Secret Paw!!!

O Bast!!!! My Secret Paw package arrived today! It was from my friends Sammy, Miles, Nicky and Billy Sweetfeets!

The box was interesting! I could smell the Meezers and Billy Sweetfeets!

Lookit!  I got BEEF Temptations, my favorites!

The guycats sent Mom some pressies too.

Mom got some cho-co-late treats!  But there was something else in there that smelled REALLY GOOD!

The box is full of PINK toys, and 'NIP!!!

Oh, I love 'NIP!

Thank you, thank you, thank you Meezers and Billy!!  Thank your Mom for the pressies for my Mom too!

Merry Christymas!!!

Secret Paw Saturday

Mom and I have been shopping and selected the goodies for our Secret Paw.  We have toys and treats and of course Mom included a box of the Evil Little Chocolates for my Secret Paw's Mom.

Naturally I have to inspect every item that goes into the box.  Mom will give it to the Man in the Bloo Shorts on Monday. I cannot say where it is going, but this box will be taking a long trip.

Secret Paw

Oh boy!  I got my Secret Paw match!  I am furry excited.  Mom will help me shop for purresents for my furriend. I already know what I want to include in my package. Mom says I musn't drop any hints.

If Secret Paws is here, that means Christymas can't be far behind! I love Christymas!

Secret Paw!

Omigosh! Mom got home from day hunting yesterday, dragging this big box with her. She thought it was Christymas presents from our friend Rhette to the family. But it wasn't! It was MY Secret Paw package!

It's from Angel and Kirby in Texcats! I can smell them on the box. The box smells pretty good.
Lookit all the stuff... I got a Nip stuffed toy (I love those) and a whole big can of these nifty treats!
LOOKIT! Two GIGANTIC bags of Temp-tay-tions BEEF treats! Omibast... I thought I was gonna faint, but I didn't. And a whole bag of lots of bouncy noisy balls to play with! Woo hoo!

Oh yeah, there were a couple of cat-themed pot holders for Mom. She was wicked happy because she really needs some pot holders.There's a terrific cat teaser toy with THREE interchangeable ends.. one with feathers, one with sparkly things, and other with floofy pink stuff.
Thank you SO much Angel and Kirby. These are AWESOME pressies! I love EVERYTHING. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Now I have a toy I have to attack...

Secret Paw Sunday

The Christymas Tree is finally up and decorated. Now Mom needs to wrap the presents. Mom and I went shopping to find some special things for my Secret Paw. We went to a very special store... Lookit this:
Toys! Lots of toys! All kinds of fun toys!
Lookit all these different kinds of foods! Omybast! There was even Duck! (I wonder if duck tastes like chick-hen?) Even the cans are pretty! But the best area in the whole store was this one.I'm not sure, but I think it's heaven.

Finally Friday

Mom is excited it's Friday. She is gonna get stuff ready for Turkey Day next week, and she's thinking about her Christymas list. We are going to participate in this year's Secret Paw! I'm excited about that too!

Secret Paw Tuesday!

I got my Secret Paws package, and it was from Derby! I got 'Nip, stinky goodness, treats and toy mice! I got a Nip Ravioli!

Derby & his Mum even included a mug and some cat-themed fabrics for Mom. Pawesome!

Thank you Derby, thank you, Derby's Mum!



(Where was I in yesterday's picture? Nowhere! Mom was taking pictures, and she thought I was under the tree, but when she turned around, there I was behind her! HAHAHAHA!)

Secret Paw Saturday

That darn tree hasn't lost many leafs, even though we had a downpour of rain yesterday. Nora, Caity & Millie, you will not be the winners of the Last Leaf Falls Contest.If the leafs do NOT fall off the tree before December 16, then Scooby, Shaggy & Scout will be declared the winners.


I have received my Secret Paw match. I am furry excited, and already have Plans!but I'm not telling! I'm keeping this secret!




I just found out SOCKS is home, and will be an indoor kitty from now on... Go CB for purring him home. Now we just have to get Mr Tigger home...

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays Everybody! Merry Christmas, and Happy Hanukkah!

My fabulous friends at Zoolatry made this nifty image for me! Isn't it terrific?



I received my Secret Paws package yesterday, right in time for Christmas. It is from my friend Angus!There is a terrific pink 'Nip mousie, some salmon fishy flakes and a tin of terrific treats! There was even a special present for Mom! Thank you so much Angus & Chrissie!

