The many adventures of Mittens!

FOOD!!!

While I love food as much as Boogie, I won't be able to sink my teethies into lush, wonderful Turkey... Mom wasn't about to buy or make a turkey just for herself as Daddy works on Turkey Day!

He's getting turkey at work as the wives of his co-workers all made a dish for Turkey Day. Mom doesn't cook much but she managed to make a Potato Salad. Sure, it's not really a Thanksgiving dish, but mom doesn't cook much. She also hopes they don't mind that there's NO ONIONS in the dish 'cause mom doesn't eat or cook with those icky smelly onion stuff! P-YOUUUUUUUUUU!!!

I'm also very thankful this Thanksgiving that I have a hot hot girlfriend named Tessa *SWOOOOOOOOOOON* Sawyer BETTER share turkey with her or I WILL SIT ON HIM!!!!!

Mom's breathing big fluffy plushy toy!

That'd be me!! Boogie, Fido and I were sleeping on the bed with mom. Dad apparently woke up in the middle of the night, errrr morning, and slept on the sofa as mom was... Get this... SUPPOSEDLY snoring loud :)

Well mom woke up to see me next to her. She pet me and then went back to sleep. Or so she had hoped. I kept inching closer to her and mom of course woke up as I pur LOUD. Mom has NEVER heard a cat pur so LOUD!!! She of course knows I'm a big dude, but she laughs as I'm her living BIG fluffy and soft plushy toy. I'm huge... Bigger than Boogie if you can believe that.

Just doin' my job!

Mail!

Oooo today we got a Thanksgiving card from my brothers Snowmitts and family!! Did you see their cute family pics?

Mom still wants to steal Snowmitts AND Biscotti (my litter mate). Ahem? What about ME?!?! :)

I'm all set for Catmas! We have all our gifts for close friends and our girlfriends/wifey's. We're having a quiet Catmas this year with minimal gifts since we're spending our extra $ on our house.

I hope to have some pictures to show everyone in Jan!!!

20 pounds?

Oh my... It's almost that time again when I get weighed... Mom thinks I was 19.8 pounds last time, so she's thinking I'm the big 2-0. I come from big GENES as my father Boris is 26 pounds! Unlike Boogie, I'm meant to be big, I'm really not fat like him. I'm solid.

Mom also noted that me and Tiski are due for our annual shots next month. The vet always laughs at how cool we are :) He loves my size and says I'm not fat, just a big dude. Scary thing is, we have 2 more years of growing as Raggies are full adults at age 4.

I'll let you know if I'm 20 pounds :)

You can't outsmart me!

So mom had a long talk w/ grandpaw this weekend as she was sorta mad that I ate the panic button cord... And she then went on to say that I've always chewed cords and just don't seem to "listen". Wha? What's that?

So when we move into the new house, mom's concern was the plan is an open plan as mom wanted. Therefore, the lamps will be placed differently compared to our apartment, aka OUT IN THE OPEN! Daddy agreed that mom shouldn't tape the wires to the painted walls MOL!! But he said they made tubing to hide wires.

Mom hopes it works, and naturally I'll find a way to outsmart the wire hider tubing thing :) MWHAHAHAHHAHAHA

I can't help it! I love plastic! Mom's crocks are ALL chewed up with MY teeth marks :) Seriously don't leave your shoes out if you visit! Auntie Barbi and Unkie Rob know not too as well :) When they visited mom said, "I wouldn't leave your shoes, suitcase open, etc., as Mittens will do something to them at night". Drats...

GROUNDED but I got mail :)

D'oh! Mom was teaching a student this evening when our alarm system went off... Mom was like "Meow? No one's breaking in, what gives?" So she enters our code and turns it off. 5 min later it went off AGAIN!! Dad was home so he turned it off and was like Meow?

When mom's student left, they called the alarm system and the lady didn't know what was wrong...

So the humans eat dinner, and mom decides to vacuum. When she got to the Master room, she noticed our "Panic" button was... CHEWED!!!! SO bad that the wire was ruined!

Not saying that I ate it *wouldn't admit that anyway* BUT SOMEONE did and mom has a "feeling" it was me...

In other news, I got a Halloween card from my HOT HOT girlfriend Tessa and family :) Thanks guys!!!

So I'm grounded *assuming it was ME who did the bad bad no no!!!* but at least I got mail :)

Say "catnip!"

I'm going through allllll my cute pictures trying to find a few good ones for the Catster contest!! If you have time, please vote for myself and my brothers. We will be uploading pictures throughout the evening so be sure and check back! Look for our voting button near our bio field area! Good luck everyone!

MEOW! OUT OF FOOD!! MEOW!!!!!!!!

*MEOWWWW, MEOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW*

Of course I meowed this early this morning!!! Not only that, I made sure they heard me by MEOWING in their EAR while they were SLEEPING!!! :)

How DARE they let the two food dishes (dry) go DRY!!!! I'm a growing boy!! Sure, there were two full dishes in the dinning area, but seriously, I should have food at my disposal and in every room! I mean, who heard of a cat WALKING and looking for food?!?! I should be able to turn my chubby head and see/smell food!!!

MROW!!!!!!!!! They better have learned their lesson :) Although I noticed mom didn't get up, but dad did MOL!!!

Goodies Galore!

Ooooooooo my pawrents are FINALLY back from visiting *MONTE AND FAMILY* ! OMC!! I smell all these smells on their fur and am wondering, is that why they were gone for so long???!!!

Although the weather was terrible (a LOT of rain and bad drivers), my pawrents left at 6am and returned home at 8:40pm.

My mom and dad had so much fun!! Mom loved playing with all Auntie's babies and was happy to finally meet Cannoli, Monte and Truffles! Truffles was a bit shy but mom did get to meet everyone :)

They came home with goodies from Auntie and my brothers!! Let's see... There's a big bag of... Biscotti's!!! Guess who picked them out :) Mmmmmmm mom is munching on a few while doing my diary MOL!!! Auntie Barb also gave mom a yummy Yankee Candle "Spiced Pumpkin", "Winter candy Apple" anti-bacterial hand soap from B&BW, a nice big fridge tablet from PetSmart where 50% of the proceeds to go charities, Halloween sockies (mom usually wears WHITE socks, but the colored ones in mom's drawer are from Auntie over the years MOL), and then WE all got goodies!!!

We got a HUGE bag of goodies: Auntie's famous catnip pillows, mousies, glitter balls, feather toy, 2 Fancy Feast appetizers, PARTY MIx!!!!!, a cute black cat that mom will put up for Halloween, and...

THINGS FROM VEGAS!!!! YES!!!! While Auntie and Rob went to Vegas back in Sept they had bought us and mommy/daddy something too!! Mom gotta pretty rainbow key chain that says Las Vegas, Daddy got a green masculine key chain, and WE got TWO Vegas Tees!!!!

One is dark blue with 2 bears dressed up at Las Vegas (Elvis bear!) and the other is a white T-shirt with the American flag on it saying "Las Vegas".

OMC!! We are so spoiled!!! :) Mom unfortunately won't be able to post pics until late tomorrow as she has an appointment w/ the home guy and then when she gets back from there, she has to TAKE pics :) Bummer, we can't play with our toys until pics... Oh well :)

They also went to Tony Lukes in Philly! Everyone had the Roast Beef sandwich (dad had the Parmesan platter) and the famous bacon/ranch/fries!! Mmmmmmmmmmmm Dad was happy to go there as he LOVED the fries last time!!!

Mom LOVED meeting everyone, but for some reason, she took a liking to Snowmitts (not a surprise), Biscotti (our litter mate) and Monte!! Cannoli was having fun playing with mom too but I think Monte and Biscotti liked mom the most :)

Thank you Auntie and Unkie and my fellow furry cousins for a fantastic day!!!

Also thank you for making my DDP pawsome!!! I haven't read the messages and rosettes yet but will tomorrow as my mom is POOPED!!!!

Off to NJ!!!!

Oooooooo it's 6am and I just saw that I'm a DDP!!! Unfortunately my pawrents are off to see Snowmitts and family :) Hello NJ!!

I still haven't gotten that nail clipping MWHAHAHAHAHA!!! I think if I keep being cute they'll forget :)

It's raining and cold here. Mom brought out the uggs and her feet are toasty! Too bad she didn't have furry feet like Tiski :)

Weeeeeeeee DDP ME!!!

Nail clippings have NOT happened yet...

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh mom just realized after helping me type that I didn't get my nails cut on Sunday...

Did I remember that this terrible event did NOT take place?! DARN RIGHT I knew my nails were still long :) Was I planning on telling her?! NO WAY JOSE'!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hmmmmmmmm I better run!

Nail clippings

*RUNS*

I over heard mom telling dad today that my nails will be cut tonight or tomorrow along with my brothers. I HATE WHEN MY NAILS GET CUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*RUNS*

I might loose weight...

as mom lost 3 pounds due to stress and talking on the phone, and working w/ lenders, and and... 'cause she isn't giving me TREATS!!!!

Hondo did a diary and all of us are copying it as well to help keep friends informed why we might not be around too much until the loan gets sorted. Long story short? Approved! Just gotta do a few time consuming things.

"Sorry we haven't been around much as mom is working w/ lenders and it's a bit more complicated than we expected. NO ONE ever talks about this stuff so they had no clue!

Mom and dad are approved, FICO is good along w/ debt/credit ratio, just that they're working on closing costs (even though you won't know till THE closing) but for paper work and for the next step, we gotta come to an agreement.

Tomorrow dad will talk to Geoff the guy who is in charge of building our house. A friend spoke w/ Geoff today (he's at home, not working today) and he said that there's NO WAY the closing costs, even at a "What if" standpoint would be $20k. He said expect $7-8k TOPS which is great as mom and dad have $10k set aside for that. The issue is they're doing a VA loan which isn't an issue, but there seems to be more fine print and justification of funds vs. FHA. They have their down payment which, when using the VA 0% is kneaded so they get their $5k Earnest money back. But again, it's complicated. "

BumbleMitts at your service!

Bzzzzzzzzzz, I mean, MEOW!

Me and Boogie are sharing the same Halloween costume this year as we're the only ones who can fit in the size Medium dog outfit! Boogie won it in the Aldo auction a while back :)

Problem is? I'm extra furry that it barely fits me! Fits Boogie better as he doesn't have nearly the amount of furrr as I do!

Mom is going to use Boogie's background for my page. *hmph* Figures I gotta share what's his... The rest of the gang, sans Tiski, will have to wait until this weekend for mom to make a background page for them.

Happy October!!!

Dang, it's almost Halloween?!!?

Geeeeeze can you believe it's almost October?!!? Me and Boogie (unfortunately) are going to be sharing the SAME costume this year... Mainly 'cause it's for big dudes and won't fit anyone else but us...

Originally it was Boogies, but dad wanted to see me in it and I obliged. Well, as luck would have it, my pawrents got a kick out of how cute I looked so you'll be seeing my outfit in October.

I wonder if my girl Tessa Wessa is dressin' up? Dang, she's so beautiful!!! I'm so lucky to have a pawsome girlfriend! I think her mom should let her stay here with me 'cause I know Tessa doesn't care for the lil' rug rats much :)

Give me catnip!!! MEOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

MEOW!!!!!!!!! Mom took a video of me, Tiski, Porkers, Boogs and Hondo enjoying catnip :) Fido isn't in the video as he was getting daddy time and couldn't be bothered.

We all love nip like most cats, but mom got a kick out of me enjoying the goods! Check out my video *HERE* !! PorkChop also goes a bit nutso in the movie :)

Why does mom embarass me?!

Oh dear... Mom said something on her FB status about me sharing a stinky silent-but-deadly smell last night... Who says it was me??? I mean, Fido was to mom's left, and Boogie was across the room sleeping... Why does she assume it was me since I was under the table to her right? Oh the shame!!! I'm much classier than that!

Anymeow, not much is new here. Dad is going out later to get some diet coke as there's a sale, 4 for $10. The past month it's been $5 for a 12 pack!! Mom's vice is diet coke and she doesn't drink coffee or any liquids really other than diet coke and water.

I hope dad remembers to bring me home some Party Mix! The stash is running low and we can't have that!! :)

But... But... Take me!!!!

*sigh* So my pawrents (SANS US FURRRY DUDES) are going to visit Biscotti and family on October 17th. Mom wants to steal, I mean, see Snowmitts and also gets to meet furr the furst time, Cannoli, Monte and Truffles!!! Mom and dad are very excited. Dad can't wait to visit Tony Lukes for lunch (they have THE best fries/ranch/bacon/cheese fries ever).

Hopefully the weather will be nice so they can stroll her cats.

I wish I could come but I hate the car!!! Too bad as I'd love to see my litter mate Biscotti... Me and Tiski miss him...

Off to dream about my girl Tessa. I gotta console her as like everyone on Catster, we're all sad to hear that *CALVIN* is sick with belly cancer... :(

Feathers! Mine!!!

Ooooooooooo I love my feather wand toy!! The other night mom recorded me in action and forgot to upload it. Seriously, it's hard to find good help around here :)

So off to upload and make my feather movie for you all to enjoy!! This is the extent of my exercise :)

Have a great weekend everyone!!! *blows kisses to Tessa*

UPDATE: Here's my *VIDEO*

In search of Pansy and my Party Mix

I've been told that Pansy has stolen many things from fellow catsters. I know my brown bag from my girlfriend Tessa is MIA! I would know if I ate them, and Boogie said he didn't touch them!

So alas, Pansy is my main suspect! In fact, while me and my family guard the dry land of Catster, Boogie took it upon himself to find her and help make peace amongst all Catsters and catloafs/stray cats of Cat in the Clover.

Don't believe me? Why *LOOK*

I think I'm going to recruit some more help soon!!!

Pirate Mittens, sailing the 7 seas!

Guess what month it is?!?! Meow like a Pirate month!!! The ever so talented Pansy made our entire family pages and holy cats, they're amazing!!!

I'm sailing the 7 seas in search of never ending Party Mix! I bet 'cha the treasure map will bring me said treats!!!

Thanks so much Pansy for my kick tail page!!!

Party Mix!!!!!!

*DROOLS* Oh my!!! How in the world am I to stay muscular with a page like the one my mom just made me??? She's going to make me chubby!! *ignores the taunting*

Wow, if I could, I'd eat my page!!! *drools*

I had a good giggle at the comment my hot hot girlfriend Tessa left me in my last diary :) hehe. She's the bestest!! *fans self*

Have a great rest of August everyone! I can't believe it's almost September! I hope the weather cools down a bit as I like when the windows are open. A/C is nice but I like to smell the outdoors :)

In the dog house...

Well not really but mom is laying it on thick to me... So I have the bestest ever girlfriend in da world!! She knows my favorite treats and all my vices to be honest! I got a BEAUTIFUL card today in the mail from her to celebrate our 1 year annifurrsary. You see a year ago yesterday, when I turned 1, after weeks of flirting with clues about how hot I thought she was? I finally asked her out and she's been my girlfriend ever since.

Mom is a sucker for all that mushy girly stuff 'cause she's a girl. And from what mom and my SIL Allie say, "Women NEVER forget anything" especially if you forget milestones. I shouldn't have forgotten our annifurrsary 'cause I asked her out on my bday. But I was preoccupied with FOOD you see. What's a man cat to do?

So I just did something after stealing mom's wallet. I thought about flying her to my house but I WOULD BE GROUNDED FOREVERRRRRRRRRR! That wouldn't be good. I could have asked Hondo for advice but he was busy shopping online... But then it hit me... Ahhh yes... It did.

Tessa will find out soon :) Oh how I loveeeeeeee my Sweet Cheeks! Ok, now back to food...

Meowsas! Thank you everyone for a pawsome 2nd bday!!!

Wow, does it get better than this?!? I'd like to thank everyone who stopped by the party, sent gifties and messages to both me and my brother Tiski.

And guess what? Today also marks the 1 year annifurrsary of me and my HOT girlfriend Tessa, aka Sweetcheeks :) I can't believe it's been a year already! She's the bestest girlfriend a boy could ask for :)

Thank you to the following cats for decorating my page: My pawrents (crown), Tessa (annifurrsary diamond), Crazy Theo (crown), NBK and fam (star), Gordy and Dutchess (crown), Kibbles and fam (ice cream), Jobél (heart), Sammie and fam (pink drink), The family of ♥ Tony ♥ (pink drink), Remus (watermelon), Colleen (ice cream), Albus and fam (ice cream), Paws (ice cream), Alex and fam (ice cream), Titch (cupcake), Biscotti (cupcake), Pansy (hat), Newman (hat), Lancelot (sun), Nikko and Scooter (cupcake), Diego and LuLu (cupcake), Orca (bday hat), Tessa (hotdog NOM NOM), Baily Gray Cloud and fam (cupcake), Harry (cupcake), Karisma (bday hat), Oly and fam (bday hat), Teebo and fam (hat), Spot dude and fam (emerald), Ambro and family (hat), Gimli (cupcake), Willie and fam (cupcake), Isis (hat)

*bonks and kissies*

228 cats including me, Tiskers and Biscotti

celebrate their birthday's today!! Holy cats!! Being 2 years old has been fantastic!! Mom and dad bought us a vanilla cupcake with raspurrry frosting for our birthday! For the photo shoot Tiski licked the frosting while I supervised :) I will however, eat the actual cupcake later :) That part I enjoy!

We'd love if you could all stop by our all day party *HERE* as there's plenty of food for everyone!! Thanks to those who have made our day special :)

I'm a big mancat, aka 2 years old today!!!

HOLY KITTENS!! In 30 min on the East Coast it'll be my 2nd birthday along with my twin *TISKERS* and litter mate *BISCOTTI* today August 26th!!

My brother Snowmitts from a different litter is throwing us 3 an all day party *HERE* . We would love for you to come!

Wooohooo turning 2 is super exciting!!!

My littermate and brother Biscotti and family :)

WOW! Talk about great timing! Not only did Biscotti get our bday gifts today, we got his!

In the big box aunti had wrapped each of our gifts with our name on it. I got a way cute bday card with Snoopy and woodstock on it, a yellow beeks catnip toy, purple fluffy ball, brown big mousie with long tail, blue bag of Party Mix, this POTENT catnip stick and a t-shirt that says "Champ" with a big doggie on the front (I am probably bigger than the doggie). It's a size 12 month and holy cats! Is it bad that I fit in that shirt? I'm a BIG boy!!! If I keep growing like I am, I'll soon be in a size small adult Tshirt MOL

Thank you so much bro! Snowmitts who is also my brother but from a different litter is throwing me, Tiski and Biscotti a bday party Wednesday so stay tuned!!!

I have the bestest girlfriend in da world!!!

My hot hot girlfriend Tessa (Sweetcheeks to me :) sent me a huge package and I just got it today!!!

They always say, the best way into a man's heart is through his stomach! AMEN!!! I got a bag of Greenies and my favorite PARTY MIX! Funny story about that... I had written her about the new flavor (brown bag) and told her that if they get some, hide it from Sawyer (her big bro in more ways than one). And she put a lil' note MOL as she had bought the same new flavor for me when I had dropped her a PM :)

I got a pretty pink striped blanket (Hondo BACK OFF) and I can smell her beautiful scent! It says "love" on it :) I got 2 cans of my favorite chicken sheeba, a bag of 3 pink balls, a bag of toys that will keep mom and dad up at night, a brown lil' moose toy, 2 feather ball toys (I've already eaten some of the feathers off), and a bday card professing her love for me :) That's between her and I hehe!

OMC! Thanks so much Sweetcheeks!!!! I gotta upload pictures and fix my red eye so stay tuned!! *kisses the bestest girlfriend*

Part Deux!

Ooooo the 2nd half of our bday gift from the bestest Unkie Lancelot and Mago came today! It's a big BIG blue toy by Zanies and it's called "Fishy fun roll 'n play". The nice thing about it is it's SO HUGE that it won't get stuck and lost under furniture INCLUDING our fridge :)

I'm determined to get that fish out in the middle and eat it :) NO really I eat toys ask Auntie Barb as when she visited she saw the demolition by yours truly :)

Thanks Mago and Lancelot for the pawsome bday gifties :)

Bday gift from Unkie Lancelot!!

Ooooooooo mom missed the FedEx dude earlier as she was sleeping and couldn't get her bum out of the bed. But before she left to teach for an hour she got the package!!

When she got home she helped us open it. A lil' birdie said there's another part coming but we had to rave about this new scratching post!

OMC!! We loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeee our turbo scratcher thingie (the round thing w/ a ball) and have to replace the scratching thingies once a month. But now we have a bigger scratching thingie (Imperial Cat) and we can use it as furniture! Tiskers already sat in it but I don't think I can fit in it MOL

Off to help mom w/ red eye and then to post pics! OMC Unkie!! Mago the coolest Gato!! Thank you!!!!!!!

And the box it came in isn't half bad either! I had fun with that :)

I'll second what Boogers said!

Boogie just meowed about the new treats mom brought home. They're by Fancy Feast and are called "Appetizers" so I can't wait to get the appetizers AND a scrumptious meal after! Genious!! Pure genious!!

We also got a new flavor of the Party Mix! It's a brown bag. For those picky treat eaters (or those who swear they don't eat treats) TRY these! Porkers doesn't eat treats other than Party Mix and ocassionally Pounce (pink pack). I can't wait to scarf down the treats :)

I haven't been weight in a while but I'm thinking I'll be super close to 20 pounds especially if I get to nom nom these treats :)

I'm a DDP!!!

Ooooooooo I finally get SOME typing time!! Mom went to bed around 3am and then went shopping w/ Grandpaw and Daddy.

Guess what?? There'll be extra cute pics of me and my family posted later!! Why? Mom finally replaced her 5 year old Canon A610 camera with a Canon Power Shot SX110 IS :) Mom knew she kneaded a newer camera 'cause all our friends' pics are SHARP! The one that was a step up had 20x zoom and a few more features, but all mom takes pics of is us and diamonds MOL. Mom likes Canon 'cause that's what she's used to and she likes how we can use AA batteries (like w/ our old camera).

So I will be subjected to pics I thinkith.

I'll be doing thank you's later tonight when Grandpaw falls asleep (he doesn't stay up late like mom and dad). But in the meantime, thank you everyone for making my DDP special :)

Taking over Hondo's roll as Skitty Kitty!

I let auntie pet me, but only for a second. The same is true for Grandpaw. I won't come out unless there's food :) Grandpaw says I am now the Skitty Kitty (aka Hondo when he first met Grandpaw a few years back).

Seriously... NO FOOD? NO MITTENS :)

I'm like my girlfriends' brother... The best way to my heart is through food!!!

I am warming up though :) After all, he IS feeding me nom noms :) However, I did hear something that sounded like "big cat, he'll get bigger?, man he's a monster sized cat"

*grins*

Sully will pay!

Oh my... He's a Bday sab-a-tour-er in my book! He corrupted the code Pansy so nicely made for me. Luckily Pansy has my furrry back and told me how to fix it.

In the famous words of the most beautiful girl (after my girlfriend Tessa of course), "Sully WILL pay".

We've been getting ready for the arrival of grandpaw!! We're so excited!!!! Mom has been holding his bday/Father's Day gift 'cause she didn't want it to break or get stolen. I wonder if grandpaw will like gaming? MOL We got him the Nintendo DS along w/ the brainage games 'cause grandpaw likes Saduko and just mind games. Mom kicks dad's tail in the games :) hehe!!!

My Birthday Page!

