My Scratching Post

I've got a bad, BAD MOMMY!

In case anyone is wondering, I am a Mommy's Girl. I will tolerate Daddy if Mommy isn't here, but otherwise, she's the only game in town.

Well, in the past month she has ABANDONED ME TWICE!!!! The first time she went somewhere called "the cabin" and was gone for FIVE WHOLE NIGHTS! The horror. Uncle Justin came over and fed me, but I don't like him either. I came out and ate the can he opened while he was outside watering the plants and when he came in, I went back under the bed.

Then, this most recent abandonment was for FIVE NIGHTS AGAIN! And again, I came out when Uncle Justin opened a can, but I was otherwise anti-social. Or so he told Mommy. This time she went to something called "Convention". She brought home lots of stuff for me to sniff tho. Hopefully she won't be going anywhere again any time soon. Just in case, I am sleeping ON HER at night so she can't sneak away.....

Taz's Mom here.....

I am very sad to say that Taz passed on to the Rainbow Bridge this morning.

We miss her very much. :`-(

Are you KIDDING ME???!!!

OK - so Mommy ABANDONED me last week. Something about a "Retreat". She left on Wednesday and didn't come home till SUNDAY NIGHT. Daddy was gone over the weekend too. I sought revenge by only drinking out of one of my water bowls which I managed to lick completely DRY and I didn't TOUCH the other, hoping for a guilt-induced payoff. Didn't work.

To make matters worse, she came home REEKING of other cats. One in particular. There is white fur all over her bag and her laptop case. She showed Daddy pictures of someone named "Athena" and said if she could, she would have BROUGHT HER HOME. Uh, I think NOT, Mom!

Unfortunately, it sounds like her travels have just begun. She has been talking about "the cabin" and Convention. She does this "convention" thing every year. She is usually gone for 5 or 6 days. At least Daddy will stay at home with me for that. Not sure how long she plans to go to the cabin. Sometimes it's just 3 days, sometimes it's a week. Don't know if Daddy is going too. Mommy said something about "stamping Convention stuff" there, so I'm guessing if Daddy goes, he won't stay long!

I am NOT amused. I *WILL* retaliate......

I do NOT like what I see.....

Mommy's big pink suitcase is out and full of stuff. I am NOT amused......

I've been tagged!

I got tagged by Tam (#451178) and have to list My favorite five things:

1. My food!
2. Waking Mommy up in the mornings!
3. Laying in the middle of Daddy's side of the bed when he's trying to go to bed!
4. Getting treats from Mommy!
5. SLEEPING!

Completely UNACCEPTABLE!

I am NOT a happy kitty! Let me tell you what happened here this week! Yep, you guessed it... THEY ABANDONED ME AGAIN! Saturday Mommy put the big red suitcase on the bed and started packing stuff. Hmmm. Looks like Daddy's stuff. Guess he's traveling again. I didn't think much of it. UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING WHEN SHE BROUGHT OUT HER BIG PINK DUFFLE BAG! ACK! Mommy was packing all sorts of things! Shorts, tank tops, a swimsuit, sunscreen! The only good thing about this trip is that I got to stay home and didn't have to go to the Pet Hotel. Uncle Justin came in on Monday and fed me and petted me.

Apparently Mommy & Daddy went somewhere called "Hawaii". Mommy says she brought me back a "pretty present", which I'm sure will be some sort of degrading item for me to wear. I'm sure the nauseating photo will grace this site in the near future. Right now, I'm not letting Mommy out of my sight. Every time she leaves the room, I get up from my cozy spot and follow her. The NERVE of them, abandoning me!

The BIG bag of doom is out!!!!!

And Mommy yelled at me earlier for using it as a scratching post. I do NOT like that bag. That bag means LONG trips! HISSSSSSS!!

Well, after she yelled at me, Mommy explained that just Daddy is going away for work again. So it's sort of a good thing because Mommy and I will have the bed ALL TO OURSELVES while he's gone!

