The Kaltsas Kats On The Prowl

Lousy Smarch Weather

2011-10-21T10:09:00.001-05:00

Mroooow. It's gotten very cold sruddenly and my peoples hav onry been giving us kats a short burst of warm in the murnning. So I haf to rap up in thif blanket.

Secret Paws... Finally!!!!

2010-12-31T07:30:00.001-06:00

OH MY CATS! We got out Secret Paws right before Christmas and Mom said we had to wait to open it. Then she kept saying she was too tired to do it. Like it was all that hard. Oh boy was it fun when we got to open it. Mom says she bets the Mailman thinks we are crazy people. Oh well. Our Secret Paws gift from Perfectly Parker. Boy it is a good gift.

Look at that box! It is a work of art in itself.We are checking it out!
Look at all that came in our present!Nemo loves everything in the basket.

We are having so much fun with all our new presents. Thank you so much Perfectly Parker and family. We hope our Secret Paws got their gift as well and like it. This was so much fun.

Mrowin Christmas

2010-12-28T19:01:00.001-06:00

Mrow, my nose hurts. Mew famahly went norf for teh Holerdayz and becuz I mrow so much un the Kar they thought I would be butter in a carrer. Wellz I jus got so mrowin worked upz that I smooshed muz noze against the carrier an kut it up ruel bad zoz they had to let me oot so I could purrs on my momz lap. I shoez them whoz puttin whoz in a carrer.

Thursday Thirteen-Thanksgiving edition

2010-11-25T08:00:00.000-06:00

Hi guys! Remember us? It has been months. We have had a lot of things going on in this house. Mom keeps making these promises to blog but then gets "busy." We think she just gets lazy. Well, the humans are leaving us for a couple days for Thanksgiving. Before that baby thing came, we went with but now they say it is just too much work. We might get to travel for Christmas though. Here are 13 things that we are thankful for this year.

1. That my tail is ok and it didn't need to be amputated at all-Patches
2. I am thankful that my family has jobs to buy all my foods and expensive insulin and lots of vet appointments. I know money is tight and costing them an extra $150-$200 a month is not always easy but they love me.-Nemo3. That my people got my old litter back. I am peeing less often now except if Nemo poops in all of the litter boxes.-Patches

4. We will be thankful for some peace and quiet when the rest of the family is away for the holiday.-Nemo
5. I am thankful to have a house where I can explore the basement.-Patches

6. I am thankful that my mom and dad have great friends to give me insulin while they are gone.-Nemo

7. I am thankful that my hair is growing back on my tail.-Patches

8. I am thankful that I don't get in trouble when I get poop all over the floor, although, I did get thrown into the bath tub.-Nemo
9. I am thankful that I can jump up high places to escape Owen.-Patches

10. We are thankful that we have kitty grass growing in the windowsill for us.-Patches and Nemo

11. I am thankful for wonderful bandanas.-Nemo

12. I am thankful for cuddling in the blankets at night and hogging the bed.-Patches

13. We are thankful for all our great friends.-Patches and Nemo
We are not thankful for this cat that has been hanging out and getting fed on our deck.

We hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving. Our humans will be home on Saturday and they promised leftovers. I will share my tail photos when they get back as a warning why not to escape the house when they get back.

Feeling better

2010-09-28T19:16:00.001-05:00

Feeling better, no thanks to my mrowing people. They let that bhaby thing grab mii all the tyme. Well I'm here to let them know who's boss, I peed on the floor until they got my preferred litter back. I rub my krusty tail skin on them every chance I get. Patchacat is still boss of this house. If that bhaby is going to keep grabbing me we're going to have to see some changes around here. I can dodge him if I want, but it's my house, I was here first. My brother is less smart. He lays right on his toys! The bhaby lays on him then. Dumby brother cat.

Patches and her tail!

2010-08-26T09:43:00.003-05:00

UPDATE:
Patches is at home now and resting. The vet believes there is adequate blood flow to the tip that there will not be any amputation needed. Patches was sedated and they shaved the hair to get to the cut. She has a pretty big gash in her tail where skin ripped right off the tail. They put some surgical glue on it, gave her antibiotic shot and pain meds. When we picked her up she was not a happy camper but she has been ok since getting home. She wanted to eat right away as she hadn't eaten all day but then she threw up. She has to wear an e-collar for 2 weeks if we can keep it on her. She is having a hard time with the collar and knowing where she can fit and how she can get places. Right now she wants to jump up on things but lacks the ability to see well. We tried gating her off in her own area but she jumped over the gate. We are just trying to keep her comfortable and keep Owen away now that she can't run fast enough. Anyone with tail injuries want to share how it went. I will post pics soon of her gash and her in the e-collar. The poor thing is having a hard time finding a way to be comfortable to sleep. I'm sure each day will get better. We have 3 days of pain meds so hopefully that helps.

Just wanted to give an update and the story of Patches' tail problem. I was doing trash last night and saw her heading for the door so I went to close it, but she was already out the door. Her tail got shut and her first reaction was to try to pull it. I opened the door and she went running to eat grass, which is what she usually wants to do when she gets outside. I could see that it was bleeding and that it was kind of limp on the end. I got her inside and called the ER vet. They said to control the bleeding and then bring her in in the morning. They said if it was broken they might need to amputate part of the tail. She ate and acted pretty normal last night and moved her tail around which would make it bleed more. I could tell she was having a hard time getting and staying comfortable but otherwise she acted normal. We took her to the vet this morning. The vet said that it looked like the blood flow was still going to the tail and that it looked like she ripped the skin off. The plan is to shave part of her tail and clean it up and give her some antibiotics. They took her back and they decided they need to sedate her to do this. They will sedate her and shave the tail and clean it up and see what needs to be done and will call us with any other problems but that is the plan. She may have a kink but they are going to try to save the tail. I am going to call at noon to check on her to see what they did if we don't hear from them. Thanks for all the purrs and keep them coming. We will keep you updated.

Mrowin Lazy

2010-07-14T10:16:00.001-05:00

Therf a hawt adfussery today say's the weathernet. Mom and Dad have teh airz on full blast for me but it's not enough for mah handsome furrz. Pluz I'm stillz having problemz gettin fullie regulated on mah new ProZinc Infulins. On weec I'm 33 the nex I'm 200. Dad sayz I cost him much greens. It must be because I So Mrowin Hot....

Update on Patches!

2010-07-08T07:10:00.000-05:00

We've been having a rough couple of weeks and expensive couple of weeks. Our new house is leaking water everywhere. Nemo's insulin had some sort of instability so that had to be changed. Now we have to go through the whole expensive process of getting him regulated. This new insulin cost close to $100 for a bottle. We took advice of everyone and took Patches to the vet about peeing. They did tests but nothing. Kinda wish it was just a uti and not behavioral. The vet thought the litter probably was Ok since she is pooping in there. They also recommended the feliway and they carried it there so we got that today. Today's bill for Patches was over $100 bucks. Mom had to go to the ER for muscle spasms last month too. It has just been a rough one and a depressing time. We will get back to our updates soon. Thanks for listening to our rant for the day.

They stole some teefs!

2010-06-16T07:09:00.002-05:00

Mom and Dad have pictures but have to find the battery charger first. I went to my vet thingy yesterday. I had to be shoved in a pet taxi which is not fun as a big mancat I am. They shaved my leg, gave me drugs. Next thing I know, I wake up but I still feel funny. Don't worry, I can eat still. That is all.

Mom update: Nemo had to have 2 teeth removed. One was a bag molar and the other one of the small front teeth. It seems to take Nemo forever to completely be out of the anesthesia. He was of course hungry when he got home and very loopy and jumpy. This morning he is back to normal. He does have pain meds for 3 days and antibiotics for 10. He has gingivitis so it should help take care of some of that. They said he might not eat for 2 days but they obviously don't know Nemo. He came home and devoured his wet food. I don't think he is bothered by it at all. He also got his nails trimmed while under.

We are grounded!

2010-06-15T06:15:00.001-05:00

Mom won't upload any pictures or finish our updates until later this week because we are grounded. Mom and Dad say we were naughty but we don't see it that way. You see, Saturday we got lots and lots of rain and the basement flooded. Weird plumbing guys were here with hoses and tubes and made noise. Then, Mom, Dad and the screaming one left for a wedding reception. They just left us home with a wet basement. Mom and Dad came home late, it was 11 PM and it was passed our bed time. When they pulled in the driveway they saw two glowing eyes which belong to me, Patches. I hissed and growled at them and ran away. Then they saw Nemo hiding in a bush. Of course they go scoop him up and he is too dumb to run. Mom follows me around on my adventure and I finally let her catch me. My paws were getting wet and muddy. We had escaped by pushing a screen out. Mom figures that there must be another cat out there. We see it from time to time using the garden for a litter box. We just wanted to check out this big litter box ourselves. Needless to say, they were not happy to come home to us after a long day. Nemo also has something to say.

Hi guyz, I's gonna go to vet this morning. I haf to haf my teef cleand. I neber done this before. My gums are all red and I los a toof not too long ago. I'm ascaired about it for sure. The vet man seyz I may lose more teef at the cleanin. I will let you know I made it out alive when I get my bearings and get home.

The cats are back in town!

2010-06-09T07:11:00.002-05:00

I, Patches, just want to say that I am greatly displeased at not getting to blog for a squillion years. Don't worry, I am getting my revenge. Want to know how? I have been peeing on things. A pile of clean Owen clothes-pee. Oh you left a towel on the bathroom floor-pee. Look at that, a plastic bag full of stuff from the store-what a great place to pee. Nemo's bed-double pee. The people I have who are terrible to me thought maybe something was wrong. I do poop and pee in the litter box. I only will use one of the litter boxes and if Nemo drops a bomb, I refuse to use it. Nemo of course makes his rounds to all of the litter boxes. I'm still not sold on this corn litter business either but they keep at it. But I was hissing mad and I make sure they know. We are going to do an update of sorts on the months we have been missing. So much has gone on in our house. We even got a different house. I hope people will remember us and come back. We miss our cat friends. We did a post in January, a single crummy post. I will have to find something to pee on just thinking about it. Here is our January summary.

