Texas Trio Party - Part II

You'all, we's moved to a new post quicker than a duck on a junebug.
The other one was too big even by Texas standards.
So come on, you 'un's, yee-haww, we's fixin ta party some mores.... KC

pee ess: why i's talking like this, i's from San Pedro California????

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We's crowned the King and Queen of tha party....


NOW LET'S DANCE...
Tha mariachi band haf arrived, we's asked 'em back, they was so good at ours Cinco de Mayo par-tee... an ours special sekrit musikal guest will be by later fur some good ol boy Texas style music.
An tha BAR is open... we's got plenty of nip-tinis, meow-garitas, an i's got some lizquila that Karl lefted us before... plenty of cream fur tha kittens (and adults, Gree)...



LOOKIE LOOKIE LOOKIE
Who jus arrived... it be JERRY JEFF WALKER!
An look, Jerry Jeff asked Sam-I-Am to come up on stage to sing wif him...

Redneck Mother by Sam I Am
(with apologies to Jerry Jeff Walker)

They was born in Houston, Texas
Thems mom's name is Mary Lynn Sherwood
And they are not responsible for what their doing
Cause their mother did all she could.

And it's up against the wall Redneck Mother,
Mother, who has raised her cats so well.
They are one year old and having a honky tonk party
Just chasing armadillos and raising h*ll.

Sure does like their Fancy Feast Food,
Likes to chase it down with those tunagritas;
Eat a few of those Galveston shrimpies
That's bound to put ya in a really good mood!

And it's up against the wall Redneck Mother,
Mothers who has raised her cats so well.
They are one year old and having a honky tonk party
Just chasing armadillos and raising h*ll.

Well,
M is for the Mousies that we chase
O is for the other cats that we love
T is for the Toys we play with
H is for Hairballs we give you
E is for everything that we destroy
R is for REDNECK.

And it's up against the wall Redneck Mother,
Mother, who has raised her cats so well.
They are one year old and having a honky tonk party
Just chasing armadillos and raising h*ll.

ONE MORE TIME!!!

And it's up against the wall Redneck Mother,
Mother, who has raised her cats so well.
They are one year old and having a honky tonk party
Just chasing armadillos and raising h*ll.


and lookie, here's WILLIE...
... and Willie asked Victor Tabbycat onstage to teach him the right way to sing Happy Birthday to Sol, Smokey, BJ and Samantha....

Victor: Ok, I has to sing again since I singed on the wrong day.
::rounds up hippos, birdies, ewes, and not-so-vishus deers::

:: Victor leads Willie in the song ::

Hippo Birdie Two Ewes,
Hippo Birdie Two Ewes,
Hippo Birdie Deer Sol, Smokey, BJ,
an dearest Samantha...
Hippo Birdie Two Ewes!
... and many mooooooore!
Yipppee-kay-ayyy!


An here's a Purrthday Cake!
Dig in, there's plenty of Catnip ice cream, too.
And here's tha big finale fireworks show... wowie.
Stick around if you's can, we's be haffing a picnic on tha grounds til Midnight, maybe later. We's got good food, good friends, good music and good weather. it doesn't get much better than that.
And thank you effurycat and critter fur stopping by an making Sol, Smokey and BJ's furrst purrthday such a wonnerful thing.
And be sure an take yours boots an hats wif you.
Love an purrs, KC (tha proud big sisfur)

Texas Trio Purrthday Party

HOWDY, y'all, welcome to tha
Texas Trio's Furrst Purrthday Party.
Me, Missy Blue Eyes and Faith Boomerang are throwing a wonnerful party for our sweet brofurs. How do you like our hats????

PURRTHDAY GUEST OF HONOR, Y'ALL
The lovely Samantha is celebrating her 5th Purrthday today.
She has a captivating cupcake tree and cool, refreshing drinks at hers place. Two parties.... it's grrrreat... let's all two-step over to hers blog an don't forget to sign her guest book, you hears.

SPECSHUL GUEST OF HONOR
Mr. Hendrix, who's feeling lower an a snakes belly still camed by fur tha party. We's honored to haf him here.

Effurryone, come on in an set a spell...
we's fixing to haf some good food, good music, an fun.

But furrst, pick out a nice hat...
gotta keeps tha hot Texas sun outta yours eyes.
these all be straw cause it's too darn hot fur anyfing else!
an now, get yours boots on...
an grab yourselfs a nice cold meow-garita.
Fur tha youngsters and young-at-heart, there's fresh thick cream and tuna jooce.
Oh, an lots an lots of water fountains, effurrywhere.

