Wednesday Wonder

It's HERE! It's HERE! The tree is here.

I had to inspect it very carefully.

 Ok, looks good so far.

 Mom really likes that the lights are already on the tree so she doesn't have to wrestle with them.

Here it is, all decorated. Mom is very happy.

Me too.

Tuxie Tuesday

Hey Mom, when is The Tree coming?  Christymas is coming, and I don't see any tree!

Tattle-Tale Tuesday

Here's the tree across the street. A year ago it didn't have as many leafs. That's not what I to tattle about today.

Mom has to go to the tooth-v-e-t today to get an old filling replaced. She says going to the tooth-v-e-t is her least favorite thing ever.

Me? I'll be in the heated cat cup, staying warm!

Yellow and Black and White

These are some of the trees in the yard behind our house. Many trees turn yellow in the fall, and they aren't considered as beautiful as trees that turn red, but when the sun shines through these yellow trees, it is very beautiful.

Mom had a long day hunting the mysterious elusive month end yesterday. She was really bummed that Mondo didn't win Project Runway. I agree with her. Any designer who works primarily with black and white has my vote!

Millie Monday

It's cold out. Colder than usual, and it will be for the next few days. We might have more of the S-word. It looks like there are still leafs on the tree, so Cats, Goats, Quotes, you have not won the Last Leaf Falls Contest. A few days ago somebody asked what would happen if the leafs fell after December 16. Mom screwed up my answer last Friday. She wrote "if they fall before Dec 16, oh well." I meant for her to say "if the leafs fall after Dec 16, oh, well." Beans are so inferior to Cats. My apologies, dear friends.I've been continuing to inspect the Christymas decorations. Mom didn 't make much progress yesterday, but we did get my Secret Paws package ready. It will go out to the man in the bloo shorts today. In the meantime, I get to nap in the tree without her having a complete coronary.Heh.

Saturday Caturday

Sea Three Pee O, there are still leafs stuck to this tree. You will not win the Last Leaf Falls Contest.

Mom's a bit blue. She had a fantastic week last week, what with all her friends and fambly visiting, and all that cooking and eating... Now they are all gone, and she is moping around a bit.

I have told her to Get Going! Christsymas is right around the corner, and she has to start getting ready. Our Santa has already come up from the dungeon, and she needs to decorate the house. I need to frolic through all the stuff and make messes!

She has already bought little presents for KidBean and SweetBean, and she needs to wrap them up and give them to the Man in Bloo Shorts. I know that once she Starts Going, she will be fine, so I have my work cut out for me today.

Toodles!

Friday Facts

Here is the tree today. It -appears- to have lost some leafs, but there is still a very stubborn bunch clinging to some of the higher branches, as you can see in the detailed photo below:
So, the contest continues. Nobody picked today, so while we have no winner, we do not have a loser.

I have some Friday Facts to correct some misconceptions, as indicated by some of the comments on yesterday's post.

1. I always liked being petted, but I didn't -ask- to be petted.

2. Gizzy -always- loved being petted, and sat in anybody's lap when he was a kit, but once he turned one, no laps for him. That lasted about 7 years, until Mr Karate went away one summer. Toward the end of the summer he got so lonely he climbed into Mom's lap, and was a lap cat the rest of his life.

3. Mom was (and still is) reading The Friday Night Knitting Club. No spoilers, please.

4. The Last Leaf Falls Contest will end on December 16, the last date chosen. Those last leafs will fall, but it might not be until Spring, when New Leafs take their place. If the leafs fall before then, oh well!

5. I still don't sit in anybody's lap.

6. Mom has picked me up exactly twice. First time was the moment we met, way back when. The second time was my last visit to the v-e-t. We were waiting for Dr. L, and I was on that metal table you all know about, trembling. Mom picked me up to try to soothe me. I let her hold me for about fifteen seconds then started wiggling. Mom put me down.

7. Pip-pay is home from rehab, and is walking around with a cane!

Take Me Back Thursday

I sure bet the Meezers would like to be the winners of the Last Leaf Falls Contest, but anybody who looks at the tree can see there are still some leafs clinging to it. I am sorry, Meezers, but today is not the day. You are not the winners of the Last Leaf Falls Contest.
It's raining today, and might be a bit windy. Maybe the wind will knock off all the last leafs. Several of Mom's friends and fambly members who were visiting over the Turkey Day Holiday said Mom should just "call it" and decide the contest was over. Mom and I feel that Fair is Fair, so we will continue the contest until the last leaf really does fall or until December 16.

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Some of you might remember this picture of me, taken three years ago. I was trying to tell Mom that I was NOT interested in "this petting business." (I was such a young, innocent little kit.)

Mom got home last night and as soon as I finished eating I let her know in No Uncertain Terms that I felt neglected, and that she had to SIT so I could get the cuddles, scritches and attention I have been missing these last few days.

She SAT.

I climbed in next to her, and got my scritches. Woo hoo!

In fact, she SAT for most of the evening. Several hours, in fact. She read a book, and only got up to have some spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. (Of course I got some.)

Tattle Tail Tuesday

Our tree is still holding on to some dried up leafs. Mr Karate volunteered to climb the tree and rip them off. I do not know why Mom discouraged him. I thought it was an excellent idea.
A and I have become friends, sort of. I'll play with him, and I let him give me a few pets, but I'm not gonna sit next to him.
Here Mr Karate is showing D some neat stuff on his latest gadget. There was lots of spaghetti and meatballs and pork. There was also a salad named Caesar (not from a bag) and some cake that disappeared pretty quick. Everybody had a good time.