Here is what the brat Owen looked like in January. He even has food on his face. He should clean his face better.The beginning of January, the people who must not be named started talking about buying a house. We have moved twice before and we don't like it at all. Nemo thought if they couldn't find him, they wouldn't move. Too bad he can't go five minutes without wanting food or dropping bombs or this plan might have worked.
Here we both are. Nemo is depressed because he continues to have his bloods stolen every few weeks. Here I am, trying to see if I can pee on this chair no doubt. This is about as close as we get to one another. If I would have known he was there, I would have bopped him.

In other January news, Owen took swim classes so the people were very busy. There were also a lot of sick days which meant a lot of snuggling on the bed. We like those days. Owen had lots of ear infections which meant a lot of doctors and a lot of screaming. Nemo's blood sugars were all over the place and there was discussion of him having to go into the vet all night. We are leveled off, we will explain that later though. Check back for February updates. I'd like to say there are more pictures of us but that Owen thing hogs the camera and chases us now so photography is getting a bit difficult.

We are coming back!

2010-06-05T09:46:00.000-05:00

Mom feels real bad about not blogging for so long. But guess what cats. We are coming back. We have lots to tell you about lots of stuff. Stay tuned this weekend for a brand new post with pictures.

We're not gunna take it

2010-03-19T22:42:00.001-05:00

Rrrrrrrrr, we don't get on the interwebz vurrry much any moar because this baby is always chasing us around! I got a whiff of fresh air the other day and I've been purrrrring as loud as I can but mom and dad won't take me outside. Noaw they saz it's the white stuf out again..... Betus Brother got to go out in the sun but I didn't. That makes me mrowing mad. Mom and Dad are real stressed out because of something about closings getting moved because of underpants. They say as soom as the bank finishes the loan through underpants we can close the door and move into our new house. Dad promised to concoct some patchacat grazing enclosure for me. Time to go bup Betus cat in the face for getting to go out in teh sum.

Where does the time go?!?

2010-01-13T08:34:00.000-06:00

This is Patches and Nemo's mom. I just wanted everyone to know that we are still alive and haven't froze our tails off in Iowa. The cats are being pains in the butt tonight so I told them I was going to do a quick blog post. They have their secret paws photos to show off soon. We are still working on getting Nemo's diabetes regulated but I will let him tell you about that in a few days. We will try to get here more regularly. Patches is getting grumpy that she hasn't blogged in forever. We will return when mom has energy to organize photos. Hopefully this week or weekend.

Christmas Photos!

2009-12-21T07:39:00.001-06:00

Hi everyone. Nemo has been hogging the blog lately with all his diabetus talk so I thought it was my turn. Mom and Dad had lots of leaking eyes for a few days and lots of time on the computer looking stuff up and then some complaining about monies. Now, they are working on our diet and hoping we can get this under control. We are so thankful for this community of cats and love all the purrs and thoughts for us. We are looking at the bright side. Nemo doesn't even notice the shots, but hates the eye drops he has for his icky eye. Mom tried to do a Christmas photo shoot with us today. Nemo is the only one that ever cooperates though.

Nroooooooooo

2009-12-15T12:53:00.003-06:00

Mrooow. I'm having a turrrible murning. I've lost a lot of weight ovur the past couple of months. My peoples are always telling me I need to loose weeght so then when I did they were all worried. Mruh eye is all goopy from consumptioniveris I get errry year so dad took me in to the vet. The doktor poked at me and prodded me and rubbed my eyes. He says 3rd year in a row I have consumptioniveris.

I thought I was done but then he took muh bloods and went away fer an awful long time. After sooo long he come back wif needles and bottles and tell dad that I has diabetus.

Then the doktor wanted dad to give me my furst shot. Dad doesn't like the needles, something to du with botched needles during foot surgury. Dad sucked it up and gaf me my shot. I have to get 2 shots a day now to make me healthy. Dad and doktor talked for a long tyme about the diabetus.

Then dad, took me to the front office and talked some numburs with the lady at the desk. Dad made a loud sigh when he handed over his debit kard. Dad says I'm luky he loves me over his poketbook. I told him Mrow Mrow Mrow (treat me now for taking me to the doktor).

Dad says everything will be fine now that I am on this medafunk.

Going to the vet!

2009-12-15T07:46:00.000-06:00

We have been using the World's Best Cat Litter now for a week. I think it is working pretty well. I know Nemo is using it but I never see Patches in the litterbox. We still have another litter box with the regular litter in it. We were happy that not only are we using a cat litter that isn't full of chemicals, it is also made in Iowa, where we live. That makes us happy.

In other news, it looks like Nemo needs to go back to the vet. His eye is getting all read and goopy again. We battle this every year it seems like. We are also going to see what the vet says about Nemo's weight. Mom is concerned, Nemo has been on the diet of dry food but continues to eat wet food and other food but he looks so thin. We are going to see what the vet says.

Litter Help

2009-12-07T07:39:00.000-06:00

Sorry we have been absent. Our mommy has been sick on and off for a month so she was too lazy and tired to help us blog. We have been visiting though, just not commenting. We have a problem and really need the help of the cat blogosphere.

We have been using Fresh Step litter since the beginning of time. We have two, sifting covered cat boxes. Mom is sick of the litter dust and litter getting stuck in our paws. She is also sick of feeling that she is being bad to the environment by using all this icky cat litter. We have been trying to get away from chemicals as much as possible and have been really paying attention to our food and what is in it. Now we want to look into different litter solutions. Mom and Dad went to Petsmart today and they purchased feline pine clumping and World's Best Cat Litter. We are going to try them both and see what we like. The idea of flushing our litter clumps sounds great. Much better than putting in a walmart sack like we usually do. Can you tell us what kind of litter you use and if anyone has recommendations that would be great. I'm hoping to not have to purchase 2 new litter boxes but will if need be. So please help us figure out what is the best non-clay based cat litter.

Look what we got!

2009-10-28T07:43:00.000-05:00

So we have been searching Hallmarks for this and we gave up finding it. Then Mom and Dad made a quick stop in a store and found the whole section and low and behold there was the card. Mom and Dad jumped around and told the people they were with that they knew the cat on the front and that we were all a part of the cat blogosphere. Boy, did they learn their lesson. Don't mention that your cat blogs and that you read other cat blogs and expect people to take you seriously. Oh well!

And just an update from all the comments. We cannot imagine going to the vet any other way than on our leashes. We have both only been in a PTU when we went for surgeries so we do not even like to see that thing. On the diet front, Nemo was sitting on our regular scale and it said 14lbs. Now that might not be accurate but he looks a lot thinner already. He has learned how to knock a bag of food over and get into it now so we have to keep things put away. We are also not that strict on that diet so Nemo does get to eat some people food and his regular stinky goodness and treats. We have cut down on fancy feast to only once a week so that seems to be making the biggest difference.

Vet Visit-Thursday 13

2009-10-15T07:06:00.001-05:00

So we haven't been on to blog because we are hissed off. Here are 13 things we heard when we went to the vet.

1. Wow those cats do well on leashes.
2. You guys are so pretty and handsome.

3. Wow, that is a big cat.

4. Bark, Bark

5. That bump on Patches foot must be some sort of wart.

6. The dandruff is probably more annoying for the people than the cat.

7. Don't be scared.

8. You only need one shot today.

9. Everything checks out good.

10. We will see you again next year.

11. Patches weights 11.19 lbs

12. Nemo weighs 16.8lbs

13. We need to put you guys on a DIET!

We've been on the diet for a month. Patches isn't much of a problem but it is easier to put them both on the diet because Nemo will eat her food anyway. Nemo seems to be lighter as it isn't as painful as he walks on us and his harness is looser. But boy does he meow for his food in the morning. We hope to get on more often. Stay tuned for more pictures.

Happy 6 month Birthday to our brother Owen.

One Word Wednesday~crabilated

2009-09-23T08:00:00.000-05:00

Stay Tuned...

Wordless Wednesday

2009-09-09T09:09:00.000-05:00

Oh My Cats!

2009-09-08T08:04:00.000-05:00

Nemo here. Thanks to everyone who stopped by the blog to wish me a happy birthday. I wanted to post earlier about my birthday coming up and then about my birthday but I've been real lazy. I also just got out of my nip coma from my birthday. My mom thinks I might have a problem. See, I'm a nip addict and I'm a mean one at that. I accidentally bit my mom because she had been giving us pinches of nip and I thought her hand was nip. Once you get on that nip, it does funny things to your vision. I just wanted to share some pictures from my birthday. I didn't get a tuna cake because for the last couple weeks we have periodically ran out of stinky goodness and the humans were too lazy to go to the store so we have been getting tuna some days. Sounds like we should run out of stinky goodness more often.

Here I am eating a catnip cane. I'm intense.
This is my mean face. I was trying to eat the catnip sprinkles.I got the munchies and mom shared her vanilla pudding, even though I bit her.

I had a great birthday. It is actually my gotcha day though. We aren't real sure when I was borned but I was brought home on labor day. Oh well, a party is a party.

Catch up on Tuesday

2009-08-25T07:30:00.000-05:00

Some crazy things have happened around here. Remember when we had a bat? Well, we have had 2 more bath instances in the last 2 weeks. Maybe it was the same bat, who knows? The first time baby Owen had woken up and wouldn't go back to sleep at 5 in the morning so we went downstairs. Mom thought she saw something fly by and we ran after it. Mom grabbed Owen and we all got locked upstairs until Dad caught it. Then, a week later Mom was sleeping and it was 4AM and she heard something funny and thought it was the fan. She opened her eyes and there was a bit flying around. We all hid in Owen's room and he didn't even wake up. We think we got all the bat places sealed up, we hope. You can imagine all the excitement. We just have been too tired to post.

Long Overdue Mancat Monday

2009-08-10T07:06:00.000-05:00

Hi guys! Remember us? Dad finally got his imac back so we can post pictures. We usually use a macbook but Mom's wireless has been sickly lately so it doesn't always work. Besides, all the good pictures are on the imac. It was a little bit hot this weekend and I was a little bit lazy as you can see.

My sardine is so far away!

So close but I'm too lazy to move.

