Meowing Monday

I did good. Yesterday and today I got mom up at 0530. I think I need to go get my allergy shot but mom is waiting till I absolutely must as it is a powerful medicine and he doesn't like giving it to me unless he must.

No problem getting mom up because not too long after I am served my breakfast, I go to bed and sleep for hours to make up for that sleep deficit I have to put up with. For some reason, Mom doesn't join me. She makes it thru the rest of the day till she has to go to bed furry early, to make up for it. Like the Loreal commercial, I'm worth it.

Easy on Sunday Morning ☼

I am having a great time this morning. First I got (woke) mom up at 0545!! I kept scenting her hair and rubbing my fangs on it and her head, hard. My new technique! Once she gave up at 0630, she fed me and then, the games began. I got a new motorized mousie toy from my human brother for Christmas. It is a 8 inch diameter or so circle "doughnut" shape with a mousie in it and it can be set so that the mousie runs in it at random times. Well today, I asked for it (she had it up on the desk) and I played with it without it being turned on and I had a blast. I made mom take a picture. There are my steps to her desk and the red rug I pick with my claws. And MY TOY!

Mom played with me afterward but came back here to help me with my blog. We'll play again later because she is going to change linens on her bed and that means fun (not for her so much) as we'll play hide and seek in the sheets and once I allow her to take them off, it's hours before I allow her to put them back on. Oh, I love that part..again, her? not so much.

I just called her to the bed. I'm already there in anticipation. We played just for a minute and she came back to take a picture if my toy that I love. Before I go, I have a picture on the left side of my blog of me in Tuxie clothes! I so admire Tuxies!! Maybe Mr. Puddy will look at me now?

xoxox

Happy Caturday, Kitties!

Kitties, Happy Caturday. And fanks you all for the emotional support when we got ourselves down into a rut. There are lots of kitties getting better and better. I believe a kitty who had a stroke and another who is 16 and missing from his home just did me and mom in for a while. But we have cheered up and matter of fact, we've been running this morning-- back and forth-- and I was hiding under the sheet on the bed. I think she knew that lump was me though because I felt petting through the sheet! A girl can't have any secrets any more!!!

Feline Friday

Kitties, mommy and I are a little sadded today. So many precious kitty friends have gone to the Rainbow Bridge or are sick and need all of us other kitties so much to purr for them.

I was finking..we learn one another and get to really love and care about one another here on the Cat Blogosphere and so when things happen, it can be sad. Mommy and I are working on that all day today and we finks we'll be all better. We got sadded by kitties not well in the CB and we are sadded by the poor woofies and kitties in New Zealand who are in need of help too. Even our kitty friends on Flickr.

But tomorrow will be another day and we will be finer dan frog's hair again.

♥♥♥ xoxoxo ♥♥♥

Kittenish

Mommy noticed the past few days that when I am trying to capture something underneath my rug or my quilt, at first at least I jump up a little and hop from where I started chasing to where the fevvers are that mommy is trying to hide under the quilt. I don't hop and jump a lot, but she sure does love to see me do it when I start to play.

Right now I am just resting a bit and getting ready to hear mommy on that dratted treadmill again. I hate that monster.

Mommy will help me come and see you shortly. ♥♥♥

About That Water Dish

Kitties, I wish I could explain why I do that almost constant pawing motion at the water dish. I have 2 dishes. One is in the bathroom and that is the one I like best because the one in the kitchen where my fuds are..I tend to mess the water up by dropping in dry cat fuds. So, my main drinking water is in the bathroom. I say that because I have scratched off the color and design on the linoleum in the bathroom where my dish is and...for good measure I also end my scratching stroke on and up the baseboard! So I have scratched the white paint off the baseboard too. It's a tiny bathroom so my bowl has to stay pretty much where it is.

I wanted to say that the human words I understand (after fruitlessly attempting to teach mommy the Cat language!) are pretty much "Kiss?" "Come here" (said pleasingly pleadingly) "breakfast"? "supper?" "play?" "I'm gonna git'cha!" "Boo!" "sleepy" and I know "Brush?" and that's about it. I will creep toward mom in the night night time for that weakly worded "kiss?" and get the darned kissy. Sheesh. That woman is a kissing fool. I KNOW she embarrasses me by sneaking in stuff like that to other kitties when I go to their bloggies! Kitties..she does that WITHOUT my permission. I'm sorry she is so obsessed with kissing the furs off of our heads! Oh and when she says "I'm gonna GET'CHA!" I run down the hallway. ♥♥♥

Blogging Awards

I have received a very nice award from Brian's Home. If you are not a regular reader of his blog, please check him out. This really is an wonderful and warming blog with all kinds of wonderful pet related information.

