Snuggy Weather

We got some yucky cold weather this weekend. Nothing like some of you got, but it was cold. Kitties, being solar powered, heat seeking beings, do not like being chilly. Neither do I.

I know snuggies get picked on a lot, but I like mine. So do the kitties.

 

I left my snuggy in a pile on top of a stack of magazines and someone decided it was too good an opportunity to pass up. Leo burrowed his way under/into it, then wormed his head out. He stayed snuggled in there for quite a while, even putting out a leg for balance when I assume he discovered the magazine stack was too small a bed for such a large boy.

 

Hello beautiful ladycats, I am the Sheik of the Green Snuggy!

 

 

Oh, hi... I was just.. nevermind..

 

 

There's something wrong with the foundation of my bed here.. it's slippery.

 

 

Ok, I think I'm all stable now.

 

 

Star? Did you hear someone snickering?

 

 

I wonder how long she was hiding at that end of the couch..

 

 

Where was I... Oh yeah.   Hi there Ladycat *purrrr*

That's my goofy boy, everything turns into a game.



Please remember Winnie's Wish at this time, not only are donations always needed, but adoptions have been seriously lacking and they are full up. More kitties cannot be helped if the current kitties do not get the forever homes they so richly deserve. Please, share and spread the word everywhere about them. You never know who else might pass it on or be the family the kitties are waiting for.
FUNdraisers on my sidebar are all up and running if you are looking for gifts for your kitties, and they benefit Winnie's Wish.

Hairy Obsession

I got a kick out of the comments from yesterday's video of Star and the hairbrush. Star is not a fan of being brushed. And that's not a kitty brush anyway. That's my brush! And I'd just used it on wet hair. Star's not so secret obsession is wet hair.

When she's done trying to climb my back to get at my wet hair, or after I've dried it, she goes nuts for the brush if I leave it where she can get at it. She rubs her face all over it, chews the bristles a little, and purrs up a storm while doing it. She'll fall asleep on it if given half a chance!

I know I've talked before about this obsession of Star's. And how though she likes anyone's hair when it's wet, she adores Twin 1's hair no matter what. Wet or dry makes no difference to her.

Star has never had much to do with Twin 2, mostly because Twin 2 is afraid of her a little. They've made peace in the last year so it shouldn't have shocked me to see what I recorded in today's pictures. I took these a while back and just haven't posted them yet.

Twin 2 was over and saw Star laying on the couch. She sat near-ish to her and leaned over to see if she'd do anything if it was her hair, not Twin 1's. I think the pictures speak for themselves..

Oh boy, hair! This seems so familiar!

 

 

Are you sure this is TSO? (The Scared One) and not TLO? (The Loud One)

Yes, Star, I'm sure. It's just now that The Scared One (what Star calls Twin 2) isn't so scared of you any more! Stands to reason you'd like her hair since she's The Loud One's uh, TWIN! hee hee


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My dear friends, please keep up with, and spread the word about, Daily Dose/Winnie's Wish. There is a very desperate need for adoptions right now! And these great kitties deserve homes of their own, hopefully before Christmas. 
Donations are always appreciated to them, check out their Christmas Wish List link banner on the top right of their page.

If you need a gift for your kitties this Christmas, all of our FUNdraisers are still open and available! They support Winnie's Wish so check them out if you want.

The original FUN FUN FUNdraiser

Christmas FUNdraiser:

Summer FUNdraiser:

If you do donate and want a FUNdraiser set, you MUST email me please, so I know which set and what configuration you want it in. I will update them all soon, but each are available with nip, or silvervine, or with nothing. Thank you!!

Wordless Wednesday With Star

 

 

 

Tingling Surprise

As I write this post, my feet are nearly numb, they are full of pins and needles but I will not move them. If my legs should fall off, I will not move my feet. Can you guess why?

 

If you're a cat lover, you've guessed that there is a kitty on my feet. You'd be half right.

 

My feet were cold so I tucked a quilt around them. It took him a while to make up his mind, but Leo has accepted this new kind of blanket in his favorite sleeping spot. He curled up next to my foot as usual, then rolled over and is laying on it so hard I think he's crushing my ankle bone. He doesn't seem to mind in the least..

 

Star had been running around back and forth between Greg and me all evening. It was clear that she wanted attention and we were giving it to her. There are many things that Star considers hers that she likes to sleep on. Most of them are in the wash. She does like this quilt, but Leo's already on it.

 

Then the miracle happened. She laid down on my other foot. Granted, she's a much lighter load, but she's also ON the foot, forcing it to bend slightly in an unnatural direction.

 

When she decided to lay next to my foot, I was worried that she was after Leo, but we kept an eye on her and she was more interested in her bath than the boy. For his part, Leo slept blissfully on, purring a big vibration on my numbing other foot.

 

After her bath, Star curled up and crushed my foot into the shape she so desired. Much to our shock, she proceeded to sleep. THAT close to the barbarian! Then that foot started to vibrate with her soft little purrs!

 

Leo rolled over, further crushing my foot and I think he noticed his bedfellow for the purring on that foot stopped. Either that or I lost all feeling. I was sure something would go wrong. He has been known to poke her in the butt after all. But no, he seemed to sigh and go back to sleep and before long the purring returned.

