Wary Wednesday

Kitties!

Here's the REAL reason Sylvester left the Right-Hand Box Tent yesterday:

 

                     

                     

After Felix scaled the box tent that Salem was occupying, he realized Sylvester saw him, under the other box.  Thus the rapid turnaround and exit.  Those two have quite the game of "Creepy Staring & Stalking" that they play every day, even if only one of them wants to play it.

Do you see Sylvester in the last frame, by the ottoman?

He slithered out of his tent to stalk Felix!  

Unsuccessfully.

This time.

Happy Wednesday!

XX  The Lounge Kats  XX

Boxing Day

Kitties!

Salem here.  And ME, Sylvester!

(and Sweet Pea, who saw the whole thing!)

Mommy and Ashley brought home these two Most Excellent Boxes for us.  She propped 'em up on the ESS for us to play tent.

Salem:  I took the left tent.

Sylvester:  I took the right one!

10 seconds pass...

Salem:  I'm bored with this side...wanna switch? 

Sylvester:  Noooooo, I like this tent.  It has a great snootstril-picker thingy.

::mild bickering::

Grayce:  Can't you two get along? 

Sylvester:  Sisters!  I'm outta here.  Too many girl cooties.

SUCCESS! 

Salem:  I better scuttle in here before anybody else wants the right tent!

Oh yeah, this one is better.

Way better.

I love love love this side soooooooo much! 

Singing Salem:  I'm in the right side, I'm in the right side!

10 seconds later:

What? 

I got bored.

It's a Lady Cat's prerogative to change her mind!

Sylvester:  Oh, for Cod's sake.

More box stories tomorrow...

Happy Tuesday!

XX  Salem & Sylvester  XX

We are BACK with our 500th Post!!!!

Kitties!

Felix here, finally.

Mommy and Daddy had some ridiculous hiatus of responsibility coinciding with the arrival of their daughter, Ashley.  And although we had a good time getting extra pets and sleeping with strangers (does that sound right?) I have been drumming my toes to get BACK TO BLOGGING!!!!

Because this is our 500th post!

And I get to host today's post because I am the raison d'etre of our blog.  Truly!

Really, when you get down to it, I am the reason the whole house exists, and not just the blog.

I rule! 

I keep Daddy on track, and scream at Mommy for various and myriad infractions.

Like late meals; of which we have been having WAY too many of, lately.

If company means late breakfasts (and dinners!) I say no more visitors, ever.

hmph.

What?

I'm getting off topic? 

I sneer at your topicality fixation.

Good grief.

OK--check out my knee--when I tore my patella loose is when Mommy started blogging--it's all healed now and 500 posts later we have made SO many friends!

We loves y'all so much.

Of course, it's not surprising that so many Cats would want to read about me, being that I'm so handsome and smart and modest...heh heh.

In other news, Ashley and Mommy went to CostCo last week and got us these two Most Excellent Boxes: 

We've been playing with them every day...more on that tomorrow for Tuxedo Tuesday!

Happy Monday, it's good to be back!

XX  Felix  XX

A Quickie from The Mommy...

No,

Nothing like THAT!!

Get your mind outta the cesspools, kitties.

Just a quick note to all y'all--we joined Twitter today so look for us there...and we're on schedule to be back to blogging on Monday, it'll be our 500th post!

We have all enjoyed the time off but the Cats are ready to show what they've been up to!

Everybody on the East coast, please stay safe, we love you all.

XX  Mommy Trish  XX

Whitester Wednesday, and Some News!

Kities!

It's me, The Baby!

Daddy had the ladder set up inside the Catio, and you all know how much I love ladders.

hee hee hee!

I was up to the top in a SECOND. 

Those tubs of water at the bottom?  They're for rain collection--we had some rain the other day--HURRAH!

Gee, I'd like to get over to the shelving unit... 

But that's sorta a looooong way.  And I'm kinda waaaaaaay up.

Time for an alternative route; I'll use the Green Line! 

::LEAP::

::thump:: 

There.  Safe and sound.

Just where I need to be to make The Announcement: 

Kitties, we are having company! 

 Daddy's daughter Ashley is coming to visit for a week from North Carolina!  Mommy and Ash secretly planned it as a surprise for Daddy--he was so happy when he found out.

But, (and isn't there ALWAYS a "but") this means we won't be posting for the next ten days or so, we're gonna be busy getting extra pets and treats and luvvins!  Don't worry...we'll see you on the 29th, unless Mommy can find a spare minute and dash off a quick post for us in the meanwhile. 

We love ya'll and we'll be lurking...see you soon!

Happy Wednesday!

XX  The Baby  XX

Tuxie Tuesday

Kitties!

Salem here, hanging out with Sweet Pea.

We're taking a rest from playing Thundering Herd of Elephants.

Hi, Johnny! 

(John always shows up a little late for games.)

Holy Cod!

Here comes one of those Mysterious Flying Toys! 

INCOMING!

I'm following the trajectory...looks like the nippy carrot will miss us.

This time.

I'm keeping my eyes peeled.

Happy Tuesday!

XX  Salem  XX

Meezer Monday!

Kitties!

May Ling here.

The other day I was hanging out, grooming...

*dee dee dum dum dooo*

There, that last bit is finished.  Better put my tongue away!

Finally.

The creams are clean, the browns burnished, and the Oranges are...well,...um,...rats!  They're spit-shined too.  Time to relax.

Wait a minute, what's this? 

Do I smell nip?  Did Daddy put nip on the ESS?

