kind of hard on a pond due to all the "waste" they have. Our filtration system could not handle it so no ducks allowed on our pond. This pond is nearby though so I thought I would mention the funny looking photo. I think I would like to meet these ducks. Now I'm not one to lose my head over anything but I bet they are a lot of fun anyway. MOL! (Sorry if you read this sometime after the photo is taken down too.)
Purrs,
Ethan
July 25th 2006 12:44 pm
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Louis is lucky because he is brave enough to go outside on leash walks. I am a scaredy cat so I stay inside. I don't have all those fun things that happen on walks to share with you. But I do have the pond. It is located right below our sunroom windows. I have my cat tree by those windows and overlooking the pond. I sit there quite awhile each day and watch all the critters that either live in or around our pond. I would like to share some of them with you from time to time. I will start with the noisiest inhabitant of our pond- Grumpy Frog. This big bullfrog chatters at us anytime we make a little noise. My mom puts dishes away in the kitchen and he grump grump grumps. You can imagine that in frog sounds. MOL! We close a door and grump grump grump. He's really silly and sure doesn't like noise. He sits on the rocks in between the pools of our waterfalls. Frog legs, any cat?
Purrs,
Ethan
July 3rd 2006 1:16 pm
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Sometimes I have been known to like unusual things. I don't think they are unusual but some of the rest of the world does. Did I ever mention how much I like to lick photographs? My mom has to hide them from me. And the ones she prints out are almost more than I can bear not to lick all the picture right off of them. Odd as that all may be, that is not my new love. Now I am going crazy over Off, the bug repellent! My mom puts that on and I can't stop trying to lick her skin. Actually she won't let me lick the stuff at all but I keep trying and trying. If it were up to me they would sell Off not as bug repellent but as cat attraction. MOL!
Purrs,
Ethan
May 23rd 2006 10:18 am
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Well I thought it was about time for an update to my diary. And some comments on my video. Nobody is more surprised than me to see myself being caught in the act so many times. I rue the day the digital camera was invented! Of course I don't actually remember all those incidents being captured on a camera. Maybe I was too engrossed in what I was doing that I didn't notice the camera. Or maybe the photos were all made up in a graphics program to make me look bad. Yeah- that's IT! I mean why in the world would I stand in the middle of a plant for instance? How strange is that? Mol! (It really was fun to do.) I guess the one good thing is apparently some of you can't see the videos for various reasons. If ya can't see it then you'll never know what all I have done so far in my life. Phew! What a relief that is. Over and out.......
Purrs,
Ethan
March 24th 2006 9:30 am
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I've never denied being a thief. I've written in my diary before about stealing bread for instance. So it should come as no surprise that I have been busy taking a few more things that I am not supposed to have. My main sought after item of late is any of the small bags of cat treats that sit up on the counter. I am actually allowed to have the contents of those bags, just not when I might happen to want some. So I am left with no choice but to steal them. I generally do this in the morning while my mom is checking her email and just busy on her computer. I do have a conscious though and usually carry the bags right to her. That's also part of the cute factor that keeps me out of trouble with most of my thefts. It also gets me a couple of the treats! Yes! Crime does pay. However this morning I found something new to steal that did get me in a bit more trouble. I wasn't sure what was in the bag I found neatly sitting on the coffee table but I figured it just had to be cat treats for me. So I picked the corner of the bag up to run with it and oh no! A whole bunch of jelly beans fell out of the hole my dad had put in the bag so he could steal some of those jelly beans. With all the racket the jelly beans made spilling onto the coffee table and the floor, I was caught in record time by my mom. So I guess the moral of my story is- If you want to be a good thief, don't spill the beans. Hehehe.
Purrs,
Ethan
January 28th 2006 7:04 am
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I have not put anything in my diary for awhile so I thought today was a good time to do so. Each year that I have a birthday I wonder if that is the year that I will quit being so mischievous and into things all the time. But each year I decide that no, that is not the year and maybe next year would be better. After all I do so enjoy my fun. Maybe my 4th birthday is the year to calm down though. I mean how many loaves of Italian bread and buns can I possibly steal in my time? How many plants can I uproot? How many miles can I run through the house back and forth? My impulse is to say that the answer to those questions is infinite. I suppose thinking like that might tend to get in the way of calming down though. Oh no, what do I see? A fresh new loaf of Italian bread sitting idly on the toaster oven. It looks like I am not going to behave myself today. I am going to grab that loaf of bread and run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Happy Birthday to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....
