"Hi, Mom!"

Or, How to Say It Creatively: Today, Cyrrie saved up all his pee. No sooner was Mom in the house than he ran to the main floor litter box, where he peed and peed and peed and peed...! Goodness! Who would have thought the little guy could have so much in him? (I'm certain there's a message here, but I need a translation.)

Give Her A Smooch!

(The "S" Word)

Another Snorgle Opportunity...

Snorgle?

Snorgle!

Another Survey

Which part is most delicious-looking?

Milk chin?
Paws?
Shell-like ears?
Stripey tail?
Tummy!

All Is Well Blogging

Oh, dear -
We've been off-line for several days! So, as of this actual moment, January 30, 2009, 5:28 pm, here's where they are all:
Petunnia is on the bed (on the fleece) with Angel (on my robe); Lucy had just departed the bed, but now that I'm hunting for her, I can't find her... Banshee the Beautiful is also unaccounted for, although I petted her many times earlier today. AreToo is in the hallway; Buddy is in the living room under a table; Cloud is one a pile of blankies on the dining room table and Cyrrie is in motion....
Our only excuse is long days and a long week - mediocre photos may follow...

Different Camera Setting

Same soft Cyrrie...

Cyrano

So so soft...

Da Princessa

Excuses, Excuses

Or, Pity Party -
The human apologizes for her 2nd bout in less than 2 weeks of something flu-like - this time it was the chills that nearly killed me - my knees are actually bruised from hours of shivering. Needless to say, I was greatly cared for - they even let the crunchies bowls empty out without nagging me... (True!)

FancyFeast Musical Chairs High Note

They were doing their usual - everybody (almost everybody*) poaching each other's FF - when Banshee moved in on Cyrrie (who was on his second stolen saucer) - Cyrrie, the foodie, the worst poacher of all, meekly sat back and allowed Bansh to take over. He stood over her for a minute, then kissed the back of her neck. (Mom melted.)
*Buddy now eats in the bedroom, with the door closed. It's the only way he gets any...

One More

Survey

Which part is cutest:

Ears?

Eyes?

Nose?

Paws?

Tail?

Stripes and swirls?

Orange fur behind shoulder?

Tummy?

Droid Contemplates

Fold first?

More Melodrama

Monday night, when my tummy was still hurting, Angel was especially protective/possessive - in fact he kept waking me up to tell me how much he loved me. I finally persuaded him to sleep at the foot of the bed instead of right on top of me, but when I woke up again anyway, I thought I was seeing double - there was AreToo, sleeping at the foot of the bed while Angel was awake and looking not exactly pleased. Then Buddy joined us, and came over to get some pets. Angel quickly reclaimed his spot on top of his human and stretched out as long as he could stretch - the message was clear: My human, mine... (Sweet Buddy just nuzzled Angel's fur and got his pets anyway.)

Placemarker Blogging

Picassa 3 sucks...!
922 cats and "kittens" get their human through another day - details will follow....

On Top Of The Bed

'Toonya and Droid hangin' together while vacuuming was going on - everybody else was under the bed...

Took A Sick Day

I was very sick yesterday, which is why I only minimally blogged - better today, but still very weak - and of course worked a long day. Of course. I was happy to come home to the guys/babes/bunnies - pick your euphemism. They just had their FF a day early, in honor of the inauguration. (They're all like, Yea, Barack!) I'm going to try to put up a couple of pics, and tomorrow, insha'allah, I shall tell more tales of jealousy and manipulation.

Happy MLK Day!

0 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes and counting... (Is that why everyone was so sweet and good today??)

Angel Update

Hi, Sandy! You should have seen him this morning as I tried to get ready for work. I'd be in the bathroom putting on makeup and he'd bounce in and look up at me and bounce out - I'd have to follow him back to the bedroom where he'd bounce up on the bed and sprawl out between Petunnia and Lucy (who could have done without all the activity). I'd pet him, and admire him, of course, saying how handsome and cute and smart and sweet, etc. And then, of course, I'd have to do it all over again for the girls. Then I'd go back to trying to get ready, and he'd start all over again. We must have gone through this 5 or 6 times, with him looking smugger and smugger and smugger... Yanks my chain, indeed!