 

Can you guess that I'm in heaven?? Even with numb, crushed, and tingling feet!

 

I have had them both sleep on me before, one on my chest the other on my feet, but never, ever, this close together! It's making my heart sing!

 

 

 

I was going to share just this video today, until the above happened. But as there are no pictures of that momentous event because I didn't want to do anything to disturb them, here's the video.

 

Leo on his tree being a big goofball. He was being even sillier before I got the phone camera going, but of course the kitty rule is to never ever be your most adorable when the camera is in view.

 

I know I've said it before, but the situation is becoming quite desperate at Winnie's Wish. I'm sure Chrystal will share what's going on when she posts this morning (not everyone is as crazy as I am posting in the middle of the night..), or someday soon, so I encourage you to please please read her posts. And please please please! Help find homes for the Winnie's Wish kitties!

Whatever social media you use, please pass the word. Whatever friends and family and coworkers you have, please tell them about these kitties. You never know who will be moved to give a special kitty a forever home. And please, whatever you do, check out the kitties on the sidebar and see if your heart kitty, your new best friend, is waiting just for you!

Please help in whatever way you can, as I said, it's getting desperate.

Thanksgiving

Yes, we're late. I'm sure you'll understand that we are not especially joyful today.

But we didn't want the day to pass without saying Happy Thanksgiving to our dear friends. We are very thankful for all of you. Especially how you have all rallied around us at this difficult time for our family. It's been a hard first holiday without my dad but we are thankful that we were mostly together.

Hope your holiday was wonderful.

 

To those who celebrate it, Happy Hanukkah

I would be extremely grateful if you would share the need for adoptions over at Daily Dose. The Winnie's Wish cathouse is full full full! There are so many wonderful kitties who just want a forever family. Is it you? Is it your friend? Can you share about them and help find homes? Thank you so much! Click on the kitties on her sidebar to learn about each one!

Play Day

Star is feeling much better as her seasonal rash disappears. Despite how it looks in these pictures, her fur is coming back and she's looking better too.

Because she's feeling better, she's been extra playful. She found this little Fat Cat toy and went nuts on it. Fat Cat toys are her favorites, her favorite butterfly is from them too. Wish I knew where she lost it this time.. Both of them actually. Silly girl, I wonder if she hid them from Leo?

When she plays with favorite toys, she HAS to lick herself while playing.. Just one of her quirks.

Oh happy toy, I love you!

 

 

Oo wait, I have to rub my ear for a minute, purrrrr

 

 

Pure bliss..

Kiss kiss, little fishy attached to the weird little dragonfly, I loves you!

Whap and Nap

Every time I think the kitties are getting along better, they start fighting. Every time I think they're in fighty modes, they wind up near each other. Honestly, I think I'm going to give up trying to decide if they are tolerating each other, becoming slight friends, or still in hate mode.

Whenever I think I've got them figured out, they do something totally outside of what I think. Either they are trying to make me think I'm crazy, or they are crazy themselves. All I know is that one of us is probably bonkers...

This week was a perfect example of what I'm talking about. You saw the picture on Wordless Wednesday, right? They were curled up quite close. What had happened is that Leo sat on that bench and Star has, recently, claimed the couch and materials on it as her very own. When she saw Leo near her spot, she walked a wide berth around him and jumped up behind.

He knew she was there, and probably thought she was going to smack him. She kept giving him dirty looks, but he stayed. I think he thought that if he ran, she'd chase him. Which is usually true.. but all she really wanted was her spot. So it was peaceful.

They did exchange a lot of smacky paws this weekend. She was so intent after him at one point that nothing deterred her, except for the fact that he retreated to the top seat on the tall cat tree and she, to this day, has never gone up that high. I think she was going to attempt it though.. so I got after her.

Leo did some romping around the room, quick bap, dive under the bench, moves. We know this is playful because he basically pokes her in the butt, no claws, no real smack, just a quick poke, like he wants to play.

He also waited until she was whisker deep into her favorite treat and, ignoring his own treat, spent what felt like almost half a minute sniffing her tail and back (no, not her bum, she eats tail down) until she got fed up and took a mouthful of her snack to the carpet to eat in peace.. thanks Leo.

Star tried playing some whack-a-mole when Leo was under his bench. She rarely goes under after him, but sits on top and reaches down to smack, or sits at the side and reaches under the blanket on it. Some of that was playful this weekend, some was decidedly not playful.

Early Sunday there were a lot of not playful whaps. I was frustrated enough to toss empty tissue boxes between them to make them leave each other alone. All that got me was some stink-eye from Star.

That's why I was so surprised when this happened Sunday evening:

 

 

Almost the exact opposite of what happened Wordless Wednesday. Leo considers the bed his for the most part, for napping and playing and diving onto his cat tree. I had moved the bench over near the bed to set up a little crafting station as I tried to work on something that didn't work out. Star decided that she HAD to sleep on the bed.

Leo took umbrage but what are ya gonna do, she was there first. I figured he found somewhere else to nap, until I turned around and saw him right behind me on the bed with her. I don't know if he figured being closer to me would protect him or if he just flat out wanted his bed and wasn't going to be intimidated, but he chose to get up there when she was already there. It was a day of whaps and naps.

I'm hoping for more naps, less whaps!