More Snow Pic-shurs

This is our backyard. And yes, the snow is halfway up the fence.


12 inches of snow!!



Our front door before Momma and Auntie Laura "shoveled" it wif the sled. (that's Momma)
The front patio between our howse and Auntie Laura's.

BLIZZARD?!?!

Yup...there's a blizzard outside!!! And Momma and Auntie Laura taked us out in it!!! AND they taked pic-shures of us! They'll get posted later. What Momma? Oh... she sez it wasn't really bad on the porch where we were. But we did have four foot drifts there. And Momma couldn't get in the door when she gotted home from werk. Yes, she hadded to go in for sum beans surgeries, but they all gotted to go home earlt. Well, we gots to go snuggle now!

Double Shot

It's a tortie tummie!!

Note: the batteries on the flashy box are ded...so we's don't have any Emmy tummy pict0ures (sorry Victor). Momma will fix that soon! 

Tummie Tesday

Here's Meeko's tum-tum!! 

OUCHIE!!

Emmy here- Tonight ...when Momma gotted home from werk, she wuz pettin' me and scritchin' my ears. Well, she felt somfin' funny on my hed. She looked....and it wuz a CLAW SHEATH!!! STUCK IN MY HED!!! She tooked it out fur me (it kinda hurted a little) an gave me kissies on it to make it all better. But, it wuz still...stuck..in..MY..hed!!!! Not funny...at all!!

Note: Momma just noticed 2 scratches on my nose and one on Meeko's. Now Momma is mumbling somfing 'bout claw caps fur all of us when she gets paid?!

Tummy Tuesday

Dang it!! The Dread Pirate Blogger stikes again!! We wanted to post pics for Tummy/Tortie Tuesday..but it won't let us. Stoopid blogger!! Plus our blogrolling hasn't been werking right eifur! Gggrrr! Momma has been saying sum bad werds at the 'puter.

Anywho, sorry we haven't been around as often as is the past. Momma has been pretty busy and not able to help us blog. She sez that she feels bad about it too (as well she should!). We have been keeping up with efurrycat though. We hadded a nice visit wif Victor and Bonnie this weekend in Whisckerconsin. We saw all of the purrty leaves on the trees, birdies, squirrels, ate temptations, and snuggled. It was 24 kinds of fun!

Emmy is settleing in well. There is still plenty of hissing and fighting going on. Meeko is efun sporting a scratched nose! We're not saying who gave it to her....Momma isn't furry happy 'bout that!

It's SNOWING here again!! It started this afternoon, and it's still falling! There's got to be about a squillion inches on the ground!! (Only about 6 inches- momma) Momma gotted out her heaty blankey and flannel sheets for her bed.....guess we know where we're all gonna be sleeping! We would get pictures of the snow, but Daddy has the flashy box wif him at school. Now Momma is muttering somfing 'bout waxing her skis, digging out the gloves, going to the mountains, hitting the powder...not shur what that's all about??

Check out this site! Sum nice bean putted Momma's 9/11 tribute up on this site! How cool is that?!?! Momma is way proud of it! The entire site is furry cool.

Time to go snuggle wif Momma now! Anycat that wants to come see the snow is welcome to come visit!

SNOW?!?!!?

What the h*ll!! It snowed this morning!!!! What's up wif that? We didn't get alot....just a dusting on the grass. The wever guy sed that C. Springs gotted about an inch. Guess it's time fur us to start growing out our thick winter coats.

I'm shur glad that I don't live outside anymore....efen if the ofur two still fight wif me and get all hissy. ~Emmy

We might go visit our friend Victor ( and Bonnie) in Whiskerconsin tomorrow or thursday. We want to get up there before all of the pretty leaves fall off of the trees.

We lost.

Well.....we losted. :-( But, they sed that it wuz a purrty good game. Now Momma is looking forward to the Air Force- Notre Dame game (Grampie is coming out fur that game). Momma wuz happy that Notre Dame won. Daddy wuz happy that Texas beated OU. Yes....we like our football in this house!!

We hadded a good visit wif Victor. Momma lefted the blinds open so we good lay in the sunspots. And we watched the birdies. We're gonna go visit his house sometime this week. We can't wait.

Saturday

Good mornin' y'all!!

We shur haded fun at Luna's party last night....we gotted there a little late though. We're furry glad that she's home now. Victor is coming ofur today to hang out wif us. Momma is going to be at the Air Force/ Navy game, so she won't mind. And were gonna go see him some time this week, and see all of the purrty fall leaves. Hope wfurryone has a great weekend!!


GO AIR FORCE!! SINK NAVY!!

We (and Momma) just wanted to say fanks to efurrycat for the kind werds of encouragement. It means alot to us. We were hesitant 'cause we didn't want anycat to feel that we were bragging 'bout Momma. We kinda were...but y'all know what we mean. The new jobbie is going well. Momma is just trying to get the 'lay of the land' as it were. She already knows some of the dok-tors she's werking wif. She's just really sleepy...she's not used to getting up that early in the morning anymore (she has to be there at 7 am). Hope efurrycat is having a good week! Time to go watch the Stars play hockey wif Momma!! (Cocoa...no, Momma's not playin' hockey...just watchin' it. We can see how you would fink that. Heehee)

Hi

Hi y'all. Just wanted to post reel quick. Momma wuz furry busy at her old werk the past few nights.....she werked 5 straight nights! 12 hours each night!!! We finks that means LOTS of treatsies for us!! Momma started her new jobbie today. She liked it, and she will be werking during the day now and not at night. Also...the new place is only 10 minutes from the howse, not 45 like the ofur. We haven't sed too much 'bout this, a'cause of ofur's not-so-good jobbie situations. We're keepin' them in our prayers though. TTFN...hopefully we'll have more later in the week.