Contest and Update

2009-07-27T07:30:00.000-05:00

So we've been kind of MIA lately since we made our contest. We were a little sad that only one cat family answered. We'd like to be able to post more regularly so we are not forgotten. We have been having some computer and blogger problems so that's why we are so late in posting our results. Our mom's laptops wireless is not working properly, dad's imac is at the doctor and then when we could get on blogger made our whole post go away. We were all a little frustrated with technology so we decided to cuddle first. Mom has to use dad's imac because that is where the pictures are but it is still at the doctors so we'll have to use an old picture for our post. We will be back soon though and get back to posting. We have lots of new pictures to show off.

The only person to respond and the one who got all the questions right were The Creek Cats. We will show pictures of what they won once we got the computer back this week.

1. When is Patches birthday?April 14

2. When is Nemo's birthday?September 5ish

3. What states have we lived in?Wisconsin and Iowa

4. What big event happened in our family this year?Baby Owen was borned

5. What is our favorite food? Fancy Feast of course

6. What do we love most of all? Boxes

7. What was Nemo's Halloween costume? Pirate

8. What was Patches Halloween costume? Angel

9. Do we like the outside? Yes, but Nemo needs to go slow or he gets scared.

10. What do we want our mom to buy us so bad?A stroller

11. What does Nemo usually wear?A bandana

12. What kind of treats do we eat?Temptations

13. What town do we live in? Grinnell, Iowa

100th Post contest!!!!!

2009-07-09T06:51:00.000-05:00

Today is our 100th post! We've been trying to get mom to help us type for days now but she was waiting for who knows what. We are going to do a Thursday 13 contest today too. We have 13 questions and the person to get the most questions right will get a prize. We will take submissions until July 12 at 11:59PM. We promise they won't be too hard.

1. When is Patches birthday?

2. When is Nemo's birthday?

3. What states have we lived in?

4. What big event happened in our family this year?

5. What is our favorite food?

6. What do we love most of all?

7. What was Nemo's Halloween costume?

8. What was Patches Halloween costume?

9. Do we like the outside?

10. What do we want our mom to buy us so bad?

11. What does Nemo usually wear?

12. What kind of treats do we eat?

13. What town do we live in?

We will post the answers and winner on Monday morning. Mom made a deal with Dad that every night she gets 30 minutes to help us blog. We think that is not enough to do everything we want but we will take what we get. I bet if we are real cute we will get a few more minutes.

We are melting!

2009-06-23T06:21:00.000-05:00

It is so hot here. Mom said there is a heat advisory until later tonight. The heat index is 110. We have air conditioning downstairs and in the bedroom upstairs but we are funny and lay at the top of the steps where it is the hottest and look pathetic. I'm hiding under this table to stay away from the sun. We hope the heat goes away soon so we can go outside.

International Box Day

2009-06-19T06:37:00.001-05:00

Sorry we have been missing lately. We have been busy roasting in the heat and taking care of Owen. We couldn't resist begging mom to post for international box day.
As you can see, we are big fans of boxes. We love boxes. We hope to be back blogging soon.

Tummy Tuesday

2009-06-02T06:33:00.002-05:00

Just so you know that I am helping out with the baby as well. I don't like to get too close but I model behaviors for him to learn. Here I am showing him how to roll and showing off my belly.

Hi again!

2009-05-26T08:33:00.000-05:00

We are hoping that we have not been forgotten since it has been quite awhile since we have posted. Things are finally starting to settle down in our house and we are getting a routine. Nemo wanted to share how he was helping with the baby for Mancat Monday but Monday came and went for a few weeks and then with the holiday Mom didn't realize it was Monday. Nemo is trying to be a good helper with baby Owen. Here he is helping with a diaper change.
Hopefully we can post more frequently. Mom is starting her new job on the 1st of June so we will see if that works out. We are visiting our friends but just haven't been able to post much or comment often. Please don't forget about us.

photo hunt-walking

2009-05-02T11:28:00.003-05:00

Today's photo hunt theme is walking. This is an easy one for us since we like to go walking. Mom and Dad took Owen walking yesterday and then came back and Mom took us out walking too. She really wants to get a stroller so we can all stroll together. Our neighbors think we are funny cats on leashes, I can't imagine what they would say if they saw us in a stroller.

Thanks!

2009-04-27T11:37:00.003-05:00

We feel so famous lately because we keep having pictures and news on the cat blogosphere. Mom went on this morning and saw this:
We want to thank Ann at Zoolatry for making this great graphic. There was one made before as well that we didn't get posted but we thank you still. Now that all the help has left the cats seem to finally realize that he isn't leaving. They are getting closer and more comfortable being around him. Patches finally forgave Mom and is sleeping next to her again. Hopefully we will have more baby and cat pictures soon.

Easy Like Sunday Morning!

2009-04-26T09:00:00.000-05:00

It has been a whole week since Mom and Dad came home with this little screaming thing. We are adjusting better than Mom and Dad expected. Patches is starting to forgive Mom and sitting on her lap again. Nemo even gave some rubs to Owen's head. We want to thank you all for visiting our blog and leaving such great comments about our new addition. The basket started out as a way to introduce the cats to the baby. Owen has taken to the basket and loves to sleep in it for naps. It is about the same size of the bassinet at the hospital. Luckily Owen sleeps well at night and Mom is starting to recover and is able to move up and down the steps a lot better. Mom is excited to feel better and to get back to doing the blog. We don't have many pictures of us with our new brother because we don't like to get too close yet.Here is Patches checking out what is going on.

After Sunday all the family leave and Mom and Dad are on their own. We'll see how that goes. Mom has to go back to the surgeon on Tuesday to see how her healing is going. We'll try to post more this week with more pictures.

Wowza!

2009-04-22T09:58:00.001-05:00

Owen Malcolm
born 4/15/09
7lbs 4 oz.
20 inches long

Guess what everyone? We have a new addition to the family. We are happy to show off little baby Owen.
The abduction wasn't completely successful so mom had to be cut open to get him out. Our mom and dad were gone for quite a few days and Mom is still in some pain. Updating will come as soon as mom feels more up to it but here are some pictures to tide you over.
P.S. Today is our Dad's birthday. We have lots of birthdays in April in our family. We wish him a very happy Birthday.

Tuna Cake

2009-04-15T07:00:00.000-05:00

Here is the tuna cake I got for my birthday.This tuna cake was really yummy!

Thank you to everyone that wished me a Happy Birthday. It was a pretty nice day. Now my mom and dad are trying to get this baby out so they can be home for the weekend. We will probably not post for awhile until Mom has time to help us. There will be a lot of visitors for the first few days so Mom hopes she will have time to give an update.

Happy 5th Birthday Patches!

2009-04-14T08:20:00.000-05:00

This is my very first picture. This is when Mom fell in love with me.

Today is my birthday. Five years ago I was borned on my grandma's farm. My mom and dad saw me when I was only a few days old. Mom had been wanting to get a calico cat and I just was born at the right time. They told Grandma that they wanted me so she kept her eye on me. I was borned in a chainsaw box and tried to escape several times. Grandma finally took me and my litter mates inside and mom and dad came and visited me many times. Mom says I'm getting old because I'm getting some gray hairs. My mom cat was a dilute calico so I say I'm just changing colors. I'd show lots of pictures of me as a baby but that was a time before mom and dad had a digital camera.

This is me as a tiny kitten at one of my Mom and Dad's visits.

I will post a picture of me and my tuna cake tonight. I have lots of tuna and temptations and lots of nip to share so teleport over and we can celebrate.

Tomorrow morning is when Mom and Dad will go to the hospital to start the abduction. Hopefully we will have a baby home by the weekend. We are not so sure about this but Mom bought us Sheba to butter us up so maybe it won't be too bad. We will post pictures and info as soon as our Mom and Dad get home with the new baby.

Fantastic Friday

2009-04-10T09:35:00.005-05:00

We would really like to thank everyone who has purred and prayed for our family so hard. In every way your purrs have helped. We are so glad that we became a part of this community. It had seemed like we were going to have a rough year and Mom was hopeful with the start of each month that this month would be better and we can finally say that April is going to be a good month. Our Dad's biopsy came back great and he has to be seen every 8 weeks instead of every 6 weeks is good news. Our Mom found out yesterday that she got the job she was hoping for. Although she is sad to leave the people she is working with and nervous about starting a new job with a new baby she is excited. We are happy for her because she will be making more green papers and won't be so crabby about money. For the baby news today is the baby's due date. They have that abduction thing set up for Wednesday next week and Mom will be at the hospital all day but hopefully then she can get that baby out and bring it home. Oh and Patches' birthday is on Tuesday. She will be 5 years old. Mom still needs to buy her a can of tuna and her 5 year old candle. We will be sure to post pictures of it. This weekend is supposed to be nice so we are hoping to go out on our leashes like the pictures. We are sick of the cold weather and want to get outside more. We hope everyone has a great Easter weekend!

Mancat Monday

2009-04-06T09:34:00.003-05:00

Mom still hasn't had that baby yet. If she doesn't have it by Thursday the human vet is scheduling an abduction or something like that. We got a little bit of snow yesterday. It is all sunny today but Mom said that looks are deceiving and it is not very warm out. We did get to go out on Friday and had our first run in with a squirrel. It was making all sorts of noises at us. At first we wanted to eat it but the leashes got in the way. Then it was just annoying. It finally saw that we weren't going to be able to chase it and went away. Well back to being a lazy mancat.

Another Dad Update!

2009-04-01T08:19:00.001-05:00

As you can see Nemo also fits into our two story townhouse. As you can also see, I am not pleased. He is showing me his belly and being submissive but it does not make me any more happy that he is in there.

Mom is taking over our blog to give you a Dad update. We said as long as we got to post a picture of us today she could talk about Dad.

We want to thank you all for all the purrs and prayers. We think they are the reason we can report such good news. At the biopsy and doctor was really concerned because it came back in about 4 months time. The first biopsy was moderate dysplasia and he made it sound like this looked exactly the same and it was either the same tissue or worse. This biopsy came back negative for any abnormal tissue. The thing they took off was a pus filled granule that was probably caused by the first biopsy. He still needs to go back for regular checks but instead of 6 weeks they will be 8 weeks apart. This is also great because it means less payments to the doctor as well as him not having to have a camera stuck up his nose and down his throat. It is a happy day at our house. Thank you all again for all the purrs and prayers for us. That is one less thing for us to have to worry about. It means a lot to all of us to have such support from people we have never met.

