Thursday and Friday

Auntie Deb got home last night. She may not blog today, but you know she wants to!
When we talked, last night about 8 pm, she had not needed a single pain pill since the procedure. She said she had forgotten what it felt like not to hurt. Yay!

Auntie Deb’s procedure began at 8:30 a.m. (Thursday)
They do not allow cell phones, so they will be out of touch fur a while.
Tatum will be with her and they will let us know as soon as they can.
Keep yours paws (and fingers) crossed that this works.



Texas will be going to the Bridge very soon.
The lymphoma has returned and he will not be getting additional chemo,
which was very hard on him.
We will miss this lovely, brave, fractious cat so much.

Wordy Wednesday - Funny

A Cat's Purrayer (with translations)

Although I am too proud to beg, and may appear to be a very independent creature, I ask for your loving care and attention. (Translation: I'm the boss, serve me)

I rely on you for my well being much more than you may realise. (Translation: Go out and earn money to keep me in the style to which I intend to become accustomed)

This I promise you, my benefactor, that I will not be a burden on you nor will I demand more of you than you care to give. (Translation: The more attention I get, the more I want. You may have to hire another slave for me... and by the way, I lie!)

I will be a quiet peaceful island of serenity for you to gaze upon; a soft soothing body to caress, and I shall purr with pleasure to rest your weary ears. (Translation: I will tear round the house smashing ornaments at 3 a.m., infest the house with fleas, and bite your mother when she comes to visit... and did I mention that I lie?)

Since I am a gourmet who appreciates different taste sensations, I pray you will give me a variety of nutritious foods and fresh water daily. (Translation: I need Evian water, changed at least six times per day, chilled but not too cold. Any food offerings that you make, no matter how expensive, will be turned down if I think there is a chance that I can scrounge the three day old bread that next door put out for the birds)

You know dear friend, how I love to sleep. Allow me, I pray, a warm sheltered place where I can rest peacefully and feel secure. (Translation: Don't you dare wake me, I know where you sleep, and will get revenge - claw type bloody revenge!)

If I am wounded in battle or suffering from disease, please tend me gently, and see that I am treated by loving and competent hands. (Translation: I reserve the right to mangle the most expensive hands you hire to treat me)

Please protect me from the inhuman humans who would hurt and torture me for their own amusement. I am accustomed to your gentle touch and am not always suspicious nor swift enough to avoid such malicious acts. (Translation: If you ever find out that it was me who bit your mother's thumb and gave her tetanus, I'll have to claim that she woke me up when I was having a bad dream)

In my later years when my senses fail me and my infirmities become to great to bear, allow me the comfort and dignity that I desire for my closing days and help me gently in my pain or passing. (Translation: When I've had enough of being pampered, please send me to my next reincarnation, where I look forward to being satisfactorily served once more)

Hear this prayer, my dear friend, my fate depends on you. (Translation: I might just accept you as slave, if you behave yourself)

...... Author Unknown

Purrs fur Texas

Our's favorite fractious cat, Texas, is very very sick.
Please send lots of purrs and purrayers fur him an him's fambly.
Feel free to use this grafik on yours bloggies, too.

Tortie Tuesday

This photo of Faith Boomerang won
2nd Place in Weekly Funny Picture Friday.

I still remember opening the cabinet and nearly jumping through the ceiling when that little face popped out.

Funny Picture Friday is held weekly by Texas. Info is on his bloggie.
Please send him some purrs, he is sick and undergoing chemo.
(We love you, Texas!)

This is Yoda, a 2-year old cat born with two sets of ears.

Isn't he handsome?
He lives in Chicago where he has to be guarded from being cat-napped.
Here's some links to his story: Fox News, The Sun, Chicago Sun Times and DogExplorer, which has video.

We received the Blogging Friends Forever Award
from The Hotties and The Taylor CatSSSSS.
All we can say is, "Wow".

