We've weathered the storm!

So on the 1st a huge blizzard rolled in very suddenly that lasted all night and well into the 2nd and Chibi, Mystery, and myself were caught up in it away from home. We had about 2 feet of snow dumped on us and it was blowing all around into massive drifts followed by a terrible super cold snap. When the snow stopped out caretakers went and cleared out what little snow hadn't drifted away from around our shelters and were very disheartened to find we weren't in any of them. All day on the 2nd there was no sign of us. On the 3rd there was a little food missing form our bowls but not enough for all three of us to have come and eaten so it may have been some other animal. Same with the 4th, a little food missing out of one of our bowls but mostly untouched. But tonight we all came back, we're warming our fannies on our heating pad, drinking from our heated water dish, and getting all the food we can eat! Not to mention our choice of 3 nice cozy shelters.

No sight of Jigsaw or Gulliver yet, but Jigsy only stops by once or twice a year as it is and was already spotted just a week ago and Gulliver we only see a few times a month. He's an unaltered tom cat always on the move- as soon as he gets settled the people are going to try and trap him an get him fixed to hopefully put a stop to his roaming ways. The important thing is that we made it, and to be honest Chibi is old as dirt for an outdoor cat, so if he made it most young and fit cats will have survived as well.

Brrr.... It's almost winter!

It's been getting very cold lately, and with Yule just a few days away, I don't think we'll be having anymore of those nice short Indian Autumns! I'm keeping warm enough, havn't felt the need to sneak into a neighbor's garage, break their door, and starve quietly for 2 weeks waiting for Lindsay to rescue me. I'm really not that keen on my house right now though, I only go in there when I'm really really freezing. As if the styrofoam/ductape wall treatment wasn't tacky enough, she's been throwing in this big neon pink disc covered in an icky tan handtowel and it get's real hot and messes up my natural cedar flooring! I guess it does keep the place warmer, but I hate having my roof opened up every night for her to put it in! She is messing up the routine, she is supposed to feed me, replace my ice bowl with my water bowl, and then pet me while I tip-toe around the door but won't come in until she freezes.

Speaking of messing things up, some horrible men have come and torn down the little forrest I prefer for frolicking. I've brought all my kittens in there at some point, and it was a very important part of my territory! Lindsay says the small rectangular hole in the ground they are building might be for a very small house, and she is worried that if someone moves in they might complain about me going about in their yard... Well it was mine first! And I shared it with a lot of strange woodland creatures, too... now all the annoying raccoons and pesky little rodents and even Icarus the skunk (eew!) are crowding around behind my humans' house... How am I supposed to live like this? I thought I was the Outdoor Princess, can't anyone come fill up the hole they dug and re-plant the trees?

Hello, Diary(on the internet which is accessed by the- computer which is inside where I'm not?)

Let's review some recent happenings. Lindsay has reinsulated my house, and although the walls look nicer in the styrofoam-white finish, I'm really not too keen on the whole duct tape trim... And before she put new bedding in, she cheated and put down plastic sheets so she can take it all out at once this spring! It's might save her hours of work, but it makes funny sounds sometimes and looks just tacky with my decor! Don't be so lazy! I've raised 5 kittens and you never found me... umm... putting plastic underneath them so I could throw them away easier in the spring to make room for new kittens... Okay, bad analogy, but the point is she was lazy and now my floor is crinkly!

Laziness aside, I love Lindsay! So yesterday when I found an adorable little bird I thought I'd bring it to her as a present! I meowed and meowed until she came and saw it... but you know what? She reacted funny to my little gift... it was almost as if she didn't care for it! And I worked so hard bringing it up the stairs for her. She just kept muttering, "It's so... cute... Why?" Then she left it laying there and got a shovel and some paw covers and I don't know what she did with it after that... Human just don't know good toys when they see 'em!

Pat came by tonight! Yeah, he's been gone for what, 3 weeks now? He was in big trouble, because last Sunday Lindsay spent 7 hours fixing 57 little cats like me, and she *wanted* to fix Pat but he was no where to be found. If he had showed up just one week earlier she would have given him the works at the vet and played with him while he was under anesthesia! I don't even know who got to play with me when I was getting fixed, but if I knew Lindsay was going to, I'd get fixed again in a heartbeat! (The not having kittens thing is nice, too!) Lindsay still gave him the magical potion that goes on your shoulders and kills fleas and worms and things, although I thought that was only for good kitties who hang around all the time and comply with getting fixed? I guess it's not as special as I thought, but he DID get a lecture! Hehe!