Happy Easter

HAPPY EASTER

For those of you who do not know how they pick the date when Easter falls, mum says it goes as follows.

The first Sunday, after the first full moon, after the first full day of spring. Easter can fall from March 22 through April 25. It is rarely this early in March. It won't be this early again for a furry long time. Easter of 2035 as a matter of fact, I don't think I will be around!

But I looked back to last year when Easter was in April. We again had snow and cold and Easter was nearly two weeks later. Here are my linkies to post last year showing our terrible cold we had last year. April 7 and April 11 It was the middle of April before we got rid of our snow. Actually it was gone in March, then all of a sudden we got cold and snow again.

Here are pictures from Saturday morning of the snow piles and the yard. Mum says the snow piles off the patio are about the same height as they were back in February after the big snow.
I hope this is it for this year. As of now at the official measuring station this is the second snowiest winter season in Milwaukee. Mum says that with the sun being higher in the sky and the longer days helps melt the stuff faster. Even today she said it was getting nice and melty in places. Just harder to tell.

Everyone have a good Easter Day.

ENOUGH ALREADY!

It may say spring by the calendar but you wouldn't know it by the look of of our yard. Remember those nice pictures I showed you yesterday how nicely our snow melted? Well the snow is all back! Mum says we have gotten 12 inches of snow so far when she was outside last about 6 PM. Plus it is still snowing.

Our last big snow storm came on Ash Wednesday and today's storm is on Good Friday. What a way to bookend Lent! Lots of churches canceled their services. Mum and Grampie decided since it was so nasty out to just stay home and be safe.

Front yard at 9 AM, then 3 PM, then 6 PM.
Patio back of the house at 9 AM, then 3 PM, then 6 PM.

We had all sorts of birdies around eating our foods today, so the party was in my yard. The little guys on the ground, robins in the tree eating the left over crab apples and brown headed cowbirds at the one feeder. These last two birdies have come north already, I don't think they expected such a storm. At one point mum saw three robins in the tree eating the left over little crab apples.
Smudge made his journey over the Rainbow Bridge. He was just a young cat of 2 and his family misses him furry much. Godspeed Smudge.

I got tagged for the middle name meme by Captain Jack and Sir Dante, also by Chance for the Middle Name Meme.

Here are the rules:
1. You have to post the rules before you give your answers.
2. You must list one fact about yourself beginning with each letter of your middle name. (If you don't have a middle name, use your maiden name or your mother's maiden name).
3. At the end of your blog post, you need to tag one person (or blogger of another species) for each letter of your middle name. (Be sure to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged.)

Hmmm, now what is my middle name? I guess it is SASSY!

S = Sexy. 'nuf said!

A= Athletic. I can jump and race around the house. I am a thundering herd of elephants all on my own.

S = Soft, my furs that is.

S = Sophisticated. At least I think so.

Y = Young. Hey I am only four. That is just a really young, when you think that some of our revered catizens are over 15 years old.

I am going to skip tagging anycat. Play if you want to. I am going to go nap and hope that the snow goes away (again) really soon! I want the windows open and nice weather is here all the time.

Funky Fang Shui Friday

Enjoy your playthings. Turn them into new toys by moving them in unusual ways.
I turned my tunnel of tents on the side when I was playing with them. So mum just left them like this for a few days. Eventually I pushed them down myself by playing with them even more.

It has been nice as mum has been home Thursday and Friday. She took a few days off from work. She took Grampie to his doctor report and his doctor says he is doing fine after being in the hospital last week.

This is what our yard looked like on Thursday between 5-6 PM. Nice and sunny, the snow piles are going away.
We are supposed to get lots of snow during the day on Friday. Mum is glad she won't have to drive to work. Mum is also spending time watching bracket ball on the moving picture box. We have to keep track of the Whiskerconsin teams that are playing. Both of them won today so they will play again on Saturday.

A New Sleeping Spot

Hehehe. I had mum all crazy the other day. She always likes to know where I am before she leaves for work and she couldn't find me. Well I found a new place to snooze.
This is a basket that mum puts paper into after she runs it through the confetti machine! It is soft and snuggly in this basket.
Just let me snooze will ya? I will see you when you get home from work!

Mum's green fingers are a little suspect. She made me some grass since I was chewing on the flowers she got. But will all of the excitement last week with Grampie she forgot about the stuff. So this doesn't look all that great.
But mum brought it out and put it where it got some light and it turned green and now she will let me nibble on it. Guess I had my green stuff to eat for St Patty's day this week.
I had a great time at all of the parties, but mum is again spending her nights talking with the other side of the world. But she says soon she won't have to do that any more. That will be nice, then she can devote all of her attention to me when she is home in the evening.

