Kazoku Neko

mancat monday

2012-02-13T00:00:00.000-05:00

we would like to let everyone know how much all of the purrs and prayers meant to us. mom is doing well. sometimes she gets a little quiet, other times she laughs really loud when she plays with us. tt is trying to decide her place now that she is the only girl kitty. yuki was always in the same room as mom. today tt stayed in the living room with mom. not in her lap but in the same room. i guess we will see what happens as time goes by.

mom found my cow bed. she put it out for me. i climbed in and it came alive!!! it tried to eat me! mom got a photo of me trying to escape.

don't worry. i got away and mom made the cow bed promise not to eat me again.

not so easy sunday

2012-02-05T09:53:00.001-05:00

the old adage that "life is like a roller coaster" with its up, downs, and twisty path would best describe my life right now. our family has been dealing with a lot for quite awhile. my mother in law is 92 and refuses to admit she has any health problems that would require her to move in with us or an assisted living home. my parents are also up in years. although my mom seems to be doing well, my dad is not. he was exposed to agent orange and has medical problems galore. in the last month he has been to the emergency room twice and admitted to the hospital both times. my husband and i are both "only children". so this has really put our normal schedules into over drive.

as i type this post, yuki is on my desk with my arms encircling her. she is giving up her long fight against bad kidneys. she has been giving us hints this past week that she was almost ready for her trip across the bridge. yesterday i knew it would be in the next day or two. she hardly ate, she was having problems with balance, and she wanted to sleep next to kintaro. kintaro was a gentleman and let her have all of his favorite blanket she wanted. it was bittersweet as i knew in my heart what was coming.

my heart is breaking as i spend this time with her. please say a prayer for my old girl. i would like her trip over the bridge to be one she can look forward to. all of my kittys that came before waiting for her on the other side. especially cheebie, yuki loved him, he was her protector.

yuki, i will have a bag of fishy flakes in my pocket just for you when we meet at the bridge.

penny is missing!

2012-01-24T00:00:00.003-05:00

penny is the black and brown woofie.

penny, our woofie, is missing. she was here this morning but she ranned away before mom got home from work today. brownie and big boy stayed home so mom and dad think penny figured out how to jump the fence. mom, dad, and the gerl went looking for her. they called and whistled but penny never answered. the gerl is very sad tonight. mom and dad are worried penny can't find her way home. mom is gonna call local animal control and the SPCA in case. she is gonna make posters and take them to the local animal doctors too. mom posted to one of the local animal groups on her facebook. please pray for penny to get home safe. even if we don't like the woofies so much we don't like our beans being so upset even more.

PENNY CAME HOME!!!!!!

mom got up early cuz she had penny on her mind. she was sitting at the computer looking at the kitties and heard big boy barking. she peeped out the window and saw penny on the sidewalk by our front steps. she was going to the fence where big boy was. mom almost broke the door down to get it open. mom called for penny and she came running up the steps to her. mom said she did something she has never done before - she lay down like she was humbling herself to mom. she thought she was gonna be in troubles. mom had to drag her into the house (never had to do that either) and gave her lots of hugs and pets. penny still thinks she is gonna get in big trouble but mom is a (old) softie.

*sigh* i guess we is back to normal now.

we are supporting the blackout

2012-01-18T18:39:00.000-05:00

we got this info directly from iblog

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mancat monday

2012-01-16T00:00:00.004-05:00

we can't believe our eyes!

2011-11-23T00:00:00.003-05:00

we told you that mom won the daily kibble contest for $100 worth of wellness kibble for us and $500 for blind cat rescue. daily kibble did an interview with mom and it is posted here. imagine our surprise when we see mom in a picture with our woofies! how could she????? it is suppose to be a photo of us! not those stinky woofies!

*sigh* at least a lot of krunchies are going to feed those cute blind kitties.

good mews!

2011-11-11T00:00:00.007-05:00

yuki is back to her normal! she still has kidney disease but she acts like she did before the mini stroke. i would like to thank everyone for their prayers and good vibes!

WE WON! we entered a contest on the daily kibble to win $100 of Wellness pet food. we also nominated Blind Cat Rescue to win $500 worth of Wellness pet food. the people at daily kibble are going to do a follow up on the winners of the contest. mom got interviewed by them. she told them about each of us kitties and about our woofies.

trouble tonight

2011-11-07T20:13:00.000-05:00

i am pretty sure yuki had a small stroke tonight. she started having trouble walking (more than normal) and had the "deer in the headlight" look. she finally got back to her normal after about 15 minutes or so. we are keeping on eye on her to see if it happens again. when kimiko had a stroke, she started going downhill after a day or so and left for the bridge shortly thereafter. maybe it is getting close to time for my little snow girl.

Second Annual Everycat Sleeping Contest!

2011-11-06T14:58:00.000-05:00

we are entering the second annual everycat sleeping contest! mom had a really hard time picking the photos to enter. it seems most of the photos she has of us are when we are not moving - in other words SLEEPING! we hope you enjoy the photos we helped mom pick out. after all, how can you NOT love pictures of sleeping cats!

kintaro loves to stretch out and show off his belly floof!

tt loves to curl up to show off her "forbidden to touch" floofiness.

yuki seems to get into the most awkward positions to sleep in.

Dona Nobis Pacem

2011-11-04T00:00:00.004-04:00

national cat day

2011-10-29T18:39:00.002-04:00

today is national cat day!

2011-10-14T00:13:00.000-04:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

how come you got the same number of candles on your cake again this year?

luv,
yuki, kintaro, & tt

and the woofies too
brownie, big boy, & penny

in remembrance

2011-09-11T12:17:00.001-04:00

In honor of those lives lost.
We remember your sacrifice.
We pray for peace.

FYI: this was moms first attempt at photo editing.

easy sunday

2011-07-17T00:00:00.002-04:00

my heated cat cup . . . check
my peggy's blanket. . . check
snuggle into both. . . check
sunday snooze time!!!

monday rescue

2011-05-30T00:11:00.001-04:00

look what mom found! she saw the baby fevvers in the road next to her bank. the mama bird was trying to get the baby to move. mom thinks that the bad storms the night before knocked the baby out of her nest. she stopped her machine and picked up the baby. then she called the PETCO to see if they knew of anyone that did bird rescue. the girl said she didn't know but her manager might. since mom had to do a stinky goodness run anyway, she headed to PETCO. right after she walked into the store one of the associates walked up and said she would take care of the bird. we found out she does rescue work. mom was so relieved. we are a little disappointed that we didn't get a special fevvered treat. to make up for it, mom bought us some freeze dried chicken breast pieces. they are so delicious!

silly saturday

2011-05-14T07:21:00.000-04:00

when mom gets on the computer i like to get in my "bucket". i usually take a nap but something caught my eye. it didn't last long and i went back to my nap.