ENTERTAINMINT

We's borrowed tha Texas Star from Fair Park in Dallas,
it's tha largest ferris wheel in North America.
All us kitties 'n critters should haf lotsa big fun on that.
And we brought Big Tex, also from Fair Park.
Big Tex is 52 feet tall, figgered us kitties would haf fun climbing up.
You's can see tha Texas Star in the lower right corner.
The kitten playground is to the left of Big Tex.
Over yonder is a small river fur tubin, an treehouses and
swingin ropes an tires to play on.
Tha rocking chairs are lined up on tha front porch an
there's one wif your name on it.
We's spread pallets out on tha grass unner tha shade trees.
Inside, we's gotted some cool rooms ta nap in.
There's litter boxes indoors and out.


LET'S PLAY CHASE WIF SOME TEXAS FURRIENDS...

Mr. Horny Toad doesn't move fast, but he can be hard to see.
Mr. Army-dillo... don't let's him fool ya, him curls up in a
ball when he gets skeert.
Mr. Texas Garter Snake is lotsa fun to chase thru tha grass.


THERE IS LOTSA FOOD... HELP YOURSELFS!
If'n you's don't see sumfing you wants, jus ask ours Chef ta whip it up fur you's, speshul.
We's got breakfast fixings, too, fur a great Tex-Mex breakfast.


Plus we's got heaps of fresh blue crabs...
...lotsa fresh fishes
a dozen succulent pink hams
lots and lots of yummy-lishious roasted chickens
An tha chef's speshulty, lizzard meatballs.
Chef, keep those lizzard meatballs a coming, they's a sure fire hit.
Chef is also putting out some gator meatballs if you's interested.
Doncha worry none, folks, we's won't run out of nuffin.



LATER TODAY....

We's got surprize musical entertainmint an dancing,
along wif some delishous cakes and goodies.

So jus make yourselfs at home,
we's fixing to haf a good ol' birthday party fur our three little mancats,
Sol, Smokey & BJ.

Wanna see them's furrst pickshures? Click heres!
The second post down shows how Mommie ML got Sol out of his bag when he couldn't breath. He was tha runt of tha litter.

TIME FUR THA SWEETS...

Mouse cookies made wif... hee hee... real live dead mouse meat!
Mousie cakes, made wif... well, ya all know what. Hee hee.
An a fish cake. Yumm-mee.

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We's moved the second part of tha festivities to a second post... this was getting too long.
See you all there.

Almost Wordless Wednesday

Pssssttttt... today is our last day as Mancats-In-Training! Yay!

BIG PARTY TOMORROW!!!!
Lotsa foods and fun... so stop by and help us
celebrate Smokey, Sol and BJ's Furrst Purrthday!


we loves you, Mr. Hendrix, get well soon.

Tortie Tuesday - Where is KC Hiding?

After months KC disappearing for hours at a time...
I accidentally discovered her hiding place!
(Can you tell where she is?)


KC's Cartoon for Tuesday:
WHY BATS FEAR OLD AGE!

Effurrybody, don't furrget to go play Gandalf & Grayson's Story Game today. I loves to play that game... KC

Mancat Monday - Sol, Smokey & BJ

BJ and Sol are napping, resting up from the
House Trashing Party at The Purrageous Pirates.
What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
And BJ is reminding us that they also attended
Castor and Pollux's first Purrthday Party.
Castor and Pollux, the Meezer Brothers, are officially ManCats.
If you haven't, stop by and congratulate them!
Smokey is napping in the skybox -- all that trashing and party-ing takes a toll.
Doesn't Smokey have beautiful eyes? (click to biggify)
They have yellow eyes with a rim of emerald green, just like their mother.

Don't forget the Triple ManCats 1st Purrthday Party on 7/31
celebrating Sol, Smokey & BJ becoming ManCats!
It is the lovely Samantha's Purrthday and she will be joining us.
Wow, it should really be fun.
The Hotties celebrate thems Birthdays as August 1st, so maybe we can celebrate here on Thursday and then just sort of drift over there around midnight. A 48-hour party. Whoa.

Newsflash:
If'n you's up to it, Tiger Lily is haffing thems furrst ever
Trash the House Party TODAY! Right Now!
Teleport over and join the fun!
Of course, all tha Sherwood Bunch will be there... it's what we do.

Easy Sunday Morning

Following some advice, I sat down and polished my boots...
well... shoes, since I don't own any boots.

And Sol jumps in my lap and officially declared himself MY cat!
He finally made a commitment! Yay!

And you know who you are... a thousand thanks for the boot-washing advice. It works!


KC's techno-cat auction ends tonight at midnight.
Winner #1 gets an external Seagate Drive and Jump Drive.
Winner #2 gets a geeky transparent Jump Drive.
Both great for office, home or school.
Click on the link above to purchase tickets, only $2 each.