OH MY!!! Look at my fabulous Birthday page designed by the BEAUTIFUL Pansy!!! I see my brother Boogers is STILL contagious!! I have worms on my page too! But I know how to fix it 'cause I have Nurse Pansy on my side!

Ooooooooo I can't wait to turn two years YOUNG soon!!! I am especially excited for the birthday cake!!! Thank you Pansy! Time to fix my worms and then onto Tiski's page!! I am a bit afraid to look at his page... *braces self*

EDIT: Worms have been fixed! See, it pays to be on Pansy's GOOD side! *wink Boogie*

Food!!!!

FOOOOOOOOOOOD! I knead food!!!!!!!!!! Mom fed us moist an hour or so ago. I'm glad Porkers doesn't like moist... That just means more nom nom's for me!

I'm glad I don't live with my girlfriend Tess!! I mean, she has all these new siblings! They'd eat my food if I lived with her! I just know it!! I don't know how Sawyer dude is holding off the lil' dudes! He's one brave kitty!

They're gone! Glad they didn't trim me!

Although it's been 1.5 years since I last saw them, it was so much fun having them stay the night yesterday!!! They left early today to avoid traffic and 'cause Rob had to be somewhere later.

When they arrived, my pawrents exchanged gifties! Aunti had made mom some lemon tea and transported it in a nice big jug, she also gave mom a Cinnamon Yankee candle, and a pretty pink photo album book that says "Family".

We got a huge blue bed (Boogie loves it the mostest), and we got Tuna pounce treats, a pink cat toy ball toy, and a speedy snail squeak toy!

We sent them home with a gift for auntie (cutting boards) and some vanilla sachet packets. Also since we kept spilling the drink fountain mom gave them ours (Not telling WHO kept dumping the water) :)

We gave them a can of solid gold, cat grass, large can of caviar, and I believe some party mix treats :)

After opening gifts, they went to San Vito's and then Maggie Moo's ice cream! Later that night they went to Legal Seafood where Unkie treated our family.

For the most part, I hid in the top tier of the Hondo condo :) I did come out in spurts, but seriously, no food= no Mittens :) Tiski and Porkers loveeeeee company so I'm not surprised how they won auntie and unkie over :) Boogie wasn't bad nor was Hondo! Fido was terrible!! You'd swear he thought they had cooties! He hid the entire time :(

Auntie also showed mom how to trim raggie bums MOL!! HOWEVER, I did NOT let her cut my behind. Seriously, we just met, I don't want you playing back there :) hehe They did note how much darker and BIGGER I was compared to my twin!

**pics to be posted much later... Mom kneads a nap and is going w/ dad to buy another Trek bike**

T-minus about 8 hours!

Auntie and Unkie are coming!! The time has come!! The first time I left the breeders, me and Tiski stayed at Biscotti's house :)

Mom heard Auntie in the wee hours say, "Rob, pewwwwwww, do you SMELL that?! What IS that?!?!" Someone (one of us 3 litter mates, guessing it was me to be honest), left a STINKY on the comforter and it stunk up their entire house! MOL!!!!!!!!!!

Well I'm happy to say that was an accident, and I'm excited to meet auntie again, sans STINKY MOL!!!

3 Days till I get to see Auntie Barb again!

THREE Days!! Oh we can't wait to meet Auntie Barbi and Rob again! Mom is thinking of taking them to *SAN VITOS* in No. VA for lunch (to avoid chain restaurants). The story is Pavarotti, the opera dude, had a few amazing cooks. The same cooks work at the mentioned restaurants. There's 2 of them and one is in VA. Mom learned of this story when she used to work as her boss was an investor in the place. Perhaps there's more if they expanded? Dunno but it's good eatin'!

No wonder Pavarotti was muscular, the food is delish!!! Not sure what we'll do as mom isn't up for DC unless Auntie really wants to 'cause it's so touristy... Hmmmmmmmmm

EDIT: Hmmm nothing about Pavarotti, but when you're in the restaurant there's a sign by the bus peeps with the history. Mom thought her old boss was pulling her chain but he wasn't!

AUNTIE!!

They're coming a week from today!!! They'll be staying the night and will get to see the entire gang!!

Oh, what Auntie you ask??? *THIS AUNTIE* :) I wonder if she'll be able to lift me up?? Hehe

I remembered I did a stinky on their comforter when we visited... All the excitement of a new home, family and car ride upset my belly :)

HARRY POTTER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oooooooo it's so funny to see me in my OLD pic of over a year ago in the HP outfit Mercy's family sent us :) I was so... THIN back then :)

No way will that fit me anymore. I tried putting on the build-a-bear version and that TOO won't fit!!! *gasp*

So alas, an old pic as my main picture will have to do. Mom is super excited for tomorrow! Dad is taking mom to the midnight premier :) Ooooooooooo I'm all excited to chow down at the concession stand :)

Showin' the lil dude the "way"

Me: MEOWWWWWWWWWWWW...
Porkers: ????????
Me: Ok, one more time... MEOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Porkers: mrr...
Me: MEOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Porkers: Mrrrrrp
Me: YES!! AGAIN!!!
Porkers: Mrrroooo
Porkers: Mrrrrrrrowwwwww?
Me: YES!!! THAT'TA BOY!!

Porkers is starting to be a bit more vocal! His meow is sorta wimpy. Raggies aren't known to meow much... Tiskers does this lil' wimper "hmph hmph" so it's my duty to make up for his lack of meow.

I meow, LOUD and it's a bit annoying.. MROWWWWWWWWWWWW

I'm working on Porkers :)

Accio the nip!

*waves his HP wand, brushes up on spells*

WHY?

*gasp* If you don't know why, we can't be friends :) hehe, kidding! Mom is super excited for the release of HP and the Half Blood Prince!! We're expecting the paperback books 1-7 to arrive tomorrow as book 7 came out in paperback today :) Mom is giving grandpaw our old paperbacks (he hasn't read them yet!!!) and mom will have the new boxed set for her HP shrine.

The soundtrack comes out soon too! Mom pre-ordered it so when it comes, it comes :)

C'mon gang! Get your HP on!!!

Happy Birthday to the bestest Tio Unkie!!

The bestest Unkie in the WORLD *LANCELOT* and our friend *VIOLET* are celebrating their birthday along side with the great U.S. of A!!!

Hope everyone has a safe 4th!!! We're keeping mom company as dad is working all weekend.

I can't wait for tonight's Meowathon!! We're almost done with the 6th book and just in time before the release of HBP!!!!!!!!

Ugh nevermind...

So mom just beat HP HBP game... She gave it a 3.5 on a scale of 5 as far as challenging goes... Mom said it's a lot like the previous game, HP OoTP in that the scenery is the same... She likes game 5 better than this one :(

Dang, mom has been waiting for this game for over a year and beat it in 5 hours... *sigh*

Mom figured out the issue in my previous diary. You had to do all the spells to unlock the one you kneaded... Defeating the bad guys was easy :(

Harry Potter and the HBP Game

HISSSSSSSSSSSSSS Mom is playing HP HBP's PS3 game and she has already gotten Slughorns memory and reported to DD. And now Harry has to do some potion in Herbology and while we can't understand WHAT we're to do? We're stuck!

Like mom usually beats games w/in the first day but she doesn't get it! She did the potion, passed, and now what? She tried to go to DD's office but that doesn't work!

URGGGGGGGGGGGGG Mom is very annoyed!!!

Almost 19 pounds!

I'm almost officially 19 pounds!!! I'm 18.9 currently!! Oh my... I'm like 2x bigger than my girlfriend Tessa!!! Oh well, that just means more of me to love :)

You should see how LONG my whiskers are!! They knead to accommodate my wide body so I will know if I can fit into small spaces :)

Mom is excited that the Harry Potter HBP PS3 game comes out tomorrow June 30!! We ordered it from Amazon but I'm wondering if mom should cancel it and get it at Best Buy the day it opens... Hmmmmmmmmmmm

FOOD! FOOD!! BIRTHDAY CAKE!!

*PorkChop* turns 1 year old in 1.5 hours, aka tomorrow Friday June 26th!! He's exactly 10 months younger than me and Tiskers :)

His daddy Monte threw him a pawsome party *HERE* The theme is strolling and his lil' Lambie (the one Sully stole and is keeping hostage).

You know there'll be tons of food!! If not, his lambie will have to go! MWHAHAHA! Wait... Sully has Lambie!!!! *I might have to sit on Sully if he doesn't give my brother his Lambie!!!!*

Peek-a-boo!!!

This morning I was playing under the covers with mom. She put the comforter over me and I instantly purrred. I love when she plays Peek-a-boo! So does Porkers!

Mom bought us some more Solid Gold 'cause it's pretty much the only moist food Hondo will eat...

He's such a divo. I however, as you can tell by my muscular physique love ALL food :)

I love my daddy (and his shoes)

Even though I've ruined many of Dad's shoes (I love 'em) he still loves me unconditionally :)

I'm daddy's cat as when me and Tiski were adopted, dad liked my chubby face and we bonded while Tiski took to mom. In fact, I might not have had Tiskers as my brother as initially our pawrents were only going to adopt ONE of us!!! But daddy convinced mom to get BOTH of us :)

We're very spoiled and fortunate to have a pawsome daddy who cares for us. Thank you daddy Dan for being the bestest daddy ever!! *hugs and nom noms to you dad!*

Also Happy 4th Birthday *SULLY*

Feed me!

I said feed me!!! Mom and dad just ate ice cream and were all up in the kitchen... *ahem* What about me?? I want treats! I want food! NOM NOM!!! FEED ME :)

TGIF tomorrow! I'm enjoying all the fun time with daddy as he's been off work for 2 weeks helping with the VA campaigns (our guy won!!). I wonder if Daddy will give me extra nom noms tomorrow 'cause it's the weekend???

GROUNDED!!!

I AM GROUNDED!!

First last night I got into Monte's birthday gifts (which now the stuff I didn't get into will go to Cannoli's bday). You see I got into the turbo scratching replacement inserts. Mom was mad and called Barb MOL!!!!!!

Then during their convo mom heard a kaboom! And I'm not telling but I took the hair binder that mom put over the glass handles on mom's HP bookshelf/shrine and I think it flung somewhere?? Earlier in the day I chewed it in half and mom found the binder. Again, NOT TELLING but mom was SO MAD! Auntie Barb heard me get yelled at!

AND THEN JUST NOW!! During our weekly HP Meowathon??? Mom did her write up for chapter 19 on the lappy and sent herself an email. The email only went to the lappy not desktop so she's sitting at the desktop with lappy to her right. I decided to jump on the lappy and walk my 18 pound body over the keys :) Nothing broke but mom was mad!

I AM GROUNDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boogie ate my treats!

Or some cat did! I'm down to ZERO TREATS! *gasp* I'm going to have mom fill up the jar soon :) hehe

My last diary meowed about exercise so I'll do it again. Mom has been holding off on doing the elliptical for an hour :) She hates that thing. We're waiting for Dad to finish with the campaign stuff so he can take her bike shopping. Mom wants a Trek bike after NBK's mom suggested it along w/ mom's friends. The sale ends this week!! C'mon Dad!!!

We still gotta read NBK's mom's paper that she wrote for her Master's Thesis. Ugh, that is giving mom evil flashbacks! MOL

Excercise? NO WAY!

I'm typing this between posts in the HP Meowathon as I just got done writing something :)

Shhhhhhhhh don't tell Unkie :)

Mom and dad are going to try and find bikes as they are in the midst of getting in shape. Mom more than dad 'cause he has a fast metab!!!

Appawrently they're tired of the gym equipment we have now. So since it's TOO hot to walk outside (it really is), they wanna bike so they can get a breeze. The weather in No. VA is always under a heat advisory, more so than most states. It stinks 'cause we can't stroll as much. Doesn't bother me, 'cause I HATE TO STROLL!!!

Anyone got bike recommendations? Hope all our friends have a kick tail weekend!

FREE FOOD! Birthday Party!!!!!

Oooooooo my brother *HONDO* will turn 6 tomorrow, May 25th :) Boogie's bestest *PANSY* is throwing him a surprise PINK PARTY!!!! So be sure to read her diary for directions to an all day party!!!

It'll be an all day party, and we'll be able to attend either at 5 pm EST or 7 pm EST. We're not sure what time exactly 'cause our carpet dudes are coming in to install 3/4 of the carpet (the other 1/4 on Tuesday).

So naturally our internet MIGHT be down until we can plug it back in. I told Pansy we're not sure if we have an internet plug in our Master bedroom (where some of our stuff will be, while we're on lock down with mom in the bathroom), but if we do? Then we'll be around more often! Mom is going to have dad move the dresser to see if we do.

We have the lappy but no internet connection plugie? No lappy!

Boxes and boxes...

So yesterday our pawrents spent about 2.5-3 hours packing away all our cd's and books in the living room and spare room.

We're getting new carpet Monday-Tuesday and we're packing things away to make things easier for the carpet dudes. They'll of course help us move our furntiure, but we figured they wouldn't be able to move our 5 book cases which are filled with books and about 10k cds. Yes we have that many.

So 12 Large boxes later, the humans finished packing. Mom organizes our books and cd's by genre, so we can't just pack them away like NORMAL people :) She's a bit OC :)

I can't wait to get new carpet! I wonder who will yack on it first?

Where's the Popcorn?!?!

At 9:45 pm last night mom and dad went to see "Star Trek" at the IMax! It was pawsome! They said it kicked tail!

We didn't even think of seeing it at the IMax until we read that Skeezix's mom saw it in IMax. We didn't know we had one so close to us! It was at the Air and Space Museum in No. VA! PAWSOME!

I wonder if HP will be in IMax in July?? I can't wait for HP!!!!!!!!!!

The only thing about the IMax? NO POPCORN! Mom always gets the over priced popcorn when she sees movies... ALWAYS!!!

New cat?

Meet this handsome lil' dude *Truffles* awwwwwwww isn't he cute?!?!

He's from the family of Picasso and is coming home TONIGHT!! Yes tonight!!! Auntie Barbi wanted to adopt a cat from the shelter for her birthday and also in remembrance of Kashmere.

He has a pawsome family and we can't wait to see him grow up!!! WOOHOO!! He is CUTE!

I talked to Auntie Jen!!! Lancelot's mom!!!

MEOW!!! Yes I did!! I meowed to Auntie Jen who's mother to my unkie *Lancelot!*

We had called her when we got the news of Tiskers and at the time, couldn't remember when she was on vacation. Well she called us and our meowmy's chatted!

I was a bit sleepy and didn't meow right away until mom bribed me with food and treats! Naturally Boogie had to get in on the meowing :)

Now that I'm up and about, I'd like to say... "Meowwww meow, merrrow"

Happy Mother's Day

Today we were all a bit lazy but were woken up when Daddy woke up before mom so he could make her Sushi in bed (she woke up at 2pm as she's on dad's night schedule this month).

I of course was happy to help make FOOD!! But unfortunately I didn't get tuna from the can! We don't eat raw fish but mom likes CA rolls and Shrimp Tempura rolls. Since we didn't have that stuff, dad did his tuna from the can mixed w/ mayo and cucumber roll :) Oooooooo

So when food is made in this house, I meow like crazy. I didn't want to wake up mom but I was hungry!

She did wake up shortly and we all ate and gave mom her giftie. We all surprised mom with a medium sized heart SS locket from Tiffany's. She was super surprised and had been eying that for a while. The chain we bought wasn't the kind she liked, and since it happens to be the most popular one (what ever that oooo link looking one is) it's back ordered but we'll be getting a call Wednesday to pick it up. While we were there, mom also picked out her late Bday gift. She wanted the travel case and picked out Tiffany Blue.

Then after the dishes were put away, Tiskers and Porkers went for a stroll ride. I DO NOT STROLL! I do NOT support any type of exercise :) Besides, I had to hold the fort down!

Happy Mother's Day to all the fabulous Meowmy's!

Tiskers needs purrrs

Taken from Boogie's diary:

Mommy Samantha here. I am home with my baby Tiskers but it is with great difficulty that I report that the news isn't great.

I had noticed 2 days ago that Tiskers was breathing differently. He was on the computer desk with me and had a bad dream. When he woke up and calmed down, his breathing seemed more labored than normal. I could see that his sides were going in and out more than normal. Looking at the others, it was obvious that Tiskers breathing pattern was different.

Having never really payed attention to his breathing, for all I knew, this was "normal" but it wasn't normal for him as I would have seen this.

He had an appointment today at 11AM with the vet. While the vet heard no heart murmur, and things felt fine (other than a full bladder), we agreed to do blood tests and a Radiograph (x-rays of his heart/lungs).

The heart looked fine from the Radiograph, but near the lung area, there was what appeared to be some blockage (I forget what he said). So they took 2 more from different angles. We laughed as poor Tiskers had a lot of poopie in the x-ray...

I agreed that we should look into this more and he was able to get me into the Cardiologist in Leesburg, VA (15-20 min drive). Dan dropped me off as he had to go to class as it's finals week.

They took me back and I gave them the Radiograph CD and blood results (which were great!). They did an Ultra sound and Eciograph (spelling?). And while he told me the results, I just stood there numb.

Diagnosis:
-Moderate to borderline severe juvenile onset hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
-Severe posterior wall and apical left ventricular hypertrophy
-Mild left atrial chamber dilation
-Congestive heart failure manifested by pleural effusion

He is on Diltiazem 30mg 2x a day, Lasix/Furosemide 12.5 mg 2x a day, and Children's Apsril 81 mg (1/2 tab 2x weekly)

The outcome depends on how he takes the medicine. If he vomits and doesn't eat, then there's plan B, aka different meds.

Basically, to dumb it down... He had mild heart failure when we brought him in (he did get a Lasix shot), the left side of his heart is affected. The walls are thick in the left ventricular and there was fluid in the left av___ (forget what part of the heart). Unfortunately he won't have the long life we had hoped. The Cardiologist said he had a cat earlier with very similar readings who was here today for his 5 month checkup. But he did say, unfortunately, not to be morbid, since he is so young, he's guessing a year... As long as there's no clots (which can paralyze a cat and are PAINFUL), there will be no suffering and it would be quick.

Please keep my baby in your prayers. He's such a mommy's boy and I'm just devastated. We have been aware that Main Coons and Raggies are prone to getting Cardiomyopathy. They are not born with it.

I'd like to thank Barbi for being there the moment I got the news and for doing a diary entry for me and my baby Tiskers. Catster is a great place and a wealth of knowledge. I can't thank you enough for your purrs.

Dan is going to Target to fill the prescriptions and I'm going to spend time with my baby...

Thank you,
Samantha and Tiskers

Missing my Unkie!

Unkie Lancelot and his evil brother Mago will be gone for a couple weeks. I'm sure they'll pop in on catster, but they won't be at the Meowathons for the next two weeks. I'm going to miss them!

My unkie is the bestest Unkie ever!! He's handsome as all meow, and loves HP! It doesn't get any better than that folks!

Hoping his family has a nice vacation!!

New pages :)

Yes, I have a new page in my favorite color of yellow!!! Mom has been slacking but she figures now that she has more time to kill as dad is on nights this month, she has to get back into catster. No more excuses of eye surgery, bday, grandpaw in town, etc., :)

Oooooooo thanks mom!!!!

Muscular

I was telling Unkie Tio Lancelot that I no likey strolling! And said I didn't support the act of working only, MAINLY 'cause I know how Fido feels about my muscles...

He's jealous... So I would imagine others are too! So I don't want to stroll outside and get TOO muscular as I don't want people to be jealous of my muscles :) *grins*

So alas, me and Hondo HATE strolling... I think I'd rather go without moist food for a month than stroll... And that's saying a lot!!

Me NO LIKEY Strolling!!!!!!!!!!!

So after grandpaw and my pawrents had American Mexican food for dinner, they decided to take us strolling.

Last year, I never went 'cause mom had a hard time bringing me down the stairs 'cause I'm muscular. Also, last year was incredibly hot!

Well as soon as me and Porkers got out of the house, I was crying SO LOUD and uncontrollably!!!!!

"MROWWWWWWWWWW ME NO LIKEYYYYYYYYYYYYY MROWWWW"

Seriously, I no likey! So instead, Porkers and Tiskers went. Tomorrow it'll be Boogie and Fido. I don't blame Hondo for not liking the stroller!!

Grandpaw!!! YIKES!!!

He scares me and Fido!! He arrived yesterday April 22 and is staying with us for a week. Mom's Birthday is tomorrow and she'll be 31. She's been complaining and keeps saying 31 is almost 40... :)

There's something at Tiffany's she wants, and also something is in route to our place. Boogie was in charge of getting her a gift... I wonder what it is!!

In the meantime, me and Fido run away from grandpaw... We've met him before but seriously, who is this man?!?! Grandpaw doesn't register with my brain...

Kashmere is an Angel :(

*KASHMERE* suddenly passed to Rainbow Bridge April 21, 2009 :(

Barbi was going to bed, and all of a sudden, Kashmere made a loud noise, was convulsing, and she died in her mom's arms.

This just happened before midnight EST. Barbi is going to the vet in the morning and will get an autopsy.

We're so sorry for Barbi and family. This is very sudden and random as she was healthy!! She has no idea what happened nor do we.

Was bad!

I have a shoe fetish, namely the crocs brand of sandals. Auntie Barb saw the aftermath after I chewed up dad's from last year! I was in so much trouble last year as dad had JUST gotten them!

Well mom and dad just got back from shopping ($200 in cat food, bought a laptop, and sushi for dinner). While they were eating in front of the tv? I decided to chew and bite mom's crocs sandals! Mom was SO MAD! "MITTENNNNNNNNNNNNNS!! BADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

And of course I rannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn! Dad caught me and looked me straight in the eye and said, "MITTENS! NO!!"

I can't help that I like to chew shoes!!!!

Easter Bunny Came!

Easter Bunny Monte and family came to our house on Friday! But if you've all read my entire family's dairies, you'll see that we had computer issues. First a virus, then 48+ hours without internet, and now our DVD/CD drive keeps opening and closing (cup holder according to Allie's mom). UGH!

But alas, the only good news is that Friday we received an Easter goodie from Monte and family. Inside a pretty bag was an Easter Bunny card, a BIG blue mousie, white mousie (I am going to probably eat it--no seriously, I do that with mousies), a box of jelly bean nom noms for mom and dad even though mom ate them :) and a handmade catnip pillow from Auntie! WE LOVE her pillows!!! Frustrating that we couldn't post them on Friday but mom got done teaching around 6pm. She took pictures and then to her horror, the net was down :( EVIL! Thanks so much Monte and family!!!

So we're behind but now catching up!!! We have pawmails, and gifties to return, and have to post pics! A cat's day is never done :)

Hope you all had a pawsome Easter!!!

Must not eat my bunny...

The bunny on my page is just begging for me to eat him. Luckily, he's a chocolate free bunny so us cats can eat it!

I'm surprised Boogers hasn't tried to or even my brother Biscotti!

Nothing much is new here. Mom's been trying to tone her arms with the Total Gym and she's feeling the burn. I burn calories just watching her :)

Ok, time for a catnap!

The Easter Bunny came early!

And this is no April Fool's Joke!! Mom and dad just came back and brought us a package!

Guess who it was from? The bestest Unkie ever! YES! That one! Unkie *Lancelot*

He sent us a way pawsome Cat in the Clover Necktie with a cute yummy carrot on the front! Dad's going to shower, but when he's done, he'll help mom take pictures of me and Tiskers :)

OMC Unkie! Thanks so much!!!!

Another Birthday!