Holy Cats

2009-03-31T08:10:00.000-05:00

You see the above picture. We were going outside everyday and it had even reached 75. We don't have any pictures to prove this but it snowed here this weekend. It got very cold and really snowy and it even stuck. Luckily it is gone now but we have wind. Mom says that if I was to go out today I could be a Patches kite. That sounds like it could be a little fun.

Today is the day Dad finds out the results of the biopsy. Mom and Dad are trying to be really hopeful that things are not bad. We don't really want our Dad to have more surgery but we also don't want to think about the awful c word. Mom has yet to hear about the job yet. She has been feeling a little down thinking about it but whatever happens she is glad that she at least still has a job.

Our Grandma and Grandpa cat came to visit last weekend to get things ready for the baby. If we aren't around much in the next few weeks that might mean Mom had the baby. She is our primary typist but we will beg Dad to come on and make an announcement. Her due date is April 10 but she has had a few rough evenings with little sleep and she says she is ready to be done. We will keep checking on our friends blogs even if we can't post so we won't go away completely. We will update tomorrow about Dad's appointment. Wish us luck.

Nemo's way of going outside

2009-03-26T08:30:00.000-05:00

I have been getting comments on how some of you are a little afraid of the outside world. I am too so I wanted to show you a pictorial guide on how to make those first few steps. I have two ways of doing this and this is the method for those that are just scared of anything outside.

This is right outside the door. I'm a little crabby because I usually am dragged out here because Patches wants to go straight out where I like to take my time but Mom or Dad are holding onto two leashes.You have to sniff and investigate. Make sure you have an escape route. I'm looking at my door hoping I can figure out how to get in.
Take some slow steps down. One paw at a time but always keep an eye on your safety zone.It is OK to get a little scared and go back. The world is a very scary place and these things take time.
This move I call the stretch move. You act as though you are stretching and it makes you look a little less of a scaredy cat.

If you repeat the above steps you will eventually get to the bottom of the steps. It is still pretty scary at the bottom but it is a lot of work to climb back up the steps so might as well enjoy some grass or a good dirt pile before going back up. These things take time so don't expect to get to the bottom right away. I am very scared of everything. If the wind blows a leaf I am ready to go inside. My Mom and Dad think its very funny that even if they sniff, I jump. If I can do it anyone can.

We love boxes!

2009-03-24T07:50:00.000-05:00

This is Patches. Since Nemo got to have a day to himself I am here to tell you about this new two story house I have. Mom has taken lots of pictures and I'm excited to show it off.

You see this is a box. There were baskets inside this box and we have two of these boxes. Also that is not Nemo on the side. We don't have a name for him but he is very skinny looking to us.When it is turned upside down it makes a little house. Don't mind the litter on the floor. We make messes.This is our new two story house. We need to come up with a name for that silly cat thing on the first floor. Maybe we'll make a post all about him later.The only problem is the 2nd floor kinda moves a little when you move but it really is a nice house.

Does anyone else have houses that they would like to show off?

Fashion Friday with Nemo

2009-03-20T07:51:00.000-05:00

Sorry we haven't been around much this week. We have been busy and the weather has been nice so we get to go out every night when Mom and Dad come home and by the time we get back in and sit down Mom and Dad are beat so they won't help us. Mom was having some contractions last night so we had to keep her company while she was awake. The doctor said Mom was just having some sort of false labor. Seems weird to us. Our Mom has a job interview today as well so please keep her in your thoughts. We've been asking for lots of purrs lately but keep them coming. This would be great for Mom to get this job after the baby is born and it would mean more green papers which always means more food.

I'd like to show off my new fashion today. Since we have been outside a lot lately and I have finally moved from the steps I got a safari hat. I'm kinda new to wearing something on my head so these are by no means professional photos.

My pink bandanna kinda clashes but whatever.I'm waiting by the door. Ever since I realized the outside isn't that scary I meow all night after coming in. I drive my Mom and Dad nuts.From the side view you can see that the hat has holes for my ears. I'm still waiting for the door to open.

Tired Toes Tuesday

2009-03-17T08:06:00.001-05:00

Yesterday was a really nice day. It was over 70 here and really sunny. Our dad took the day off to recover and he took us outside. Then when Mom came home we got to go out again. Patches explored and walked and walked and tried to eat lots of dead grass. Nemo came out and rolled in the dirt, had to go in and get a snack and then became a little more adventurous.Checking out this leaf before eating more grass.

The world outside is very scary.

Now we are tired, too much fresh air. Nemo is upstairs sleeping and Mom didn't want to get up to take a picture so here is Patches relaxing her tired toes in the new rocking chair. Our grandmacat made this rocking chair for Mom and Dad and the new baby. We love it though since there is a nice blanket on it. Mom will share pictures of us being cute with all the new baby stuff soon she promises. We like all the new things to play with and the new bed to sleep in.I'm the babycakes so I get to be rocked to sleep.

Happy Saint Patricks Day everyone. We almost forgot about it or we would have done an Irish post.

Dad's Update

2009-03-14T17:04:00.002-05:00

We are sorry that it has taken us so long to update on Dad's house. Mom has been busy and she is our main typist around here. Dad is doing really well. He had trouble getting an IV again and the last time he had a biopsy that had troubles with intubation after he was asleep so they had to intubate him while he was awake. This was the worst part of the whole ordeal. Being awake when they are trying to stick a tube down your throat is no fun and it has really made him sore. Your natural reaction to something going down your throat is to gag and to tense up so his muscles in that area are sore. The surgery didn't take that long and grandmacat was there with Mom so that helped pass the time. The doctor showed them pictures of Dad's throat. The growth grew back in the exact same place. They took it off again but the concern is that their is a base to this growth further down that they can't really get to without a possible compromise to his voice box. The big concern is the fact that it grew back so quickly. It was removed in November and here we are again 4 months later and it has grown back. We will find out at the end of March what kind of tissue it is. Either way there are drawbacks. If the tissue is pre-cancerous again it is a waiting game and most likely another biopsy in a few months unless it never comes back. If it comes back as cancerous cells than we would likely have it in early stages and use direct radiation on it. We just hope our Dad doesn't have to go through the intubation like that again so it is a waiting game. Again, we encourage all you pets that have humans who smoke to help them to quit. Our Dad has never smoked but his Mom and Dad did when he was younger so he grew up around 2nd hand smoke. This is likely the cause of his problems. We encourage you also that if you notice your humans having a hoarse voice or prolonged sore throat or ears to ask their doctor about seeing an Ears, Nose and Throat doctor. Dad's general practitioner kind of put aside the issues until he requested a referral and without it we wouldn't have known about all these problems. Enough of the doom and gloom. Tomorrow we will be back to tell you about our Grandmacat being here and how it doesn't please us and maybe some cute pictures of us messing with baby stuff. Thanks for all the purrs, keep them coming. Our Dad really loves to hear them.

Dad's Surgery

2009-03-13T07:53:00.000-05:00

Today is the day of Dad's surgery. He is having another biopsy done on his larynx to check the tissue. Last time it came back as moderate dysplasia. We are hoping for it to either be the same or nothing this time. We need all the purrs we can get for him so Dad can be healthy. Dad's surgery is at 1:15pm. Last time the surgery didn't take that long but then he has to recover and then there is an hour drive back home. We will either update in the evening when the humans get back or Saturday. The results on the other hand make us all nervous. Mom says that she will be happy to know something and to know where to go from there. Dad is young and strong and whatever it is we know he can fight it.

Mom went to the doctor today too for them to check on the baby. Mom is at week 36. We think that is a very long time to be carrying a baby around. We think she agrees because shes always whining about something hurting. They want to do another ultrasound to check the position of the baby because the doctor couldn't tell if the head was down or not. Stupid doctor is going on vacation next week too. Well enough for updates for now. We will let you know how our dad feels tomorrow. It might be a week or so when we find out anything from the biopsy.

Wordless Wednesday

2009-03-11T09:07:00.001-05:00

In a box, on a box

Cold Again

2009-03-10T08:05:00.000-05:00

We knew it was too good to be true. It got cold again. It is crazy that it can go from almost 70 to low 30's in a short time. Mom had the heating pad out to help with her aches and Nemo kind of took over. We have to do what we can to keep warm. Patches likes to get wrapped up in the blanket to stay warm. It has also been raining for 3 days. We aren't feeling the time change either. We are still an hour off so didn't wake up Mom and Dad for breakfast. We have some fun stories to tell this week so hopefully the gloom and cold go away soon so we can share our fun stories.

Easy Like Suday Morning

2009-03-08T09:32:00.000-05:00

This is our new blanket. Patches has been collecting paw points for almost 5 years. One of the things she purchased was this new blanket. It is very nice to cuddle on.

We had some real nice weather the last few days and we got to go out in our harnesses. It was almost 70 here. That is strange for us. We like to go out at night for some reason. We had to come in early because there was a bat outside and Mom didn't want it in her hair. We hope this bat issue goes away once the weather improves and stays nice. We then got some thunderstorms. We forgot about what thunder sounded like and got scared and ran around....at 2 in the morning. Mom was not pleased. We are taking it easy today. Our grandmacat is coming Thursday evening and we don't really like her. She is very loud so we need to prepare for this. Dad's surgery is Friday. We will keep everyone posted when we get closer and when we get back. There are new pictures on the camera but the camera is upstairs and we are downstairs. This poses a problem so we will post them soon.

Catching up, again

2009-03-05T08:00:00.000-06:00

Sorry we have been not around much this week. Our Mom and Dad had a party this weekend and 10 people we didn't know came to our house to play video games with Dad and then all stay the night. We hid out in the bedroom most of the time. This week has been hectic with cleaning up from the party, laundry and then trying to be lazy for awhile. Mom is complaining again about not getting sleep. It is Nemo's fault Mom is not sleeping. Lately he wants to lay up by my Mom which is my spot. He then paces back and forth and walks all over. Now mom has been given us a scoop of nip before going to bed and we sleep all night. It makes it much easier for Mom to sleep.

Here I am patiently waiting for my nightly nip.

