But my issues aren't as bad as those kitties and woofies who got sick from their food and died or who may still be dealing with other health issues from their foods. 
But I escaped being a bed lump this week. I went under the bed and played with my red glitter balls.
Later in the evening I got on top of a box that mum hadn't taken out to the garage. So from on the top of box, on top of the bench, I tried to get at the thing mum has hanging. The stuff that hangs down at the bottom looks like it would be fun to play with. 
And mum has been studying all of the stuff in my food. It has corn gluten, but no wheat gluten. She has been comparing various brands, just in case we have to make a switch. But so far we are happy with what we use. But mum checked the treats too, and some of them say 'wheat flour' but not 'wheat gluten'. Guess we can't be too careful right now. 
Plus mum is at it again. She is buying stuff that looks like ginger cats. Last year she did this too and we had some bird houses that looked like kittie heads. 
So I jumped up to check out this years edition not sure about this. Looks nice but it is wearing flowers, might be a distanct relative of Skeezix. But a nice Smiley Boy just like me. 
But in general I wasn't all that interested. So I left it for mum to deal with. It is hanging outside, hoping that some little biride comes to make its home inside. 
TV Alert for those of you who have digital cable or satellite TV. Our local TV person gave this show two paws up. Mum and I plan on watching it. 
Last Friday, the 23rd, mum hauled me back to the vet. No fever, again nothing obvious. Weight 15 pounds 9 ounces! A gain of 5 ounces in just over 2 weeks! They sent mum home with a medicine that is like Imodium for humans. So I got that stuff with tuna juice for the next 5 days, no change. 
Then mum brought out the PTU and took me to the VET again. But this wasn't a short visit. Mum dropped me off and left me ALONE!!!!!! They took me to a different room than I have been in before. Now to say I have an attitude with the at the VET is putting it mildly. The techs laugh at how much I growl and hiss. I don't generally cooperate with them. Too bad mum does not have a movie camera that has sound, you might not believe the sounds I make! 
So what happenned? Well, according to mum, they put me to sleep so they could get some blood, they took an x-ray of my insides and to make sure I wasn't dehydrated they gave me subcutaneous fluids. Mum came and sprang me from the office late in the afternoon and we came straight home.
Hey, didn't you see the kittie napping on the bed? Mum? Mum? What is up with this? 
Mum I like it when the sheets are all nice and fresh, but I don't like being UNDER the covers! Yes, I am under here, so what do you want? Leave me alone for my nap and take off the sheets. 
NO, you are burying me here. Hey, now there is a whole more thick layer here. Mum, mum? 
OK, let me see if I can move closer to the edge, yes, little by little. 
Phew, made it out to daylight!
Don't do that to me again mum! I am not an under cover kittie. What, if I am in the way when the bed gets made, I am going to get buried again? Fine, then I will just go nap somewhere else!
Hmmm. Ginger kitties aren't quite red, but getting there. Maybe that is why I am so quick to put the bitey on mum when I want to be left alone!
This was our backyard yesterday afternoon, and the little bit of snow that was still melting. But by the end of the day, the snow was gone. Another sign that spring is here.
Plus it was nice enough yesterday and today that mum opened a whole bunch of windows. Including the one in the front with my perch. So I could watch for and listen to the birdies and smell all of the scents in the outside air.
Thanks for the comments on the new look. Like Jake & Bathsheba said, it takes lots of time to change things over. So that is why mum waited for a day when she took off work, and planned to use some of that extra time for the switch. But now, if I want to change the colors, mum doesn't have to hunt through the code to find the spots and then put in funny stuff like CC6633 for the color. 
It must be spring, mum gotted a picture of a robin hanging out in our yard today. Mum also stayed home from work yesterday. She and Grampie had some business to do early in the day somewhere, then they came over here for a little bit and did some stuff outside. Then mum wented places and came home with stuff. More food for the birdies and me! She even cleaned the wheeled monster's room out some.
Or your beans, they must know that you are the master or mistress of your universe, the house, the yard etc. EVERYTHING!
