Our Inside Trees

Our big Christmas tree was awesome. We loved to play in front of it. Yesterday we had to say good-bye to our tree and watch it go back outside. It was getting too dry to be safe.

The glow of the lights were so pretty. Rudy liked to hide behind the presents.

I liked to patrol and sniff the branches.

We still have our little fake tree in the living room. It gets to stay until Sunday. It's good to hide under while keeping an eye on the 'rents. Sigh... I'm going to miss the holidays.

AAAAaaaaahhhhhh!

Oh boy kitties! It rained here and the hots went packin'! It's so nice to have the windows open and to smell the breezes through the screen. The 'rents are happy and we all are enjoying the cooler temps.
I need to patrol the windows and doors for introoders - you never know what the nicer weather might bring!

The Sun Will Come Out...

Here's Puff readying herself for the 80 degree weather that's coming on Friday!

That girl sure knows how to stretch!

W00T!

An Awarding Saturday

It's the weekend kitties! Saturdays are great and I even have awards to show you!

Look at the award I got from Millie over at Millie's house! It translates to, "This Blog has Heart."

And lookie here!

The sweet gals at Marks Mews gave this award to me!
I'm so lucky to have such great friends who think of me!

Thanks so much!

Smoochies!

Photo Hunters - With Awards

Hi Kitties! It's Saturday! Yay!

The theme for this weeks Photo Hunters is purple!

Johnny Jump Ups are one of Mommy's favorite poseys!
Speaking of Moms - look what we got!

That's right kitties! Jodi, Skitto and Peanut passed this great award on to us, and I have to agree, my Mommy is one of the best Cat Moms out there! I may be a little biased since she is in control of my Temptations allotment, but her lap is warm and she is an excellent brusher of my furs, massager of my toes and all-around good egg! Thanks Jodi, Skitto and Peanut!

We were also honored by the Creek Cats! This is such a cool award!

The aims of this award:
* As a dedication for those who love blogging activity and love to encourage friendships through blogging.
* To seek the reasons why we all love blogging!
* Put the award in one post as soon as you receive it
* Don’t forget to mention the person who gives you the award.
* Answer the award’s question by writing the reason why you love blogging.
* Tag and distribute the award to as many people as you like.
* Don’t forget to notify the award receivers and put their links in your post.

I did this a looooong time ago you can read why I blog right here. And now I am going to tag Pinky and Ash - the Fine Felines!

I hope you have an extra-smoochable Saturday!

Love,

Thankful Thursday - Powder and Puff

Catster's Cat Of The Day - 3/31/09

Did you know that my little sister Powder was Cat Of The Day on Catster last Tuesday?

It's true! She is so honored and thrilled - what a great early birthday gift that was!

Cat of the Day
Cat of the Day recognizes a star cat on Catster. This lucky honoree gets to rule the kitty condo... until the next day.
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♥ Shadow PAWS ♥, a Domestic Shorthair from Fargo, ND posted 04/01/2009
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♥Lilly Lu♥, from Framingham, MA posted 03/30/2009
Martini, a Singapura/Domestic Shorthair from Singapore, Singapore posted 03/29/2009
Cookie, a Scottish Fold from Baltimore, MD

Powder and Puff would like to thank you from the bottom of their little kitty hearts for all of the wonderful birthday wishes that you groovy kitties and woofies and hamsters and beans sent to them. And sweet Cory joined in on our commentathon and is going to donate the same amount for every comment we received AND every comment she received for her birthday that was ALSO yesterday!

What a great group of kitties you all are - the Cat Blogosphere rocks!

As soon as I can figure out the math, I'll let you know what we will be donating to the Beaufort Community Cat Project in honor of our friend Cal.

Awards Day

Puff has found that the top of the recliner is a very comfy spot to nap.

She's sort of claimed it as her "spot" in the living room.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz................

Me and my boo-boo don't get to nap up there, she's a bit of a hog about it. Sigh...

But I have good news!

My good and oh so sweet pal Mickey, my great friend Hansel, cutie pies Milo and Alphie and my buddies Shadow, Molly, Trooder and Jake passed this Friends (Love Ya') Award to me!

LOVE YA "award winner... These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers.

Three Country Cats were so kind to pass this great award on to me!
"This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

If you are reading this I tag you! And You! And You!

Thanks to all of my good friends for thinking of me. It makes me very happy! Tomorrow I am going to let you see how my boo-boo is healing. It isn't very pretty and I am kind of sad that my smoochable face is still, well, all boo-boo-ie. And that orange, mat-ridden, rat-brother of mine has still not said he is sorry for doing it.

"What? Why should I? She's just a big whiney-cat!?!"

Pay It Forward Post

I don't know if you read Telsa and Hans' post about the Pay It Forward Gifts, but in case you didn't you should go there and read it. Needless to say when you look at the photos below you will see the most beautiful snuggle blankie evah!

Telsa and Hans also sent us some way cool toys - even some for Diamond! And they sent us the best taste treat known to kitties - Temptations in the fishy flavor!

The blankie is soooo soft!

Look at this loot! We are so excited!

Isn't this blankie great?

Telsa's Mommy made it!

As usual, Puff got there first.

Hey, Puff! I'd like a turn!

But nooooooo...

Rudy takes advantage of me not staying vigilant

I am still waiting for my turn...sigh...

So here are the rules.

