A Visit

I had to make a visit on Caturday to the V-E-T! Mum says that if all is well I only have to go once a year.
Me inside the PTU, hey, I haven't been in this for over a year, I hopes I am not going back to the shelter!
Derby coming by to say good bye to me. I don't think he knew I was going, as he hadn't warned me and neither did mum. I had been sitting really nice with mum watching the fevvers outside, when she scooped me up and put me in. I almost got away from her to run and hide!
Here I am on the table at the VET, we were just waiting for the doc to come in to do his thing, which thankfully didn't include violating my spot 13.
Yeah, sitting by the weighing thing, I weighed a nice 8 pounds 11 ounces, up from 7 pounds 5 ounces a year ago.
Hey, where does this go, hmm, no where special. Not really a hidey spot or an escape place.
Guess I will turn around, so I can see what is going on. Then the doc showed up, listened to my insides, looked at my ears and my teeths. I passed all my test, got my shots really quick. Then mum got the carrier up and I got back inside on my own. Then she paid the bill and we came straight home.

Derby hissed at me when I got back, I didn't care. I just sort of laid low for a while. Then mum came with some extra treats. Derby got a couple and he tried to move in on mine. I hissed right back at him and he left my treats alone.

Plus Happy Purrthday to our mum! Have a wonderful day! I hope we get extra treats to cellybrate with you.

Mini-ManCat Monday - V Day Edition

It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see. - Elanor Farjeon

HiYa, Ducky here. Happy Valentine's Day to all of you. Our special wishes go out to Derby's Princesss Mia Bella and to my sweetie in waiting, Dora. Purrs, cuddles and headbonks to you both.

Thanks everyone for your kind wishes on my Gotcha Day yesterday. I did hit the jackpot with finding a good furever home.



Mum did a video of what happened yesterday. Kinda long, but it is less than half of what it started out as. I got a nice prezzie and we also had the windows open for a little time. Still kinda cold out, but it was sunny and melty out.
We can easily tell the days are getting longer, but yesterday, when it was all sunny, we noticed that the sun is now coming and shining in the back of the house again! Yipee. Now we can see the sun set again.

My First GotchaVersarry

HiYa, Ducky here. It is a special day for me, I have been with my new mum now for a whole year. That is 365 days. I must like it here, I haven't run away like I did with my previous home.

What have I learned this past year, lots.

First, that not all beans are mean. Mum is so thoughtful and nice. I gets so much loves from her. In return I purr up a storm for her, snuggle with her. I am not a lap kittie, I am a chest kittie. I sit on mum's chest.

Second, I had no idea that there were so many kitties out there who belonged to other great beans.

Third. I never knew a bean could take so many pictures! I swear mum is never without her flashy box.
One of my first pictures taken by mum of me when we first met at the shelter.
My first few minutes at my new home. Mum had opened the PTU to allow me to come out when I was good and ready. When I was ready, I came out and headed under the bed.
Then I came out and sat on top of the bed with mum. A year ago we watched and bonded over the 'Lympics. I love doing the bed routine with mum I sleep on her most every night. I keep her warm and just soak up the love from her.

I think I'll hang around for another year, yep I will.

Whap

Mum had her bored of the library meeting tonight. When she got home she had chick-hen and we each got a bit of it.

Then mum sat down to look at the mail, gave Derby some scritches, then reached out to me and managed to whap me on the nose! So I whapped her hand!
I moved out of her reach for now. I know she didn't mean it, but still.

ManCat Monday

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. - Vince Lombardi


Final Feetsball Report

The Green Bay Packers are Stouper Bowl Champions! Woohooo. They were ahead the whole game but man it took a final drive for a field goal and the defense holding the Steel guys to give it up on downs with less than a minute to play.

What a game! Like they expected, a close game but The Pack managed to bring the Lombardi trophy home to Green Bay.

Thanks for everyone who stopped in for the party. Mum managed to contain herself and not scream at the TV. Just lots of cheering, clapping and some worrying too.

Still a few extra fur piles in the house. We cellybrated after the game for a while. Mum went to bed, we partied on. Just everyone teleport home safely.


