I'm an odd bird

At least that's what my Mom says. She opened the windows again this year and it scares me so I hid under the bed. I came out at night though and more and more during the day yesterday. I don't remember why, I'm just scared of the open windows, even though there are screens.

I also turned off Mom's alarm clock again this morning. It plays music, and normally it is fine but I just did not like that song! I'm more of a hip hop kind of cat (Miss New Booty is my THEME song) but I can tolerate the country that Mom says eases her into waking...usually. This morning, though, I just couldn't take the country version of "Lips of an Angel." It just doesn't have the same edge soooo, I turned the alarm clock to beeping so Mom would turn it off. I still got petted and hugged. (I think she agreed with me about the song:))

Happy Birthday to ME!

It's my birthday today! The second one with my new family and now I know what that means...treats, and catnip, and toys, and wet food! I haven't been able top write for a long time because mommy has been so busy but we've all been doing well. So well in fact that I've gained a little weight...just in my tummy though so there is more to rub!

Halloween

I hope everyone had as good of a Halloween as I did! We had all sorts of little visitors all dressed up. Some were even dressed up like me. Mommy says we had 93 trick or treaters but they didn't give me any treats! Mommy gave us treats afterwards though because it was Griffin's birthday! He is 8 now and that seems kind of old to me but he still likes to play with me a lot so I won't tease him too much about his age. At least he isn't grumpy like Kiki! So we got catnip and I got mushrooms and Griffin got frozen peas. I really don't know why he likes frozen peas, mushrooms are much better! Well I better go roll around in the floor with Griffin! Someone has to keep him young!

Happy Gotcha Day to me!

Yesterday was my one year anniversary with Mommy. My Gotcha Day she called it. I'm such a lucky boy! I once had a home but they gave me away to the shelter. I don't know why. I sat in a cage, all depressed, and got fat but one day the shelter took me to Petsmart and a lady with blonde toys on her head walked by and asked to hold me....she petted me and cooed at me and I thought maybe I could go home with her. She wasn't a man, but she wasn't bad. Then another lady with blonde toys on her head too came by and said "no, three is all we have room for." And the first lady was sad and I was sad. And so I sat in the cage and got fatter. The first lady visited me again, and whispered "I'm working on it." So I waited and got fatter and I waited because I wasn't a kitten and all the other families wanted kittens. I tried to show them that I was playful too but they still just wanted kittens. But then one day I heard the phone ring and heard my shelter name "Zulu" and wondered why they were talking about me. The next day I got to go to Petsmart. I hadn't gotten to go in a while and I was feeling depressed so I just curled up in the litter box because it was safe. But then I felt hands gently lifting me out of the litter box and the second lady from before wrapped me in her sweater and the first lady signed some papers and handed over a "check" and kissed me on the head. And then we got in a car and drove a few minutes and first lady said "We're home!" And when I touched the floor I knew I was home. I was really brave and explored a little. I met Griffin and Ariel but they didn't know what to think. I could hear another cat in the house, hissing in another room so I went to see but I got scared and hid under the bed. The other cat, Kiki, hid under the bed with me. Finally the first lady brought some good treats and lured me out from under the bed. She held me and told me she was my mommy now and that the other lady was my Aunt Leah and that I was home for good. I was kind of nervous at first and Mom's says she never saw me sleep for the first few months.

It's been a really good year for me since then. Griffin has become my best bud and we play all the time. Sometimes Ariel lets me play with her too. I don't think Kiki likes me much, but I am working on him! Mommy says she tries to spoil me to make up for the hard times (they really weren't THAT bad) so I get mushrooms 2-3 times a week, and treats a lot. And on special occasions we get soft food and catnip! Yesterday was a special occasion:) I get a spot on the bed too. I wanted the left side beside Mom's head but Kiki said no, so I get the right side, at Mommy's head or side (I like to snuggle under the covers when there is THUNDER).

Life is good and I am so much more relaxed. I sleep some now and I even lost weight Mom says I am an "odd bird" but I think that means she loves me!

Scrooms and Griffin!

Mommy took Griffin away in a carrier last week. I was really worried about him because I didn't know where he was going. I even tried to get in with him but Mom wouldn't let me. She said something about 25lbs of cat in one carrier. Thankfully, they came back in a very short amount of time and I met Griff at the door. He smelled funny so I had to lick him all over. He just can't stay clean enough so I have to lick him all the time, especially his head and neck!

I got more scrooms last night. Mommy and Aunt Leah had kind of gotten away from steamed scrooms instead eating squash and zucchini and sauteed scrooms. Everyone knows that steamed scrooms are much better though so now that Great-Aunt Molly's garden is gone, we are having steamed scrooms again! I got a whole plateful and they were YUM-MEE! We also got all sorts of treats this weekend. Mommy was having a "cheat" weekend and I don't really know what that means but I did get a bite of something called cheesecake and a little pizza (I had never seen either of these in my new life). I think we should have them more often but mom says they aren't on our diet...I didn't know I was on a diet. I'm fluffy, not fat! Anyway, the 1st anniversary of my "Gotcha" day is Sunday! I can't believe I have been living the high life with mom and Griffin (and Kiki and Ariel too) for a whole year! I barely remember being in a cage and don't remember my life before that. I try to tell mom how lucky I am to be with her but she says she is the lucky one...we'll just be lucky together! Mom said something about soft food and catnip for my anniversary and Griffin is REALLY excited so I know we will have some good stuff, even if it isn't pizza and cheesecake!

Windows?!