Fifth Photo Meme

2009-03-04T08:27:00.000-06:00

We've been tagged by Tristan and Crikey for the Fifth Photo Meme. It took us a few days to post this because we have been busy. We'll talk about that later. Here are the rules:

1. Open a document or file folder.
2. Click on the fifth folder.
3. Click on the fifth photo.
4. Post the photo and describe it.
5. Tag five other bloggers for the Meme.

We had to alter this a little because our 5th folder did not have 5 pictures in it so we went to the 6th folder and chose the 5th picture. This picture was taken January 5 of 2005. This is one of my first times in the snow and as you can see it was very deep and I sunk down pretty far.

We are terrible at choosing others for these things because it seems to be by the time our Mom gets around to doing these, they have been passed around. It is a fun meme so if anyone would like to do it then go for it.

Fashion Friday

2009-02-27T07:25:00.000-06:00

This is my new dress for Fashion Friday. The bow is slimming and if you sit just right the squishy tummy goes away under the ruffles.

I'm still learning how to pose. I'm not a professional yet. Mom needs a professional camera as well to get some better photos. We are too quick for her current camera.

This is after eating some treats for being cooperative. You can see my tongue. Mom is too lazy to deal with the laser eyes now. I gave her a lot of pictures to play around with.

Nemo thought he had to be part of the photo shoot too. He kinda matched. We are sharing a sardine. We ended up having to get another one out, sharing is no fun.

Worried Wednesday

2009-02-25T07:44:00.005-06:00

Nemo napping, what else would he be doing?

Today is another worried Wednesday at our house. Remember way back in November when we told you our Dad had surgery and all that. Since then he has to go see the throat doctor every 6 weeks for a checkup. He had one yesterday and they are wanting to go back in for another biopsy. The abnormal tissue is on his larynx so they can't just go digging and take stuff out. Last time it came out as moderate dysplasia so it is something we need to keep watch on. We are hoping that that is all it is again and that has not advanced. They have scheduled his surgery for March 13th. We are a little worried because that is Friday the 13th. Our Grandma is coming to stay and take Dad to Iowa City since Mom is pregnant and will be about 36 weeks along at that point we don't want her to take any chances having to drive an hour away. Mom's eyes have been leaking a lot because she's very scared for Dad and upset that this is happening. This time of stuff usually happens to people over the age of 55 and that are heavy smokers. Dad is only 25 and does not smoke. Hopefully that will make it easier for him to fight it. We would just like you guys to keep us in your thoughts. The next couple months will be hard with his surgery, finding out the results and having a baby. We will keep everyone posted as to how things are going. The biopsy surgery is pretty minor so we will have our Dad home that day. The waiting for the results is hard, last time it was a month before we heard anything. Until then we are going to stay positive and have fun with our Dad. We are getting a little restless to go outside so we hope Spring comes soon. Nemo is also going to share his story soon of throat surgery.Patches sitting in Dad's chair taking a bath.

Oops

2009-02-24T09:00:00.001-06:00

Well, Mom screwed up our blog. She had been working on Tuesday's post on Sunday and Monday evening when something wasn't working out so Dad had to look at it. It looks different than others but we are going with the flow. In the confusion, it got posted early but Mom said she stopped caring and left it there so sorry for the Tuesday post on Monday. Mom said it was Tuesday somewhere!

Tuesday Catchup

2009-02-24T09:00:00.000-06:00

We are trying to catch up with awards and stuff that we have not posted. If we forgot any in our listing we are sorry. We might need a new typist since ours seems to fail more than she succeeds with blogging. We know it is a bit late but we got a valentine from the cats at Peggy's Place. We are very excited to have a valentine and even though Valentines Day has passed, we will be your valentine anytime. If you want to see our valentine, click here. We have received an award from Tristan and Crikey way back at the beginning of February.

Mom translated this for us since it is in Spanish.

"This blog invests and believes in PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

In the spirit of friendship, we pass this award to the following cats: Most have already received this award but we want to recognize them anyway.

Whicky Wuudler
The Creek Cats
The Island Cats
Victor and Nina
Monty
Eric and Flynn

We also received another award from the Ernie's Voice gang.

These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

We are not going to list more people for this award and it goes to the same people as above since it seems to be a similar award.

Whew, that was a lot of catchup we had to do. Mom bought one of us something for Fashion Friday and we are excited to show you guys this week but that is enough for now. Sorry no pictures of us today but it has been a chore to get this much done.

Mancat Monday by Nemo

2009-02-23T09:09:00.001-06:00

These weekends go by so fast. Mom and Dad left us on Friday for some short of shower for a baby. I don't understand, Mom takes a shower everyday and I just don't get why she had to wash the baby in the belly 3 hours from home. While they were gone some exciting things happened. Our friends came over on Saturday and locked us in the bedroom and then later two weird guys came in and opened the forbidden room and attic and worked on making sure there are no bats left and what not and then they letted us out. It took us awhile to show Mom and Dad that we missed them. We don't like getting stuffed in a room, having strange guys come and going without stinky goodness for a day. Mom is feeling better so hopefully we will be around more this week.

Mom is teaching me how to dance pretty for treats.

Wordy Wednesday

2009-02-18T08:30:00.000-06:00

Mom still has the cold stuff. She's surviving though. We are starting to get closer in hopes that if we lay on her it will make her feel all better. Bad part is when we try to lay on her something kicks us. Mom and Dad say that it is our babycat. If its kicking us now, what will we do when it gets here. We mentioned a few weeks ago about a dandruff problem we were having. We also mentioned we got a smorgasbord of new foods to try. It is dry here in the winter months so it is common for us to get some dandruff, but we were really bad. We have a humidifier running in the bedroom so that helps too. Our Mom and Dad are also concerned with all the by-products and junk in our foods as well. The problem is, we are picky. We refuse to give up our dry fancy feast we get upstairs every few nights as a treat. Of course our stinky goodness is a different story. We don't like the same thing for very long and all these foods mom and dad would prefer we eat because of what is in them is not as good as fancy feast and wholesome goodness and market selects. We hope our new friend Jerusalem Jones reads this because they were looking for other foods too.

This stuff is tasty. We like the wet food too. It said it is made from wholesome ingredients but whole ground corn is the 1st ingredient.This stuff was also pretty tasty. It is just an indoor recipe. The problem is that it is in little pebbles and we don't chew them, we swallow them. Not sure how good that will be for tartar buildup. We have a toothbrush, but we don't like it too much.

This is tasty too, but has corn gluten meal. This is our winner as Patches is showing. This is spa select for sensitive skin. Since starting on this, our dandruff has gotten so much better along with their fur being silky smooth.

What do other cats on the blogosphere eat? We are curious if there is something else out there to try that might be tasty. We like trying new things.

Tired Tuesday

2009-02-17T09:00:00.000-06:00

Well, our mom has managed to get sick again and she thought it was bad the last time. This time she is 32 weeks pregnant and coughing and sneezing is worse. She is also achy today. We are trying to rest far away from her because we don't want to catch it. Dad says we should use our snuggle power to make her better but he isn't getting close, so why should we. We might be a little on and off this week as mom gets better. You would think since she is spending so much time on the couch she could help us blog but I guess.

I'm hiding under the table so sneezes don't get on me.

Happy Valentines Day!

2009-02-14T14:57:00.004-06:00

We want to wish everyone a Happy Valentines Day. We have a few awards we have yet to pick up from people. We have not forgotten but today I want to model my dress. Mom says that I gained a little weight since the last time I wore it but it still fits mostly. This is a special Valentines Day dress. I don't have a date for Valentines Day but I can still go on the town. I might need something warmer because we got 4 inches of snow yesterday. I'm getting better at modeling. It takes lots of practice.

Fashion Friday

2009-02-13T09:00:00.000-06:00

Guess what internets? My mom found me a new bandanna for Valentines day and I've been saving to model it until now. Since I'm not the best at modeling this is what it looks like.
I wasn't sure because it is pink and was worried it wasn't manly enough but my Dad wears pink and Skeezix wears pink, so why can't I. It is hard to see the bandanna when I'm in action but I did get to take some cute pictures anyway.

Worrisome Wednesday

2009-02-11T09:28:00.004-06:00

Mom says thanks for being concerned about us and our bat situation. We both are updated on our rabies shots so we think and hope we are okay. The cats seem to be acting the same as before so Mom is not too worried. She is more worried about more bats. Our house is kinda weird and the one bedroom has access to an attic space that surrounds the room. That must have been how the bat got in. We tried to trap it but now can't find it. We are hoping it just got out the way it came in otherwise it will die and stink. Mom wants a new house that isn't old and doesn't have spaces for bats to get in. Does everyone think that as long as they have their rabies shots, things should be OK? I really don't think they got bitten but, a mom has to worry right? I'm hiding in this bag so no more bats can find me!

Whew, what a weekend.

2009-02-10T08:00:00.000-06:00

Boy are we glad the weekend is over and Mom and Dad went to work so we can finally get some good napping in. Our grandmacat and auntcat came and brought some stuff. They brought us a new dining room table and 6 chairs. Well, they certainly didn't smell like us so we had to do a lot of rubbing. Then they took our mom and went shopping for baby stuff. They brought home this stroller and we thought for sure it was for us but it wasn't. And the extra room that will be the baby's room got opened up and we got to play in there. Dad went to check on us and we were chasing a bat. A real live bat. Mom and dad made us leave the room and they tried to get it but it went back into the attic. We have no idea where it went or why it was there. Mom was freaking a little bit about us chasing a bat and that it was just kinda trying to flop on the floor. We never bite things though so its not a big deal. Once, we had a mouse in our house and we did nothing but follow it around. We are just exhausted after this weekend. It was very nice out and still will be in the 50's until tomorrow. We hope all the snow melts and the mud goes away so we can go out without getting dirty. We are purring for all the cats and humans in Australia and hope they are all safe and sound.

Thursday Thirteen

2009-02-05T08:01:00.004-06:00

We were having some difficulties uploading photos today and mom got tired of waiting for them so these are only a couple today.

Here are thirteen things that we have heard mom and dad talk about this week.