"The exchange focuses on doing an act of kindness without expecting anything in return other than that the recipient will, in their turn, pass the kindness along and 'pay it forward' in their own way."

This is how it works...We are going to agree to send something fun, inspiring or uplifting to the first 3 blog owners who post a comment on this entry. In turn you will then post about this on your blog, link to us, then send something to the first three people who sign up to play along through your blog. There are no cost restraints, BUT don't go crazy! The little something you send can be something you made, bought, were given or found. No biggie, just a gift that will make the person smile. Maybe something unique from where you live?

And, remember that kindness don't have to involve money; there are untold ways to help others every single day, everywhere you go - just look around.

SO PAY IT FORWARD...

Doodle and Prizes

As you can see, I am no artist. My self-portrait doodle is to help raise funds for CFHF. Not The Mama is having a doodle fund-raiser for them. My whiskers look both scared and as if they met the business end of a curling iron! And let's not even get started on my ears....

BUT...in much prettier news, I got a package! It was from the wonderful house of The Taylor CatSSSSS for naming the kitty logo (her name is now Miss Lenda Paw!) for Cat Friends Helping Friends. Now kitties, make sure you are sitting down, because when you see all of this wonderful loot, you're gonna' faint!

But first, here I am loving on the box!

Look at all of this great stuff! Toys and Fancy Feast and OHMYCATLOOKIT'ALL OFTHOSETEMPTATIONS! I felt a little faint when I first saw it. Even Mommy got one of the coolest things - a great Harrod's bag! She LOVES it! She will use it every day when she goes hunting. We are very touched by The Taylor CatSSSSS and their Mommy's generosity! A thousand smooches to you!

Here is Puff right before she put the bitey on Mr. Purple Land Shark. Mr. Purple Land Shark had a very bad day. I am sad to report that he no longer has a tail...

OH - Please make sure to stop by tomorrow. That orange terror also known as Rudy is celebrating his 9th birthday. I am working on a photo album of his life from birth to the present day. I even have a picture of him when he was brand new!

Thursday 13 - Nice Things

It's ASPCA day and I am going orange for it!

There are lots of nice things all around. Sometimes you have to look a little harder for them, but they are there. Here's 13 nice things that I discovered this week!

Mommy seeing something so silly that it makes her snort Diet Coke out of her nose!

My orange brother Rudy in a rare, quiet moment in the sun.

Me trying not to get fired on Wozog's Cat Apprentice Contest! If I win, the money goes to Cat Friends Helping Friends - Which is a very nice thing too!

Sunny gave this award to me - over two weeks ago! Thank-you Sunny, that was very nice of you! Sunny's Mommy takes very pretty photos of him (and his gravy), and of his siblings.

Cecil thinks I am Pawsome! I think he's pawsome too! The Absolutely Pawesome Award was created by DaisyMae Maus and the Feline Americans. I'd like to give this award to Icon Baxter Bentley who just adopted a new sister - I think that's pretty pawsome!

Sweet and gentle Marilyn gave this award to me. It was started by Ariel. Isn't it pretty? I think it is and I am very honored that Marilyn passed it on to me! I am giving this to Rocky and the crew at Artsy Catsy for all of the hard work they have done to help kitties in the Blogosphere.

The weather has been a very nice for the last few days. The birds (and yes that was Mr. Cardinal singing for Mrs. Cardinal yesterday) are all over the place and so are the squirrels. There is so much to watch out of the windows!

The sun has been out a lot too! Sun baths are very, very nice.

We get to go out on the deck for a little while in the evening when Mommy isn't too tired. We stand by the upstairs door and crrrrryyyyyyyy for her to let us out. We're pathetic, but it's nice to get to go out!

It's nice to get chicken treats when Daddy grills. We cry for that too. And yes, we are pathetic when we do that as well!

It was also nice to win a round of TENT WARRRRRRS! I beat Rudy the other night, yup, I did!

And last but not least, it's nice to be here in the big house in O Hi O. I am safe and happy and loved. I salute the ASPCA for trying to help other animals be as lucky as me!

Smooches!

Saturday Caturday - Secret Paws

I can't tell you where this package is going 'cause it's a secret!

But I can tell you that is was a lot of fun getting it ready to go!
'Tis the season to be excited when you see the mail people!

ps - tomorrow Mommy is going to tell you how to make her yummy Fomerly Feral Fudge! It's very easy and beans seem to like it!

Formerly Feral Friday - My Kinder and Gentler Side

I want to thank all of you for helping tell NBC that they are not funny (see post below). I will continue to let them know how not funny they are until they make amends for their poor choice of a plotline. Thanks again for your solidarity - we can make a difference!

In other news, I am going to try and let Mommy take some photos of me for the big Halloween contest over at Skeezix's place. Wish Mommy luck. I hope my feral side doesn't take over! I am also thrilled that Tripper has his very own blog. I hope something great comes along for him!
Now - For your viewing pleasure - Diamond the dog trying to figure out why Daddy is throwing a ball at him.

"Duuuhh, whatcha' doin' Daddy?"
"Get the ball Diamond!"
"You're supposed to chase the ball!!!
He's better at napping... Not a bad idea.
I hope that everykitty has a great Friday, I hope all of your folks stay home and play with you, I hope that everyone is healthy and happy, I hope that all of your toy mice smell of catnip! I hope you all have good friends like Derby, who taught me how to turn my blog pink! If you live anywhere near O Hi O, I hope you enjoy the weather - it's like summertime here!