Hangin' With the Stars!

Skeezix's Food Lady is smart! She spoke about finding your voice on your blog.

Skeezix hung out with the cheesecake at lunch. I think he had too much mother's milk the night before! He stuck to water and iced tea at lunch. Mommy said lunch was very nommy and the speaker was great.

This lucky guy won some Skeezix swag for one of the drawings and he doesn't even have a cat! No fair!

More BlogPaws!

At one of the educational panels at Blogpaws Mommy saw Disco and Brighton in their Pink Catillac!

There was a place for all of the doggies to play and relax. There was no place like that for the kitties...

That's Mr. Tuck's Mommy on the right! She was in an educational panel too!

Here's the part where Mommy almost fainted - she caught her first glimpse of FLAT SKEEZIX! Wait 'till  tomorrow and you'll even see his food Lady!

Cranky Mommy -vs- Happy Mommy

I don't know about the rest of you kitties but my Mommy MUST have her coffee in the morning before she is O.K. to be around. I have to thank my sister Powder for winning the booby prize in a contest the Skeezix had for his 1000th post. She won a very cool coffee mug that Mommy uses all of the time to drink her morning anti-cranky juice.
Skeezix, thank you for making our mornings bearable. Lookit' this -

Before the coffee gets poured - just an ordinary black mug...

After the coffee - isn't that 'da bomb!?! We see Skeezix every morning!

Starbucks got nothin' on this kitchen! We rock out with Skeezix and our own coffee grinder - life is good when Mommy has her coffee! Have a fabulous Saturday everykitty! Mommy and Daddy are going here today for some well deserved fun! We choose to stay home and nap in the windows. It's only going to get in the 70's with a gentle breeze - a perfect kitty nap day.

Tonight is the Big Event! Fur Ball!

The event of the year for K.C.'s largest shelter!

K.C.'s nicest people come to help out the animals!
Mommy is proud and honored to be volunteering tonight for Fur Ball. The event is the largest charity event in Kansas City and it raises enough money that it accounts for one quarter of Wayside's operating expenses every year! I think that Skeezix was a visionary earlier this year when he ran a contest that was a lot like Fur Ball! Great minds think alike! Mommy will be doing registration, silent action and the live auction. The generosity of people makes Mommy cry every year. And every cent raised goes to the animals. She has to be there at 4:00 pm and won't get home 'till after midnight. Considering this is her time to be home from O Hi O and that she has an early morning flight tomorrow, you have to know how important this event is! We don't mind sharing her 'cause it really is a very wonderful thing for Kansas City's little Waifs!
Since the theme is the A-Cat-Emy Awards, there should be a lot of people wearing their finest outfits and best bling. Mommy will try to get photos so you can see that we can dress up in the Middle of the U.S.! Maybe Skeezix will be there in his tuxedo!

Thinking Blogger

I am honored! I have been nominated for a Thinking Blogger Award by my friends Caesar and Prinnie, Derby, The Meezer Gang and Cats~Goats~Quotes. Being perfectly feline, I do spend a great deal of my waking hours contemplating important issues such as where the primo nap spots are, why I don't have thumbs, how I can build a better mousetrap, why the sky is blue and the grass is green, how to perfect my "Paw of Death" and why no W.M.D.'s were found in Iraq. So you can clearly see why I would be an obvious choice for such an award!

There are rules to this award and they are as follows:

The participation rules are simple:
1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,3. Optional: Proudly display the 'Thinking Blogger Award' with a link to the post that you wrote (here is an alternative silver version if gold doesn't fit your blog).

Here are my five blogs that make me think (in no particular order):

1. Wildrun - Susan Darling Greene is one of my personal heros. She and her husband Mark are very devoted humans to cats in New York State. They trap feral cats, rescue abandoned cats and do so much for the homeless feline population! You ought to visit her blog, you will be amazed.
2. The Secondhand Dog - Just go visit, this is a blog written by animals at the Conway Area Humane Society. Bucky the cat was the primary contributer, till HE GOT ADOPTED!
3. My Cat Hates You - I make no apologies here - this site cracks Mommy and me up! We have the desk calendar, we get a daily e-mail and we have the wall calendar. These are some of the funniest photos and captions of kitties you will ever see! There is a blog portion on the site by the guy who runs it, so I say it qualifies!
4. Bad Kitty Cats - I give a lot of credit to Megan and all of the hard work she does to promote kitty adoptions and the plight of homeless kitties. She has a serious situation with her sweet TeaCup cat, he is very sick. Go give her some love! Megan makes me think of my Mommy and her work with shelters and how we can all do more.
5. Skeezix's Scratching Post - Skeezix is like the Godfather of blogging to me. He makes me think about the fun side of a kitties life and to always be nice. I like that in a cat!

Fur Ball - But, Notice Something Familiar?

For the last three years Mommy has had the honor of volunteering at the charitable event of the year in Kansas City. It is the infamous Fur Ball where all of Kansas City's nicest, most generous patrons come out and have a wonderful, fun-filled evening while generating almost a quarter of Wayside Waifs operating budget every year. I kid you not kitties, this is the place to be in Kansas City on May 19th! There isn't a better planned, full of fun and surprises, great food and drink party in K.C. And lemme' tell ya', the money generated goes directly toward caring for the animals seeking sanctuary at Wayside. It is SO MUCH FUN!

Mommy isn't a guest at the Fur Ball, she works her human tail off all night. She helps to register the guests, she assists in the silent auctions and she is one of the "runners" during the real-time auction where guests bid thousands of dollars for fabulous trips, adventures, exotic dining and other luxury items that very generous folks donate for Wayside's benefit.

Fur Ball 2007 will put Tinsel Town to shame!

Whether you choose to go uptown in tux and gown, dress as your favorite star, or wear what you wear when you walk your pet (yes…casual is fine!)…come ready to strut your stuff down the red carpet and let the fur fly well into the night. Fabulous food, cocktails a-plenty, and lots of entertainment and surprises will make your evening “An Affair to Remember”! And nobody leaves the A-Cat-emy Awards without winning big particularly when the bidding starts during our “Best of Show” live and silent auctions.

Do you see where this is leading?!?

Here's some more of the invitation:

Anything looking familiar?

Yeah, I thought so too!

http://www.acatemyawards.com/

I think Skeezix is a visionary!