Our bestie *JASPURR* is turning 5 on March 27!!! As usual, we all gathered up some great party supplies and are throwing him an all day party *HERE*

The theme is Royal AT3 strolling party as he loves to stroll and he struts around like he's Royalty :)

Happy Birthday Dude!!!

Dang Boogie!

Not only did Fido just discover that Boogers was eating his catster treats, I too saw it with my own eyes! Boogie even ate MY treats! I do NOT share at home... In fact, if you don't eat your treats fast enough, I will eat YOUR treats too!

But alas, Boogie is a pig :)

I read Porkers diary and he's afraid of the bestest Unkie ever! My Unkie Lancelot, aka Lion according to his gassy brother Mago MOL!!! Siblings are not all they're cracked up to be!

Snowmitts turns 3!!!

My big BIG brother *SNOWMITTS* turns 3 tomorrow! He has the same parents as me and Tiskers but is from an earlier litter :) Tiskers looks a lot like him!! I just posses his big body!!! MOL

There's an all day party *HERE* . Me and my brothers just got done setting up things! He loves Winnie the Pooh so that's the theme!

Happy Birthday Bro!!!!! I hope there's enough food! We know he has a BIG appetite!!

I smell food!!!

My brother Boogie's bestest *PANSY* turns 11 years young Sunday March 15, 2009!!!

There's an all day party *HERE* and the theme is pink and princess!!!

Ooooooo I bet you there'll be food!! I know that Boogie would never throw a party w/o food!!! Mmmmmmmmm I just hope he saves some for the guests and especially the honoree!!!

Happy Birthday Pansy!

I miss my Tessa!!!!!

Gah! I haven't been on in a few days to check out my beautiful girlfriend's page! Boogie goes on 'cause he's ALWAYS getting pawmail... Which is fine by me 'cause I get to nibble some more food while he's not looking :)

My entire family got a gift of catnip champagne and the message says,

"A
little
bubbly
...
from
a
SECRET
admirer
;-)"


We'd like to thank this nice cat (or dog?) for sending a sweet message our way.

Mom is doing well, so thanks for your pawmails. She's only able to go online for about 15 minutes and then her eyes fill up with tears. I think once the stitches are out, that'll minimize or at least reduce the tears. She'll be teary for at least 2 months (at least she was last time she had the surgery).

Sending lovies to all our friends!

I said MROWWWWWWW and everyone heard me this time!

If at first you don't succeed? Try try MEOW again! So me and Tiksers just got back from the Vet.

Mom realized we forgot to get our Distemper shot back in late Jan/Early Feb. We had our rabies shot around Catmas, but wanted to space our last shot as Raggie's systems are a bit more sensitive then others. In fact, there's one shot that raggies can NOT have 'cause it's lethal (not lethal for Boogs for example). I forget what it is, but it's in our file as "DO NOT GIVE US THIS SHOT".

Well I hate car rides. I cry LOUD. Mom remembers bringing us home 1.5+ years ago and how I cried for the entire 3 hour trip (which made her cry too as she felt helpless). So when dad brought me to the vet (mom was working out), she could hear me from inside! That's how loud I meow!

Well at the vet, the vet tech who saw us when we first came home recognized us and said, "HOLY COW! Look at your cats! You guys got so big" *beams*

Mom knew dad was home 'cause she could hear me MROWWWWWWWWWW loudly :) Tiskers is usually mute.

Yeah Yeah...

It's St. Patty's Day this month, but I quite like my Vday page so it's staying up! Although I will have mom change things up a bit... hehe, stay tuned!

In the meantime, I've been eating and getting my normal 20 hours of sleep hehe!

Mom made turkey bacon and didn't give me any! The nerve! Doesn't she know if I don't eat 24/7 I will loose an ounce?! My girl Tessa likes me muscular! *hmph*

Half Blood Prince?! Here we comeeeeeeeeee!

SWEET! As Porkers just said, we're all done with "Order of the Phoenix" which is the 5th book in the HP series!

The group started on HP's bday July 31, 2007 (which was a COINCIDENCE) as it wasn't planned to start that day. I didn't know this until Unkie Tio mentioned it about 6 months ago MOL

Well, we're starting the 6th book "Half Blood Prince" next week and that is one of mom's favorites!!!

I wish my girl Tessa loved HP!! She even hates the Twilight Series!! But doesn't matter... All that matters is that I love her and she loves me :)

I said MEOWWWWWWWWWWW

Dad wrote about me on his FB page :) Lately my MEOW'S have gotten LOUDER!! And when I'm not fed by 5AM because the humans want to sleep in, I get annoyed! So I woke dad up by walking up to him while he slept and said, "MEOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!"

And it worked!!! Mom has learned to ignore us, but dad is a softy! So he fed us our moist (there was plenty of dry, but who wants dry?) and then went back to bed :)

*HIYAAAAAA* Staring, Bunny kickin' Mittens!

Yes, I spent a better half of the day attacking toys I recently found after dad rescued them from the evil fridge. The fridge tends to hoard our toys!

There was a pink toy in pawticular that I fancied! It was a pink mousie that was missing an ear because I ate it :)

Well mom captured it on film w/ her ancient 5 year old camera. Seriously, don't even try and take my toy! Or I'll give you a bunny kick or two!! And yes I still flop like a ragdoll on the couch. It's comfy to lay on one's back! Enjoy my *MOVIE* !

My dearest Tessa!

Ooooooooo how I love my Tessa!! I don't know how she puts up with Sawyer. We have the big brother issue in common. I have to put up with Boogers so I feel her pain! I mean, both Sawyer and Boogers steal our food! They're always eating, and always demanding attention!

I think Boogers should move in with Sawyer and then Tessa with me hehe!! Hope all my friends are doing well! Not much is happening on Catster it seems.

YAY! My first DDP of 2009!!

*yawn* Mom is getting up earlier and earlier trying to get her circadian rhytm back in check. We're going on day 15 of that! So mom is up by 8-9AM the latest. This of course means mom goes to bed way earlier!

Vday with my beautiful Valentine Tessa was so pawsome!!! Have you seen how kyoote she is?!?!

Karisma and family were the first to give me a rosette! Thank you cutie! Time to watch mom work out on the elliptical. She hates that thing... Hope you all had a pawsome Vday and have a great 3 day weekend!

66 F out!

Holy cats! A week ago tomorrow it was 20 F with wind chills making it feel 0-5 F!!! Today? 66!!

The wind is a bit annoying but oh how it feels! I love the warm weather! We opened our windows for some fresh air! That was until Porkers decided to climb the screen... NOT COOL DUDE!

So mom had to shut it a bit *pouts* Tomorrow mom is getting her hair cut! Probably about 4 inches off as mom's hair grows like a weed. Then she'll be getting her teeth whitened. They're pretty white now but she likes them pearly white!

I could care less... Just give me treats! As long as my chompers work, who cares about the color!

Vday gifties opened!

Alas! Now that mom has stopped messing w/ her unsuccessful tax returns (soft wear has been refunded!!) she helped me open my gifties!!!

Tessa spoiled me!!! First thing I did was read the card!! She has better paw writting than me!! *swoons* Ok, so she got me not one, but TWO bags of my FAVORITE treats! Friskies Party Mix! I also got three feather ball toys (I'll probably chew the feathers off hehe), a way cool blue toy that you can throw pretty far, 2 crinkle balls, 1 jingle ball, and mom even got some candy (she didn't share *pouts*). Oh boy oh boy! This Valentine's Day bit is pawsome!!! Thank you Sweet Cheeks!! OMC! I love everything!

Ok, I really knead to start chewing on those feathers hehe! It's my favorite thing to do! They taste good!!! mmmmmmmmmmmm

My Tessa Wessa

Will be at a special Bday Party today!!!!! One of our besties is 4 years young today! *ASPEN* is another year old and looking great! There's an all day party *HERE* . Tessa's sister Murphy is throwing him the pawsome party!!!

The theme is Winnie the Pooh!!! Oh look at all the cute decorations!!

Wishing our pawrents a Happy 6th Wedding Annifurrrsary today too!!!!

Brrrrrrrr

It's 14 degrees out and w/ the wind chill it feels like it's 0!! Good thing I have a lot of furr! Tiskers kept mom warm last night while I slept on my HP bed from Mercy and family.

I don't know why the humans insist on going outside when it's so cold... No way Jose'!!!

I'm anxiously awaiting something in the mail from my Tessa Wessa!!! OH! Did you see her purrrrty page?! Awwwww TESSA!!! *kissies*

My girlfriend Tessa turns 3 in a few hours!!

Ooooooooo! I just got done setting up the party hall as my beautiful girlfriend *TESSA* turns 3 years old February 2nd!!

There's an all day party *HERE* February 2nd and EVERYONE is invited!!!

The theme is the Tasmanian Devil! She's a wild one!!! MOL Love ya Tessa!! Hope you have a pawsome birthday!!!!!!!!

I've done GOOD with Tessa!!!

*fans self* I just watched her mousie video!! Oh boy oh boy!! *purrrrrr* She got my bday and vday giftie and just posted pictures and a video!!! Man, I'm huge... I did "test" out her new pink bed but ummmmm I was too big... Clearly she is a petite lil' cutie as she looks like she'd fit in there easily!!! She opened her vday gifties too (which I would have if I were her MOL). Mom decided she might as well ship her bday and vday gifties at the same time to save a little money.

Psssssssst! Your bday and Vday card are on their way!!! hehe Dang snow storm a few days ago messed up my shopping for a card...

Do NOT let Sawyer eat those treats! They are my favorite!! Yum yum!! And she looks SO PRETTY in pink!! I knew not to get her neck wear (remember Catmas? MOL) so Pink it was! And I did good! She looks SMASHING in pink!! *fans self*

:( I made a mess...

Oh dear... Now I know how Titch feels... I too had an accident down there... I was doing my thing and dad came into the room and I wasn't done apparently... So when dad left the room seconds later, there was a big long... Ummm... brown streak on the carpet... I too messed up my "fluffy pantaloons".

Daddy cleaned it up actually while mom wiped me down. *blush* Mom knows I feel bad as I didn't want to go near her but she knew it was an accident. She didn't get mad but I feel bad :(

Mail for Tessa!!

YES! I'm done with all my boyfriend duties (for now). Mom is sending Dad to the USPS after he's done doing work in the court house as the USPS is down the street.

I managed to find her (I hope) a pawsome bday gift and Vday gift! Slim pickings in the stores for vday stuff! Maybe they're anti Vday this year... Well guess what? I AM NOT!! I'm all about Tessa!!! My Sweet Cheeks! My Tessa Wessa!

Only problem is mom didn't get a chance to get her bday and vday card 'cause of yesterday's ice storm :( So that'll come later when mom gets a chance to find one!

Poor Aspen won't have a bday card in his package either for his Feb 6 bday... *sigh* It's the thought that counts. Even Allie won't MOL!!!!

Bday and Vday...

*hard at work, working to get things right, must not stuff up things, gotta impress my lady*

My Tessa Wessa has a birthday Feb 2nd and then of course Vday is 12 days later! The pressure is on dudes! Seriously I know NOT to miss these important holidays. Dad did the first vday that mom and dad were married. She has not let him forget about that :) The interest purrr say in that ooopsie has cost him dearly MOL!!!!!!!

I agree with Tiskers! YUCK!

Look at that ugly banner on MY banner!! That 9 lives banner is ugly! It's not even centered on my page! Yucky! Tiskers was right!! It's ugly!!

I've been busy working on my Tessa Wessa's Vday gift. I hear that she's been getting tortured w/ the furminator!! MOL!!! I feel her pain!! I hate that thing!!!

Ok, all this work is making me HUNGRY!! Gotta feed my belly!

Me no LIKEY smoke alarm!!!!

Ok, all is fine now the firetrucks just left!! Holy Cats! Mom and dad were sleeping as dad just got off nights and arrived home at 7:20 AM today. At about 1PM they were woken by the smoke alarms!

There was NO smoke so we figured the alarm got "stuck" or something? So dad tried to dismantle it but couldn't get the battery out!

So he went to the leasing office. Mom wanted to shield our ears (and thankfully we were all in the bedroom w/ them), so she put some of us in the bathroom (Hondo, Tiskers and I were under the bed).

Then the firetrucks came! MOM PANICKED!! She grabbed the two large crates, and stuffed 3 in. Hondo was a PAIN IN THE TAIL as he wouldn't come under from the bed! We got him though and then ran outside... All 6 of us safe.

Apparently the guy kitty corner from us? His pipe froze and water started to flood. His smoke alarms went off like the rest of our neighbors (6 tenants) and since it was under HIS place? The sprinklers went off!!! OH NO!!! Think of all the damage!!!!

All is ok but wow, that was some fire drill!!! Mom's biggest fear is that they're gone and the firedudes come and OPEN the door (for a real fire or something) and we all run away :( We're all ID chipped but STILL!!!

Ok, mom is WIDE AWAKE NOW!!! 4.5 hours of sleep and SHE IS WIDEEEEEEEEEE AWAKE!!!!!!!!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Fido!!!

Our brother Fido is turning 3 on January 15, 2009 (2009 NOT 2008 like his banner says MOL)

All day party *HERE* thanks to his lovely wife Allie!!! What a great party! Twilight theme!!

Mom will be gone from 6-8pm EST as she has to teach a few lessons but otherwise it's an all day party!

Please come!!

Gifties for Tessa!!!

Oooooooo so late last night after our pawrents bought paint for the office and supplies, we went to my favorite store and bought my sweet Tessa Wessa her bday gift! We also found Fido a bday gift as tomorrow he turns 3!!!

Now I gotta figure out Valentine's day! Now I know how Allie feels about shopping for Fido!!! MOL

Time to go as our parents are off to paint for the FIRST time! Eeep!! They said the office is their practice run for when they paint their future house :) MOL!!!!

PS! Dang! My banner was Tessa's banner and no one caught it until Daddy JUST saw it, "Hi I'm Mittens' girl, Sweet Cheeks" *embarrassed*. All fixed! Dang I bet you all saw it and wanted to sit back and laugh! Did Boogie put you up to it?!

Gotta go shopping for Tessa!

Oh dear, I hope a certain big cat gets back to me (and I'm not meowing about Boogie). It's tough trying to think of girl gifts being I live with dudes (sans mom). But even mom is hard to shop for! Don't believe me? Why just ask dad!!

My girlfriend is celebrating her bday February 2! I wonder what her favorite colors are... I know she doesn't fancy collars... hmmmmmmmm

Anymeow, I'm up really late as dad is on nights so I think we'll be going to bed soon! Zzzzzzzzzz

Did anyone notice?

Did anyone notice that this year Catster didn't do the official Catmas stroll??? That makes it 2 Catmas' in a row where we don't get that Catmas stroll badge on our page :(

It'd be cool if they did the Mother's Day and Vday one as in the past but the Vday one from the looks of it, was only done one year...

I can't wait to spoil my Tessa Wessa for Vday!!! I wonder what to get her... I know she doesn't like fluffy collars much (ME EITHER!!!)

Hmmmmmmmm

I steal beds!

See me in my main picture? Yup, that's me in Hondo's "Hondo" bed! I have, along with Fido been stealing this bed!!! It's supposed to be for Hondo but I get there first, there for it's MINE!

Fido and Tiskers have been stealin' Boogie's denim bed from his wife Eve that he received for his Bday. Has Boogers had much time IN the bed? Of course not!!

In our home, if you want a bed, you better act quick and sit your furry body inside!

I wonder if we should donate some beds?? There's about 10 we don't use which makes mom sad as they are really nice ones from the Siamese Rescue. My philosophy is to have a bed every 5 feet from one another :)

Happy New Years!!!

I hope all my friends have a pawsome and safe New Years!! We're staying in 'cause it's safer. Mom and dad have never gone out on New Years Eve for some obvious reasons.

And besides, they should ring in the New Year with us :) See you all in 2009!!!

*Prepares to kiss Tessa Wessa at midnight*

Back from the Vet and shopping

Me and Tiskers went to the VET today for our anual exam and 3 year rabies shot. We'll get our distemper in a few weeks.

We saw Dr. Carskaddan and we loved him! We missed our old Vet Dr. Swartz as he retired in July 2008, but Dr. Carskaddan took over for him and is the new owner of Clocktower Animal Hospital. We were seeing Dr. Colvin but mom and dad liked Dr. Carskaddan a little more. Both are great vets but my pawrents just got that "feeling" you know? Good Vets are hard to find!

After they dropped us off they went to PetSmart as Aunti Barb told mom that ProPlan moist was on sale for 50 cents a can. Mom and dad bought 6 cases of that, 2 of the Medley's, and a couple of cases of other food. Gotta get the sales while you can. With the sale price each case was about $13. So we saved a lot!

Tonight my pawrents are going to watch UFC 92 on PayPreview. They're excited!!

Evil Vet!

Yuck, me and Tiskers are going to the Vet tomorrow for our annual checkup, 3 year rabies shot and another perhaps? Dad is off for 3 days! YAY! So since I'm almost 19 pounds, mom can't lift me in the carrier so that's why dad is coming with us. Mom will be lugging Tiskers and daddy will have me to lift MOL

Our regular vet isn't in tomorrow so we went with the other male vet 'cause mom doesn't like the female vets at the office and refuses to give them a dime :)

I bet I get whiz when I get a shot!! Eeeeeeee

Tankies Unkie for the giftie!!! I'm going to be a bit sad as we won't have our Meowathon until the 2nd week of Jan, but time off is good too as we have daddy time!

Gotta break in the heated bed!

My brothers are putting ME in charge of breaking in the new thermal bed we got from Santa Paws :) It stretches and since I'm the biggest I get to sit in it first.

Santa paws and my pawrents (totally two DIFFERENT people!!!!!!!!) were good to us. They gave us a big box of Meow Mix "Wholesome Goodness" seafood pack and the sage thermal bed that plugs into the wall!

I hope you all had a pawsome Catmas! Dad left for work so we're going to keep mom company and take pictures :) Merry Catmas!

I wasn't bad! No coal for me!

I know I have 9 hours until Santa Paws comes to our home. I wonder if our Fireplace will be a problem?? Maybe we should put out the fire???

Anymeow, *MURRAY AND FAM* sent our family a Catmas box of goodies!

I got a stocking with my name on it and inside were oodles of toys!! I kept telling Santa in my letter that I was NOT a bad cat, therefore I should NOT get coal in my stocking :)

Thank you guys!!

Wishing everyone a Meowy Catmas! Please be safe and I hope you guys have a blizzard free Catmas :)

I'm a DDP! *EDIT*

As mentioned before, mom's sleep schedual is wayyyyyyyy off since she and dad took a nap which resulted in 6 hours of sleep! I see that Ambrogino is up early like us again :) Thanks for the rosette! And kisses to Hazel Lucy for the mistletoe!

Just a reminder, Boogers turns 5 years old TODAY and everyone is invited to his party *HERE*

Also be sure and check out my new video *HERE* if you wanna hear me and Boogie meow :)

*EDIT* Oops, it must have been one of my brothers' diary but my pawrents took a 6 hour nap as they were tired from doing errands and my mom had her CT scan. During the CT they injected something into her IV and it made her REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY warm! She said it was weird! So she kneaded to drink lots of fluids and took a nap as she felt a bit off but is all better :)

*EDIT part deux* Thanks everyone for the rosettes and email concats!! I'm happy that my girl Tessa loves my voice :) I find it funny that both our BIG bros have girly meows MOL!!!!!!!!

Boogie turns 5! And we got catmas gifts!

Wow! Boogie's bestie Pansy is throwing him a 5th bday party *HERE*

He turns 5 December 23, 2008 (Tuesday) so there's an all day party for him. The theme is Harry Potter and Tiki of course!!! I'm off to get my party shoes on :)

Also today we got a huge package from Biscotti and family! Inside were our catmas gifts and Boogie got a very nice bday gift (read his diary). We got: A cute stocking with Monte on the front and a candy cane inside, some cat food for Porkers, 2 holiday balls and a white festive mousie, a reindeer catnip filled toy, and a Santa paws play wand!! They also sent mom a YUMMY Yankee *sugar plum* which is one of mom's FAVORITE scents! Also she got two pairs of warm sockies (one has a cute cat on them) MOL!! Thank you so much guys!! We also got a nice picture card of Cannoli and Picasso in the mail :)

Speaking of cards, we also got a handsome picture card of Sammie and KiKi, a really pretty home made card from Remus and family, and Chrissy in NJ sent us a card WITH some of her cat furr inside!! MOL!! Thanks guys!!

I have big paws!

I am after all called Mittens for a reason :) Check out *THIS* picture!

Mom does have tiny fingers. As mentioned before, her hands when she taught younger piano students, were SMALLER than the ave 7-8 year old. Funny how they always complained they couldn't reach an octave (8 keys) yet mom could do a 9th. It's all about the stretch :)

So tada! My paws in her small paw!

OMC! Catmas goodies from Tessa!!!

HOLY CATS!! Look what my girlfriend sent me for Catmas! *points* Oh, you can't see can you...

Ok, so I got a huge envelope and inside was this WAY CUTE cat stocking with a BIG fluffy cat on the front (like me!). It even had white mitts like me :) Inside I got a bag of Beef Greenies, Kitty Hoots Hat Heads, a pack of 3 blue mousies, Toyshoppe balls with hair on the ends and even a Catmas Chocolate Candy bar for mom!!! OMC!! Tessa!!! Thank you so much!!! I'll be posting pictures after the humans eat dinner. I can't wait to sink my teeth into the greenies! Mmmmmmmmm NOM NOM NOM!!!

*hugs*

My Tessa Wessa...

Ooooooooo I got to dance with her at Fido's wedding yesterday!!! Dang, she is so pretty :) She almost caught the bouquet but Smudge was quicker :) Next time my sweets!

PorkChop is hoping he can chase me around soon 'cause he wants to help me get into shape. Please, these muscles don't just happen over night! Constant Vigilance!!!

Ok, I'm going to dream about food, maybe eat some kibble from my bed (I'm lazy), and then take a nap w/ mom and dad. The weather is all wet and it's making us all tired... All of us that is, except Porkers (not to be confooosed with me).

I love wedding food!

I never pass up a wedding 'cause the food is... D-licious!!!

Fido is marrying Allie tomorrow the 15 *HERE* . The wedding is at 4pm Catster/7pm EST and is being Officiated by Hazel Lucy. Hope you can all come!

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm FOOD!

Handsome Unkie and Mago!

WOW! Look at my handsome *HANDSOME UNKIE TIO LANCELOT AND MAGO* in their new scarfs and blanket we ordered them :) Hazel Lucy helped make their Catmas extra special. We appreciate what their daddy does as he's in the military.

Some more news is that PorkChop's biological daddy *MONTE* is at his new home. We agree that it was meant to be and Picasso would want him to be with his new family, PICASSO'S FAMILY!!!! :) Be sure to befriend and visit his page :)

Allie and Fido are going to tie the knot December 15, 2008 at 7pm EST so we would LOVE for you all to attend. EVERYONE is invited... Details to come soon!

In memory of Picasso

Mom is crying while typing and is just so devastated... It is with deepest regret that I inform you that *Picasso* has passed onto Rainbow bridge.

Mom just got off the phone with Picasso's mom and we promised her we'd inform her friends in diaries, groups, and some personal pawmails.

As you've read in his latest diaries he hasn't been eating as much (and we know he had a good appetite), but his mom was concerned and brought him to the vet. On his way there, he started to breath very heavy since he had Cardiomyopathy. The vet did administer a Lasix shot which usually helps. His heart was hard to listen to as there was a lot of fluids in the heart. The vet said that he would be ok to go home as there wasn't much they could do that wasn't done already. They decided to let Picasso go home, try and relax as a vet visit is stressful for a LOT of cats. After Barb paid for the bill, she was 2 steps out of the vet's door when Picasso started to breath and make loud sounds.

