I gave up my mom’s lap for this

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It’s the truth…it’s on her lap so much, especially with her being sick. She only got it 3 days ago. Isn’t it sad that I am cuddling up to the box it came in!

What! I’m a cool cat!

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Sean got mom an early birthday gift-a Cool Cat Calendar for 2010! The problem is I don’t want to compare myself to other kitties on the ‘coolness’ factor thing. Hmmm…the kitty looks cute on the cover though.
My ma had a piggie or swine flu! She didn’t go to the doctor, but told the nurse about her symptoms and she said that’s what it sounded like to her. I never saw her make so many trips to her big ‘litterbox’-bad stuff! She is feeling better after she’s been up a while. Now she is trying to eat a bit more which isn’t easy.

Cosmo the baseball pitcher

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Ma always makes dark movies, doesn’t she? Here I am kicking a catnip laced baseball!

Cosmo wonders why he isn’t outside

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Ah-oh! Ma is outside and I’m in! I don’t like the feel of wet leaves under my tootsies anyway. I will miss the grass nibbling!

Comfy Cosmo

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I didn’t even care that ma was using the flashy box. Now that you disturbed me, where is my dinner? What, no food left? I have to wait for dad to get home? Geez!

The days are getting shorter. My days on the harness are coming to an end for a few months-unfortunately. I just had my annual vet visit and weighed in at 14 pds, 14 oz. The vet looked at the brown stuff in my right ear that I have a problem with and it’s yeast. So ma got drops that she keeps refrigerated and it’s a shock when she remembers to use them. My ear is much better. The vet also said I have tarter on my teeth and should have them professionally cleaned-for $225! When my ma took her girl cat to another vet, she use to do that scraping at the annual visit as part of the exam! I swear the newer vets charge for every little thing! So ma decides to get cat toothpaste and since I’ve never had my teeth brushed, I’m keeping my mouth closed as tightly as possible! She tried a few times and hasn’t tried in the last few days. Ma was sad as the visit was over $140 and she only had $80 on her. She asked the lady who was taking the money if they could bill her for the rest and they said no, that ma couldn’t take home the medicine for me unless they got the entire payment. Ma dipped in her food money and told them that and the lady laughed! Urghhh. If other doctors can take partial payment, why can’t they too? We are thinking about getting pet insurance soon.
Hope all you kitties and pals are doing fine!
Here I am going under the sofa to lay near the heat duct! Sean took this photo.

This is insane! I can’t even find a good hiding place under the globe here. Ma-please start getting rid of more books-you never read them-they are just for show it seems. Sean got rid of some of his-well he is trying to sell them and they aren’t in his room, but in a crate in the basement-but they are going if they don’t sell. Come on!
That big book over my head (it weighs a ton), was given to ma by her cousin about her paternal family history-if she cleaned off one shelf, there would be room for that!

With all the rain we had this past summer, the grass has been growing like crazy. Ma has been bringing me in long stalks of it-the kind with the ‘cattails’ on the end. She says it’s the cheapest toy ever. Only thing, she let me chew on one too much, and I left dad a greenish present on the basement floor. Ma said at least she didn’t have to clean it up!

I like this photo because of the claw action!
Ma made a video of me playing with the grass and will share it soon.

Actually it could be, but ma made it because I am her favorite animal-ha! She’s going to trade it with another lady over at Flickr. Very funny about the feathers too. I hardly get a sniff of feathers, let alone delicious grass.

Being in the dark is nothing new to me. I’m down the basement while my family sleeps at night. Yesterday, early in the evening, the wind outside was so strong, it made all the lights go out for a while. My family gets a bit freaky and funny. My ma went around making fire in different spots of the house. She had a candy smelling one in the kitchen, a lemony lime one in the bathroom and a Christmas one in the dining room! P.U.!
Then they got out the things with the loud noise and they stick things in their ears and ’sing’ (I use that verb loosely) or hum. My ma had one in her ears and I came up for a lap visit and she tried to get me to hear the song-nonsense! Then she was singing to me -’for the first time, when I look into your eyes’-very mushy stuff-and the power came on and everyone’s eyes were squinty and it was so bright. Very interesting.