Mom!! We've Got an Idea for YOU!!

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Kitty Horde got together and kept posing all over the bed.  Not only that, but they stayed still long enough for me to take pictures of them.  Now it all began with StarWalker BitCat the ComputerKitty.  I looked up and there was this stunning beauty turning his head with just a wee bit of red collar showing (Star always insists on having either red or blue).  I must admit that I do have a certain fondness for Star's lithe grace.  He is my panther.  And even if he doesn't always come in at night, when I curl up to go to sleep as I'm drowsing I find a paw draped across my calf.  [Thomas likes to get in everyone's way... this includes the humans.  He has been known to shove humans off of the bed as easily as Mister Kitten, and Mister Kitten outweighs him by four pounds!]

"I'm very good at making sure mom sleeps longer

when she hasn't slept well."

He makes me sleep in when I've had trouble getting to sleep.  As an example, last night I wasn't able to get to sleep until 0200.  This meant that Da Boys made me sleep until just after 1200.  Wow!  Then I had to read a gazillion posts, emails, an odd bizarre cartoon on lj or two, and watch something on YouTube.  During this I had to stop to reply to some of the gazillion posts, emails, forward an odd bizarre cartoon or two, and something on YouTube.  As you can imagine, this took some time, especially since it was interrupted by forays to get Sumpin-to-Eat & Sumpin-to-Drink (these are technical terms) for me and Sumpin-to-Eat & Sumpin-to-Drink & Treats for Da Boys (these are extremely important!!).

 "I ensure that mom takes naps.  Naps are important.

Everyone should take at least one nap a day.

Two are better.  Make that five... maybe more."

There was also some checking in on the painting going on in the kitchen.  "MOM!!  Does this mean that our food will be in the Right Place soon?!"  Not yet boys, but soon!  ::everyone crosses paws::   After that Some Cat Who Shall Remain Nameless (we suspect Zaphoid, but it could have been Star since they were both in here) viciously made me fall asleep while trying to get over to the Blogger tab!!!  It was a two hour nap which isn't the world's most comfortable in that position.  By that time I had to go get Sumpin-to-Eat & Sumpin-to-Drink again.  Which meant going Out Into the World because there was nuthin' to eat at the inn... ummm... uh... the fact that I wanted Peach Tea had nothing to do with it.  I just got more because the drive-through had the caloric intake written on the board (in ranges... whoot!!).

"Okay... who's got the greenies?

Law & Order: Criminal Intent is coming on!!"

 And then our "stories" came on...  what's that?  Oh!  Their idea.  No idea.  I'll ask them tomorrow.  No, really!!

"Hey mom!  If you get this bag you can go to the store, buy us lots of greenies, and not have to use plastic bags to carry them home in!!  Green-ies!!  Green-ies!!  Green-ies!!"

Cats Watching TV, Reading, & Nicodemus

It was a beautiful warm day yesterday.  The Teenage Mutant Ninja Horde spent most of the day outside, at least when not napping!!  They did come inside for their favorite show, Animal Cops on the Animal Planet Channel.  No, really.  Da Boys love to watch TV and they have certain shows that they prefer.  They like forensic shows over house shows, Cold Case over Law & Order (although Law & Order: Criminal Intent is interesting to them).  And there are certain shows that certain cats like more than others.  I haven't made a study of it.  I've always known that Da Boys like to watch TV and that they have preferences.  But I hadn't thought about it much until my son exclaimed, "They're watching the TV!!" the other night.

Now this is Nicodemus the Evile Anti-Koala.  He used to curl up with his head over my shoulder and read with me.  He was also known as the Velcro Kitty.  Poor baby!!  He couldn't retract his claws all the way so when they would get too long you could hear them in the carpet.  It sounded just like Velcro being pulled apart!!  He got the most astonished look on his face the first time I clipped his nails and he stepped on the carpet.  No Velcro sound!!  No sticking!  No having to pull up his paws to walk!!  It only took clipping his claws two or three times when the most astounding thing happened!

I was laying down in bed reading.  Suddenly there was this cat on my chest with his paw out!  Nikki had the most determined and insistent look on his face.  He tapped his paw on my chest impatiently.  "Well??  Do get on with it, my dear."  My brain suddenly made the connection.  Nikki wanted his claws clipped!  I quickly did the deed, whereupon he immediately tucked that paw under his chest and stuck the other one out.  "Come on.  Come on.  Chop, chop!  I've naps to take and birds to chase, donchaknow."  From then on, I never had to check Nikki to see if his claws needed to be done, catch him up, or hold him down to get them done.  He would hop up and 'present paw' just as if he were in the finest salon.  It's been ten years since he purred his way over the Rainbow Bridge laying on my chest.  I still miss him.  And I still sometimes feel his presence around me.

This is to everyone who has lost a fur friend or other family member.

  I did add the link to the whole card section for those 

wanting to send something to others via Snail Mail.