Thoughts....

Hmmmmmmmmm. I'm a cat of few words today.....

Today we fondly remember our beloved Ashley Mae. She would have turned 19 today. So hard to belive that she's been gone for 2 years already. Still,there will ALWAYS be a big spot in ALL of our hearts for her and for the rest of our loved ones that have passed.

In exactly 2 weeks from today,on 2-27-11,we will celebrate Cole's birthday. She will be 18. To see her today,compared to just 4 (almost 5)years ago,is a world of a difference. Her age is certainly catching up with her. Her eyesight and hearing aren't quite what they used to be,but boy can she still give me a good solid headslap! I love her. I really do! :)


Anyway. It's pretty quiet around here today. We're just hanging out together relaxing and remembering.....


Jack

P.S. Moosh is still a dork.

Well I'll Be Darned!

Heh! Look at me being a diary pick of the day again. *pats myself on the back*

As always,I'd like to thank the fine folks at Catster for being so incredibly awesome. Many purrs and rubs to you! And to every cat here...hiya! Nice to see ya and be all friendly and whatnot. :)

In other news:
Dear Mother Nature,ENOUGH with the snow and ice stuff already. Sheesh! We had 3 or 4 really nice days of weather,most of the snow was melted,there were bunnies and birds all over the yard,I got in A TON of window time,and it was just plain great. And then.....in the wee hours of this morning we were awakened by this obnoxiously loud scary noise outside. Scared the dickens out of us furry folks! Thunder,lightening,and snow all at once! Craziness!!

Frowns,
Jack


Ok....got that lil rant out of my system. On to the next thing...

Late breaking NEWS UPDATE: Moosh continues to be a dork! *smirk*
You'll never guess what he's doing right now. He's watching TV. Pretty normal right? Except...the TV is NOT on. He sees his reflection and is completely entranced. Apparently,he's watching The Moosh Show. pffffft now there's a show that I give two thumbs DOWN. (Well,if I had thumbs I would...you know what I mean.)

Let's see...what else is new?....Ummmmmmm....oh never mind. Mom says that she's going outside to clear snow away from the door cuz when she went to walk Dutch this morning there was a whole lotta snow blocking the door and it was hard for them to get out. (personaly,I thought that it was a pretty amusing sight to watch them trying to squeeze their way out. *insert smartpants Jack face here*) Ok,so if Mom's going outside,that means that I have to log off cuz I'm still not allowed to use the 'puter without supervision all cuz of that one time I was typing with all four paws and whacked out the PC. (ok ok ok...it was actually 3 times....so sue me! bwahahahahahaha)

I'm Jack...deal with it world!

Peace out homies,
THE one and ONLY Jack Rooney


P.S. Have I ever mentioned that Moosh is a dork? :)

Whoooooooooooo!!! Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today is Cole's 18th birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *does the happy dance while throwing confetti* I'll clean that up later....ok....no I won't. Mom will clean it up cuz I'm not going anywhere near the vacuum cleaner. That thing is really noisy and scary....gives me the heebie jeebies.

Sooooooo...Cole is 18. The big one eight. Hang on while I count that out on my toes. *insert Jeopardy theme music here*

Nevermind. I can't count my own toes and type at the same time. I'll just count toes on Lily's feet. She has extra toes like crazzyyyyyyy. OW!! My eye!!! *SIGH* Lily doesn't like having her feet messed with..... Alrighty then. I have that all counted out along with my almost poked out eye....(and now I'll have that Jeopardy theme stuck in my head all day. I hate when that happens. Uhhhh yeah...I'll take "Things That NOBODY Knows" for $1000 please.) Turns out that 18 is A LOT. Mystery solved.

Did you know that being an old cat around here gets you special privilages? For instance: I was sprawled out in the recliner. Cole was looking at me and whining. Guess what happened next?...Mom: "Jack. You need to come sit over here." Me: "Huh?"
Mom: "Really. Jack you need to move. Cole wants to sit there." Me: "But Mom...the chair was empty so I hopped up here." Mom: "Yes Jack. I know that but,Cole WANTS to sit there and she GETS to sit there because she's older and needs a cushy place to nap." Me: "What? Wait. New rules? I did NOT get that memo." Mom: "I sent it out. You must have misplaced it or just ignored it." Me: "Hang on. Let me look......Ohhhhhhhhhhh here it is. It's in my "Box of dumb things that ANNOY ME" file. (which is exactly where Moosh should be and where lists of rules are filed.) *smirk* Ok Mom. Gotcha. Will do. I'm moving to the couch."

Ahhhh...I LOVE Cole. She's awesome. I respect her sooooo much. Seriously....I really do.

So...with that said....Cole,I wish you a very happy birthday. I love you.


XXXOOO,
THE Jack

P.S. In case I haven't mentioned it,Moosh is a dork. I'd like to slap him into next week and then back again just for grins and giggles.

Another Quiet Day....

A couple of weeks ago,on Feb. 13th,we spent a quiet day remembering our Ashley Mae on what would have been her 19th birthday. We Miss her. Then just a couple of days ago on Feb. 27th we quietly celebrated Cole's 18th birthday. Cole isn't up for big parties at her age so we kept things low key.