I’m supposed to post 7 things about myself, so here goes…

1. I love to snuggle into my mom's neck and shoulder at night.
2. I have to paw the floor with my claws while drinking water.
3. I detest claw cutting, so the v-e-t has to do it.
4. I know many phrases, and respond appropriately..sometimes. MOL.
5. I usually just respond to my mom and my human brothers.
6. I am very skeered of the PTU and hide for hours if I see it.
7. I am very uncooperative, more than most, about picture taking.


I’m also supposed to pass this on to 15 awesome bloggers, link to them, and let them know you have given them an award. Wow, that’s tough, so here goes…


http://clarissashouseofcats.blogspot.com

http://pandafur.blogspot.com/

http://thecatfromhell.blogspot.com

http://katskatsnews.blogspot.com

http://www.catsparella.com/

http://www.themonkeys.ca

http://lucythebeautiful.blogspot.com

http://gardencottagecats.blogspot.com

http://churchcattom.blogspot.com/

http://pughysgingerfurball.blogspot.com/

http://mandatoryschoolunis.blogspot.com/

http://perfectlyparker.blogspot.com/

http://thecornishkitties.blogspot.com/

http://bobbieandbunch.blogspot.com/

http://cuddlesandcatnip.blogspot.com/

If I had time and room, ALL of my furriends would have this awesome awardie. Please feel free to take it if you like because you're more than worth it.

♥♥♥♥

Once Upon a Time

Kitties! I have had several cats ask me where I got my name. This may be a bit lengthy because my mommy runs off at the keyboard and because I do too.

MSN Spaces has pulled the plug on their blogs and transported everyone to Word Press; but until then, on Mom's blog on (MSN) Space she had a long running commentary on me--blogging about 2 or so times a week about what I was doing.

In that commentary I was always called Miss Catt instead of my actual name, and the continuing Spring and Summer battles of the squirrels VS the bird feeder and our flower bulbs that were pulled up and eaten by the squirrels- and my trips to the Vet- were detailed several times a week.

During the many stories of me and my (imaginary) battles with the squirrels, one of the very talented members of my blog family then, (his name is Boston Boy and he comes to see me here too) created many funny illustrations to go with the on-going battles between the squirrels and the birds- with me at the helm leading the charge. One day, he sent me an illustration of me wearing an Admiral's hat (I still use that as my avatar, the little one you see when I reply on your blogs) and I was referred to as The Admiral and that is how I came by the name.

I was referred to by the name "Admiral" (Hestorb) so often that it has, in essence, become my name, even here in the house and at the V-e-t.

I have shortened imy story up a lot in this telling. If you Google my name Admiral Hestorb, I am the first one to come up. That's really me as my human brother has me as an important character in his long running Journal called Schulmania. That is a story about a Country populated by nothing but cats and how they rule their Country.

The last thing I will add is I have a Museum (my human brother made it) and the link is on the left hand side of my page here, looks messy but it works.

The End

Easy on Sunday Morning ☼

I'm busy licking up mommy's toast crumbs from her plate. Other than that, I plan to have an easy breezy day. ♥♥♥

pee ess What IS it with the sound of my 9.4 pounds of kittiness running through the house that melts mommy like butter on a griddle? She lurves that sound! I run and I get whatever I want, she's so enchanted with the sound of my feets!

Floofy Friday

It's Floofy Friday and I hope all of you kitties will show your floof..even if you are short haired. Gots to be some floof somewhere on you. ♥♥♥

Who Needs a Fitness CD? !

Who needs a fitness CD when you have me? I keep the ol' girl rocking and rolling. No kidding. She gets aerobic and then some with me!

This morning at 7:30 I started the race. The flags came down and off we went. I can run really fast and mom ran full tilt (yes, she did) after me to my bedroom. Then, skidding to a halt (me- not her) I turned on a dime and ran full tilt BACK again to the living room with her, silly mom, behind me. Then, I sharpened my claws (she didn't do hers) on my sisal rope post and we ran hard down the hallway again with a stop at and onto our bed! I couldn't let her catch me! She'd tickle me and give me those stupid ol' kisses all over me again and then, I'd have to launder my furs to get the human off of them. That takes a LOT of my valuable tongue time so I hid. I always know this is a great place. She never thinks to look for me here-it works every time, kitties.

I thought I heard some action from the flashy box a few minutes ago (I am typing this from my ultra top secret hiding place where no one can ever find me) but likely I'm wrong. There can't be any flashy box when no one knows where I am. I think that sound I heard was the house settling. Yes, I think that's what it was.