Mmm Mmm Monday

First, here is the "famous tree". When D and A arrived last night, the first thing D asked was "Where is the famous tree?" (She couldn't see it because, you know, it was dark...)

Well this is the tree, and it has no fewer leaves on it than it did yesterday. Megan-from-Australia, I regret to inform you that you are not the winner of the Last Leaf Falls Contest.There is a big fambly dinner planned for tonight. There is already cake in the oven, and this...will be simmering on the hot-as-hell box later today.

I can't wait.

Sunday Funday!

WOW! It looked like the strong winds knocked the last leafs off the tree yesterday! Mom walked over and took a closer look to check for sure. But no.There are still dried up dead leafs clinging to their branches of the tree. There are several clumps of them, and Mom has highlighted two in this picture. In this detail photo below (which you can click to biggify), you can see several of them.

Momsbusy - you did not win the Last Leaf Falls Contest.The wind was good to blow many leafs away, but many houses in New Hampster do not have electricity because of it. Mom went food hunting yesterday afternoon to find the store completely dark! She had to drive across town to another store.

Why is today Sunday Funday? Mom's very first internet friend, a lady she has been emailing now for almost ten years, is coming to New Hampster to visit. This will be the second time they see each other in person! (First was when Mom and Mim-May visited Mr Photographer & fam about five years ago.)

"D" and her husband "A" are from Catifornia and spent Turkey Day in NYC with their daughters. Today they take the train to Beantown, where they will get a bus here. Mom will pick them up and bring them over to meet me, and then bring them to their hotel. D and A will be visiting for a couple of days. There is a big fambly dinner scheduled for Monday Night.

Now you know why Mom has been cleaning the house like crazy!
Me, I'm just catching up on my Beauty Sleep!

Saturday Caturday

Here is our tree today. You can't see it, but it is VERY, VERY windy today, and some of the drief up leafs have been blown off our tree, but there are still some very stubborn leafs hanging on. This means LC, Iza, and Ayla will not be the winners of the Last Leaf Falls Contest.It is so windy, the Santa and Snowman decorations that usually stand on either side of the front door of this house got blown right over.So I'm staying warm inside and I have a good napping spot.
Mom's gonna clean the house today, and that means the rug-sucking monster will be making an appearance. She's also working of a few Gizzy Quilts...

Almost Wordless Wednesday

Mamacat and the Furry Purries, as you can see, the tree still has leafs, so you will not win the Last Leaf Contest.Mom got a new pair of glasses. She is wicked happy because she can see better with them. My duties as Quality Assurance Inspector are not limited to the quilts she makes. Everything that comes in here needs inspection.
These passed. (Did you know Mom's an eyeglass snob? She really likes neat glasses frames. She isn't a spiffy dresser, but she thinks glasses are like jewelry you wear every day.)

In other news, Mom's being appropriately weird in advance of Turkey Day. The turkey is now taking a bath in a giant pot in the coldbox.

I am so glad I'm a cat.

Millie Monday

The leafs are still stuck to the tree. Zoolatry, you guys have not won the Last Leaf Contest.
Mom goes day hunting today after a week of stay-cation. She says she's gonna be wicked busy because she has to hunt the ever elusive Month End before Turkey Day. Then the Turkey Day festivities will be here, and we'll have "Company." Good thing I don't have to do any of that "werk."

Easy Like Sunday Morning

To my furriends, the Furry Bambinos, there are still leafs on the tree, so you did not win the Last Leaf Contest. (If you entered the Last Leaf Contest, and you forgotted what day you picked, look in the sidebar, we have a list...)That tree is being very stubborn. Mom says it is a true New Englander; determined, stubborn and independent.

I am taking it very easy this Sunday. Mom is in the kitchen cooking. The turkey is gonna be dunked and cooked here on Thursday, and she's getting ready.

At least the house -smells- good!

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...

Formerly Feral Friday

When it's a cold, and rainy day, like today, when the leafs on the tree across the street are -still- on the tree, and your friends Derby and Poppy Q have not won the Last Leaf Falls Contest....
It's really good you are a -formerly- feral cat with a good home and a nice warm place to nap.

Thinking Thursday

Here is today's picture of our tree with its stubborn leafs. Rusty and Deb, Boo-bah, you have not won the Last Leaf Falls Contest. Mom says a brisk wind would probably knock those last leafs down, but no such wind is forecast.
When Mom works in the Sewing Room, I love to make her think.This is my bionic leg sticking out from under the bureau. What do you think?


(I think Mr Tigger and Socks should get their furry butts HOME!)

Tuxie Tuesday

Lookit our tree across the street. It doesn't have very many leafs left, but some are still hanging on. Cory & Camie's Kitties, you will not be the winners of the Last Leaf Contest.

Pip-pay's hip surjery went very well, now he is on the road to recovery and we hope it's a short one. Today is the day Mom's metal masheen goes to get fixed.

Mom's got the whole house cleaned except for the Sewing Room and the Table Room. She says the Table Room has stuff in it that has to be moved to the dungeon and that's no big deal. In the sewing room, however...

Purr-ayers Needed!

My Pip-pay is having surgery today. He needs a new hip, and his heart isn't so good. His doctors are gonna be very careful, but I would appreciate your thoughts and purrs. I really like Pip-pay, and everybody in the family loves him. Mom is gonna be with Mim-may all day. I'm gonna have my purr-er working overtime all day long. Any cats who want to teleport over and purr with me are most welcome.

thanks!

Here's the tree today, for those playing the Last Leaf Contest.Angel & Kirby, you will not be the winners.