Bubba Obituary

July 4, 1994-November 19, 2007


Bubba went to the Rainbow Bridge today to join his mom, Dippy.

He gave his parents almost 13 1/2 wonderful years together. He was a easy going cat, nothing bothered him. He loved everyone who came to the house and was the official greeter. He enjoyed laying on the bench outside in the summer with dad beside him.

He is survived by his parents, cat sister, Lissie; dog sister, Chloe and his dog brother, Duncan.

He'll be forever loved and forever miss as our first Big Boy.

Well, it was my birthday last week

Mom is just now getting around to writing about it. I turned 13 this year.

It was great. I laid around and slept and slept. Then mom gave me my birthday dinner. REAL TURKEY!! I LOVE real turkey. That's what I get for my birthday every year, which is just fine by me. I also went outside on the bench with mom and dad. I don't need the harness that often. I pretty much know just to run out and jump up on the bench and stay there.

My sister, Lissie had a couple of bites of turkey also to help celebrate my birthday. She then licked my face clean. (She thinks she is the mother of all of us at the house)

Grumble and whine

That's all my dog brother and sister are doing. I don't know was all the fuss is about. It's cold outside......why, oh, why would they want to be out in 6 inches of snow and ice?

Me, I have no complaints. I'm nice and toasty warm. I just snooze the day away by sleeping on my stand or in bed with dad after work. Spring will be here soon, and mom will get me a new harness and hook me up and I'll enjoy the warm spring sun, smell the fresh air and snooze.


Guess that's what comes with age, wisdom. You learn to take the days as they come and not get your dander worked up. Either that, or I'm one lazy cat. Personally, I'd like to think it's the former, not the latter.

Well, time for my afternoon snooze....this time, I think I'll actually move a little and go to the bedroom. Mom has an blanket she bunches up for me to curl up in. She's the greatest!!!!

AHHHH!!!! CHRISTMAS!!!!!

I love Christmas! I don't get toys or anything like that. I don't play with them like I use to. But, I do get a can of chicken from Santa every year in my stocking. I love that chicken. I get a half a can on Christmas morning, and the rest the next day. That's two whole days of having chicken....YUM!!!!

Then I pretty much just snooze on my mat that reflects my heat back to me on the cat stand. Get scratches behind my ears as mom and dad walk by. Take a nap with dad, which I know he'll do after eating Christmas dinner.

It's not much different than what I do everyday, but for some reason, this day feels so much more special.

B-R-R-R, Must be winter coming.

I noticed that it is getting colder in the room upstairs where I like to sleep sometimes. Makes my old bones ache, so mom bought me a sleeping mat that reflects my body heat back. She put it on the tall scratch post downstairs for me to lay on, which I do all day!!!! It feels so good. Of course, I still go to the bedroom at night and sleep with mom and dad, nothing beats "love" heat I say.

My was saying how they won't be having Thanksgiving until mid December, when my Uncle Bob is in town. They are going to go to grandma's house and will bring me a little turkey home then. Then, there will be Christmas for our presents. Santa usually gets me a can of chicken to put in my stocking. I don't care for cat treats and toys are played with very little by me anymore. So, that's about the only thing Santa can think of for me, which is great in my book

Guess what happened to the dogs today TEE HEE

Those dogs got a bath today! Boy, could you tell they were NOT happy about it either!!!! That's what they get for not being cats and cleaning themselves all the time. That also shows how more superior we cats are than dogs. We need our parents to feed us, pet us and clean out our box. And we have to do so little in return to pay them back. Dogs have to listen, do tricks and obey the parents.

It's been a long time since I had to have one of those baths. I use to have to get them when I was young because of the fleas I would get from the area we lived in. I bet I got a bath about every week...or so it seemed. I was so sensative to fleas, I was hairless. Well, when we moved from that place, mom gave me one last bath, just before we left, and I've never been bothered again. Now all she has to worry about it brushing me. She almost has all the mats out of me where I hid when the dogs first came. Now, they pay no attention to me and I roam that house once again.

AHHH!!!! Summer heat

I love this heat!!!! I go and sit outside on the bench and enjoy it so much. To hear my dog brother and sister whine, you think it was something terrible. They just don't know how good that feels on my old bones.

Well, I did get my chicken breast for my birthday (YUM YUM!) and shared it with Lizzie. And mom did put extra catnip on the cat tower so I could roll around in it. It was a purrrfect day!

My Birthday is coming!

I'll be a whole 12 years old on July 4th. That's when mom celebrates it for me. She can't quite remember when I was born, but knew is was around then. I can't wait to see what I get special to eat for my birthday. Hope it's a nice big piece of shredded cooked chicken breast. That's my favorite; even if I have to share it with Lissie. I won't get any toys probably, I don't seem to have much interest in them anymore. Maybe a little extra catnip sprinkled in my lounge area.

I got to see my buddy, Uncle Howdy!

They live in Florida and I haven't seen him in such a long time!!!! He scratched my head and by my tail (my favorite spot) and talked to me. He said he is always talking about me in Florida. He likes the way I meow.......or what is suppose to be a meow. My mouth makes the motion of meowing but all the comes out is like a "ack". Or sometimes, no sound at all. I've never really meowed much, just when I was looking for my mom when she went to the Rainbow Bridge.

Uncle Howdy and Aunt Nina got to meet my other brothers and sisters for the first time, so, it was nice to be the one that they knew first and the longest.

There's no living with Lissie and Chloe now

They both have been chosen for Today's pick. Guess that's okay. I won't tell Lissie outloud, but I'm pretty proud of her. She has a tendency to get a big head sometimes.

I know that someday I'll be on there, and I'll just bide my time till then. Then, I think I say nanner, nanner, nanner to her.