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Hoppy Speaks

We Have An Announcement

As Senior Cat, of course it is my happy duty, and honor, to announce the important events in our family's lives.

Our Mom is now the Space News correspondent for the Examiner.com, a chain of newspapers and an online news publication. She spent lots of time in the space program down at Kennedy Space Center, and she loves space.

You can read Mom here:

http://www.examiner.com/x-504-Space-News-Examiner

This, of course, means that she will be working even harder, and spending more time at the computer. I already often have to remind her to go to bed at night. I foresee that I will have to keep a closer eye on her work schedule, and make sure that she takes appropriate breaks and naps.

The naps are especially important. I make sure that I cuddle up with her. Young Owain Glendower is, of course, in charge of play time. But I have the responsibility for ensuring that she gets enough rest and also that this household continues to operate in a seemly manner.

We are very proud of our Mom. Of course, this new job means that we will have to put up with more Jerry Lee Lewis and that kind of music. When Mom is writing non-fiction, she tends to like that old "rock 'n roll" music.

Owain dances with her around the living room. Mind you, I'm not opposed to it, as the tunes are quite sprightly. However, we must face the fact that this kind of music is not, shall we say, in the same class with Chopin, Holtz, and other composers. Those are more my cup of tea--or bag of catnip, shall we say.

Nonetheless, these gyrations and something called "Great Balls O' Fire" seem to make her happy and energetic. So of course some of it is good for her.

As you can see, I have a wide range of diverse duties and responsibilities. Although my Mom believes I was a butler in a stately English manor home in a prior life, I do not believe this to be so. Frankly, I've heard Mom talk about English history, and some of the behaviors exhibited would not be suitable for my home.

Maintaining a smoothly-run, comfortable, and culturally uplifting home and lifestyle is an important job. I hope that there are youngsters out there who will consider this as a career. The world needs more careful home management, if you ask me.

Please visit my mom's new column. She does an exemplary job.

As always, on duty,
Hoppy,
Senior Cat p.s. we still miss WinWin Mom still cries now and then. It isn't the same without her royal Duchess-ness.

Just Saying Hello

Ahem. As you no doubt could see from the entries in our doggie diaries, it's been a very hectic, and sometimes very trying, time here. We still miss WinWin, our German Shepherd.

I'm making sure that Mom gets a lot of cuddles. I like to get in bed with her right up by her head. That way I can purr to her and also listen to her breathing. That's very nice.

Young Owain Glendower is growing up very nicely. He goes and gets Mom if there is a catty problem. Then she will send him out to break up any fights.

Of course, I don't get involved in that sort of thing. I am, after all, Hoppy, Senior Cat. But our fractious young Freddie, and rowdy Roddy, plus this stray character Mom feeds, sometimes get into growling and yowling matches.

Mom made a very good decision when she picked Owain out to come live with us. Now she says that when the time is right, she'll get another German Shepherd for us.

I like that idea.

Remember, young ones, love your humans. And everyone, please remember that decorum is always appreciated.

Hoppy,
Senior Cat

Announcement of New Family Members

I am Hoppy, Senior Cat. It is my duty, and privilege, to announce that we have a new member of our family.

His name is Owain Glendower, and he is a smart and sassy two-year-old Pembroke Welsh Corgi. He came to us from Texas, from the rescue group Corgis n Critters.

Owain is quite the young scamp. He loves to play ball. In fact, Mom says that sometimes Owain thinks the world is set to one channel: all Owain, playing ball, all the time!

We are all busy teaching him things. At first, he tried to get a little bit snotty with WinWin, our German Shepherd. Of course, WinWin, being the sweet lady that she is, just walked away with a horrified look on her face and let Mom deal with it.

Mom dealt with it and now Owain plays well with WinWin. Let me assure you, we do not allow improper or reprehensible behavior in our home. We do have standards, you see, and quite good ones.

So far, Owain is doing well. He seems to be an exemplary addition to our family. Mom says he still has things to learn, but that they will take awhile.

Mom says that he will have his own diary on Dogster soon. I assume it may take him a little while to catch up on computer skills, but that is only normal for a youngster.

Mom seems quite taken by him. I will, of course, have to keep an eye on things to ensure that treats and pets are fairly distributed, with seniority figured in, as is only right.

I remain, faithfully,
Hoppy,
Senior Cat