Help!!

Momma added a little info about Emmy......and now all of our links are missing! What the heck happened?!?! Momma sez that she'll try to fix it while she's at werk. If anycat has any ideas...let us know!!

Update:: Nefurmind...blog rolling hadded the hiccups we fink. It am all fixeded now. Fanks for the info y'all!

Playdate

Emmy here again....

My playdate wif Victor wuz fun! We layed in the sunspots, played wif fev-vers, watched the squirells and birdies, ate temp-tey-shuns, and did a little snuggling. We're not a "couple" yet..he's not quite sure what he wants to do. Momma sez that that's not too un-usual for boys . We did have a good time hanging out though....don't get me wrong. He's a great friend to have. Hopefully he'll come hang out some more.

Luna is HOME!!!! Woo hoo!! Go to her blog for the details.

Visitor!!

Emmy here....

My friend Victor Tabbycat is coming to visit me today!! Yes...ME!!! Well, Meeko and Kiara will be here too. His momma is werkin' lots, so he decided to come here. I'm sooooooo a'cited!! I hadded a great time visitin' wif him at Charlie's party. I know he wuz hopin' to lay on the stairs in the sun, but I fink the weather is gonna be icky out. Cloudy, rainy, and chilly. But...it will be perfect for snugglin'. Momma will be here for a little while, sleepin', a'fore she has to go back to werk tonight. But...she sed that she'd put out extra water, stinky goodness, nip, fev-vers, and ofur toys. And, she'll leave the blinds open in case the sun decides to come out, so we can lay in the sunbeams. We can watch the birdies and squirrels too!

Yea!! I can't wait!!

Heehee!

We scareded Mommma today!!! It wuz soooo funny! She wuz takin' a shower, and had the door mostly closed but not latched. Well, we were playin, and somecat ran into the door and pushed it ALL the way open. That's what scared Momma....she knew that noone else wuz in the house, but the door flew open. That'll teach her to not latch the door. Heehee....that wuz great.

Pic-shures!!!

Here is Emmy sunning herself.

Kiara watchin' the birdies and squirrel's....while being where she shouldn't be!

Emmy posin' for Momma.

Efurrycat eating *peacefully*.

One of the few minutes of peace in the house! ~Momma

Meeko takin' a nappy on the couch.

What a week!!!

What a week!! All kinds of stuff happened....

Ferst....Momma gotted a new jobbie!! Yea! Now she only has to drive 10 minutes instead of 45 or so. AND she'll be werking in the mornings/ daytime and not at night anymore. We am all the way a'cited 'bout it ( and so is she!).

Second....Daddy flew his plane all by himself on thursday!! That's a preety big thing. We am soooo proud of him!!!

Therd.... Mimi wented back to her werk on wednesday. She's still a little tired, but feeling better efurry day.

Last nite we wented to not one, but TWO parties!!! One wuz fur Ayla's purrfday and the ofur wuz fur Charlie's Gotcha Day. We hadded 56 kinds of fun!! And Emmy wuz seen cuddling with Victor Tabbycat.

We were trying to post pic-shures of all of our fluff....but blogger won't let us. Grrr! Maybe tomorrow?

Not All Heroes Are People

Grammy sented this to Momma..it kinda goes along wif our Sept. 11 tribute. We're not sure where she gotted it from...we liked it, efun if it IS about a woofie.

No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow

NOT ALL HEROES ARE PEOPLE ~ ~ ~

James Crane worked on the 101st floor of Tower 1 of the World Trade Center. He is blind so he has a golden retriever named Daisy. After the plane hit 20 stories below, James knew that he was doomed, so he let Daisy go, out of an act of love. She darted away into the darkened hallway. Choking on the fumes of the jet fuel and the smoke James was just waiting to die. About 30 minutes later, Daisy comes back along with James' boss, who Daisy just happened to pick up on floor 112.

On her first run of the building, she leads James, James' boss, and about 300 more people out of the doomed building. But she wasn't through yet, she knew there were others who were trapped. So, highly against James' wishes she ran back in the building.

On her second run, she saved 392 lives. Again she went back in. During this run, the building collapses. James hears about this and falls on his knees into tears. Against all known odds, Daisy makes it out alive, but this time she is carried by a firefighter. "She led us right to the people, before she got injured" the fireman explained.

Her final run saved another 273 lives. She suffered acute smoke inhalation, severe burns on all four paws, and a broken leg, but she saved 967 lives. The next week, Mayor Guilaini rewards Daisy with the Canine medal of Honor of New York. Daisy is the first civilian Canine to win such an honor.

I hope you enjoyed this story. I thought it was terrific!

New York Pictures~ My Tribute is Below

New York City Skyline

Before and After

The Light Beams

The patch for Ten House

(note the Twin Towers the fireman is standing on)

An inspiring picture!

We will NEVER forget!!!

