Happee Birfday Mom that Lives Here!!!

Jesse brought the Mom that Lives Here flowers for her birfday....................

Conner bringed her balloons to celebrate!

Dazey brought these bugs because bugs taste good.

HAPPEE BIRFDAY MOM! WE LUVS YOU!

HOT HOT HOT

The hot weather must be going around. It's been hot here lately too. So hot in fact, that the MTLH shutted up all our windows and turned on the cold blowing masheen.

That is ok cuz it keeps us cool but we miss our open windows.

The MTLH got the 2-legged kitten something like this. We are not sure why he would want to play in that-he'll get all wet!!

MTLH....come back!!!!

Our Ant Kat tells us that:

OUR MTLH IS COMING HOME TOMORROW!
OUR MTLH IS COMING HOME TOMORROW!
OUR MTLH IS COMING HOME TOMORROW!
OUR MTLH IS COMING HOME TOMORROW!
OUR MTLH IS COMING HOME TOMORROW!
OUR MTLH IS COMING HOME TOMORROW!
OUR MTLH IS COMING HOME TOMORROW!
OUR MTLH IS COMING HOME TOMORROW!
OUR MTLH IS COMING HOME TOMORROW!
OUR MTLH IS COMING HOME TOMORROW!
OUR MTLH IS COMING HOME TOMORROW!
OUR MTLH IS COMING HOME TOMORROW!

We are furry excited that our mom is coming home. We told you she is coming home 13 times, so we hope that counts as our Thursday Thirteen! We hope she brings us lots of treats for leaving us behind and only taking the 2 legged kitten. We should be able to be back to normal blogging by Friday or this weekend. We need to catch up on everything going on in the blogosphere!

Thursday Thirteen Edition 17

Oh what fun our Thursday Thirteen will be this week. Our Ant Kat (MTV) is helping us this week because, as you all know, the MTLH (Mom That Lives Here) decided to take our Gramma and the 2 legged bean to Floor-i-duh. As far as we know, they haven't seen Daisy
So this week we decided to tell all of our friends why we hate when the MTLH and the Man in Green leave us because we think it is unfair.

1. (Most important) We get fewer scritches and lovies than we do when they are home. The 2 legged kitten takes all of our attention!

2. No one will play with our Whirlybird with us. That is why we tolerate the baby bean, because he's learning to play with us!

3. We only get food when someone can come feed us, which means no stinky goodness!

4. We can't go visit our friends in the Blogosphere

5. No open windows to lay in or fight over!

6. We can't find out how our Man in Green and his friends are doing in Irak...we worry too mom!

7. We have less opportunity to try to play in the ginormous litterbox!

8. They don't take us with, which we think is rude.

9. Goner (Conner's fishie) gets put on the stove, where we can't go, so we can't try to catch and eat...err catch and play with him

10. Nobody to make the big bed warm at night for us. (it's kind of kold here right now)

11. Conner doesn't get to lick the shower walls or eat the MTLH's cereal out of her bowl before she's done.

12. Dazey doesn't get to lay on the MTLH's chest and lick her face or hands or legs or anything else.

13. Jesse has to put up with Conner without the MTLH scolding him for bothering her

Mom is stumped

Hello blogging friends! The Mom that Lives Here here....I need some help and hopefully, somecat or their beans can help.

As you know, there are 3 kitties that live here. Dazey and Jesse are 6 year old, spayed sisters. Conner is 5 years old and nuetered.

We have 3 litterboxes in our basement. 2 covered, 1 not covered.

Recently, one of my darlings has felt the need to poo on the floor in front of the litter box. I have a suspicion of who it is (Jesse) but have no way to 100% verify this fact. If there is just the tiniest sprinkle of litter on the floor, the offender uses it.

Saturday, I bought a brand new uncovered litter box and threw out the old uncovered one. It's the same litter I have used for quite some time. I did, recently, have to get a different kind because the store locally didn't have any. that's all gone now and that is when the problem started (again). They have been back the regular litter about a month now.

The reason I suspect Jesse is because about 4 years ago, she was doing it then. At the time, my sister had an apartment and took her for about 2 weeks. The problem cleared up as soon as she was out of this house. I think it's linked to her dislike of Conner. But as I stated I have no way to verify my suspicions. This has been going on about a month now. Granted, it's not every day that there is a mess on the floor, but probably 5/7 days. I scoop the boxes, I clean the boxes. I put the brand new box down yesterday, scooped the other two and found a smaller box and filled it too. I go in the basement this morning and there is a mess again.