The rules: Give this award to five friends who are dedicated followers of your blog.
Link back to whoever gave you this award.
So we now give the Blogging Friends Forever Award to:

• Morgen
• Texas
• Gandalf & Grayson
• Kat
• Loa

And don't furrget, we's got some sick kitties in tha cat blogosphere right now: Texas, Pollux, Benji and Winton. Please send thems lots of healing purrs an purrayers. ~KC

Not The Mama Monday!

We are celebrating the "furrst" Not The Mama Monday.

For everything you do... you are always there for us!

Thank you and we love you!

And here is a link to one of my favorite "classic" Mo posts from
It's a Blog Eat Blog World: Full Moon Over Egypt.

Easy Like Sunday Morning

Oh, look at this... pink nose and ears and pads. Too sweet.
Thanks, Criz and Cats.

The leg is back in place and very sore.
I've got a brace on now, so it stays that way.
Been resting, with pain meds and lots of cats.
Thanks so much for all of the purrs, they did work.

Thank you, Taylor CatSSSSS, for the beautiful flowers.

Furriends on Friday

We won't be blogging much today.
Mommie ML dislocated her leg Thursday afternoon.
I've got to keep her still and quiet until we can get
Dr. Bob to un-dislocate it.
.......Purrs, Faith Boomerang

The Sherwood Bunch is sending out lots and lots of
(((((( HUGS ))))))
to all our furriends.

Art Projects

I am inspired by the lovely Riley and
her recent work, What Is Inside The Big Chair.
I recently began a project of my own, Clawing A Chair Open.
It is a work in progress.
I am days, if not weeks, behind Riley, so I must keep busy.
I have uncovered the chair-guts, a lovely green foam.
Who knows what else is in there, maybe even boards, like Riley found.
.... Sol

pee ess: It would go much faster if my little sister, Faith Boomerang would just help me. But no, she's far too busy with her own projects to help me out.

Wordless Wednesday

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Fur effuryone who asked, here's a sidebar grafik to remember Sprout wif.
It's 150 pixels wide.

To make a donashun or pay fur an auction for
Sprout's final medical & funeral expenses
use this donate button.

Tabby Tuesday - Go Away Fay

Purring for all our Florida furriends.
Be safe.
Go Away Fay!

Mancat Interrupted

Ah, Mancat Monday. Nothing I like better than to take a little nap.
This is certainly a nice, soft green place to sleep!
What? It's KC's? OK, I'm outta here
But where to go????
Looks like there's no room by BJ....
... or beside Smokey either...
Aha, an unmade bed with a Gizzy quilt.
Purrfect!
What? Mommie ML, you want to make it up? You gotta be kidding!
Ahhhh, asleep at last.
Happy Mancat Monday!

Smokey, BJ & I won a GOLD MEDAL in the Muff-Alympics for Synchronized Peeing .
What an honor to be recognized for our unique talents and abilities.
Thank you Muffin.
And stay safe from Fay.

Fings you can do fur Sprout's Memorial Service

Sprout’s funeral is on Saturday morning. i's been getting emails, what can we do to honor Violette Noelle, ours Sprout?

i's started a list of fings to do, if you's haf suggeshuns, leaf a comment an i's add it to tha list... Love and purrs, KC

1. Monty Q haf asked effurryone to wear violet on Saturday to honor Violette Noelle
   
2. Since red + blue = purple, you could also wear that combinashun (Auntie Deb)
   
3. Use a grafiks program like Picnik or PikiPimp or ImageChef to add a violet bow or flower or hat or pickshure frame to yours foto an post it
   
4. Change yours bloggie color to violet
   
5. Change tha text color in your post to violet
   
6. Make and post a tribute using pickshures of violets (see below fur grafiks)
   
7. Observe a moment of silence at 9 a.m. eastern time when the service starts
   
8. Post a candle grafik on your bloggie (i's made one below to use)
9. Light a candle at home
10. Light a candle online (Brownie)
11. Donate blood to help save someone else's loved ones (Mr. Hendrix)
12. Plant a seed or a tree in Sprout's memory (Mr. Chen & Ollie)
13. Adopt a new kitty or doggie from a shelter (Victor)
    