tired tuesday

2011-05-03T00:00:00.004-04:00

wordless white wednesday

2011-04-13T00:00:00.001-04:00

monday, monday

2011-04-04T00:00:00.002-04:00

it's monday again. mom gave all of us extra stinky goodness and treats this weekend to celebrate my birthday. i can't understand why she gave those other two ~~hoodlums~~ cats stuff since it was MY BIRTHDAY.

i guess i seem a bit annoyed about it but really i am not. those two ~~pigs~~ cats do not share well. i mean, they want to share my treats while i am still eating them. kintaro and tt can get quite pushy so mom gives them theirs first and then gives me mine and watches over me. just in case.

in other mews. many of you have commented on the poor kitty that her coworker let go. mom didn't talk to him for a few days b/c she didn't want to explode all over him. she has kept a look out for the kitty but has not seen him/her. she keeps the kitty in her prayers, that he/she is safe and well.

did i tell you that mom put my heated cat bed on her bed so i could sleep near her at night? in the day no one disturbs me while i am curled up in my bed. she also put one of the blankets we got from miss peggy in the cup. it is so snuggly and warm! my mom rocks! you know she loves me bestest.

worried wednesday

2011-03-09T00:00:00.001-05:00

mom here.

i am worrying.

yesterday morning one of my co-workers parked his large truck just outside of our fence at work. he then went to the bed of the truck and removed a small crate. i realized it was a small animal trap and it had something in it. i got out of my vehicle and walked toward him and asked him what he was doing. he said he had to get this cat out of his front yard and it was feral. i said hold on, but he opened the trap and the cat took off. he said the cat's back side was all tore up.

i work on one of the busiest streets leading into town. next thing i know the cat shoots back across the street but gets confused by the fence. i told him to walk towards the cat to get him to go towards an opening in the fence so he could get away from the street. when that cat found the opening, he took off in a full run to get away. i could see the large raw spot on his back near (but not at) his tail. there was no skin or hair on the wound.

i wanted to get the cat from him and try to nurse it back to health. i am not sure the cat was feral. it was injured and had just been riding in the back of a loud pickup truck for about 20 minutes. i wonder if he was just scared out of his/her mind.

my heart broke knowing this kitty is alone, hurt and scared in a strange area. i kept a look out for him/her every time i went outside. this was a beautiful black cat. i believe a young adult.

please keep this kitty in your prayers.

2011-02-13T01:47:00.002-05:00

this little cutie is the youngest grand baby. she is 2 years old today. today they will be sending her great grandma to the rainbow bridge. mom is happy to see efurryone but sad too cuz it is a sad time.

mom here. i am the stepmom to this precious child's mother. i am closer to my step daughter than her own birth mom. i was even friends with the lady that passed away. her funeral will be today. it saddens me to see my daughter hurting from losing her grandma. they were close, very close. so even though the day will be sad, it will also be a happy day. i will get to spend time with my grandbaby and celebrate her 2nd birthday.

for those that have won items i donated to the last auction, please be patient. between being sick with bronchitus and the loss of my daughters grandmother i am behind in everything. i am going to try to have all items ready to ship on tuesday afternoon. i will send you an email letting you know when i sent your packages off. thank you for understanding.

toesday

2011-01-31T00:00:00.001-05:00

kintaro shows off his toes (& toe hawks) as he takes a little nap.

easy like sunday

2011-01-09T00:02:00.001-05:00

sometimes we sit near each other. but usually we don't. i guess we know that the weatherman says we are going to get snow/ice/wintry mix sunday night and monday. gonna have to tolerate each other. maybe we will, maybe we won't. we will see.

tt tuesday

2011-01-04T00:03:00.001-05:00

in the corner and under the tree w/ all the presents was the best spot in the whole house! i could see everything anyone was doing and no one even knew where i was.

i hope everyone had a merry catmus and a happy new year. we were safe in our house far away from those nasty loud fireworks. our woofies did not care about those awful things. but all is calm and quiet now. well except kintaro got a new toy and it chirps and has feathers! sometimes i steal it away from him and play with it in another room. but he always finds it and takes it back. maybe mom will get me one for my birthday.

sunday snoozes on my blankie

2010-12-05T00:36:00.000-05:00

nothing like a super snooze on a lovingly made blankie. get your own at peggy's blankets or bid on one to help a fellow kitty in need at the auction.

kintaro's birthday

2010-11-30T00:00:00.001-05:00

moms here: oops, i forgot to post on kintaro's birthday b/c i have been tied up with grand beans and now i have strep throat. kintaro had a birthday earlier this month. he is 4 years old now.

Happy (belated) Birthday Kintaro!!!

monday mews

2010-10-25T00:12:00.002-04:00

monday mews:

the doggies got way too many treats this weekend. they gots pig ears and chicken strips. no fair! we wants chicken strips!

we got fishy flakes one time this weekend. yup, one measly smeasly time! we only got temtpations and feline greenies one measly time! she even ran out of treats and did NOT go to the store to buy more. she had the nerve to say she would get them the next time she was out getting our foods. gee whiz, by then we could be skin and bones! i think it is time to send in a complaint form about our mom. she has got to step up and take better care of us. we could wither away with so little treats.

maybe this week will be better. just in case we will be sharpening our ~~claws~~ pencils.

sandy is at the rainbow bridge

2010-10-15T19:00:00.001-04:00

my dad sorta rescued Sandy. he was at the gas station and someone had caught a kitten that had been "dropped off". he took one look at the poor little kitten and took him home. he became a playmate for their other rescue kitty named Meme.

Sandy, my parents' cat, had been having some tummy troubles but it cleared up after a couple of days. then he couldn't urinate and was lethargic. my dad took him to the vet and sandy stayed overnight. the vet found one of his kidneys was extremely enlarged and were failing. my parents went to visit sandy at the vets. unfortunately sandy did not respond to any of the treatments that the vet tried. my parents had to make the decision yesterday. Sandy will be greatly missed.

we has a secret!

2010-10-13T07:39:00.000-04:00

we has a secret! tomorrow is our moms birthday. she will be old as dirt. well, halfway to old as dirt. she will be 50 human years old. don't tell her we is getting her something special as soon as we can find some green papers.

mancat monday

2010-10-11T06:55:00.000-04:00

shhhh! i am hiding from the grand bean. she loves the floofyness of my furs and my handsomeness. she makes funny sounds when she sees me. mom said she giggles and squeals cuz she loves me so much. but it ~~scares~~ hurts that hurts my sensitive ears.

