The X

Kitties! Mommy bought me an X today because I have seen my furiends wif one and I wanted one too. How do you keep it from toppling over on its side? It fell over and that was a lot of green papers for mommy to spend if it's not going to remain upright. Can you helps please?

Any Autumn furred baby who wants to write Bess the Tortie about joining and having your beautiful self featured on the bloggie Bess's mommy said I could give her address: ruthkwood at hotmail dot com. Just send your gorgwous picture and a little about you. It'll be on Blogspot and Face Book and yes, you'll be able to see yourself w/o belonging to FB I am told.

Please help me wif my X though. Picture will be here so you know what I mean. Falls right over.

Ladies of Autumn

Kitties..those of you who are Torbies, Calicos or Torties, you may recall my mentioning a Twitter group of us called #LadiesofAutumn. Well, we are also on Face Book and Bess is trying to make it so anyone can comment..and we are on Blogspot now. You may comment and post your pictures..tell about yoursef..email Miss Bess with your photo and particulars and we can all go look at our beautiful sisfurs of the fur...the Ladies of Autumn.

Here is the link..I just went and became a follower. There are already some gorgeous Ladies waiting to be admired (including yours truly here). xoxoxo

OK..I got da Message, Kitties!

OK..I give. I took my pill this morning. My gosh, 28 kitties roasting my Tortie self over the coals, I had no choice. My furs were smokin'.

Mom's Consequences, Perhaps?

Mom went to see her boy over the mountains a week or so ago. She had a fabulous time while there for those short days and was home again on Sunday afternoon. I was excellent and took my medicie for the sitter!! First time ever. Right thereafter, soon as she came home, I refused my medicine. I am still refusing my medicine. Mom went to see her son over the mountains several months prior to this time and...when she came home, I refused my meds then too. It took a MONTH before I started them again. I wonder if that is what will happen this time.

I made mommy delete the two paragraphs that followed. You're better off that I did. MOL.

Easy on Sunday with a guest

This is little Coco, then at 4 weeks of age with her new grandma (and mommy in the background where we can't see her). We rescued her at 2 weeks of age from school grounds in Charlotte NC.

Mom had gone there for her birthday but this baby came into our lives and we rushed out to get baby bottles and cat milk. We found a mommy for her the very next day when we were at Pet S*art stores getting supplies. She was another teacher (mom's son is a teacher) and taught at a grade evel that she could bring the baby to school to keep her fed if need be. But Coco's new Grammy took care of that at home. Her picture at two weeks of age is on my side bar if not in this blog then in mom's human one. What a precious sweet darling. Mom's heart still has her in it, she was so dear. We're so glad she got a devoted mommy and grammy.

Friday Wondering + Update with an addy for Torties

Kitties! I am not the one who has gotten the Ladies of Autumn formed on Twitter and FaceBook BUT as a member and as I also know and I am friends with the person who has started the league of beautiful Tortie and Calico ladies, I have written her asking her to read yesterday's blog I posted and the comments and think about possibilities when she has time. Here is a link to her page on FB you Torties and Calicos out there. Isabella..here is the link to the FaceBook page or go to mommy's FB and look for Bess. By the way..mommy saw the Tortie no-no bracelet last night...sigh....

I had a huge breakfast but have to get my pill in today. It's early so I figure I will. Mommy is having my oldest brother over Sunday for supper so she needs to go out and get something to prepare. How about NY Strip steak? She said something about marinating it for the first time ever. *she's always behind the curve...sigh...*

I need to get UTB and nap plus I'm waiting for company under there..snuggle company. I have one eye open..he knows the way.

Fursday

Here it is..Fursday already and I am having a nap after my lunch of the new FF Extra Gravy chicken in grilled chicken gravy. OMC...it's to die for. I sat looking at mommy in the kitchen till she read my mind and fed me again. I took my pill while she was at the Torture Chamber too. It was the least I could do for her.

On Twitter, many of we Torties and Calicoes has formed a league of our own called the "Ladies of Autumn" We ladies are all so colorful and just show stoppingly beautiful with our autumn- hued furs..we thought it would be nice to have a showcase of us. One of the short haired Torties started a facebook page and it will have the present Tortie members gorgeous furs in it. Our mommy's think we're special. MOL. It is still under construction.