A couple of our buddies decided this weekend was the time to head for The Bridge.
Farewell Pabs, our Tassie buddy. We will miss the Aussie rules feetsball updates. His mum even was an honorary cheesehead for the game yesterday. We are glad we won the game to give here something to smile about.
Laila and Minchies cousing Bonnie ran off too.
Plus our Secret Paw sweetie Miss Praline isn't feeling as well as she could. Waiting on word from the V-E-T on her bloodwork.

So big purrs to them and their beans.

Stouper Bowl - Go Pack Go

We are ready for the big game! We have our colors painted on, non-toxic so we won't get sick. A special chair to watch the game from too. Let the tailgaiting, eating, smoozing and just having fun begin.

Turkey, chick-hen and of course lots of ham!

Ahi-tuna and shrimps.

Drinks!
Lots of milk and tuna juice for the kittens!

The good stuff for us adult kitties. Champagne, Meowgarita's, Singapurrsling's and Blue Tuna Gizzy's.

Special for today only we have special drinks for our feetsball fans! Green and Gold Martini's for the Packer fans, with one of mum's favorites an old fashion preferably with Southern Comfort.
Steel Helmets for the Pittsburgh fans. Don't be deceived, while it has cream in it, it packs a punch of vodka, coffee liqueur and Galliano liqueur. This is not for the kittens!

We have this ginormous screen to watch the game on.


Now you all know who we want to win, so all of you Steel guy fans will have to watch from the dungeon. We Packer Backers will have the comfort of the living room! Iffin you is just here to visit, if you would go to the back bedroom, there is a TV that will be turned to the game, but then you won't disturb the hard core fans who really want to watch the game. Plus we all know the commercials are part of the fun. Let us know which ones you like or don't like. So everyone, have fun. May the best team, THE PACKERS, win!

Party starts when you get here.

Game starts at 5:30 PM Central Standard Time that would be 2330 GMT. If you need help figuring out the time, here to figure out your local time when things started.

You are welcome to stay as long as you want. You are even welcome to spend the night if you stay for the whole game and perhaps have just one too many to teleport. We have lots of room for those who stay over. You can teleport home in the AM.

Are You Ready?

We have the last of the stuff done for Sunday's Stouper Bowl Party. Stop by on Sunday!

Blizzard 2011 - Groundhog Day Edition

The snow-tsunami is over, here are the pictures.
Comparison of the bird bath picture from yesterday.
Picture of the sun dial. Mum guesses we got 12 inches of new snow that blew around, a lot.
Ducky checking out the snow this AM.
Mum got this much of the driveway cleared with her little machine.
Then neighbor Vince came by with his big snow eater and did the end of the driveway. Thank you Mr Vince. You is a great guy for helping out.
Hmmm, the snow is blocking my view here!
Thanks for brushing it away!
Patio cleared enough so mum get get out to feed the fevvers. She did wade out in the snow to check the feeders. She was knee deep in snow and said her feets hadn't hit the actual ground.
Snow totals, we didn't get the most, that is OK with mum!
Our driveway tonight, it has melted in the sun during the day, pretty clear! Guess that means mum has to go day hunting.
This isn't our house, mum says it is Uncle Stormies. Seems he got bee-lizzard in the OK state. He got his driveway cleared, but they don't have snow plows like we do to get the streets clear. So he won't be going far anytime soon.

We hope all of our furiends who had bad weather did OK and no problems. We enjoyed what sun we got today too.

Yeah, at least our local groundhog did not see his shadow. No way they dug him out of his den today. So maybe we get an early spring? We can hope.

Snow-Tsunami

OK the weather guesser are saying we will be having a Bee-lizard overnight. Just for some comparison here are a few pictures mum took when she got home from work today. Will try to take some of the same shots tomorrow after the storm.
The one fevver bath.
The sun dial. Don't know why she has this to try to tell time.
The rain guage, turned upside down. The snow is just at the bottom of the fat measuring part. Plus mum did go outside to fill the fevver feeders, the drifts are up to her knees.

Mum went off day hunting as normal this morning. Got up, clean what snow we had off the driveway and left us. But she was back home by noon. Her boss sent her home early, they were closing the office early and he thought since mum isn't well she needed more time home. But she did go see the human VET, bronk-eye-tis. She has pills and such to take. She isn't barking as much, but still barking.

She worked as best she could from home, likely the office will be closed tomorrow and she will do what she can from home again.

We will be cuddling to stay warm, watching the snow fly and purring on mum so she gets better.
Stay warm and safe everyone.