Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself! HA!

Mom said I'm silly because after she got back from picking up my meds at the Vet's Office Monday, I have been mostly living in the bedroom under the spare bed. I smelled Vet cooties on her!!! She can't fool me! Then, I became aware all over again that my carrier is still in the hallway because I thwarted her and she didn't get me to the Vet for my appointment. I had forgotten about that thing till she came home reeking of that place!!! I'm not dimwitted! I hied myself off to the under bed sanctuary and I don't come out except to tinkle and to eat. Only after 1700. Then I know she can't take me. I punish her by not sleeping with her in our bed.

Harumph! Even when I am at the glass door looking at my nature TV outside, she sneaks up on me, her silly arm behind her back, like I can't easily smell that medicine! And she swoops down and anoints my ear with that stuff. I let her but I don't want to. No, it doesn't hurt but I try my best to make it hard on her.

She thinks she can outsmart me but I have news for her. You have to get up pretty early in the morning to outsmart me. Oh, wait. She DOES get up pretty early in the morning. I see to it with my constant announcements that morning is nigh! So..who knows? She may get the best of me yet!

Ah what a relief it is...

Mom went to bed at 2200 last night..me too. I was stretched out on the carpet and my mat as well at times, all expansive and happy in my clean house, my sunny door way and no one being nice to me but Mom. It was so quiet and I had mom all to myself. She wasn't glad of that but I was. I am a real pill sometimes she says.

I have an appointment for the Vet on Thursday but I have been in such a good mood and acting more normal now that I am adjusted to my meds that mom wants to cancel the appointment and make it next week instead so that she and I can enjoy our time and me not be all upset and frightened by the Vet visit. I'll have to have a blood test. I will also need my nails cut and because I would not let Mom groom and brush me for 2 1/2 months..my long hair is tangled on my tummy so that too will have to be dealt with since she can't brush them out now that I allow brushing again, and I will be traumatized by it all. So she dreads taking me I heard her say.

We did take delivery of the Droll Yankee Spinner bird feeder and it has lived up to its expensive name! Any squirrel who gets onto the perch where the birds stand gets flung off the feeder because it is motorized to spin fast (and expel squirrels) when any weight other than 4 songbirds gets on it. I love it. Worth the money.

Here is a picture my human mom took this morning. She gave it a water color look.

Tell ya what!

My extended family..i.e. my human's son and her grandson are here since last Wednesday. La de DAH! Not MY idea of fun. I get no chance to repose atop the glass topped filing chest in MY room (not that boy's room!!!) because there is too much on top and no room for me. Then there is the matter of not feeling comfortable about sunning my bodacious self in the front door way. How can I relax and get into cat REM sleep if someone is always trying to be nice to me!!! Then, at night, all I want to do is my patrol. Security is up to me and how can I do my job as well as I always do when the rooms have the mini blinds down and shut tight! And, there are people spread out on those things called beds. I haven't even gone into my human mom's bed because I have to try to be alert to all of these changes.

I have watched a little of my nature television however when they aren't looking. I also have begged some shards of bacon each morning as my mom makes bacon and eggs for those people she always lets into MY home!

They helped her out with something though. She bought a cabinet to put some collectibles into and two of her children hauled the new one here and the old one out. Made me mad though because there was turmoil in MY room while things were emptied out of one..hauling the new and the old one in and out! Humph.

I will not countenance that again. They are leaving sometime tomorrow. Of course mom here is sad about that but I am glad. GLAD I tell you. Want to see what she took a picture of today? It's Mr, Bumblebee. He entertains me on my window screen.

Mom says hi!

Good time had by all

Well, more likely a good time had by my human here. She medicated me easily yesterday. Today..depends on my mood. I get tomorrow off which is well as we will have a full house till next Monday. That's one less thing.

She had the temerity to get ME up and the hour of 0400 yesterday! What next>? Will she scratch me on the leg, or snatch at my foot as I am busy doing something (the way I do her when she is making the bed?) I love those attacks when I am under the bed and she doesn't know it. There she is..moving about the bed and my paw shoots out from under the dust ruffle with military precision and nails her with a claw! I love to see her jump! Makes my day.

She was supposed to go to the mountains today, all day. the Great Smoky Mountains ( we live within an hour's distance of them) but that was cancelled due to the other participant having to do something for his elderly mother who is moving. Next week perhaps.