Boomerang you come straight over here, and you will have some wet fuddies with me. Ask your mom to book a flight. BUT..I kow you know this already..be grateful for the fuds you have and the love and care. I know you are. xoxox

I seem to have indeed stopped checking on mom in the night. She seems here to stay. Maybe.

Mom will help me get around to see you. xoxoxo

Whisker Wednesday...well, somewhat.

It's whisker Wednesday but mommy doesn't have any new whisker pictures! She's needing to get with the program.

Guess what? Having those sickies and making the bomit traps last week must have helped me in other ways. I have eaten like there's no next can of Fancy Feast! I had 2 1/2 cans yesterday plus my dry fuds. Today, the same! And it's only mid afternoon!

I decided mommy really is here so last night I didn't check. I did the first night she was home and the next night too. She was so proud of my patrolling skills. I know she was. After all, who else is checking constantly to see if she's breevin'? No one but ME! I do my jobs and I do them well.

Guess what? No reason to say this except as a help for other kittehs but FF has new feast out with extra gravy!! Hear that Simba? Mommy got me the chicken with extra gravy and it's minced up really fine and yup..extra gravy. I snarfed it down!

xoxoxox

Miss Peach..Fly Away Little One...

It is with great sadness and tears that we bid precious Miss Peach goodbye as she has flown to the Bridge now and left her family and us behind. Please go see her family and help them through this sadness and loss.

We love our furbabies as the family they are. They have our hearts in their sweet care. They are innocent of any thing but love. There will be no time that we will be loved as purely as we are loved by our kitties and woofies. Their devotion and love and even their care of us when we are ill shines like the gold it is. They are dear and precious and so, we are more vulnerable to them than anything on earth except our born-to-us babies. We give our hearts freely to our furbabies and we get so much back in return. When they are ill we try to move mountains to make it better. When they pass away from us..the void is deep and real.

Please visit Mom Paula and purr and purray for one of her two babies, Beignet..who has developed a vaccination site related sarcoma. His condition is very worrisome. Let's lend strength to Mom Paula so that her baby can come home. There is much strength is prayer. I know.

Love and purrs to all of my furriends..I love you each one..kitty and woofies alike.

Admiral

UPDATE: Baby Beignet is at the Rainbow Bridge with his sisfur Praline. I am just devastated.

Meandering Monday

My goodness, all night long I continually checked to make sure that was mommy in the bed. I made doubly sure by sniffing her hair and batting the roller she had in her bangs to keep them off her face. Frankly, I think the roller is a toy and she is just trying to please me. I sounded the meow horn muliple times too..just to make sure she knew all was well on my patrols. Have to keep my job you know, in these troubling times.

She said to mention it's just the Orthopaedist who is turning her loose today but her therapy will continue for some time. She still can't make a fist but she's very close.

I ave been napping except for a very short time almost since I finally rousted her out of bed. She fed me..I stayed a little while and went straight UTB. came out twice but she was doing a thorough cleaning of the house so hadn't time right then for me.

My human brother in NC made some awesome meals while mommy was there, Don't know why there wasn't a kitty bag brought home. I may have to exact a penalty because of that. Still thinking.

Here I am...just before Mommy deserted me so cruely over the weekend.

Kitties! Red Letter Weekend for me--that is.

Kitties! Can you believe it? I came out for the sitter!

I have the best sitter in the world. She is always there for me..I have had her forever and she takes excellent care of me. But I would never under any circumstances come out from hiding. Not in years. But mom got a tattletale email from my sitter yesterday that said I came out..was waiting for her, came to her..allowed petting and brushing AND when I was given treats I ate those AND MY PILL TOO! Then, I was hospitable and followed her to the kitchen, got more petting and brushies and the sitter could hardly believe it. First time in all these years, kitties! mommy was so excited because she always worries when I pine away while she is gone. And if I continue taking my meds while she takes little trips to see her kid, then she won't have to be so worried about me. I admit I have made it hard for her since I've been sick because I won't allow anyone but mom to medicate me. That changed yesterday. Mommy was so acited she forwarded that email she got from my sitter to Mariodacat, my best friend. Mariodacat Tweeted it to the Twitterverse! I got a LOT of cyber smooches for being a VERY good girl.

xoxoxox-- So good to have mommy back and she's glad to BE back. Tomorrow she goes for the last time to see the Orthopaedist.