The 2,996- Sean Patrick Tallon

When aircraft crashed into the World Trade Center's twin towers, it was New York City's Bravest that did what they did best - head directly in to danger, in order to save lives. Firefighters, paramedics, and EMTs - side by side - as was the case so many times before.

Together with members of that city's Finest, they made their way to the heart of the tragedy. Grabbing their gear, the firefighters began rushing into the gigantic structures to assist with their safe evacuation, while the paramedics and EMTs began tending to the injured below.

It was while doing those jobs - in the kind of rescue that they had performed so well, so many times - that their lives were taken from us. (Taken from here)

Sean Patrick "Charger" Tallon was one of those such men. At 26, he had only a month or so left of being a "probie" (a probationary firefighter). Sean was one of the first responders, along with the other members of Ten House. Their station was right across the street from the World Trade Center. On the way up the stairs of Tower One, Sean helped a fellow firefighter that was having a heart attack, then he continued up with two more of his fellow firemen. They were trapped when Tower One collapsed.

Sean led an active and varied life. He was a Marine Corps Reservist. He also loved Irish music and playing the button accordion. He would practice for an hour or more on many evenings. The steady, easy flow of sweet hornpipes, tasty reels, and lively jigs would fill the house.

This is part of a song that was written for Sean, and was played at his funeral:

"Up the stairs boys, running to the top

Without a thought to slow or stop

Upstairs boys on 9/11 and they kept on going

to the gates of Heaven.

With the men of Ten House was Sean Tallon...

Although he wasn't the first, he wasn't the last...

With love of God and Country he never thought he could

see such acts of hate...

As we remember our Charger and the others

and shed a mournful tear for all his fallen brothers,

Although we didn't know them all,

we knew them well enough to know what they were made of...

And that was hero stuff.

written by Dereen and Marian Griffin

Sean left behind his parents, grandparents, sister and brother-in-law, and extended family in the United States, England, and Ireland, along with many friends. He is greatly missed by all.

May you rest in peace Sean Patrick Tallon. I would like to offer up this blessing:

Traditional Irish Blessing

May the road rise to meet you,

May the wind always be at your back,

The sun shine warm upon your face,

The rain fall soft upon your fields,

And until we meet again,

May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.

Thank you for all that you and your brothers do and have sacrificed for all of us! You and yours will be in my prayers. ~Rebecca Buchenot

note: I wanted to add more pictures, but Blogger decided that I had enough. Grrr! I'll try to add more later.

Check out these cool links:

2,996 Memorial List ~List of ALL the blog memorials!

Ten House Homepage~ They have an AWSOME site!!

Fire Store ~ Cool Stuff!

Emmy's HOME!!!

YEA!!! We gots Emmy fur real now! Momma tooked her to the V-E-T this afternoon, and efurrything checked out good. They fink that she's about 3 years old. She gots all of her shots (boosters) and we ALL got treated wif Advantage...just to be on the safe side. We gots to go defend our favrit spots now!

BTW....We just realized that this wuz our 100th post!!! Woohoo!!! Who woulda thunk it when we started out??

The latest

The latest news 'bout Emmy....Momma talked wif the new guy on Tues, a'fore she wented to werk. He was cool wif Momma takin' Emmy. BUt....now we can't find Emmy. Momma hasn't seen her since then. Emmy's supposed to go to the V-E-T tommorrow afternoon, but Momma might have to cancel that....again. Momma is going to go talk wif the naybor that lives next to the new guy and is between him and us (we bof live on the end of our buildings~momma). He had sed somfing a little while ago, before Momma talked wif the ofur naybors, 'bout takin' Emmy to live wif his mom. So...we're not sure what's goin' on right now. Is anycat else as confused as we are right now???

Momma's note~ Sorry for the confusion, but that's pretty much what's going on around here. We'll keep y'all posted.

Whoo Hoo!!!

GREAT NEWS!!!! Mimi finally gotted to go home from the hos-pi-tal!!! She wented home on Tuesday morning. She's still feeling a little weak and tired, but is furry happy to be home!! Fanks efurryone for al of your prayers.

Momma is planning on talking wif Emmy's new bean about us keeping her fur real. We'll let y'all know how that goes.

Momma's sad

Tonight, while Momma and Daddy were watchin' a movie, they heared people calling for Emmy. Daddy tolded Momma that it wuz wrong for her to just bring her in wifout tellin' anyone. He didn't want the people to get mad and call the cops or anyfing like that. So Momma tolded Daddy that he had to put her back out...that she couldn't do it. Momma's eyes were leaking for a little bit after that. So after a little while...Momma wented to talk to the new bean living in the house. He said that he wuz gonna keep Emmy. So....we'll see. Momma sez that if she keeps seeing Emmy outside alot, then she might go talk wif him about us keepin' her. We gots to go snuggle wif Momma hand make her happy again.

Mimi update: Daddy is on the phone wif her right now. She's gettin' bored and is WAY ready to go home. We still don't know when that will be.

Emmy Update!

Well....Emmy is now living in our spare bedroom. Momma sez that Emmy has to stay in there until the V-E-T sez that there is nofing wrong wif Emmy. (Update 9/3- Emmy goes to the V-E-T on Tues morning) Momma doesn't want us to get sicky. So...that means that Emmy will be in there until next week sometime. But that's OK, she gots a bed, the 'puter, food, water, toys, NIP, and her own little litter box (which she has already used a few times!!)