2010-10-04T00:35:00.001-04:00

tt is one cool kitty sitting in my cooler. she and kintaro love to sit/sleep in it.

tt tuesday

2010-09-28T00:00:00.002-04:00

Zzzzzz!

what, what is going on????

mmmmooooooommmmm!!!!!!
how am i suppose to get my beauty rest if you keep sticking that box in my face?!?!?!?!?!

mancat monday

2010-09-27T00:00:00.000-04:00

mancat monday

2010-09-13T00:00:00.002-04:00

it's monday already?!?!?!?!

white wednesday

2010-08-18T00:00:00.001-04:00

silly saturday

2010-07-31T18:07:00.000-04:00

one of my favorite toys is tissue paper. moms gave me some the other day and i played with it until it was shredded. these photos were taken right before i attacked.

im a pepper too!

2010-07-24T20:20:00.000-04:00

sunday funday

2010-07-18T12:16:00.000-04:00

this is one of mine and tt's favorite toys. moms is gonna try to get a video of tt diving into the toy. we like to hide in the toy and pounce on unsuspecting toes that go by.

2010-07-03T18:24:00.000-04:00

this is big boy. he is 5 months old now. as you can tell he is where he should not be - on top of the outside table. he likes to sleep there and moms has not figured out how to keep him off. any ideas???? don't tell the dum woofie but he gots to gets shot in the behind next week. hehe

purring for neala

2010-06-29T00:00:00.002-04:00

this cute little girl will be in our purrayers today as she undergoes surgery. we are purraying all will go well and neala will recover 100%.

spoiled saturday

2010-06-19T00:00:00.000-04:00

kintaro: today will be a very bad day. the humans have deserted us. leaving us behind as they gallivant across the country to meet the oldest girl and leave the bestest ever girl with her. the girl will be gone for three weeks. we are going to suffer with no lovin, no hugs, no playtime, no cuddle time. no, no, no!!!!! we will diiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeee while she is gone!

mom: being a bit dramatic are we????

kintaro: um, moms, what are you doing here??? i thought you were gone? **blushing**

mom: i am kintaro, i just thought i would check in on all of you. perhaps you have forgotten that bachan (my mother) is going to come over and take care of you, tt, yuki and even the dogs. you know how much she loves all of you. she even said she was going to make sure you get your fishy flakes. yuki loves to cuddle up on her and take a nap. both you and tt love it when she gets your toys and play chase, catch and high jump with you. she will give you treats and rub you chin too.

kintaro: i guess we wont die while you are gone to take the girl to the oldest girl. but what about while she is gone?

mom: who took care of you before the girl started taking responsibility for helping out around the house? who still gives you treats, fishy flakes and buys you too many toys? who, kintaro, who????

kintaro: um, er, you?!?! gee moms, i guess i was being just a bit dramatic . . . he he he. i have told you how much i love you lately and that you are the bestest moms ever?!?!?!?!?!?!

freaky friday

2010-06-18T00:00:00.001-04:00

moms says this is a freaky kinda position for my foot. i think shoving a flashy box in my face while i am sleeping is a freaky kinda thing to do. moms changed the template for our blog. tell us what you think.

two face kitten

2010-06-13T13:42:00.000-04:00

there is a story about a little kitten that was born with 2 faces. we is gonna purray that the little one doesn't become a freak show item and that the owner gives it the love it deserves.

saturday is caturday

2010-06-12T00:00:00.001-04:00

can you believe what our moms did ?!?!?!?!?!?! she made a new collage for our desktop background and INCLUDED the dogs. how dare she!!! this will most definitely go into her employee file. imagine . . . dogs on caturday. how could she???

2010-06-11T21:06:00.000-04:00

we are keeping maxie in our purrayers.

sunday snoozes

2010-05-23T00:00:00.001-04:00

new toy!

2010-05-20T00:00:00.001-04:00

we got a new toy in the mail. it is from a company called Fucini Productions. they asked us for our expert opinion on this toy. moms made a video of us playing with the toy but she is having ~~mental~~ technical difficulties getting it uploaded to the computer.

we can tell you that the little dragonfly has a pom pom attached to his hiney. we think this makes him easier to catch. tt is very fond of catching the pom pom. while i, kintaro prefer to annihilate those flapping wings. they buzz at me - just daring me to catch them. well, i did catch them but moms would not let me eat them. pooh on moms!

moms here. the only improvement that i can suggest is a longer wand. in order to keep kintaro from jumping up and landing on my feet (he is a crazy jumper) i have to keep my arm fully extended. this makes my arm get tired faster. both tt and kintaro will come running into the living room if i press the button to make the wings flap on the little dragonfly. then kintaro will ~~beg~~ meow for play time with the toy. they really love it.

we give the Crazy Cat Cat Quest Toy a rating of 5 paws on a 5 paw scale (5 being the top cat).

easy like sunday

2010-05-09T00:00:00.001-04:00

purring for herman

2010-05-02T09:56:00.001-04:00

we are sending special healing purrs and comforting purrayers for herman and karen jo.

finally friday

2010-04-30T00:00:00.007-04:00

i am so glad it is finally friday. tomorrow is caturday. caturday is the best day of the week. moms will be able to spend time with me. she got a new "da bird" for me with all of the different flying things. i cant wait to try it out!

white wednesday

2010-04-28T00:00:00.000-04:00

yuki using filtered black & white effect from Picasa3

tt tuesday

2010-04-27T00:00:00.002-04:00

this is one of my favorite napping spots. sometimes a squirrel comes to say hello to me at this window. one day i may invite mr. squirrel in as for lunch.

mancat monday

2010-04-26T00:00:00.001-04:00

peeking out at moms while she works at her desk. i am sitting on her computer.

sunday smile

2010-04-25T09:50:00.001-04:00

we read this story about a squillian orphan duckies. we think the nice peoples that helped them should get rewarded. maybe we can send them some temptations or something.

orphaned ducklings

hansel & tesla's contest

2010-04-23T18:48:00.000-04:00

moms said she thinks the odor and stain removal cleaner for cats would be the product to use in our house. sometimes we get hairballs and will deposit them on the carpet instead of somewhere easy to clean like the kitchen floor. why would we want to make moms life easier? she has to earn our purrs and head bumps.