Oh, and no entertainment this morning at the breakfast place mat. I get my funs looking back and watching her jammies flapping when shes on a dead run fruitlessly trying to catch me, as if!! Oh Kitties, it's so funny. ♥

You Shoulda Been There, Kitties

This morning, I got mom up o'dark early as always. She schlepped in and got my breakfast out for me all arranged neatly.

While she was doing that, her coffee was brewing. As I was tearing into them vittles, I heard this squeak from her. I was amazed at how highly pitched her squeak was! I didn't know she could do it! I was feeling rather proud of her effort to entertain me as I ate until I glanced up in between chomping and saw her staring horrifiedly at the container in her hand. Kitties..OH, it was funny if somewhat insulting...she had poured MY Whiskas Cat Milk into her coffee thinking she had the half and half container. If this is the high caliber of entertainment I get then tomorrow I am setting my alarm even earlier! I'd love to see her spread my wet fuds onto her toast!

*rolling on the floor meowing my head off!!!*

Tortie Tuesday

Kitties! I found a fud that my jaws almost come unhinged and catch fire I eat it up so fast and so much. I'll be a tub o' kitty soon IF I keep this up.

I have spurned the Royal Canin now. I have spurned the Fancy Feast. I have mostly spurned Friskies canned fuds Mom, in a fit of concerned worry bought a pouch of Whiskas, chicken flavored, and mom said she almost heard a front end loader fired up over there by the dish. Sparks were flyin' I was eating so fast and so thoroughly.

And the past 4 days I have been especially running the hallways being chased and chasing mom..and burrowing around on the bed and in it. I play with my fevver wand too and this afternoon as mom stood over my cube to tantalize me with another wand..she saw an arm snake out of one of the openings to grab her leg! Oh, that was fun. I'm all fulled up with my good Whiskas now. I has enuff to share whoever wants to come over, AND plenty of toys in my toy box! ♥♥♥

Happy Valentines Day Sweet Furries

Happy Valentines Day from me, the Admiral to you. Much love and purrs and nosey licks.

Easy on Sunday

Avast ye swabbies...

I have a Valentine

Happy Caturday effurybuddy! I have an on-line Valentine and his name is Dean. His mommy calls him Deaner though. he sent me the sweetest Valentine of himself holding a puffy red heart. He is so handsome and sweet.

I ate very little of my stinky goodness this morning. I hope this doesn't start a trend. I am not sure how much dry food I had though. But..we will go day by day and see how it works or not. I can't allow mom to get too upset over a day.

I have to get mom to try to take a picture of me too, with a heart to send to my valentine. Surely I will come out soon. Mom's oldest kit is here and I'm missing out on lots of kisses although I got a lot of them last night after I got mommy off to dreamland, I came back out again to where he was for more kisses.

I have to go get my medicine and tell Au what it is. Sees you laters in your home. ♥♥

Happy Furry Friday

I think that a commenter a few weeks ago hit the nail on the head. I am having a kitty version of post traumatic stress syndrome. And no wonder what with mom having no choice but to snatch me up out of sleep and carry me to the PTU and haul me in every three days for very unpleasant proceedings. Having horribly bitter stuff that makes you foam at the mouth for a few minutes forcibly squirted into your mouth is the pits.

Mind you I had to have it done or mom would have seen me go to the Bridge because I wasn't eating or drinking..I was just getting sleepier and sleepier and spent all of my time sleeping. I never even said anything all 24 hours of the day. I know she was scared or she would not have made me go through all of that.

I am better and I am eating and drinking but I am still afraid that mom will do that to me again. I gave up sleeping in the open until a few days ago. Now if mom comes into the room I am in while I sleep..I hurry under the bed. Makes mom feel really REALLY badly, but I also know she had to do it. I just can't help being fearful that it will happen again. And soon, it will be time for me to have something done about my allergies. Sigh. A girl can't win. Not me and not her.

BUT, before that happens, I still wake her with kisses and that's how we go to sleepies.

♥

I'm going to a Pawty!!!

Kitties! I'm going to #nipclub tonight and I have a brand new dressy made by Mariodacat. He is an expert designer! See how purty I am? I'm wearing my new dress early so I can get used to it. I hope I see you there. Someone already asked me to be their valentine.

Training Mom

Kitties! Here is an example of training mama and why it happens (I fink).

This very morning at 0730, mom had already given me breakfast, had hers and was sitting with her coffee trying to read email and skim her various accounts and help me with mine too. Lately, this is the time I ask to play as I have mentioned in previous blogs.

This morning, after spurning my wet fuds and cruising past mom here at the computer I kept meowing and meowing..a medium pitched and medium loud meow. Nothing urgent..just attention seeking. Mon finally paid attention on the 5th meow and got up to see what the matter was. It was me..crouched in the middle of the unmade bed with my rear parts up and my tail was whipping back and forth. AH! Daylight dawned on mom and she hurried off to get the fevvers. We played 'what's under the bed covers' and 'how fast can I catch your hand' for awhile. Then there were those darned kisses.