Momma's note- 9/3 I let Emmy out for a little while this morning while the girls were still sleeping. She seems quite comfy here. There has been some hissing and spitting going on, but no swinging...yet. Kiara came out and saw her, and let Emmy know that this is Kiara's house. Nobody has really gotten to close to the others. I tried to put up a baby gate that I borrowed, but that just seemed to upset Emmy....she could see out put not get there. I have been visiting her in the room multiple times a day to try to help her get used to me. We'll update more after the vet visit. Wish me luck in getting her there!

Momma gotted to go watch Daddy fly today!!! She sed that he did a GREAT JOB and that she is furry proud of him. She video taped it for Mimi, since she's still in the hospital. But...Mimi is planning on coming out the ferst weekend in October to visit! Yea!

Tomorrow, we get to watch Momma yell at the movie picture box while she's cheering for Notre Dame! Go Irish!!!

Emmy

This am Emmy (short for Esmerelda, like in The Hunchback of Notre Dame). Momma and Daddy decided on that name 'cause she lives like a gypsy. Isn't she cute?? Momma likes her ear. She has a very sweet purr-sonality. She "lives " wif the family 2 doors up....but that don't take furry good care of her. So...Momma's been feeding her and making a warm place to sleep for the past few weeks on our porch.

The ofur day, the road got re-paved in front of our house...Emmy walked through it and now has tar on her paw fur and belly. Momma wented and talked wif the people about Emmy. She wuz kinda rude she said...heehee, go Momma!! But she offered to take Emmy if they didn't want her. The people sed that Emmy "doesn't like to be in the house" and that's why she's always outside. But, she keeps tryin' to come in our house!! Those people are moving too. Their 5 year old came to get Emmy, but she ran from him. Momma finks that that is why Emmy doesn't like to be inside! They also used to have a Pit Bull woofie!! Eeek! So Momma tol them "I don't want to take your pet from you, but.... and I don't mind looking after her while you move and decide what to do with Emmy. Just let me know." So.....it sounds like Emmy might be moving in wif us shortly. She camed into the house this morning and Momma held her and snuggled wif her and Emmy just purred and purred. But, 'afore she comes in to live, Momma's gotta take her to the V-E-T to have her checked out. Wish us luck.....we're not sure about each ofur...let alone a new poodin!







BTW.....Mimi is still in the hospital (as far as we know). Momma is gonna call her in a little while and will update more then. (Update: Mimi feels sorta OK...pretty sore from efurrything. They still don't know when she'll get to go home. She's been there for a week now!) Thanks efurryone for your prayers and well wishes!

Mimi Update

Momma talked wif Mimi this morning. The procedure wented well and the Dr's gotted all of the icky stuff out. But....now she has pneumonia!!! Mimi wuz feeling OK though. We still don't know when she's gonna get to go home.

Rainbow Bridge

Sadly...Miss Trixie of the Meezers wented to the Rainbow Bridge this morning about 5:15. She is now playing wif her brofurs Norton and Ralphie. We're sure that Tink, Shadow, and Cleo (Momma's cats-that-came-before) were there to greet and welcome her as well. Our thoughts are wif the Meezer family.

More Updates

Mimi (Daddy's mom for those who don't know) is still in the hospital. She is still having pain and migranes. They have her on morphine for now. The doctors are going to do a scope and try to get the stone fragments out on Tuesday once some of the pain and swelling have subsided. Momma talked wif Mimi for a little while tonight. She sez that Mimi sounded good, but she (Mimi) wuz VERY SAD that she won't be coming out this week to visit. Momma told her that there are more important things to be here for than just this weekend.

We also gotted this email from Beau and his Mom:

I wish I had better news, but Luna is still missing. Today her human posted pictures of where she's lost and it's downright disturbing and scary. EVERYONE needs to go see those pictures. Looking at those pictures, we REALLY need to step up the prayer power in a big way. So, at 9 pm tonight (your time) I want everyone to pray hard she is found soon (and you might also say a prayer for Trixie and Mimi, and others, as well). It doesn't matter if prayers are said at the same time. An ongoing prayer vigil is just as good. Also, I would like to suggest you say a prayer for her at your meal times and around 8 pm each night. She needs to be found. At this point she is in real danger. Thanks!

We're gonna head off to bed and say our prayers wif Momma now. G'night efurryone!!

URGENT!!!

Help efurryone!!! Mimi wuz taken back in to the hospital this morning! They think that she has pancreatitis (Momma helped spell it). That's all we know right now, but Daddy is on the phone wif his brofur trying to find out more. If y'all could, PLEASE say a prayer for Mimi. We love her. She wuz supposed to come visit us on Thurs....not sure that she'll be able to now.

Also....Luna needs our prayers too! She got out while at the evil V-E-T and ran off into the forest. That happened on Tuesday and as far as we know, she still hasn't been found.

Poor Momma

Heehee! Poor Momma! When she gotted home from werk this morning...she found kitty turds on the front porch! We fink that it's from Emmy, the cat that Momma has been feeding (more on her in anofur post). Then, when Momma gotted inside....one of us had frown up on the living room carpet!!! Heehee! Momma wuzn't too happy wif any of us today! Our tummy is all better now.

Fanks Shadow! I loves my new octy-pus...it's cool! And it's got NIP!!! Momma tried to get the pictures up using blogger...but couldn't because of the way the pictures are saved on the 'puter. So, sorry that they're spread out like this.

