*SIGH*

Wow.Just.Wow. I'm sad. Toby will be 17 yrs old on Oct.26...but we're getting very concerned about him. He has a long history of renal problems and at his advanced age he is getting worse.

Our human is going to go outside tomorrow to the pet graveyard here and do some more preparations on yet ANOTHER grave(or two). I'm afraid that our Toby's days are numbered and Cole,who is 17.5 yrs old now,is also fading. Man!!! I tell ya....these things are so darn UNFAIR!

I wish that my friends could live forever. All that I can say, right now,is that I'm so terribly sad and I just don't understand WHY those that we love are taken from us in such horrible ways.


:( Jack :(

Wheeeeeeee

Happy Birthday to our Morgan! She is 17 yrs old today. WoOt!! Gotta love Morgan. She is a shy lil girl,for the most part,but as she's gotten a bit older she doesn't put up with any guff from the likes of...well...me. Why these other guys think that I'm such a pest is beyond me. Did you know that she punches me in the head when I try to eat her food,but she gladly shares with Ben. Hmmmmph. Believe it or not folks,I have matured. I'm 4 now so I'm not quite the naughty guy that I used to be. Anyway...Morgan likes Ben. Perhaps it's because he's pretty laid back and an all around good guy.

As I understand things,according to all of the stories that I've been told,Morgan has always been so very very shy and until Ben came along 8 years ago, poor Morgan hadn't really had a feline friend since her beloved Garth passed away in 1995. She just never bonded with anyone else. Makes me feel sad.

Ya know I've only been around here for 4 years,but I've gotten to know everyone else here pretty well and I've seen changes in everyone. Especially the older guys. Morgan is 17 now,Toby turns 17 in a couple of months,and Cole is 17.5 now. Except for me,Lily,and Dutch everyone else is over the age of 8. No one wants to think of bad things that happen as we age and even when you know that certain things are going to happen...sure doesn't mean that it hurts less. Ugggg ok...enough of this reality/sad stuff.....

In other news: Holy macaroni it's been hot and humid here.(air conditioning is great!)But do you know how hard it is to get in any quality window basking time when it's so hot? It's not easy especially if you're a black cat. Last week I was pretty sure that after 5 minutes in the window I was just gonna burst into flames.(*note to Mom* Awnings might be a good idea...I'm just sayin...) The last few days have been decent so we're all getting some serious window time in before it turns all hot again. And oh joy! There are birds and bunnies all over to watch and chatter at and even with the windows open my allergies are behaving themselves.

Ok I see that Dutch is napping on the couch so I should go pick on him like he does to me sometimes.

That is all...now go play...

THE Jack

WoOT!! and mip...

Ok you're probaly wondering what mip means. Mip is just something that I say a lot. It's my adorable lil way of sayin whutttttttttt upppppppppp? :)

Anyhooooooo....I had a birthday on May 31st. I'm 4 now! I wanted to blog much earlier than today,but a certain human hasn't been sharing the 'puter.

My birthday was a pretty darn good day. There was plenty of freshly picked catnip. We had a blast! I even got away with smacking Dutch upside his silly puppy head. He keeps licking me and gets his slobber all over me! YUCK!

Oh holy macaroni! It's supper time and I have to go eat out of everyone else's bowls,fling some food around,and just generally be naughty. I'd really hate to miss that.

Talk to you fur-people laterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

XXXOOO,
THE Jack

Happy birthdayyyyy To Youuuuuuuuuuuuu....

Yeah yeah yeah I know that I shouldn't be up this late....so sue me. :p

I just wanted to give a big shout out for a very happy birthday to Boo and PeeWee!!!!!!!!!! (even tho Boo hates me with a passion). They are 14 today!!!! Dutch turned 10 months old yesterday....he doesn't care. All he wants to do is play CONSTANTLY.