Moving Day

I was reading Brian's bloggie and it reminded me of something that happened with me probably 11 years ago. Maybe I have already blogged about it..I'm not sure.

Mom was off work and in here on the computer. Something whisked by in the hallway just outside of this room's door and caught mommy's eye. She looked in that direction but saw nothing. Then, a very short time later she saw me walking by but only in her peripheral vision. This happened quite a few times. All she saw really was me walking back and forth until....the small track ball "donut" went sliding by on its own..or so it seemed. THAT got her up out of the chair and looking.

I had been carrying as many toys as I could down the hall to the spare bedroom..MY bedroom as I have taken it over as my own though I share it with visiting brothers. Mom can only assume I bunny kicked the trackball in the hall as I was playing with it and caused it to move to within mom's sight. It was funny to mom but as for me..I was moving. What's funny about moving day?

Tortie Thursday

Mom said I had to hurry on accounta she has to go be bent and stretched and otherwise tortured at the therapists office in half an hour.

I had a peaceful night and I didn't see any threats so I didn't set any more traps last night. I really like the bomit traps and I think those are my best invention to date. I scared all introoders so badly, and mommy too, that I won't have to roll those out again anytime soon.

I liked all of the concatulations on my great thinking and guarding of the house. Fanks you. xxxooo

Wordy Wednesday

Kitties! I did a terrific job of keeping introoders away and mom safe while she slept last night.

When she got up this morning and it was still very dim in the living room as she passed through on the way to the kitchen to feed me..then is when she saw my carefully thought out and laid out plan.

I planned it all carefully and executed that plan in the night when introoders are most likely to come in and scare us! Mom saw the cleverly placed pools of bomit in four places on the living room carpet. Now Kitties, that took some doing! Traps extraordinaire! Introoders with bare feet or mommy for that matter, would likely be snared by any one if not ALL of my traps.

I was so proud of myself that I had a hearty breakfast of chicken and tuna in my favorite "meaty bits" and I had a sup of cold skim milk..and...some Pounce! Ahhhh...life (and mommy) is good.

Mommy said not to inclood pitchurs of my traps. That's hardly fair when I took such care with them. But..she has the thumbs and so I have to accede to her wishes on that matter.

Tortie Tuesday

I'm whiffin'. Well, soon as she raises the glass I'll be whiffin'. But I'm all alerted and ready for introoders!

Easy on Sunday

I'm taking my easy right here so she can't cange the sheets..which isn't easy with one hand so I'm doing her a favor, no..really!

Caturday

Mommy here: Here next is my reward for working hard in PT.

I knelt on the floor to thoroughly brush my baby girl for the first time in 8 weeks. I mean really got all the way down without pain, surrounded her with my arms, kissed her all over and commenced to brushing and combing. Any cat parent knows what a precious thing it is to hear purring SO deep and loud it's like a choo choo train coming through. Been weeks since I heard that caliber of purring. And to have her head in my other hand (the lame one) while I brushed and kissed that little face and to cut out tiny mats (I can get thumb and forefinger together now!) her velvet paws on my mouth and cheek while I brushed..that was a sweet gift. Best gift I've had in well...eight weeks. :-) Just sayin'.

My beautiful canvas print arrived..a Gallery Wrap..that I won from Beaded Tail's random drawing. Totally beautiful. I have it on the wall in here but was unable to get a decent photo due to physical constraints. I love it and I'm so happy to have won it.

Back to Admiral: Gees, mom..thanks! You took all the room!

Floofy Friday

Kitties, I took other pill. I hope that keeps up! Mom too.

Today, I am going to enjoy the sun puddles and maybe....maybe...some fresh air! It depends on the hots. Right now I'm napping. My morning nap after the exertion of eating is about two hours. Then I have a treat or a snack to keep up my napping strength.

I hope all of you are comfortable, playing or napping and having delicious treats. I think I may choose my Plague Ratsie for a tussle and some bunneh kicking after my nap.

