Let Them Eat CAKE!

Kitties!

Today is our Mommy's Birthday!  She was born at 10:42 AM, GMT-6, on 01-31-1963.

For those of you having only 18 digits, that works out to be 49 years old!

Here's a photo of Mommy as a tiny humankitten...

...and who's who!

Mommy is The Great Equalizer.

She's a Fashion Moron Maven.

She's the unseen half of Daddy's business.

She has a super lap.

Kitties, we have received several awards in the past few weeks--Thank you all, very much, those of you who bestowed them upon us-- and Mommy has been remiss in posting them for us.  As punishment, we're requiring her to tell some intimate things about herself.

While she rambles on, please enjoy the refreshments and foodables!

Mommy:

::clears throat::

"Ten Things About Me"

10.  After 20 years, I have started playing piano again. 

9.  I made Cherry jam for the first time last week!  It's delicious.  My favorite fruits are raspberries, cherries, and Macintosh apples, in that order.

8.  I bought myself two birthday presents:  a manual pencil sharpener (the type with a crank handle) and a pair of Dansko shoes.

7.  I LOVE shopping on the internet, and Amazon in particular.  I can't remember the last time I was in an actual brick and mortar store.

6.  I went vegetarian last year.  Bacon is a vegetable, right?  OK, maybe I'm better termed a flexatarian.

5.  My favorite color is black.  Probably because it shows every.  single.  cat.  hair.

6.  I love my job.  I operate the two water treatment plants in Las Vegas.  

5.  I detest cooking, although I can make a passable meal.  I prefer to bake, preferably something that oozes chocolate.  Lots and lots of chocolate.

4.  I like being alone, and I like solitary activities.  However, put me in a crowd of people and I'm gregarious.

3.  I love to read.  Words make me happy--I started reading somewhere before my third birthday and I haven't looked back.  I really enjoy writing (for the Cats) on our blog.

2.  I'm a homebody--I used to enjoy travelling but I lost the desire after moving to Vegas with sunshine 300+ days a year.  

1.  I love my feline family, warts, whizz and all. 

 And I love all of YOU for your comments, witticisms, sarcasm and general merriment!  Thank you for sharing a little corner of your lives with this nihilistic, solitary, misanthropic crazy cat lady.

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Sheesh!  What a blabbermouth...hey, is it time for cake?

Happy Tuesday!

XX  The Katnip Lounge Kats  XX

ManCat Monday

Kitties!

CC here...

I'm keeping a sharp eye out for pretty birds.

Avian AND Feline!

Miss Huffle, would you care to join me in the V.I.C. (Very Important Cat) Sky Lounge?  It's a goon-free zone up here...

Happy Monday!

XX  CC  XX

Pee Ess:  Tomorrow is our Mommy's Birthday--she is gonna be really old.  Come on over and help us celebrate!

Scouty's Sneaky Sunday

Kitties!

Scouty here...

Daddy, I know you are photographing me.

But I can't go rushing into the Purple Hut willy-nilly.

There could be a Monster in here.

You just never know.

Although this time it looks like the coast is clear...

...and I can escape your relentless shutterbugging.

The Purple Hut has a nice cozy bed to curl up in.

There's plenty of room for my tail, too.

Happy Sunday!

XX  Scouty  XX

Saturday Photohunt!

Kitties!

The theme of this Saturday's Photohunt is Fluffy.

This is what you get when you groom Fluffy felines:  Cat Felt!

heh heh.

Happy Saturday!

XX  The Katnip Lounge Kats  XX

Friday Friends!

 Kitties!

A hundred squillion years ago our Daddy served in the US Navy on the Robert E Peary, FF-1073.  He steamed all over the world; to the Phillipines, Australia, Africa and lots of other places, too.  He made some good friends on the ship and guess what, now some of them have kitties too!

These kitties own their Daddy Lee and his family and they live in Whiskersconsin--and guess what--Lee is a Power Plant Operator, his job is a LOT like our Mommy's!  Only our Mommy makes water while Lee makes electricity.

This pretty gray kitty is named Popcorn! 

Or Poppy...here's the story behind her name:

One day the wife and BOY came home with a little gray Kitten. Seth (BOY-4th grade) had named it Popcorn. Why...Dad loves popcorn and if we name her Popcorn he will like her. Very logical.