I need some advice/encouragement/ideas etc as to what to do with this problem. It's very frustrating for me. I'm on the hunt for a new vet, as the previous one just didn't seem to care much about my animals, but more about the check for payment. We live in a relatively small town so my options are limited. I could take her to the vet where she was spayed as a kitten but for one, she hates the PTU and 2-it's 20 miles away. You'll say it's a sorry excuse, but with gas prices soaring higher and higher, I head that way once a week and it's on Sundays for church.

I do welcome all input, thoughts, advice etc.

thank you!
Jennifer aka the Mom that Lives Here

Weekend

Hi everybudy,

We weren't around much this weekend. On Saturday, the MTLH and our gramma took the 2-legged kitten to a parade. We're not sure what that is, but they were gone a long time. Yesterday, we had to shut up all the windows cuz it got rainy and there were all sorts of booms outside. The MTLH had to shut down the computer so we couldn't blog. It's supposed to do that raining thing all week, so we may not get to have windows open.

Dazey got outside yesterday when the MTLH took some garbage out. She didn't get far.

Oh!!! We almost forgot to tell you! It looks like there is a GINORMUS litter box in the back yard! We'll have the MTLH take pictures to show you!

Thursday Thirteen #16

Our Ant Kat was kind enough to help us with this post about our mom, the Mom that Lives Here. She is the most important person in the whole wide world to us (even more than the Man in Green!). Here it is, our Thursday Thirteen about our Mom that Lives Here.......

(This is the MTLH with the Man in Green at the Going away ceremony last 14 April. The 2-legged kitten is still inside)

1. 
   
   Our MTLH hates ketchup.


2. 
   
   Her favorite color is orange!


3. 
   
   She said that if the Man in Green ever let her get another cat, she would get a Devon Rex like Daisy!


4. 
   
   She used to have a tasty snack...err..hampster named Toby. He was fun to play with!


5. 
   
   She attended Iowa State University and was the first in our big family to get her 4 year college degree.


6. 
   
   She will give us ANY food we beg for (and we do it a lot!)


7. 
   
   The MTLH is the middle child. She has an older brother and a younger sister (our Ant Kat.)


8. 
   
   The MTLH luvs luvs luvs having the windows open because she likes fresh air, so we benefit from it too!


9. 
   
   She let us have a blog cuz we always read Skeezix's blog, so we got jealous and thought we HAD to have one!


10. 
    
    She lets Conner drink from her Cheerio bowl since he's good at begging


11. 
    
    The two legged kitten (Ike) was her first one!


12. 
    
    She likes M&M's in her popcorn.


13. 
    
    Our favorite thing bout our MTLH is that she loves us so much. She didn't want Conner to go to a farm and get uhbandoned and she didn't want Jesse to be without her favoritest sister ever, so she loves us all so much!

WE LOVE YOU MOM THAT LIVES HERE!!

Spring Cleaning?!

Since it's now spring, our MTLH has been talkin' about spring cleaning. We just thought it meant her getting out the big sucky machine a lot. We didn't know she was talking about us!!

The MTV (our Ant Kat) comed over today to help torture us! Normally, we likes her a lot! But not today!!!

Can you guess what happened........................................... All 3 of us got it and got it BAD! No pictures of Dazey though. We are thinking about moving out and finding a place of our own! Or, can we come live with you?

We gots lots of TEMPTATIONS when we was all through. We not too sure if it's worth it though.

Thursday Thirteen Edition #8

We just couldn't come up with any good topics for a TT this week! Sorry poodins! So, we decided to post 13 "snags" that the MTLH has on her computer. She is in an MSN group about animals and that's where most of these came from.

1. We likes this one cuz it's Patriotic. We has to be patriotic since we have our Man in Green and the Mom that Visits in the military.

2. This is what Cloudie will look like when the MTV finally gets him his goldfishie he was promised at Kittymas.

3. This is what we look like when we sneeks downstairs in the middle of the night to catch up on the blog.

4. This is what the Man in Green calls the MTLH.


5. We just think this is a funny picture!

6. This reminds us of all of yous: our best kitty cat blogging friends.

7. It's a computer. It's a kitty. What more to say?

8. This one looks like Dazey doing a happy dance. She gets funky like that sometimes!

9. Wanna build castles in the litter box like this kitty?

10. Us kitties have to be PROUD of our attitudes!
11. This reminds the MTLH of Jesse. The monitor is Jesee's favorite place to sleep.