Our sick furriends are temporarily caught up on funds, so proceeds will go to Jody, the night feral stalker. Jody always has injured or sick cats waiting for help, in need of life-saving treatments. She pays for many of them out of her own pocket (she is on disability) until she runs out of money. This money will help her provide much needed treatment for some very sick cats.
Two examples are shown below, recent rescues, Wiley and Cajun. They are sisters and very close. Jody went through some real heroics to get these two sweet girls and their brother, Aces, out of a dangerous (deadly) situation. Aces has since found a home. They are in need of medications and recovering at Jody's home.
For more info and videos see Jody's blog.
I have to warn you, Jody's world is not pretty. She sees some of the worst treatment of animals. Sometimes I can barely read the things she has written. But like she says, someone has to go help them.
When I informed Jody that she had some donations headed her way, she responded:
Thank you Cat Blogospherees, for helping me out, so often. So many cats have benefited from your kindness. Remember Mickey, who needed his eye removed and was sick, his adoptor and I communicate often. She lives in British Columbia and Mickey is very happy there with her and her other animals. You are very kind people. Purrs to all of you, from Jody and the strays of Oregon.

Jody is a real hero, dedicating her life to help feral cats that would otherwise be killed. She rescues them (no easy task, read her blog), cares for them, gets medical care and finds them homes. We want to set up some sort of fund for her, since she uses her own disability checks, and then depends on the generosity of others.

Saturday Caturday - Lots of Winners

Smokey here, this is an exciting Saturday...
... we've got a New Arrival that needed a name.
And there were so many good entries. All kinds of names...
....it was very hard to choose.
But we did make a choice and we have a winner.

Hello, Socket SweetFeets and congratulations to Derby
for the winning name.
Derby's prize package is already in the mail to him.

And now, Mr. Socket's life is about to begin...
he is now enroute to his new home with... ta da...
the beloved Billy SweetFeets.
His name may be changed by his new family.
We enjoyed having Mr. Socket with us.
We only want the best for him because
he was made with love and given with love.
Sometimes in life things change.
We knew his original owner would love
to see him in the arms, er paws, of his namesake, Billy.
With that said, Billy, Miles and Sammy
will be welcoming him home in a few days.

And finally, we have yet one more winner.
Our own lovely, elegant Missy Blue Eyes was one of the winners in
Texas' Funny Picture Friday

A Contest - Name New Arrival

Our adorable blue Sock Drawer Shelter Kitty arrived a few days ago,
the companion to Sprout SweetFeets Taylor.
Right now he is simply called New Arrival as he has no name.
He enjoys playing peek-a-boo with Faith Boo; here you can see his cute kitty tail. He enjoys climbing the kitty tree, too.
New Arrival ponders what to do next, when he hears someone calling...
...it's Sol, who invites him up for a nap in the skybox.

New Arrival said he loves it here, but he does want a name of his own.

In order to find the best name ever for him, we are having a contest
and asking all our friends in the blogosphere to help out.
Submit your suggestions in the comments.
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We don't have any rules for this....
...well, maybe just one.
His middle name must be SweetFeets in honor of Billy SweetFeets, who picked the winning name for Sprout SweetFeets Taylor.
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We will choose our favorite name, post the winning name on Saturday Caturday and send the winner a great prize.

Thankful Thursday

So, vacation is going smoothly after an admittedly ungraceful beginning.

I had forgotten about this photo of Auntie Deb at the airport.
It was taken just seconds after KC got out of her carrier.
Look at KC, just chatting away, telling Auntie Deb all the details of her stay
with Grr, Midnight & Cocoa, and of course, the long long flight.
KC's little face is just too sweet.
KC loves The Kermit, which helps her forget her brothers stole hers. Which I think she stole from Missy.
We got lots of play time with the camera strap and a bright green squiggle.
Speaking of bright green, which is KC's "signature" color, here is a beautiful chain link collar Auntie Robyn made for KC. The detail is incredible -- click to biggify -- hundreds of teensy little rings painstakingly clamped together to form a stunning chain.
Here is a closeup of The Kermit revealing one of it's secrets.
Note the artful embedding of tiny succulent morsels of catnip among the strands of yarn.
It's most potent feature cannot be seen, the custom scenting by
Orlando, Fiona and Diva Kitty. It drives a cat wild!

Check out the Purrs & Purrayers Blog, there is a lot going on. Auntie Deb sees a neurologist, Maw of 40 Paws has a "camera swallowing" test, Victor has an EKG for info on a heart murmur, and hero Mu shue will be laid to rest.
Tonight is the Monthly Purrs & Purrayers Vigil,
click for more information.

KC & The Kermit

The Kermit Has Landed!
What better way to celebrate her 2nd Gotcha Day than with The Kermit,

a genuine official DKM Snuggle KC won.
These snuggles arrive complete with Sophia, Orlando & Fiona smells and lots of nip.

Click here for another official DKM snuggle being auctioned,
this one for Kon's surgery.

Please ignore the mess of paper shreds and scraps on the floor.
There are hovels of folders and papers stacked all over from the frantic activity of processing three tax years. And it was finished yesterday! Yay!

We are enjoying our vacation, even more today ;)
Missy is going to "do the Q".