I discovered opened windows this week. Mommy's been working a lot this week and accidentally turned on the wrong burner on the stove and sat the lid to the mushroom steamer on top of it and stunk up the house! (no worries about the steamer everycat, it's not as pretty but it still works!) Anyway, so mom opened the clear things to the outside in the living room...they're called windows. It really scared me so I hid under mommy's bed for HOURS. I know there are screens, but what if someone wanted to steal me? Griffin, Kiki and Ariel seemed to really like the windows and so, I decided to take a look. Kiki is the smartest so I decided to go to his window because I figured it was the safest. He let me sit with him for a little while, but the barking from next door scared me.

The next night the windows were open again (Griffin says it's almost time for the space heaters) and when Mommy wasn't looking, I sat in one ALL BY MYSELF. I was REALLY brave and discovered that windows are kind of cool!

Kiki sure is lucky!

He almost got electrocuted Friday while we were looking for Ariel. We couldn't find her and he told me to go look in the bathtub. I hopped in and he came into the bathroom behind me, I guess to look in the sink and he knocked over mom's hair thing. It makes her hair pretty and straight. Kiki doesn't know it but I can read and it says Danger and Electrocution. Good thing the iron wasn't on and he knocked it in the floor instead of the sink! The only thing I don't understand is why it doesn't do anything when mom let's it rest in the sink while it is on? Maybe she just knows magic.

Oh and I had a good weekend! Mommy was home almost all day on Saturday and we snuggled and cuddled (When Griffin didn't have her lap...he doesn't like me to be in her lap at the same time:() and on Sunday our friend Candida hung out with us while Mommy was visiting Grandmeow and Grandpaw and she had a man with her! I love men:)))) Mommy thinks I used to be owned by a man but I don't really remember anything before I went to the Shelter...I think she may be right though.

Wow!!! I am the diary of the day!!!

Well folks, my lucky streak continues. I am the diary of the day!!! I found out before Mommy (she didn't find out until she got to work) so I zoomed up the stairs to brag to Ariel, and zoomed down the stairs to taunt Kiki and Griffin. MOL! I sure rubbed their noses in it!!! Kiki even started grumbling about plans and hairdryers or something. I didn't understand what he was going on about but you know he is older and may be losing it a little. He mutters to himself all the time! Griffin was a little jealous but did wonder if this means we'll get catnip...

Mommy has always told me that I am a special boy. Aunt Leah agrees...she always says, "Yeah he's special alright." But she uses a funny tone when she says it and then comments that at least I am cute...I wonder what that means? Anyway now everyone knows how special and how lucky I am!!!

Do you think this means we'll get catnip tonight? Or maybe steamed mushrooms???!!! I LOVE scrooms! Oh and before I forget. Thank you all for the lovely treats!!! Mommy says I have to not enjoy them all at once, but savor each and every one of them. I don't want to lose my girlish figure...wait, can boy cats have girlish figures? Maybe it's boyish figure? Anyway, I don't want to get a beer belly!

OK, everyone, I have to go consult with Griffin on the catnip and then figure out how to get more scrooms...

I'm a lucky boy!

Really. Three lucky things have happened to me in the last 3 days! First and foremost, Mommy and Aunt Leah found Ariel. She was gone for almost a whole day and she was trapped under the deck the whole time!! I bet she was bored and hungry and probably hot! At least it didn't rain! I hissed at her when she came in because she needs to not ever scare us like that again! (and she tried to get me to go out too!

And the day before that Kiki ate right next to me...I could have touched him (but who wants to touch him when there is food?) He has NEVER done that!!! I think he forgave me for not joining in the dangerous fast food quest of Monday. And on Tuesday I was invited to join the Luck O' the Irish group. I didn't know it but I'm Irish!! And apparently my brothers aren't (Griffin is Welsh and Kiki is French). Mommy says she thinks I must be black Irish, MOL! I used to be called Zulu when I was in the shelter but Mommy didn't think I looked like a Zulu and she wanted me to forget all about the time I was there so she named me after William Shea (of Shea Stadium fame). He brought the Mets to New York and we're Mets fans even though we're from Kentucky! Mommy says I must be good luck for the Mets because they are winning now:)

Suspicious of Kiki

MROW! I think Kiki is up to something. He was NICE to me for a little while yesterday. He's NEVER nice to me. He wanted me to help Ariel get the fast food down from the dryer. (The doors were open and Mommy and Aunt Leah were gone.) Maybe he just wanted the food? He got mad when I said no though so he may not be nice to me again. But I had to say no. I knew mommy would be mad at me and I don't want that. I think Kiki wanted me to get in trouble with Mommy because he thinks she will take me back to the SHELTER. I know she says she loves me and will keep me forever and ever, but I was at a shelter once and I don't want to go back. Griffin laughs when I bring it up and says it will NEVER happen BUT I've only been with mommy for 8 months after all and I really like it here and want to stay.

So anyway, the plan went on without me. I went upstairs to sleep because I didn't want to be part of it (Ariel got Griffin to help her). I heard a crash and thought "oh no! I better pretend to be asleep so no one will think it was me." Kiki came racing upstairs to look around and I think I heard him mumble under his breath when he saw me...but I also heard the name Griffin. So I got up and ran downstairs to check on Griffin. He's my best friend now and I didn't want him to be hurt. I saw Griffin coming out of the bedroom as I came downstairs and was so relieved. And then I saw it...the motherload. Fast food EVERYWHERE. Griffin got to go first since he put himself in the line of fire and I went last since I wouldn't participate. But there was still plenty of good foods!

And then mommy came home and I was afraid she would think it was me or that she would know it was Griffin and send him away. But she just picked me up and petted and cuddled me...and Griffin and Kiki and Ariel too. Maybe she won't send me back to the shelter if I do something wrong after all?