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national kids and pet day

2010-04-18T21:04:00.002-04:00

we would like to introduce one of our grand beans and her pet to you. sarah kathryn was about 2 or 3 years old when this picture was taken with her doggie named manning. as you can tell by the pictures sk loves her manning. sk and her family had to move so manning now lives with sk's auntie. manning is about 10 years old (at least) now. he has always let the kids do whatever they want. they hug and wrestle with him. they give him treats and try to get him to play their games (he dont follow directions too good tho).

silly saturday

2010-03-13T00:34:00.001-05:00

thankful thursday

2010-03-04T00:20:00.001-05:00

we are thankful that brownie came to live with us. she is learning that this is her yard to keep watch over. she has her own warm, dry dog house and plenty of food for her tummy. she gave us a big surprise when she had 6 little puppies.

we thankful that 5 of the puppies lived. they got plenty of good milk from their mommy. see how much they have grown in 2 weeks.

now the puppies are 4 weeks old. they have gotten even bigger.

here are the 4 boys. one of the two black puppies is now tan & black (markings are like a german shepard). the smaller black pup has a white blaze on his chest. the dark brown pup has lightened up and looks like a dirty, muddy brown. the tan colored pup looks a lot like a yellow lab and is the biggest of the 4 boys.

the little girl is always moving. all we could get is a side shot of her sitting still. she is the lightest colored and is the same size as the smallest boy puppy. it was her twin sister that died. she is always the first one out of the doghouse to see what is going on.

black and white wordless wednesday

2010-02-17T00:00:00.001-05:00

tt's toes on tuesday

2010-02-16T00:00:00.001-05:00

these are my toes. moms says it looks like i stepped in black ink on all four of my feet b/c they are black on the bottom. if i did i will never tell.

mancat monday

2010-02-15T00:00:00.001-05:00

chillaxin

yur doin it rite

toehawk tuesday on finally friday

2010-02-12T00:00:00.001-05:00

kintaro here. i was thinkin this should be on toehawk tuesday but moms forgotted she had this photo of my superb display of mancat toehawks. it is not all her fault because she had to get the puter upgraded. she said it was as fast as frozen molasses (whatever that is). anyways, it is taking the backup forever to reload all of moms pictures. she has like a squillion pictures on the backup service. so she just founded my mancat toehawk picture again. moms loves my toehawks. she says i can out slide some guy name tom crews on the floor. she says i gots a cuter tail too. but thats another picture some other time.

sweet dreams

2010-02-11T00:00:00.001-05:00

sweet dreams are made of these. . . .

white wednesday

2010-02-10T00:15:00.000-05:00

tt tuesday

2010-02-09T00:35:00.001-05:00

any box is a good box

mommy monday

2010-02-08T00:14:00.001-05:00

my name is brownie, i was rescued from a life on the streets by moms. she brought me home just before Christmas. i have a nice yard w/ big shade trees and my very own dog house. i get fed now so i am not hungry and i have clean water to drink and a girl to play with. there are three kittys that live inside the house and they look at me through the door in the den. i got to go inside the den and sleep when the weather got really cold here.

i had a surprise for my new family too. i had 6 puppies on february 2nd ground dog day. one of my babies died the next day. moms and dads buried her in the yard.

i have 5 babies now and they are doing well. if you would like to give one of my babies a home let moms know.

tt tuesday

2010-02-02T00:18:00.003-05:00

missing you on monday

2010-01-25T01:02:00.001-05:00

it seems like yesterday and at the same time it seems like it was forever so long ago that you went to the bridge. my heart still hurts when i think of how much i miss you. i still can not look at your pictures without shedding tears.

i miss you sleeping with me every night. no one else wants to take your spot. perhaps you are still here in spirit and that you have warned the others that spot is still yours.

i kept your gizzy quilt. i kept it b/c i am selfish. it is something i can hold when i need comfort from a bad day. just as i held you. you always purred and talked to me. you were my comforter, you kept my heart and head calm when life was crazy.

till we meet again my sweet kimiko.

we is pooped!

2010-01-04T00:11:00.004-05:00

we is pooped from everything that has been going on the last two weeks. we have had people coming and going and that jolly old fat cat came to visit and left us presents. it is finally time to get some rest.

the best Christmas present ever!

2009-12-23T10:59:00.000-05:00

hello everyone! my name is brownie.

i am a woofie that had no real home. i guess you could call me a stray. i have been living in the area where moms works. she and the other ladies at her work have been feeding some of us and trying to make friends with us for many months.

so far they have caught and found homes for the 4 puppies that lucy lou (she is a shameless hussie of a girl) had and brought to them. moms caught the lab mix puppy (he looks almost like the cottonelle puppy) and her boss adopted him. his name is toby and he is growing up fast now that he gets to eat good food.

she has been trying to make friends with me for a couple of months and i started to let her pet me a few weeks ago. but i kept disappearing for a day or two and moms was so worried about me. but this week i came back and when i saw her i started running towards her wagging my tail and smiling. she laughed at me and gave me the best treats. i knew right then that i wanted her to be my new mom. she finally got dad to agree to let her adopt me into their family.

today she caught me (at least she thinks she caught me - we know the truth) and took me to the vet so i could get a bath and vaccinations. i won't lie, i was scared to ride in the big brown machine and go into the vets office. but moms said i would be okay and she would come back to get me later.

this is the best Christmas present any woofie could ever want. i have my own furever home.

p.s. moms said she will get pictures of me posted soon.

the clock continues to tic tic tic

2009-11-22T11:15:00.012-05:00

yuki sleeps in her bed w/ heating pad.

tt watches every move everyone makes.

kintaro likes to nap on top of my printer

we are adjusting to having one less kitty in the house. sometimes the void left by kimiko's passing seems huge. we know as time goes by there will be more thoughts of happy memories than sad ones.

i have had a rough time coming back to the blog. i managed the one post with tt. i thought i would be okay with posting today but it is harder than what i thought it would be. i decided to make some changes in how the blog looked. i removed kimiko's name from the header and placed a photo in memory of her in the sidebar. i may do a few more things soon. maybe soon, maybe later.

during kimiko's illness and after her passing, i received many comments, emails and donations. i cried after reading each one. it has meant so much to me to see the outpouring of support and caring from people (& their cats). i still have a ways to go to pay my parents back for kimiko's vet bill. perhaps soon i will get to "pay it forward" and help others kittys in need in the cat blogosphere.

since kimiko left for the rainbow bridge kintaro had a bout with diarrhea and yuki seems to be having more issues with her kidneys. she has had kidney disease for a few years now. i don't think the vet believed she would be doing this well for so long. yuki keeps plugging along. she doesn't do much more than eat, sleep, pee and poop. sometimes i think she has some of those energizer bunny batteries in her. tt is as rotten as ever. she lives to eat anything and everything. bugs should be forewarned not to come into the house for she is an A-1 hunter.

i may try to start posting just photos of yuki, kintaro and tt on my good days. i have been quietly visiting some of the blogs and occasionally leaving comments. i cry every time another pet crosses the bridge and i have to stop visiting for a bit but i know how much it means to those that are going thru what i did w/ kimiko. the comments mean so much, to know that someone else feels as you do.

tt tuesday

2009-11-03T11:10:00.001-05:00

tt decided she liked the build-a-bear stroller.

it fits just right.