YES!!

He did! 

I don't care what they say, our Daddy is a Good Egg.

If I cup my paws just right I'll be able to concentrate the nippy aroma to previously unreachable intoxicating levels! 

*sniiiiiffffffffffff*

"Picture yourself on a boat on a river,

With tangerine trees and marmalade skies..." 

(Thank you John Lennon)

Kitties, this is the best way known to Catdom to relax from a hard day of snoopervising, keeping tabs on your evil enemy sister, and ordering the staff around nicely requesting attention. 

In fact, I'm starting to feel very very sleepy... 

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Happy Monday!

XX  May Ling  XX

Snuggling Sunday

Kitties!

CC and Scouty here, to talk about one of our favorite activities, SNUGGLING!

We love to be together.

We are full brothers, so we've been together since before we were born, curled up inside our Mama.

Here we are about six months old, continuing the tradition.

Although we like to cuddle up with Rupert and Johnny, nothing beats a brother.

We squoosh ourselves in one of the half-pipes on the Big Tree for extra coziness!

And of course, Scouty's fuzzy bottom is a great pillow. 

Up until last week we (naively) thought we were Masters of Snuggling...then we saw this post and realized we're PIKERS compared to Nahum, Rose, and Willow from fourwhitepaws. And it didn't end there:

The next day, they posted THIS!

Kitties, we clearly need more practice to achieve such a sublime level of snuggling.  It's a good thing we love each other, it'll be lots and lots of fun.

Happy Sunday!

XX  CC and Scouty  XX

Sucky Monster Saturday

Kitties!

Johnny here, with some disturbing news.

::paw slap::

A long time ago, Eric & Flynn asked us how we (Daddy, really) kept the Catio so clean.  To answer this, I'm gonna reveal one of Daddy's secrets:  he's a vacuum freak!

Sad but true.

In fact, for his birthday he got a new Dyson, as if the three we had already weren't enough!  You read that right, he already had THREE Dysons; a regular upright, a Ball (Mommy's), and a canister vac (also Mommy's).  Wait a minute...Mommy has TWO Dysons and Daddy only has one...we need to rethink this.  Maybe Mommy is the vacuum freak.  Anyway.

Sick, sick, sick.

Since the Catio gets a lot of leaf debris, dirt, and cat litter on it Daddy likes to have a separate vacuum to use out there, two or three times a week.  

We get our revenge by peeing on it, and for some reason this angers Daddy.

So he did this: 

Can you believe it!?!

He hung it up!!!!

How are we supposed to kill it?  There's no way we can whiz on it now unless we leap and pee at the same time, and frankly, none of us are up for that.  I'm not letting any Cat stand on my back, either, I have enough issues keeping my tail clean as it is.

And the vacuum you see there?  That WAS Mommy's Ball vacuum, it's now at our pal Rio's house, terrorizing him!  The old upright is hanging up now, and Daddy's horrible birthday present is lurking in the hall closet.

So let's see; now Daddy has TWO vacuums and Mommy just has one.  Either way, it's three too many in my opinion.

Dyson = Evil

Happy Saturday!

XX  Johnny  XX

Friends on Friday

Kitties!

Grayce here, with a big huge THANK YOU for all of your purrs for my friend Steve!

They are working!

It was touch and go a few days ago; the surgeon had to operate again, but he's been getting better every day since then.

Today he was conscious, and even had the breathing tube out for almost four hours before he started to struggle.  Mommy and Daddy went to the hospital to see him, and to help his Mom out with some chores afterwards.  Steve knew them and was happy to have company.  Mommy was able to read his lips a little, and he waggled his eyebrows for responses.  He's on some Super-Duper Human Catnip (morphine) and doesn't feel a speck of pain.

I'm glad to know Steve's starting to recover.

I'll sleep well now.

Oh!  And in case you're wondering, Mommy DID tell Steve she was gonna kick his arse.

hee hee!  He enjoyed that.

Happy Friday!

We hope to be able to do some commenting starting Saturday, HURRAH!

XX  Grayce  XX

The Baby & The Puffy Cat

Kitties!

The Baby here.

I was outside the other morning, just relaxing by the Blue Puffy Cat.

Of course, Daddy was there with his camera!

Mommy couldn't choose just a few photos, so she made a little slideshow...

TAA DAA!

You can also see it HERE.

I hope you enjoy it!

Mommy promises she's gonna learn how to add music and captions next--will wonders never cease?

Happy Thursday!

XX  The Baby  XX

Wednesday in the Big Cat Tree

Kitties!

Many Cats have asked about the Cat Tree in the big bedroom.  

Here's the poop:

A squillion years ago (1999) Daddy saw an ad in the classified section of the local newspaper reading: "6-foot cat scratcher, $30." He had a hunch that this wasn't some kind of stripper-pole for Cats...so they piled into the truck and zoomed off to see this thing. And they saw the Best. Cat. Tree. EVAR!

 It was the deal of a lifetime. We love it.

 At any time at least one of us is in it.  On it, we're safe from the Sucky Monster; and Scouty will let Mommy approach him to give him treats. It's the stink scent of thousands of hours of  peaceful napping that makes this tree so special.  We wish we could tell you where it came from or who made it, because this is the best dang tree in the universe. It was one of the things we knew for sure was coming with us from Chicago to Las Vegas. 

It's the bomb, pure and simple. 

Happy Wednesday!

XX  Rupert, Scouty, Sylvester, CC & Maui  XX

(in ascending order!)