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My Musings

What I am thankful for...

With Thanksgiving so close now, we are all writing what we are thankful for.

I am thankful that I was brought to this wonderful home after traveling around in a purse for who knows how long.

I am thankful that mom and dad wipe my eyes when they get goopy from allergies - even though I act like I don't want them to wipe them.

I am thankful that mom and dad will pet me and kiss me whenever I ask for it and that mom kisses me all the time anyway.

I am thankful that there is a roof over my head, plenty of food and water, and lots of toys for my enjoyment.

I am thankful for my brother and sisters.

I am thankful that mom and dad take such good care of all of us.

Oh My Stars!! Thank you Catster!

WOW!! Diary of the Day!! Who would have thought? Thank you so much for this honor!

Mom and dad are exhausted. This new cat, PJ, is keeping everyone on their toes. The "problem children" right now are my little sister JoJo and my big sister Fey. Jojo is scared of PJ because of his size so she hisses at him. Fey is what is mom and dad call "passive aggressive". Yesterday things were actually much calmer in the house. It was a gloriously beautiful day so we got to have the windows open all day!! This was great because it gave all us cats something else to do other than worry about a giant new comer. Everyone was happy. Plus, mom bought some Felway (hormone/pheromone) spray and diffusers. I think the pheromones will help. We were all a lot calmer.

PJ wants to play - a lot. I think he secretly wishes we would play with him but he isn't sure about us yet. He rushes at us to scare us if we are getting too close to him but he has never touched us or bowled us over.

Next week should be better. Mom will be home all week for vacation. We are all a lot calmer when both mom and dad are home. Dad is home all day but we are much happier/friskier when mom comes home from work each evening.

Hope all you kitties have a great day! Thank you for stopping by! Please feel free to sign my guestbook is you are so inclined!

I thought I was the Alpha Cat here....

Dad brought home a new cat on Wednesday afternoon. He is a three year old Maine Coon mix. He is HUGE. Things have been crazy. He was sequestered in mom and dad's bedroom on Wednesday. They did take him into our cat room for a bit to show him around. He was allowed out and about to smell the house on Thursday while we were sequestered.

He decided he was tired of being sequestered in the bedroom on Friday morning - when mom was trying to get ready for work. Then, at 4.am. this morning, he climbed to the very top of the three baby gates blocking the bedroom door, squeezed through the small gap and heaved himself over. Not a happy wake up for mom or dad. Now, dad has taken the baby gates off every door and is not hovering around (he and mom have been heavily monitoring the goings-on) and things are much better. Mom and dad think their stress over having to monitor all the time was adding to our stress. I think they are right. Things are a bit better. PJ seems to be acclimating to the house quickly. It's us cats he has an issue with. Actually, he just wants to be left alone to explore....we want him out!! This is our house and our stuff! We are all slowing feeling each other out. It has gone surprising well so far for the short amount of time he has been here. Mom/dad didn't think they would be able to take the gates down for at least a week. PJ had other plans.

I will try to keep you posted. Mom says she will make a page for PJ as soon as things settle down a little here. Mom is also copying and pasting diary entry on my siblings' pages. She is tired and stressed out from having little sleep last night.