14. An don’t furrget huggs… go by and hugg all your furriends... we can all use huggs, especially right now in these sad times [ leaf ((((((HUGS)))))) at all yours furriends bloggies ]
    
15. Take some time and remember all the joy little Sprout brought into ours lifes in her few short months with us
    

Here's more grafiks! Click to biggify, then right-click tha mouse and select Save image as.

i's had emails about donashuns to help wif
Sprout's final medical bills and funeral expenses.
If you's wants to make a donashun, click heres:

Hugs for All

We lit a candle last night with Tesla and hers fambly
for our sweet Sprout and our sweet Felix.

We want to send lots and lots of HUGS to all our friends.

For Felix

31 October 2002 - 13 August 2008
You will be missed. Watch over us.
CANDLE LIGHTING & MOMENT OF SILENCE
I wanted to know, if any of yoo catsis, wud like to join meh tanight in lightin candles fur all dem lost furrends?
Mommeh an meh haz been doin it all weeks.
I posted a picshure fur wordless wednesdeh, an wanted
to invite yoo all to join us in lighting and a moment of silence...Tesla

For Sprout

May 10, 2008 - August 10, 2008

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As you may know, Millie’s Mom Lynne was sweet Sprout’s Godmother. The Cat Blogosphere would like to help by sending Mom Lynne to the memorial service. Any money received after travel expenses will go to pay Sprouts final medical expenses, which includes the ambulance, hospitals, helicopter to Children's Hospital in DC, etc.

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Effurryone Wants To Help!

Beau and Mom Cathy are haffing a Special Squillion Auction to raise money for Mom Lynne's travel and Sprout's expenses.

Grr, Midnight & Cocoa haf three auctions to help raise money.

Mom Robyn is going to the funeral and haf offered to "carry a hug" to Sprout's fambly for each of us. Check it out at thems bloggie.

Go light a candle for Sprout and hers fambly... Love and Purrs, KC

For Felix

Update Again: GOOD NEWS!
IT'S NOT TIME FOR FELIX TO GO TO THE BRIDGE.
HAPPY DANCE

Update: Felix is being helped to the Bridge.
12 PM Eastern time
We will miss him sumfing terrible.

Felix went to tha vet at 4:14 a.m. in a lot of pain.

KC - Easy Sunday

KC's recommended reading for an Easy Sunday Morning...

The Laws of Physics for Cats
(Author Unknown)