These are all of our Secret Paws Goodies!!!! 

Stoopid blogger!! It's not letting us upload pictures.....and Momma wasn't too happy 'bout that. She wuz saying sum bad werds, too. We won't repeat them, 'cause we'd get into trouble! Maybe, eventually, we'll get our pictures posted. We're crossing our paws.

BTW....Mimi gotted to go home, and is feeling better efurryday.

Update

Just a quick update...Mimi is doing well after her surgery. She's going to haf to stay ofur night at the hospital. Fanks efurrycat (and bean) for your prayers and well wishes!

Hi efurryone!

We just founded out that Mimi has to have her gall-blad-er out. That dosen't sound like much fun to us. Uncle Brian hadded to drive her to the bean V-E-T at 2:30 this morning. Mimi must not have been feeling good at all if she let him drive!! She's having her surgery tomorrow (Tues) at 10:30 in Texas.

Momma and Daddy's niece is doing well and getting bigger efurry day.

That's all for now...we're still trying to find the pictures we took.

Tagged!?!!

We gots tagged by Smeagol & Strider!!!!

Here are the rules: The player starts with "5 weird things/habits about yourself ". Then you need to choose 5 kitties/people to be tagged and list their names. The kitties/people who get tagged need to write a blog about their 5 weird things/habits, as well as state this rule clearly, then tag 5 more victims. Don't forget to leave your victim a comment that says "you're tagged!" in their comments and tell them to read your blog.

So here goes...

Meeko:
1) I have to sit on Momma's lap any time she's is on the 'puter. I don't care if she's just on "real quick".
2) I don't really meow.... I chirp & sqiuck. (sp?)
3) I drool when I purr a whole lot.
4) I only weighed 1.8 lbs when Momma 'dopted me.
5) I LOVE to slide across the floor on my tummy! momma calls it my army crawl.

Kiara:
1) I have to get a drink out of the bafroom sink any time someone is in there. But...I drink if that person is petting me.
2) I' m a talker. If you say somfing to me...I will respond.
3) I usually come when called.
4) I have a HUGE fluffy tail.
5) I like to stand on my hind legs, with front paws on the door, and look outside. If Momma's out there wifout me, I stand there and cry.

Momma:
1) Werks the night shift. That alone makes her weird. Never mind that she werks in sugery.
2) LOVES hockey and college football. Go Stars!! And yells at the moving picture box when these things are on.
3) Reads...alot!
4) Loves to plant flowers....efen though we don't really have a yard.
5) Skis black diamonds (whatever those are) wif Daddy and the guys. Efen though she only really started skiing last fall.

So there ya go...that's us. We fink most effuryone, that we know, has been tagged. If you're reading this and haven't been tagged...consider yourself tagged!!

News!!

Oh WOW!

Momma & Daddy's niece wuz borned today!!!! Hannah wuz 9lbs, 6 oz and gotted here at 5:37 am. Her Daddy is our Daddy's older brother. They live in Texas. Mimi wuz all the way a'cited, 'cause this is the firstest grandbaby!!! Yea! Congrats to Chris & Jen!!!

Millie gotted a fur-ever home AND her own bloggie!!! Go check it out here.

We gotted our Secret Paws pressie on Friday!!!!! It wuz from Shadow, all the way from Hawaii!!
We gots stinky goodness and lots of toys wif catnip! Momma took pitures with the flashy box, but is still having problems finding the pictures on the 'puter. We haven't posted 'bout it yet, cause Momma werked lots of ofur time this weekend and hadded the 'puter off. We fink that means more money for more stinky goodness??

Hope efurrycat is doing well and staying cool! It's finally starting to cool off some here and rain a little too! Hurry up fall!!

Update

Well...Momma did her bestest at the interview, but they called to say that they chose the ofur person. :-( So Momma wuz a little sad 'bout that. But....she (and lots of her friends) sed that it wasn't meant to be, and that God has a better plan for her. We still love you Momma!!
Note from Momma- Thanks everyone for all of your prayers and good wishes. I like the job that I have now, but I'm looking for something a little closer to home (I drive up to Denver from C. Springs 3 times a week).

We fink that Brandi's momma hadded some good interviews the ofur day too!!! We're keepin' up the prayers and purrs for her.

Our Secret Paw, Sky, gotted our pressies in the mail. Whoohoo!! We're waitin' for her Momma to post pictures. We hadded a blast shoppin'! We're watchin' the mail for ours.....wonder who our pal is??? Hhmmm....

Sorry

Hi y'all! We're sorry that we have been blogging or commenting much....it's just too darn hot up in the room where the 'puter is. We have been keeping up wif efurryone though.

We love all the songs that efurryone is doing....we're not quite that creative. And neither is Momma. We asked for her help and she said "that she wuz in band for a reason". Whatever that means?!? Momma sed that she gotted Zeus's "We Didn't Start the Fire" remake stuck in her head at werk the ofur night. Heehee!!

We were gonna post some pictures today, but Picasa ate the ones on the flashy box. (Momma's note- I downloaded them, now can't find where they went!) Oh, well....maybe later. They were good pictures too! Momma and Daddy wented to the zoo yesterday and took the box wif them. We wanted to show y'all what they saw...plus our birdies on the back patio!!

Hope efurrycat is staying cool!!!

P.S.- Momma has a job interview on Tues.---good kitty vibes appreciated!