Secret Paw Monday

My Secret Paw present is all ready, and the man in the bloo shorts will be picking up the box today to deliver it. Because it is a secret, and a surprise, I can't say anything more.

Except that I think it's really cool, and I hope my Secret Paw enjoys it.

And I have been very good about the Christymas tree. I like hiding under it, and I have been sniffing the branches, and playing with them a bit, but I haven't been climbing the tree. Of course, Mom hasn't put anything interesting on it yet, either.

Christymas Season Begins

Mom will start decorating for Christymas this weekend. This is the first thing she put up. You all know she makes Gizzy Quilts. Well, a few years ago, she made some quilted chessboards. This is one she made with Christymas fabrics. Anyways, she hangs a different chessboard up on this wall every month. Later today she will put up more Christymas decorations around the house.

She has almost all of her Christymas shopping finished. She just has to get something for Pip-pay. And she is working in the sewing room on things I have to keep secret. I can say the secret things are for...

(no, you can't say that either Millie.)

Mom told me about secrets and surprises. I like to surprise my friends, so if I want it to be a surprise, I have to keep it a secret. Oh! I get it now. I will try harder to keep secrets so they can be good surprises! I kept the nice surprise about the Gizzy quilts for Jan's Funny Farm, so I know I can keep the secrets Mom wants me to keep. Good thing I can share them with Mom!

Okay. Well, look what I found on Google's blog: It's the story of how NORAD came to track Santa Claus and how Google will be helping this year. It looks like lots of fun, and I will be checking every day.

Mom finished my Holiday Gizzy. See how I was helping?

And here it is all finished.

Mom says she is gonna make some Christymas cookies today too, and will have them on her cooking blog tomorrow.

And I know who my Secret Paw is, and am putting together a nifty present that will go out soon! That's one secret I won't let out of the bag...

Secret Saturday

My Secret Paw was my sweetheart, Monty Q! Isn't that amazing? He was very surprised and couldn't believe that he got my name.

He sent me not one, but TWO special beds, a beautiful leopard one for me, and a blue one for Jasmine. (Hers is blue and it's bigger because she is fatter than me)... uh oh...

Millie, Jasmine isn't fat. She only weighs twelve pounds. Some cats in the blogosphere weigh over 16 pounds or more, like Fat Eric. Stop calling Jasmine fat. She's just bigger than you.

OK, so Jasmine's is bigger because she is. Bigger. (sound effect of Millie doing a raspberry)

Monty Q tested my bed very carefully. When his Mombean was getting ready to finish it, he got into it and curled right up.

But that wasn't all. He also sent me my favorite treat, a nice bag of BEEF Temptations and a neat feather ball toy that is also leopard like.

And of course, there's the box.

Today is supposed to be a very lucky day. I am already a lucky girl to have Monty Q as my sweetheart.


Mom finished 3 more Holiday Gizzy quilts. She has now finished 11. She can't decide if she likes one better than all the others.

She's gonna watch the tennis at Wimbledon again today. And she said something about making a couple of tree skirts. We cats all know what those are good for. (answer = nothing)

(Visual of Millie doing an eye roll)

How-To Tuesday

How to Make a 'Nip Sack

Start with a piece of fabric. It has to be a "long rectangle" or the size of two squares sitting next to each other. This one is 3-1/2" by 7"
Fold in half so it makes a square, right sides together. Sew the side opposite the fold, using at least a 1/4" seam.
Line up the seam with the fold, like in the picture. Now sew across one of the other ends.
Turn the sack inside out. A chopstick is good for getting the corners turned out correctly. Don't push too hard or you might poke a hole in the corner!
Fill with 'Nip. Mom uses "Cosmic Catnip." As you can see, I am supervising and testing the Nip. Somecat has to do it.
When the sack is good and full of nip, bring the raw edges together so the sack is shaped like a pyramid. This seam will be perpendicular to the one on the bottom.
Turn the raw edges in, and pin.
Sew the pinned edge shut. Trim threads, remove pins.
Ta-da! One nifty pyramid shaped 'Nip Sack. Ready for one Secret Paw, which will be on its way to a very special cat by the time you are reading this.
Clean the mess made by one nipped-out cat.HEY! I resemble that remark!