Today we fondly remember Garth on the day that would have been his 19th birthday. Garth crossed the rainbow bridge in Nov. of 1995....but still...today is his birthday and we remember. Garth was Cole's older brother. Also today we remember Baby who crossed the rainbow bridge on this day in 1995. Yes,we lost both Garth and Baby in 1995. They were both so young,but they both had some serious health issues that took them from us far too soon. Garth was diagnosed with a degenerative brain disease when he was a year old. Mom took him to the wonderful doctors at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul. Garth spent ten days in the ICU there,but they figured out what was wrong with him,gave him some new meds.,adjusted the ones that he was already on,and that allowed him to be with us for two more years. Two very good years. In the last three weeks of his life,he took a turn for the worse and had a big seizure that he just couldn't recover from. Baby had been born with liver disease
that couln't really be treated with much success. Even though she lived her life to the fullest and had a great life while she was here,the time came when her liver just gave up and Mom had to make a very hard decision again. It was the right decision. Sadly,when our time comes...it just comes. Baby would have been 20 years old in July.

Mom has an uncanny knowledge and insight into all of us and everything that we do and how we feel. She can read us like a book. She says that the secret to just about everything is simply paying attention. Know what is normal and then you can see any change quite quickly and react apropriately. Makes sense.

So,here we are...sixteen years after the loss of Garth and Baby,but we remember....birthdays,the days that they left us...but most imprtantly we remember who they were and how much they were loved.

I'm going to go and let everyone here know how much I love them....Even that little red dork named Moosh.

Much love,
Jack

Well.......BLAH.

Arrrrggggg I'm sick.

I love love LOVE Spring. I really do. But....along with Spring and nice weather comes allergens. Rats!!!!

Earlier in the week it was sooooooo nice outside. I'm talkin' 62 degrees here folks! Windows were open,lots of fresh air,birds and bunnies all over the place outside,me getting in some major window time,Mom out doing things in the yard,and Mom and I start getting all sneezy and wheezy. *Cough cough sneeze sneeze* Mom is doing ok with antihistamines and an inhaler. I did fine with antihistamines for the first day,but then the weather changed again and I got sicker. I have Theophylline,prednisone,and antihistamine to take when I need it but,when Mom gives me my pills,I throw up now. So guess what? Mom went to the clinic and got me some injectable steroids and I got a shot in one of my hiney muscles this morning. Ummmm.....OWWWWWIEEEEEEE!!! I don't like that!!!!!! Boy oh boy I hope that stuff helps. I feel yucky. I couldn't understand why,all of a sudden,my pills were making me pukey sick. I'd been feeling pretty good all winter and didn't have to take my pills and now that I need them they make my tummy ooky. Mom explained to me about how the theo. and pred. irritate the gut. She told me." I know how ya feel. Been there done that. We need to do things a little different this time."

I am not enjoying this at all! Mom stayed up all night last night just in case I got really bad and she needed to rush me to the doctor. She's very very tired,but that's just how she is....she always does whatever needs to be done to take care of us. We're pretty lucky to have a Mom that takes such good care of us.

I'm tired. I just ate and I'm going to take a nap. I'll type at ya later.


Sincerely sick,

THE Jack Rooney

P.S. Moosh is still a dork.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ETHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today....4/14/11...is Ethan's 16th birthday! WoOt!!! That's a pretty big darn deal! :) If I've said it once,I've said it elebenty billion times: I am just blown away at seeing my furry friends getting so much older. I sorta wish that I'd have known all of these guys when they were youngsters. We'd have had a blast!! For the most part,the old cats find me somewhat annoying....not as much as they used to since I have matured so well. Ok ok ok so I'm still a pest even though I will be 5 next month.

In a couple of more weeks Boo and Wee turn 15. Wee likes me and,of course,Boo still has a very intense dislike for me. Opinions vary when it comes to me. hahahahahahahahaha


Big news here you guys! A couple of days ago the Earth stood still and may have even shifted it's axis for just a minute cuz you will NEVER believe what happened. I literally fell out of the chair in pure shock...I SWEAR!! Boo was sitting on Mom's lap getting in some Mom snugglessssss and Dutch walked over,leaned in,and licked Boo's face! We all thought for sure that Boo would dismantle Dutch,but she didn't! She just shrugged it off. Mom immediately asked,"Booey? Are you ok? Are you not feeling well? Do we need to get you to the vet?" Nope,Boo is fine and she just threw herself against Mom for more snuggles. Wow! Wonders just never cease! Is The Boopinator mellowing in her old age?? No. A few minutes later she punched me in the head just for looking at her.


