An Escapee!

This morning wasn't quite so ordinary....after getting up and feeding the dogs like I usually do. I noticed something was missing. My little kitty Lily wasn't around. After a quick house search we all came to the conclusion she must of snuck outside, AGAIN! She has become quite the escape artist, she's fasttttt when any kind of exit is open!

Usually however, she keeps near the house and she is quickly retrieved. (She was declawed by her previous owner, my ex-mother in law, so her being an outdoor kitty isn't really an option.) This morning, she not only didn't keep near the house, she didn't even keep to her own yard!! After going around the entire yard/woods and some of the neighbors yards (myself and my search and rescue crew) she was still MIA. After an hour of this I was getting frantic and upset. Not having her front nails I worry about her, maybe too much.

I was just about to give up for the time being, when she finally came running from the neighbors horse pasture...I ran outside and she came running right into my arms! I do NOT want to go through that again, so we decided she needs a bell!

Perhaps a cow bell?? That might slow the lil' bugger down ;-)

Laying By The Hearth...

Laying by the hearth...isn't just for the dogs. Lil' Lily musta been chilly...cuz she was all curled up next to the roaring fireplace. I know I am biased, but she is just so stinkin' cute (even when she is gettin' into trouble, which happens quite often). Whoever said "curiosity killed the cat" musta meant it towards her. I've been saying, since she was the size of a pea, she needs a lil' helmet...hehe.☺

Now That Is One Unhappy Face

What seemed like it would be one unhappy task, turned out to be just hilarious. My poor kitties Katie and Lily have been dealing with those nasty pests that all animals gotta deal with, fleas. So to try and get rid of the lil buggers we gave them a bath. Needless to say they were not happy about it, but overall they were really well behaved. Despite the constant attempts at escape! My mother and I were laughing so hard we could not see what we were doing. Just watching them try to run in the suds and getting no where fast. Then Abby (one of the lil westies) decided she had to help. Despite constantly trying to spray her in the face to get her out of the tub with the cats. (Which did not deter her in the least). Abby inevitably got a bath herself, cuz ultimately she was drenched by the time the cats were done getting their baths. Guess you really had to be there. But that was a great comic release, and the kitties (and Abby) smelled all perty afterwards! If that didn't get rid of those nasty ol' fleas. I said next I will just shave them nakey and pick off the fleas like a monkey...let's hope it doesn't come to that, hehehe.

(Lily)

Snow Day Down South

Give us a bunch of snow, leaving us stuck indoors, and a silly Santa hat, and goofy pictures ensue...

... and it looks like 'The Grinch' moved into the house!


The pets weren't too impressed with us, but we had alot of laughing! hehehe



**Snow Graffiti**

Yup, that's my sister's car under there :) she still hadn't cleaned off the snow, so, she gets to see that in the morning. :-D

I, on the other hand cleared the snow off my car, and if I didn't know any better, I would say this picture was taken up in NH...someone told us that it hadn't snowed here in NC before Christmas in over 42 years! Oops, if this keeps up the locals are gonna run us outta town, we are already being held responsible for bringing the snow and chilly New England weather with us! :-)

Who Thought Of That?

It's been awhile since I posted last. But in my defense, my computer was having a hissy-fit and wasn't working correctly. I think I finally got it fixed, only time will truly tell. But I got something in the mail yesterday that made me laugh.

We get this catalog from CatClaws every so often. It is full of stuff for your cat. I am not one of those people that is cat obsessed and has kitty furniture throughout my house. We only get it because when we adopted Katie from the Concord-SPCA amongst all her paperwork were some goodies. Like we got a free visit to our vet if we took her there within a week, and there was a free cardboard kitty scratcher pad we could send away for. Since we lived in an apartment and it was free, figured what the heck, let's get it and see if she prefers to claw at that. Needless to say, she didn't give a hoot about it, she thought the furniture was more fun. But ever since then these people have sent us there lil' catalog. I think most of what is in it is a lil' much, but I did purchase one thing out of it, the kibble catcher. I love it!!! It catches all the food those kitties drop out of there mouths, and Katie can't drag the water bowl wherever she pleases (leaving us to step in it or there were the occasions when she would flip it right over completely!)

Anyways, we got another catalog in the mail yesterday, which I admit, I usually ignore. But yesterday I was in a rare mood and decided to look through it. Amongst all the kitty toys, scratchers and treats I came across something that I found totally odd. Right next to the cat collars they have a cat muzzle. That's right, a kitty muzzle?!! At first I thought that was awful, but then I couldn't help but laugh. When Mike got home I suggested we get it for Lily, hehehe. He too found this funny. We would never really get it for her, but I definitely thought about it. She has a tendency to chew on wires (electrical wires). But I would never be able to bring myself to putting a muzzle on the poor lil thing. Even though they are on sale, hehe.

Poor, Poor, Kitty!

Lil' Lily

Mike and I were going through some pictures last night. We came across Lily's kitten pictures. I forgot she had been small enough to fit in the palm of our hands. We only got her 2 weeks before we moved into our house. Which come May 1st, that will be a year!! It's hard to believe how quickly she grew.