Sorry, Daddy......

OK. She's really done it now.

Mommy went away again last week. She left on Friday morning and didn't come home till Monday night. Not too long, and Daddy was here with me except for Saturday night and part of Sunday, so I wasn't alone very long. HOWEVER, when she came home Monday night she REEKED of *DOG*!!!! The foul stench was EVERYWHERE!!!!! HOW DARE SHE!!!!

Since she took everything with that foul odor on it outside and has done all the laundry, I decided to forgive her. Today I was in a "GOTTA HAVE LOVIN" mood.... I was all over Mommy all morning and even yelled at her until she picked me up and put me on her lap. I don't do laps often. She must have been pleased with this, because she went to the glorious "PetSmart" place today to get me more kibble and came home with A NEW BRUSH which I LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! Of course, you are imagining I love to be brushed with it, which I do, but what I REALLY love is to CHEW CHEW CHEW on the bristles! Mommy had to take it away because I was chewing so hard she said I was making my gums bleed, but it felt SOOOOOOO good!

Mommy said there was a Maine Coon kitty at the adoption place today and that she was REALLY CUTE, but that her papers said she wanted to be an "only kitty". Yeah, I can understand that. It's a great gig if you can get it... I highly reccommend it!

Oooo! I hear Daddy getting ready to head for bed.... time for me to go lay across the foot of his bed! He he he.... Catch you later!

Things have been pretty normal around here....

Mommy went away twice in July, but Daddy stayed home, so it wasn't too bad. Daddy was only gone on the weekend part of Mommy's trip. Mommy has been stamping a lot since she got back from something called "Convention". I like it when Mommy stamps because she sits in one place for a really long time and I can come in and get attenetion from her if I want it. She also drops fun scraps on the floor that I like to play with.... some she will let me keep and some she shouts at me and takes away :-(

I've been sleeping with Mommy a lot lately too. Just to make sure she knows I prefer it when she's here. Daddy just doesn't pamper me the same.....

Life is good....

Which means something is up. I mean, I don't usually go this long without something ugly happening around here. Mommy has been home. Daddy has been home. No bags of doom. No trips in the car. This can't be good.....

I am totally NOT amused.....

I suffered the annual indignation today of going to the vet. I hate everything about that place..... the noises, the smells, the things they do to me! YUCK!

I got weighed (oh, the embarassment - being told I really need to diet!), I had my temperature taken (and NOT in my mouth! OUCH!), I got prodded and squeezed all over, I got my teeth looked at (I really do NOT like people touching my mouth.... Not even Mommy gets to do that!) and then THEY STUCK ME WITH NEEDLES! TWICE!

They did say that I have done an excellent job keeping my abscess clean so no medicine or anything was needed for that. They also said I had a good strong heartbeat and that I would probably live to be 20. Wow.... that's REALLY OLD......

Then Mommy brought me home. I yelled all the way home in the car, just like I yelled all the way there. She gave me treats for being a good girl at the vet's.

At least that's over for another year......

Another year gone by!

Saturday was my birthday. I am now 14 years old. I got extra treats and lots of attention from Mommy, and since Daddy was gone I got to sleep on his pillow, next to Mommy, on the big bed for 2 nights! Mommy also got me some new bowls. Well, she got a stand that my bowls go in. It makes them up higher so I don't have to scrunch down to eat. They're not bad. I also got canned food.... YUM!

Today, Mommy came home and said that I had "mail". Not sure what that means, but she put a card down on the floor for me. It is from her cyber-stamping friend Julee and her cat, Katie. It's purple and had a cat on it, wearing a party hat. It also has some tasty black ribbon..... If you also read Mommy's blog, you can check it out over there!

Not FUNNY!

OK. What is WITH "people" and that horrible, loud, nasty, sucking thing they call a "vacuum cleaner"???

