That's a Big Box Mom!

 "So mom, is the stuff in the box for us?"

 "TOYS!!  GREENIES!!  Ummm, is that a litter scoop?

Evile Pernicious Flea stuff?  We don't need that!!"

 "Look!!  Look!!

Mom put up the window seat in my favorite window!!"

 "Ummm, you can stop taking pictures anytime mom."

"Okay, we've looked at everything, taken a nap, played with the boxes, taken a nap, run from you trying to put Evile Pernicious Flea stuff on us, taken a nap, played with more stuff, taken a nap and now we can't think of anything to doooOOOOooo!!  Meeeeoooooommmmm!!"

Testing of the Trees... (& Our Review at the Bottom)

 "Hmmmm, I think I hear the living room cat tree calling me."

 "Ah yes!  Now that this is up against the wall it isn't as wiggly!

And this is the perfect place to look outside!"

 "Hey!  You're interrupting my window watching!!"

 "Scram!!  Go away stinky ole' Knives!!"

I can't find the ai file to pull the original graphic but this is the one I got on my new coffee mug  (it looks great on the mug by the way!).  I wanted to review the cat trees.  I paid under $40 for each.  They look great!  The big fault is that they are both wobbly.  However, there is an easy fix.  I found that just setting them up against a wall makes this problem go away, although if your cat is heavy you might want to put it in a corner or use an anchor.  The smaller tree (the beige one) has smaller platforms.  All three cats that I've put on the top platform have chosen to jump down from there as opposed to going down to the lower level.  That said, they did like the bottom condo as well as the top platform and I think they will use the middle platform to get up to the top.  This tree would be good for kittens as well as mini-kitties.  If anyone has any questions about either of these feel free to ask me!!  I'll review the tent once we've actually used it outside which may not be until Spring!  The last box will be here today!!  Our next post will be about the new window perch (going into the kitchen) as well as new toys toys toys!!  (and greenies and Pernicious Flea stuff)

Thank You!! and What's Coming for the Horde!!

 "I want to thank everycat (and woofies) who came to celebrate my Gotcha Day!!  Here is another picture of me when I first got here."

 "I was curious about the woofies next door."

 "I still want to go outside with the boys!"

"But I never mind sleeping with my twin brother of another mother!  Mom decided to do another retrospective because she needs to get a new battery for the new camera.  The one that came with it isn't charging!!  I'd like to ask too, iffen anyone has a spare green paper, we have a donate button that would help pay back mom for the new toys that are coming!  Look down below for what we're getting!!"

In 4-7 business days the Horde will get:

1 -  Cat Napper Window Perch (we think she should have gotten 2!!)

1 - Cataction Magnicat Toy (we're not sure what that is but the picture looks interesting)

7 - new toys (mom wouldn't tell us what they were so everycat has to wait until they get here!

5 - different flavors of GREENIES!!!  (GO MOM!)

3 - Gimpet Cat Grass (we're not sure if that's as good as outdoor grass but we're willing to give it a go)

In 8-13 business days the Horde will get:

1 - Happy Habitat Cat Tent (mom says we won't use that until spring but Audrey's not sure if she'll like it.  Star is betting Zaphy that mom will put it down on the floor some so Audrey gets used to it now.)

1 - Dreamworld Banalona Cat Tree (we only have one tree now and mom says we need more)

1 - Dreamworld Altea Platinum Gray Cat Tree (so that makes three trees altogether)

Oh, and mom got more stinky Pernicious Flea stuff too but we don't like talking about that.

PS There is a little kitten named Baker who needs YOUR HELP!!  He fell!!  His Feeder needs ~$600 (twice what mom spent!) and you can donate at kitten rescue or feral cat behavior.  Mom is going to donate a few greens papers too and we'd love for you to do so as well if you have some to spare.  Thanks!

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Kitty Horde & Their Feeders

Mom's been sick all weekend...

 "So Zaphoid and I are making sure that the Feeders know

when the food bowls & water fountain need to be filled.

No, really!  That's what we're doing!!"

 "I'm just hanging out on the piano because of the Horde of

Pernicious Fleas.  ::sigh::  Even with the Evile Pernicious Flea

stuff our Feeders put on us they're still here.  ::narrows eyes::

Mom says it's because of the heat.  Bad heat!  No biscuit!!"

