In Our Little Corner Of The World...

Goober, with his new forever family!

Hi everyone! I thought I would give you a little update between my naps. As you can see, Goober, the dog who showed up on our front porch (poofy tails!!!) and almost became a member of our family, was adopted last week. Mommy said he's going to a great family who will love him AND he has a dog-sibling. I just hope that they change his name...

As for me, naps are my favorite thing. I am so tired all of the time - well, except when it's time to eat. Yup, I still have my famous appetite and I get treats like you wouldn't believe kitties. I am doing my very best to make sure that I get to see Santa Claws come down our chimney and fill my stocking. That's my 'rents Christmas wish as well. I think your prayers and sweet good wishes are helping me hang on for a while. Thanks kitties and beans.

Our Christmas tree has been up and we take turns napping underneath. It smells wonderful. I don't see very well any longer so my nose has been helping me identify things - like roast chicken and Temptations! I'll say see you later for now, I need to take a little nap. Mommy has not taken a very good photo of me lately, so I leave you with my tried and true profile photo and a smoochie.

Peace kitties, I love you all.

Parker, circa 2007



Wordless Wednesday

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.

It's Official...

...the holidays are over...

My poor tree is going to become mulch.

Clean up in aisle 10!

My Favorite Ornament

...of all the ornaments on the tree
I must admit the prettiest is me!...

The Orange Menace...

...has stolen MY spot!

Trees and Awards and Secrets - Oh My!

Well, well well...what is all of this? There has been a flurry of busy here in O Hi O and I have even snagged an award! Little ol' me, the humblest kitty you have ever met has been honored with the "Kreativ Blogger" award - and guess what? Three kitty blogs gave it to me! A Trifecta!!! W00T!

If you haven't met Katie yet you need to. She's a hoot and she is the owner of 2 humans over in Minnysoda. She was the first glamourpuss to pass the award to moi. Then there is the gang of nine over at Cat of Nine Tales - they thought of me too! Their humans have such a wonderful way of spinning a yarn - and there is nothing better than a human who can spin a good yarn - I love yarn, but that's a whole other story. Then there is Tygana who just put the cherry on top of my most wonderful award. Tygana is a wonderful mancat who seems to have a great big heart and wants to see all kitties happy and healthy. I like that in a mancat. TRIPPER - ARE YOU LISTENING??? Here are the rules of this award:

1. Copy and paste the Kreativ Blogger picture onto your blog.
2. Thank the kitty who gave you the award and post a link to their blog.
3. Write 7 things about you we do not know.
4. Choose 7 other bloggers to award.
5. Link to those 7 other bloggers.
6. Notify your award winning bloggers.
Rules, rules rules...sigh.
7 things about me that you don't know...is that possible? My life is an open book. Let's give it a try, shall we?
1. I really do know my name. When the 'rents call me, or talk about me when I am in earshot - I respond. If they say the name of one of my sibs, pfffft - no response.
2.If Mommy buys stinky goodness that is shredded, I will only lick the gravy and leave the rest. I am a stinky goodness snob.
3. My bottom front toofies are crooked. But they work just fine, thank-you.
4. Even though I have 2 different colored eyes, my hearing is great!
5. I am the youngest kitty here in O Hi O. I'm the baby, gotta' love me!
6. I don't really mind going to the VET. I have even been known to flirt while I am there!
7. I'm probably one of the happiest, care-free kitties around. I've really never been in a bad mood!
As for picking 7 kitties to pass this award to? Well I am a rebel! I tag You! And You! And You too! HA!
So what else is going on? Well, I can report that Mommy went out in the freezy weather and stood in line at the post office and mailed a lot of stuff yesterday, but the most important thing she mailed was our Secret Paws package! There is some kitty out there who got some very awesome "Parker-approved" goodies. And let me tell ya', there was some loot in there that I would have liked to have kept - but the 'rents reminded me that Santa is keeping a very close eye on my behavior! I need to stay on his good side, which is why I have not messed with the big tree...much.
Our trees are up and decorated and they provide a great deal of entertainment to all of us. And the tree skirts are perfect for taking little kitty-naps. It really is the most wonderful time of the year!
Have a groovy Sunday - I will be in the kitchen if you need me. Mommy has some kind of chicken recipe that I am snoopervising. My work here is never done!
Smoochies!

The 'Rent's Little Helper

If I wasn't around to snoopervise, nothing would ever get done around here! We are already behind in our tree decorating and I was tying to get Mommy to pick up the pace a little. The only problem was that orange menace came up seconds after this photo was taken and I ran from him...taking the tree skirt with me. I have to remember to retract my claws when I take off from under the tree. To make matters worse, Mommy laughed at me.

At least I don't have to go to the VET on Friday like some Calicos I know...

It's The Most Wonderful Time...

While we kitties napped on the guests, Daddy was out working his holiday magic on the outside of the house. He got a lot of decorating done - but there is more to come!