Secret Paws

Momma wented hunting and gotted our Secret Paws pressie. Then...she wented to the mailing place and sent it off. We can't wait 'till our pal gets it!!! It's too HOT here. Mooooommmmaaaa...is it winter time yet??? No? Well, then when??? We're ready for snow!!!

New Blogs

First...we hadded a BLAST at Pandora's party last night!! We gotted to see alot of our friends too. We're still trying to recover from both the jet-lag and the meow-garitas! Heehee!

Now we've been informed about some new (and not-so-new) bloggers. There is Big Eric & Flynn. They are British poodin's like Fat Eric and Pandora and Charlie. Also, we have Daisy Mae Maus. She's been blogging for a little while, but doesn't think anycat is reading it. Her comments are on moderation....so they aren't showing up and she's getting a little dis-cour-aged. So y'all make sure to stop by and say hi to them!

Happy Day!!!

Oh, happy day!!!! Momma's HOME!!!!! We are all the way 'acited! Wegot all of our mad out wif Daddy so we can just snuggle wif Momma and not be hissy. Meeko wuz still hissing at Daddy afore he wented to go pick up Momma from the air-port. We gots to go snuggle some more...it's almost time to go to sleep.

Pictures

These am the poodin's that Momma is staying wif. Plus, Miss Kitty lives ofur at Mimi's house. She's all white and lives outside. Daddy gotted home last night. Yea! But, we acted all mad at him today. Meeko even hid under the bed and hissed at him. He wuz a little worried...until Momma tolded him that that's what we do after the beans lefted us alone for 2 whole weeks!!! We weren't happy!!! But tomorrow we're gonna go visit wif Gemini! We can't wait! We're gonna have tuna fish and we're bringing some of our feather toys. And then...the next day....Momma will be home!!!!! Woohoo!! Momma snuggles!!!

This am Belle. She talks too...but not as much as Gabby or Kiara. Her two favorite toys are in the picture too. Her stick and her tissue paper. She carries her stick thru the house and cries. It's pretty funny Momma sez. She beats up, I mean... plays wif, Gabby the same way I do wif Kiara! We MUST be related. 

This am Gabby. She's almost louder than Kiara!! They'll have a lot to talk about next summer when we come wif Momma to stay wif Grammie and Grampie. Gabby wuz an outside poodin' afore she camed to live wif Grammie after Shadow went to the Bridge. BTW...she just hadded her 'surgery' in this picture. That's why she's missin' some fur on her leg and her tummy.

Vacation

Well....Momma and Daddy are still on vacation. But Daddy will be back on Friday. He has to come back and teach all the new cadets how to climb ofur ob-stick-alls. We miss them, but we've been havin' fun alone. Sanjee camed ofur an visited for a little while. We hadded lots of fun!! Anycat else is welcome to come ofur too! We gots plenty of food, water, and lots of toys!!

Momma wuz going to post pictures of the poodins' that's she stayin' wif...but couldn't find them on Grammie's 'puter. Maybe later?

Zeus wuz Here!!!

Yea! Zeus came yesterday to visit us!!! We hadded soooo much fun! About 57 kinds of fun! You can read all about it here.

We need y'all to keep Ms. Kerri (who's takin' care of us) in your thoughts and prayers. One of her poodins', Sam, went to the Rainbow Bridge on Monday. He'd been sick, so it wuz expected, but still sad. We're gonna try to comfort her the best we can. And....she has the flu. Poor thing.

Hope efurryone hadded a good 4th. Momma said that she did. She wented a saw the firewerks wif Daddy, Grammie, Mimi, Uncle Brian, and all their friends from church back home.

Happy 4th of July Y'all

Happy 4th efurryone!!! We hopes that efurryone is safe, and gets to watch the firewerks where they live.

Zeus is coming today!!!!! We are all the way 'acited 'bout it. We're not quite sure what all we're gonna be doin', but we're sure we'll have fun!

We wanted to put some fun, patriotic pictures up....but Momma posted for us from werk and couldn't do that. :-(

Updates

Where to start??

First, fanks for the good vibes for Grampie's tummy. He did good and they took a by-op-see of somefing and the dr. is gonna compare it to one they took a long time ago. Grampie is in Wisker-consin right now. Momma, Daddy and Grammie are gonna go up there on Thurs. All of Momma's bean aunties and uncles and cousins are gonna be there too!!! Momma am all the way excitied 'bout that! Ms. Kerri from across the street is gonna take care of us. She has 2 poodins too! So, anycat that wants to come hang out is welcome. Smeagol and Strider are already here hanging out and hiding from the ghosties that are at their house.

No Name Yet has a name!!!! It's Millie. And us poodins helped raise enough money to pay for her new hip!! Yea!

Somfin' good.

In contrast to yesterday's post about Tiffy, we have heard about No Name Yet. She is a little kitty that was hit by a car, and a really nice bean walking along saw her and rescued her. You can read all about it here. It's a very heartwarming story to read. They are also accepting donations to help pay for the bionic hip that No Name now has. You can also vote on her new name. That's a post op pic.

Sad day

It's a furry sad day in the blogsphere. We found out the Little Tiffy went to the Rainbow Bridge way, way too soon. You can read about it here...at 5Cat Style. It doesn't make sense to us, and it made Momma's eyes leak.