time to say goodbye

2009-10-23T17:57:00.004-04:00

kimiko has taken a sharp downhill turn. unless there is a miracle, she is getting ready for her trip to the bridge. i want to let all of you that have prayed for kimiko to know how much it has meant to me that you have cared. thank you.

finally friday

2009-10-23T07:34:00.007-04:00

i gotted to go on a road trip monday! moms said i did so good on the trip to the vet speshulist that her and dads took me on a road trip. i hardly meowed the whole trip except when i gotted hungry. i layed on moms lap, on the console between moms and dads and on the floor by moms feet. they stopped and got sub sandwiches for lunch. dad went into the store and moms stayed wif me in the big blue machine. when he cames back he had a roast beast sandwich for moms. she shared her roast beast wif me. it was so good. my tummy was very happy.

moms took the pikshures wifs her camera phone so they is not the best quality.

today is friday and i have had a long week. there hafs been a few days that were good and a few that were not so good. sometimes i am very wobbly on my feet and i almost fall down when i try to walk. this makes moms sad and her eyes gets a little bit leaky. she trys not to let me see but i do.

please purray for my sister yuki. hers appetite is kinda off - she gots good days and bad days too. moms is thinking her kidneys is getting worse. she hafs had bad kidneys for a couple of years now. at 15 years old she is no spring chikhen - at least thats what moms says.

kintaro and tt hafs been eatin all of my foods i do not finish. they is pigs! since i hafs been sick kintaro hafs gained about 1.5 pounds according to moms scales. moms says she might hafs to cut out all his extra visits to my food bowl. **giggles** kintaro is a fat boy!

tt is growing still so moms says she can eats a little extra. she is bigger than me now. she gets into all kinds of trouble all of the time. well, except when she is sleeping and when she first wakes up. moms says she is so sweet when she first wakes up. she purrs and head butts and cuddles and lets yu pet hers. then something or someone turns her mean switch on and she goes crazy. she runs all over the house and if you try to hold her she gets all growly. sometimes she efen hisses! moms says she gots a triple dose of catitude - the bad kind of catitude. i think she is an ungrateful little brat. moms didnts hafs to save her, buys her that formula stuff and bottle feeds her. she cooda taken her to the shelter after she gots big enuff for someones else to adopts hers. i am thinkin she needs to check her attitude.

i needs to go take my nap now. thank you to effurryone thats been purrayin for me. i can feel the purrayers ares working. i knows i cants live furever but i want to spend a little more time with my moms before i go to the bridge.

moms here.

we are taking each day as it comes with kimiko. she is eating more but i still don't think it is enough. i am getting ready to take her to our vet to get weighed. i will post that after i return home.

yuki's appetite has me concerned a little. if she does not get back to normal then i will have to schedule a vet visit for her. she sleeps almost all day only interacting with my husband when he gets on the laptop. he is her man. she just loves to get in his lap and sometimes she talks to him.

THANK YOU! to all that are keeping my family in your prayers. i appreciate the time you take to lift up my family in prayer.

UPDATE: i have just returned from our local vet. kimiko now weighs 3.9 pounds. she is continuing to lose weight. they drew blood for tests. the vet is concerned that the cancer has spread. i am to call him tomorrow to get the results. this morning was a bad morning for her. she ate very little and shortly thereafter threw up. i am not sure but she almost acted like she was having a seizure right before she threw up. i hate to have to leave her at home but i have to run some errands. she looks so sad today.

it's friday!

2009-10-16T00:10:00.003-04:00

the vet speshulist said i ams sporting a new fashion trend. what do you think? i am not sure it will be all the rage this winter.

moms was very happy on hers purrfday wednesday cuz i ated a whole 2 oz package of fancy feast appetizer and i beg for more foods. she gave me treats and some new kind of stinky goodness (the new hills science diet). i ated enuff for a squillion cats! oh, none of the other kitties get to eat on moms desk. i am the only one. i ams fery speshul.

after eatin all that foods i hadded to clean myself. moms says i hadnt been doin that real good and she was happy about that too.

moms here. i am thinking the chemo is working. thursday night is her third dose. she seems to have a better appetite most of the time. she still has her moments that make me think she is feeling a bit nauseous from the meds. she slept next to my side for awhile last night. she hasn't done that in ages. it was the best feeling to feel her cuddled up next to my side with my arm around her. i didn't realized how much i missed that. i am praying this is all a good sign that she is going to be around for awhile longer. i know she won't be cured but she seems to be feeling and eating better. her quality of life is improving so i feel cautiously optimistic.

triple trouble tuesday

2009-10-13T00:00:00.002-04:00

i see yur problem ans i kan fix it fur yu.

**kimiko update** kimiko seemed to be feeling better late sunday night and today (monday). she ate well this morning. she seemed hungry tonight but really didn't want anything i offered. she only nibbled on a few bites of chicken and shrimp. i suppose it is just as well as tonight i had to give her the prednisone pill and the chemo pill. it may sound terrible but i am waiting for her to start throwing up. she did after the first chemo pill. maybe this time will be different. i hope so. it takes so much out of her little body to go thru all that.

as i write this, kimiko is curled up in the kitty bed that has a heating pad in it. usually yuki hogs the bed. she really does hog the bed. she only leaves long enough to go potty. she will even wait for me to find her and bring her her food bowl so she can eat in bed. she is one smart cat to have trained me so well. ;^)

some good news, she has been demanding me to pick her up and hold her. she has even purred a few more times. still not loud - i can feel it more than hear it when i am holding her.

now if i can just get tt to quit trying to "fix" my printer.

not an easy sunday

2009-10-11T00:48:00.008-04:00

things are not going as well as i had hoped. kimiko is not eating well despite being given the appetite stimulant and the prednisone. i gave her the first dose of the chemo pill today. since then she has only managed to keep water down. what food she has eaten has not stayed down. she does not want me to hold her as i normally do. her eyes seem distant more often than not. there are no purrs for me. she sounds so sad when meows. almost as though she is questioning why i i am not helping her, she is so frail, so weak, barely able to walk without wobbling. i am afraid the time is near. i hope i am wrong - but then again i do not want her to suffer. if it is her time, i know that i have no choice but to let her go. my heart is breaking and when kimiko leaves she will take a piece of my heart with her.