In other news: I have been feeling TONS better for the last few days. I've been quite naughty like I usually am. ( gee...how was I supposed to know that pulling all of the kleenex out of it's box would get cute lil ol me into trouble??!! )hahahahahahhahahahahahaha

Mom has finished a very long 10 days of I.V. therapy. She's feeling somewhat better,but isn't anywhere close to normal. I guess Dr. Pat changed some very important medicines and Mom has to go see a specialist AGAIN next month. (Personally...I think that Mom should just go back to the Mayo Clinic again and let those fine folks work their magic.)

Uh-oh! I just got caught messing with the 'puter....

I'm outta hereeeeeeeeeeeee. Bye...type at ya later.


As always,
THE one and ONLY JACK

Oh snap....

So I see that Ethan pulled a funny. Color me unamused. However,it was her birthday the other day so I shall not really complain too much. About that eye thing tho...in MY defense Ethan punched me in the head first. Ya see...Ethan does not share Mom's lap with ANYBODY and if any of us dare to try she will smack ya senseless. She smacked me and I smacked back and hitting her in the eye was a complete accident I SWEAR.

In other news...Boo and Wee turn 14 on the 30th. They're both getting rather touchy,but I guess that happens as we age. I'm almost 4 and trust me,I have my cranky days too.

I'm not feeling well these days. I have COPD. I did really well all winter. Hardly needed any meds at all and I was a pretty normal,happy,frisky guy. And then Spring arrived. I love Spring!...but along with Spring comes open windows for fresh air and all of that wonderful basking in the sun and just hanging out watching birds and stuff...ALL very good things...but also with allergens. The fruit trees are all starting to bloom and oh boy the misery. Mom and I are both sick. I'm sneezing,coughing,and it's hard to breathe so I am back on all of my meds. again. Mom just went out to the clinic this morning and got everything refilled for me so we're going thru that whole routine again. I'm a lil better,but we just started the stuff so it'll take a few days to really get on top of it again.

Mom,however,now has to go to the DR. every day this week to have IV medicine. You should see what they did to her! OMG both of her arms have bruises all over them from the nurses trying to get the IV in and she has the actual IV thingy on top of her left hand...it's all wrapped up and stuff,but it concerns me because it just doesn't smell right. Even Dutch has issues with it.

Oh and then there's Dutch's "issues." He IS a pest...but...don't tell him this...I love that goofy pooch. He had to go to the vet. on Saturday to have his heartworm test done and it stressed him out BIG TIME. Normally he doesn't have a problem with that place,but I guess there were LOTS of other dogs there and they were all barking and whatnot and Dutch was all scared. He came home and just stuck to Mom like glue and he slept most of the day. I genuinely felt bad for the guy. Even tho Dutch torments me( and I torment him) I really believe that he would give his life for any of us. You should see how protective he is when strangers come around. He just instictively knows who the bad guys are and he doesn't let them out of his sight for a second...and if someone strange gets too close to Mom or one of us cats,Dutch steps in between us and allows no contact without permission from Mom. Oh boy you should hear his big mean serious watch dog voice! I know that he's only 9 months old,but he's a big guy with an even bigger voice.

Well...ok....I'm just sorta rambling....
So I think that since Mom's lap is empty right now, I'm gonna get in some loves and snuggle time. I'm tired.


Later,
JACK

Hehehehehehehehe

Hello friends! Today's diary entry is being provided by me,Ethan...and NOT Jack. Why? Because today is MY15th birthday and Mom and I thought that it would be funny if I got my revenge on Jack by invading his "sacred" diary.

Anybody that has ever read Jack's diary has some idea of what a lil brat he is. Last week he poked me in the eye and made it really red,sore,and I had some pretty nasty green goop coming out of it. So Mom got me some medicine for it. The drops work really well,but I absolutely despise taking medicine.

Right now Jack is laying in the window sunning himself and he's pretty oblivious to everything going on around him. Besides...he's pouting. He got into trouble earlier for tormenting Dutch. So while Jack was sitting on Mom's lap,she called Dutch over and told him to give the little Jack kitty some kisses. Dutch gave him this big old sloppy lick right across the top of Jack's head. Jack now has this hilarious spikey hair-do held together by dog spit. I'll be laughing at him all day!