12. We wish the MTLH could start a fire in our heaty box like this. But she says it needs a new flume or liner or something. Bummer. We could use it when it's -10*F Mom. Did you hear that? We're COLD mom!


13. This one is for our Man in Green too. We just want everyone to know how proud we are of him and what he is doing. And also for all the military keeping us safe!

Happee Anniversary to the MTLH & The Man in Green!

We wants to wish our Mom that Lives Here and the Man in Green a HAPPEE ANNIVERSARY! They has been married for 4 years today. We hopes next year they get to spend it together (and of course, with us!).

Still Trying to stay warm!

It is still cold here in IOWAH! Right now it is 0*F but feels like -20*F. This is one of the coldest days in a long, long time! The weather man is saying windchills may get to -20*F. The MTLH and the 2-legged kitten are staying in the house today to cuddle

with us!

Jesse is the only one who has the right idea! Best to stay UNDER the blanket to keep warm!!

Conner's Thursday Thirteen Edition #6

Me when I first camed here (4.5 years ago)

(Me in November 2006)

13 Things I have learned since I was a kitten

1. If someone rings the doorbell, I probably don't like them. Best to stay up on the MTLH's bed.
2. Vacuum cleaners are NOT your friend.
3. If you climb on people with all of your clawed paws, you get thrown in a garbage can and then declawed. (This is a long story, maybe I tell it sometime!! This involves my old dad, not the Man in Green or anyone else that I loves)
4. No one can resist an orange cat.
5. If you miss someone enough, they'll come back (like my mom that visits)
6. If I climb on someone, they will look like they belong to me.
7. Being the runt doesn't mean you'll always be little. (Did you hear that Skeezix!?)
8. If a toy goes under the couch and you try to get it out long enough, someone will lift the couch and find you more toys. This is such a fun game! you should try it!
9. Earplugs are more fun if they aren't in yer ears!! You can put the bitey on them!

10. If the parental units (MTLH, Man in Green or MTV) start being nice and you can't find yer sisters, it's probably bath time. RUN AND HIDE FAST FAST FAST!

11. Socks weigh a ton when thrown on your back.

12. If you're good to the 2 legged kitten, the mom that lives here brags about you to people!

and last, but certainlee not leastest,

13. If you are a good kitty, the parentals will let you have yer own blog!

Dazey's Wordless Wednesday

*whispers* We had a wacky video too but it doesn't seem to wanna work today so we will try again another time*

Our computer feels better!

Well, the computer V-E-T comed and fixed our computer. MTLH says of course it won't do the stuff that she called about when he was here. Also turns out our DVD (What's a DVD?) burner (Like the stove? She burns things there!) is broked so it has to be taken to the V-E-T on Friday to get fixed.

We are so happy it's not anything more bigger than that!

The aftermath...

They sez we gotted 4-5 inches of that cold white stuff!! Yuck is what the MTLH says. She had to go out and play in it and said it was really cold and windy. She moved it from the sidewalk onto the grass. Here are a few more pictures she taked this morning.

Dazey investigated it when MTLH opened the door. It blowed in!!

The sun is shining now but it's only 10*F at 1:35 CST.

Snow on Sunday

Well the weather man musta been right for a change!! It's been doing that thing called snow ALL Day long. We had the MTLH go out and take some new pictures just now. At 6:45 PM CST it is 21*F which feels like 9*. The wind is from the NNE at 12 mph. Here they are...Jesse had to investigate the snow with the MTLH.

This is our backyard. You can see the snow is starting to pile up!

Cupcakes!

This will teach the MTLH not to leave cupcakes where certain kitties (ahem, me Conner) can get to them. I sniffed it a bit then decided to put the bitey on it. it smelled good. it tasted yummy too!! (She didn't leave it there, it just happened to "fall off" the desk!)

Oh yes, we will give you an update on IOWAH weather: Current temp as of 4 PM CST: 23* F and it's snowing like mad. There's ice on the roads and windows. When the MTLH and the 2-legged kitten came back from church and all, she said they haded to drive slow to be safe.