UPDATE: kimiko felt better this morning so my mood is much lighter. she even gave me a tiny weak purr for a few moments this morning before i left for church. she is still not eating much. a little wet, a little dry, a little sandwich meat (she prefers ham to turkey or chicken). we offer her most anything we think we can get her to eat. we had homecoming this morning at church. i made a pork roast w/ all the trimmings. i got her to lick a little bit of the homemade gravy off of my finger. i am hoping she is eating more dry food than what i think she is eating. with four kitties sometimes it is hard to tell how much one cat is eating. it doesn't help that tt will eat anything that doesn't eat her first. today tt ate some sour cream pound cake that i had made. does anyone else have a kitty garbage disposal? i am going to call the vet in the morning to let them know kimiko got so sick and was so weak last night. perhaps this is a side effect of the chemo. she was so sick and weak i did not give her the prednisone. tonight she will get the prednisone and her appetite stimulant.

please keep prayering for kimiko.

kimiko

2009-10-09T00:00:00.007-04:00

these were taken in 2006

i decided to post happy photos.

the oncologist called tonight. i am trying to absorb all of the info she gave me tonight. i like her. she has 4 cats and talked to me in a way that i could understand everything. it is still so much info and i have to make a decision on what is best for kimiko.

i want to make the right decision. is there really a decision to make? how could i not want to help her overcome this disease? i don't think well if i am blubbering and boo hooing all over the place. i need to think clearly and with a happy heart. hence the happy photos. well, as happy as i can muster right now.

this type of cancer is very slow progressing. it is also the most common type of cancer in older cats. it is called low grade intestinal lymphoma b/c it is slow to grow. due to the slow growth, it responds well to chemo (in the form of pills) and can be administered at home. a single pill would be taken once every three days or 10 times a month. the specialist that did the initial diagnoses on kimiko was a co-author on the article about low grade intestinal lymphoma.

i ask the oncologist if she knew how much the chemo pills would cost and she looked it up online at a site she uses and it was about $4 a pill - so about $40 a month (if my pharmacy sells it for that price). then kimiko would have to have blood work (maybe $75+ each time) about once a month for a couple of months then every 6-8 weeks depending on how things progressed.

the biggest concern right now is getting her to gain weight. i gave her 1/4 of a 15mg tablet of mertazapine last night. mertazapine is an appetite stimulant. this morning she was meowing to be fed. she ate almost a 2oz. serving of stinky goodness. 2 ounces usually lasts all day so this was a huge amount for her to have eaten at one sitting. it did take her about 40 minutes to eat it all.

i had to come by my house this morning about 10am or so and kimiko ate a few bites of chicken sandwich meat. but she has refused any stinky goodness tonight and only ate a few bites of ham sandwich meat. i gave her the prednisone (10mg once a day) and i will have to see what happens by the morning. she is not laying nearby like she has been lately. i am wondering if she is past the point of no return. i am not ready but she may be. not sure if i can handle it. just not sure.

if i am to start the chemo i need to do so very soon. i can call the vet in the morning and he will call it in to a nearby pharmacy. i wonder if it is too late. would i be trying to save her to keep from losing her right now (postponing the inevitable) or will she continue to keep me wondering with these good mornings and bad evenings?

my heart is heavy, my body tired and my mind is twirling around in circles. i think i shall say my prayers and try to get some sleep.

please keep kimiko in your prayers and send lots of purrs her way. she needs them now more than ever

**UPDATE**: i called the vet this morning and we are going to start the chemo tonight. kimiko ate well this morning but i am waiting to see if she will do like she did yesterday and not eat much the rest of the day. if she starts to gain/maintain weight then she has a chance at living comfortably .

kimiko update

2009-10-07T16:29:00.003-04:00

i just got off the phone w/ the internal medicine vet. kimiko has small cell or low grade lymphoma of the intestines. he said that the average life expectancy (with treatment) for a pet w/ this is about 2 years. the oncologist is going to be calling me within the next 24 hrs to discuss the meds that can be used to treat kimiko and answer any questions. i feel numb.

easy like sunday morning

2009-10-04T07:54:00.002-04:00

kimiko update

2009-09-30T00:00:00.001-04:00

kimiko did well on the ride up to and back from the vet. she acted like she was an old pro at the vet's office. she walked around and talked to me and the vet tech. kimiko did mutter something unladylike when the vet was palpitating her abdomen.

the vet checked her over and spent almost an hour talking to me about her before he made his recommendation to have an ultrasound, endoscopy and biopsy done. we went with having everything done so we could rule out what wasn't happening. he does agree w/ our regular vet that it is either IBD or a type of cancer that thickens the walls of the intestines.either one will cause her to not be able to get the nutrients from her food when she does eat. he also said the ultrasound showed her pancreas was a little bit enlarged but that could be due to what is causing her to lose weight. now we have to wait for the results of the biopsy. they are sending the tissue samples to cornell. he also upped the dosage on the prednisone she is taking and change the frequency back to everyday. next comes the hard part - waiting for those test results.

kimiko came out of the anesthesia very well. she was so impatient to have me come pick her up and take her home that she tore a chunk of skin off of her head by rubbing on the cage door. they called me as soon as they spotted what she had done and told me to come pick her up. they felt that she would do better with me than being there. as soon as i got there they put me in one of the rooms and they brought her right away. kimiko tried to jump out of the vet techs arms to get to me. she just purred and purred. i guess she missed me a lot. i might have been gone a total of 3 hours. she wasn't in a hurry to get in her carrier either and wandered around the bench i was sitting on while the vet spoke with me. i swear this wasn't the same cat that has lived with me for 13 years. the same cat that i have to practically dump out of her carrier when we go to our regular vet. lol

i will post some photos of kimiko later. she is not being too cooperative when it comes to posing for the camera right now.

mancat monday and kimiko update

2009-09-28T00:00:00.003-04:00

**yawn** kintaro here. it has been a long weekend. i am taking monday off to catch up on my cat naps. maybe the rest of the week will be better.

kimiko here! first i want to tell effuryone that has been purraying fur me that i really appresheate it. i do feel betters so it must be working.

i hafs been eating, not a lot, but regularly. i nibbles and takes a break then nibbles and takes a break and do this about 6 or 7 times then i go takes a nap.

i am still taking some nasty tasting pink medicine and a pill from the vet. moms has been giving me fiber sprinkled on my stinky goodness so my poops is much better too. i even asked moms for my fishy flakes two days in a row! she says i must be feeling better.

i am goings to go take a long ride to go see a speshulist on tuesday. please purray for me cuz i donts like to travel. i get fery upset. AND of all things, i am nots gonna get to eat nofins from 10pm the night before! effuryone hafs been wantin me to eat and i finally start eatin some and then they is not gonna let me eats. go figure!?!?!?!

thanks effuryone fur caring abouts me and keeping me in their purrayers.

momsbusy here. i finally decided to go with seeing the specialist after i remembered i had a care credit card and that the specialist accepts it. at least i will be able to make payments now. i want to thank everyone that has donated to kimiko's vet bills. so far i have had to use a small portion of it for the last vet visit where i got her antibiotics. i will post that receipt and the one i will be getting from the specialist on tuesday. the lady i spoke with to make the appointment was very nice. she also told me the 45 minute consultation would cost $160. i was very glad i was sitting down when she told me that. LOL she said that after the consultation and based on my decision of how i wanted to proceed that kimiko would either be there all day or would have to stay overnight.

