I'm not talking about a cat

Silvester sucks. No, the Silvester I am talking about is not a cat. In Germany, where I live, New Year's Eve is called Silvester. And where I live it is legal to shoot off fireworks anywhere you want to on Silvester. The people who do it don't go in for your firecrackers and bottle rockets. Oh no, the smallest thing they light off here is roman candles. Our apartment is on a very narrow street that only one car at a time can pass on. Right down underneath our window on the street last night, the drunk idiots started their explosions at 7:30pm. It didn't stop until 5:00am. It is so loud and scary. Sillymom sat with me for hours telling me stories and singing for me. She and papa stayed home so I wouldn't be by myself through that. Even today, it is still happening. I was out from under the bed enjoying the peace and safety I felt today and then sure enough, right outside our apartment, there are some bad people lighting off more today. Papa is not home now so it's me and sillymom. I guess we'll go sit and tell more stories now. I hope all of my friends had a good new year's eve. And a happy 2008 to all!

Love,
Paula

Why does it come but once a year?

Christmas. I really love that day. It was so much fun! On the night of Christmas Eve, Sillymom gave in and said we could open presents, but then PAPA said no, let's wait for tomorrow. So what did I do? I stayed in bed until 10:15pm and made them wait to open presents. Pretty funny, huh? I was so happy when we opened presents and I saw what I got.
Scooter gave me a very special beautiful handmade snuggly pink blanket and handmade soft toy balls. I have been sleeping comfortably and having sweet dreams on my nice new blanket. Sillymom said we could call it my "woobie", but nothing in my personality lends me to calling anything a woobie. It's my Princess Scooter blanket. They balls are so much fun! And not only do I love them, but my papa does too. They don't rattle or jingle. I do most of my playing in the wee hours and it wakes him up sometimes. Sillymom sleeps through it because she wears ear plugs to block out the neighbors (and papa's snoring). But Christmas was not over yet. Cooter,
Luke,
Sissy,
Copy&Paste and
Shadow sent me some really good smelling and fun stuff. I just love the special comfort pouch. Sillymom calls it my pillow because I lay my head on it. I rub my head on it and basically snuggle with it a lot. There were some fun little mousies and more quiet toy balls and a catnip filled toy that Sillymom hung from my tall cat tree for me to play with. I have been having a great time with all of my new things! Thanks, friends...all of you.
Sillymom and papa gave me a birdie song cd and a few little toys and a big yellow carrier. At least they say it's a carrier. I've never seen anything like it and I can go in and out of it. I like to sit in it. Apparently that is what I am going to ride in to go to the new apartment in March.
So Christmas was a good day. I hope all my friends everywhere had a great day with their families. That is the best present of all, isn't it? To have our forever families and be loved. And I hope all my Angel friends had a wonderful Christmas in Heaven.
Now I just have to make it through tomorrow night. In Germany it is legal to shoot off fireworks anywhere you want to for "Silvester" (New Years Eve). And we're not just talking firecrackers or bottle rockets, my friends. It gets pretty scary around here. Last year I lived in the shelter for it. Last year Sillymom and Papa were in this apartment. I know from hearing Sillymom talking how bad it was. They are staying home with me because at midnight, all the idiots start shooting off mega-fireworks. It is going to be very scary and my family doesn't want me to suffer alone through it. So I'm wishing you all a peaceful and happy new year! Send me some purrs for it to go by quickly here.

Is it Christmas yet?

My sillymom will not let me open presents until tomorrow! Even though Papa and I both told her that I'm German and in Germany all presents are supposed to be opened today. There is stuff with my name on it from Scooter, too! I want to see what it is!!!

This Christmas is going to be difficult for the family that
Buddie and
McKenna left behind. I am going to be sending up extra purr-prayers for them.

For those of us lucky enough to be together with our families, we should remember not just now, but all year how very special it is to be loved.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year with lots of love.

.....now, we're just gonna see about this not opening presents until tomorrow business....i could probably get a few open without any help....hmmmmm

I have a tent?

Oh yeah. I do have a tent! Ever since the new cat bed went under the big bed, I have only napped there and out on my rugs. I always come out in the evening and I stay out all night. But now I love the new cat bed! And my tent...well, someday I'll go in there again. Maybe.

Shhhhh!!!!!