We think that's a great way to get a name...Seth is a smart kid. 

This is Chloe the Calico, she came along and joined the family about a year after Poppy.

As you can see, she's a snuggler!

Jak is the snowshoe Meezer. 

  Lee wrote:   I'd always said I wanted a mutt Siamese or and Applehead Siamese...then Jak wandered in.

He sure has made himself at home!

Here is the beautiful yard they Patrol--we think Poppy, Chloe and Jak sure chose themselves some good peeps to oversee. 

We hope you enjoyed meeting our Midwestern Kitty friends!

Happy Friday!

XX  The Lounge Kats  XX

The New Toy!

Kitties!

Salem here.

Mommy made us a new lure for the All Time Favorite Toy (ATFT)!

(ATFT = dowel rod with a rawhide strip tied to one end.  We have some extremely high-tech toys...)

We loved the red ribbon lure that was attached to the ATFT, but it was getting raggedy from our saber-toof attacks and razor-edged claws, and Mommy was worried about us swallowing ribbon pieces and tying up our innards in knots.  And red yak.

She gave it some thought, and got a paper grocery bag, the paper cutter, and tape.  She cut the bag into thin strips, folded them in half, and taped them by the fold.  Rocket engineering, it was not!

Anyway, she threw the old red ribbon lure in the trash and tied the new one on to the ATFT.

Kitties, the paper ribbon lure is even better than the red ribbon one!

The rustly noise brings us running from every corner and bed in the house to play.

We can bite and chew it to our heart's content--and Mommy doesn't worry.  Because paper goes Right Through.  

It's roughage!  

(But not quite as rough as cardboard, heh heh.)

Mommy made a second lure for us that isn't tied to the rawhide, it lives on the floor so we can  kill it whenever the mood strikes.

Which is often!

Very funny, Mommy.

Happy Thursday!

XX  Salem  XX

Whisker Wednesday

Kitties!

Maui here.

No bats in the caves...

...I'm ready for my Whisker shot!

Happy Wednesday!

XX  Maui  XX

Pee Ess:  Mommy says "Thanks" for all the sympathy for actually having to work her bumscrubbly day--and we want to give props to Daisy the Curly Cat, who coined the term "bumscrubbly".  

What a fantastic word!

Oh, and we gave her an extra quarter inch of room in the bed, pretty generous, huh?

Two-fers Tuesday!

Kitties!

Mommy had a BumScrubbly day today at work, so we decided to let her off the hook just this once.

All she had to do was post some photos of us in pairs.

CC and Johnny

Things started off well.

Salem, Felix and Johnny

Then they deteriorated slightly.  Whoops, third kitty in the frame!

Felix and May Ling

 Mommy got back on track.  

Sweet Pea and Johnny

That's better.

Scouty, Maui and CC

HEY!  There's THREE again!  You're slipping, Mommy.

Rupert, Scouty, Maui and Salem

FOUR!!  Can you not count, woman!?!

Oh, wait...we're supposed to be going easy on her. 

Maui
CC
Sylvester
Scouty
Rupert

Finally, her train careened completely off the tracks.  Mommy is a hard woman to control.

FIVE!?????

That's it, you're going to bed.

Mommy:  Thanks guys...race y'all for the best spot!

::thundering herd::

Happy Tuesday!

XX  The Horde  XX

Mancat Modeling--The Ugly Underworld EXPOSED!

Kitties!

Felix--that is, Ornj Copper here, with an expose report!

You know, not all Cat Modeling is glamorous, teleporting to exotic locales, meeting swanky Cats, eating fresh sushi, and playing THoE until dawn.

Sometimes, you have to take a job to keep you in Wax Paper.

Sometimes, you have to model Terribly Embarrassing Things.

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Like shower caps.

Just how am I supposed to make this look good?

My eyebrows are pinned back for Cod's sake!

It's undignified.

Plus, I need a larger size to accommodate my ears.

Kitties, we all have a price...

...and Daddy knows mine.

::chompity chomp chomp chomp::

Happy Monday!

XX  Felix, a.k.a. Ornj Copper  XX