ManCat Monday

Nature breaks through the eyes of the cat. - Irish ProverbHappy St. Patrick's Day everyone. Partake of green foods and beverages as you see fit.

I got a box last week from Siamese Rescue, I didn't rescue any meezers but it was my pressie for winning third place in the Siamese Spring contest. Thank you Kaze, Latte and Chase. I loves what you sent.
I attacked the pink thing first. I didn't even give mum a chance to get it off the card!
More signs of spring. The birdies are acting all crazy. You see them flying and chasing each other, and this morning we had two male cardinals fussing over one female! They are singing like crazy too they are as happy as the rest of us that spring is coming.

Mum is working way too hard again. She is up late talking with the other side of the world, she should be playing with me.

Alaxing Saturday

It has been a nice quiet day here. Mum did a little shopping in the morning buying herself a few new springy clothes.

Spring is really coming, we can see the grass in front of the house again! It has been hiding for the longest time. Mum says she should put the springy wreath up on the door! Just do it mum.
Then mum looked in front of the house and she saw that the tulips are starting to push their way up from the warmth of the house.
This is the big pile of snow in the back of the house is getting smaller but this is the last bit of snow that disappears each year as it doesn't get much sun on it. Mum says it is half as high as it used to be a few weeks ago.
Grampie gets a little better each day. Mum calls him every morning and evening to check on him, but he says he is feeling more normal. So thanks to all who purred for him.

Funky Fang Shui Friday

Beware of super powers that you might have. Flying is best left to the birds.
First thank you to all of the Cat Blogosphere who purred for Grampie. It worked, he is back home. They had to give him medicine to get his inside all working right again. Then slowly get him back to eating real foods.

Mum would get up early and work, go to the bean hospital, come home and work, go to the bean hospital, come home to work, then go to bed. I think she will be happy the weekend will be here real soon.

Second thing, it was nice enough that mum could open the window for a bit. It was so nice to smell the outside again.
Because it was so nice to open the windows it was all melty. There are a few patches where you can begin to see the grass again in spots. Plus the people across the street were outside playing catch in the street. Mum even went outside without her coat on to check on things. Maybe spring will finally get here!

Belated Happy Purrthday to Uncle Stormy in OK. His purrthday was yesterday.

Happy Weekend Everyone!

Purrs Needed

Mum has been gone soooo much the past few days. Yesterday she went to work but didn't home home until way after dark time. Then today she went to work but came home early, worked for a while then called Grampie and left.

So here is why we need purrs. Grampie is not feeling well. Mum took him to the ER yesterday, they did all sorts of test, found nothing and sent him home. Which meant mum came home after midnight. Today mum is home earlier but they decided to keep Grampie in the bean healing place.

So what's wrong? Mum says nothing that couldn't be fixed if he could let out a few good poots! Mum says his belly is like a big balloon and it is painful for him. Mum says she's gotta get some sleeps tonight.

Thanks for purring for Grampie everyone!

ManCat Monday

Cats are designated friends. - Norman Corwin Yep, me and mum are furiends. I am sitting next to her while she looks are her newsy paper. Waiting for her to give me a few treats! But like all furiends, we need our space. So sometimes I will be in one room and she will be in a different one! Sometimes we snuggle.

I didn't get the call to go stork hunting from Ramses, he was too busy kitten gazing, but Isis did have her kittens over the weekend. Mom and babies are all doing well so far.

I didn't win the Big Gizzy Quilt, bummer. But hey it was for a good cause for Project HAM. Concatulations to Mary Kay M on winning and thanks to all who entered to help out our Meezer furiends and Bill the GingerSnap too.

Simply Spring contest. I made the top 10 in the Simply Spring Contest, which, with all of the entries made me furry happy, thank you for your votes to get me into the top ten.

Then the judges gotted involved and picked me for third place after Baby Mao and Dorydoo. Thankfully one of the judges appreciates the long snowy winter we have been having and related to my plight of white this winter.

Mum finally threw the flowers out yesterday. I knocked them over twice yesterday and they were beginning to fall apart. Mum will not be buying any more fresh flowers anytime soon. Bummer for me! Guess I will just have to knock the fake ones on the floor instead. Bye flowers, it was fun to have you around for a few weeks. The official talky box weather guy said tonight that we have had 84 out of 100 days since December 1 with one or more inches of snow on the ground. This is the forth snowiest winter on record around here.

The past few storms have missed us, thankfully, but some of our furiends on Ohio and other places got lots of snow, so they know what I have been dealing with for the past few months. It is supposed to be a bit melty here this week. Yay, some of this white stuff will go away.

Stork Hunting Squad

I am joining Ramses and other kitties to catch the stork or storks when Isis has her little kitties sometime in the next few days. I am ready to teleport at a moments notice to help the gang catch these big fevvers.