We're all in disbelief, shock, and very upset to say that Picasso went to the bridge today due to congestive heart failure. His mom went WELL and beyond to care for Picasso... Our family is SO HONORED to have met him 2x. He truly is a remarkable cat. We have all received a very special angel from the Bridge who is looking down on all of us.

I'm so sorry Barb and Rob. We are beyond sad to hear of this news... *hugs*

Cat Charmer from Tio and Mago!!!

So mom and dad just got home. They were shopping for 4 hours at the mall and mom's feet are sore! I guess her sock got bunched inside her shoe near her pinky toe--ouch!

Anymeow, when they came home, the UPS had left a note saying the package was dropped at the leasing office. So they went down there and behold... A big envelope addressed to:

Mittens and Tiskers!!! Inside the package was a way cool wand called "Cat Charmer". It's a clear rod with a longgggggggggggggggggg pretty blue and purple felt, 1 inch wide, streamer!! OMC! This is cool!!! Unfortunately, all my brothers tried to bogart the toy... AHEM!?!? It's MINE ALL MINE!

Ok ok... I'll share but c'mon!! :) Thank you so much unkie Lancelot and Mago! You both spoil us!!! I'm really excited for their giftie to arrive :) *kitten kisses* THANKS GUYS!

*pics to be posted soon*

My Tessa!!!

Look at how PRETTY she is in this *PICTURE*

*fans himself* Mom still is up... She can't sleep 'cause I keep waking her up! Just doing my job! Why sleep when one can PLAY with me?!?! Her eyelids are starting to look droopy, she'll fall asleep soon and then, well... YOU know the drill :)

PS. Boogie deserves NOTHING! It should be ALL MINE!! MWHAHAHAHA!!

Santa? I want your COOKIES!

Yes I do!! I want your cookies! I've been a good boy! You can't blame me for hissing at the new dude... I couldn't help myself! I was used to being the baby of the family (me and Tiskers). But we're good buds now.

Unlike Tiskers, "I" don't SIT on Porkers MOL!!!! Tiskers always sits on EVERYONE!! He'll walk up to you, and PLOP!

Good thing he's only 13ish pounds (he's working hard on becoming 14 by the New Year--he's almost there).

*waves to Tessa and Unkie*

Harry Potter goodness!!

OMC! *UNKIE LANCELOT AND MAGO* sent us all the coolest Harry Potter gift for Catmas!!! We had gotten an email from them the other day saying we should keep an eye out for a package! Sure enough? It came today!!

Mom is excited as it's another HP collector item for our collection.

Wait... MOM?!?! It's not YOURS it's OURS!! MOL That's ok, I"ll share :) Mom's been looking for a big wood/glass door hutch to store her books since Tiskers last year, chewed a few teeth marks into the books. But they're hard to find these wood hutches.

Thank you Unkie and Mago!!!

What a difference a year makes!

HOLY CATS!! Mom only managed to take a picture of PorkChop and me today. She might just put up the same pics of Boogie, Hondo, and Fido from last year as they look the same...

Also because I sorta ate the feathers off of the Santa Paws outfit that Cali and Leo's mom makes (we sent it in the other day for a repair) MY BAD!!!

Check out my first 2 pics!! What a difference a year makes! I'm sooooooo much bigger than I was a year ago!! PorkChop is wearing the shirt in my 2nd pic as I can NO LONGER fit in it MOL

Happy Thanksgiving friends!

Happy 28th Dad!

My daddy turns 28 today! Mom took him out to dinner last night after they saw Twilight :) Both mom and dad thought the movie was good! In fact, they're going to see it AGAIN Friday! MOL

Mom never used to see movies 2x in the theater (she'd wait for them to come on DVD), but dad is one of those who likes to see a GOOD movie more than once in the theater :)

Still cold here... Thank cod I'm fluffy!

Catmas is coming soon!

So mom just got done making our Catster pages for next month! Well, the backgrounds at least :) We told mom that we don't knead anything for Catmas even though Boogers is HOPING he can get a new scratching post... Thing is, we have 5 of those huge ones and a few small ones... Boogers seems to think we all need one of our OWN :)

I can't get over how cold it is!! 30 degrees in NOV?!?! IN VIRGINIA?!?! It's never this cold in VA at this time! At least not in the almost 5 years we've lived her!

MOM IS TURNING BLUE!!! She still doesn't know how she survived -20 days!!!!

Fuzzy heater

That's what mom is calling me! In the morning when I wake her up, I snuggle near her pillow while purring loud and meowing. But now that it's getting cold, I'm keeping her extra warm: Body contact!

My furr is really plush where as Tiskers has thinner hair, but it's much longer than mine.

We all put up a new picture a few days ago of all 6 of us on the bed :) Mom wishes we'd all sit on the bed like that when dad leaves for work. Why? Imagine how warm she'd be!

Typically Boogie and Tiskers are sleeping w/ mom but when I hear that alarm? I'm up on the bed faster than you can say Boogie is muscular!

FOOD! PINK CAKE!!! MINE!!!

MOVE OVER!! In a few hours when it turns November 17, 2008 according to Catster time, me, Tiskers and Biscotti get our PINK 1 year Catster Annifurrsary cake!! I can't wait to inhale the never ending cake I hear about!!!

We all started our page a year ago the 17th, and came home the 23rd :) We're all blessed to have a pawsome family who will take care of us until the end :)

We're sending purrrs to Auntie Barb too as she has a root canal appointment/surgery tomorrow :( We hear they are not fun!!!

Thanks go to:

Nikko and Scooter (drumstick), Snowmitts and family (drumstick), Sammie and KiKi (heart), Tessa hot stuff (drumstick), Pansy (turkey), Harry (diamond), mom and dad (pilgrim hate), HL for the kind pawmail :)

Brrrrrrrrrrr!!!

It's a good thing I'm muscular!!! So 3 days ago we had the air on as it was back to 70... Yesterday mom and dad were sportin' shorts even though it started to rain later...

Today? It's 40 and mom is turning blue again!!! It's cold! She had to put on the fireplace to warm up! (It's not a real fireplace with actual fire, but one of those that have a switch thing MOL).

Me? I think the weather is great! I'm not hot! I'm just purrrfect :) See?! It pays to be muscular!

It's official!

Mom can't lift me anymore... While Boogie and I both weigh in at 18 pounds, he's "lighter" 'cause I'm 100% dead weight... Mom tried to pick me up a few minutes ago and while she did, she could hold me for about 4 seconds before she had to set me down (or else drop me as she could barely hold me!!!)

"MITTENS! *huff, puff* YOU ARE TOO... MUSCULAR!!!" Dad can pick me up with no problem, but then he's 220 pounds, 6'2" :) Mom is 1XX pounds 5'3" inches :) I can't wait to meet Simba's mom next month! I know our mom's are planning it as Auntie Jen is in our area then!

I am certain she won't be able to lift me either! MWHAHAHAHA!

YIKES!!!!

Remember that eye surgery mom had a month ago today?? Well we got the bill and we didn't realize how much it was!! Our insurance covers most of it, so we only have to pay $163.25 but mom was SHOCKED at what the insurance paid for!!

Conjunctivoplasty, reconstr $2895
Reconstruction of Eyelid, F $2340

OUCH!!! Better the insurance company than mom! I mean, Boogie would starve if mom had those bills!

Purrrrrrrrrrr

So when I first came home, I didn't listen too well... I was always friendly but sometimes I wondered if I had ADD... But mom and dad have noticed in the past few weeks that I've settled down a bit and have become a lot more social, more clingy towards mom and dad.

I've always been a love bug but I have been following mom and dad more around our house. I wonder why?? And it's funny 'cause PorkChop is sorta taken over my roll as the cat with ADD MOL

Doesn't matter though, I'm still a hugeeeeeeeee cat who loves to eat and can eat more than Boogie :) Tiskers will always be the "good" raggie :) Seriously, he's a lot like Boogie. It must be a momma's boy thing?

Other than trying to figure out dinner for tonight, nothing is new with us. Mom is planning on meeting Simba's mom Dec 5. We shall see! It's hard to coordinate two schedules!

My Sweet Cheeks...

I can't wait to see her as a Tessurkey!! I showed dad her newest pictures and he was like, "WOAH she's adorable!!! So pretty! Well done son". Hehe!

I remember telling Tessa that I knew she was the one not 'cause she's purrrty, but look at her! She's a tuxedo! I seem to have an unexplainable soft spot for tuxedo cats... Wonder why *wink*

Daddy is still sleeping at 2pm... Mom is going to start blupper... It's funny... When dad's on nights, she tends to have one meal and a snack. She likes when he's on days 'cause she eats more normal. I however eat when ever I can!

*bonks*

Tagged by Spike!!!

I got tagged by Spike in a Thanksgiving tag game and I'm told that I knead to list in my diary 5 things that I am thankful for and then tag 5 more kitties!

1. I'm thankful that I have a pawsome family that loves me as I love them too!

2. I'm thankful that I have a hot girlfriend named Tessa, aka Sweet Cheeks!

3. I'm thankful for FOOD!!!

4. I'm thankful for being told I'm a good boy for being mom and dad's backup alarm clock "Mrooooooow, MROWWWWW MRRRROOOOOWWW"

5. I'm thankful for all the friends I have on Catster :)

I'm going to tag:

Tessa my girl, Unkie Lancelot, Colleen, Pansy, and Titch!

I'm a DDP! It's been 6 months!!!

WOAH! I'm a DDP today! 6 months (exactly) ago was my last honor! Mom and dad are up late as dad is on nights this month. Mom tries to stay up late during the months when he's on nights.

WOW! I'm so excited to be a DDP!!! It seems that a few of my friends who saw my new *VIDEO* think I'm a big boy! Indeed I am! I'm still growing and aspire to be like my daddy. He's around 25-30 pounds and I came from a huge Champion line so I'm bound to be big!

MOVE OVER BOOGIE!

Thanks Hazel Lucy (pawmail), Vanessa (red rosette to match my tent), Colleen (red rosette), Snowmitts (baseball), Patchez (candy corn--I know right!), Calvin and co (nut--MOL 21?), Fellow DDP Pebbles (glasses), Sampson Silver Dollar and fam (pumpkin--so true), Harry (milk to make me bigger MOL), my Sweet Cheeks Tessa (heart), Buddie and fam (pawmail), Pansy and fam (shrimp, FOOD MINE), Teebo and Callie (paw), Sammie and KiKi (pumpkin), Ivan and fam (black cat)

Oh, stop your complainin'!

Tiskers and PorkChops are a little annoyed that for over 40 minutes last night I kept collapsing their cat tent. Don't they know that's what it's for?? It's not meant to be upright! The fun part is making the top collapse when your brothers are inside! Clearly, they are clueless...

Please check out the new video featuring me, Tiskers and PorkChop (1st video on our page).

Cat tents ROCK!

Happy Halloween!

This is my first Halloween with my family!! You see, me and Tiskers were adopted in November, so technically all 3 of us raggies are celebrating our first Halloween with our new family!

GUESS WHAT! I got a giftie from my girlfriend *TESSA*

She sent me and my family a cute Halloween card, and a white ghost that said BOO! I'll be taking a picture of the goodie later tonight!

I'd like to thank the following cats for gifties!

Unkie Lancelot (pumpkin and funny joke), Alex and fam (pumpkin), and my sweet cheeks Tessa (hat).

You know you're "full figured" when...

Your mom can't pick you up without being winded!!! Mom always wondered why Auntie Barbi said she couldn't lift (then) 18 pound Snowmitts. I mean, Boogie is 18 pounds but mom has no problems lifting him!

WELL, as it turns out, us raggies are just DEAD weight... We just flop and relax! Mom now understands! She can seriously barely hold me... Mom is short at 5'3", but Barbi is smaller so no wonder both our mom's can't pick us up MOL

Seriously, mom almost drops me MOL. She would seriously have to call dad home if I kneaded to go to the vet STAT. Maybe we should get a fork lift :)

Not chubby!

YAY! I've seem to plataeu in the weight gaining department! Mom was worried I'd hit 19-20 pounds before I was 2 years old! But I'm holding steady at 18.12 pounds!!! Again, my daddy is HUGE! Like 25-30 pounds huge! We come from a HUGE HUGE line (also champion too) MOL

Anyway, I'm telling you, that PorkChop (who we seem to call Porkers daily although he's far from it), loves to chase me! AND ONLY ME! Don't get me wrong, it's fun but pretty soon I'll be svelte MOL

NOT the furminator!!!!!

Dang, dad furminated me just now... I'm saving up furrr for my Sweet Cheeks!! You see, her brother Sawyer has a bday this month and Boogie is working on his bday gift. So naturally I gotta send my girl a lil' something. The things I do for my girl MOL

But no seriously, I hate being brushed! It's EVIL! Capital E-V-I-L!

Poor Unkie...

I just read that his plus is MIA again!!! What flees in his Catster account! I do hope it gets fixed soon!!

It's good to be back for a bit! Mom still has blurry vision as she has to apply eye drops to keep her eyes moist but the problem is, with her 48 stitches in her eyes, it makes it a bit hard to blink as the stitches are getting tighter, so mom's eyes are filled w/ tears MOL

Hopefully she'll get them out tomorrow as she's going in for her left eye which won't close as well as the right. We've read it's common and have done a warm compress. It might be due to that upper lid being more swollen? Her right eye is great though!

I see that there are new rosettes! Hopefully this week we can return all the kind pawmails and rosettes and give a few of the new ones! The sunglasses helped mom though! She hasn't left the house yet but has been sportin' sunglasses as she looks a bit... bruised!

Thanks again for the pawmails and to the following cats:

Hunter and family (paw), and Unkie Lancelot (Jack-o-lantern), Titch and fam (shades)

I'm big BONED!!!

There was once a time when I was a lil' kitten and could fit into *THIS* Meezer rescue bed WITH another cat...

Now today mom took *THIS* picture (same size bed) and low and behold... I NO FIT WELL!!!

See you in a few days while mom gets R&R tomorrow after her eye surgery!!!

Keep voting for me please!

Mom just added a picture of me and Fido as "best friends". I'm best buddies with all my brothers but Fido loves to groom me.

I wanted to wish you all good luck on this fun contest. The time my girlfriend gets back from vacation, MY mom will be on bed rest, aka vacation as her surgery is this Wednesday. I'm told I "better behave" as mom won't be able to run around like she normally does...

Getting a workout!

I gotta hand it to my lil' brother PorkChop for trying to get me in shape! During the day, we both play tag! But the thing is? He's a lot faster than me! I thought that being I'm taller I could run faster, but I guess the smaller and lighter you are, the faster one can run.

He chases me and mom after 10 minutes has to call a time out as I'm panting as I'm outta shape :) But I did loose a few ounces so that's good! Only thing though, I tend to void out that workout as I have been nibbling on the high in fat kitten food... I can't help it! It's sooooooo good!

Vote for me!

I would love for everyone to vote for me in the 4th annual Catster's Coolest Cat Contest *HERE* Be sure to hit "VOTE" after submitting a paw rating :)

Be sure to check back as mom will keep adding pictures. I have the vote badge on my page too :)

I'm such an angel *tucks devil horns back*

Hehehe! Everyone knows I'm the wild one in our family. I don't understand the word "no", and I tend to be very independent and do things on my own. So naturally, wearing angel wings (aka Fido's costume 2 years ago) is fitting no? MOL!!!

Like Hondo, I too am famous!

Hondo and his divo bed are featured right below me *HERE*

Dang right I'm taking over his bed! In fact, Fido is too MOL!!!

Yuppers, PorkChop is cool!

Me and Tiskers got over our hissy fit... We no longer are making his life difficult MOL! We love him to bits. Mom still can't get over how difficult we were :) Just playing hard to get!

I can't believe how small he is!!! I look extra huge compared to him! Hard to believe he is bigger than I was at his age! Tiskers was 4 pounds when he came home, and me and Biscotti were 3 pounds and a few ounces (mom forgot, but we have the paper work). Amazing what love (and FOOD) will do :)

HISSIESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!

HISSSSSSSSSSS! MROWWWWWWWWWW! HISSSSSSSSSSS!

That is what I told PorkChop! And I wasn't alone! Tiskers too said the same thing! Mom knew Fido would be the biggest baby when he met PorkChop but to her surprise? Me and Tiskers were the worstest!!!!

Boogie and Hondo were nice to PorkChop :) However, PorkChop ONLY hissed at Boogie and Hondo MOL!

Who is this dude? We're all going to be seperated for a few days and dang that PorkChop! He gets the master bedroom!!! But mom said she is going to have dad bring all of us to see PorkChop 3x a day for a minute or so.

HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Tagged by Pawstuctaway Serengeti!

7 more things you'll want to know about me!!

Okey dokey here we go~

1) Mom just got back from the family doctor and has been APPROVED for surgery October 15! YAY!!!!!!!!!!

2) I eat VERY fast and then proceed to the next bowl, aka my brothers :)

3) I am super duper vocal! I wake my pawrents up!

4) I have a brown spot on the back of my leg :)

5) I love my Sweet Cheeks!

6) I don't like to be brushed much

7) I'm starving... My parents don't feed me (kidding but I would love to eat 24/7 if I could)

1st Birthday and Annifurrsary!!

WOW! Today is a big day!

For starters *HARRY* turns 1 year old today! What a handsome fellow! There will be an all day party *HERE* held but unkie Hondo. The theme is Harry Potter 'cause well... He was named after THE HP!!!

Also today is *HAZEL LUCY AND BUDDIE'S* 3rd annifurrsary together! WOW!!! They were one of the first catsters to get married we're told. We wish them many more pawsome years and memories together!!!!

Mom sees the family doctor tomorrow!

Ooooooooo mom's bp is pawsome and she sees the family doctor tomorrow! All SHOULD go well, and she SHOULD get cleared and that means surgery Oct. 15

Good luck mom!

Mom is up EARLY because of me!

Mom went to bed around 2am, got up at 7am... Why? I am getting more and MORE vocal! It might be because dad usually is home around now giving us our MOIST for the day, but he's getting an oil change at 8am so he's staying at work an extra hour.

So mom only got 5 hours if that... My bad... But it's for the better as she has an 8:00 apt this Wednesday when she sees the family doctor. And then of course, this Friday our parents are going to get our brother PorkChop and to avoid DC traffic, they are leaving at 5am! YIKES!

And then when mom gets her eye surgery Oct. 15, she has to be at the hospital at 8:00 am (hour before surgery) and again, they must ward off DC traffic so she'll be up at 4-5 am! YIKES!

Tail update

MOL You know your tail is "special" when...

A fellow raggie and bestie, Harry, even notices your tail is shorter than his MOL!!!! It's true, me and Biscotti are super "special". MOL :)

BTW? Harry is getting HUGE!!!

Unusual ragdoll tails anyone?

So both my mom and Biscotti's mom just found out that our tails are... What's the word? "Special"... You see, most ragdolls have long, plush tails. If you look at Jaspurr, Aspen, Snowmitts, even Picasso's tail? They are longgggggggggggg and poofy!

A few days ago mom was braiding Tiskers' tail as he has a lot of furr on it and even beyond the tip of his tail. I'd say he has a good 3-4 inches of furrr after the tail. Me? Ummm.... Mom noticed there's maybe 1/2-1 inch of furr at the end and it goes to a weird point. However, the base is wide and mom kept thinking, "I don't remember Barbi's cats having that tail..."

So last night our mom's were meowing about our cats and Barbi wanted to ask mom a question about our tails and my mom burst out laughing as she knew what she was going to ask! SURE ENOUGH me and Biscotti have the same tails! MOL!!!!

Check out *THIS* side-by-side pic! MOL!!!

I'm mom and dad's alarm clock!

It's true! Mom is a housewife for the most part but does teach a few lessons on Thursday/Friday so she has extra spending money. But until she finishes the DVD set of Smallville Season 7, she's not going to bed at a normal time.

So to prevent herself from sleeping until 5pm 'cause she goes to bed so late? She sets her alarm for 1pm. Well the past week when I hear it go off? I go into their room and go "Meowwwwwwww.... Meow... MEooooooowwww", and mom gets such a kick out of it :)

I'm like Pavlov's cat!!!

Back on Catster!

Gosh, the past week not being able to meow with friends and my new girlfriend was torture! So naturally I made sure mom got little sleep as payback :) The past 2 days I've been going in their room while they sleep to wake them up by going "Meow... Meowwwwwwwww... Meow... MEEEEOOOOWWWWW".

Like my brothers have all said, I'd like to thank you all for helping mom deal with the unexpected news. It did help as the people she'd normally ask for help were part of the issue... Thank you all *hugs*.

Mom took some pictures of me this past week and I'll be posting those soon! I missed my girl Tessa! *waves*

Also while away me and Tiskers received a bday gift from Gnomey, NBK and Andre!! Inside was an assortment of MOUSIES!! Ooooo! I was bad and managed to take off all the tails :) My bad :) Thank you guys!! Pics to follow soon!

It is true... I was bad...

Sorta... I have this bad habit of jumping on this plastic bin in the bedroom. Mom has tried to prevent me from jumping on it, but I don't listen well :)

So I jumped from the bin onto the TV (first time ever) and fell behind the TV and stand. Naturally I woke mom up. She wasn't happy as she had just fallen back to sleep after the yard people had finished mowing the lawn, etc.

Well then I was scared and was meowing uncontrollably so mom thought I was hurt. She didn't think to put her contacts in as she wanted to get to me! Unfortunately the TV stand and TV weigh about 100 pounds total? And dad had left to do an in service class for work. So mom inched it towards her and away from the wall in case I stuck my paw under the stand. 15 minutes later I was free...

SORRY MOM!!

My girl Tessa...

*swoon* So me and my beautiful girl Tessa have matching pages!!! She looks good in blue!

Who'da thought I'd have a pawsome girl?! Boogie spoke highly of their family as Sawyer, (Tessa's BIG brother in more ways than one) is one of Boogie's Besties!

I call her my "Sweet Cheeks". Why? LOOK AT HER!! *purrrrrrrr* She has an adorable black smudge on the left side of her cute pink nose! Did you know I too have a brown smudge on the back of my leg? Yup! It's true! That would make me loose points if I was a show cat, but I'm not! Mom said "NO SHOWS".

I like an older woman too btw :) MOL!! Nah, only a year difference... I wonder when her bday is? I gotta find out!

My bday is still going!!!

OMC! Guess what just came? Me and Tiskers just got a bday package from our besties *CALI AND LEO*

HOLY CATS! Inside me and Tiskers got a very pretty blue card with a cute cat on the front, we got matching blue sweater shirts, (mine has a big blue fish with my name embroidered in green. Tiskers has a blue duck, with red writing). We also got these two feather toys from Pet Links, a big gray mousie, a big cheetah print log with a fuzzy tail, a blue and orange snake, a tub of Meow Mix "Wholesome goodness" in Grilled Chicken Entree, and a Magic towel that expands when you get it wet! OMC

Thank you so much!! Pictures will be posted soon!

When will the Frebreze Collars GO AWAY!?!?

Ugh, all my pretty bday gifites are pushed to the bottom due to the endless supply of collars... I get it, I have a stinky bum sometimes!!! But really, the gifties that people PAY for should be on top IMO...