On a different note...our Grampie (Momma's dad) has to go to the bean V-E-T on Fri. They're gonna look at his tummy from on the inside. We hopes efurrything is OK wif it. Maybe he needs to eat more grass too? That's what we tolded our Momma when her tummy wuz upset. And Hot(m)bc's Grandma's heart is all OK too! She didn't have any blockages in her heart. Yea!

Daddy's Picture

This is Daddy in the F-16 he gotted to ride in in Japan. He hadded FUN!! About 258 kinds of fun! The ofer picture is of Daddy wif the pilot and jet after they went flying. Aren't they cool!?!?!

Daddy left.

Daddy wented back home to Texas for a few weeks. And Momma is going to go next week. Then, we'll have the house to ourselves...so that means PARTY at our house!!! But, for now, we have Momma all to ourselves!! Daddy broughted Momma a furry pretty japanese dress and fan. He didn't bring us any sushi though...he sed that it would go bad by the time he got home. And Momma sed that she didn't want to have to clean it up off the carpet. That's about it here...not much really happenin' now.

Daddy's Home!!!!

Yippee!!! Daddy finally gotted home tonight!! We snuggled up wif him afore he went to sleep...he hadded a l-o-n-g flight from Japan. We efen gotted to see him afore Momma did. She had to go to werk tonight. So...ha,ha Momma! Ok..we're off to go snuggle some more.

P.S.- Fanks to Calico Girls Mom Toni for helpin' Momma out wif the bloggie....again! Now you can see my gold medal on the sidebar! Yea!! ~Kiara

LOTS of news!!!!

Wow!! Where do we start????

We haded a great time at the Catolympics!! We maded ssooo many new friends. The competition was fierce...but fun! Kiara gotted a gold medal in yowling! And Meeko got an Honorable Mention in tumbling. Our Momma and Daddy are furry proud of us, and all of the ofer poodin's. Thanks the all the beans that spent their time to make this happen!!! ::PURRS::

When we taked the torch to Mattingly in Mew York, we haded a blast wif him and his sisfur, Harlie. Mattingly gives good baths, and great paw massages! ::purrs & much blushing:: His Mom took us to see alot of famous places around town...World's Fair, Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, and Ground Zero. The last place made us furry sad, and our eyes leaked. We said our prayers, and then we saw Mattingly off on his journey to Catifornia wif the torch. Then we camed home. Fanks sooo much for takin' such good care of us Mattingly, Harlie, and Mattingly's Mom!! we don't have any pictures 'cause the flashy box is wif daddy still in japan.

Daddy gotted to go fly in the F-16 the ofer day!!! He haded about 235 kinds of fun!! And he didn't frow up (that's a good thing). Also, Mimi and Uncle Brian (and the rest of the mission team) maded it back home safely, without any major incidences. They built 3 casitas, treated many patients in the clinic, performed multiple surgeries, and ministered tons! Not quite half of the team was made up of youth. That's amazing!!!

It's time!!!

It's time for the 2006 Catolympics!!!! We're soooo 'acitied to be going! We'l see effurryone there. BTW...we'll post about our Mew York adventures after the 'lympics. Momma wuz gonna do it for us from werk, but was REALLY busy the past few nights there.

They're home!

Momma here.

The girls made it back safely. They are both crashed and doing some serious napping right now. They did tell me, briefly, that they had a great time seeing the sights of New York with Mattingly and his mom. They also enjoyed meeting Harlie....she's cute they said. They also really enjoyed the massages and baths that Mattingly gave them. Oopps...I wasn't supposed to say that!! They had a good time, and will update more later after they've rested up. Thanks again to Mattingly, Harlie, and their Mom for taking such good care of my girls.
~Momma Becca

Edsel's Mom

Yea!! I just got word from the Calico Girls Mom that Edsel's Mom's surgery went well!! Our prayers were answered! Go check out their blog for more details.
~Momma

They made it!

Just got word from the girls that they are in New York. They got there a little early, so they're not sure if Mattingly's mom is home to let them in. They are going to wait acroos the street from the apartment, and out of the way, so they don't have to dodge cars. Meeko said that the trip went well, and that she and Kiara are going to have some crunchies and water, and take a quick nap. They are very impressed with the really huge buildings. They want to go do a little sight-seeing while they are there.....I said that I would think about letting them. That won't have any pictures though.

They're off!

Momma here again.
The girls left early this morning, with marching bands and even the Air Force Thunderbirds did a fly-by for the event! I don't think I got any sleep until after they left (that's why this is a little late getting posted.) I had a message that they took a little break in St Louis, with some water and treats to re-feul. Auntie Alicia just called to say that they just left her and are heading up towards New York. The girls stopped in D.C. to have lunch with their "auntie" and take a little rest. So Mattingly...be on the lookout....they should be there in about an hour and half or so!! I'm sooooo proud of my girls (and all the other kitties)!!

Torch Update

Momma here.
Just wanted to let everycat know that the girls went to bed early, so that they can get an early start to Mattingly's house. Scrappy left after having a big dinner of stinky goodness. I sent her with a bag of crunchies, too, for a snack. They all had a good time playing with the new mousies. I think the girls are planning on stopping by to see Auntie Alicia in D.C. along the way. Their packs are packed with crunchies, treats, cell phone, and water. They also put on their collars with their tags, just in case. I don't think they'll blog before they leave, but I will be updating for them as I hear from them.