Meanwhile, I am, along with my human, plotting to get the better of squirrels. Mom had to take the decimated feeder down and she is awaiting a new one from Droll Yankee that is purportedly squirrel proof. There goes part of my nature TV show I watch from from my comfortable place on the carpet at the front door. My viewing should be enhanced by the arrival of the squirrel proof feeder which spins the squirrels off when they get on it. Right now I must make do with my movie on DVD.

Peace, and long life dudes...

Been away too long

My human mom and I have been busy every day.

In her regular blog (not mine) she explained the trouble she is having with the thuggish squirrel mafia. AKA the Acorn Society. They are tearing up her bird feeders and costing a lot of money. So, I heard her ordering a Droll Yankee bird feeder. She watched their video and the squirrels are spun off and onto the ground. It's so funny to see but as long as it's guaranteed..at that price, she said she'll buy it.

For me, to keep her on her toes, I made it difficult to give me my medicine. I got up and went away each time she tried. She finally moved fast enough that she got some of it on. I know she's hoping that I don't keep that up as it will affect my health if I do.

Her oldest is coming over tonight till tomorrow afternoon and she has some chicken made for him. The delicious smells are still all over the house. They caused me to leave from under the bed to have a look-see as to what she was making. She doesn't give me human food though. Not good for me.

I hope I am a better girl for her regarding medicines. I never know which way I will be until the moment happens.

Till next time,

Admiral

Traveling my life's road

I am still in recovery from hyperthyroidism and will be the rest of my life. Traveling the high seas would seem to be a disadvantage but...I have minions who apply the medicine to my ear when I am unaware (yeah, sure I'm unaware! I just allow it to happen!) the five days of the week that I must have the medicine.

There are positive results already. The most obvious is of course, that my levels are down now but my beauty has increased to its former glory as well. By that I mean my coat is glossy again and..my cream colored bib..that fur that grabs everyone's attention with its soft deep creamy color, has begun to look soft and well groomed again. To my embarrassment, it was looking very shabby as, in my illness, I sat in front of the water dish too often and my long fur was immersed into the water. But now..I am starting to re-attain my former glorious appearance.

My human mom will cause a likeness of me to appear as soon as I come out from under the hull of my ship where I am taking a well deserved nap. I had to exert myself eating breakfast and walking to the computer room. I will be rested soon.

See you in however many bells it will take to sound 2 hours from now.

The Admiral (and her scribe)

Some Days you feel like a Nut

Some days, you don't! Last three days were great for my human mom but today I got up grouchy and I have stayed grouchy so there.

I had three mats hanging off my cream colored bib area of fur going down into my chest. Where those came from..no one knows because mom was brushing the dickens out of me last evening. I sat still for her to get the scissors and cut them loose from me. Then, I decided that I was going to be surly and stay under the bed again. That was just to show her who is boss. I did allow my meds to be given me but only because I wasn't looking when she came at me with that confounded thing.

I guess my favorite other human, her son..my human brother isn't coming to see me tomorrow. That's sad as I got his bed in there ready. It's all furred and warmed up.

She's been out to lunch almost every day! That's neglect!!

I.M. Grouchy

Oh BOY! He IS coming to see me. He just said so. YEA!

Getting close to the weekend

I have had another pretty good day. I allowed myself to be brushed for a little while. Not as thoroughly as before but better than nothing. I only allowed 2 naps on my person, but..I can't get her used to me being so nice all of the time so I have belayed that yesterday and today.

I do have a new activity though..now more than ever. My person bought me two heavy porcelain water dishes. Why heavy? because I have this disconcerting habit of dragging the things all over the floor. It spills water too. Now that she has put another water dish as of late into the bathroom where the floor is slippery in a manner of speaking, I have used my dish as a hockey puck. She gets up in the morning..travels into the bathroom and immediately walks into water splashed on the floor. There is no water mine she can avoid as she can't see them. Literally half of my water is splashed out onto various places of the bathroom floor. This morning she had to throw the bath mat down so as not to track water outside of the room.

She watched me do it as I love showing off my prowess. I put my strong arm into the water dish and start dragging. Amazing how much water I can splash. She doesn't fuss because I didn't feel well for so long a time.

Ahead warp factor 5.

The Admiral