I did it on Tortie Thursday

Kitties! I went on strike and unfortunately, I will likely do it again. I quit taking the steroids that I badly need for my appetite. I take my other medicine because it is applied to my ear skin but periodically, no matter how yummy my pill pockets are, sometimes I refuse my pills for a space of time.

However, after a solid seven days of refusing, I took my pill this morning. Now, it's anyone's guess how much I may feel like doing that again. Remember..mom has 1 paw (although she is making progress!! and remember too that forcing me even wiht two paws is not an option nor is attempting (HA!) to haul me off daily for forced pilling at the V-e-t's an option. Older blogs say why. BUT today I took my medicine.

Life is good and I'm looking forward to a good outcome, both for me me and mommy. XOXOX

Tortie Tuesday Tortitude late!

Mommy got up to take a picture of me IF she could. I was sitting on top of my wee steps I climb to get to her while she is at the computer. She rose..stepped 3 feet away and I was in the chair and settled in a flash! A mere split second. And when she knelt trying to take a picture with her poor repaired..sorta..paw, I sneered at her for thinking I wouldn't get in her chair. Matter of fact we are having a tussle right NOW & I want in..she's occupying it. I got my revenge tho. She had to use auto..she couldn't use her good lenses..she couldn't do the focusing (hence auto) and...ta daaaa...she had to use her next to pinky finger to trip the shutter on accouta her pointer and middle fingers are too weak to press that button. Now get UP! I want IN! This picture with my Tortitude showing was just taken.

World Cat Day

Happy World Cat Day all furries efurrywhere.

My mom would be hard put to spoil me any more than she already does. I am the Boss of her-- and the entire house revolves around me. That's the way it has always been with the family and their kitties. Her Robin, the cat whom came before me, was very much the Boss of the household and of her three brothers. She made Cat Men out of them, so they're great husband material. She, Robin, ruled with love and sweetness and humor. That was her secret. Mommy wants to post a picture of her to go with World Cat Day badge and I said that was great as you have seen me bunches. xoxo

Bora Bora on Snuggle Sunday

Thank you Jan of Jan's Funny Farm for taking a picture of me sailing in to the harbor at Bora Bora. Mom is useless at that and without help from my furiends..who knows what would happen? xoxoxox

Admiral Saturday

This is the very first pic mom has been able to take of me since breaking her paw. Only because she used autofocus and could help hold the camera a little and was able to depress the shutter release..that was hard to do. But she's proud she was able to do that. Long way to fine focus and macros.

Here I am..about to doze off after watching Hummingbird TV.

Floofy Friday

Mom's rushing me because it's almost time for her to do another set of PT's for her hand. 5-6 a day and it's not her fave thing to do on accounta they hurt BUT: in order to be the purrfect mom for me..she has to get betters.

She's stalling now however. My brother will be here tonight. I always look forward to that!!! I'll get bacons in the morning and lots of smoochies till he goes home tomorrow.

I am warmig his bed...see?

xoxoxo

Tortie Fursday and Whisker Wednesday

My mom has been more terrible than usual and would not help me! I will go on strike because of that. Five in the morning can come round pretty darn dark and early mom! Remember that!!! I don't care if your arm hurts and the brace fits badly! Help me type. Oh, you're going for therapy tomorrow? GOOD! Here's my 'talk to the back of disrespect, comin' right up' look!

Quizzical Monday

Mom just finished muttering to no one in particular ( I know she meant ME to hear it!) that if she labors down to the floor in easy stages and I circle and flop within fingers reach..put my head in her hand, close my jeweled eyes, brace my feets againt her chest..purr, and all that stuffs..then why in the name of common sense can't I just get up on her lap while she's in her chair!!?! But"noooooo" she murmered..that would be too convenient! If you want my purrs and furs, you have to painfully get to the floor with stiff knees, and lumber around thrashing yourself around to position yourself on the floor so as to enable me..Miss Priss, to bestow some lovins on you.

PEE ESS: Please see the badge I just added for Miss Peach, who is feeling so poorly right now and her mommy and lap daddy are holding her, loving her and praying for their baby, precious Miss Peach. See the CB for a link.