Purrs,
Ethan
November 23rd 2005 8:02 am
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I thought it was about time I did a diary entry. A lot has been going on so I did not have the chance sooner. Anyway the most exciting thing happened yesterday. Those big white snow bugs started coming from the sky again! I had not seen them in a very long time. But they were back. They fascinate me as I sit in my cat tree and watch all those bugs float down and cover the grass. Oh what I would give to catch just one snow bug. Louis has been out on a leash walk when the snow bugs were landing. He said they were cold and wet. He also said they can vanish the second they touch you. Then other times they just kind of hang on your eyelashes and hair. Pretty amazing if you ask me. :) My dad doesn't like them much as he has to go out and shovel them off the driveway when we get too many. But I will continue to intently watch them as they go past the window. So light and pretty. I really love snow bugs.
Purrs,
Ethan
August 19th 2005 7:03 am
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The other day I made a long, daring leap onto the plant stand. I know you will find this hard to believe but I knocked a plant off the stand. Yikes! I get in big trouble for that. It fell and hit the cat bed so the pot didn't break and the plant was fine. Very little mess to clean I might add. But my mom was still kinda upset with me.
Well the next day my mom was walking by the same plant stand and a vine hooked on her shirt. The plant flew off of the stand and the pot broke into a million pieces! OK maybe not a million but a lot and you get the idea. Dirt was everywhere. It was a huge mess. My mom should have been mad at herself but I never heard one word. So I ask you, is this fair? I think I need to protest the unequal rules that seem to govern this place. Or maybe leave the plants alone. Oh no, though, could never leave them alone. What's a cat to do?
Purrs,
Ethan
May 12th 2005 11:19 am
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I have not added anything to my diary in awhile. I've been real busy with watching birdies, chipmunks and squirrels since the windows are all open now. I also get lots of catmail these days and there are only so many hours in the day what with nap times and all. 8) Anyway, I have to write about the ugly, stinky monster I saw yesterday. I was having a leisurely nap atop our cat tree. Suddenly I hear all this growling and squealing! I look out the window to see a big ugly monster standing on my street. A guy gets outta the monster, grabs a bag laying on the ground and tosses it right in the mouth of the monster. It kind of has a long trunk down like an elephant but with a big bin attached. That's where the food goes. Then it growls real loud and raises its trunk up and over it back. Then the weirdest thing as it threw up the food into its own back. Now my mom tried to tell me it was a garbage truck but I never heard a regular truck squeal and growl like that. I had heard this before a lot but this was my first good view of it. I'm going to be watching out for that monster every day from now on. And oh does it ever stink!
Purrs,
Ethan
March 30th 2005 7:48 am
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Well I may have gotten myself into a bit more trouble yesterday around here. Louis and I were home alone. Louis was snoozing so I needed to have some fun. Much to my delight, my mom had forgotten to put the bag of hamburger buns away! Oh how I love hamburger buns. Yum! So I took the bag and carried it around the house. Buns kept falling out of my sack and once they did, I had to stop and take a bite out of them. I just could not resist. Then I went on until another bun fell out of my sack and another bite. I sure enjoyed every minute of the bun fun. My mom had a fit when she came home and saw the mess. Hehehehe. Now if only I can find a way to get to the loaf of bread I'd be one happy little guy.
Purrs,
Ethan
March 21st 2005 7:01 am
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Well I was kind of a bad kitty this weekend. I guess I got bored and so got into a number of things. I knocked 4 plants off the plant stand this time. I really like to sit on it and just don't have enough room for me and the plants too. My mom says it is a bit too flimsy for a big boy like me. Then one day I started to claw one of my mom's paintings on the wall. Oh boy did I ever hear it for that one. I just like to touch it though as it feels so nice. I know it is hard for people to understand things like that about kitties sometimes. Oh my- I see some real cute little fake Easter bunnies have been set out out as decorations. Tell me not to touch them.....tell me they aren't for me.....no....I must not touch......oh but so cute and destructible.... THAT'S IT- I have no self control and I am off to attack those fuzzy bunnies...........
see ya!
Purrs,
Ethan
March 15th 2005 7:15 am
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Thursday will be my big brother Louis's 5th birthday and St. Patrick's Day! We will go look for a pot of catnip that day and hope we find one. If you keep reading my diary, I think you are gonna find that I can be quite the mischief maker. My mom says she has never seen a cat quite like me. I get into everything! I just like to see in every bag, box and drawer. Today so far I have been pretty good. I did knock one small plant off the plant stand. I was trying to see out and it just got in my way.
I don't know why this happens so much to me. Oh well, time to go look for something to investigate. 8)
Purrs,
Ethan
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