Litter training her was so funny. She would be in the middle of the living room playing and having a good ol' time tumbling all over with a toy. Then she would stop dead in her tracks and runnnnn out of the room as fast as her lil' legs could get her. It was like she all of a sudden realized she had to go potty. Sometimes she realized a little too late though, and didn't make it all the way to the litter box...woops. Glad that don't happen anymore, it was funny though. She was there one minute and gone the next. :-)

She went from this:

To this:

Guess she's not so little anymore. But she is still a handful, and Toby's lil' sidekick.

Another Weekend Almost Over

Well, it's another weekend, almost gone. Also another month gone. March is certainly coming in like a lion. We drove home in an ice storm, and are expecting about 6 inches of snow tonight, eek! I am sure most of NC will be shut down tomorrow, hehe.
On Friday night, since we had my car stuck at the garage for another couple days. Mike and I decided to head up to my parents for the weekend. That way Mike could also help put up the drywall in Beepa's bathroom.

(Beepa's bathroom Before, **Shim-Shiminy-Shim-Shiminy-Shim-Shim-Sharoo!**)

(And... Beepa's bathroom After *Cough Cough* Still a little dusty, but slap some paint on there and it's done! Everyone in!! Beepa's guests can now shower without tripping over the toilet, yeah!!)

(While Mike worked on the bathroom...Abby and Macy tried to help everyone decide just where to go on vacation, Abby kept pointing at the coast; but Macy thought more inland would be better)

(In the end, they compromised)

After we arrived home Sunday afternoon:

What are those? you may ask...those would be Lily's new 'play pants'. She inherited them because some other kitties wouldn't play with them. She can crawl in and out of them, and they *crinkle*

(and yes, she is standing on her hind-legs, she does that alot...she's like a little meerkat)

Right now her favorite thing to do is pounce on them and hear them *crinkle*

(Mom would appreciate that she is enjoying them, and the kitty cube.)

Can't forget Miss Katie. She was very happy we were finally home.

Seeing Double

Can you tell who is who??

(Lily)

(Cally)

Together they make a: "Calla Lily"hehehe

When Kathy moved down here, her kitty Cally tagged along. She looks and acts just like our Lily. If you didn't know any better you would swear they were related.

They both have a great fascination with plastic bags. (no kitties were harmed, we make sure they have no access to bags when we aren't around)

(Cally)


(Lily)

Of course, it would be our cat that would jump right into the empty toilet paper bag (of all things) the instant I set it down before tossing it away. Hee hee

Our Christmas Tree

Well, Thanksgiving is now over, so that means it's time. We get to gear up for my most favorite holiday, Christmas!! We got our tree and put it up this weekend. I already got the x-mas decorations all out on Friday, so now the house is looking all festive and full of holiday cheer!

Oh yah, Toby and Lilly were so busy watching what we were doing, and trying to play with everything while we decorated the tree. When we were done they zonked out, hehe, tuckered themselves right out :-)

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Some more news. Tomorrow I go to pick up my mom, so that I can drop her off at the airport on Tuesday morning. All so that she can fly up to NH and drive down with....Kathy!!! That's right....Kathy will finally be moving down here with us!!! Yeahhh!!! Can't wait to see her!

Heavier Luggage

Sometimes I get a little grief about why my packing may take so long at times. Really I am not at fault. I turned around for literally two seconds to grab Michael a pair of socks to throw in the suitcase, and turn back around only to see Lily hiding where the socks were about to be placed. She wouldn't get out, so I strapped her in for the ride...if you are going to be a stow-way, you need to be properly strapped in. She really had no problem with it, hehe.

Not too long afterwards, Katie decided she wanted in too.
Then they decided they wanted to switch places.
Oye, crazy little kitties they are!

Even Cleaning Has A Giggle In The End

I've said it before and I'll say it again, having pets is a joy (although sometimes a pain)...they make me laugh at least once a day, which helps me keep my sanity at times.

So, I am cleaning house the other day, I am vacuuming, and when I get to the guest room/office, it's just easier to pile the computer chair and Mike's game chair, etc. on the bed so I don't have to go around them. And like always, Lilly and Toby are are watching every move I make (Katie is scared of the vacuum). The ironing board is only in the room because the stupid lever broke, and til we find someway to fix that, we can't collapse it. Anyways, I finish vacuuming the room and turn around to put everything back in its place, only to see Lilly, poised right on top of the ironing board like she is Queen Sheba, hehehe. Up there only to have a better vantage point of course, with no intentions of moving herself! She got me to laugh though...I needed it that day. :-)

Photos from the south!

Mom and I, a toast to Beepa's new house in N.C. First cookout!!!
Aww, Cortney should know better then to fall asleep when Beepa has a camera handy. Sleepy girl.

These would be the ostriches we see on the way to my parents house, you can buy ostrich eggs and meat, eek!! They are funny though, they come right up to the fence to see you. It amused us.
This is what Lily does to keep herself entertained, she likes to hang like a monkey and play with her tail.
Everyone (except Beepa the photographer) on the porch to our playhouse! hehe

It was over 100 degrees that day, with high humidity, after that picture we all ran back into the house! Didn't stay that hot for long.

Who runs the house

Katie lounging.
and Lily, sweet girl eatin' Mike's sneaks.

These two are running the house, when they aren't trying to boss each other around! But they make for great entertainment, and a good laugh!