VOTE FOR ME! Simply Spring Siamese Contest

Voting is allowed through today, Saturday March 8. To vote, click on the link above to the Simply Spring Siamese Contest. Leave your vote in the comments. They are deleting comments so you don't know who has voted for whom or how many votes anyone has. Winner to be announced on Sunday. Tomorrow Darling Millie's mum will announce the winner of the big Gizzy Quilt auction for Project HAM. You still have time to buy your tickets to the auction. I've got my tickets purchased, I have crossed paws that I win.

Funky Fang Shui Friday

Ensure that you sample all foods coming into the house. Make them your own if they are tasty.
This was a yummy raspberry shake. Plus mum had a burger she shared a bit with me when she brought it home a few weeks ago. I always check out what mum is eating. I may not want to eat it, but I check it out. Last night she had fish and she shared that with me too.

The bestest thing about today is mum is not going to work. Says she is taking the day off and we can just chill out for the most part. Plus this past week while they predicted more white stuff, we didn't get much at all! Mum did not have to use the snow eater or the shovel this week. With the warm temperatures we had on Sunday with rain, made the snowbanks shrink a little. Yay, mum says.

Fevver Friday

A few weeks ago I posted a picture of the red-bellied woodpecker. But the most red you see is on its head. But mum caught pictures last weekend of the belly and you can see the red.
Mum got an early start on the weekend, we hopes the rest of you have a good weekend.

VOTE FOR ME! Simply Spring Siamese Contest

Voting is allowed until Saturday March 8. Winner to be announced on Sunday. I have one vote so far that I know of, that may be all I get!

Farewell Number 4

Someone called mum at work this morning from the Great Salty Lake, wanted to know if she was in mourning. She went "huh?" She hadn't heard the news, she was busy working earning her green papers. Well, no she is not in mourning, some people might be. But this is a big deal around here. The moving picture box has had this on practically all day long. Mum says it is overkill.

Well at least as of now, mum will have to yell at the moving picture box at a new QB for the Packers next season. The old gun slinger is hanging up his jersey. He will be missed for his love and joy at playing the game of football.

Both of these photo's are from JSonline.com and were taken by Tom Lynn. This one was taken back in January when the Packers played Seattle in the playoffs. Playing in the snow and it seemed they could do nothing wrong that day. Mum said it was one of the fun-est games she ever watched. This picture was taken after the Raider game in 2003 on Monday Night Football. Another fantastic game by our QB, 4 touchdowns, playing with a heavy heart as his dad had died the day before. With him is his wife Deanna who is a furry lovely lady and a breast cancer survior.

So farewell number 4. We will miss you when the football season rolls around, enjoy your future life.

VOTE FOR ME! Simply Spring Siamese Contest

Voting is allowed until Sunday March 9. Winner to be announced later that day.

ManCat Monday

You know the cat rules the house when he's sleeping in the best armchair and you're sitting on the floor. - Author Unknown
Now I have my very own Gizzy to lay on so the best seat in the house is to be on the Gizzy!

We had a melty day on Sunday. Some sun in the morning, then cloudy but up into the 40's. So some of our snow banks are shrinking. Not much but anything helps!

Mum had to go out on the patio and shove off the melting water off. The snow/ice has gotten so thick that the water can't run off. But the talking box weather guy says, rain, Tstorms, freezing rain and back to snow! Yeck!.

Hope everyone had a good weekend. Mum and I just sort of chilled, watched birdies, she read a book and I napped. Overall it was furry nice.

The Gizzy Has Landed

The Gizzy quilt I won in Darling Millie's raffle last week arrived. Here is the package as mum brought it in from the box on the front of the house.
A close up of the quilt. As many of you already know, a photo does not do justice to the lovely fabrics that are used in these quilts.
Mum spread it out on the one end of the loveseat and I came over to check it out. I could see that Millie, the official QA, had done a good job. I could smell her as well.
So I jumped up to make a closer check.....
Circled around a few times....
Then landed myself on the quilt.
Thank you Millie and your mum for such a lovely quilt. I was very happy to help out with the raffle to help get green papers for Churchill to help with his vet costs. If you haven't purchased your tickets for the new raffle for Project HAM at Darling Millie's Blog, get that done today. They will be announcing the winner soon. I have my paws crossed that we win this huge Gizzy quilt. That would be my gift to mum!
This is me sitting on the stool when mum puts the flowers away so I can't get them. I think I am as pretty to look at as flowers. I still want to mess with the flowers but mum only brings them out when she can snoopervise me while the are out.

Happy Caturday, the sun is shining here so I will be taking lots of naps in the sun spots today!