I hear the tree will be coming soon!

Friday Fun

"Hey Parker, come on up and join us, there's plenty of room!"

Have a fun Friday everyone!

Santa Was Here! Santa Was Here!

Hi Kitties! Rudy here, Parker is napping off the squillion treats she has eaten so I thought I would show you that Santa was at our house and he must have thought we were very good kitties, 'cause we had lots of wonderful prezzies under the tree!

I hope every kitty had a wonderful holiday.
We were all together and had a great time. We played nice and got to snuggle a lot with the 'rents. It was the best Christmas ever! We are so blessed!

Let's All Give A Big Welcome To...

The newest kitty toy in our home!

Ho-Ho-Ho... is this ever fun!

Waiting...

...for the tree!

But the toys, they are all mine!

Easy Like Sunday - My Sister Powder

Powder thinks that there is nothing more refreshing than a drink of water from the Christmas tree.

She's busted, Mommy knows that half a tail anywhere so Powder can't try to blame Puff. We don't have any gifts under our tree 'cause Santa doesn't bring them till we go to sleep on Christmas Eve! WHICH IS TOMORROW! I am very excited to see if Santa thinks I have been a good kitty!

Party at My House!

Don't forget to go and see my piggy auction for Project HAM!

As some of you know, there are a squillion beans coming to my home today for a human party. We are being put up in the "kitty nursery" while they are here. Abby and Boo had a very good idea. They thought that kitties should teleport over and have a party of our own! I think that sounds like a great idea. I asked Mommy if it would be OK and she said that it would be fine - the more the merrier! We have a huge nursery. We have a futon and we have kitty cubes and snuggles and Gizzies and toys and food and 'nip and lots of bathroom facilities! Would you be my guest? We have a huge window in the room and we can make faces at the beans coming up the walk. Mommy couldn't help be much in the hosting department 'cause she will be tearing her hair out, er ah, I mean busy, downstairs! Please join me, we'd love to see our friends and have our own holiday party - Diamond can wait on us and give us pony rides, he's real good at that!

Sigh...O.K., I'll give you rides...

Here's the Kookies Mommy decorated till early o'clock.

This is our kitty tree - all animal decorations!

Please come over, our house is the one in O Hi O with the jingle bells on the door!

Hope to see you here everykitty! Smooches!

Formerly Feral Friday - Home

Some of you kitties had questions about the big party/social function/gathering that will be going on a week from Saturday here in my little corner of O Hi O. So I thought I'd tell you a little bit about what's going to happen that day. All of us kitties will be "confined" to one bedroom upstairs with our beds, our Gizzies, our food and water and our, um, bathroom facilities. Mommy is worried that we would be too overwhelmed by all of the people and commotion. She does not want us to be overly upset. This is the same thing that happened to us when we moved here last August. Hopefully we will just nap a lot. She'll check in on us to be sure we are OK. Diamond Doggy gets to hang out in the garage (it's attached and he'll get to meet some of the guests, he's just social that way!)

Here I am practicing my "how could you do this to me, see how pathetic I am" look. I think I have it perfected. This is the hallway upstairs. Our confinement bedroom is behind my boohiney. It has a view of the front yard so I can see all of the people coming and going. I can also watch to make certain those vishus deer don't climb up on the roof to eat me! Mommy says that those deer on the porch are not vishus and that they have to stay. They have been with her longer than we have and they have never attacked one single kitty. I think that there is always a first time so I will be vigilant!
Here's "Daddy the Worker Bee." He hates working with the holiday lights yet he is like the energizer bunny...he keeps going and going and going. I will have Mommy show you some more photos of the decorations when they are all finished. Our big tree goes up tomorrow. The kitty tree is already up in the living room. It's very nice and we have been sleeping under it. The big tree is a real live tree! I am looking forward to that! There is also a lot of cooking and baking in our future. Mommy is making her famous fudgies for every guest bean to to take home after the party. And Daddy is making sugar cookies. The rest of the food is coming from a caterer. Mommy says that she loves to cook, but couldn't handle cooking for that many beans at once. I know that beef is involved so I am hoping that we get to eat some of it too! Sometimes I look around and think how lucky I am. I will always remember what feral felt like. I know I am loved and safe now. It is a good feeling. We are working on a big donation box for the local Humane Society. I'm also asking Santa to find homes for kitties - everykitty should have one!

Happy Friday everykitty! Smooches from me to you!

Formerly Feral Friday - Our Feast!

Here's the before shot of Mr.Turkey
And here's the after! Yum!
No plate for us :(
We'd like that plate!
Dessert!

It was a wonderful day. Mommy cooked a lot of yummy stuff and we had lots of samples! We had our very own bowls of turkey for a treat after the beans ate. We hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving! Mommy has to work today but is going to try to leave a little early. Mommy and Daddy said something about getting a tree to bring in the house this weekend - what do you think that's all about?