In Moosh news: That boy is getting on my last nerve. On Sunday morning a bunch of us were in bed with Mom...sleeping as we always do. I was sorta sleeping by Mom's right arm.(it was one of those "the alarm just went off times,but we were just not quite ready to get up yet deals.") So there we were.Mom starts petting on me and I was snuggled in as close as I could with my quiet very content purr going on...almost asleep...and then there was OTHER feline movement on the bed. Guess who showed up? MooshDORK. He plopped his goofy self on Mom's left side. I opened an eye as Mom says,"Mornin' Mooshy." About a minute later,just as I was almost back to sleep,guess what he did??? He reaches his paw across Mom and sticks his fingers right in my ear!!! Aw c'mon!!! Who does that!!!??? Soooooooo.....I'm patiently awaiting my chance for a bit of innocent revenge. I'm going to wait until MooshDork is all sprawled out on his back,totally zonked out on the couch like he does....and I'm gonna go right over and just sit on him. HA!! Take that you lil pest!


Hmmmmmm...what else is new? Well....my Mom has been sick again,but mostly she's been pretty stressed for the last month. Her Mom(my human Grandma) has been pretty ill. She had a heart attack on 3-15-11. Scary!! So MY Mom has been taking excellent care of her Mom. Making sure to always take her to her cardiac rehab. program & classes,making sure that she is eating better,and doing everything possible to keep our "Grandma" rested and de-stressed. Unfortunately,they had to make an emergency appointment yesterday at the human Dr. cuz "Grandma" has had a setback. Have no fear my friends. Dr. Pat took care of things and arranged a few more tests just to check things out,and things are looking promising. I'll keep ya posted.

Ok. I guess that's about it for now. I've practically written a book here. I'll type at ya later.

As ALWAYS,

THE one and ONLY Jack Rooney

P.S. Moosh is a dork. That is all....now go play!

Well my my my my....

Today was Ethan's 16th birthday and wowzers people seem to love her here.

As it turns out,the MooshDORK was a bit popular today too.
PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTTTT. Ohhhhhhh if you guys only knew him......


Ok. It's bedtime so a bunch of us are gonna crawl into bed with Mom,snuggle,and get some awesomely great sleep.

Goodnight,

THE ONE and ONLY Jack Rooney!!!

It's Easter!!!!

Happy Easter everyone!! I hope that everyone has a great day. :)

And now for the news: Last week was sorta tough. My Mom got terribly sick and had to be in the hospital for three days! I was soooooo sad. :( Then on Wednesday she had to go back and have some surgery type things. Biopsies were taken. Still don't have the pathology report back,but Mom sees Dr. Pat in the morning so maybe we will find out then. So now is the time where I have to rant. Please bear with me here.....Ok...so Mom went to see Dr. Pat who immediately sent her to the hospital. Now this hospital is,unfortunately,the ONLY one here in town.....and a lot of those people there aren't very nice or even remotely smart. Luckily,both of my human aunts went with Mom. Since my aunts also took care of us while Mom was away,I heard the story of what went on at that place. Let me say right now that if I could go over there myself I'd bite every last one of those bozos for how they treated my Mom. There were very uncaring disrespectful nurses AND the surgeon was no better. He said some very bad things to and about my Mom. Soooooo my aunt Becky got all up in that guy's face and gave him a good talkin' to. Had him backed up into a corner and read him the riot act BIG TIME. Finally,he actually examined Mom and and got the lab reports and he was proven to be VERY wrong in his initial assessment. But wait...it doesn't end there. Not only was he a total jerk to Mom,but he had the nerve to actually say bad things about Dr.Pat!! Not just once,but THREE different times! Wow.Just.WOW. I could go on,but seriously,it just makes me so mad! Evidently,professionalism and genuine concern for others are completely foreign concpts to those people. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

In other news: The MooshDORK had a tapeworm. EWWWWWWW!!! So much for that first de-worming thing working. Mom is always very careful about making sure that any new comers are cootie free,but I guess this time the medication didn't do it's job the first time. Totally grossed me out and...oh joy...the rest of us had to get treated too just in case. Aye carumba!!! I am soooo NOT gonna explain to him what neutering is. I'm just gonna walk past him from time to time,say NEUTER!!,and then giggle.

Starting a countdown today....Boo and Wee turn 15 years old on the 30th! Then,on May 17th,Misky will be 15 and on May 31st I will be 5!!! (catnip is always an acceptable gift you guys *hint hint*)

Well I guess that I have to go now. I'm still not allowed to use the 'puter without supervision because Mom says that "children's internet usage should be monitored") and Mom says that she needs to go to the store.

I hope everyone has a fantastic day and I'm sending much love to you all.

I'm cool and Moosh isn't,

The ONE and ONLY Jack Rooney


P.S. This just in!!! Moosh is still a DORK...even when he's sleeping. :p

Whooooooooooo

WoooooHoooooo!!! Mom is back from the store so I'm goofing off on the 'puter for a bit.

Just had to pop in and tell ya that it's really nice out today. The temp is 60 degrees right now. All of the windows are open and even the front door is open so that we get to hang out by the screen door. MooshDORK climbed the screen door and somehow managed to put a hole in the paw-proof screen! So now he's grounded.(yeah like that will ever last!)

Oh no! Gotta go. I'm supposed to be basking in the sun and I'm late.


Signed, (late for my sunbathing,)

THE ONE and ONLY Jack Rooney

Dear Catster and Friends...

Once again, I am very humbled to be a daily diary pick cat.

Everyone here is so nice and you'll never know just how much that I appreciate you ALL.


Much love and respect,

Jack