It's that time again!

First, wow! I was a diary pick of the day! Awesome!

Second, it's my favorite time of year again--that time when mommy and daddy put a tree full of toys right in my living room! Yay! I get to bat at things on it, hide underneath it, and pretend to climb up it so mommy will yell! Ahhh.... I love it.

I have discovered that as much as the dog annoys me, there are a few benefits. For example, he has a super cool tail. I like to smack it as he walks by. And he doesn't even do anything about it! That is awesome. And, he gets to have a giant waterbowl! I don't even drink from mine anymore, it's strictly a toy-bath now. I only use the doggie's. It's like a swimming pool! AND--get this--mommy and daddy got him a huge bed that he doesn't usually sleep on! He likes the futon better, so I get to sleep in his bed when he's not looking! Plus, he gets in a lot of trouble--he ran away from mommy again yesterday--so I look super good now!

Hahahahahahahahaha!!!

I hear a rumor that we'll be going to New York this weekend. Hmm....

Well...

I guess this dog is here to stay. Oh well. We got rid of his fleas about a month ago now (mommy even found my one superflea one day while brushing me. yay for mommies) but now he has a tapeworm. We think he got them from the fleas.

I had an OK time at the kennel we stayed at over thansgiving but CharlieDog didn't do so good. They didn't let him go to the bathroom enough so he peed all over his baby blanket. Mommy has put his through the machine four times already and it STILL smells bad. Mine went through twice only because it was in the same bag as his. Now it is fresh and clean and back on the landing where it belongs. Yay.

Daddy plays a new game that I like called Guitar Hero. He lets me help him by attacking the whammy bar thingy. It's fun.

Mommy is talking about putting up the Christmas tree again soon. Oh goodie. I like that thing. I especially like her butterfly ornaments. They're made with mesh (good for tearing), metal (good for chewing), and beads (sparkly to get your attention)!

That's it for now. I think I need a nap.

sad.

So I'm not a kitty finalist in the World's Coolest Cat contest. Awww, man.

I'm going to hide under the bed for awhile until someone who loves me comes and gets me.

meeting the fleabag.

So mommy and daddy DID decide to get me a brother dog. He's not as bad as I thought, but he does have fleas. Mommy and daddy are trying to do something about it but mostly it just makes mommy mad. It also makes her bring out the vacuum more often, which I HATE.

The one cool thing is that CharlieDog is NOT allowed on the furniture, but I am! Ha! At night I get to sleep on their bed and CharlieDog is not allowed! He can't sit on the couch or the chair, either! They are mine, all mine!

If only he'd lay off my mommy. I don't like sharing mommy at all. She tries to pet me and play with me, but that darn dog has to butt in all the time. That makes me mad, and then I don't want to play either. CharlieDog doesn't know how to play yet. Mommy said that the people who had CharlieDog before probably didn't have time to play with him. He doesn't seem to know what getting brushed is, either. Mommy tried to brush him the other day and he wouldn't let her. If he'd known what it was, there's no way he'd be crazy enough to pass that up.

Poor dogs. They'd be much smarter if they were cats.

Missin' My Dad (and some other stuff)

First, go vote for me, PLEASE!.

Sorry we haven't written a post in awhile. Mommy works from home now and uses the computer a lot, so I don't get a turn much. Daddy is still gone, and no word on when he'll return. I hope soon, though, because Mommy is pretty sad. So sad, in fact, I think she's gone crazy! She's talking about getting a...D-O-G.

Other than that, things are good. I love our new house. I get to look out any windows I want, especially the ones high up on the second floor! Yay! There's a pretty white cat that comes to visit me sometimes that I like, and a calico that I DON'T like at all. We call that one Nermal. Nermal was in our back yard one day and I had to hiss at him a lot and attack the glass so he'd know I meant business. That's my yard! Eventually, Mommy put me in the bathroom for a few minutes and when she let me out again, Nermal was gone!

I moved!

One day Mommy and Daddy started putting stuff in boxes. I thought that was cool, because I love me some boxes. But then the boxes got put in a truck and so did I! They brought me to a strange place with lots of people and Mommy let me hide in the bathroom. That was nice of her, because these people were scary!!