Oooooh and when he logs into his diary again and sees this he won't be a happy camper and I'll get to laugh at him even more. hehhehehehehehehe Ahhhh Jack Jack Jack..you're almost 4 yrs old,but I have the wisdom of my 15 yrs working for me. You still have a lot to learn lil man. ^.^


XXXOOO,
Ethan

Ok dog...it's ON!

Uggggggg. Dutch and I have "issues." He is no longer my friend.

He refuses to share his treats and rawhides with me like Honey used to...AND he barks at me!! Can you imagine???? Sooooooooo I am now on a mission to annoy him.

He left his rawhide laying in the middle of the bed...so I flung it and it is now between the bed and the wall. He can't get it out. :)

Moral of the story: DO NOT mess with THE Jack.


Haha goggie haha

Score:

Jack: 1
Dutch: ZERO

That is all....now run along....

Blah blah blah...

Ok so I haven't been posting hardly at all. Yes,I whacked out the 'puter again. Oops my bad.

Anyway...Dutch is no longer my best friend. He has become very annoying. He is now BEST FRIENDS with Abby. So for that he gets a Jack-slap upside his goofy puppy head.

Ummm...so what's new?? Well...Cole just had a birthday on Feb. 27th. She's 17 now....and she despises me just as much as she always has. Dutch is 8 months old now and coming up in April Ethan,Boo,and Wee all have birthdays. Ethan will be 15 and Boo & Wee will be 14. YIKES everybody is getting old around here.

I have been up to my usual naughtiness...cuz I'm JACK and that's how I roll.

Spring is almost here!! It's a whopping 41 degees outside....windows are open and we're loving all of that nice fresh Spring air.

We are all eating a new food now. For some unknown reason the food that we have always eaten(very popular brand that starts with the letter "P") was making us ALL sick. Soooooo our human found some really great stuff that is totally grain free and has lotsa meat,fruit,veggies,probiotics.and vitamins in it. We eat less cuz this new stuff is vastly more satisfying and we're not feeling ill. Even Dutch had problems with his puppy version of that food from "P." So he is on the puppy version of what us cats now eat. It got rid of his allergies and his tummy ache too. So all in all we're more active,feeling better,and doing pretty darn well. A good thing really since we don't have to spend more time at the vet. I have a HUGE issue with where they put the thermometer. ^.^ (ATTN VETERINARIANS: That is an EXIT ONLY and NOT an entrance for anything so don't act all surprised if somebody bites you. Seriously....can you NOT come up with a better way to take a temp.?????)

Ok...I really gotta go. Dutch is sleeping right now so I MUST grab his new rawhide and stash it someplace just so that I can laugh at him when he can't find it.

I'm THE Jack...and I'm a brat....deal with it. :)

Well.....

I have news my friends. We have a new puppy.

Our much beloved Honey crossed The Rainbow Bridge on 6-17-09 due to cancer at the age of 14. We all miss her sooooooooo much. Many really emotionally difficult things have happened since then....

Since Honey passed we got a call from the local shelter about a lil red pitbull that they thought would be a perfect match for our household...and he was. He was about 7 weeks old and we had him home for less than 24 hours before he became very ill due to a reaction to a vaccine....we named him Buddy. He was such an intelligent lil fella and was so sweet. Unfortunately,Buddy crossed the Rainbow Bridge 6 days after we adopted him. So very sad. He is greatly missed.

Then...we adopted another pup from the Humane Society in a different town on Dec. 1st. His name is Dutch and he is not quite 6 months old. Dutch is a German Shepard/Lab. mix and he is now my very best friend. He's pretty darn great!

So be on the lookout for a tribute page for Buddy and a page for Dutch. You'll all love them just as much as we do.

I'd also like to wish everyone a very Happy Healthy Holidays!

Much Love,
THE Jack

Whoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

Happy 16th birthday to my buddy Toby!!! I love you my friend.


Jack