1. Patchacat, please no more pukes on the carpet. (Patchacat has become my new nickname I guess.)

2. Nemo, stop trying to lick your bandanna off.

3. Be more good. (This one is directed at both of us)

4. Sometimes I wish you didn't have such long whiskers. (Patches, I like to cuddle real close to my moms face at night and she grumbles when whiskers go up her nose)

5. Why must you follow me everywhere. (Again, Patches, mom rolls over in bed and I have to get on the other side too, mom gets up to use the bathroom a million times, I have to watch her)

6. We are out of cat food. (This worried us but mom assured us she'd go shopping tonight to get more)

7. Maybe we can take the cats outside again this weekend.

8. Nemo, you are snoring. (sorry mom and dad)

9. Nemo, stop meowing at the closed door. (Mom is worried I will wake the baby up when it arrives because I meow really loudly for no apparent reason.)

10. Visitors are coming tomorrow. (Yay, extra loves for us)

11. I don't want to go to work. (we hear this on a daily basis it seems.)

12. Why don't you cats clean the house while we are gone. (Yeah, right)

13. No more walking on moms belly. The baby doesn't like it.

14. Nemo, why must you drop such stinky bombs.

15. We love you Patches and Nemo. (We never get sick of hearing that)

Words for Wednesday

2009-02-04T09:30:00.000-06:00

Everyone was correct on who the toes belong to. Patches also has white toes but its a smaller area in the front and her feet are less meaty than Nemos. We always say Patches is dressed up in her go-go boots and her fancy white gloves.

We got to go out on our leashes last weekend. There is still snow and its still chilly but we wanted to get some fresh air. Yesterday and today were really cold again but by the weekend it is supposed to be close to 50. We are very excited. Our grandma cat (Mom's mommy) and Aunt cat are coming to visit this weekend so we will have visitors. That is kind of exciting for us.

Toes on Tuesday

2009-02-03T07:58:00.002-06:00

Here are some pictures of toes. Can anyone guess who these toes belong to? We think its easy to tell but they are our toes. Apparently that stupid groundhog saw his shadow yesterday. We are not pleased about it. Mom says it didn't matter anyway because winter never lets go too quickly.

Photo Hunt-Furry

2009-01-31T08:00:00.000-06:00

The theme for this weeks photo hunt is Furry. This is an easy one so mom said we could do this with no problem.This is Nemo's fur after bunnykicking his cigar for a long time. His belly was less furry after this.

This is Patches and her furry belly soaking up the sun.

Hi guys, just a word from Patches. I want to apologize to my mom and dad for puking so much yesterday. Mom did not feel well and was trying not to puke herself and I had a hairball so I woke them up to the noise of me trying to puke. I am not one to stay in one spot so I leave a puke trail. Mom made dad clean it up. I'm sorry guys. I'm also sorry that I puked again after mom left for work. I really don't mean to but sometimes I gotta puke. Mom always yells because we have only 2 rooms with carpet and I always puke on the white carpet, never the linoleum or wood floor. I just wanted to say I'm sorry. Me and mom seem to always be sick at the same time.

Fashion Friday

2009-01-30T08:06:00.000-06:00

Again we have older pictures for fashion Friday. Mom says we need to get new fashions so we have something to show off. Mom hasn't found anything lately but she will keep looking. This is how we stayed warm at our old place. When we lived in Wisconsin we lived in a very old and very cold house. Mom would put our sweaters on us to stay warm. We also would wear our sweaters when we needed to go in the car in the winter. It made us really easy to deal with mom said.I think its very hard to find outfits to match my own colors.

This sweater no longer fits either cat but it was very warm.I have to clean my brothers dirty ears.

Sad News

2009-01-27T09:48:00.003-06:00

We have some sad news to report today. One of our grandma's cats went to the rainbow bridge yesterday. No one really knows how old he was and we always thought he was a young cat because of his size but we are kinda thinking maybe he was older. It seems as though he started to lose weight but eat a lot, he lost some teeth and then lost control of his bladder. He had an appointment to see the vet but was ready to go. Even though this cat was not nice to us we are sad to see him go.

Goodbye Steve-o or Squeekers.

Mancat Monday

2009-01-26T09:52:00.003-06:00

We haven't really done anything all weekend. It was nice. It got cold again and we don't like that. Mom and Dad went shopping this weekend and they always spend more money on us then they do themselves. That's OK with us. They bought us different foods to try. We are usually pretty picky on what we eat and mom is trying to find something that we like that isn't full of junk. We will never give up our fancy feast stinky goodness or dry food though. Now we have 3 different bowls on the floor to see what we eat. It is like a buffet. Here is my mancat Monday picture. I'm very manly.No Patches that is not a turd. It is my nip cigar. Every mancat needs a cigar.

Finally Friday

2009-01-23T08:00:00.000-06:00

No new fashions today. Mom is lazy I think. It seems to be a recurring theme. Mom keeps saying she is so glad that it is Friday. We want to thank Daisy and Everycat for editing our eye pictures and emailing us tips. Mom is going to play around with Photoshop this weekend and see what she learns. Until she learns it everyone might have to deal with our glowing eyes. Guess what else mom has been too lazy to do this week? Take pictures. Not a single picture was taken since our Fashion Friday post last week. That is ridiculous. We won't stand for that again that's for sure. It is not like we were not being cute. There were plenty of opportunities for pictures. Here are old pictures of us.This picture is from 2004 at my first Christmas. It is a little bit of fashion for me. I'm very dramatic and love my long scarf and my grandma's chair. I'm cute aren't I?
This is me as a baby in 2005. I no longer fit on that perch or in it for that matter. Mom misses me as a kitten. She says I am much heavier now and crush her when I make biscuits on her ribs. I was shy for the camera when I was little.

I hope mom has newer pictures of us for next week. We need to train her better.

Wordless Wednesday

2009-01-21T08:00:00.001-06:00

What an important day in history yesterday was. It made moms eyes leak. This is our look toward the future.Don't mind my glowing eyes. I'm not sure how to make them better and neither does my mom. Any tips?

Mancat Monday-In training

2009-01-19T13:45:00.007-06:00

So everyone has seen how handsome I am and how big of a mancat I am today. I'd like to show you how I got started as a mancat. I was not a very manly cat at all when I was brought home from a farm.I was a very dirty cat and very small.I grew up though. Mom says I grew pretty quickly. Can't tell from this picture but I'm wearing a bandanna even as a kitten. This was a month and a half after I came home.This is a recent picture of me. In September I will be four years old. That is my favorite blanket to cuddle with. It has been since I was a kitten as you can see.

I hope everyone is having a great Monday and Martin Luther King Jr. day. Dad has the day off and mom is working at home because at her doctors appointment today she got blood stolen from her finger and arm and a shot in the butt. Mom was curious if anyone has suggestions for dandruff. We are going to try new food but she is up for any other suggestions. Mom has been having troubles with blogger and uploading pictures lately so our posts keep getting later and later.

Fashion Friday

2009-01-16T09:27:00.000-06:00

We will show ways mom let us stay warm tomorrow. Mom's car would not yesterday morning so she worked most of the day at home with us. It was nice to have her here to keep us warm.

Now it is time for Fashion Friday. We don't have many fashions but we'll work on that. These pictures aren't the greatest. We are working on modeling for treats. Also the room is messy. Don't mind that.See my sailor suit. Mom was going to edit it and make the picture better but iphoto was crashing and pictures wouldn't upload last night so she had to quick do it before work.Here I am licking my lips. Again sorry for the picture quality. I really wanted my treats they were dangling in front of me.
Patches thought she should get treats too even though she wasn't modeling.

Cold Thursday

2009-01-15T08:00:00.000-06:00

As you can see we are doing everything we can to stay warm today. The weather people say something about an Alberta clipper being in town. We don't know what that means but we know we don't like clippers getting near our hairs, feet or hoohas so it must not be good. We feel very bad for any cat who lives outside. Mom said she'd open the house to every cat who wanted to come in for the night last night but she couldn't afford to let the heat go out with the door open. We've never ever known it to be this cold before. The news people said its been about 12 years. It sounds like its cold everywhere. Windchill is supposed to get between -40 and -50. We are keeping our mom and dad warm too. They are warm and we like to cuddle with them. Nemo will be posting for fashion Friday tomorrow. It is supposed to be a little warmer so he can model without freezing his nips off.

Wordless Wednesday (Almost)

2009-01-14T09:00:00.000-06:00

Sorry we haven't posted in awhile. Mom has been tired. Our dad had another appointment for his throat yesterday. Things looked normal so he is good for another 6 weeks. Please continue to send purrs and prayers for him to not have any more abnormal cells on his larynx. We had lots of snow this weekend and then more snow on Monday and mom might get another snow day today. She's hoping. The high for Thursday is -1 before the windchill is considered. That is furry cold. Here is our picture for the day.As you can see we have been spending a lot of time on this love seat. The love seat is in an alcove with all windows so the sun comes in here and we can see lots of stuff. Patches does not like to share the spot though so its rare to get one of us together.

Photo Hunt-Aftermath

2009-01-10T09:00:00.001-06:00

We have decided to do the photo hunt for this week and give it a try so here it goes.

The theme for this week is aftermath. At first we weren't sure how we were going to show aftermath and didn't really know what it meant so mom had to explain it. She said the best way would be to show the before picture and then the aftermath of it so here it goes.This is us with our new catnip toys. We play and play and lick and bunnykick them.

This is the aftermath. Nemo bunnykicks so hard he makes hair from his belly fall off and then we are both lazy for the rest of the day.

Hiding places

2009-01-09T07:58:00.000-06:00

Let me tell you, our humans have been lazy on letting us post this week. We've been giving them lots of opportunities to talk about stuff by what we do. We got some grass for Christmas and dad is growing it for us. I, Patches, finally found it on top of the fridge so have started to go up there to eat it even though its not quite ready. Nemo has been jumping up there and then to the cabinets and then meows because he doesn't know how to get down. Mom and Dad run to get the camera but by that time we have snuck off and then just been lazy. Mom found a new outfit for Nemo but has no energy to go upstairs get it, bring it down to Nemo and take a picture for Fashion Friday. That will have to wait for next week. These pictures are a bit old but mom always laughs when she sees them. We like to hide in weird places and she will call and call for us but we don't come out. At least we are really cute when we do it.

