The Rudy Report

Ahoy kitties! It's me - RUDY! - with your Rudy Report! So much to share...where do I start? Oh, I know! Let me start by telling you how intellectually challenged mommy is! You know how we have been without the innerwebs forever? Well, the reason was that Mommy kept entering her wireless router password over and over and over and over again. The only problem was that she did not enter it in caps. It only took her 4 days to figure that out. Hoo-Boy, what a stoopid thing to not figure out for 4 DAYS! I'm at a loss for words when it comes to this. But, we're back on the webs and now I can tell you about my visit to Tiffany the wonder-groomer. Lemme' back up a little bit. It's no secret that I HATE to be groomed. HATE HATE HATE! Unless, apparently, Tiffany does it. Almost a week ago (last Tuesday) I was unceremoniously scooped up and stuffed into my PTU and delivered to Tiffany. She fawned and ooohhhhed and ahhhhed over me, and patiently listened to Mommy who, in great and painful detail, told her about my recent illness and how Dr. Wendy finally gave the OK for me to get groomed (thanks Dr. Wendy, I will not forget this). Anyhow, Mommy left and I went with Tiffany to endure a bath, clippy-claws, ear cleaning and a blow-out which included a liberal dose of stink-pretty applied to my furs. They called Mommy to say I was ready to come home and when Mommy arrived to collect me, Tiffany said "I don't get it, he just sits there and lets me groom him. He's so easy..." I think that's where Mommy's head exploded.
You see kitties, Mommy is no cat-amateur. She's worked with thousands of cats in her shelter days and she's no feline-dummy. She can clip claws, de-mat and clean ears with the best of them. But me? No way. I will not let her do any of those things. It's just a thing I have with her. Don't get me wrong, I love her and she adores me, but when it comes to grooming, no thanks Mommy, I rather you didn't.
Puff, Powder and the Parkster have no problems with her getting up close and personal with their grooming. In fact, they kinda' like it. Maybe it's a guy thing...
Mommy promises to get some better photos of my new 'do, but really, I have sleek gorgeous furs now. No hunks are missing and if anything, I look maaaaarvelous! The only shaving I received was around my spot 13. And I kinda' like the look - less cleaning required from me. It's all good.
Keep those tails high kitties...

Computer Woes

Hita' kitties - just wanted to let you know that our computer no longer recognizes our wireless. Good times kitties, good times...
So...'till we get this latest computer issue figured out we have to take a little break, dunno how long, but I hope it will be short.
Oh, and the Rudester? He's all de-floof-ified. I hate to admit it, but he looks great and smells good. He popped out of the PTU like "Ta-Da!" What a little suck-up...

The Rudy Report

Salvete kitties, it's me - RUDY! with your Rudy Report! What a nice weekend we had here at Casa De Parker. Out on the deck with a little vitamin D3, a little 'nip and some leaves to bat around. It was all good! After having no tastes of chili last weekend, we got lucky because the 'rents made some turkey thighs in the hotbox - we all had a taste and I am here to tell you that it was gobble-gobble good!
Mommy has noticed that I am a little more mellow than normal. She also noticed that I feel a little lighter when she picks me up to cuddle. So I guess Karma has come to bite me in the 'tocks and I've got to go and see Dr. Joe. At least that isn't until next weekend. I think I am just fine, I'm 11 and a half, it's time that I relax more and spat less. I show no other troubling symptoms, I still play and scratch the big scratching tree with gusto, but Mommy wants to make certain there isn't something wrong that I'm not telling her about. 'Rents - they worry too much!
Our fireplace is waiting for a new part, so Puff is pining away for it. Our computer is still one breath away from going to the great computer heaven in the sky, and our computer guy still says "wait for this great sale that's coming"! So we can still only post and comment a little bit...
AND as you can see by the photo, Parker is trying to hog in on my time. Some things never change!

The Rudy Report

Hello there kitties! It's me - RUDY! with your Rudy Report! Still having to post just a little because we do not have our new laptop yet. The computer guy says that there is a big sale coming up and we should wait for it. So we are...sigh...
I stay busy by keeping fit on the scratching post, it's better than using the furniture and it seems to keep the 'rents happy. Speaking of happy, I am counting the sleeps until Saturday morning when I get to watch Miss Parker Pie get stuffed into the PTU for her annual shots in the hiney! HaHaHaHaHa!
Daddy was cooking HAMburgers on the grill this weekend, but he did not share with us. Something about them being too spicy - I just think he was being a HAMburger hog. Being the world class beggar that she is, Parker was relentless - so to make us all feel better, we all had some Temptations just to shut her up! Way to go Parker!
Have as good a Monday as you can, I'm going to leave you with a little adorable! Me!

Pretty wonderful, eh?