Mommy got mad at Daddy last night about some pile of laundry he had and today they cleaned out his dresser, which got Mommy to look UNDER Daddy's dresser. She said, "EEEEEEEEEEEWWWW!!!!!" and the next thing I knew, I heard that THING rolling towards the bedroom where I was TRYING to nap! She didn't have it on too long, but I watched closely to make sure she wasn't trying to get close to me with it.

She filled up the back of her car with clothes and stuff to go someplace called "Goodwill". I see that she took that silly cat carrier that looks like a dufflebag too. Did she really think I was gonna get IN THAT THING? You've GOT to be kidding.... it's small and flimsy and really just too darned easy for her to get me in and out of. I don't think so. I like my HUGE carrier that has a doorframe I can really grab onto. Makes for extra guilt and hysteria when she makes me go to the hotel or the Vet.

It's been a good weekend. Mommy and Daddy have been at home most of the weekend and I've been sleeping on a pillow on Mommy's side of the bed all day the past few days. She left a pull-over fleece jacket there last week and I have claimed it as my new napping spot. She lays it out across the pillow for me every morning. I have her well trained......

My life has been quite stressful lately....

I'm not even sure where to sstart.... it's all so STRESSFUL! a few weeks ago Daddy got sent home from Guam. He worked in the home office for a week, and then here at home for a week. Then he went back in on the 16th and they "laid him off". Not sure exactly what that means, but Mommy and Daddy were VERY unhappy. But I had no idea what was coming.....

Last Tuesday, Mommy started packing stuff. I figured Daddy was going somewhere again. I WISH. Wednesday morning she kept packing and was running about doing things. I was wary, but like I said, I thought it was just Daddy going somewhere. HA! Was I ever WRONG!

Right around lunchtime, Mommy seemed to be done with all the stuff and the next thing I knew, I was being scooped up and STUFFED IN THE CARRIER!!!!

HIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! I was SO not amused. She put me IN THE BACK SEAT (what's up with THAT? I *always* ride up front!) Daddy was sitting in my seat and my carrier was stuffed in the middle of the back seat between a bunch of stuff! This could not be good......

I ended up at the WAG Pet Hotel. Again. Honestly, it's a nice place as "those places" go. The people are nice and they pay a lot of attention to me, but as Dorothy said, "THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME!". I was there FOUR nights! Mommy says they told her i was "kind of cranky"..... well, DUH!

Since they picked me up and brought me back home, I have been VERY close to Mommy all day and night. I have been sleeping on her pillow the last couple days too.

Daddy had a "job interview" yesterday and today he got the "job" so he will be gone all day again starting tomorrow. YAY! No one to distract Mommy from paying attention to ME!!!!!

I got my bed back!

Yep, Daddy is back in Guam, which means I have Mommy all to myself again, as well as Daddy's side of the bed!

Mommy is making me nervous.... she keeps looking at the Southwest Airlines webpage. She said something about asking her friends where she should go.... I have heard "Idaho", "Texas", "St. Louis" and "Niagara Falls" all mentioned. I don't know where those are, but they are too far away. She and Daddy also keep talking about "Hawaii". I know that is FAR away because Daddy stops there on his way to Guam.

I am NOT amused.

Sorry I haven't blogged, but.....

Daddy was home all week so I've been VERY busy getting attention from both him and Mommy. The weather has also been VERY nice here so I have spent a lot of time in front of the windows watching the birds outside and sunning my belly.

Mommy has been cleaning her stamp room (also my litter room!) this week and yesterday she took my boxes outside and cleaned everything and VACUUMED in there. I do not like the vacuum. It is noisy and I'm sure it is also EVIL. Unfortunately, I know that when Mommy cleans the stamp room like that, it means that she is going to "VSN" which is some silly online stamping thing. She spends WAY too much time on that website.... time that she should be spending PETTING ME! Sheesh..... She says now I have to include a link to this VSN thing on Splitcoast: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f= 54

Fortunately, they only do this VSN thing every 6 to 8 weeks, otherwise I would NOT be amused. It runs all evening on Friday and ALL DAY SATURDAY. And Mommy can't be persuaded to stop and play with me because the challenges are all timed. It really stinks.