Tattletale Tuesday

2009-01-05T21:17:00.004-06:00

OK, so our pictures of having to take the bath make it look super terrible but really its not that bad. Afterwards, they turn the heat on high and wrap us in towel and treat us like babies. For Patches, she gets to use the blow dryer and fluffs her up real nice. Mom loves to cuddle with us when we get all dry because we are so soft. Mom is so glad that we are so good and just kind of walk around in the water. We really have not been doing much lately. We did help with taking the Christmas decorations down. We like to jump in the boxes and inspect everything before it gets put away.
Nemo has been doing lots and lots of napping just like usual.
Sorry this is so late in posting. Mom was trying to get it ready last night and our Internet went down and just got back up. Ugh, technology

A Bath!

2009-01-03T20:01:00.004-06:00

So we started out the New Year trying to be less crabby but do you know what they did to us since they had the day off. They gave us baths. Nemo gets a lot of dandruff but greasy and we are making sure there are no more fleas. We haven't had a bath since we moved in August. We were not pleased about it either. Lets just say we are trying to not be crabby, but its really hard. Hopefully this doesn't continue throughout the year. Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Mom apologizes for the fuzzyness of the pictures but she says its hard to track down a wet cat that is constantly shaking the wet off.

Thursday Thirteen-New Years Resolutions

2009-01-01T06:00:00.000-06:00

Happy New Year everyone. We can hardly believe that its a new year. We stayed up late to watch the new year come in but it didn't look any different than the old year. We wanted to share our New Years resolutions with you. Hopefully we can stick to them.

1. Welcome the baby into our family and not be grumpy about it. (This is number one because it might be the hardest, especially for Patches)

2. Enjoy more time with my nip cigar I got for Christmas.
3. Spend time seeing the rainbow with my nip rainbow.
4. Being more nice to my sister and not bothering her all the time (Nemo)

5. Tolerate my brother more so I'm not always hissing at him (Patches)

6. Not drop as many bombs in the litterbox (Nemo)

7. Convince mom that we need a kitty stroller so we can go out strollering when the baby comes.

8. Not puke from high places so I can hear it go splat and make a big mess. (Patches)

9. Sleep even more in the sun.

10. Maybe not eat all my fancy feast the first night mom fills the bowl. (Nemo)

11. Blog and visit our friends blogs on a regular basis.

12. Not be as crabby.

13. Enjoy the year with my mom, dad and new baby and have fun.

Hope everyone has a great start to the year. We hope this is the best year for everyone. The last few weeks have been kinda sad around the cat blogosphere and we hope it goes better this year.

Happy New Years Eve!

2008-12-31T17:53:00.005-06:00

We have given up on being crabby because it has not gotten us anywhere. Tomorrow we will share our Thursday Thirteen New Years Resolutions. Today we want to show you our Secret Paws gifts.
Nemo's secret paws package came from Kodak and 3 Perf family. I was so excited to see what it was that I got. I got my head right in that package and checked it out. It was stuffed full of goodies. I got some treats, a little mouse, a catnip ball that mom won't let me have yet, and a bunch of little ball type things that I have chased and chased and have no idea where they went. I'm sure mom missed some of the stuff that was in there but since I have played with it all and put it in hiding places it is hard to remember it all. Thank you so much, I loved everything in there and even shared with my sister.
Patches was a little more hesitant to look into her package and we regret we cannot remember who it is from. Silly mom is trying to track down the information but if anyone recognizes the package or remembers sending the gift please please let us know. Patches box had Fancy Feast elegant medleys. I love these and I share with my brother. I got a bunch of fun jingly pink balls for me to bat everywhere. I also got this funny furry purple thing that I love to play and play with. There are some feather toys as well, these are so much fun. I've never had anything with feathers on it. Don't mind mom in the pictures wearing pajamas. She always wears her jammies as soon as she gets home so this will not be the last you see of her in pajamas. Mom didn't want to work on editing our pictures since it took so long to get them posted in the first place.

Well, we need to nap. Mom said something about staying up late tonight to ring in the New Year. We aren't sure what shes talking about but I think it requires more napping. Sorry we are so late in posting today.

Still a little crabby!

2008-12-30T08:49:00.000-06:00

After mom came home from work last night we sucked up to her because we felt bad for being so crabby. We thought things were going great and she snuggled with us and let us look at our friends blogs and even commented on some. Then she said it was time to organize photos so she could make a post. But guess what she said, you'll never believe our lazy mom. She decided she didn't want to post our secret paws gifts because she was too lazy to get the pictures off of dads computer and edit them and pick them out. Can you believe this crap we put up with. Also she is very embarrassed because she cannot remember where Patches present came from and she wants to give credit to them and thank them for the wonderful gift. If anyone reading this had me Patches from Iowa as their secret paw mom would really like for you to leave a comment or email us at kaltsaskats at gmail dot com. So since our mom is lazy here is one stinking picture of us together looking out the window. Mom has to move the curtain to the center so we can both look out at the same time.

We are crabilated!

2008-12-29T08:46:00.000-06:00

So, our humans came home on Friday and we are just posting today. We are so mad that posting about our Secret Paws gifts will have to wait. We got some awesome stuff from our secret paws and if you can believe it mom can't remember who Patches came from so we are waiting to hopefully get that information so we can give credit to them. We also got some cool gifts for Christmas after our humans came back. The weekend was good and we helped snoopervise the cleaning and organizing of the office and being lazy. The real reason we are crabby is when the human who gives us treats at night uploaded photos there were other cats and even a woofie on there. The cats we can handle, but a dog, really! We also had a visitor for a short time but that story is for another day. One crabby post is enough. Here are the evidence we found that our humans cheated on us.

This cat is called Steve-o or Squeakers. He is kind of protective of food.

This is Bouncy, she is about 11 years old. She is white and has a raccoon looking tail. We like her.

This one is simply called Kitty. She meows a lot when petted.
And the worst offender is Famous. We hate this dog! This is the reason we don't get to go anymore. No offense to you dog people, but dogs don't seem necessary when you have 3 cats.

Hopefully we will calm down by tomorrow and get some real posting in. It is really tiring being this crabby.

Santa Claws

2008-12-24T11:55:00.003-06:00

Our mom and dad are leaving us for the holiday so we won't be blogging until after Friday. Mom said that Santa Claws will still come and fill our stockings when they get back. We were a little worried. We usually go with our mom and dad for Christmas but our grandma has a dog and 3 cats so we have to be kept in the basement the whole time. We don't like that one bit. Our grandma's cats are indoor/outdoor kitty and she is constantly battling fleas, especially in the basement. Mom and dad certainly don't want to go through that again. Nemo was pretending to be Santa Claws.

Mom and dad also have a book to read us like they do every year. After our mom and dad come back we will post about our Secret Paws gifts that we got awhile ago. We hope you all have a Merry Christmas.

Mancat Monday

2008-12-22T08:00:00.000-06:00

I know it has been discussed several times but snoopervising is the single most important task a cat has to do. Our dad decided to clean out the cupboard and rearrange all the tea that was in there and I just had to make sure he did it right. He cleaned out the cupboard and I jumped right in making sure he didn't miss anything. My sister thought maybe she could help but I told her this was a very manly job that needed to be done.

Snoopervising like a man cat should.

There is no room for two to snoopervise!

Chasing Patches out of the manly duties.

Lazy Sunday

2008-12-21T16:35:00.002-06:00

We are so lazy around here that we are just getting around to posting. Well, mom had to work and then go shopping to finish our secret paws gifts and then get the big sucking machine out but now we are being lazy for the rest of the night. Mom and dad say that it is -1 out but with the windchill it is almost -30. That seems furry cold. We are glad we are inside kitties. The weather has been the pits around here so mom and dad finally helped us shop for the secret paws this weekend and it will go in the mail tomorrow. We hope we did good.

Fashion Friday

2008-12-19T06:45:00.000-06:00

My sister isn't happy that I get to hog the blog today but she always gets to talk so today it is my turn. We are getting some icky winter weather here in Iowa but our mom and dad are here to keep us warm. They are both getting over a cold and we are sneezing too. Today we are posting for Fashion Friday. I want to show you my business look and my weekend look. Mom couldn't find my bow tie for the picture but when we do find it we'll post a picture.

Here is my weekday, business look! I'm doing paperwork by the Christmas lights.

This is the relaxing weekend bandanna. No work allowed!

This bandanna can also double as a bib when needed.

Wordless Wednesday

2008-12-17T08:17:00.000-06:00

We got lots of snow yesterday and we are supposed to get lots of ice on Thursday. Hopefully the power will stay on so we can stay warm.

Mancat Monday

2008-12-15T08:24:00.000-06:00

Nemo reporting here. We were fighting over the prime spot on the back of the love seat where we can look out the window. Mom opened the curtain on both sides so we could both look out but I took it upon myself to take up the whole space myself so my sister couldn't have any room. In the picture you can see our snow melted mostly. It rained yesterday and then it got very cold. The windchill is supposed to be -15 to -20. We feel bad our mom and dad have to go out in that. We are supposed to be snowing tomorrow again. Maybe mom can have a snow day again. We are really behind in posting about this award we received but we didn't want you to think we forgot so here it is.
Thank you to the creek cats for giving us this lemonade stand award.The Lemonade Award is given to sites which the giver show either great attitude and or gratitude.
The rules for these awards are:

1. Put the logo on your blog.
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3. Nominate 10 other blogs.
4. Add links to those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs

We are terrible about nominating other blogs but we would like to say that one blogger deserves this for having attitude and gratitude and that is Moki. He has really been through so much and his people have a heart of gold and it touches our heart so much.

In other news we are so sad to keep hearing such bad news from so many cats lately. Mom is visiting your blogs all the time and though she might not comment we are thinking of all of you. Seems like there has been a rough patch and we hope it ends soon.

Lazy Weekend

2008-12-14T20:14:00.002-06:00

Well, we had such a lazy weekend that we didn't even post yesterday and we are very late at posting tonight. Our mom tried to put up a giant tree but it doesn't fit so we put up the small tree we used to have. We of course thought it wise to taste it because who doesn't want to taste a fake Christmas tree. Here we are posing. Of course not at the same time.
Our mom was feeling really miserable on Saturday and couldn't breathe through her nose, her throat hurt and she was coughing. We laid on the couch all day with her and it seemed to be working. She is feeling a lot better today and was even able to make dinner and taste it somewhat. Mom got our Christmas cards out to those who sent us addresses. We still have some left so if anyone wants one yet, even if its late we'd love to send one so let us know. Nemo will be posting for mancat Monday tomorrow. It is furry cold here tonight so we are glad we are indoor kitties.