So I got my paw rating (5) from HQ and they replied back to mom. Since we had our settings to show only 4-5 paw ratings, some mean cat gave me 2 ratings of (3). There's some mean and jealous mommies out there that's for sure! Please, all cats are cute, and deserve FIVE! You know I'm cute :)

No worries, my mom taught me better and we give cats 5 paws all the time when we give ratings out. Karma!

Thank You's!!!

We are so touched by all the special cats who made our birthday so special! Earlier today, mom got the mail and inside was a card and some CASH from grandma!! Also we received a very special Bday card from our Unkie Lancelot! It's quite a handsome card! Why? He was on the front with a big slice of cake :) Thanks Lancelot and Mago and pawrents!

A meow out goes to Calvin and family, Harry and family, and Ambro and family for the gift of Zealies *hugs*

I wanted to say thank you to all those who sent gifties, rosettes, pawmails to Tiskers and Biscotti and myself! It means a lot :) It's not everyday you turn ONE :) Forgive me if I miss a cat as it's not intentional...

♥ Gordy ♥ (cupcake), Alfie and family from the UK (bday hat), Munky, Ozzy, Hunter (bday hat), Biscotti and fam (cupcake), Snowmitts and family (shrimpie), Lancelot and Mago (diamond), Margo RKN (shrimpie), Nikko and Scooter (cupcake), Rocky Ann (heart), Diego and LuLu (cupcake), Calvin and fam (bday hat), Melody and family (bday hat), Sammie and KiKi (bday hat), Toffy and Vanessa (beach ball), Tessa and family (diamond and shrimpie), Patchez and family (cupcake), Buddy always loved (star), Chai and family (purple drinkie), Harry and family (cupcake), Garp and family (beach ball), star from my pawrents, Hazel Lucy (steak), Rufus (beach ball), Isis and family (balloons), Theo (diamond), Callie (bday hat), Ripley (bday hat), Titch and family (diamond), Mercy and family (diamond), Daisy and family (steak), Lucy (beanie hat), River and family (cake), Pansy and Sully (star), Ashley and family (star), Gimme and family (bday hat), Eve and Ollie (heart), Harry, Albus and family (bday hat), Colleen (yellow drinkie), Simba Glomp girl (bday hat), TOY (Cat Street Boyz) (collar), Bailey Gray Cloud and family (cupcake), Andre and family (Balloons and Cake), Fluffy and fam (bday hat), Dexter and Grover (beach ball), Cali and Leo (bday hat), Gimli (shrimpie), Skeezix and fam (cake)

Thanks to the following cats who came to our party:

Snowmitts (threw the party), Cocoa, Kashmere, Biscotti, Picasso, Jaspurr, Aspen, Boogers, Fido, Hondo, Tiskers *hehe*, Isis, Pepper, Pansy, Sully, Morgan the Pirate Gato, Little Bit, Harry, Miles, Allie, Phoebe, Murray, Gimme, Ambro, Ele', Lancelot, Sugar, Chai Latte-Capone, Sugar in TN, Rocky Ann, Diego, Bitta, Calvin, Samoa, Sugar, Violet, Gleek, Spunky, Sammie, KiKi, Dexter, Grover, Colleen, Tessa (my NEW girlfriend), Percy, Murphy, Sawyer, Sunday, Mercedes (Mercy), Rufus, Theo and his WILD PINK CHEETAHS!!, Simba, Rushy, Missy, Rocky, Rasta, Teebo, Callie, Bruce the Boss, Thai Pie, Snickers, Eva Princess Eva Sage, Xena Warrior Princess, Lucky Star, Alfie and family from the UK, Oly, Jake, Mercy, Zoey, Mouse, Patchez, Kujo, Hooch, Precious, Prince, Princess, Mojo, Callista, Cassidy, Sunflower, Clawdette, Simon, River, Magnificent 7, Molly, Dexter, Alice, Titch from the UK, Tort, Eve, Oliver, Bailey Gray Cloud, Merlin, Simba Glompity Glomps, Sampson Silver Dollar, Beau Beau, Spot dude, Nikko, Scooter, Hunter, Ozzy, Munky, Murray, Jullian, Jaspur, Gimli

I'm ONE I'm ONE!!! *UPDATED*

Wait... Me, Tiskers, AND Biscotti are ONE!! OMC! We knew something was super special about turning ONE!

Wanna know how??? Well other than opening up our mail to see we had TONS of messages, we knew SOMETHING was up when me AND Tiskers both got our OWN can of... *grins* TIKI CAT!! As many of you know, we have been cutting back our moist since I started to get... "too big" and we only get 2 cans of moist a day between all FIVE of us.

NOT TODAY!! Then we got to open gifts from our pawrents! We got our own cat dinner plate (I have blue, Tiskers has pink), then a oval saucer (I have yellow, he has blue), and a kick tail boogie mat but with the scratcher pad in the middle! We gave one to Piscasso for his bday and Unkie Lancelot and Mago, and after hearing how it kicked tail? Mom wanted to get us one since we didn't have one!

As soon as we post pictures, me and Tiskers will be off to celebrate with our friends at our all day party *HERE*

According to Catster, there are 197 cats today on Catster who celebrate their birthday!!!

PS *pouts* Where's my 5 paw rating? Tiskers got his, off to see if Biscotti got his or I'll have Boogie sit on the Catster HQ peeps!

THIS JUST IN! My sweet cheeks, *TESSA* has agreed to be my girlfriend!! At last! She knows who her SA is... ME!

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

*jumps up and down* ALMOST ONE ALMOST ONE ALMOST ONE!!!!

Watch for directions tomorrow as our big brother Snowmitts will be hosting our party for me, Tiskers and Biscotti! THERE WILL BE TONS OF FOOD!!!

Ooooooooooooooooooo Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee turning ONE TOMORROW!!!!

Turning ONE is turning out to be pawsome!

OMC!!! Mom just woke up when dad came home from work. Don't fret, Dr. Boogie is taking care of her but she woke up with a fever and sore throat today so she's under the weather. Mom said she was due for a cold as it's been almost a year!

Anyway, dad got the mail and he said, "WOAH! The mailbox sure smelled like Catnip" MOL!!!!

Guess what! Our besties *SAMMIE AND KIKI* sent us a gifty to celebrate us turning 1 on August 26th!! Inside were two bday cards, one for me and one for Tiskers. Once we read each of our cards, we proceeded to open the gifties. We both got one bag of greenies!! "Ocean Fish Flavor" and "Savory Salmon Flavor"! *PAWS OFF BOOGIE!!!* We also got cute lil' catnip toys!!! One is of a pretty lady mousie in a purple dress, and the other is of threee lil' bunny toys called "Teeny Tiny Mites". Also one of the packages had a cute lil' orange mousie tied to the bow! OMC! Thank you so much Sammie and KiKi!! That was so sweet of you!

But wait! We also got another package from our bestie and our real brother, *BISCOTTI AND FAMILY* !! Inside the box was a cute Giraffe card wishing us both a Happy Birthday! Next there were gifites all wrapped and they had our names on it! Mom can't remember who had what gift package as we ran off w/ the gift tag MOL!! BUT she knows who got what T-shirt! I got a pawsome "Surf League" T-shirt with Dolphins on it, and Tiskers' shirt had "Skater Gator" on it MOL!! SO CUTE! We also got Kitty Hoots toys (Mousie and Sardine) and two Whisker City catnip toys (one for each of us). But that's not all! We got 4 of the FAMOUS catnip pillows Auntie makes everyone , two catnip sockies auntie made as well, 2 cans of Sheeba (yellow and maroon can), Pounce moist yummies and a gray mousie--I bet you Picasso snuck that in??

THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING OUR FIRST BIRTHDAY SO SPECIAL!

Pictures to follow soon! Mom has to take some cold meds as she's burning up!

Almost ONE!!!

I can't wait to turn one for a few reasons:

1) I'll finally get a 5 paw rating on my page!
2) I get to celebrate this day with my brothers Tiskers and Biscotti!
3) Snowmitts, my other brother from another litter, will be throwing us a party!
4) I'll get to celebrate with friends!
5) There's a secret!
6) I can't wait to see what a birthday is all about!

Eeeeeeeeeeeee August 26 can't come soon enough!

Depressed, must eat...

So bummed about HBP not being released as scheduled... It's either greed (talk about the summer 'blockbuster' brings in more money than winter movies) OR it has to do with the main character doing a Broadway play in NYC (the one he did in London that caused a stir).

MEH!

I must find food or eat my brothers moist to help ease the pain. So tough being a kitty.

Although I'm technically going to be a kitty even after I turn 1 on August 26 as Ragdolls and Main Coons take 3-4 years to "mature" fully (color, size)!

MORE gifties from Unkie Lancelot and Mago!

HOLY KITTENS! Unkie's last bday package to us arrived today! Inside there were TWO tan mousies--and they are the COOL ONES mom has been looking for! They are called natural lambskin mousies!! Very plush and I have this bad habbit of EATING the mousie, piece by piece MOL!

We also got a pawsome red ball with feather and fluff and a pawsome treat ball where you can put treats inside!!! When you play with it, it makes REAL mousie noises!!! I plan to master getting the treats out ASAP MOL!

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Pics will follow tomorrow :)

Cardiologist update--News is ok, but not great...

Yup, I am lazy and copied Boogie's diary to update our friends on mom :)

Ok, mom just got back from her 3.5 hour Cardiologist appointment. A lot of the long lulls were from resting and letting fluids "absorb".

Mom got poked 2x as the IV didn't take--ouch! But she didn't take her meds for 12 hours as told and was fasting. So she gets there, they take her BP. It was 170/99 (factoring in the white coat and not being on BP meds for 12+ hours). So they did a few tests including the dreaded stress test.

Now, minutes prior to the stress test, they took her BP again. 188/103 (something like that) and the Dr. was immediately concerned and gave mom 2 pills to lower it to a safe level. It didn't go down as much as she'd like but the test had to be done and they were monitoring her vitals.

So the stress test.. She said it wasn't fun! The treadmill was at a SLOW pace. Literally left foot... right foot.... left foot... But they had injected two liquids into her IV and as soon as they did? OH BOY!

The dr. even said "Do you feel warm and like you're gasping for air?" Mom said "YES". It was a shock but the doctor assured her when they stop the test, mom will be able to breath. Mom did about 5 minutes and they increased the resistance and dang, mom wasn't panting but the tight feeling in the chest was nearing to be unbearable. Seriously, mom has done the elliptical for 45 minutes and this stress test felt like (assuming) if mom did the elliptical for 5 hours!

Then they did more tests (some machine that x-rayed her for 15 minutes) and she had an ultrasound on her heart prior to these tests. Mom has to go back next Tuesday and hopefully the new meds will help. She's taking:

Caduet 10/mg/20mg and Benicar HCT 40mg/12.5mg

The bad news is that mom's bp an hour after the stress test had increased MORE. 220/112!!! :( So mom went home with a 24 hour monitoring/recording BP cuff that goes off every 30 minutes. So mom had to cancel teaching music lessons tonight... Can't let her drive w/ the cuff going off!

The dr. did say, given mom's age (30) and even if mom were to loose 15 pounds, it's definitely Genetics. Problem is, mom's adopted... So we shall see what happens. Mom isn't too happy now but she knows the Cardiologist will find out something a family doctor wouldn't be able to...

I said MEOW!

Fido mentioned that mom used to stay up SUPER late (like Unkie Lancelot's mom) so that she would feed us our moist in the morning before she went to bed.

Well while her sleep schedule is adjusting MINE isn't! I am starving! Now that she's gone to bed around 10pm for the past week, I wake her and dad up around 4am.

"Meow.... *pause* MEoww... *pause* MEOWWWWWWWWW"

Reminds me of that one cartoon that was floating around where the cat eventually wakes his owner up with a bat as he was hungry! MOL

Why we've been less active on catster...

A few of you (close friends and the HP group) are aware that we've been a bit less active for the past week. Granted, we still haven't been great with groups other than in the HP one, but we wanted to inform you all why...

It's nothing too serious as it's on it's way to being controlled, but a few of you may remember our mom saying she was getting eye surgery to fix her lashes and to prevent them from scratching her cornea.

Well she had to get medically cleared for surgery and last Wednesday she had her doctors appointment. To her horror, she found out her BP was off the charts: 220/1xx!! She currently has medicine but it's been making her tired (she has been up for about 6 hours on ave each day), dizzy, and she has had an off and on headache.

She has a follow up Wednesday. BUT she's actually seeing a cardiologist Thursday. Dad's co-worker has had high BP for years and none of the doctors could prescribe the "right" combo of medicine. Well he was rushed to the hospital while at work due to his BP and there he met w/ a cardiologist (who will work on mom!). For the first time in 5 years he got the right medicine and was diagnosed as having an enlarged heart. We hope mom is ok and we along w/ dad have been taking care of her :) But we wanted to let you know why we haven't replied to some of your pawmails.

*hugs*

Open pressies!!!

Ooooooo Unkie Lancelot was surprised we waited as long as we did to open it MOL! It was tough, but it just shows how grown up I'm becoming :)

Ok, so guess what Lancelot and Mago sent us!! OMC!! Not only did they send the lil' blue birdies, and let's not forget the pawsome catnip pillow with stringies!

But they sent us a blue crinkle tunnel (I swear I can fit in it, but I like to sit ON it), a furry mousie that we all went nuts over, a small ball with ribbon on it, and this flashing ball that EVERYONE went nuts over!!! OMC! We're so spoiled but are so thankful to have pawsome besties!!! OMC! Thank you so much Mago and Unkie Lancelot!!! Everything was a hit! We'll be sending your mom an email soon with TONS of pics :) Ooooooooooooooo

Unkie said YES!

Ok, so we get to open our gifts early!! To be honest, mom has always opened my brothers gifts early but it never dawned on her that maybe the senders wanted her to wait MOL!!!

Mom fell asleep for 7 hours due to her meds... But we'll open the gifties tomorrow and post pics! I can't wait!!!

Unkie? YOU ROCK!

Mystery solved again!

Ooooo we just heard from the mystery gift giver!! This cat has a brother who is pawsome. In fact, they not only sent the birdies and 2nd mystery gift... But they sent another gift today!

The birdies, while they can be for both me and Tiskers, are really meant for me as blue and yellow are my favorite color!!! And the red pillow with stringies? That's for Tiskers as he loves Red!! We have shared though but ooooooooo we love toys!

It's funny as of all the cats, we love toys! The big boys tend to get bored easy, but I think it's cause they're OLD :) MOL!!!

But today me and Tiskers also got another box but it's from the same mystery cat family... Wanna know who???

*UNKIE TIO LANCELOT, AKA LION, AND MAGO!!!!!* I can't thank you enough for making our 1st birthday so special! Pics of the red pillow later! We haven't opened up the box yet as we want to make sure we can :) THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

Another mystery gift?????

Oooooooooo today me and Tiskers received a package but there was no message... I don't recognize the last name on the package, but it was shipped from NY.

Inside was the most pawsomist burgundy catnip toy with stringies on the end! It is PAWSOME!!

So mystery gift giver, come out!! Ooooooooo thank you so much! Pics to follow later!

Daddy said I was RUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ooooooooooo Ok, first off, we're up at almost 5am as mom has been waking up EXTREMELY late, hence why you haven't heard from us until LATE!! She had a few migraines last week and that threw her sleep schedule off.

Anyway, so she went to bed at 7PM last night and woke up at 3am, so by tomorrow she should wake up around 7AM :)

Ok, anyway, so dad is up and he is cleaning the Litter Robot, changing the new filters, etc.,

So he has the dome (spaceship according to Calvin) off on the floor and while he was cleaning the base, I did a... No 2 MOL!!!! He laughed and was all "Ohhhhhhhhhhhh MITTENS!!! Ewwwwwwwwwwwww so rude!! There IS another Robot in the other room you know"

HEHEHE

Mystery Solved!!!

I should have known it, but guess who the mystery gift giver was!! None other than our fabulous *UNKIE LANCELOT!!!* Oh he spoils us!!! We can't wait to pose with the birdies later! We still play with our stitch (from HP) all the time! Unkie also ordered those for us!!! I'll admit, mom was a bit hesitant to let us play with BOTH as she and I are a HUGE HP fan MOL. But mom said we could always order more if we destroy them MOL

Oooooooooooo THANK YOU UNKIE AND MAGO!!!!!

Mystery Gift!!!!!!!!!!

Ooooooooooo mom just got the mail and saw a package addressed to:

Mittens and Tiskers

That's me!!! Inside were 3 pretty blue crotched birdies with yellow beaks and a robin's egg!!! Now the mystery is... Who sent it?!?! There wasn't a note who it was from, unless it's from the person in NC.

Come forward!!! I wanna thank you!!! OMC! Thank you so much!!!!

Treats furrr me?!?!

Ooooooooo someone keeps filling up my treat jar! Thank you to the kind cat who has been replenishing my stash! If it's done by my dad since he does frequently feed our friends from work, THANKS DADDY!!!!

I'd like to have everyone listen up quickly... We have 3 friends that knead purrrs!

*ASHLEY* isn't doing well and from reading his diary, he might be visiting everyone's bestie Simba soon :( Please purr fur him!!

Also, while today is *SCOOTER'S BIRTHDAY* I know from reading Pansy's diary that he and Nikko aren't doing well either!!

And lastly, our bestie *SAMMIE* went to the vet the other day and he's having poopie (sorry dude) problems!!

Please keep these amazing cats in your purrs!!!

It won't fit!

D'oh! These febeze collars won't fit my big thick neck!! Plus it'll smoosh my ruff :) But no, it won't fit! So I'll just use these collars to play with and chew :)

Thank you to everyone who sent me and my family one. Mom's been trying to keep up with returning them, so we apologize if we missed anyone!

I can't help it I'm a big boy :)

OMC!!! HP HBP trailer is out FINALLY!!!!!

*THE TRAILER HAS ARRIVED!!!!*

OMC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So dark! OMC!!!

And if that link doesn't work (it's a bit fussy) This link *HERE* works WELL!!!!

Tagged

Albus tagged me! I'll play 'cause any cat with a PAWSOME name from a HP character is meant to be taken seriously :)

The game is to list six things I don't like:

1. The word "no", it's not in my vocab!
2. When mom pushes me aside when I try to eat the others' food :)
3. When people knock on our door; I growl!
4. Being flopped
5. Getting my nails clipped
6. Running out of food!

I'm going to tag... Unkie Lancelot!!!!!!

One month to go!!!!

Can you believe it? Me, Tiskers, and Biscotti turn 11 months old today! That means... In one month, we'll be ONE YEAR OLD!

I seriously can't wait!

Mom made me and Tiskers a new page. And yes, I told her what to do :) I'm quite bossy! I'm starting to become daddy's BIG BOY!! Not only physically but I tend to go to him more as of late. Why? Well, I'm so big, and while Boogers weighs more than me still, I feel heavier due to the raggie dead weight. Mom has a hard time holding me :)

Also concats to Picasso for being a DDP!!!

Ok, I am a big cat...

*sigh* So, the deal is... The past month+ as a family of 5, our moist intake has been drastically reduced! We all share TWO CANS of moist a day... That's half of what we used to get. I no longer like human food nor treats. Meanwhile, Tiskers LOVES human food and treats! But does he gain? NO!

Ok, so he's almost 13 pounds... But why am I now 17 pounds? Me and Biscotti are huge... I don't even get baby food anymore in hopes to loose weight! HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Yummmmmmmmm tea!

Mom is waiting for her shipment of flavored tea to arrive in the mail. It's cheaper to go through Amazon, so mom ordered a box of Tea by Celestial, variety pack for our Mr. Coffee tea maker.

She's been cutting down her pop/soda intake :) I'm so proud of her! She, along with dad, used to go through a 12 pack in 2 days! MOL!!! Strangely though, she doesn't have cavities!

Ok, I'm off to feed my face :)

Surgery is set for Aug. 22!!

Fido is all, "Thank cod it didn't interfere w/ my wedding date to Allie". True dat!

So mom is getting her eye surgery August 22. They're sending her family Dr. some paperwork as she has to be medically cleared. I hope there's no issues! High BP shouldn't be a factor given it's due to anxiety.

I like my vet, but mom says her family Dr. is ok. She only sees them if she's on her death bed MOL. Nah, we really do need to find her a Dr. she likes. She loves her Dr. back home, but can't fly 3 hours to see that Dr. MOL!

Thanks again, again, annonymousie rosette giver!

MOL Seriously, a good thing mom bought more zealies! I just got another blue rosette! I'm going to post in the forums again and then I'm off to tag a lucky cat. Thanks so much friend :)

PS Boogie ate my Sheba this afternoon!!!!

Thanks again annonymousie rosette giver!!!!!!!!

Ooooooooo I got another one! Now I have two :) Maybe I'll wear them as earrings? Nah, I'm a boy, not a girl!

Thank you to the sweet and kind cat who gave me an annonymousie rosette!! I'll post in the forum and give another lucky cat one :) Thank you!!!

Thank you annonymousie rosette giver!!

I just received a pretty blue rosette! It said:

"In my eyes you are BEST IN SHOW! Find a few kitties you think deserve this honor and forward the fun. Don't forget to post in the Plus Fun Forum!"

I can't wait to gift one to someone who hasn't gotten one :) Ohhhhhh this is fun! THANK YOU ANNONYMOUSIE ROSETTE GIVER!

I'll be good!

WOW! Thank you everyone for writing my mom and telling her how to help me stop from chewing things. Tiskers does chew too but not shoes. He chews the lamp shade and once spliced the speaker cord--since repaired.

I was telling Allie just now that mom had bought some icky spray stuff from PetSmart called: Boundary (white bottle, pink sticky label with a cat that looks like Lancelot). The smell isn't an apple smell like you all suggested but it's strong. Only problem is that it seems to wear off after an hour?

Mission: To buy apple spray yucky stuff! Thanks for the suggestions everyone!!!!

Daddy was MAD!!!!!!

Oooooo I've NEVER seen dad so mad at me :(

Lately I've had this bad habbit of chewing shoes.... I ruined dad's flip flops so mom ordered him a new pair of crocks that arrived last week. They were eating lunch and then they heard "munchhhhhhhhhh munchhhhhhhhhhh"

Dad was SO upset that I chewed another pair. They're intact, but there's a lot of bite marks :(

Dad is not speaking to me :( I tried the kitten eyes, but it didn't work!! How do I stop friends?? They tell me no, and I don't listen :(

Mousies galore!

Sooooo our dishwasher was a day late (Hondo wrote about our water mess), and it arrived today and is all installed! It's veryyyyyyyyy quiet and all spankin' new :) While they were taking out the old machine, there THEY were...

A ton of mousies and balls that got under the small openings near the old dishwasher!

GOLD! I mean, MOUSIES!!

There were at least 13 of them!!! Oh, it's like Catmas again no? MOL

Happy Bday Unkie Lancelot and Violet!!!

WOW! Two special cats celebrate another year, today July 4th!!!

Handsome *VIOLET* celebrates his 9th birthday!

And our fantastic Unkie *LANCELOT* is turning 4 today!

Please stop by their pages to wish them a pawsome Birthday! Happy 4th everyone! Dad is working on the 4th, but at least mom is here with us! I wonder if we get extra Tiki?

Food! Not fair!

I'm with Boogers in that it's NOT FAIR that the doggies get those cool hotdogs for their rosette/gifties! Did you see them? The milk us cats have is good, don't get me wrong... But the hot dog looks better!

I'm thinking us cats should unite and fight back :)

Not much is new other than mom missed the UPS man. She ordered dad some new sandals and of course she was busy cleaning and didn't get to the door in time. Sorry dad!