Well, I've put off my late morning nap long enough.... That's all for now!

This is just so very, VERY WRONG!

Mommy took pictures of me today. As if THAT wasn't bad enough, she made me wear something. I was NOT AMUSED.

What's worse is that she dared a friend of hers to do the same with HER kitty and her poor kitty got scared and ran under the bed. Cats being traumatized for human amusement.... it just is NOT RIGHT!!!!!

I got to talk to Daddy!

Daddy calls every day and sometimes I get to say HI. Today was one of those days. Mommy was on the phone and asked if I wanted to say hello to Daddy, so I meowed and she held the phone out for me. I gave Daddy kitty kisses and purred while he talked to me.

Mommy has been talking alot about someplace called Hawaii. I'm sure I don't like where this is going.....

A note from Mommy about Taz's "friend"

I still haven't seen Taz's friend, but by the smell in the back yard, I am guess it is a male and he has been marking all around my patio door. Taz has reclaimed her daddy's side of the bed again at night. During the day she lays on my side, under her blue blankie. What a life......

Daddy's going to be gone a LONG time!

My Daddy is in Guam. Not sure what that means, but mommy says it's an island in the middle of the ocean. I'm not sure that sounds too great, but mommy says that there are lots of beaches, which means lots of sand, so I guess it has its good points. Apparently there are also big bugs and lizards. Now that sounds more interesting!

Mommy said something about going on a week vacation to Hawaii (which sounds like another island out in the ocean) with Daddy on his way back to Guam in April. He will be going over there 2 or 3 times, each time for about a month. I'm not happy about the idea of Mommy going away..... that means either Uncle Justin coming over or me going to the WAG Pet Hotel (HISS!!!!!!). Neither option is pleasing. I will be watching this situation VERY closely.....

Oh, my!

Well, Daddy is back home. AGAIN. Mommy had to go away for 2 nights to pack up all of his stuff from Mt Rainier so he could drive it all home. Mommy says he won't be here long.... he is leaving again on Saturday to go to someplace called "Guam". I don't know what that is, but it sounds REALLY far away. Daddy said he would be on an airplane for a LONG time and when he gets there he will be living in our future! I don't know how that works, but apparently where Daddy is going it is ALREADY TOMORROW! Human time is very confusing! Kitty time is sooooo much easier.... it's either SLEEP TIME, EAT TIME, PLAY/CUDDLE TIME or "PURRSONAL" TIME.

Mommy and Daddy went out to "run errands" yesterday and Mommy came home STINKING OF OTHER KITTIES!!!! She went to PetSmart (where she buys my food and stuff) and they had kitties for adoption and I guess she was holding a couple of them. To show my displeasure, I yakked on the living room rug. What does she think she is doing, fraternizing with other cats? What IS the world coming to?????

Things are back to normal. The world is good!

Mommy and I are back in our normal routine, finally. She went away for a couple of days in the middle of the month. Something about "Disneyland", whatever THAT is. I did listen a little closer when she was talking about seeing some MOUSE there. She said she got her picture taken with him? What kind of mouse is THAT? She doesn't think much of the ones in our garage! About the same time she went away, we had some REALLY cold weather! Mommy had to wrap the pipes and faucets outside. It was so cold a bottle of water in our garage even froze! I spent a lot of time under my blankie.

The weather is much nicer now. The sun shines in on the bed in the middle of the day and makes my blankie even more toasty! But what's even better is THE BIRDIES ARE BACK! Mommy has been keeping their feeders filled and even bought them a new water dish/bird bath thing. Bath.... see? Birds are STUPID! I spend a LOT of time now laying on the purple rug by the back (sliding glass) door watching the birds.