1. Acceleration: A cat will accelerate at a constant rate until the cat gets good and ready to stop.
2. Aerodynamics: If it flies, a cat will chase it.
3. Bag or Box Occupancy: All bags and boxes in a given room must contain a cat within the earliest possible nanosecond.
4. Dinner Table Attendance: A cat will attend all meals when anything good is served.
5. Disinterest: A cat's interest level will vary in inverse proportion to the amount of effort a human expends in trying to interest the cat.
6. Electric Blanket Attraction: Turn on an electric blanket and a cat will jump into bed at the speed of light.
7. Elongation: A cat can make its body long enough to reach just about any counter top that has anything remotely interesting on it.
8. Embarrassment: A cat's irritation rises in direct proportion to the cat's embarrassment times the amount of human laughter.
9. Energy Conservation - 1st Law: A cat knows that energy can neither be created nor destroyed and will therefore use as little energy as possible.
10. Energy Conservation- 2nd Law: A cat knows that energy can only be stored by a lot of napping.
11. Fluid Displacement: A cat immersed in milk will displace its own volume, minus the amount of milk consumed.
12. Furniture Replacement: A cat's desire to scratch furniture is directly proportional to the cost of the furniture.
13. Gravity: The cat knows that gravity works, even when sound asleep.
14. Inertia: A cat at rest will tend to remain at rest, unless acted upon by some outside force, such as the opening of cat food or a nearby scurrying mouse.
15. Landing: A cat will always land in the softest place possible.
16. Magnetism: All blue blazers and black sweaters attract cat hair in direct proportion to the darkness of the fabric.
17. Milk Consumption: A cat will drink its weight in milk, squared, just to show you that the cat can do it.
18. Motion: A cat will move in a straight line, unless there is a really good reason to change direction.
19. Obedience Resistance: A cat's resistance varies in direct proportion to a human's desire for the cat to do something.
20. Obstruction: A cat will lay on the floor in such a position as to obstruct the maximum amount of human foot traffic.
21. Pill Rejection: Any pill given to a cat has the potential energy to reach escape velocity.
22. Random Comfort Seeking: A cat will always seek (and usually take over) the most comfortable spot in any given room.
23. Refrigerator Observation: If a cat watches a refrigerator long enough, someone will come along and take out something good to eat.
24. Rug Configuration: No rug may remain in its naturally flat state for very long.
25. Sleeping: A cat will sleep with people whenever possible, in a position as uncomfortable for the people involved as possible, while maintaining the cat's own comfort.
26. Stretching: A cat will stretch to a distance proportional to the length of the nap just taken.
27. Thermodynamics: Heat flows from a warmer to a cooler body, except in the case of a cat, in which case all heat flows to the cat.
28. Total Composition: A cat is composed of Matter plus Anti-Matter plus It Doesn't Matter!
29. Selective Listening: A cat can hear a can of tuna being opened a mile away, but cannot hear a simple command three feet away.
30. Invisibility: A cat thinks if they cannot see you, then you cannot see them.
    

KC demonstrates the 14th Law of Cat Physics: Inertia

Ferals on Friday

Behold, The Mancats
on their first Formerly Feral Friday

BJ
Sol
Smokey
click to biggify

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A Note from KC

Do you remembers tha mean man who killed three feral cats behind a Fox news station in Richmond VA?
Tha man, Keith Copi, a pest control operator, had been called to remove tha cats. Instead, he killed them.
Virginia Prosecutor Wade Kizer haf charged Mr. Copi wif three counts of violating Virginia's anti-cruelty law of cruelly or unnecessarily killing a cat.
If convicted, he faces a maximum of 12 months in jail and $2500 fine per each cat killed.

If you's like to say fanks to Attorney Wade Kizer fur taking the lives of cats seriously and taking a stand for these three feral cats, click here to sign Alley Cat Allies’ petition. Purrs, KC

Smokey - Thursday Thirteen for Pixel

(1) I got a package! Mommie ML had to pick it up at the Party Room. At first they couldn't find it. They had put it in a special place since it was so big. When she walked out through the party room, all the beans saw the box and began to wish her a Happy Birthday. She told them it was MY birthday, not hers, and that the package was from Pixel, MY GIRL FRIEND CAT!
(2) I had to inspect the package very carefully.
(3) Then I starting tearing the tape off.
(Pixel uses as much tape as my Mommie)
(4) Finally, I got part of the box open and could see stuff.
(5) I pushed the flap and there was so much stuff...
(6) ...a ton of stuff. At least! Wow!
(7) I lifted the other flap and there was another ton of stuff!
(8) Mommie had to help me get everything out of the box.
I wanted to get inside and look at it all.
I'll bet Pixel sat in this same box just like I am.
(9) Then I decided to get out and inspect everything.
This cool scratcher will keep my mancat claws very sharp.
(10) This thick, soft bed is all mine. I will dream of sweet Pixel.
(11) The food dish has manly bright stripes and food to put in it.
That little girl thinks of everything!
(12) Aha, I saw a yellow fev-ver and dragged it over to BJ.
I played with it and BJ got to watch.
(13) Then I took my favorite yellow fev-ver back into the box.
It was all so overwhelming, I needed quiet time to sit and think of Pixel.
Pixel, your gifts were the best part of my first birthday.