10 months and counting!

D'oh!!! Mom forgot to make a diary about how me, Tiskers and Biscotti turned 10 months old June 26th, aka 3 days ago MOL

In fact! We even forgot to give Biscotti a lil' bday giftie. I think even his mom forgot too as we got it a day after MOL!!! Our mom's are slackin' I tell ya!

I've been working on loosing weight with Boogie. Only thing is HE has been successful. I really am a big cat, mom says it's not all fluff or baby fat either. Like I'm huge! Mom is having a hard time picking me up!! Sure I weigh less than Boogie, but w/ my soft fur it makes it hard and SIZE wise I'm the largest cat in our home!

YAY ME!!!

On a diet...

Ok, so far I've lost 4 ounces! YAY!!! No more baby food treats, no more moist other than for breakfast... I don't eat treats other than catnip and kaviar, so at least I won't be going through treat withdrawal! But I've been getting extra sessions of playing w/ the laser and feather toys. I even started to pant since my mom worked me so hard!

Not much is new here. It's going to storm soon it looks like. It's been SO HOT HERE! Mom said yesterday was the hottest it's been all summer. She was teaching yesterday and when she went to her car, she said she was starting to melt.

That can't be good... Have a great weekend guys!

HARRY POTTER!!!! It's coming again!!

OMC!! My pawsome Unkie Lancelot sent the *ULTIMATE HP FAN CLUB* a pawsome link!!! It's a countdown until movie 6, "HP and the Half Blood Prince" comes out in theaters! Eeeeeeeeeee

This is one of mom's favorite books in the series, manly because of Snape, played by Alan Rickman! OMC!! It's coming!! Now if only they would start the last installment as it's going to be done in 2 parts.. *sigh* It better deliver!!!

16.6 Pounds?

Oh dear! I'm 2 pounds lighter than Boogers! Mom has been monitoring my diet and I eat about the same as Tiskers, who weighs 12.2 pounds! Dang, I'm a big boy! We're even on extra healthy food now! Must be the kitten chow? Problem is, I can't blame it on the kitten food! I don't eat kitten food! I'm even down to 1 can of moist purrr day! So it's not like I'm eating a lot! *sigh*

Wait! You're not my pawrents!

Who were those people that visited us? While they were nice? I wasn't that interested in them unless they were giving me baby food (fed by spoon) or food off of their plate! :)

I met my grandpawrents for the first time! I was a bit guarded but after a few hours I came out of lurk dome. It's weird though. When mom teaches in our home, I have always greeted them at the door, listed to them play, rub up against them in hopes of getting petted, etc., But with these tall humans, I wasn't interested!

Interesting no? So me, Fido, and Hondo played "hide and seek" with them for a day or so, and then when they were about to leave, we came out and were our usual self. Oh well :) It was fun meeting them :) They said I was "handsome and a big boy".

Grandpawrents?

Huh? What are those? Appawrently, we're going to meet them tomorrow!! Mom's pawrents are from MN and they are flying in tomorrow until Saturday. I can't wait to meet them :)

Mom and dad just returned from shopping. Of course, it was raining so they got a bit wet. Odd how we've gotten SO much rain this year already! Anymeow, they found stuff for my Unkie as his bday is July 4th! Also, there are a lot of friends who are celebrating their bday in July! I know Fido had to pick something for his nephew Mago.

Pawsome!

Happy Father's Day!!!

WOW! The past 9.5 months of my life has been nothing but pawsome! I've met so many new friends, learned so much from them and even acquired 4 brothers and a pawsome mom and dad!

Speaking of... I love my dad a lot!! He's so special and had it not been for him, I might not be here!

Dad grew up with cats all his life. And who can dislike a man who loves cats right? Fast forward to 2003, he and mom got married. While they're still undecided about having kids, they both knew that they wanted a large furry family. Mom grew up with a dog all her life, but it was dad who convinced her that we RULE!

Now my story is that when the other family backed out of adopting one of the 3 cats in our litter, dad immediately said, "Well, why don't we get both?". Mom was SHOCKED that dad suggested this!! But she said he was really excited to expand our family, and, well... You all know how it turned out :)

Dad is a super dad! He does the litter boxes and trash for mom. He's tall at 6' 1" and is super helpful around the house! He always helps mom lift heavy things, and can help reach those tall areas in our home. Best of all, he's a very loving man to not only us but to our mom :) We feel super lucky to have him in our lives.

So dad, I love you so much!!!! I can't wait to share a steak dinner with you today! We love you!!!!!

I also wanted to give a shout out to *BOB* as it's his Birthday today!!!!!!!

Bow Tie?

Dang, it was fun attacking dad's bow tie :) He on the other hand, was not too happy with me biting it :) It did fit, so crisis averted!!! Unkie Tio Lancelot was proud that I out grew the Build A Bear line :) Me too!!

But truth be told? This bow tie business isn't much better!! Boogie and Eve get married tomorrow, Saturday June 24 @ Noon Catster, 3pm EST!!

Tux dilemma...

Oh oh!! Boogie's wedding is this Saturday and I don't have anything to wear!! The Build A Bear tux won't fit and Boogie's tux is off limits for two reasons:

1) It is HIS tux
2) It's a bit big for me, but give me 3 months and it'll be too small :)

What's a dude to do?! Worst case mom will put a black bow tie on me for the pictures and wedding. But man oh man! I can't help it I'm big and full of fluff!!! EEeeeeepppp!!!!

Boogie's last week as a single Tom!

Ooooooo one of Boogie's bestie and best groomsman is throwing him an all day party Sunday, June 8 *HERE* !!! Naturally there'll be a ton of food for everyone!!! But I heard something about some wild Cheetahs?? MROWWwwwwwwwww

PARTY ON!!

Getting bigger

I swear I'm getting bigger. Mom saw me eying up a few cords and as I was about to test them out (which I don't do often), mom goes "MITTENS, NO BAD BOY!" and she picked me up and then realized how buff I was!!

With all her mite, she picked me up, turned me around so we were facing each other and she said while looking into my blue eyes "MITTENS! NO! BAD! You do NOT eat those!! BAD". I suppose it didn't help when I looked the other way but I could tell she meant business :)

See, I gotta keep her on her toes :)

Shopping for a certain Tio...

Hmmmmmmmm there's this handsome cat, who we call Tio... And his bday is coming up... Hmmmmmmmmmm

I was a bit scared to meow to the slobber monster that lives with Tio, but a dude has to do, what a dude has to do! I had to take charge!!!

And I made sure this doggie knew I meant business.... I wasn't going to take NO furr an answer :) And he, surprisingly, obliged :)

See, it's all about playing Mr. Tough Guy... It's a dirty job, but some cat has to do it :)

15.6 pounds?!

WOAH! I gained a pound!!! Tiskers is still 12.1 pounds. I swear I'm not eatting all his kitten chow!

Maybe I should try and get closed in with Tio Lancelot's box? MOL Maybe I could loose a few pounds that way? I mean, I'd be away from the temptation of food :)

Hehe!

Missed HP meowathon and Simba's party in the BWAB...

Seriously, I'm taking dibs with Fido; just blame Boogie :)

I didn't even get to meow with my unkie Tio at the meowathon! Each week we get together and have a book club get together for about an hour and we missed it. I'm blaming Boogie as he probably, given the chance, would have eaten the computer.. But nooooooooooooo, we kneaded more food...

PIGGIE :)

And it was Simba's party for being the BWAB COTF (Cat of the forever) MOL as she's been such a pawsome ankle biter. I mean, look at her, she gave the needle lady a hard time! If that doesn't win you COTF, then I don't know! Well, that's not her official title, but I'm young, and I don't understand big words. That's my story and I'm sticking to it :)

I'm a Big Boy!

Yes I am! I'm 14 pounds at 9 months old! 9 months you say? YUP! I am 9 months old today! Amazing how time flies!!! Mom tried for 2 weeks to reduce our food drastically (even though we are kittens) as you don't want any cat to get big too fast. Funny thing is I'm not lovin' treats so much! I'm like Boogie and I limit my treats. Hondo eats treats all the time!

But our dad is a big boy so that's where we get our big genes. I think our dad was what, 23-25 pounds Biscotti? Do you know???

So Happy 9 months to me, Tiskers and Biscotti! I also wanted to say that we applaud all the young men and women who serve our country. May they all be remembered today, Memorial Day... *lowers head*

Birthday Party!!!

EVERYONE! Please stop by my big brother Hondo's party *HERE* . His wifey Rue Rue threw a party which will be an all day event. Knowing Hondo, I'm guessing the theme is Pink, HK, Tiki Cat, and treats.

Feel free to stop by his page *HERE* to wish him a Pawsome 5th birthday!

Love ya dude!

Simba, oh so loved...

Today, May 23, 2008, our friend Simba temporarily leaves her family and friends as she is now at the rainbow bridge. I ask that you join a group some of her closest friends have started. You can join *HERE* .

May she be basking in Temptations, giving Gecko's a run furr their money, and finally set free. We will miss her deeply...

Boogie's bestie Simba...

While we didn't know Simba that well, I do know our big brother Boogers is taking it the hardest... We just got news that *SIMBA* will be leaving us this week. We are so sad for Simba's family... She's an amazing cat in so many ways...

Please pay tribute to her page and give her and her mom strength during this hard time...

I wanted to also add a huge concats to *ROBERT* as he's the COTW :) *hugs*

Food! I knead food!

Finally, mom brought out the baby food and me and Tiski got some yum yums!!! I'm the most vocal in the family, and anytime mom cooks, opens drawers, and especially the Gerber baby food seal, I come RUNNING and boy oh boy can I meow! I have very powerful lungs, which is sorta rare in Raggies!

And I don't just meow... I go, "MeowwwwwwwwWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW' and it'll last for like 3 seconds! And I won't stop till I get my FOOD!

FOOD! I KNEAD FOOD!!!

The golden snitch!!!

Oooooo not only do I have a golden snitch... I have two!! OMC! Unkie Tio Lancelot sent me and Tiskers 2 golden snitches! A member of our Harry Potter group makes them and they're filled with catnip!!! Ooooooo!

Mom took some pictures and during the photoshoot, me and Tiskers started wrestling over the snitches to see WHO got to play with them next! MOL

Thank you so much Unkie!! Time to help mom with our pictures and then it's back to playing with our golden snitch!!!!

Treat war!

Ok, so earlier today I ate Boogie's treats (seriously, he does not knead them!!) so it's only fair that he stole my catster treats no?

WRONG! There is a treat thief bandit again. And as always, I'm blaming Boogie :) So beware! You have been warned!!! Hide your treats from Boogers!! Don't trust him!! RUN! HIDE! Don't open the door no matter what!

My first Meowmy's Day!

What's this meowmy's day stuff? Oh I see, it's a day where we give extra love and let our mom's know that they're extra special and how much we love them! While I did wake her up a few times by running around like a crazy cat (hey, it happens), I've been giving her glimpses of my beautiful blue eyes and then I flop so she can pet me. Win win no? I get rubbies from my mom and she gets to feel my bunny fur :) That is a pawsome gift if I do say myself!

We got her a card but her gift is still in the works, but main thing is that we're happy, healthy, and love having her in our life :)

Happy Meowmy's Day to our friends!

Running a muck!

Yup! That's me! My family just got done doing a Harry Potter Meowathon :) Every Saturday, the group meets and meows about 3 chapters. Right now we're just starting Goblet of Fire!!

During the session (1 hour) I kept MEOWING for food... I gave my mom my pitiful, "I'm starving" eyes and she wasn't buying it!! She was "busy". Then I decided to walk on the computer desk and throw her pen off the table, along with the book she was reading for the discussion.

Seriously, doesn't she know it's all about ME?!?! :)

Catnip, tis a pawsome thing...

So yesterday I discovered Catnip! You see, Boogers was eating some and I wanted to see what it was and OH... MY... COD!!! An amazing aroma overtook my kitten nose, and I was besides myself. I meowed, "MOVE OVER BOOGIEEEEEEEEEE" and he did!

I don't know how much time elapsed but I was in heaven. I was rolling around in it, making a mess. The catnip stuff got stuck in my tail, but I licked it off. Seriously, how did I not discover this until now?!?!

I'm told that baby kittens don't care for it, and I was one of those... But NOT anymore!!!!!!!!! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm CATNIP!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm a DDP!! WOOHOOOOOOOOO

GRACIOUS everyone por my DDP rosettes! It's been a good quatro months since I was a DDP! I'm mucho excited as tu can tell! Forgive my Espagnol, or rather, Spanglish. Mi Madre took Spanish in HS y college along con French so she tends to get all el languages mixed up.

Doesn't help that she's also learning German. Thanks again amigos, y have a mucho gusto weekend!

Check your voki's por a purrrsonal gracious :)

Happy 7th Birthday Kashmere!

I'd like to invite everyone to attend our bestie *KASHMERE'S* 7th Birthday!! It's located *HERE* !!

All day event and the theme is pink and HK! WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO! It's also Sofie and Hazel Lucy's Birthday today too! WOW! A lot of birthdays today!!

Sleepy... Oh so sleepy...

Ever have those days when all you wanna do is sleep 23 hour straight? Well, while that would be a huge accomplishment, I did sleep all afternoon :)

Mom says that I tire easily because Tiskers is always chasing me. That might explain why he is so svelte compared to me! He always seems to catch me too... Go figure.

I can't believe it's May tomorrow! Mom says she can't wait for June to come around as our grandpawrents are visiting and it'll be the first time they get to meet us!! I hope they spoil us!

Pushing 14 pounds!

Yes, it's true... I'd say by the end of May I'll be 14 pounds. Must be the kitten chow. Nah, we're actually off of Kitten food. We've been eating Evo dry Cat/Kitten food, but are going to try the new Purina Natural stuff. Mom doesn't like to mix things up but she still wants to see what food we like the best. Evo is hard to find in our area.

I just got done getting my handsome self photographed. It was fun. I just sat there. I think I wore myself out earlier jumping around our home. Hondo was scared and was hiding from me. Ok, so I was chasing him, but hey! It's cardio!

Birthdays?

How can mom be 30 today when I'm not even 1 years old? I wonder what food mom will bring home. Me and Tiskers loveeeeeeee human food. None of the big boys really care for human food. Their loss is our gain :)

I'd like to wish my meowmy a Happy 30th birthday!!! She said before she knows it, she'll be 40 MOL

*hugs*

Mom's turning 30 soon!

See, while me and Tiskers are excited to turn older each and ever day... Mom on the other hand is mourning turning 30 this Thursday April 24th... Sometimes mom will go to our dad, "Dannnnnn, can you get me a glass of water?" and daddy goes, "But you're closer!" and mom goes "Well, you're younger!!!" MOL

Works like a charm :)

Oh dear... Mom said her leg just cracked! MOL!!! Aches and pains... 30 sounds scary...

Back from visiting Biscotti and family!

HOLY CATS!! Our pawrents just got back from visiting Biscotti and family! They left around 6am and got there at 8:30am. We're told that Picasso was the first to welcome our pawrents into their home, just like last time! We would have loved to come with them but the car ride is a bit too long for us (especially me!).

The first thing our pawrents did when they arrived was to find Snowmitts. We all know how much mom wants him :) Mom said that Biscotti really has grown and was "super handsome"! Duh mom! He's my brother, of course he's handsome! Mom said he's about the same size as me!

During this time our pawrents gave each other some gifties! Mom turns 30 April 24th, so Auntie Barb surprised her with a beautiful pair of sterling silver hoops. Mom needed those as she only has studs. She also got a FUNNY card that she forgot to open at aunties! MOL She got a YUMMY smelling Lavender bar of soap made by "Fine Florentine" and "Le Couvint des Minimes" Lavender body milk! It smells sooooooooooo good and is the same stuff mom gave Auntie Barb when they first met! Also mom got a "just because" bag which contained: a paw shaped picture frame to hold 5 pics (of us!), Sea Island Cotton body soap, a cute cat memo pad for the fridge, and two yankee candles (Lavender and Stargazer Lily).

But that's not all!! WE got a goodie bag!!! Inside this beautiful basket decorated by Auntie we received: Pink/Purple fully balls with streamers, A trashcan treat (fish), Kitty Hoots mousie (Picasso picked it out!), some Proplan turkey and rice, 2 cans of Fancy Feast Medley's, Gerber Baby food, Meow Mix Ocean Explosion treats, a catnip filled strawberry toy, a can of Sheba, and a purple lil' toy sheep (we think). Mom won't let us open until tomorrow morning as she's tired and wants us to pose with the goodies.

OMC! THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS!!!!

Shortly after Unkie Rob came and our pawrents went to BJ to get some litter. Then shortly after they all went to Tony Luke's for lunch in Philly. The food was AMAZING mom said!! She and dad had the chicken parm (mom had the sandwich form) and some yummy bacon and ranch friends that they shared.

When they came home, mom and auntie Barb decided to walk it off by strolling: Biscotti, Picasso, Jaspurr, Aspen, and Snowmitts!! HOW FUN! The weather was nice and it was a treat for mom to stroll with their entire family.

Then they were tired and full so they just relaxed and talked. For dinner Unkie Rob grilled on the BBQ. He's quite the chef! They had a yummy steak, mashed garlic potatoes and corn! For desert they had yummy apple pie.

Mom was a bit sad to leave but she was looking forward to seeing us again :) Thank you so much Auntie Barb and Unkie Rob for having our pawrents over and THANK YOU to the furrry lil' dudes for everything! Our pawrents had SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!

**PICS TO BE POSTED TOMORROW**

Watch out Snowmitts!

My mom might steal ya! MOL!!! Tomorrow our pawrents go to Biscotti's house as our pawrents are buying a tv from them. Mom has a POL one she said and one from her college days in the bedroom. Mom and dad aren't big on tv's as there's never anything on. Mom likes to read a lot...

But that's exciting no? She said she's curious how BIG Biscotti is now!! She sees how both me and Tiski have grown a ton, so she knows he'll be big :)

But mom loves Snowmitts (reason for wanting a raggie) so he might come with us too MOL!!!!

TGIF

Computer came!!!

SWEET! Minus the yelling I had to endure for putting a PIN sized mark in the new keyboard cord :) Hehe, my bad!

We'll be on catster full time again late tonight as mom needs dad's help setting it up (more like organizing the cords) as she can't reach behind our large computer desk.

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA!!!

Going to see Biscotti again!

Well, my parents are, not me... You see their dad just bought a new tv and they're going to sell us their old one (Less than a year old) to us as our parents tv is OLDER than molasses. They've had it for over 5 years, and well before they were married as mom had the tv during her undergrad studies and that was over 8 years ago!

I can't wait furrr them to tell us how big he's gotten! Mom is SUPER excited to meet Snowmitts :) She might steal him! MOL!!

I miss my HP group and especially unkie Tio Lancelot :( We're getting everyone's emails on mom's cell, so keep those going. We're super bored! No internet, rather 5 minutes stinks!

Orange!

Man, I'm seeing a lot of cats sportin' Orange! We even saw the commercial that was all orange. I didn't understand what was going on but was told April 10 people and pets are going Orange for the animals. Too bad I wasn't an orange cat like Calvin or our unkie Tio Lancelot!

I'm still traumatized from the last outfit mom pushed onto me :) I'm just glad I'm about to outgrow Build A Bear! That'll show her!

River has a new brother!!

OMC!! River's family adopted a new baby brother! He is adorable!!!! You all remember how their family had to have 2 cats go to the bridge recently: Molly and Dexter. As one would imagine, I'm sure River was lonely...

NOT ANYMORE!! You gotta befriend *SIMON* !! Concats guys on your new addition!!!

Blech, yuck

I think Hazel Lucy was onto something.. She had a reaction to clavimox and the only reaction I have is "Blech". But my eye is better and not watering. It does get me extra yum yums after :)

21 days till mom's a geezer! MOL! And btw? She has not seen a gray hair since :) I should plant a whisker of mine on her head or something MOL!!

Later friends!

Not Clavimox!

Well, they said my pretty blue eyes are a-ok, and it's probably not allergies, my lungs and heart are purrfect, and over all health=A+!!

Tiskers did have the same thing (same eye too) a few days ago, but we had some clavimox pills (vet had given us extras) and that helped him, so Dr. Colvin gave us 2 things of liquid (a spare). That stuff tastes nasty! I do sneeze daily but that's very common for raggies. Dad is sleeping now but he has the official report which I'll share later.

But as expected, nothing serious. Oh and the vet scale did confirm I'm a solid 12+ pounds at 7 months :) Watch out Fido, you may be taller but I'm 1 pound from matching your weight :)

My eye! Ugh

So my right eye has been watering so at 4:20 pm today I see Dr. Colvin... I don't think it's a kitty cold as I'm not sneezing but my eye is watering and has been for a couple days. Mom thinks I might have scratched it or maybe Tiskers did while bunny kicking me. Gotta give mom props for taking us to the vet even if it may be nothing.

I know I'll get spoiled after this :) Heh!

Gained 4 pounds!

Ooooooo I gained 4 pounds! Mom knew I was getting big!!! See our dad (furry dad) was like 22-24 pounds I think? So we have big genes. I mean, have you SEEN our brother from a litter prior, Snowmitts? He's like 20 pounds and just turned 2!!! I'm a low rider, low to the ground, where as Tiskers is MUCH taller than me which makes him look thinner.

That's ok. I am a big boy and it looks like it's fluff? Well, I'm pretty solid!

Still no 9 volt battery

MOL No battery yet. Mom has been out since we got our scale, but each time furgets to buy a 9 volt battery. Good news for Boogie, that's for sure MOL!

That just means I have more time to pack on the ounces before the official weigh in. I'm still thinking not quite 10 pounds but close. 9 for sure *crosses paws*

Have a great weekend everyone!

7 months old today!

Oooooooo me, my twin, and our liter mate and brother Biscotti are 7 months old today!!! Mom laughs at how she wasn't sure if me and Biscotti would make it to 7 :) Hehe. You see, we both know how to push them buttons.

But meowing of Biscotti? He's today's DIARY OF THE DAY!!! OMC!! I'm so happy for him!!! And his diary is about Dexter, our friend, passing. What a great day to honor him :)

Dang, too big..

Me and Tiskers are about to outgrow the Build A Bear line of clothing. Crazy! The shirt in my main picture is actually Fido's. While it's a bit tighter around his shoulders compared to me? I fill it out better in the mid section--fluff kits, fluff! I Swear!!!

So now it looks like we're going to be moving up to the kids line of cloths *sigh* Scary thing is, even though Hondo weighs more than us, he fits into the clothes better than us!!!

Hondo is proud, it gives us an excuse to shop :)

Sad Day...

We just found out our bestie *DEXTER* has crossed the bridge and is now with his sister Molly... Please stop by his page above and pay tribute to a wonderful friend and family. The only thing that puts a smile on our face at this time is that Dexter is united with his sister Molly.

We know they are both looking down on the meowmy and River... *hugs*

I'm getting big!

Man oh man! Do I love to eat!!! My pawrents noticed that I'm a bit shorter and stocky while Tiskers is taller and lean. I hope and aspire to be muscular like Boogie :) Mom tries hard to keep me from eating EVERYONE'S food, but I can't help myself! It's so good!

Mom always laughs as when she gets the baby food out or our food in general, I meowwwwwwwwwww and meowwwwwww and am quite vocal.