OH! And I have a new friend! S/he comes by in the evenings and we stare at each other thru the back door. Sometimes I wake Mommy up by pawing on the glass. I get REALLY excited about it! Mommy hasn't been able to get a good look at my friend... when she turns on the kitchen light, s/he runs away. She did, apparently get a great little video clip of me pawing at the glass though.

That's about all for now... back to my blankie!

It's awfully quiet around here.....

It's been really busy and confusing here the last week or so and now it's REALLY QUIET. First there was Christmas.... Mommy was running around for a week before getting all stressed out trying to get everything done. Then they left Christams Eve morning and came home in the afternoon the day after Christmas, so I had to spend Christmas ALL ALONE!!!! Don't think I didn't envoke LOTS and LOTS of guilt for that! Fortunately, Mommy brought home presents for me from my cousins, Simba and Talia (mmmmm... Temptations Treats.... DAIRY FLAVOR! My favorites!) and from Grandma (little blue cans! LITTLE BLUE CANS!!!! Oh, Mommy OPEN THEM!!!!!).

As if all that wasn't stressful enough, all sorts of bags and boxes have been coming out the last week and there have been piles of stuff on the bed and things were being shuffled around and it just made me uneasy. Mommy told me Daddy was leaving again to go back to his job up in Washington. I slept on his side of the bed the past 2 days. He left this morning. I will spend the rest of the day under my blankie.

Happy Mew Year to all!

Absolutely hideous!!!!

OK. I knew she was going to take more pictures, but she actually FOUND that HORRIBLE thing with the BELLS on it!!!! I hate that collar. She put it on me and I flopped on the bed. Wouldn't stand up for ANYTHING. Figured that would keep her from taking a decent picture.... darned Photoshop! She managed to crop it so you can't tell I was protesting! Ugh! That's OK... the big red suitcase is out so they are going somewhere. Poop on a rug is always a cat's best revenge!

Apparently Daddy will be working from home next week and then leaving again at New Year's. BONUS! The big bed will once again be MINE! Merry Christmas to me!

Ho, ho, ho.... I am NOT AMUSED!

Happy Holidays to all. Thanksgiving was quiet here. Mommy and Daddy went to see Daddy's family (and came home smelling like Auntie Patty's two kitties!). They were gone the whole long weekend. I showed my displeasure by pooping on the throw rug.

I'm getting used to sleeping on the guest bed again. Now that Daddy is home, he is sleeping on MY HALF of the big bed! THE NERVE! The good thing about the guest bed, is it is in the room with Mommy's computer where she spends a lot of time, so she's always close if I need petting.

Mommy brought out the Christmas decorations, but she put the wreath out before I could chew on it and she won't put up the big tree anymore, so I just get to look at the little funky tree up on top of the entertainment center. Uncle Justin took our picture the other night, but Mommy doesn't like it. The collar I was wearing was HUMILIATING. Even worse than last year. I know she is going to put that darn thing on me again and take pictures. Ugh.

I did notice that my stocking already has something in it.... too bad I can't reach it..... Oh well!

Daddy's Home!

Yes, there is another pair of hands here to pet me and give me treats!

Daddy came home on the 8th and will be staying home for a while. Although Mommy did say tonight that Uncle Justin was coming to see me for Thanksgiving, so I guess they are going away for the weekend. That's OK. I'll leave a present on the bed and the living room carpet. Since Mommy put the new pads under the litterbox, it isn't any fun to leave presents just over the edge there anymore. Oh well. Eventually she will pick up that pad and I can torture her again!