there is a really nice mall one exit down from where kimiko is going. if she has to stay for the day, i will most likely go there to window shop and use their free wi-fi. i hate to have to lug my laptop around but i think i would be seriously bored having to sit and wait. this will give me a chance to post an update and even get some work in while i wait. i wonder if that guy is still there selling dippin dots? i love them! but i can only eat the smallest container of them b/c they are soooooo cold.

once again THANK YOU to all who have kept kimiko and our family in your prayers and/or donated to our vet bills. we really do appreciate all that your have done for us. we will pay if forward as needs arise with others in the cat blogging community.

kimiko update

2009-09-23T09:35:00.004-04:00

kimiko is not doing any better. sometimes she seems so weak, other times she seems to be holding her own. she did not greet me at the door yesterday. she did come to my room this morning. she acted like she was hungry but she barely ate. she is not eating as well as she was. i had to do a lot of coaxing to get her to eat last night. i even used a syringe to feed her some yogurt. this morning i fed her by dipping my finger in the yogurt and letting her lick it off. it still was not much. i have seen her nibbling on dry kitty food. maybe she is getting just enough in her tummy. i have also been adding benefiber to her food. it seems to be helping some.

i spoke w/ the vet yesterday. i have to call him today to let him know whether or not i want to do the ultrasound and biopsy. he is more concerned about her going thru the procedures than the trip up there. i have concerns about both. i want to know what is going on inside her body but at the same time i know the odds that it is something that can be cured (vs something that we can only make her comfortable) are slim. my head and heart are fighting and they both hurt.

i am tired and i think i am getting sick. they shut down one of the nearby private school for the rest of the week b/c of flu & strep throat. one of our project manager's kids go to that school. his kids have been home since last week. i sure hope he did not bring those germs to the office.

i may have come up with a way to pay for the procedure(s). i realized late last night that i have a care credit card that includes being used at participating veterinarians offices. i just have to find out if that specialist accepts the card. that is my project for today besides the squillion other things i need to do.

please keep purring and purraying for my girl kimiko.

monday monday

2009-09-21T00:00:00.002-04:00

i took kimiko to the vet to be weighed last friday. she has lost another .6 lbs. her current weight is 6lbs. she is so tiny (as in skinny). our vet wants really wants to send her to the specialist out of town. he is now saying we should try an ultrasound instead of the endoscopy. he palpated her abdomen and said it felt like her bowels had thickened. i told him i would have to see what i could do as far as finances. maybe they will let me make payments. something for me to check on tomorrow. so until then, we are treating her with amoxicil since he feels she may have a build up of nasty bacteria in her digestive tract with all that has went on so far. i am thinking about adding some plain yogurt to her diet when she is finished w/ her antibiotics. i am sprinkling a little benefiber over her food to see if that will help firm her stools. she is also still taking prednisone every other day. her tummy makes lots of funny sounds all of the time. her appetite is not improving, at least not yet. i hope it does soon. our vet is concerned she will get fatty liver disease.

sometimes she looks so sad. she does not want any of the other kitties near her - she even growls at them. funny thing tho, she actually was laying almost on top of yuki last night. i even got photos of this as they never get too close to one another. kimiko is almost always near me now - she almost always has be able to at least see me. please keep purraying for her.

i would also like to thank everyone that has kept kimiko in their purrayers, has sent purrs her way and/or has been able to contribute towards her vet fund. it is so appreciated. regardless of the outcome it is and will always be comforting to know there have been so many who cared.

fortunate friday

2009-09-18T00:00:00.003-04:00

the photo on the left was taken december 2008 and the one on the right was taken this month.

THANK YOU! to all of the cat bloggers that have come by and checked on kimiko. we appreciate your purrs and purrayers for her. someone suggested we put a donation button on our blog so those that wish to help with the vet bills can do so. please do not feel obligated to give.

kimiko has cut back on her eating again. she is eating about 2 ounces of wet/canned food a day. i can hear her tummy gurgling all of the time. we have also determined it is her that has had some really nasty poops. we suspected it may have been her but we caught her leaving the box right after a particulary nasty episode. so i will be calling to the vet to see what we can do to help her. i still do not feel getting the endoscopy is the route to take at this time. i am scared she will get too stressed in her weakened state and i will lose her when they do the procedure.

kimiko still purrs when i pet her, she still wants to cuddle with me in my chair and she still greets me when i come home. kimiko is 13 years young and is the kitty that is the closest to my heart. it may sound selfish but i am not ready for her to go to the bridge. please keep purring and purraying for my girl.

wordless wednesday

2009-09-15T21:21:00.002-04:00

kimiko update

2009-09-15T09:01:00.004-04:00

kimiko started taking prednisone last thursday. so far so good. she has only thrown up two times since then. she sometimes takes her time to eat her meal (is 30-45 minutes considered "taking her sweet time"?) other times she wolfs it down (5 minutes at top speed).

she is still picky about what she eats. she seems to only prefer the new fancy feast appetizer (tuna and salmon flavors only) or real live deaded shrimp cut up into small bite size pieces. can we say SPOILED ROTTEN? **sigh** i guess i have been trained well. i will upload photos later today or tonight of kimiko.

no cats day? NO WAY!

2009-09-09T00:00:00.002-04:00

sad mews

2009-09-08T11:48:00.004-04:00

i have just gotten off the phone w/ the vet. kimiko's urine test came back looking good. the test showed everything is functional well. so after some discussion with the vet, i have a decision to make.

i can take her to an internist and have an endoscopy done to see if she has cancer or some other disease in her bowels. i asked and found out cancer does not always show up in xrays unless it is a large tumor. some diseases only thicken the walls of the bowels.

the other choice is to give her prednesone (i think that is how to spell it) and see if that helps with her appetite and to gain some weight.

i also do not have $600 for an endoscopy at this time. my husband has only been working for 2 months after being unemployed for 18 months. i cannot give her the prednesone and then send her to the internist. if the prednesone helps her then it could hinder what the internist is looking for. it is also an hours drive to the internist. kimiko does not do well with long drives. she starts to hyperventilate and starts panting. it really stresses her out. so while i could come up w/ the money eventually - time is not on kimiko's side.

please keep kimiko in your purrayers.

kimiko update

2009-09-04T06:41:00.003-04:00

kimiko is going to the vet today, i have been trying all week to get her to use a breeze litter box w/out a pad so i can collect a urine sample. she must know i want one b/c she won't go until i have no choice but to give up and go to work. the vet will be drawing urine from her bladder by using a needle. i really was hoping to avoid having to put her thru all that. if only she would cooperate. she has until i am ready to leave for work to pee in that box. i am hoping she does. updates as i can post.