In other news, the "intruder" cat actually lives two doors up. It is mostly an indoor cat, but they were having flea issues. So they left the cat out. Now I don't feel quite so bad about it.

OMG!!!! We just had the biggest crash of lightning/ thunder that I have EVER seen/heard! I'm surprised the cats aren't on the ceiling! I know I still am. Haha. It set off car alarms all over the place. I swear that it sounded like it struck in the backyard. Now I'm jumping with every flash that I see out of the corner of my eye. Should make for a fun night of trying to sleep.

Allan should be in the air right about now....hope everything is going well with that. The girls will update y'all on that when they get back. Their Mimi and Uncle Brian (along with alot of my home church) are in Mexico for a mission trip right now. Please, if you get a chance, keep them in your prayers for me. As you can see....I have alot to pray about right now. Don't forget about Edsel's Mom, too!

~Momma Becca

Its's HERE!!!!

WooHoo! The torch is here!! Scrappy's a little tired, but happy to be here. We're all just gonna hang out 'round the house and watch the finches outside on the patio. Momma made sure to make Scrappy drink lotsa water and have a little snack. Later, Momma sez we can all have the tuna water!! Yummy! Well...we're gonna go be good hostesses now. We'll update some later.

BTW : the 'lympic officials sed that Kiara could run wif me to keep company. Yea!

Today's the Day!!!

Yippee!! Scrappy is on her way the our house wif the torch!!!! I'm soooo 'acited that I can hardly stand it! We maded sure to sleep well last night so we would be well rested. Kiara decided that she wanted to come along and keep me company, since we're going all the way to Mew York. Hope that's OK wif the 'lympic officials. But, to make ready for Scrappy's arrival, Momma gotted new treatsies, lots of stinky goodness, AND she maded tuna fish and saved the juice for us to have later!! And we have lots of cool water for drinking. The weather isn't supposed to be as hot here today, and there's a nice breeze to keep cool wif while running. The spare bedroom is all set up comfy for Scrappy, too. We can't wait to meet you Scrappy!! We gotta go get brushed, so we look our best! We'll be watching for you!!

Lots of News

Lots to report tonight.

Last night, there wuz an intruder on MY front porch. I (Kiara) growled real low in my throat....not the I'm-playing-with-Meeko kind. I meant business. Momma gotted up from the couch to see what wuz out there. She tried to calm me down, but I wanted no part of that. She did say what a good girl I wuz to tell her 'bout the intruder. That kitty had the nerve to come right up by the door to come in!!! We didn't let it, but Momma did put out some crunchies and water for it. She thinks it wuz someones cat that got out, 'cause she saud that it didn't look like it lived outside.

Today, when she wuz out hunting, Momma 'dopted some of Vir-ginger litter mates from the Green Wall Shelter. She gotted 3 of them...one of each color. We named them Tinkerbell, Shadow, and Cleo after Momma's kitties-that-came-before-us. We're not sure if they're gonna live inside or out yet. We don't have pictures 'cause Daddy has the flashy box wif him in Japan.

Momma talked wif Daddy and he's havin fun in Japan. We'll have to have her ask him to bring back sushi. What's that Momma?? Sushi won't be good after 32 hours in an airplane? Hhhmm. We fink she's just sayin' that so if he forgets, we won't be sad. Daddy's gonna get to ride in an F-16 on monday and have a woofie fight. We didn't know that woffies hadded planes??? Did y'all?

Meeko here. I'm gettin' all 'cited for the torch to get here. I can't wait to meet Scrappy an Mattingly. See y'all then.

Lonely

We're sad today (and so is Momma). Daddy lefted yesterday for Japan. He called Momma afore she haded to leave for werk to say that he wuz in Tokyo. He's gonna be there for 2 weeks doin' Air Force stuff. He's efen gonna get to ride in a F-16!!! We're makin' sure to give Momma extra snuggles while he's gone. But, good news, Momma is feelin' all the way better now!! Yeah! No more unhappy tummy for Momma. We tolded her that she just needed to eat more grass.

Pressies!!!

We gotted pressies in the mail yesterday!! It am from the Meezers! Sniff, sniff...do I smell kitty crack?!? I DO!!! The box hadded kitty crack all in it! They sent some stinky goodness from Wegmans (it wuz yummy!), mousies wif feather tails, some ofer mousies, and some stuff for Momma too. Meeko liked playing attack the tissue paper! Fanks guys!! Purrs and headbutts, Meeko and Kiara

Momma here. Thanks meezer's Mom for all the wonderful presents. I love mine. The tart smells great, and the suncatcher is already hanging up.

Not sure if the pictures will all be in the right order or not....couldn't quite get that one figured out. Oh, well....y'all get the idea.

Snappy Dragons!!!

The snappy dragons are here!!!! Only they're not really dragons... we're sooo disappointed 'bout that. But, they're still purrty. 

The hi-bis-cus opened up! 

Momma was busy today

Momma wuz furry busy today. Here are a few of the fings she put in the dirt. She also planted a tom-a-toe, a straw-berry, snappy-dragons (but I didn't see the dragons..yet), and moved ofer stuffs around. I wuz all tired out just watchin' her. But, after she did all the plantin', she started to not feel so good again. :-( Poor Momma. Guess we'll have to be nurses for a little while longer. Daddy's all better tho. And he's here tonight an gonna take care of her too. ~Meeko

This is the Celosia.

This is the Hibiscus.