"I'm helping mom feel better by playing with my hair bands!  I make sure not to eat them.  Mom is so grateful for my foster mom & her private rescue!!  Without them she wouldn't have ME!!  I think everycat should go over there and see if your next furfriend is there waiting for your place to be their Forever Home and/or to pass on some green papers (or coupons or or or) to help pay for the fantastic work they do to take care of all of us who need/ed help.  Mom told me last night that the next Horde member we get will come from daily dose of dogs (aka cats with your coffee)!!  It won't be for awhile because even if Sir Thomas of Snuggle comes home we have the perfect number right now but Zaphoid is getting a wee bit old.  We all hope there will be a black kitty or a Siamese kitty there when we are ready to adopt again!!  Black cats & orientals are the BEST!!"

"Uh-oh!!  Where did my hair-band go?!?  It's green and one of my favorites!!  Maybe mom put it back in the bathroom where I play grab the hair bands out of mom's hand and then put them around and around the legs of the stool.  It's lots of fun!!  Oh yeah, mom is still coughing.  She told us she has allergies & a summer cold."

MIA - Thomas

MIA!!!

Sir Thomas of Snuggle
(aka Thomas aka Tom Tom aka Tom)

Murfreesboro, TN

Escape Artist

Missing since  ~0745 CST Saturday July 9th

Wednesday I had a procedure done, went fine.  My laptop has been wonky.  Saturday we went to take the Horde to the vet¹ (over $300²).  Audrey & Thomas played the escape artist card.  Audrey came right to the front door when we got home.  Thomas is still missing.

¹ - We love our vet & our vet loves all of us!
² - Zaphy has a UTI, Knives has ear mites (itchy!), and everycat needed Pernicious Flea stuff!

Stuff & Stuff

 "The weather is being pretty & I love going outside with mom."

"I'm getting very good going out on my leash & coming back in.

Our mom hasn't been feeling very good.  She's been having

headaches & sleeping trouble. Tomorrow I hope to show you

a picture of our lilac bush.  (One shows Zaphy spraying it!!)"

"Someone bought something from our store again!

This is a Good Thing™ because it's time for our

Rabies shots & Pernicious Flea treatments.  boo!"

 "This is the graphic that someone got.

They bought the ceramic traveling cup!"

"We have two requests for purrs & prayers.  The first is for Sweet Praline & her mom.  Sweet Praline isn't eating & may be crossing the Bridge soon which makes us all sad.  The second is for Chrystal & her new cathouse!  Please go to her blog & help fund the kitties and find Forever Homes for the kitties in the cathouses!!  (We like Handsome because he looks like Audrey & Star but mean ole' mom says that five cats in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Kitty Horde is enough for now.  Mean ole' mommy!!"

Yesterday Was Busy!!

First I went to the pain clinic.  A week early.  ::head:laptop::  Which actually didn't turn out too bad because I was able to ask them about getting an Allegra prescription for the itching I've had since switching from Lyrica to Keppra.  They didn't do that but I called my pcp and by luck they had a 1300 appointment (the first appointment that isn't until next week was at 1145) so I hung out in the parking lot talking with my mom.  I didn't see my pcp but a doctor who is helping out and will fill in for her when she takes a vacation next month.  We talked about a concern so I got an ekg & chest x-ray, all good!  I just heard from the office & have an neuro appointment at Vandy early in the morning which works well since I have a near lunchtime appointment with my pdoc.  Whoot!  I thought my daughter had a make-up test that afternoon so I went straight to the school, calling just as the bell rang, hoping to catch my son before he got on the bus (both kids hate & loathe the bus but I don't have the energy to pick them up everyday).  It turned out that she didn't have a test so we all went to get flu shots and then home again, home again, jiggity jig!!

"I am soooo glad that mom finally let me out!!  My bumps have gotten smaller and are going away.  I told her I just needed to get outside!!  I'm back to sleeping on the bed at dad's feet but I'm not really getting up close to mom, even for treats!  I don't think she's going to pill me again but I'm going to take any chances for awhile."

"Well, not only do we have Pernicious Fleas, but I'm having to take Hairball Remedy!!  Okay, okay, it actually doesn't taste bad at all.  And I just hate hairballs!!!" 

"My Feeder and I enjoyed watching the NCIS premiere last night!!

I'm also glad he got his flu shot.  Do you think it will make the Pernicious Fleas go away??"