When it got quiet, Mommy dragged me out from behind the toilet and pushed me up these fun things to climb on called stairs. I saw that all our stuff was out here. This was my new home! I like this place so much better! Stairs are so fun! And Mommy lets me look out any window I want. I have my own room here, too. Yay!

Not long after we got here, Daddy went away. Mommy has been very sad but she tells me that Daddy had to work and that he might be home in a few months to visit before he has to go back! Oooh I hope so! I miss him and so does my Mommy!

so where have I been? I'll tell you where--the vet!!

Oh, things have been bad over here, folks. Very bad.

In November I didn't feel too good and I peed on the bed again. Mommy got mad and took me to the doctor. He said I needed special food and some anti-biotics. So I got those, and mommy made me take them, but I hated the food. A lot.

But it didn't help me, and then I couldn't pee at all. Mommy got very nervous and took me to Pet ER in Towson. Don't go there!! They kept sticking big mean tubes in me to help me pee, but they hurt sooooo bad. They kept me away from my mommy and daddy for almost a week! It made me so sad. I didn't let anybody come near me without a good growl or a hiss! Mommy and daddy came to visit me twice, and it was so nice to see them. I wanted them to take me home but all they kept saying was, "Soon baby, soon we will bring you home."

Then I had to get P/U surgery to help me pee without the tubes. They shaved my tail and my butt, and my belly! So embarrassing! The worst part was the cone I had to wear on my head! Mommy called it a lampshade, but it's really called an e-collar. I had to wear it for over 2 weeks! And pee on stupid newspaper!!!! The tubes hurt my insides, so the hole they made closed up and they had to do it AGAIN a month later.

I just got the e-collar off for the 2nd time, after 10 more days. Ugh! But everyone thinks I can pee much better now, and hopefully it will stay that way. Hooray for pee!

Travelling to NY (again!)

My mommy and daddy took me to NY again. Man. Why do they keep doing this to me? Don't they love me anymore? I am in a much bigger room than last time, and there's no little kids around to make lots of noise. So that's good. But there is still that stupid beastly dog sniffing under the door day and night. Sometimes they let him outside in the backyard and then I get the run of the house. That's fun. There's a lot more stuff here for me to jump on and chew.

Adventures in Kitty Litter

My mom was using this tidy cats crystal stuff, which she and I both liked. It looks like snow. When it gets too dirty it looks like yellow snow and then it's time to clean it. But mommy decided that she wanted flushable litter, so she bought Feline Pine. It disintegrates as I use it, and I just didn't like it. To let mommy know I didn't like it, first I peed on her fish rug. All she did was put fresh Feline Pine in the box. Then I peed on her favorite quilt. She got very upset with that, but this time she just mixed more tidy cats with some fresh Feline Pine. When I peed on the fish rug a second time, mommy finally got fed up. I have to give mommy credit, though, she always knew that I wasn't peeing on stuff because I wanted to pee on stuff, I was peeing on stuff to make a point. HELLO, mommy! I don't like peeing on pieces of tree!

She and daddy went to the pet store, and they came home with some World's Best Cat Litter. It's the scoopable kind, which mommy does not like at all, but it is flushable and so that's cool. She says it smells like cat pee on popcorn, but I think this stuff is going to work out fine for everyone. Yay for World's Best! We shall see if I continue to use it, or if I pee on the fish rug for a third time (since I don't think it'll survive another wash, the third time should really be a charm!)

Latest Adventures

Mommy and daddy took me to NY for the weekend. I hate going there. This time they put me in an even smaller room, with a bed that was even lower to the ground. Lucky for me I still fit under it. They had to keep me in the room with the door closed, because of the kids and the dog. The kids don't really know how to pet me and they make too much noise. I don't like them at all! The dog and I played a game. He sniffed under the door and I stayed on my side so he could smell me. Mommy wouldn't let him in to get me, though. Heehee!

They went to a wedding on Sunday and put the stinky dog down the basement where he lives. I got the run of the whole house then! Oh, it was so fun! There was lots of stuff to jump on and to explore. And with no kids and no dogs, (and no mommy to tell me to get down), I was free to knock candles into the dog bowl and get into all kinds of other trouble. I made sure that I was back under the bed when I heard the car pull up. heehee! At first, mommy thought I hadn't come out at all, but then they noticed that I did some redecorating.