The Rudy Report

ZZZzzZZzZzzzz...Oh HAI kitties! It's me - RUDY! with your Rudy Report! Sunbathing is very tiring work, but I am up to the challenge. We are so sorry that out blogging has been so spotty, but Mommy is computer shopping and our old laptop is really on it's last little computer legs. We thank our facebook pals for the suggestions on what's the best computer to buy. Until we get the new one, we will continue to post, but just a little.
Parker had some groovy news last week that all of us will benefit from. She actually won a great contest and as a result will score us some excellent goodies. Fido Friendly magazine held a contest about introducing a new kitty to a home that already had a woofie-in-residence. Parker sent in her story of how she was introduced to Diamond and she won the grand prize! I'm telling you, she is now impossible to be around, she's all "I won a contest and you didn't you little orange menace". Well, I have news for her - she can be all high and mighty, but guess who has to go see Dr. Joe for some shots in her hiney on October the 16th?
I'll give you a hint - it's a kitty with two different colored eyes...and her name rhymes with barker...

Watch This Space - Again!

We got the blue screen of death on our computer at home. Our computer guy says that this might be it for our little laptop. We'll either be back soon if it can be fixed, or a little longer if it can't and we have to go computer shopping.
Sigh...
I'll miss you!

The Return of Parker Pie!

Hi-ya!

I sure did miss everyone. It's been a very interesting few weeks here in O Hi O. Last you guys knew, the 'rents were on their way to a nice vacation at Lake Tahoe, we had our most favoriteist sitter coming to stay with us, we were holding a Happy Carrot Giveaway contest and our laptop seemed to be headed for that great recycle bin in the sky.

Let's start with the fun stuff - the giveaway! I had Mommy go to Random.org and pick a number between 1 and 46. She did as I asked and we came up with a winner - it was comment #8 and I am so pleased that the winner is three cool kitties from Minnie-soda! That's right, it's the Cat's Eye kitties - Theo, Diego-san and Thompson are going to be getting the coolest carrot in the Western hemisphere! That makes me happy because they look like the kind of guys who know how to appreciate a good 'nip carrot!

I think that's enough for today. But I do have a lot to tell you. A whole lot. Some of it is pretty funny, some of it not so much.

Later kitties, oh and here's a few smoochies for the weekend!  Smooch, Smooch Smooch!

ps - Sniffie - we're all praying very hard for you!

A Happy Carrot Giveaway!

Lookit' what I'm giving away!

This my dear kitties, is a Happy Carrot from Purrfectplay, my pals in Indiana that make organic toys that are fun and safe for us to play with. And it reeks (in a good way) of primo 'nip!!! Here's what they have to say about it -

"Lined with organic cotton canvas and covered with thick organic Colorgrown fleece, our 6 inch carrot contains over 1/2 cup of the finest organic catnip. Crafted right here in Indiana, it is crowned with floppy fun hemp cord "leaves". Durable and yummy, the Happy Carrot will bring many hours of happy play to your kitties. "

Sounds pretty cool, eh???

So, I was thinking, since the 'rents are leaving us on Friday for their stoopid vacation, I thought I'd have some fun here on the blog and host a giveaway. I like to keep things simple so all you have to do is leave a comment here and tell me you'd like to be entered in the drawing. But what I'd REALLY appreciate is for you to go and visit Purrfectplay, find them on Facebook, and tell them that Parker says "hi!" Would you do that for me? I haven't told them I'm doing this giveaway yet and the Mom 'rent is so busy I don't think she knows which end of me is up, so I'm not letting her pick me up - HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

Oh - you know what else? I had to give up my laptop to the Laptop fixit guy again, so I will be without a computer for a little while. And a kitty without a computer is like, well...,a kitty that can't keep up with what's going on...I'll be back ASAP, OK? Meanwhile, leave a comment and go visit my buds at Purrfectplay!

I leave you with an old, but adorable photo of me...

...You're welcome!

Reasons To Celebrate

It's World Cat Day!

(isn't every day world cat day?)

AAAAND...I'm back! Wow kitties, that was a bad virus that the laptop caught! It took our computer guy quite a while to get all of the bugs off of it. I guess even with good anti-virus protection that bugs can get through. I sure missed all of you and I am going to have to play a lot of catch up.
I want to give a special shout-out to the Zoolatry crew, please know that we are purring and praying our hardest for your Poppy. You are some of our special bloggy friends and we wish your Poppy to get well very soon. Smoochies to you and to him!

A Pox On Ye Evil Virus!

Watch This Space...

We have no computer at home because it was attcked by some bad ol' virus bug. We'll return when it's fixed. I'll miss you guys!

Easy Like Sunday - I Hope!

Hi everyone. I have had a rough few days. First I had to go to the V.E.T. for my check up and they shot me - twice! It was time for my Rabies shot and my FELV/FRCP-C shot. I was shot in each of my back hips and they made me sore and sleepy. You can see below I was sucking up the sympathy big-time yesterday. I was even given a whole can of stinky goodness! I weigh 11 pounds 1 ounce and I am very healthy. I have good toofies and gums, so I don't need a dental!

Mommy and Daddy tricked us into our P.T.U.'s (That stands for Prisoner Transport Units Island Cats!) by letting us out on the deck then bringing us in one by one and stuffing us in! Diamond was watching over us while Daddy brought the car around. We were not very happy.