Not long ago my Sillymom and papa got me a cat bed that I really, really hated when I laid eyes on it. Last week papa put one of his boxes under their bed. Sillymom got a not so silly idea. She moved the box a bit and put my hated new cat bed behind it so that it is entirely out of sight to them. It also happens to be in the exact spot I used to lie in when I went under the bed. This afternoon Sillymom was looking and looking for me. She couldn't find me anywhere. Ha ha....I was in the cat bed! She couldn't find me! I have a good spot to go to for privacy when I want it now and no one can see me. It's kinda comfy to nap in, too. Now she really thinks I'm magic though because she thinks I can make myself invisible! :)

Super "what"?

Today my sillymom got a hat. It is one that has ear flaps to keep her ears warm in the freezing cold Berlin weather. It has strings that have pom poms on the ends of the ear flaps. It has a string on top too and there *used* to be a pom pom at the end of it. SM ("sillymom") washed it by hand and the top pom pom STILL came off! I know what you're thinking. I was thinking it too. Good news for me, eh? Well SM *is* thinking of giving it to me, but I heard the word supervision in there somewhere and I don't think I care for that. I have a super sense of smell and I have super vision, but I most certainly do not need to be supervised! If only I could convince SM of that. She's trying to tell me that string and cats sometimes don't mix when we kitties eat it. Ok, SM. Whatever you say.

She's Earned Her Name

Well my sillymom has really let things go.
Basil and I received lots of Rosettes from our friends and because sillymom was too busy to help us, there was a pileup and now it looks like we are not going to be able to catch up and thank everyone properly. :( I told her we should better check my page! Basil and me have a different email than she does and that probably isn't helping matters much. When she's too busy to check her own email, do you think there's any chance we get to check ours? So I am sending a great big apology for the rudeness in tardy and non-existent replies from our family for the lovely Rosettes we've received. And I think I have succeeded in making sillymom feel good and guilty and hopefully this won't happen again!

Other than my lack of Catster support from sillymom, things are going pretty well. I made my happy feet and purred really loudly again for her and papa. It is very cold now and I'm sleeping more and papa pointed out that I've gained a few pounds. Mom says that is OK and it will come off when the winter is over.

I hope all my friends and their families are having a great end of autumn, beginning of winter! And I am going to bug sillymom to stay on top of Catster things from now on!

Dear Diary

My sillymom has been very busy the past couple days. She is helping papa edit hundreds of hours of video footage. I'm not very interested in that. But I've been having a pretty good time lately...until today. Sillymom and papa got a little advertising booklet in the mail for a great big pet store. They didn't even know it was here. Anyway, there was a very cute cat sofa on there for only 9.99 euros. Plus, sillymom wanted to find me a new toy or two. When they got to the store, they found the sofas. Apparently they are made for very small cats. There is no way I could have fit on it. Sillymom was bummed, but they found a new toy, some new foods and used the coupon for the special cat milk. Papa found a cat bed, too. Sillymom was not sure I'd like it. It is round and has sides and has a little pad in the bottom, but it's something I'd have to get into, not just lie on. Long story short, I HATE IT!!! It was hate at first sight. I was hissing and mad and then I hid under the bed. Sillymom was SO sad. She put it out of our room and took the cushion part out and is going to let me investigate it for awhile if I want to before she tries to give it to me again. If I freak out again, they are giving it to the Tierheim (shelter). So I said, "ok, it's a deal". I like my new toy, kind of. :)
She has promised me to help me catch up on Catster no later than this weekend. Whatever a "deadline" is, that is what is going on with that editing. I'd like to give that new cat bed a deadline.

New Tag Game

My beautiful and sweet friend, Shaylee, tagged me for a new tag game. My sillymom is so busy now that she doesn't have time to help me on the computer. Hmphf!! I hope she has time soon.

Things are going well here. I am adjusting to the weather change now. For awhile I was sleeping a lot more because it is cold and dark here so much. But the past few days I'm up and around a lot.

I hope all my friends had a great Halloween with no scary trick or treaters bothering them. :)

I Did it Right in Front of Them

Right in front of sillymom and Papa, I did it. I MADE HAPPY FEET!!!!! And I was purring really loud when I did it. They've never seen me do that before. They have heard me purr before, but I don't do it a lot. I did both at the same time just a little while ago. You should see how happy they are. I know they love me and I know they have felt sad about Basil passing away a year ago even though they tried to hide it from me. So I did by best to make them happy and it worked!!!! Now we're all happy. :)