I have been sleeping on the guest bed in Mommy's office since Daddy got home. Mommy fixes the top blanket for me just the way I like it every morning and I go in under it and "nest". I was feeling a little under the weather earlier this week and stayed in my nest for most of 2 days. I only came out when Mommy offered me my can for lunch. I'm feeling better now though and chewed the end off of one of Mommy's shoelaces yesterday.... She had taken the lace out of the shoe because she spilled something on the shoe and rinsed it out. She had the shoe drying and made the mistake of leaving the lace where I could see it....you should have seen her trying to lace her shoe back up today without the little plastic tip... he he he....

That's all the excitement in my life for this week..... back to my nap!

Mommy's cleaning the stamp room.....

I know that Daddy is supposed to come home this weekend, but Mommy has been busy cleaning the STAMP room.... Daddy doesn't go in there! That's OUR room (my litter boxes are there!).

I think I heard her say something about VSN.... must be one of those "Splitcoast" things. Those stampers are a bad influence! They make Mommy spend too much time on the computer and at the stamp table instead of playing with ME! Sheesh!


Mommy's note: Splitcoast Stampers is a Rubber Stamping on-line Community. There are a lot of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators there, but all are welcome. If you are into Rubber Stamping, check them out www.splitcoaststampers.com

Mommy went away AGAIN....

Mommy left on Thursday afternoon. Something about regional training. I was home alone all night Thursday and all day and night on Friday. This morning Uncle Justin came over to do some work in our bathrooms. He took the doors off and took them outside and painted them and then painted in the hall bathroom. He brought his 11 year old son, Arthur with him. Arthur picked me up. I was not amused. I retreated to Mommy's bed and stayed there until Mommy got home at noon. Daddy just came home tonight, which is good and bad. Good becuase that's TWO of them to pay attention to me.... Bad because that means Daddy will take up the half of the bed I usually sleep on! Oh well. What's a cat to do?

I'm actually sitting ON Mommy's lap, helping her type my blog right now. Usually, I just leave the notes for her, but this time I'm HELPING......

Mommy unpacked and put the duffle bag and her backpack in the closet, which means she isn't going anywhere for at least a week or two. When she travels close together, she leaves the bag out, hoping I'll get used to seeing it and not worry. I think I heard her tell Daddy she didn't have anything on the calendar until Thanksgiving. I like Thanksgiving.... good food and it's closer to Christmas and PRESENTS!

That's all for now. I'll blog more if anything interesting goes on around here!

I've been a busy kity!

I have neglected my diary! So sorry to leave you hanging on the edge for so long! Here is what Mommy was up to....

My Daddy works out of state now (I only see him every other weekend, but I guess a lot of human kids live that way too, so if they can do it, so can I!). Mommy had two (YES, TWO!) conventions that she was registered to attend this summer. She was gone for FOUR nights each time, which meant I was not allowed to stay home by myself without someone to come in and check on me at least every other day. Usually she has Uncle Justin come and do that (HISS!), but I guess he was out of town on business for two weeks during her first trip. That led to my FIRST experience being BOARDED! I have only spent the night away from home once before when I had to be in the hospital overnight for eating a BAD PLANT.

So, the big red bag of doom is all packed and sitting by the door. Mommy's little black bag is packed too. This is going to be BAD.... I'm thinking I'll be all alone in the house all day and night with just a 15 minute visit from Uncle Justin every day. It was after dinner, so I figured Mommy was leaving in the morning like she usually does when she travels. She was running about, cleaning things and taking out trash and the like, always cooing at me every time she passed by..... SUCK UP!

I heard her pick up her keys..... but her bags were still by the door, so I figured she was going to get the mail. She came into the bedroom and picked me up off the bed.... MMMMMMEEEOOOOWWWWWW!!!!!!!? I do not like getting picked up, but ESPECIALLY when things are not right in the house! She carried me down the hall and pushed the little alarm button and we walked right out into the garage where THE CARRIER was waiting on the washing machine! Before I could even HISS, she had stuffed me inside and closed the door behind me!!!! GRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOWWWWWLLLLLL!!!!!! HIIISSSSSSSS!!!!!