Here we are at the V.E.T.'s I am giving the hairy eyeball to a Chihuahua named Mickey who thought he was tough. The lady in the picture was waiting to pick up her new kitten who had just been spayed.
A close up of me and my hairy eyeball look.
Powder was very brave and didn't cry very much. She tried to be Zen like me. She weighs 6 pounds and is also very healthy. She doesn't need a dental cause her toofies are good too! Puff weighs 11 pounds (I have a whole ounce on her!) and her toofies are great! The V.E.T. said that we must have very good genes.
And then they examined Rudy. His toofies are NOT OK. He has gingivitis and has to have a dental in a few weeks. He's the biggest of all of us, he weighs a very Mancatly 13.8 pounds. The V.E.T. said that we all weigh just about what we should. No diets are necessary!
The poop that they stole from us was negative for bad things. We were happy about that. The V.E.T. said that we were the most well-behaved kitties he had ever met. None of us hissed or tried to run away from him while we were being examined. Well, maybe Rudy hissed just a little, but that was when the V.E.T. was poking at his butt! Mommy likes this V.E.T. His name is Dr. Joe. He and his wife, Dr. Wendy seem to know their stuff when it comes to kitties.

Diamond tried to give me a kiss when we got home and were released. I tried to give him "The Paw of Death."
Then I took a bath and a nap. The nap lasted most of Saturday which was probably good because blogger wouldn't let me on my blog. What was up with that? It wouldn't let me on a lot of blogs as a matter of fact. I think blogger must have had to go the the V.E.T. and have shots too!

Look at this! That lovely little Tabby, Abby thinks I am a cool cat! Thanks Abby, I think you are a pretty cool kitten your own self!
I hope every kitty has a very easy Sunday. I plan to have a few naps and some snuggle time with Daddy. I deserve it!

The Good, The Bad and The Sticky

Hi! I'm Back! And this is my 500th post!

Wow have I ever missed you! I am so happy that our computer is sort of fixed and that I can get to visit you and tell you all of the news in O Hi O. The hard drive that is in my computer now is only a temporary one, it's a long story and I won't bore you all with the technical drama that has happened. Mommy says that maybe we should have just bought a new laptop for all of the hassle that this has caused...But anyhow, we are all fine and we have been busy playing and trying to keep cool. There is also a lot of action going on because tomorrow we are going to have company. Mommy's roommate from college is coming for a visit and she is bringing her son with her. He is 5 years old! I have never met a little bean before and I don't know how to feel about this. Are they really sticky? Do they really like to play with kitties? Should I hide? Mommy says that I will probably like him because he is very nice and has a woofie of his own at home and knows how to be nice to animals. I say just because he has a woofie at home does not mean he knows how to be with me! I'll let you know how things go...
AND next Friday we all have to go and meet a new V.E.T.!
Never a dull moment here in O Hi O!
It's good to be back on the innernets!
Smooches to all of you!

Watch This Space!

Just in case you forget what I look like!

When your computer screen says "back up hard drive immediately, hard drive failure imminent," you know you have a big problem.

I don't know if Mommy is going to buy me a new lap top or have one of her tech friends put a new hard drive in my old laptop. Either way, I think I'll be on a little vacation for a while.

Please come and visit with me on the deck. I'd get lonely without my friends.

Mommy said she'll try to read all of the news of the blogosphere when she's at work, but she also said that when she's at work she must really work...she's no fun...

Hope to see you soon!

Smooches!

Formerly Feral Friday - Hats and Hard Drives

The indignities I suffer! I am not afraid of hard work, I had to catch my own meals when I was feral. But Daddy said I had to help him with some of the chores in the garage - OK fine, no sweat Pops, but having to wear a HAT!? I DON'T THINK SO!!!

Puff: HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Parker: You'd better hush, I hear they have a tiny yellow tractor for you!

Mommy: Our hard drive is on life support. Hopefully we will have a new one on Monday. It's hard not having the "innernets" at home!
ps - Parker again: if you haven't voted for me yet PLEASE go here and vote - I'm donating any winnings to Churchill the Cat!

Valentines and Computers

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO EVERYKITTY!

SMOOCHES!

LOVE, PARKER

Mommy had to send this from work because this morning our computer gave us the black screen of death. This is awful, but we hope someone from Mommy's hunting place can fix it. If not, I guess it's time for Mommy to go shopping. If you don't see me for a few days, you'll know why. ::Sob:: And it's Valentine's Day...::SOB::

Thursday 13 - Not!

I think whoever owns these shoes needs some odor-eaters!

Mommy has had this photo on her computer for a long time, so she can't thank whoever she got it from. I was going to do a Thursday 13 on all of the bad words that Mommy has been using because her computer is acting up again, but I have to keep this G rated for all the kittens who read. Plus, she has way more than 13 bad words. It's going to be a few days till we have this problem fixed. We are sorry we can't comment much - but trying to comment is like wading through molasses!
What is also bad is our weather. O Hi O is supposed to get a big snow storm tomorrow!

I am not amused about any of these developments, like those shoes in the photo, they stink!

I'm such a little whiner!