Finally Friday

2008-12-12T15:39:00.003-06:00

We are glad its finally Friday and that both our mom and dad only had to work half a day today. We are going to put up the Christmas tree. Mom borrowed a tree from a friend but after putting branches up she doesn't think it will fit so we will have to go back to our small one. Our mom is still sick but we are taking good care of her. Mom was going to let me, Nemo, post for fashion Friday but then my sister had to go to the vet so she thought we would give an update.
Patches speaking. Remember awhile ago I talked about having a weird gray lump on my toe. Well I finally went to the vet today. It was not fun because first it is really cold out there and second I don't like going to the vet by myself. I nestled into Mom the whole time trying to bury myself. The vet looked me over everywhere first and even wanted to see my butt. Mom saw a thermometer sitting out and apologized if that went in my butt but luckily it didn't. We had a nice vet who looked at my toe and was able to just clip it off. He said it was a bunch of dead skin. Mom didn't take a before picture and my paw looks all normal now. I didn't even care when they clipped it off. There was a dog in the waiting room when we left but I did well and even walked to the car. Mom is going to send out the Christmas cards this weekend now that she finally got them all ready to go. She is a little slow at these things. She says there aren't enough hours in the day but we seem to manage to sleep all day. Mom is also proud because she has been able to post every day this week and thinks she has a system down. Hope everyone is ready for the weekend.

Thursday Thirteen err eight

2008-12-11T08:00:00.000-06:00

Our mom has come down with a cold so she is sleepy and blowing her nose a lot and sniffing. We are trying to take care of her but she whines an awful lot when she is sick. Mom's cold is affecting her creative part of her brain but we said we'd help up and come up with 13 random things to say, mainly responses to comments.

1. Thank you Whicky Wuudler for telling us about your ear. We are sorry you had a rough feral life before but are glad that you have a nice place to live now.

2. We are so excited about getting mail and we have gotten more cards than our mom and dad this year. Mom thinks the mailman might think we are crazy but oh well.

3. We are also excited about secret paws. Mom was checking our email constantly until we finally got our names and can't wait to go shopping.

4. We can't believe there are so many people as crazy as us out there that there is a whole cat blogosphere. Who would've thought that people would help cats blog.

5. Related to above, mom does not go advertising that she does this because she knows she will get strange looks but most of her Internet time is cat related.

6. We do have a boogie mat. The only bad thing is the zipper is broken so we have never put new nip in it. We can still smell the nip and will go crazy. Mom says she will eventually fix the zipper but we don't believe it.

7. Nemo says he will need to get some more business attire to work for all those who requested. He has a neck tie and a bow tie. If the work environment is casual enough he can wear his bandanna.

8. We are usually told to get off the laptops but when they are not looking we sit on them. On many occasions we have made mom and dad say bad words because we have erased parts of papers or added pages and pages of random gibberish. Patches usually manages to make new folders on the desktop and once she used hotmail to chat with someone for multiple messages back and forth.

I guess we aren't as good as this without mom's help that we only had 8 things to say today. We saw that we were tagged for the 6th picture meme. We have done it once but since we have two computers with two sets of pictures we will love to tell another story. Dad is playing on the computer now so we can't bother him until later. We will also post our award tomorrow when our mommie is rested and has her head on straight. We picked a random pic for today so you wouldn't forget what we looked like after one day.

Wordless Wednesday

2008-12-10T08:45:00.004-06:00

Tummy Tuesday

2008-12-09T08:00:00.000-06:00

We are sharing our tummies today on Tuesday. Nemo's favorite position is on his back. He also sleeps with his eyes half open most times. As mom was searching through the 11,000 pictures she has on the computers she realized how many pictures of Nemo and his white belly she had and how few there were of Patches. My sister is in the background looking out the window at something.
This is the closest thing of a tummy picture for me. I am a lady cat and don't like to let it all hang out and show off all my spots. My mom says I have fat sacks that are empty. My tummy grew so I have lots of extra skin but nothing in them. I guess that's a good thing. Mom says I cannot get a tummy tuck even though it is very embarrassing, especially when I take a bath and it is very obvious.
Just another reminder, sign up for the Christmas card exchange. We'll send cards anywhere because its furry exciting to send mail and receive mail. We've never done this and we are excited to give our cards to the man wearing blue pants to send out.

Mancat Monday

2008-12-08T08:03:00.000-06:00

Nemo here reporting. It was a very busy weekend. My dad put up plastic on the windows because its furry cold outside and our house is old and leaks a lot of heat. I did my part by being the best snoopervisor. I would be wearing my business tie but it was the weekend and all. That is my mancat rule for the day. Whenever work is being done, do your best to be involved without actually doing any work.

Sometimes we needed to ask the consultant Patches where to put things so she had to be called in to help place the caulk in the right place.

Mom mentioned that the weatherpeople are saying we are going to get a big storm tonight through tomorrow. Maybe lots of snow. When we lived out of town this meant that mom and dad couldn't go anywhere so we got to hang out with them all day but now we live only a few blocks from their work so they probably could make it. Mom might be home early though, shes hoping at least. She always hates Mondays and asks where the weekend goes. Hope everyone has a good start to the week.

Lazy Sunday

2008-12-07T19:46:00.003-06:00

As you can tell it is lazy Sunday at our house and that is why we are so late at posting today. It has been a rough week for our mom and dad and between the two they have had doctors appointments everyday last week but Monday. Our dad got his CPAP machine and is now allowed to sleep in the bed again. It was hard for us to get used to that so we kept walking on him. We are all excited that there isn't any snoring and dad isn't having troubles sleeping with the mask on. Our mom went to the doctor and got to see pictures of the baby. She showed us but we don't see what she tells us is in the photo. Mom and dad hoped to find out what kind of baby they were havin but the baby wasn't cooperative. Mom wasn't surprised, shes used to stubbornness. I, Patches, have been very clingy to mom today. We had a nice long cuddle in the blankets this morning and wherever mom goes, I'm right by her side helping. Mom thinks maybe I'm not feeling well because I did throw up last night and this morning but I am still eating and up and moving so who knows. Sometimes I eat too fast and too much at one time, especially my fancy feast and then throw up. Do any of you cats burp? I burp all the time on my mom but Nemo never burps, his comes out the other end. Mom has to get back to decorating for Christmas, we are snoopervising all the things to knock down.

Wordy Wednesday

2008-12-03T09:12:00.003-06:00

This is an old picture of us. We never lay together anymore like this and mom wishes we would be more nice to one another. We have some news about our dad that we would like to share. Our mom and dad went to his followup appointment about his biopsy and his sleep study. We didn't get such great news, but it is not all bad either. With the sleep study they found that dad was stopping breathing every 30 seconds. That is not such good news but they are going to give him a CPAP machine that will make him stop snoring and make him get some good sleep. His snoring has been going on for 10 years so we can't wait for him to finally sleep well and allow mom and the new baby to sleep as well. As for the biopsy on his larynx they found moderate dysplasia. Mom says that dysplasia means abnormal cells. There are 3 forms before they are cancerous, mild, moderate, severe. That they found it at all is just a lucky break and our dad is only 25 (which seems old to us) is good. Now our dad has to go every 6 weeks to get the camera thing shoved up his nose and down his throat to keep an eye on it. If anything returns they will take it out. Most people who have this type are heavy smokers and when they find anything on the larynx it is later in life. Our dad does not smoke but did grow up around smoking. We would like to encourage anyone who smokes to stop and think about what you could be doing to your body but more importantly, look at the others around you, especially kids. Enough of the doom and gloom. We will need continuous purrs from everyone through this but we are glad that we have the ability to know this early and to keep an eye on it. As for our mom, she goes to the doctor today to checkup on the baby and hopefully schedule some sort of picture taking of it inside her. This sounds weird but we'll let you know how it goes. Oh, and its snowing again. Maybe another 4 inches by tonight. Mom will take a picture to show later. Sorry for the wordy post.

6th picture of the 6th folder

2008-12-02T08:00:00.000-06:00

We saw this on whiskers & purrs blog and thought it would be fun to pawticipate. Mom finds it hard to help us blog during the week because she is so busy and she couldn't get any pictures of our toes to show off because we were uncooperative. We thought we would do this fun little game for today. So here it is.
Mom doesn't really put photos into folders that often so luckily she had 6 folders that had 6 pictures in them. This is a picture of me, Patches when I was little. Many of my pictures are not on the computer because mom says I'm old and I was around before they had a digital camera. I must be as old as a dinosaur! This picture is from 2005 of me cuddling with my mom. Me and my mom are very close and I prefer to cuddle with her over anyone else in the whole wide world. I even cuddle her every morning in the bathroom. We were watching TV and trying to stay warm. Both me and mom are cold a lot so we like to stay warm with blankets. We aren't going to tag anyone for this but if you like to play along here are the rules.

Go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures.
Go to the 6th Folder and then pick the 6th Picture.
Post it on your bloggy and tell the story that goes with the picture.
Tag 5 other glorious peoples to do the same thing and leave a comment on their bloggy tellin' them 'bout it.

Lazy Sunday

2008-11-30T14:32:00.006-06:00

This is the day we like to call lazy Sunday. Mom and Dad try to get all the housework done before the afternoon so we can all be lazy together on the couch. Today the cats are being lazy but not the people. It is still snowing out and this is what it looks like out there now.
That is the view from our front porch. Mom said that it was time to play in the snow. We got all excited when our harnesses came out and we were going outside. Once she opened the door, we were not pleased. Nemo went about a step out the door before meowing and pawing to get in.
Patches was a little more adventurous and wanted to investigate even though she was shivering.
Mom says she likes to remind us how good we have it being inside cats. Once inside Patches had to clean her paws but Nemo decided to warm up.We hope you all enjoyed a long Thanksgiving weekend and will be able to relax today like Nemo.