Thomas says, "This is one of my bestest friends who was the second or third members of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Kitty Horde.  His name was Nicodemus the Evile Anti-Koala, aka Thief Cat.  Whenever mom & our ex-dad moved they would find stashes of the things Nicky would take and hide.  He also really liked crackers (but especially saltines).  If mom or our ex-dad left them on the table, Nicky would hunt them.  He'd sneak up (we are Ninjas after all!) and then grab a cracker, swoosh!  Then he'd got to a corner and nibble on the cracker just like a squirrel!!  Nibbling round and round until it was allllllll gone.  Mom says he had more Burmese blood in him than Siamese.  Nicky crossed the bridge in our last house purring on her chest.  We all came up to say good-bye and gave him purrs, head butts, & grooming and made sure the house was quiet for him."

"There are lots of poses of this but I  like this one.

It makes me think of teenage kittens."

PS - Please keep sending purrs & prayers for Bruce my ex's cat.  Also, he has three interviews this week.  We are all crossing our paws!!

Ehhhh, Not So Much...

"First of all, me-om still won't let me outside.  She's even closed the window during the day and keeps me locked up in her room at night!!  I am soooooo mad. She put a warm wrung-out washcloth on my spots where the vet cut my fur off and that felt okay yesterday.  But then she wanted to do it again!!  Neeee-oooooowwwwwwww!!!!!  This is an affront to the dignity of cats everywhere."

Riiiiiiight.  Hate to tell you kidoski but you will be getting heat of some kind (if I can just figure out how!) until that pus softens up!  I would have recognized the big one as a bite if it hadn't been so hard and come up so fast.  I've run across bites before and had to do the "Bad cat! What have you been doing?!"  And taking care since cats heal from the outside in.  He's had one antibiotic already and that seems to make him think he's all fine now.  Silly kitty!  Now that the internet is up again though I'm sure that he'll be helping with the Winter Holiday section.  We don't have the cards in yet and I'll probably wait on those unless someone needs them sooner than I get them up.  I'm still peering at Cafepress waiting for the 2011 calendars to be ready because I've got two calendars to go up.  One of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Kitty Horde & one of my drawings.  I should be hearing from disability soon (first time around is usually 80% no) and I'm still knocking wood that my ex will find a new job soon.  Whew!!  Life has been interesting around here!  Especially with the Pernicious Fleas showing back up!

Star - "blech!  I hate Pernicious Fleas!"
Mr. Kitten - "I hates them more."
Star - "Heh, but at least I'm svelte & can scratch faster."
Mr. Kitten - "Get back here!!!"
Star - "Look!  Mom got the Mistletoe Cat up!"

 

Thomas - "I like this one too."

PS We want to thank our wonderful vet again.  They called us up this morning to check on Star, see how he was doing, remind us to bring him back in a week if he wasn't all better, and to feel free to call anytime we had any questions or concerns about him or the other kitties.  [I don't think it's just because they're prejudiced... every time we bring Da Boys in everyone on the staff comes out to squeeeeee over them... but after all, they are handsome boys!!]

WANTED! Mister Kitten!!

Aaaiiiiieeee!! Run Away! Run Away!

We have been invaded by Pernicious Fleas and my children's youngest stepsister.  We don't mind the stepsister, who will be here for a week.  She's going to crack the whip & help Jennifer... or should I say, Big Jen, since her stepsister is also named Jennifer!... clean her room!  Yaaay!  Howsoever, the Pernicious Fleas must GO!  ::sigh::  No one is happy with the Pernicious Fleas.  Oddly enough, my son has the most trouble with them.  Not only is he super sensitive and feels every one that lands on him, but they love him.  No wait, I mean they  lurrrrrrrrve him.  Given the choice between a nice juicy kitty and my son... they choose Corwyn.  No, really.  They do.  Darn old Pernicious Fleas.  Bad Pernicious Fleas!!  No Biscuit!!

In other news, since Little Jen came last night, all of the children were up until 0300.  How do I know this?  I have this strange mommy gift of not sleeping well until everyone else in the house is sleeping.  Darn ole' mommy gift.  Well, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Kitty Horde can still be up, but they are cats.  Cats have dispensation.  Everyone else must sleep.  It is the Mommy Rule.  ::narrows eyes::  "But mom!  How did you know I was up until 0300??"  "Special mommy powers!"  And if my special mommy powers fail me??  HA!  I can always buy information from my cats.  After all, what is the point of having a Teenage Mutant Ninja Kitty Horde if you can't use them??  muahahahahahahahahaha!!

"Can't you kids see I'm trying to sleep here??"

"I mean, really, I need my beauty sleep!!"

"They are being rather loud."

"Yeah! I'm trying to work here!"

"This is dad's fault.  No, really!! 

He discovered our hidden communication system

hidden among his amps.  The link leads to the page

with your things/clothes page."