Goodbye Sir Moose-A-Lot

On Wednesday we had to say goodbye to my mom's cat, Sir Moose-a-lot Goodyear Roadkill Thunderbottom.

If you'll recall, a little over a month ago I had asked for purrs because Moosey was going in for surgery. He had a broken tooth with his gum grown over it. He did very well despite his age and he started to eat well and he gained some of his weight back. We thought everything was good to go for him. We were very thankful he was doing better, which I wrote about after the surgery.

But in the last few weeks, he was going down hill again. Finally yesterday we got him to the vet. What they took off, thinking it was overgrown gums, had grown back. (we had opted not to have it tested) It was a tumor. And worse, it spread to a place it had room to grow, in his chest cavity. This caused fluid to build up around his lungs making it hard for him to breath and eat.

With heavy hearts we chose to release him from the pain he was so obviously in. He will be missed terribly.

Those of you who've been reading here a long time may remember when we lost my dad. Moose was his favorite person in the world. He was my dad's and my dad was his. Of course he loved my mom, but my dad was tops. My dad couldn't go to bed without calling Moose to go with him and Moose wouldn't allow him to go without him.

I like to think that when Moose made his run for the Rainbow Bridge, my dad was there waiting for him. Together again, time for a good long nap together.

My mom is heartbroken, as are we. Sir Moose was a part of this family for a long time and he will be missed greatly.

MOMMY'S HOME!!!

It's me, Leo! Reporting on the bestest news ever!!!!

 

It's true! It's true! Mommy's home!!! And not just for the weekend like she's been doing.

For serious!

Sunday is over and she's STILL HERE!!!

AND she brought home lots and lots of stuff! I'm about worn out with the sniffing and inspecting!

When she left, she said she'd be gone maybe three months. But she LIED! She was gone for eleventy hundred and sixty five days! She says seven months, but we all know humans can't count right, know what I mean?

Let me tell ya, I have been sitting on her and pinning her down so she can't leave again, and THIS TIME it worked! I know she's staying because I telled her to! I shoulda told her like this before, sheesh!

She says she's going to the human vet today, and I don't like the sound of that.. but she promised she'll be back afterwards. I think I better sit on her extra hard... Maybe I can make her miss the appointment. I know I'd appreciate it if someone made ME miss a vet appointment, right! I'll do my best and I'll report back to you kitties so hopefully we can all figure out how to prevent this vet stuff!

Mommy says she'll be better about blogging and visiting and commenting now that she's home, but also that it might take her a bit to be back to previous posting levels. I'll give her a little leeway.. but not much! Because now that she's home, she MUST do my bidding. Right? Right!!

Oh, and she promises some BIG IDEA is coming for Winnie's Wish and Miss Chrystal, so stay tuned!

MOMMY'S HOME!!!! YIPPIE!!!

Blurry Wordless Wednesday

(left to right, Cashmere, Glitter, Leo, all on mommy's messy bed!)

 

 

Freaky Friday

There are no pictures of the actual occurrence, but I have been assured that this is what happened!

See Glitter here on the end of the bed amongst rumpled up sheets? (I know it's hard to see, Greg took it on his cell phone in the wee hours of the morning)

Glitter: I don't know what you're talking about... I'm a calm, sweet, innocent kitty cat.. Totally. I mean it. You believe me, right?

About three minutes before this shot was taken, that top sheet was neatly spread over the bed, from head to foot. And then Greg heard a noise and turned to look! Glitter was DIVING onto the top sheet and sliding down the bed with her paws tucked under! (see, they're still under!) Then she got up and did it again and again while Greg fumbled trying to get video! But she managed to slide the whole thing all the way to the foot and all he got was this seemingly innocent looking cat on an unmade bed.

Who are you going to believe? Miss Innocent up there, or Greg who total witnessed the whole thing, sans the moments when he was frantically mashing buttons on his flip phone? You decide!



Don't forget, if you haven't stopped by our Blogoversary comment-a-thon, it's still going until midnight Friday the 21st! (that's today!)
Help the kitties of Winnie's Wish by just saying hi! (Winnie's Wish, for those who may not know, is the cat rescue and shelter where I got Leo and then his sisters, and for whom I am pleased to fundraise in many different ways!)

Blogoversary!

Boy am I really messed up! First I go and forget to post on Leo's Gotcha day, then I go and miss posting on our blogoversary!!

Six years we've been blogging! It does NOT feel that long! I can't believe my boy is getting that old either! Denial much? Na, not me! ;)

The first pictures I posted of Leo were not the most flattering. But all I had was a crappy camera and a crappy cell phone camera, so we got what we got. So glad I have better now! Although lately I've mostly been posting pictures from Greg's camera (No, still not home, will talk about that another day).

I'm so thankful to Chrystal for having Winnie's Wish and for giving me a chance to be Leo's mommy! And then a few years later, entrusting me with two of his sisters too! She took excellent care of my babies, raised them well from scared little ferals to loving cuddly lapcats!

For our blogoversary, would you please head over to Daily Dose, the Winnie's Wish blog, and check out the kitties on the side bar who are still waiting for their forever homes. If you absolutely can't make room in  your life for one or a pair, would you share them? You never know who will fall in love with one of them like I did six years ago, could be one of your friends or family members or even one of their friends! (so ask them to share too!) Thank you!

 

Winnie's Wish can always use donations and wish list items! I think you know that I'm a big fundraiser for her, right? :) Well, for this blogoversary I'm going to fundraise differently than I have before. I'm going to do a comment-a-thon! That's right! Just by commenting on THIS post, you can help Winnie's Wish! For every comment I will donate $1 up to $50!! (no, the same person commenting a hundred times doesn't count hee hee) Thank you, in advance for helping out the woman who saved my sweet heart cat, Leo the Chinese Lion and his sisters, Glitter and Cashmere! (and the other three who are also in great homes!)


Look! our first banner!

The first picture I ever posted of Leo! Scared on the ride home, poor baby! You can read the story HERE on our first post ever!

Here's a better, yet still early, picture of my fuzzy boy playing!

My favorite picture of our sweet Star, who we will always miss, ornery as she was. She was a love when she wanted to be, but she ruled all of us with a velvet claw.

A favorite Leo picture! also early!

Thank you all, for visiting, for being our friends, and for helping me help the rescue that saved my heart kitty!

Edit: comment by midnight EST on Friday the 21st to count for the comment-a-thon!

Wordless Wednesday with Sunny Boy Leo

 

 

It's the Line Up

Glitter: These pets are great..

Cashmere: Soak it up while you can, it's my turn soon, sister!

 

 

Glitter: I could lay here all night..

Cashmere: No she won't, she'll run off to her tree perch and I'll have MY daddy ALL night! Patience works for me. *smirk*

She's right, you know. Glitter stays until she's done then she's gone in the blink of an eye. Cashmere stays until your arm falls off! Leo falls somewhere in the middle but also manages to make it feel like it's your fault he has to leave when he does go..