Sunday, March 6, 2022

Not Quite A Sunday Selfie

 

Leo here, ya'll! Thought I'd update ya on what's goin' on 'round here but didn't feel like waking up waking up enough to get a true selfie. So admire my toe hawks whilst I regale ya with an update. 
 
I figure that 'cause I'm gonna talk about daddy's feets that I might as well show you mine! And yes, I was sleeping like this for a long time. Mommy said I was too cute. She ain't wrong! 
 
So last we wrote, over a month ago! Dang, we missed all of February! Daddy had had his accident and was hobbling around in a boot and a cast. That lasted as long as it took for him to get that second opinion from the bone people vet then he put it in something else that laced up.. or something weird so mommy bought him a pair of larger shoes so he could wear one on that foot over the lace up cast thing. That lasted for a few weeks but when he went back, that sprained foot was no better so that foot got another xray and then put into a taller boot than the broken foot. Which is NOT getting surgery, much to mommy's displeasure because it's still in three pieces and is no closer to being healed or even coming together than it was the first day. But that sprained foot is the worst pain one, and it's not really sprained but has torn or pulled ligaments and tendons. Pretty ouchie I guess. 
So one foot is in a gray boot that goes half way up his calf and the other is in a black boot that goes to the knee. He's using his knee walker but which foot do you move it with?? The sprained one I guess, gotta be off the broken one. He's also using a wheelie walker on occasion, the kind with a seat you can use when you gets tired. 
We're so used to it that he can roll right next to the girls and they don't even flinch or move. I do, because I'm smart enough to know he's tipped that thing over a few times! 
 
We have been holding him down as best as we can. Mommy's gettin' jealous because even I spend a lot of time on him when he's got his feets up in the recliner. And worst of all, I have started sleeping up against him, sharing Sleepy Time Territory with Cashmere!  
 
Don't fret, we still pile on mommy, even all three at once occasionally! It's just that we're tryin' to help daddy so we pile on him too, yes, sometimes all at once. 
 
We all had to go to the vets last month. Daddy could not take us, no way. Not on his knee walker and with three PTU's! (that's Prisoner Transport Unit's to those that don't know kitty slang) So Twin 1 and her hubby came and took us. Glitter and I got antibiotic shots, Cashmere got.. some other shot. Turns out she wasn't sick (she never, ever gets sick!) but she was having a flea allergy problem. Mommy thought she got rid of those darn fleas or that at least they were dormant in winter, but nope, vet says that her rash was from fleas. We all got another shot updating our kitty shots, thanks for bringing that up doc.... I got drops for my nose, yeah, I fought that! Glitter got drops for her eyes, if you that that's easy, you don't know how strong and tough Glitter is, despite her beauty pageant appearance! 
As soon as we got home, as Twin 1's hubby let us out of our carriers, he quick as you please, and all by himself, put flea meds on our necks! Mommy was in awe! Usually takes two or three people to do this, because, you know.. we're fierce. We didn't even fight Hub1 though, and we don't hate him! He's seriously a great cat guy, he had skillz!
 
We gots a lawyer. No, not for the unappreciated vet visit, but we should consult with him over that! For daddy's accident. The guy who hit him was unlicensed, uninsured, under the influence (drugs), and in someone else's car! We know he was arrested, but that's all we know right now. I have a feeling it's not gonna be a short process... 
 
Mommy has wanted to help us with a blog post for a long time now. But since daddy's home all the time, he has stolen her laptop! She has had so little access to it that she has, after years of fighting and saying never ever, she put facebook on her phone! *gasp!* Time's, they is a-chaingin'! We'll try to wrestle the laptop away from daddy more and post more often, we miss our friends! 
Purrs and head bumps to all of you! 