For Eater we're just chillin' at home. Dad is working so mom will be entertaining us as usual. I can't wait to get this bunny costume off of me! I'm smelling like a rotten egg! And contrary to what Boogie says, I don't ALWAYS smell! *wink*

Happy Belated St. Patty's!

So as you've probably heard, mom was busy on St. Patty's Day as her friend came over. I was being a very good cat and when she came to the door, both me and Tiskers greeted her with open paws :) We do that when people come where as Boogie, Hondo and Fido RUN and HIDE! MOL

Anyway, oh how I loved mom's friend! She was saying how cute we were and she kept petting me :) I liked her a lot :) And she likes cats so she's a smart cookie in my book!

I also had a blast at my brother Snowmitt's party! Mom reallllllllllllllly loves Snowmitts as he was the reason why we were adopted!! Mom fell in love w/ him. Tiskers looks exactly like Snowmitts. I have his stockyness, but my ears aren't li ke his and Tiskers (mine are more pointed) and my chin is white where as Tiski and Snowmitts have that CUTEEEEEEEEEE thin white stripe :) hehe

So happy belated St. Patty's Day!

My brother Snowmitts turns 2 today!!!

OMC!! The time has come where my brother *SNOWMITTS* is turning 2 years old!!! Be sure to stop by his page and wish him a Happy Birthday!

There's also an all day *PARTY* so check that out!

Happy Birthday bro!!!

It's also another friend's birthday! Orca the Killer Kitten is turning 5 years old! I don't know if there's a party, but Happy Birthday dude!!!

Skeezix McCat buttons!

Ooooooo Skeezix sent us 3 pawsomely cute buttons since I submitted a St. Patty's Day picture on his group page :) My brothers decided to let me shine thine this time :) Tiskers doesn't like green... He's into pastels and bold colors but not, as he said, "Yucky Green". Fido took offense to that...

How cute!! And there was a cute St. Patty's Day card of his main picture on the front! He's one cute looking dude! Mom said our Easter cards SHOULD go out Monday... Hopefully they won't fall victim to the St. Patty's Day cards we have chillin' here for NEXT year.. *glares at mom*

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh BATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! So mom was giving Boogers a butt bath (yeah he got a bit messy) and while HE loves baths? WE HATE THEM! AHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Ok, so when mom showers, we will walk between the two layered shower curtain thingie, but that's it! Occasionally we'll slip and get out of that wet yucky stuff, but today we couldn't!

Mom was curious how we'd react to a bath. We got all four paws in the sudsy water and then, I was like "NO WAY!" and ran out sliding on the bathroom floor. Oh Oh, I bet Tiskers is next, I gotta warn him!

Hop Hop, the Easter Bunny came!

Well, sorta... Us raggies are soft like an Easter Bunny and low and behold, our brother *Biscotti and family* sent us a cute lil' Easter goodie bag! Inside was a cute card, malt balls that mom has eaten (well most), 2 handmade catnip pillows: Easter and St. Patty's Day one (auntie Barb is so talented!), a blue glittery ball that I claimed, and a mousie!! OMC! Thank you so much!

We have Easter Cards that knead to go out but that'll happen next week when dad has time off. He's been working 15 days straight. He's up for a promotion and putting extra time in and plus, he's busy working on his S.W.A.T tryouts! GO DAD!

Thanks so much guys! Pics to come soon!

FOOD!

I can't stop eating! Well, I do manage to stop eating when mom hides the bowl. I'm going to be huge. Already I'm heavier than Tiskers. When mom prepares our food, I come running into the kitchen, and I meow LOUD, "MEOWwwwwww mew mewww MEOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW" as I'm hungry! We have dry out 24/7 but still.... Love my proplan chicken with rice moist!

As for size, we're closing in on Fido's size :) He's very tall though. Sorta like Tiskers, he's taller than me.

Ok, enough of this small talk, I need FOOD!

Tio Lancelot always says the right thing!

I have to agree with Lancelot as he said the spiders are the ones who bit mom's purse. I told her that and well... She didn't believe me. But then we said, "But mom! Tio Lancelot said so!" and that won her over! WOW! I didn't know it would be that easy! When ever we get in trouble, from now on, we're going to consult Lancelot on ways to get us out of the pickle!

I'm soooooo loving his new pics! Especially the flower one. Wow, what a great looking back yard! Just watch out for the stinky brown doggy land mines! MOL!!!

Voki's are funny!

I am loving everyone's voki messages to me and my family and listening to the ones on my friends pages!!! Seems that a lot of the flees are being taken care of. See what happens when you let them doggies play with us cats? Flees!

Mom says I'm getting HUGE! I eat a lot more than Boogie and that's saying a lot! Even for a kitten I eat a lot! I'm a good 8 pounds if not 8.5 as I'm noticeably heavier than a month ago when I was at the vet for my rabies. I was 7.6 pounds a month ago. Tiskers is a light weight. He was 6.5 pounds and probably just over 7 pounds now. Must be nice to have a fast metabolism!

Easter? What's that?

So I'm told the Easter Bunny is soft and fluffy like me! Hmmmm the only difference though is that I don't eat carrots! I eat pretty much anything else that comes near my mouth. I'm a lot like Fido. I eat everything, maybe my nickname should be garbage disposal like him? Only thing is he doesn't gain weight, I do!

We both get into trouble, tough being a kitten :) Tiskers of course is a LOT like Boogers. Both momma's boys, both love being googled over, and loveeeeeeeeee being brushed! I hate being brushed!!!

Tiskers has even ventured INTO the shower with mom like Boogie! Those two are crazy cats!

PS it's leap year!

6 months old!

Ooooooooooooooo Me and Tiskers are officially 6 months old now!!! That means we've been with our pawrents half of our life and the other half at the breeders :) I think mom is going to do something special furrr us on our half birthday! Oooooooooooooo!

6 months old! WOAH!!!! Mom is happy that we have more teeth in our mouth. She wasn't sure how our baby gums would handle the hard food a month or so ago when we were loosing some teeth, but we manged. Ok, so we got extra rations of moist too! MOL!!

I crackle too!!

Oooooooooo! We were all just playing with Mr. Laser pointer and before, only Tiskers made that crackle sound, but I did too!! Mom was super excited :) She was laughing as I ran because my body "jiggled". Hey, it's baby kitten fat! That's my story and I'm sticking to it MOL!!!

Ok, back to laser fun!

Unkie Tio Lancelot is going to see his mom soon!

We can't wait furrr Unkie to be reunited with his mom!!! The whole visa thing must have been a pain in the tail! But who cares, she's on her way soon to see him!!!

I bet Unkie will be spoiled and given tons of lovies when he sees his mom! I wonder if he'll hiss when he sees the doggie Enigma again? MOL

Ok, time to check out voki's! Mom will probably only do one for Boogie and Hondo as there's only so many hours in the day to do those! Have a great weekend friends!

Blu-Ray!

WOW! So last night we heard it's official! Blu-Ray is the way to go and the Hi-Def DVD owners aren't going to be happy as they're going to stop making High-Def and go Blu-Ray!

Well, the High-Def cats should have asked me what to buy first! Ahem, notice my blue eyes? It's a sign, Blu-Ray MOL

Mom is relieved as she was a year ago, deciding what to do! She eventually decided to do Blu-Ray as our PS3 is Blu-Ray. She got that a month after it was out only then to hear that there was debates about Blu-Ray vs. High-Def. Thank cod it was announced and Blu-Ray won! PHEW!

Not that we own any Blu-Ray DVD's, but we get those on Netflix when available (less scratched too).

Eeeeeeeee!

Was bad...

So mom wasn't too happy when me and Tiski were running a muck this morning... She's been up since 7:30 AM and she went to bed at 2:00 AM. Well she was spraying us to get down, and then she realized, while half asleep, she got her HP books a bit wet!

So she ran to them and dried them off, ONLY to see...

You ready? Dom dom dommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

TEETH MARKS ON THE DUST JACKET OF BOOK 1-4!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She screamed so loud and was super duper angry! Mom said this was the loudest she ever yelled!! You see... Books 2-7 are true first editions.. And our 2nd book, has no "year 2" on the spine of both the jacket and book... Ummmmmmmm she's NOT happy... Thank COD the major damage is on book 1 (which she plans on re-buying and swapping that cover!!) but oh.... We are grounded furrr life... Tough being a kitten :)

Unkie Lancelot might be mad at us though... He loves HP too!

Ariel is my Valentine!

Wow, a lot can happen on the day of Love!!! I snagged me a Valentine and her name is *ARIEL* ! She's a raggie like me and we met in the Meezer Junction group! Oooooooo!!! This is my furrrst Valentine Day and seems like love was in the air!

Murphy has a new girl Paws, Bells is engaged to Kashmere, Baby-G is engaged to Ashley, and me and Tiski scored a Valentine!

I hope you all had a pawsome Vday!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

MEOW! I hope all my friends have a pawsome Valentine's Day! Our Outlook Express has been down all day so you can imagine how much farther behind we are on Catster!! The pawmails, rosettes, etc., are all going to mom's phone, but she can't access Catster with the Blackberry Curve. She says she "kneads" the iphone to access catster MOL. So we're sorry if our thank you's go out a bit late.

In the meantime I wanted to send a special meow out to Ariel, my hopeful Valentine :)

Love is in the air! Baby G and Ashley are engaged, Kashmere and Bells are engaged, Paws and Murry MIGHT be valentine's and going steady, oh how sweet!!

*bonks*

Back off! MINE!

Our family just received a very cool bed... No better than cool... PAWSOME HARRY POTTER BED! OMC!!!

*MERCY, RILEY AND CO* were so kind to surprise us with a HP bed! Don't know how they found material as it's meowlla hard to find! OMC! Fido claimed it first but I said, "YO, I want to sit on it" so I bopped him and it's MINE ALL MINE!! Ok ok, so I gotta share.

Sorry we've been MIA as Hondo is still on the road to recovery... More on that soon!

Thank you so much guys!!!

Dang Camera!

Mom is always doing that clicky thing... She was very happy that she FINALLY took pics of me and the ring bear-errr that Eve sent us a few days ago. You see, each time we got near the pillow we wanted to attack the strings and play with them. Naturally mom didn't like this idea. But she got a few pics of us today as she rudely woke us up from our nap.. You see, only when we're tired are we more cooperative furrr pics AND nail clippings... Otherwise we're very active :) Thank you again Eve!

We also got a Vday card from Rocky Ann! It was so pretty and cute and was a HK card. I saw it furr a second and then Hondo stole it from me...

Biscotti and family also sent us a huge box of goodies! There were a lot of things in there, I purrsonally don't remember as I took the catnip pillows Auntie Barbi made and RAN. Tiski loved the red boa toy but I'm all about those small catnip pillows! Thank you guys!

I'm the BWAB Cat of the Month!

Actually, I tied with Sawyer and Fuzzy Fuzzykins furr Cat of the Month furrr February 2008 in the Black and White Ankle Biters!!! How pawsome is this? Unfurrrtunetly, mom furrgot to vote more than once... So thank you to those in the group who voted furr me!

Mom's been busy. You'd think she'd have more time now that she's a stay at home meowmy, but she now does errands instead of evil work. It's a good trade off and so far she's enjoying it! Work never called, so we're assuming word got around. Doesn't matter as mom is SO much happier!!!

I'm excited as I have a Germany party today. Our German isn't the greatest, but we know some basic words and phrases now. Spelling is a bit tricky but we're working on that! Mom and dad want to go to Europe in a couple years from now, but until she knows a few more languages, she won't venture off over there. What's the point of visiting over seas if you can't meow in their language, or at least try?

Day of new beginnings!

So not only do my pawrents have something to celebrate as tomorrow is their 5 year annifurrsary, but I too have good news!

Tonight at the Meezer party with my twin Tiskers, and big bro Hondo, I made some new friends! There's one girl in pawticular that was extra special:) I gave her some of my Mardi Gras beads *wink*. Her name is *ARIEL* and she too is a young cute Ragdoll!!! Awwwwwwww so cute and so nice!!! She looks a lot like me except she's a Blue Point and I'm a Seal Mitted (mom loves 'mitts"). She just told me that we can get to be 30 pounds! HOLY CATS!!

My brother from another litter, Snowmitts (and our besties) is like 21 pounds at almost 2 years old! So there's definately a lot more meals I need to eat before I catch up! MOL

Anymeow, hope all my friends had a great day today!

Treats? Thanks!

Ooooooo someone left me treats! Thank you much! I pawmiss Boogie won't get them :)

Speaking of Boogie... His very cute and nice fiancee, Eve, sent me and my brother Tiskers a larger ring bear-errrr pillow! Mom took it out of the box but will put it back until THE day. They're getting married June 14, 2008!! Thank you so much Eve!!! Pics to follow tomorrow as mom wants better lighting.

Tomorrow, Tuesday the 5, is Mardi Gras! I'm excited to attend the party with my twin and Hondo in the Meezer group!

Good times! Everyone is dressing up!! Pawsome! See you all there!!

Boogie the treat thief

So, I keep having dad from work fill my treat jar, along with our friends :) BUT, I noticed again, my treat jar is down to like 1!!!! I am blaming Boogie as this boy can eat! I can't wait to get older and bigger as I'm sure I'll be able to out eat him!

I eat the fastest. Mom says I eat faster than Dad and that's fast!! I inhale rather than chew I think.

Speaking of, mom thinks we lost some baby kitten teeth as when we were sleeping, she opened our mouth (pulled our gums down) and there appeared to be less teeth!

This explains why mom hasn't screamed in the middle of the night when I bite her feet :) I am an ankle biter like Boogie and Fido after all :) Tiskers is the calm, chill one...

Tagged!

Ooooooo I got tagged furrr the furrrst time by my friend *LUCA* ! Here are the rules of the game!

Each player starts with 7 random facts about themselves. Cats who are tagged need to write the 7 rules in their Diary & 7 pawsome facts about themselves. Then choose 7 cats to tag and list their names. Don't forget to purr them a pmail telling them that they've been tagged and to read your Diary or send them a fun Rosette announcing they've been Tagged!

I, like Calvin, won't tag cats because some don't like it, but I will answer the 7 questions once :)

7 facts about me:

1. When I get told "NO" or "BAD" it makes me purrr even faster and louder :) I don't know why... Actually I do, but won't tell my meowy why! Mom thinks it's because I know I'm "bad" and I egg her on by being bad. And by doing this, this makes me purrr like crazy as I love teasin' mom :)

2. I'm the ONLY cat in the family to climb on dressers, book shelves, the fridge, etc., YOU NAME IT! Drives mom and dad nutty! Mom took down ALL the stuff on her dresser (purrrrfume, etc.,) as I kept knocking them down. Seriously, she should try it! It's fun!

3. I tend to hot foot it in m pawrents bedroom closet. Why? Because there's things in there that I can get into!! I love hiding in a corner where mom and dad can't get to me w/o getting frustrated! A kitties job is never done :)

4. I eat very fast... I inhale the food really...

5. I hate car rides! When me and Tiski came home, I cried furrr the entire 3 hour drive, which made mom cry as she felt bad... She was tired too... Thankfully dad was driving as mom would have never been able to drive home alone!

6. I love refrigerators like Luca too!!!! When it opens, I come RUNNING to see what will be put in or taken out of it :) It's chilly too, and that feels nice on my furrr!

7. I have the bestest family ever! I feel so lucky to have my furrrever home and that my twin, Tiskers, is still with me :) Also to know that Biscotti is in a great home too! We are all so lucky!

My bro Biscotti

So Biscotti goes to the vet tomorrow for his last set of shots. I'm really curious how much he weighs! He looks big like me and bigger than Tiskers. What's interesting is that Tiskers was the biggest in the litter once upon a time ago!

I'm guessing he's... 7 pounds 1 oz? Tiskers says 6 pounds 9 oz.

Officially 5 months old today!

Ooooooo 5 months old today!! And what a way to start it off :) So mom went to bed at 8pm (headache) and woke up at 3am with dad... WHY? Because of... MEEEEEEEEE! I kept knocking things down like Biscotti and playing the the blinds.. Of course, prodigal Tiskers was well behaved (although he always starts fights, play fights that is).

I got squirted with the water bottle. Mom learned with Fido, so this time around, DAD is the bad parent! MOL!!! Finally mom and dad got up and then had breakfast... Went to bed again at 5am but again, I was bad... Mom sat in bed for 2.5 hours and has been up since 7:30 am.

They are up early anymeow as mom is getting her ears re-pierced (lower on the lobe). Mom's are pierced in the center, but she wanted them lower as she wants her studs to sit lower on the lobe.

Have you ordered your free Shutterfly 16x20 print?

So mom had this nice 16x20 collage all done, but OOOPS! The free Catster offer was for a 16x20 PRINT! Duh mom! So the picture she ordered was *THIS ONE* . It was hard to pick ONE but this was the winner. Our eyes weren't all glowing, we were both too cute in the pic, and it's a recent one (less than a month old). We look the same anymeow :)

Seriously make sure you take them up on this! Only $5.05 for shipping (after taxes). We've taken them up on the free book, and calender. There was an offer a few months ago for a free print but mom lost her code!

I'm a Ring Bear-Er too!

HOLY CATS! A gifty from Eve, our future sister in law! She wanted me and Mittens and Biscotti to be the ring bearer at their wedding this June! How thoughtful!! We are so excited and happy furrr our brother Boogie and Eve! This will be such a pawsome wedding! We received a special card along with the ever so cute rings on a pillow :) I'm still a bit confooosed as to what a wedding is, but I'm all excited to attend!! Thank you so much Eve for your thoughtful gift! It's an honor! *kisses*

I got huge! 7 pounds 7 ounces!

And I am the winner in the weight department today!!! MUWHAHAHAHA! That's right! I came in at a whopping 7 pounds 7 ounces!! I blame my extra weight as I didn't got to the litter box prior *learned that one from Boogers*

MOL!!! I can't believe it!! Mom was like "OMC!! MITTENS IS HUGE!!!". And I'm not quite 5 months old yet! OH BOY!!!

Me and Tiskers got our Rabies shot, Feline Leukemia shot, and micro chipped. We also rang up a nice bill as we have enough heart worm medicine for all 5 of us furrr the entire year. The bill came to $882.90. Dad looked at mom like "OMC" but mom reminded him it saved them $115 by getting heart worm medicine furrr the entire year.

Dad replied, "You know how many steak dinners that is?" MOL!!!! Time for a nap!

PS. I furrrgot to mention that while the vet was typing in my info into his computer, I stepped on his computer keys and he just laughed! MOL! Why doesn't mom do this? And when I first got out of my crate, I stepped on his phone turning the speaker phone on. MOL

The V-E-T!

AHhhhhhhh so in 4.5 hours we go to see Dr. Swartz, aka OUR VET! But don't fret! We're getting our last shot! RAY-BEE or something? Also, we will be getting micro chipped like our 3 big brothers!

I'm excited to see how much we weigh!! I know I weigh more than Tiski but by how much?

IT IS SO COLD OUT! Mom is making sure dad keeps the car EXTRA warm before we go out. He gets home at 7:30 am today, and since our appointment is at 8:00 am, it'll be warm still.

Mom spent 5 hours making our pages as is... She figured out how to make frames with the code, and then decided NOT to do that, so back to the drawing board. We plan to keep our pages like they are now. Maybe we'll spruce up the banners but not furrr a while :)

Dang, no post Monday?

Dang, no postie on Monday... Boogie will be bummed as he's expecting something from Eve. Also mom was supposed to get her German course thing, but that might not happen.

We have this new Chinese place near us, "Pei Wei" it's by the same company as PF Chang. Oooooo it's so gooooooood! Mom even gave us dudes some of her Sweet and Sour Chicken! YUM!

Us kittens eat everything. Mom is impressed, but we hear that will change as we get older. I'm not so sure about that! I give Boogie a run furr his money in the food department! Seriously you should HEAR me eat... It's sorta nasty as I practically inhale it :)

SNOW?!

OMC! What is this white stuff? I thought that mom brought home a new baby brother MOL! Nah, it's something called snow and we're getting tons! Well, furrr VA standards at least.. I think there's a good 2 inches on the ground!

Mom called in today sine the schools were closed--students would NOT be attending their lesson more than likely.

Dad was nice enough to gather up snow furrr us to play in! FUN STUFF! A bit cold, but not bad!!

YAY! Tio Lancelot is in Spain FINALLY!

I'm so happy to report that my unkie Lancelot is FINALLY in Spain! He was supposed to be there a WEEK ago, but evil NJ airport was holding him furrr what ever reason... Not only where they holding him hostage? But his dad too! Ugh... Main thing is that they're both safe in Spain!

Mom knows a TINY bit of Spanish as she took that and French in college... She's working on German too... Hmmmmmm

I was bad...

Mom is not too happy with me.. So she was helping Fido at his party when in an instant (3 seconds IF that) I saw "Piglet's Big Movie" poster and decided to put 100 teeth marks on the bottom.... Mom was NOT happy :(

I guess dad got her this movie poster when they were dating as she likes Pooh :(

I SOWWY MOM!!! What can I do to fix this? *gulp* My bad :(

Happy Birthday Fido!

Oooooo my big brother, the one who grooms me, turns 2 years old today! There's an all day party *HERE* which is being thrown by his cute girlfriend Allie :) This years theme is Garfield and mousies!

Hope to see you there!! I mean, if mom can YOU can! Why? Mom took off work because, ummmmm... Dad had "something" for work and mom "kneaded" to be there.. MOL!!!! Don't tell!!

2 NEW discoveries!

Oooooooo! I believe I finally know my name!!! Reason being I 90% of the time respond to "Mittens" and when mom says, "C'mon Mittens!!! Come here! C'mon boy!!!" I COME!!! :)

And also I loveeeeee playing fetch with the mousies!! Mom will throw one really far, and me and Tiski run after it, and I bring it back to her so she can do that all over again!

WIN WIN!!!

AA batteries=MIA!

MOL!! Ok, so we haven't posted many recent pictures because mom ran out of double A batteries... She forgot that they picked some up the other day... I, however, did NOT forget :)

But no seriously, we're going to do a massive photo shoot this weekend as we're growing like weeds! Mom keeps trying to take a picture of me running as we run... Sideways! MOL!!!!!!!!!

The weather is cooling off again... Crazy how this week it was in the high 60's, and low 70's!! You see, the week prior, it was almost 30!!!

Purrr furr my unkie Lancelot and his family!

HOLY CATS!!! My poor unkie is stuck in NJ as is his dad! They're moving to Spain but man oh man! Read his diary *HERE* and purrr that things go more smoothly!!! His dad was stuck in NJ as the planes were stoooopid, and then they lost Lancelot's paper work so he can FLY to Spain... EVIL!

I am purrring so all will be ok, but you purrr too you hear???

Missing the litter box?

So we just took the poll on Catster's Home page:

"What's your kitty's worst habit?"

We all agreed that we are all guilty of Knocking things over (29.33%), but we were surprised how many Miss the litterbox (26.67%)!! Mom would kill us!!!! Do they mean a lil' somethin' somethin' gets loose when we cover our stuff? Or is this about cats missing the box completely?? YIKES!

Seriously, mom would have us shaved! MOL!!!

Anyway, my Unkie is flying to Spain tomorrow... I wish him luck!!! He has to go as "luggage" due to the duration of the flight.. TRUST ME, his mom is not happy and tried to get him a seat INSIDE... :( Evil planes.... Bad enough there are cars!

Unkie Theo!

It's official!!!! We have another pawsome unkie! And his name is *THEO* ! We met him at a Meezer party during Catmas as he knows Hondo's wife, Rue Rue! He is meowlarious! We are super excited!!

