By The Way... Awesome Blog Award

We have received a very nice award from Admiral Herstorb. If you are not a regular reader of her blog, please check her out. She has the most floofy fur and Star is absolutely gaga over her!!  ::Star sends Admiral kitty kisses::

We're supposed to post 7 things about ourselves, so here goes…

1. Knives thinks that he should lie on top of mom to the exclusion of everyone else.
2. Audrey has decided that the cat window ledge in mom & dad's bedroom is HERS.
3. Zaphoid must go in and out and in and out and in and out... a LOT.
4. Thomas like to spray all over the house so that everyone knows that it is HIS.
5. Star is paws over tail about Admiral Herstorb and isn't ashamed to let anyone know it.
6. Star just jumped up here to make sure mom was typing everything up correctly.
7. Mom's been having a lot of migraines lately so we're making her nap bunches.  If we haven't blogged it's because we haven't let her on the 'puter.


We're also supposed to pass this on to 15 awesome bloggers, link to them, and let them know that we have given them an award. Wow, that’s tough, we've gotten to know so many awesome bloggers lately, especially via Cat Blogosphere.  So what we would like you to do is to track down anyone who has an awesome blog but doesn't have this award yet!  Make them pick this one up and catnab it!!  Thanks again to Admiral!!  ::kitty kisses from Star::

Mommy is Sick! The Van is Fixed! And We Got an Award!

Hi!  I would have done this yesterday but we had doctor's appointments!  Then I would have done it earlier today but I didn't wake up until 11 and I was sick!!  Oh wait!  You want to know what this is!!  It's a nifty award we got from Admiral!!  ::waves at Admiral & her mom::  Thanks ladies!!!

Here are the rules:

1. Link to the blog that gave you the award. I was given this cool award by Admiral Thank you so much. ♥

2. Tell seven things that people out in blog land may not know.

First thing - the first member of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Kitty Horde was Christopher T Cat.  His mom and her sister were viciously thrown OUT of their home because the... the... things that had been feeding them got pregnant.  grrrrrrrrr.  And neither one of them were spayed!!!  Both Queens got pregnant before anyone knew and at the time no shelters in town took pregnant Queens or kittens under 6 weeks.  One day my ex and I were coming home and saw Chris limping on the sidewalk.  All the vets were closed and I called my grandmother frantically (we were broke).  She promised to cover the emergency vet fee.  We rushed him to the emergency vet.  His hip had broken off at the ball and flipped completely over.  They said they could strap it until we took him to his regular vet.  We said he was a stray.  They freaked.  "You brought in a stray?!"  Duh.  "You brought in a stray?!"  He was hurt!  "You brought in a stray?!?!  So how much will it cost to get his hip fixed?  $150.  oh.  "It will work fine without an operation if we strap it like this and it's kept like that for x time."  He broke it again a year later & the new vet let us split the amt into three payments).  Thus began the Horde.  Come on.  Leave a hurt kitten on the sidewalk??  Harrumph!  That was in 1988.

Second thing - Almost all of the TMNKH have had Oriental breed blood in them.  While four of them have been shelter cats the rest have been rescued cats.

 Third thing - Since Nicodemus the Evile Anti-Koala aka Thief Cat joined the TMNKH back in the early '90s, the Horde has always had at least one sable point.  (However this is Zaphy, not Nikki... I haven't got any pics of Nikki scanned.  ::sigh::)

Fourth thing - Since the very beginning, the Horde has always had at least one black cat with one white spot on them.  Quite often this spot is on the belly like the cat for whom Christopher T Cat was named.  The original Christopher was a black cat with a white belly button whom Kat had as a child.  Christopher, Christopher T Cat and StarWatcher where all black with white belly buttons.  StarWatcher also had a star on his throat.  StarWalker has a star and a white bellybutton (which is getting bigger).

 Fifth thing - there is often a tabby in the TMNKH, however Knives is the first orange tabby.

 Sixth thing - Audrey is the fourth Princess in the Horde and the second Audrey.  The first Audrey was Audrey Catburn who was a gray tortie Maine Coon mix with gold eyes.