Sunday, January 2, 2022

Leo's Scared Sunday Selfie

 
Leo: Friends, I is hidin' my face 'cause I had a scare! We all did!! Last Tuesday, while ridin' high over our post with the Auction Results, mommy got a call from daddy, and he was in the back of an ambulance! Mommy freaked. Out! We all ran from her, lemme tell ya, freaked us out too! Daddy got hit on the highway and his bus/van got flipped over! He got thrown down the other side when it flipped and landed on his face, ya'll, his face! 
You shoulda seen how we looked at him when he got home from the people vet building! Cashmere just jumped up on the arm of his chair as usual and stopped in her tracks and stared and stared and stared at his face! Kitties, people's got no fur to cover the multiple colors they can turn, it's freaky. 
He's got both of his feets wrapped up too, so he ain't walkin' right at all. Daddy said one is a cast and one is a boot, but the cast is on the bad sprain and the boot is on the broken one, does that sound right to you? Us either.. 
Momma says daddy needs surgery on his footsie, but daddy said maybe, and they don't stop going back and forth on it. Daddy has to see a second people bone vet for a second opinion so mommy stops harpin'.. I mean talkin' about it..  
One good thing, we gots him trapped now! He can't get away from us so we gets ta nap on him alllllll the time! We have to hold him down so he can heal and recover, right? That's what good kitty nurses do, so me and the girls, we's takin' this job very seriously! 
Another good thing is that Twin 1 and Twin 2 and their mommy (my mommy's sister) are coming over all the time and helpin' us all out. More people for pettin' time! 
So that's our scary end of year story, we sure hopes this new year is much better!!! Our folk's is tired of bein' hurt and not feelin' good! Anyone who wants ta send power o' the paw, purrs or prayers sure is appreciated by our daddy! And mommy too, maybe she'll feel your good will and stop freakin' out so much! 
 
Oh, and Happy New Year to ya all!!!! Purrs everyone! 
 
 
 
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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Toothy Tuesday

 I don't know about you all, but I love seeing little fangs peek out... Leo shows his off like this a lot. Usually when he's happily asleep!

Leo: zzzzZZZZzzzzz Must nap in the new year... zzzzzz





Thursday, December 23, 2021

Auction Results!

 Did ya see?? Did ya?? Oh my gosh! I hope you saw over at Daily Dose, the Winnie's Wish blog, that we got the results of the auction! 
 
Leo: AND IT WAS GREAT!!!!!
 

Let me post it here too! 

Drum Roll!

The Winnie's Wish Holiday Auction brought in:


$2500!!!!!!


Whoo hoo!!!! Yes, we rounded up to make it even, but it's still amazing!

Thank you to everyone who participated, who shared, and who visited!! We couldn't have done it without you!! Thank you again!!


This is the best kind of Thankful Thursday for us, and especially for Winnie's Wish!!! Yay!!!!




Saturday, December 18, 2021

Caturday Art

 I went back a bit to find this picture of Cashmere from the 7th, her happy sleeper picture, for this weeks Caturday art. I used lunapic and wanted to do an all Christmas theme again, but the way this picture is, that didn't work. Her face isn't centered so it was using her fluff as the focus of some of the things and I gave up and went to a few non Christmas favorites. But lets start with the Christmas ones that did work!
 
 
Christmas Needlework

 
Christmas Lights

 
 
Christmas clipart

 
 
Scribble
 
 
 
Floating


And the original


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I want to thank everyone for their kind words on Pipers passing. She will be missed. 

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Sunday, December 12, 2021

Piper

 If you're a long time reader, you may recall that I got my mother a cat for mother's day in 2017. Piper was a very chubby sweetheart that soon became my mom's best buddy. 
 
When we lost my mom in 2019 Piper went to live with my sister. Actually, she moved in with her while my mother was in the hospital and rehab. Piper missed my mom but came to love my sister and her husband too. 
 
My sister and her husband moved into my mom's old house and Piper was back in her home, and happy, and loved. 
 
Yesterday, suddenly, Piper passed away in my sisters arms. 
 
Earlier this week Piper was at the vets, they couldn't find anything seriously wrong with her except that she seemed anemic. They weren't going to do any extensive testing at the moment, more wait and see because she should be ok. The vet did talk about possibly doing leukemia testing in the future. 
 
I know cats can hide sickness for a long time, but this was a shock. I think we're all in shock. 
 

 I think it's only fitting that her memorial picture has her with her paw on my mother urn. She passed away two years and four days after my mother.
Fly Free Sweet Piper, we'll see you at the rainbow bridge, where you are hopefully in my mom's lap. 


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The Winnie's Wish Auction has ended, everyone has been emailed. Hopefully we'll have wonderful numbers to share with you all soon. Thank you for your support!

Saturday, December 11, 2021

Caturday Art & Last Hours of Auction

I'm using Leo's Santa Watch picture and I'm doing it up Christmas! Lunapic has some interesting options that I had not explored before. 


Christmas Needlework

 
 
Christmas Ornament



Christmas Cliparts



Christmas Lights


And the original


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The Winnie's Wish Holiday Auction ends tonight (Saturday) at Midnight EST! Be sure to get your bids in on time!

 
Every bid helps the kitties of Winnie's Wish! So bid early and bid often! :)

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