The plant gotted taken away since I started jumping into the plant! She was not happy with me doing this, 'cuz the plant kept getting crushed. Plus she was worried that I would start using the plant dirt as my litter box. So the plant is now out in the garage for now. Mum says it was getting a bit ragged, so maybe she will replace it. Maybe not! Then I have another spot to sit on!
About the basketball tourney. Mum has decided that she doesn't care who wins so won't need to cheer for anyone. Hockey, well the Badger Ladies won the tourney this year for the second straight year. Scooby, Shaggy and Scout's hockey team The Sioux are playing in the men's tourney. We fostered them a Squillion last year named Sioux.
Plus Simba at The Weekly Hairball had a recent post of what he would look like to a mouse. He looks furry manly and if I were a mouse, I would be scared!
She had four of these things and you can see that I moved a few off of the table just a few times over the past few months. So mum had been keeping the door closed to that room.
She got all four of those plants now in one big plant pot and now it is way too heavy for me to shove off the table. I think that is what she was hoping for. So now mum hopes they will grow better and bloom more! Plus she will have the different flower colors all in the same pot!
So what did mum make me? My very own hand made sleeping pillow. She boughted the stuff before Christmas, but then didn't have much time to work on it. She even hadded to buy a new machine to do the so-ing part, her old one wasn't working well and it was going to cost lots to get it fixed. It was less green papers to buy a new one. So she boughted a new machine for her birthday with the money Grampie gave her.
The outside is a nice soft fleecey fabric, in a purrty wild kittie fur print. And stuffed with one whole fluffy quilt bat. As soon as she was done, she brought it to me to check it out. I promptly climbed on an took a nap. It is furry comfy and mum says it is like a big pillow, just for me.
Thanks mum for the special snuggle pillow. It is nice and warm and makes me look good.
Fat Eric is below, don't you think they look alike!? Other than Eric's, umm, beauty mark, they looks like duplicates. A doppleganger.
But Andie might have to find a new home as he is acting up, his bean dad works furry hard and gets home furry late at night. But then Andie wants to wake him up early in the morning. So bean dad is suffering from lack of sleep. They have tried closing doors, keeping him another room but he meow's so loud he still wakes them up(they live in a small place). His mum came to talk with my mum about it. Thinking maybe she knew someone who might be wanting a new kittie. Mum says she would ask around, but mum assures me Andie won't be coming here. Plus mum told her about HAWS and that they are furry nice and he would be able to find a new home there. But they are going to try to work this out if they can.
We don't have any metal furniture in the house and we don't have any white furniture in the house. But I agree that a kittie can make any chair look better. This is a furry old chair that mum gotted from Grampie, but don't I make it look wonderful?
The front of the house, this was all covered in snow less than two weeks ago.
Look at the tulips, pushing up out of the ground. Soon it will be purrty again with lots of flowers.
You can check back here and here for what it looked like less than two weeks ago. It is starting to cool off tonight. But Sunday it was in the 50's, Monday the 60's and yesterday it made it into the 70's. So nice, mum could come home and open windows. More fresh air for me to breathe. I think spring is ready to be sprung!
I am probably asking for treats! See this big empty mouth, fill it with treats. NOW!
Plus a few pictures from a week ago. See how deep the snow was! Mum had to walk through all of that white stuff to put food out for the fevvers. But since it is warmer, the snow is going away. Maybe we will see the grass soon.
And mum found some kitties out wandering the streets last night. She was driving home and was getting ready to turn on our street. The road is curvy, but she could tell from the street light that two small objects were right in the middle of the road. She though someone had just thrown a couple of large drinking cups or bottles in the road. But when the car lights gotted on the objects, it was two kitties! A black one and a ginger and white cat. Mum braked the car and the kitties ran off. They better be careful. The next driver might not be so careful.
And the one in the opening between the kitchen and dining room. I set that one off everytime I go through! Mum has another inside wind chime that rings sometimes when the furnance blows. Plus the one that is outside. Do you think we have enough of these? 