Seven - Most of the TMNKH have been therapy cats.  This is a Good Thing™ since I have chronic myofascial pain, fibromyalgia, migraines yada yada yada.  The current healer cats in the Horde are Zaphy, Star, Thomas (to some extent) and now Audrey is learning.  Knives likes to eat.  This isn't too unusual since Oriental breeds tend to do best as therapy cats.  However, all cats help their Feeders reduce stress simply because of their nature.  Christopher was, however, a spectacular Healer Cat™.  I had knee surgery when he was about 8 weeks old.  I was at my grandparents when our water heater blew.  So my ex brought Chris over to their house to make sure the workers didn't let him out accidently.  Every time I woke he was there purring on my chest.  He put me to sleep.  I worried about him not eating or using the litter box.  My grandmother said, "Oh Kathryn!  We know you've gone to sleep because he comes bouncing out of the room, uses the box and has something to eat.  Then he curls up in your grandfather's lap.  We know you're about to wake up because he jumps up and races back into the bedroom!".  Christopher passed away at the age of 16 due to kidney failure.  I miss him.

3. I have to pass this award on to seven blogs that are stylish. This is VERY difficult!!

Luna and Luzie

Brian's Home

Us Three Coons

on a more personal note...

Sammy & Andy's Place

The Paw Relations

Life from a Cat's Perspective

We could go on!!  PS if you know of someone who deserves a Teenage Mutant Ninja Kitty Horde award and does not have one, please contact us!!  Because of my health issues I don't always get things done!  In fact, if I haven't commented recently on your blog it probably isn't because I'm not ready, it's because I just don't have the energy... or someone has sat on me!!  Hmmmm, does that count as another fact??

Thanks again Admiral!!

It's an Award!! Life is Good!!

 Lookee what I got from Katnip Lounge!!  Squeeee!

 

1. What would your perfect day consist of?

After winning the lottery and buying a new house for us & any of the immediate kin who are grown by then, my husband & I will go to Bermuda, & hang out for a couple of weeks before coming home to build a cat sanctuary and enlarging my library.

2. How would you describe yourself if you were an item of clothing?

silk & linen - classic lines

3. What hobbies are you currently working on?

my cat blog, the cat's cafepress store, a wee bit of sewing for historical reinactmen

4. Walking in the woods in wellies or bare foot on the beach?

Yes... although I don't wear wellies in the woods... my shoes depend on the type of woods

5. Have you ever hugged or sang to a tree?

You betcha!!  of course, I was much much younger

6. Growing your own veggies or nipping to the supermarket?

I love homegrown but I have a black thumb, ergo I nip out to the store... fortunately my local Kroger's sells a great deal of organic veggies!!

7. Have you found anyone exciting in your family tree?

My greatgreatgreatgreatgreatfather had the city of LaVergne, TN named after him when they decided to change it from Brown's Ferry.  He was the Postmaster.  I believe it was he and his brothers who came over the mountains from Virginia after fleeing France during the Revolution.  Oddly enough, the family name is Gregoire de Rhoulac.  This made our family giggle when the town fathers bought some folx named "LaVergne" to celebrate the Bicentennial.  They were going, "Why are we here?"  our response was to pat them on the shoulder and say, "Just think of it as a paid vacation."

8. Slap up meal in a posh restaurant or fish ‘n’ chips from the wrapper?

Yes!!  Of course we can rarely afford either.

9. Which element do you most resonate with, Earth, Air, Fire or Water?

Fire!!  I'm a Leo.  Double Fire.  heh heh heh

10. Do you believe in fairies?

Absolutely.  I believe in all sorts of magic in the world.

And neeeeeooooooow!!  I get to choose five (yes that's five)

more CatMom & CatDad Bloggers to pass this along to... whooot!!

Sherkhan's Meowsings

 

Jacqueline's Cat House

Life From A Cat's Perspective

Meezer Tails

Amy & the House of Cats

Now I'm not sure if they've already been given this award already or not, but they deserves it!!