We got in the car and she kept trying to calm me down. You'd think after 13 years she would know that isn't going to help. We drove a LONG TIME (hey, 20 minutes to you is like an HOUR to us!). When we got out, she carried me into a place I have never been. It didn't smell like a vet, but I could hear other animals. I could smell lots of food smells, mostly dog. We were in the lobby of WAG Pet Hotel in West Sacramento! Their lobby area is also a store where they sell all sorts of pet stuff for dogs and cats. The lady at the counter led us back thru a couple of rooms to this big white room with a HUGE glass box filled with water in the middle. Inside the big glass box were these little moving things.... the went around and around inside the water. Mommy called it an AQUARIUM and held me up closer to see what she called the "PRETTY FISH". PRETTY? How bout TASTY FISH? Those are the only kind I know and they come in cans.

Then the lady opened up a door and Mommy put me inside what was to be my home for the next 5 days. I hissed my best hiss and screamed like I was being murdered, but it did me no good. They still closed the door. Now, I will say, the accomodations are WAY better than the cage at the VET.... this room was tastefully decorated in white with clear windows and individual ventilation so I didn't have to smell all the stinky boy cats that were staying there too (rather than metal with bars where you can hear and smell EVERYONE). There were two rooms, one for me to eat and sleep in, and a bathroom. Mommy put my blankie, mouse and baggie in there with me and said "GOODBYE". Every day the nice people there would feed me and clean my box and shake out my blankie and try to play with me. According to the reportcard they sent home with me, I didn't play much, but I did enjoy getting petted and talked to. Mostly I just slept all the time.... kinda like at home.

Mommy came back several days later and got me and took me home, screaming in the car all the way. She can't figure out why I do that on the way home. I do it because I can. Two weeks later, the red bag came out AGAIN!!!! This time I was on guard, but she let me stay home this time and Uncle Justin came over every day. I was so happy to stay home, I was actually nice to him and made him pet me.

Mommy traveled a lot in the past 4 months. I did have to stay at WAG one more time, but it was easier the second time. This week, Mommy had our house painted. I hear it looks very pretty, but I don't go outside, so I wouldn't know. I do know that there were 3 men here for 2 days and the first morning they made HORRIBLE noises outside doing what Mommy said was "PRESSURE WASHING" our house. I was not amused.

Mommy has her little bag out in the corner of the bedroom. That means she's going somewhere for a night or two. Bummer.... no cans when Mommy is gone..... Wonder where she's going THIS TIME? Sheesh!

oh, no......

Mommy brought out the red bag of doom today..... the red one is MOMMY's.... that means MOMMY IS LEAVING ME!!!!!!!

When the blue one comes out or the small ones come out it could be mommy OR daddy leaving, but when that RED one comes out, it ALWAYS means that MOMMY is going away!!!!! What am I to do????? Daddy left last week and now MOMMY TOO???? I think I may need to leave a present in someone's shoe tonight.....

She thinks I'm stupid!

Owners have no clue. I know what she is up to. She's been extra nice and attentive to me the past week or so. Then, Friday, I got ambushed and stuffed in that hideous carrier and put in the CAR and taken to THE VET!!!! I yelled and screamed the WHOLE way there! I even managed to turn the carrier over! That really freaked her out! Extra guilt = extra treats! They weighed me (oh, the humiliation!) and then gave me an extra nasty shot in the back leg! OUCH!

I know she is up to something and it can NOT be good!!!! She went out for a while the other day and came back and started cooing and petting. She is buttering me up, big time. I just wish I knew WHY.... This is what has happened recently -

Last week boxes started coming out and getting filled. Then the big bag of doom. Mommy said not to worry, she wasn't going anywhere. She was right! Daddy left on Tuesday morning and I haven't seen him since. I have talked to him on the phone. I wished him a Happy Father's day today. Mommy says he'll be back in a couple weeks.

What could Mommy be up to???????