These last bloggies of mine have mentioned play efurry day and it's significant because I wasn't playing at ALL except an occasional 30 second thing...sometimes. It is significant that I'm playing as it means I am feeling good so mom drops efurrything if she can, and plays to encourage me. Goodness Kitties, it took me only seconds to train her on this one.

I noticed she didn't panic because I left my wet fuds sitting there. That's good. She doesn't need to go into a swan dive over this efurry time. I don't like icy cold fuds and I don't like 8 seconds in the microwave either! So, it warms to a more room temperature and then I eat it. If not, mom takes it up after an hour or so, and I'll be hungry for the new fuds for supper and I have my dry fuds in between.

So, this is how I train my mom. If you sit and call..dey will come. ♥

My Tortie Tuesday

My mom has been giving me even more and better quality time today in honor of my day, Tortie Tuesday.

I got her up, so she got my breakfast ready for me and then, even though it was just before 7, she was at that computer thing she has, and trying to look at Flickr and her email. I came in and all of that stopped for the impawtent thing and that is: playing with me. We started with a round of fevver and bead wand, progressing to what's under the carpet under her chair..and then on to "chase me if you can"! I won. I always do. Then, we had to have a good brushie for me..and then, lots of annoying kissies and feetie kisses too. I hate those feetie kissies. And then, after batting at her from my cube, I have gone in for a much needed nap. Oh and I tweeted my claws off too. What a day! What a day. ♥

Lady Cat Candy Bar

A kitty told me several days ago that their mama told her that Torties look like candy bars...all chocolate and caramel goodness. I like that. Mom's human kit always said I was dark dark brown with creamy deliciousness and mom always disputed that and said I was gray and cream. I am chocolate and caramel and cream, mom. You know it now because you finally looked at my fabulous furs more carefully. Thing is, mom's camera never seems to depict my colors correctly. They look gray and cream despite any camera that takes my lovely picture. But in purrson, I am indeed a candy bar. Just sayin'.

Happy Caturday

I got up..had breakfast, fresh cold water, a nap and then a good brushing and I have been in my cube or my basket effur since, napping and listening to the TV. Life is good.

Fine Friday Fettle

I am in Fine Friday Fettle, kitties! I have thundered around back and forth 5 times in a ROW! I know mom loves hearing my feet so I made sure she got to hear enough this time. That's my reward to her for allowing me to sleep in her new chair. She just stands up when she comes in and sees me or she goes to the iPod. Thing is, it's not too convenient trying to post and answer with that thing as it's small. She's used to it, just she prefers her laptop. She is thinking of taking it to another room if I am going to be persistent. She doesn't like maneuvering another chair into here so..we will see. But she had her reward today...that is my thundering feets.

Where We Is lo-kated

Mommy said to tell efurrybuddy that we is in the NewNuited States in Tennessee. She said she has a loved friend she calls Sister in Australia who comes to visit me on my bloggie and she and her sister of the heart in Australia may have made mommy look like she lived there too. ♥

I played really well this morning and now I am napping UTB from all of the exhaustion of having to move around. WHEW! WORKOUT! Mom said she noticed that on my 15th day without the pill that I am eating and drinking..just not as much but adequately enough to keep me from having to go to that place!
::shudder::

Mom said she is going to change into jeans and head out with her camera. She got some seagull pictures yesterday. Wanna see one? I decided to give way just this once. You has to biggify to read the caption.

xoxox ♥♥♥

Wednesday Smarts!

Mom thinks I didn't know, but now she knows I know. I was asleep on her bed, my head on her pillow (of course!) and she kissed me and left the room. I heard the closet open where her broom is hung on the door in a little thingy that clasps the handle. She always sweeps up any litter from the night time. Anyway, a light dawned on her..like a light bulb over her head and she thought.."I wonder if the Admiral knows this is the closet where her PTU is?"

So after sweeping and putting the broom away again, she came down the hall and I was gone. I had headed for UTB. I'm not at all silly. That PTU could come and eat me up ANY time!!

Me and mommy hope and purray that efurrybuddy in the path of the terrible storms here and in Australia remains safe and snug. xoxox

Tortie Tuesday

I didn't have breakfast at first and Mom said "OH NOES!" but we played for awhile (chase the hand under the sheet and blanket and chase the feather and bead prey) and I decided to let her know I simply did not like her choice this morning so I asked for my old Fancy Feast again. I like to keep her on her toes! (which are not nearly as sweet and pretty as MY toez)