Calm before the Storm...

This is how I looked
before the PTU showed up in my beloved screened-in porch...

Happy Mom's Day!

7 Random Willow Facts

Oh Hooray!
I was tagged by Kimo & Sabi
and by Earl Grey for a fun meme
where I get to tell 7 Random Facts about Myself. Here are the rules. Each player starts with seven random facts about themselves. Cats who are tagged need to write on their own blog about the seven things and the rules. You need to choose seven cats to tag and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment that they have been tagged and to read your blog!
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1. I find it very important to have a routine. If my Food Lady is not awake by 6:00 it is my job to wake her up for breakfast. Sometimes I drop toys on her or I meow in her face. If she ignores me then I will lick her face. If I still don't get her attention, it becomes time for me to whap her on the head. That always works - and I get my breakfast.

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2. Eating is very important to me also. If my Food Lady puts shoes on (she is usually barefoot at home) then I know she is leaving so I need food. The dad thinks this is ridiculous but hey...I don't know when she will be back and I want food!

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3. I am always there when my Food Lady showers and dries her hair. First I sit at the shower door and wait for her to come out. When she is ready to use the dryer on her hair, she aims it at me and combs the top of my head. Usually I will roll over and she combs my tummy too. Then while she finishes drying her hair, I finish grooming myself. And then I get to eat.

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4. I get very much frightened if people come into my house. I have hidden in the basement, or the bedroom under the bed, or on one of the dining room chairs or on one of the kitchen chairs.

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5. I don't like to be held. My Food Lady likes to pick me up and I am a bit amenable to it if she puts me back down and feeds me my crunchies. I think that is why she always picks me up before I eat. Oh, I will also let her hold me so I can look out the window. But I wiggle away if there is nothing outside worth looking at - like birds or squirrels.

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6. As much as I love my Food Lady I only sit on my Big Janitor's lap. Or when my Food Lady's Dad was visiting, I sat on his lap too. I have lived here since May 1st, 2004 (when I was about 3 months old) and I have only sat on my Food Lady's lap 3 or 4 times. But I do sleep on her at night. I don't know why, it's just the way I am.

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7. I really love my sister-cat China Cat. She washes my head and my ears. And she always lets me plop down next to her for catnaps. She was very lonely when the cat that lived here before me, Samantha, went to the Bridge. Samantha wasn't very friendly with China Cat, so when I came here and loved her, China Cat was very happy.

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So now the seven cats I am tagging are as follows:
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KC and Missy Blue Eyes at their blog
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Merlin and Dobby at their blog
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Bathsheba at Jake and Bathsheba's blog
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Riley and Tiki at their blog
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Midnight Monday with a Lizard!

My little friends, China II and Willow II,
went over to my Food Lady's Aunt's house.
She has a beautiful black cat named BC -
she said that BC stands for Black Cat.
BC is a very friendly kitty.
My Food Lady really enjoyed seeing and playing with BC
since she couldn't play with me.
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BC is also very lucky
because there are lots of lizards there to play with. My Food Lady saw this little lizard in a hanging plant.
Maybe this is Louisiana George - maybe Daisy will know???
~~~~~ Anyway, he quickly ran up the rope on the hanging plant...... and walked right across the wall.
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I was amazed at this feat
but I've never seen a lizard before. BC was sorry LA George didn't stay around to play...

Such a Sleepy Sunday...

I was so sleepy this morning
that I didn't want to get out of bed.
I looked over and saw China Cat was still sleeping too...
So, Zzzzzz....Zzzzzzz....Zzzzzz....

China II and Willow II toured a swamp!

OK, China II and Willow II gave me
their first report....
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They went on a swamp tour!
They were kind of nervous about going on a swamp tour and they had never even seen a swamp before.
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Well, actually I've never seen a swamp before either. But they were very brave and got in the swamp boat. They said that after they were on the boat
it headed out to where the 'gators live...
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Their swamp tour guide said that the
big 'gator's name was Big Boy.
And the smaller one was Cindy.
When he called them, they swam over to the boat
to eat chicken that he threw to them.After seeing the 'gators and some egrets
they headed back to land.
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China II and Willow II were happy that
Big Boy and Cindy didn't see them and try eating them!
I am too!

I was right to be very concerned...

Last Wednesday I was very concerned.
I had found the big green carrier thing
that usually means that my Food Lady is going away.
I was certainly right about that -
which is why I have been
unable to blog for what seems like forever!
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But before she left I had an idea
to send my Squillion, Sadie Katie in the bag
so she could let me know what was going on.
Unfortunately, Sadie Katie was too big to go unnoticed
so China Cat and I recruited our little friends,
China II and Willow II. We helped them hide in my Food Lady's purse
and Thursday morning at 5:30 AM
(a ridiculous hour to be awake)
my Big Janitor and my Food Lady got in the car and left us.
However, they didn't know that
China II and Willow II were in the purse! Also before they left, my Food Lady gave us
treats and hugs and kisses and told us that a nice lady
was going to come over every morning and evening
to give us breakfast and dinner.
We did remember that lady from when
the big green carrier came out last time.
She was very nice and never forgot us.
And she even played with us.
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So now we are just waiting for
reports from China II and Willow II...