So *waves* HI THEO!!!

We expect to be showered with extra love, told that we can "break the rules our pawrents instill upon us", etc., etc.,! MOL!!!!

I'm the DOTD!!!

Ooooooo! Last, but not least, I, Mittens, am the DOTD! I was feeling the pressure from my family as they have all been awarded this honor :) MOL

Thank you to all my friends (and new ones), groups for the concats, friends who sent me pawmails, rosettes, stars, and gifties in honor of my day!

Not only am I the DOTD?? I just found out that I'm the BWAB of the Week in my group "Black and White Ankle Biters". Sure I'm not black, but that doesn't matter... I bite them toes, ankles, limbs at night (or when I feel like it), so that qualifies me to be in the group! Mom totally furrrgot to vote for me all week as she's been finishing up witting letters to her students' parents as she's leaving her job in Feb. But thank you to all who voted for me!!!

I also got anther surprise from a cat named *MUZZY* ! He wrote me a nice pawmail saying to check his diary out as there's good news for ME! And there was! I'm his favorite cat of the week!

HOLY KITTENS!! I'm on cloud 9!!!

I saw the ball drop...

A furrry ball that is!!! Even though we were up for New Years, mom and dad were watching movies and spending time with us. They never do anything for New Years. Dad worked that day so he went to bed shortly after midnight.

We did see 3 of the HP movies in a row. Mom can't wait until all 7 movies are done for over 16 hours of movies back to back! Ooooooooooo!

I'm getting big and I have some shots in a few weeks. One is rabies and I believe I'm getting ID chipped too. I wonder how much I weigh! Definitely more than 4.10 or what ever it was!! I"m guessing by middle of Jan? 5.5 pounds! I think Tiskers is 5.08 :)

Almost 2008!!

I wanted to wish all my friends a Happy New Year!! I hope 2008 brings us more toys, love, friends, food, and all that good stuff!!

I just discovered the kitchen counter tops, fridge, etc., Mom isn't too happy as I've knocked things down. Even though kitties and cats do this, we've read and been told many times, that us calm Raggies don't do that as much... I'm the exception! Mom had to even hide half of her Harry Potter stuff as I threw it on the ground! Mom is picky about aesthetics of things... She'd freak if there was a tooth mark, tear on things! A lot of her HP stuff is irreplaceable (books, toys, wands, don't count) MEH!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Don't cha be messing with my Tuba!

MOL!!! I love the *TUBA PICTURE* Pansy made furrr us! You all might know how Boogers and Pansy have this bassoon war going on...

Basically "who's is bigger and better" MOL!! But since they know mom's occupation, they made a picture for all of us! I'm on Tuba, Boogie is on Bassoon, Hondo on Harp *giggles*, Fido on Trumpet, and Tiskers on Sax! We have our own band! MOL!

WE ROCK!

4 months old today!

Ooooooooo me and Tiskers are 4 months old today!! We also resubmitted our dedication video sans the music. I don't know yet if HQ or someone flagged the video fur "fun" but mom is THIS close to submitting the same music but performed by her orchestra in 2000 when she was doing her undergrad studies. Coincidentally if she did this? You could hear her play the solo (and we have proof on the program) MOL!!!

Anymeow, we're enjoying mom being off work again!!! She wrote a letter to give to the students she WANTS to teach, so if all goes well, she'll be working less hours (more so than she does already) and more pay. *Crosses paws* as she'll work from home and on Friday go to a few homes (we get scared of an instrument called "An Oboe" MOL MOL).

MORE TOYS!

SCORE! Like all my brothers said, we all got to open our gifts a bit a go due to dad working on Catmas...

We all got our own bed from the Siamese Rescue, 60 mousies, Tiki Cat galore, and tons of treats! I am on over drive here! I've never seen so many cool things! I guess this Santa Paws dude agreed that we were good boys???

I hope all my friends have a safe and fun loving Catmas! We love you all!

Our furrrst Catmas!

Ooooo! Me and Tiskers will be celebrating our furrst Catmas with our new family!! I'm very excited! Even though our daddy works up until Jan 2 straight, we have mom to stay home with us. She's funny you see... When we wake her up, she always has this frazzled look on her face :) Just doing my job :)

We heard from a dogster named Sparky who's an admin from the new HQ group and we told them about our video. He said someone might have flagged it for fun or if our music was in violation... But it's not... So if we put it up again, it "won't" be removed again... We're going to wait until we hear from HQ officially as it was upsetting. Mom's friend is a lawyer and she too said it wasn't in violation...

Meowy Catmas friends!

FURIOUS!

Our video of us playing with fluffy balls, and laying on a blanket SOMEONE made furrr us is removed due to "Infringement?" What gives? There was nothing wrong with it! It was a home video! No copy rights were violated!! Mom is furious!

Our big brother Boogers turns 4 Sunday Dec 23!!!

My big brother (in more ways than one!) MOL turns 4 years old this Sunday December 23!!! A lot of people will be gone furrr the holidays but his wonderful girlfriend Eve started his party early so cats can stop by if they're leaving soon.

But the day of there's an all day party *HERE* . The theme is Harry Potter! So bring yourself and have fun as you KNOW there will be plenty of food with Boogie around!

Welcome Home gift!!

Ooooo Fido just got his Catmas gift from his girlfriend Allie, so I gotta make this quick! But inside his Catmas gift was a welcome home gift of love from the family of *MILES AND CO!!!* You see, their wonderful mom made us the most beautiful blue blanket to match our eyes!! There are various colors of blue throughout! Also they sent 4 soft fluffy balls: 2 blue and 2 are white! OMC! Thank you so much guys! Pics to come shortly!!!

Also I see Catster HQ sent everyone a gift of hot cocoa! How nice!!!

FOOD!

I can't get enough food in me! I eat and eat and eat... I am plumpin' up quiet well which is interesting as a month ago, me and Biscotti were the lightest of the litter. Tiskers was heavier, but not anymore!!!

I am like Boogers... I live to eat, not eat to live :) Food is good! So are greenies!! YUM!!!

Catmas Tag?

Ooooooo! My first Catmas tag comes from my friend *Lady Freya*!!! Here is my list of 5 things I want for Christmas:

1. I wish all my friends have a safe and Meowy Catmas with their family!

2. I hope many cats find new homes this holiday. Everyone deserves a furrrever home!

3. To spend more time with mom while she's off Catmas week---dad is working :( But he doesn't mind.

4. To win at wrestling against Tiskers--he may be a few oz lighter than me, but dang! He pins me down all the time!

5. Lovies from my brothers and pawrents! I am so lucky to have a new furrrever home and to be with my litter mate and brother, Tiskers :)

I haven't tagged anyone as we don't have time... That's ok!!

Do you know your name?

So I keep hearing the word "Mittens" and I just don't understand why... Tiskers knows his name and to be honest? He responded to "Tiskers, Tiski" right away (I'd say within 72 hours). Me? Nahhhh I'm a rebel and therefor I don't have a name.

I keep hearing "Mittens, MIT-TENSSSSSSSSS, Mitsy" and the only thing I can think of at the time is that "The wheels on the bus go round and round.... Round and round... Round and round..."

Hehehe!

Ankles, and feet= YUM!!!!

Ooooooooo those ankles and feet (and toes too) are so much fun! I'm about to join the group "Black and White ankle biters" with my brothers Boogie and Fido :) Mom and dad finally figured out WHO was attacking their feet :) We're still quarantined until our meds are done (1 more week). But I have had the joy of attacking our pawrents. I like when they say "OUCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH &$#*@!^$&#" MOL!!

I'm poo'in hard now and I eat and drink fast!!! I'm trying hard to catch up to Boogie's weight! Tiskers is a dainty eater... He's like Hondo...

Weather Liar isn't lying?

Meowmy told us kitts that it's not cool to lie... But surprisingly, our weather liar isn't lying! It IS 60 out! IN DECEMBER!!! Why, just last week, mom didn't go into work as there was a mild ice storm! While she can handle driving, most VA people can't and freak just in rain storms alone!! "... It's raining, I can't come".

I wonder how much Boogie weighs? We'll know tonight! Our plan is to out weigh him to make him feel better no matter what his weight is :)

Back from the Vet!!!

YAY! We're home!! We got home earlier but mom and dad did errands for over 3 hours!

Our vet is so nice!!! Our appointment was over an hour! Let's see... Other than being told we were handsome and cuteeeeeee by the vet tech and Dr. Swartz, all went well! We're still relieved that my poo was parasite free :) We got rid of the ProPlan moist kitten last week and switched to ProPlan adult chicken/turkey with rice as that seemed to help. My poo has been harder though so that's good :)

Ok, so the vet. We will get our 3rd set of shots in 4 weeks. I believe we're getting rabies and distemper as well as getting micro chipped like our bros. Today we got our Leukemia Vac and FVRCP I think it was?? (Mom has the paper work somewhere). We weren't sure if we'd get shots today as we felt under the weather, but it wasn't a cold, rather a viral something. We didn't have a fever so we agreed and are doing fine :)

We talked about my stomach and poo issues and instead of giving me flagyl (or what ever some of you guys recommended) we got Albon 125mg tablets (1/2 each day). I think this was instead of the flagyl. (Sorry mom has a headache and is about to take a nap, brain no thinkie). The big boys didn't get Clavimox but if they sneeze then he said to call him and he'll give us some. We're going to be quarantined to make sure our bros don't get a viral something.... It stinks but we understand.

We also got some flee/heart worm "Revolution" as our bros have it too, but we got the kitty kind.

I weighed 4 pounds 12 oz!!! WOAH!! We took a few pics with our vet and will post later tonight. Mom is in knead of a nap!

After the vet, they went and got 12 cases of ProPlan Moist (and bought all the cases that they saw!) and some Catmas toys for us (we're told!) and then some other moist food and a few more food dishes. Then they went to the grocery store, Target, Office Max, and a few other places. Mom said they spent over $800 today. Yikes!! She's just glad our vet bill wasn't over $500 like she anticipated. It was only $300... HISsssssssssssss

More later!!!

No parasites in my poo!

YAY! We got the test results back today and there were no parasites in my poo:) YAY! We were pretty certain there wasn't any but it's good to have concrete proof. I wonder what our Vet will say about my poo then... Sensitive stomach? *sigh*

It'll be interesting how much we weigh when we go to the V-E-T tomorrow! We get our picture taken with Dr. Swartz too! YAY!!!

Poo sample and Nyyyooommmm video!

Ok, so mom FINALLY cornered me and made sure I didn't cover my poo so she could bring a sample to the vet. We really don't think it's a viral something or another as me and Tiskers share the same box and he doesn't have that problem. Tiskers did get out and used the Big Boy Litter Robot, and has since not had problems. I think I just have a sensitive tummy! We'll know by tomorrow hopefully or on Monday when we both go in furrr our 2nd set of shots :) WHAT?!? SHOTS?!?!

In the meantime, mom caught me making my Gremlin "Nyyyooommmmm" sounds. I make them when I play and Tiskers does the same when he eats :) The quality isn't the best, but we WERE inside our pink Hello Kitty tent! Enjoy!!!

*EDITED* I added another video that we took yesterday. It's sorta boring but it shows a typical day in our home :)

Tiskers is a DDP Piggy!

HOLY CATS! Tiskers? AGAIN?! Ummm I'm embarrassed FOR him :) Yup, he' s a DDP again today BUT I'm honored with him on the same day! Purrty cool no? This happened to my brothers once!

Geeze, the diary that was picked was me meowing about my bum!!! :) But to Unkie Lancelot, we are working on a video of our sound effects!!! Mom will have to put ONE food dish out so you can witness and hear it :) I'll take a bop for the team.

Today is *RUE RUE'S* 4th Birthday!!! There's an all day party *HERE*!! We're so glad that me and Tiskers can join in on the party as we missed 2 good friends' parties already! We pawmiss to behave... At least Tiskers does! MUWHAHAHA.

So my bum WAS better yesterday and now I have soft poo... I might just have a sensitive belly as Tiskers doesn't have this problem! Or maybe ProPlan wet doesn't like me? We tried a different flavor with rice (this time adult) and now I have bad bum. I did try TiKi cat yesterday and at the time, my poo was normal.. Hmmmm. Suggestions?

PS!! SNOW SNOW!! MY FIRST SNOWFALL TODAY!!!! It's about... 1/4 inch IF that!! Dang, Virginia kids probably had a snow day...

Nyommmmmm nyommmmmmm nyommmmmm

That's the noise I make when I play with toys! It's sorta like a growl, but I'm not, I swear! Interestingly enough, Tiskers does the SAME thing but with food.. When he eats moist food in pawticular, he goes "NYommmmm nyommmmmmmmm nyommmmmmm" :) What can I say, we're silly!

We are still sad that we can't attend parties in the forums :( That means we might miss Rue Rue's 4th birthday Dec 5!!! HISSSSSSSSSSS I don't like this 2 week rule!

A week from today me and Tiskers go to the V-E-T to get our 16 week shots. It'll be a week shy of our 16th week, but our vet is in 2x this month :( Mom doesn't like the other vets and is looking for a cat specialist for when he's gone and retires.

My poo is getting better... It's still not as hard as mom would want, but it has shape now :) MOL! TMI I know but hey, this is MY diary! We write what happens so we can reflect down the road when we re-read them :)

Growing up is hard!

Hmph! Who said growing up is easy? You'd think being as cute as I am it would be easy, but it's not! So my poo is on and off hard/soft, so mom is working on fixing that. She saw a change when we went from Royal Canin/Pro Plan dry to Purina One Kitten. *crosses paws*. Mom had bought a ton of dry food as she wasn't sure what I'd like. So now we're returning about 4 bags of dry stuff tomorrow.

I do love to eat, and Boogie? You better watch out!! You have met your match! :)

It's funny how Mittens tries to eat Hondo's food, and vice vera... No one else does this (not even Boogers!!)

Fido was sniffing our food and Tiskers said, "GROWWWWWLLLLL MROWWWWWWW" he's protective of his food as of late! MOL!!! It's quite funny!!!

Got stuck under the dishwasher!

Mom got her workout just now! She spent about 30 minutes coaxing me out from the Dishwasher! Here she thought she had kitty proofed the home! MUWHAHAHAHA There's bath towels tucked in all the small areas of our home. Poor mom has like 4 towels left! MOL!!! I think we have about 20 towels strategically placed throughout. Heck, she even velcroed things shut! She wasn't too happy and called dad at work, and of course he laughed...

Fido is doing well with us, but now he's playing rough with Hondo. I think he has pent up playing in him! MOL!!

Oh, like Tiskers meowed, I too got my nails cut!

Nero was right!

So last night I got some good advice from Simba's bro *NERO* (ohhhh that rhymed). And boy oh boy was he right!!! So I love watching mom blink and this time, I might have gone a tiny bit far... I licked her lid when she closed her eye (mom noticed my tongue isn't like sandpaper yet) and then... I sorta gave her a love nip around her eye!!! MOL!!! She said, "Ummmm MITTENS?!?! Oooooooowwwwww" MOL

No harm done but man, that was fun!! Mom's eyes are blood shot as she isn't getting her normal sleep... Teeeheee.

Fido is now fine with me and my brother Tiskers :) YAY! Hondo keeps eating our food and Tiskers keeps eating the big boy food.

Blink? Blink? Blink? BAT!!

I just discovered the art of blinking. Mom was playing with me and then I saw it happen... *blink* OMC! And then she did it again, and again, and... I got right up to her eyes and watched and then *BAT* MOL! Mom laughed.

Who knew blinking would be so fun!

1 kitten shower party I can attend: CHECK, 1 bday party I- can't: CHECK

I'd like to give fellow HK Fan Club members *DIEGO AND LULU* a meow out as they were so kind to throw a Welcome Home Kitty Shower party for me and Tiskers in the *HK Fan Club* !! Our family is so touched!!! We are huge Charmmy Kitty fans here as she's cute and fluffy like us! The following cats attended and we would like to say THANK YOU!

Diego, LuLu, Rocky Ann, Boogers, Hondo, Ele', Polka Dot, Furman Dexter Baggins, Calvin, Sugar, Eve, Pixel and Cali!

As for the party I can't go to? It's my brother Fido's girlfriend Allie's party!!! HISSSSS We haven't been on catster long enough so we can't party... Hmph!

MEOWWWWWWWW chirp chirp!

Hey everyone! It's official. As of today mom has agreed that I'm super vocal. I meow all the time, heck, I meow when I use the box too! The breeder said I was pretty loud and often would meow if I was separated from Tiskers and she wasn't kidding!

I'm eating more food than Tiskers :) My goal is to out weigh him first. I do not like Kitty Kaviar but Tiskers did. We loveeeeeeeeeeeeee Gerber baby food! We're eating beef in a bit :) Is it me or does the moist food taste better than dry? Hehe.

I like to lay right next to mom at night and Tiskers LOVES mom's pillow... He's often on her pillows sleeping :)

Ok, I gotta sleep! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

1st night in VA went well!

Man oh man! We slept so well! Me and my brother Tiskers slept with mom all night. I like to cuddle next to her where as Tiskers likes to sleep near her heart. Maybe it reminds him of our furrry mom?

We just got done with MORE of that clicky thing. Hondo said it's called "modeling". Hmmmmm... We are all doing well and mom can't get over how cute we are! Boogie, Hondo, me and Tiskers are all set to go. We're working on Fido in slow spurts.

I find it funny how the big boys stare at us. What, do we have food in our fur? Why do they stare?

Anyway, we also wanted to share what Auntie Barbi gave our pawrents when we came home :) She gave mom a cuteeeeeee seal point wooden cat sitting on books as she knew mom loves to read. Also she got a yummy candle and some Greenies for us! The breeder Lisa sent us home with some Royal Canin, catnip, Fancy Feast moist, and a nice scratching post!

I'm homeeeeeeee!

MEOW!! I'm home! At last!! Wow, we're a bit behind on catster, but I'd like to thank everyone again for the warm welcome home and for my DDP yesterday :)

We had such a blast meeting Picasso's family! Mom couldn't believe how amazing Auntie Barbi's cats were! Picasso greeted mom first and OMC! She was so excited :) You could tell from his breathing right away that he is still dealing with his Cardio Myopathy :( It was quite sad, but we're so glad he's in a great home that takes care of him and loves him.

Snowmitts (my brother from a different litter, same parents) was pawsome! He took to me, Tiskers and Biscotti like a mom :) He was so fun to play with and what a handsome cat.

Kashmere? We did see her and mom and dad got to hold her, but she was a bit shy. Very very pretty :)

Cocoa was a riot, talking on command, and just a cool cat! He hissed at dad and mom laughed.

Jaspurr was a bit jealous of us... He wasn't sure who we were and why we were there, but he finally accepted us all :) Picasso was a bit unsure too at first, but he was sorta playing peak-a-boo with us! MOL!

Aspen is just gorgeous. His pics don't do him justice! He was very sweet and a great dude.

We got some cool gifts from Auntie Barbi that we'll post tomorrow! I miss them and my brother Biscotti, but we know he has a great new home :)

On the drive home, I was brining mom to tears as I kept meowing... FOR 3 HOURS STRAIGHT!! Tiskers was quiet :) But we're glad to be home! Hondo loved us! Boogie hissed at us, but later was meowing at us :) Fido? Ummmm we gotta work on him. He's like Jaspurr, a bit jealous...

Within minutes of coming home, we received a beautiful arrangement of flowers from *CALI AND LEO* !! OMC! How sweet of them! And then the next minute we got a call from Barbi and she too received flowers! Thank you much! You made our mom's eyes leak!

We also had a very nice welcome home card waiting for us from *COLLEEN*! How very nice of her! She likes HK like us :)

Ok, more later!! Again, I'll be getting back to my pawmails and goodies from you all very soon!!

Meeting my parents today and a DDP?!?!

HOLY CATS! I'm a Daily Diary Pick! And what a special day it is too! It's almost 5am EST and my pawrents are getting ready to pick me up and bring me home finally!!! They will be staying at *PICASSO'S* home tonight and then leaving NJ to VA. I can't wait to be HOME for good!!!

I'm going to be a bit behind on thanking my friends for my honor in my groups, but I will get back to you all :)

My mom didn't sleep much as she's excited to bring me home. Dad kept snoring MOL!! So good that he got sleep as he's driving.

SEE YOU ALL SOON!!!

Snip Snip went well!

Phewwwwww I'm home safe with my two brothers sleeping :) We survived the snip snip! So that's what they mean about being "fixed". Hmph!

When we got home, me and Tiskers went sleepy sleepy while Biscotti was in full force! He was running around and eating!

Me and Biscotti also weighed almost 3 pounds at the vet, while Tiskers was a whopping 4 pounds! MOL!!! Boogie doesn't know what he's up against :)

See you all soon and thank you everyone for befriending us and sending us pawmails, rosettes, stars and gifties :) Zzzzzzzzzzz

Getting Fixed tomorrow!

Oh dear... Me, Tiskers and Biscotti are getting fixed. After much pleading how we three are NOT broken (if it ain't broken, don't fix it?) we are still getting "fixed". Hmmm... So at almost 3 months we're broken? Really?

I know my pawrents and Biscotti's pawrents are a bit nervous, but they know things will go smoothly even though we'll be a bit sore for a few days.

Mom is soooooo excited to see us interact with our brothers. Mom is certain Hondo will take us in within seconds as he's the sweetest cat you'll ever meet. He welcomed Boogie and Fido with open paws. Boogie will be ok as long as we don't eat his food :) Fido?? Ummm that's up in the air. When he came home it took a few days for him to accept Boogie and Hondo but a lot of that has to do with him never living with a cat before. Now he and Boogie are besties.

What worked was having the three brothers play with Mr. Feather together! But we're told by many that most older cats are less threatened by lil' ones :)

Please purrr fur me and my 2 brothers tomorrow!!

My Tail of Devotion for Mittens

To Mittens,

Your daddy and I are so excited to bring you home forever! Since we first met you 3 weeks ago, it has been so hard to be patient while waiting for you and your twin, Tiskers, to come home. You have three great brothers who are also very anxious to meet you!

Your auntie Barbi and family are a huge part as to how you came to be our baby boy! She put in a good word for us, and when we got news there were 3 babies available, we knew it was the right time to expand our family! We weren't sure who would be coming home as there were 2 Mitted Raggies. But the 2nd family backed out and when I told your dad this, he said we should adopt both of you!

And it's a good thing we did because after we saw you both, there was NO way we could have picked just one of you...

We named you Mittens as a homage to Snowmitts. After we first laid eyes on him, we knew we would one day have a Ragdoll. Since you come from the same parents and look like him, it was only fitting to give you a similar name :)

See you November 23, 2007 and then you'll be meeting your brothers and coming home for good November 24, 2007.

Love Mom and Dad, and your 3 brothers Boogers, Hondo and Fido.

This is a special Tail of Devotion

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Coming Home November 24, 2007!

Hey everyone!!! Me and my twin Tiskers are new to Catster! We aren't home yet as our pawrents are bringing us home November 24, 2007. I can't wait to meet my 3 brothers Boogers, Hondo and Fido! When our pawrents visited us 3 weeks ago, I couldn't believe how nice they were! They said me and Tiskers were super cute! I can't wait to make new friends!

November 20th we go to the V-E-T to get "fixed". Hmmmm that'll be interesting as I didn't know I was broken???

I know me and Tiskers look a lot alike, but as of now, I'm less fluffy than Tiskers, I have taller ears, my left front mitt has more white, and I have a tiny brown patch on my back leg :) See you all soon!!