Irrational Anxiety Blogging

Since I will be working a very long day tomorrow, I went in late today. (Which actually only meant I spent the day working from home...) All morning it was me and AreToo awake, everyone else snoozing. Some were countable - Cyrrie on the couch, Banshee and Lucy on the dining room table, Petunnia on the bed. Buddy, Cloud and Angel were out of sight, although Buddy and Cloud surfaced after noon - Cloud to munch crunchies, Buddy to roll around a patch of carpet where catnip had been sprinkled recently. It was only after I was in the car and on my way that I realized I had not actually eye-balled the Angel since 8:00 am or so.... Of course I knew Angel was ok, but it wasn't until I actually got home that I breathed a sigh of relief - Cloud, 'Toonya, Banshee, AreToo, Cyrrie, Buddy, Lucy and..... Angel! Whew!

Moon Blogging

Coming home tonight I turned left and ran right into the moon - no longer full, it was still huge...

Miz 'Toonya

Human Cheats

A Close-Up

A "Before" Picture

Look! You can see the extra rug and the big heavy 2 books which together with the out-of-sight footstool kept the rug against the attic door... (That's a bit of ribbon the Droid is sitting on.)

Lucy

Are her ears back because she know's Mom's about to clean her gunky eyes?

Crunchies Blogging

He really doesn't like crunchies, but if he absolutely has to eat them, he'd prefer to get them straight from the bag that he just chewed his way into... 2nd best venue is the tupperware thingie.

Brilliant, Part II

IRIAVGTTHIACAHI! This was Angel, working my last nerve... About half a hundred times today he pried this corner out. I would stuff it back in, and hunt down Angel to explain the situation and plead for cooperation. Finally I said, If you do that one more time I will wring your little neck for you! If he hasn't done it in the last half hour or so, it's purely coincidence...

Brilliant!

Thank you, Hokule'a! It took me a while to get - I went through Amazon in the end - and then it sat around for a while, because some assembly was required, but today I got it installed, and yea! It seems really air-tight / looks so much better / I'm not in danger of tripping over it in the middle of the night, etc. Thank you for the great idea! (And the guys got to play up in the attic for a bit today, so they thank you, too...)

Getting Old

In the middle of the night I woke up to see a huge full(?) moon beaming in right through the mini-blinds and curtains. We got a ton of snow yesterday, and it must have been incredibly beautiful in the moonlight... Did I put on boots under my robe and go outside to enjoy it? Did I even put in my contacts and peek out a window? I did not. I just snuggled with the babies and enjoyed the moonlight on the bedspread....

Oh, Noes!

PoliticalCat! I am so guilty! The truth is, I (aka the human) went to a play last night (Born Yesterday and how totally today politically) and, then, today, I protested and got totally froz! But Pam wuz there! Yea!! She is our girl!!! It was wonderful to see her and the other faithful making their presence/statement known in spite of freezing temps and so much snow coming down... Go PEACE!!!!!

Be Good, Be Sweet, Be Patient!

Ok, so it is FF night, but before I can give them dinner I have to wash the saucers still in the sink from the other night... And AreToo is even whinier than Cyrrie! (It doesn't help when I break an antique goblet in the middle of trying to distribute the FF, in fact a whole saucerful has to be tossed since it's full of broken glass.) (They didn't see the problem.)

It's All In Your Mind

Early this morning as I was waiting for the alarm clock, Angel - I thought - settled in on my stomach/chest. Sorry, sweetie, I said, I'm not going to be here long. Then I opened my eyes - and it was Petunnia - and she instantly weighed 3 times more than she had a moment before...

Update

A minute ago, while 'Toonya and I were in bed, who should pop up but Angel, who went right over to Petunnia and curled up beside her, falling asleep almost instantly. And 'Toonya was cool with it. The benefit of short memory, do you think? Could we transplant it into humans, maybe??

Soulful Cyrrie

Anuzzer Petunnia

Just because...

Is There A Connection?

Petunnia - Teddybear / Teddybear - 'Toonya...?

Peek-A-Boo?