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Rolling, Rolling, Rolling…

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Mom is getting rather dangerous with her wheelchair. She thinks she can go anywhere with it.

We can’t even get into that much trouble ‘cuz she can easily reach us.

Don’t tell our readers that we get into trouble.

Oops……….ignore what I said.

Mom told her brother that she can parallel park with her wheelchair and do a nifty job of driving it backwards. Of course he just laughed and said that may be true but she sure can’t do it with her car!

We begged and begged and Mom let us go outside for a bit.

This is an old picture of us ‘cuz Mom didn’t have her camera handy.

Steinbeck doesn’t know but I found a secret stash of catnip. I headed right over there and indulged. My but that catniptini was good!

Hemingway, what are you doing over there?

Just looking for rocks.

That’s dumb.

MOL!!! I will never tell him the truth. That plant is mine.

Show and Tell

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Here’s a picture of us getting along.

Boys love to play

I was trying to show Hemingway that there was lots of room under there for him to hide but he was too lazy to move.  So I lifted the rug even higher.

Boys at playWhy should I hide under the rug?  I didn’t do anything wrong……….yet.

Here we are after Mom gave us some really good nip from the garden.

Boys on nipWe were so relaxed!

We both love fresh nip!

Hemingway on nipYep….that nip just goes to my head.

Shakespeare on nipI’m a little more refined in showing my appreciation ‘cuz I’m such a gentleman.

Oh sure………Now here are some pictures of us after we spent most of the day outside in all that fresh air and sunshine.

Hemingway nappingJust wake me when it’s time to eat.

Shakespeare nappingDon’t disturb me.  I’m dreaming of fresh nip and butterflies.

It’s a Wonderful Life

Categories Birthday, catnip, Cats, Christmas, Fur People, Hemingway and Shakespeare, Presents, Santa Paws, Toys, Treats16 Comments on It’s a Wonderful Life

We hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas. 

We sure did!

Yes, Santa Paws was very good to both of us and the Birthday Kitty was really good to me.  I got new toys and lots of treats.

Mom told us we have to share the treats, Hemingway!

I know, but then when your birthday comes, we have to share your birthday treats too.

I will.  Let’s show the readers how we celebrated.

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I found the bags of treats so I’ll work on opening them!

Look at this pile of presents!
Look at this pile of presents!

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I love my catnip banana!!! Thanks Mom!

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Did you know this fish with feathers has catnip????

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I’m so happy I don’t know what to do!

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This is kitty heaven.

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I think Mom is going to have to help us open this one.

Thanks for all the birthday greetings, everyone!  They mean so much to me.  I’m glad you have become my friends.

Discussing Voting

Categories catnip, Cats, Food, Fur People, Hemingway and Shakespeare, voting10 Comments on Discussing Voting

The humans are voting today.

So?  What does that mean to us?  I don’t know what voting is.

Voting is when they choose leaders for the country, the state they live in and even the city they live in.

I wonder if anyone will vote for me.

You aren’t running for anything.

I’ll run for food!

No, I mean you have to get your name on this thing they call a ballot.  Then you have to put up signs and appear on TV and radio and talk about what you would do to make things better for everyone.

Well, if I was on that ballot thing, I would promise all the fur people that they would get new food bowls filled with their favorite things and another bowl filled with fresh water.

That’s a good start.

Then I would promise the kitty fur people that they would have nice big fluffy pillows in front of warm fireplaces so they can nap as much as they want.  They would also have an endless supply of catnip.

What about the fur doggies?

They would get bones to chew on, fenced yards so they could run around lots, shiny new collars and rides in cars and long walks with their humans.

What special things would you do for all the other fur critters?  Remember that we have some good friends who are piggies.

Oh yes, they can let me know what they want and I’ll see that they get it.  I know all of them will want new toys and lots of attention.

Where is all the money coming from to take care of all these things?

From the humans of course!  Silly Hemingway…..I don’t have any money!!

I Need a Costume…..

Categories catnip, Cats, Fur People, Halloween, Hemingway and Shakespeare, Mom, PetBlog6 Comments on I Need a Costume…..

Mom……….you have to get us costumes right away!!!

Shakespeare what are you yelling about?

I need a costume and I need it now.  You should get one, too.

Why would I want to do that?

Don’t you know what tomorrow is?

It’s Wednesday and that means Mom goes to choir practice.

Noooooooooooooo!  I mean yesssssssssss……….she does go to choir practice……but it’s Halloween.

So?

I’ve been looking up Halloween on the internet and it’s when kids dress up in costumes and go door to door saying, “Trick or treat.”  Then the humans give them candy as treats.

In the first place, Mom won’t let us out of our own back yard so there will be no walking around the neighborhood.  In the second place whatever we try to say, humans aren’t going to understand us.  Only Mom understands us ‘cuz she knows us so well.  In the third place you know perfectly well that Mom won’t let us eat candy.

Well aren’t you the bubble-burster.

I’m just giving you the real facts.

Maybe Mom can carry us around to some of the houses and maybe some of the humans living there can hand out other treats, like catnip.

Don’t think it’s going to happen.  Besides, would you really allow yourself to be dressed up in a costume?

Now that you mention it, no way!!!!  Can I ask our readers something?

I don’t think I can stop you so go ahead.

Dear readers, if your little humans come home with catnip or Whisker Lickin’s, can you send them to us.  We know the little humans wouldn’t like those treats and we LOVE them!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

We Love Surprises

Categories catnip, Cats, Fur People, Hemingway and Shakespeare, Mom, playing, Toys6 Comments on We Love Surprises

We love surprises…….

…..and Mom surprised us yesterday.

This is one of our new toys.  She said she went to a festival….whatever that is…and got us this toy in the craft tent.

Silly Mom!  Doesn’t she know there are two of us?  She should have gotten two toys.  However, we showed her that we could both play with this toy together.

Yes, Shakespeare took hold of the stick and I took hold of the little cloth fish with the yummy catnip inside.

Then Hemingway would take hold of the stick and I would get the fish.

We played and played with it until we were exhausted and then we had to take a nap.

Mom thought we were so good that she went back over to that craft tent thing and got us another catnip fish on a pole.

Now we each have one!

However, now it’s another day and we are outside inside of staying inside to play with toys.

Still, we are so thankful that Mom thought enough of us to get us some new toys.

Thanks, Mom!!!