UPDATE kimiko peed in the box. i told her this morning is she didn't pee in the box for me she would have to go to the vet in the jeep. next time i will take the more direct approach first. lol

i will post the test results when i get them.

white wednesday

2009-09-02T06:29:00.005-04:00

moms is busy trying to take care of the gerl. she hafs been runnin a fever. i hafnts seen no runnin by the gerl, looks like she is jus been layin on the couch to me. no skool agin for the gerl.

moms is jus started a new class on the innernets. she puts kimiko on her desks and feeds her while she reads her classwerk. she says kimiko eats little bits at a time but is always hungry. she asks for food but donts eats much. dont tell kimiko i tolded you this cuz she wood gets sooooo emabarrassed but her tummy makes lots of noises all the time and them noises is so loud you cans hears them across the room. so we hafs been gettin feds lots here cuz (u know the rool) when you feeds one you feeds EFFURYONE. so tt is in food heaven. that brat cants never get enuff food. she cleans efurryones plate after they is done. moms says she donts hafs to wash the plates afer tt is done eatin. i ams glad she dus washem cuz i donts want tt germs.

donts tell moms but sumtimes i hafs a little trubble walkin. when i first gets up frum my beauty naps my back legs are a little bits wobbly. i hafs to gain my composeshure as the beans say. i nefer knowed i lost sum of its. well, my belly is full frum anofer delishus breakfast. now it is time fur one of my beauty naps. later!

Monday morning mews

2009-08-31T06:36:00.004-04:00

tt was wide awake and about to starve when i went to pick her up from the vet friday. she hates to have her tummy touched so everytime she went to lick her tummy she growled at herself. she is doing fine and just wishes those stitches would leave her tummy alone.

kimiko is still eating off and on. yesterday was a good day. this morning was so-so. i have to get her to the vet so they can express some urine from her. i would do that but don't have a clue how. my only problem is getting her to the vet. i have to be at work by 8am and they do not open for drop offs until 8:30. normally this would not be a problem but my daughter had a doctor appt last week, my doctor appt last week and two days of dropping off kitties at the vet, well, my boss was a bit upset. so i cannot lose any time off for a few weeks. if anyone knows how to express urine from a cat please email me at momsbusy AT earthlink DOT net.

latest news: my daughter is now running a low grade fever so she cannot go to school! this is NOT going to go over well w/ my boss. time to go make phones calls and see what i can arrange. **sigh** breathe in breath out - it will be ok.

update on kimiko

2009-08-25T16:05:00.003-04:00

i spoke w/ the vet about 30 minutes ago. he said her blood work looked good for a 13 year old cat except that her protein levels were very low. he is expecting one more test result back tomorrow and he said it may help with determining why the protein levels are low. he suspected her thyroid was the problem but that came back normal. i am to call him back tomorrow and see what the last test result is and discuss our options. he is now leaning towards the possibility of kidney disease.

please continue to purray for kimiko.

purrs and prayers for kimiko

2009-08-24T12:20:00.005-04:00

i took kimiko to the vet friday. she has been losing weight and her appetite is on again, off again. she has lost 2.4 lbs in the last 8 months. she now weighs 6.6 lbs. most of the weight has been lost in the last month or so. she would trick me with her on on/off appetite. i would think she was back to normal then she would hardly eat again. the vet thinks her tummy is not right, hence the x-rays and bloodwork. kimiko is now 13 years old so our options may be limited by her age.

this morning i dropped her off at the vet's for the x-rays and blood work. i will pick her up this afternoon. please keep kimiko in your purrayers.

a little help from our friends

2009-08-10T16:16:00.017-04:00

go to the y2k blog to help little miss no name but extremely adorable kitty! tickets are one for $3 and 4 for $10. there is going to be an auction too! you will have to see that special item by visiting the y2k blog.

This is just a preview of what is available in the y2k blog. We heard a rumor that there will be some of those bodice busters too!

This is a set of three canisters manufactured by Sakura, and is a part of the Warren Kimble Fat Cats Collection. It is no longer produced. I purchased it as a place to store kitty treats.

If you love Anne Geddes and her delightful photos of babies then this is for you!

This is a new set of 12 prints on card stock. The photo is 8x10 with a white border around it to finish at 11x14 (i think). Included is a variety of new scrapbooking embellishments for a baby boy/girl. Die cuts, alphabet stickers, tags, metal charms, stacked stickers, woven labels, bubble stickers, and a vellum phrase pack are all included.

tt tuesday

2009-07-14T12:14:00.002-04:00

hi efurryones!

i had to go get my last 2 shots monday. the doktor said i was growin realy good. i gained .9 pounds in 3 weeks - so i am up to 3.4 pounds. moms is trying to get me usta the big brown machine. so afer the doktor visit we just rided around. i kinda like lookin out of the window and seein all of the stuff out there. but i stayed close to moms and the gerl. maybe next time they will take me somewhere to get somethin realy good to eat.

pee ees - today is my bachans purfday. she is the gerls grandmother (oba-chan is grandmother in japanese). she is almost 12 kitty/doggy years old today and thursday is bachan and gichans (ogi-chan means grandfather) 50th anniversary.

happy purffday bachan!!!
happy 50th anniversary bachan ans gichan!!!

mancat monday

2009-07-13T00:00:00.002-04:00

as a mancat i have a gentler side reserved for kittens and my sweet jasmine.

white wednesday

2009-06-24T00:05:00.001-04:00

i finally get a chance to blog again. it seems like furever since my last post. that little pest called tt has been hoggin the blog and moms has been takin classes so not much posting has been going on. i sleep more than any of the family so naturally these photos are of me chillin. between my age (a not so youthful 15) and my not so good kidneys i have really slowed down. i heard b-a-t-h the other day. moms was sayin sumthin about me not cleanin myself so good anymore. she is always tellin me i am a good girl and gives me the best skritches ever. i am tired again so i am goin to go take a nap.

purrs n kisses for my mancat taps.

happy daddys day!

2009-06-21T08:39:00.002-04:00

yep! thats me sittin on my dads head. he luvs me so much he letted me sit there.

tt tuesday

2009-06-16T00:00:00.005-04:00

look at me, look at me!! see how big i hafs gotted?!?!

soon i will be as big as kintaro!

moms tooks these fotos of me when i was being a vishus hunter.

i am roothless!

i show no mercy!

grrr!

take no prisoners!

kintaro ands me like to play thundering herd of elephants when the sun comes out in the morning. we takes turns chasing each ofer. sumtimes i hide unner the couch. kintaro is too big to get unner there. i like to pop out and scare hims. we hafs lots of fun playin. moms said she is gonna try to take a movee of us playin if she can focus on us that earlee in the mornin.