Ricky - Week One

...You're getting sleepy, very sleepy....no, wait...you're getting me treats!...

Hey! Hi! Remember me? Ricky? I'm the new kid in O Hi O. I'm learning the lingo around here. Did you know that I have 'rents? I do! And I have sibs! And they don't like me all of the time. But sometimes they do, but sometimes they don't, I get confused and I am learning how to "read signals" like "Hissssssssss" means "back off buddy" and nose touches means it's OK to proceed. I also learned that the dog that lives here is pretty OK, even though he's scared of me. HA! The 'rents say that I am full of energy and that I am a lover! That's good, right? Learning the ropes is hard, but you know what? -  I like it here and I think I'm gonna' stay!

The Serengeti At Sunset

The Serengeti at dusk...

During treat time we like to have a little fun. Just pretend it's sunset and we are all wild lions and one confused jackal at our watering hole! ROAR!!!

Powder Speaks

Um...Hi! It's me, Powder, and I want to say that Mommy headed my Autumn Funk off at the pass this year! As many of you know this is the time of year that I take my itty bitty self and hide under the bed for a few months. It's an annual tradition that I have done for many years. The 'rents have tried everything to keep this from happening. This year, with some help from Dr. Joe, Mommy took me in at the first signs of me starting my Autumn ritual (last Saturday) - they decided to give me a shot of what I had last year before the symptoms became too pronounced. When Mommy brought me home I went right back under the bed...for a few hours...and then...I came downstairs...and I'm back to my itty bitty, loud-mouthed, treat-begging, hug-seeking, neck-napping, dog-swatting (read smooching) self. W00T!
Hello Autumn, nice to meetcha'!

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday - Puff

Tattle Tail Tuesday

Sometimes when Mommy is working on the computer I like to practice my Vulcan Mind Meld and let her know how much she needs to get up and get me some treats...

Wordless Wednesday

Yum!

I just don't know why, but treat always taste better when served straight from Mommy's fingers! May I have another???

Showdown in O Hi O

See the Temptations between Rudy and I?

Even if he is giving me the hairy eyeball some things just aren't up for debate...

nomnomnom...
Rudy: Sigh...
ps - thanks for all the great birthday wishes for Mommy - it was a wonderful day!

I'm A Weiner, er, ah, Winner!

I won the raffle that cute little Hansel and Telsa had! They don't call me Miss Luckypants for nothin'! The man in the bloo shorts brought it to my door last week!

I could hardly believe my eyes! The most beautiful treat jar you could ever wish for!

It came with yummy treats and a very pretty necklace for Mommy!
Sorry for the poor photo - Mommy is not the best picture taker!

I think the neclace would make a great toy!

Please open the bag Mommy!

Thank-you Hansel, thank you Telsa, I really love my new treat jar and treats! And Mommy loves her new kitty necklace - you guys rock!

Happy Halloween!!!

The cutest elephant we've ever seen!

Thursday 13 - Potpourri

I have a lot of wonderful kitties and woofies to send thank you smooches to today!
First of all, Niko and Cloud - I love your blog too!

Second, Alasandra and The Cats - your kitties are so wonderful as well!

Third - Forever Foster and Bounce, Lucy and Trixie - I am so honored that you think that my little ol' bloggie is Brillante! Oo La-La!

Fourth - even the Diamond Doggie was given a fabulous woofie award, see?

He thanks Camie, from Camie's Kitties.

"Thanks Camie, I love my award!"

Fifth, in case you were wondering Miss Powder is back in full force!

Sixth, I ask you, is there anything sadder than an empty plastic baggie that had home-grown nip in it?

Seventh - Anyone want to audition as my new photographer? Mommy is losing her touch!

Eighth - Here's as close as I come to Doing The Q!

Ninth - Here's a preview of the decorating going on in O Hi O!

Tenth, I have always meant to show this to Miss Peach - she might like it!

Eleventh - Does anyone know why Puff waits till Daddy scrubs the floor to hurl a wicked-big hairball? She seems to have it down to a science!

Twelfth - Have you tried these yet? I think that Temptations now have a little competition. It's like tasty junk/snack food for kitties!

Thirteenth - Wait till you see my FFF photo tomorrow. It's Mommy's all time favorite!

Have a Smooch - filled Thursday!

One Meow Wednesday

Do I sound like you thought I would?

Thankful Thursday

Here's what I am thinking on this Thursday. I have a lot to be thankful for this week. I am thankful that the storms that tore through parts of O Hi O last night left us alone for a change. I am thankful that I did not have to go to the dentist like Mommy did yesterday to get her toofies cleaned. I am thankful tomorrow is the start of a three day weekend and I'll have the 'rents home with me. I am thankful for beef Temptations (I just tried some and they are delish!) I am also thankful for this -

More catnip going into the harvest!

Easy Like Sunday

Let's try this again today. We have a temporary fix for our Modem and the innernet people are coming on Tuesday to fix it for good. We hope.
Anyway, here is the wonderful stuff we got from Skeeter, LC and Ayla for winning their "guess their 20,000th visitor" post.
I got a very sweet note from Ayla. I am her "Auntie Parker" 'cause she's still a young meezer. I like being an Aunt! Lookit' all of this groovy stuff! We've chewed and played and batted the fevvers all over the place and we had the Fanciest of Fancy Feast for a Saturday snack! It was White Meat Chicken Tuscany which is one of our very favorites! I got some home-grown 'Nip! And let me tell you, it did not last very long! We even destroyed the empty baggie in the middle of the night (we snuck up on the butcher block - we kinda' got in trouble for that!)

These are the Tempations that was in the package. They are next to my very favorite thing - the treat canister! They will be going in the treat canister and then into my tummy!

The party was great! Here are Puff and Rudy eating the catnip leaves. We all rolled around in them too. We had never had pom poms before and we really like playing with them. They fly quite high into the air. That's a great thing! I'll also show you Puff and Rudy playing with one of the fevvers. As you can see the fevver was taking quite a beating!
Thanks so much for the package Skeeter, LC and Ayla, we really had a wonderful time with all of my gifts. Mommy said I was a very good kitty 'cause I shared with my sibs!

Formerly Feral Friday - I'm Getting Picky!

Last Sunday Mommy thought she would make a special treat for all of us kitties. She took the recipe from Hot(M)BC for HAM! Cookies. She even went out in the blizzard to buy the ingredients 'cause we don't have baby food, wheat germ and powdered milk just hanging out in the pantry. She really is a good Mommy!
Here's the most important part - HAM!
She mixed everything up and rolled the mixture into little balls. (She says that wearing disposable gloves is a very good idea!) Then she popped them into the oven and baked them 'till they were all brown and pretty.
Here's the finished product. She let them cool and then she called all of us into the kitchen. Then she gave each of us our very own cookie. You know what we did then? We sniffed them. Then we looked at Mommy. Then we all left. Then Mommy called us back and broke the cookies up into smaller pieces to see if we would eat them. Nope. Not interested. Mommy wondered if I was sick or something 'cause I love HAM! more than anything else in the world. She finally gave up and left the kitchen. Later she caught Powder snarfing the cookies down. So, 1 kitty out of 4 ain't bad! She did, however, discover that Diamond Doggy LOVES them! I think it's going to be a very long time before Mommy makes us any treats again, she'll stick to getting our treats from the store! So, here's what I know - even formerly feral kitties can get picky, but we never forget how lucky we are to have a great home and a Mommy who loves us very much. Happy Friday everykitty!