Oh No...

Me and Momma has been so busy that we almost forgotted to wish you a happy new year! It am still January so we're not too late ....right??

Momma am gonna be teaching beans and won't be home so much so I'm tryin' to practice loungin' around and gettin' used to bein' in the house alone again. She got to stay home with me all through Chrissymus and well, it's time to make some of that green paper again!

I hopes you don't mind my quick post, just wanted you to knows I lubs you all and hopes to see you in the comment section or over on facebook!

Momma's Post and other things...

Greetings All Animals and "Beans" :)
Just a quick note to say hello and that all is well by us. Yes there was a small fire up the hill from where we live, but I'm not sure if anyone even lives there anymore. It is owned by the garden nursery and sometimes they allow workers to live on site. It could have been an oven fire that spread through the kitchen, who knows. It did smell really good though (is that bad to say? I love the smell of burning wood).

We didn't get a chance to wish everyone a wonderful Easter so I'm taking the time to do so now. May the resurrection of Jesus touch your heart. Timmy and I were going to visit with Grammie for Easter but as soon as I mentioned going out, he popped his eyes out of his head and ran upstairs under a bed. When he says no, he says NO! LOL!! So I went alone and had a lovely visit with her. She adores the cards y'all sent her and thanks to some kind online friends, she is keeping herself busy by crocheting day and night.

My new job has brought such joys for me I cannot express how thankful I am to God that He opened that "door" for me. Recently, we had a band clinic where we brought the high school students of the orchestra and band down to the middle school and invited a touring college orchestra to play with us. What great fun!!



That's my friend and co-workers conducting the joint orchestra... it was so big that we couldn't fit it all in one shot! The whole percussion section is missing and a heap of strings too... They played through the middle school's music and we ended with "Pirates of the Caribbean" which was soooo much fun!

While at the library the other day, I had a good laugh for myself when I went to check out some books... this is what I saw:



Apparently, this cutie walks with her owner all the time... The lady said one day she dropped off a book at the library and didn't have a place to park her dog so she quickly brought her inside. She immediately flipped over on her back and stayed there the whole time the lady was in the library. She's now famous and when people see her coming, they peek their heads around the corner to see the silly girl on her back:



How can you not wanna go and scratch that belly!?! When I did, I noticed she had a tattoo! A little love heart with a number which signified she was rescued through a specific organization. It's how they kept track of their rescues.

Well, it's time to go take some medicine for my aches and pains. Yesterday I had a root canal done...the procedure was really cool but once the pain meds wore off, I could feel how tender my jaw was... My dentist is amazing. He even let me watch what he was doing with a mirror! I had a pillow and blanket to relax with and got to watch Rachel Ray while he drilled away... No pain at all. If anyone lives in North Jersey and needs a new dentist, he's worth looking up!! www.emdental.com
Bye!

A Rockin' Christmas

We sure hadded ourselves a most wonderful Chrissymus! I hopes you all did too. I gotted to visit with Grammie ALL afternoon!! And, I got to go do some Chrissymus visits with the beans where Grammie lives. I got so many pets!!

Momma and me taked our picture in front of one of the Chrissymus trees they hadded there. I'll ask Momma to post them later. Oh! Knows what I had for my Chrissymus feast??!! A WHOLE can of stinky gourmet goodness!! I hadded Turkey Florentine with garden greens. Oh they were most divine :) They maked my belly full and happy after being with Grammie all afternoon.

I gotted a new toy from Momma for Chrissymus! It am a santa on a string and I likes to jump and chase him around. Shmaybe I'll pose for a picture with it soon! Yesterday, I got so into playing with him that when I went to jump, I forgot to look where I was going and landed on the coffee table and pulled Auntie Deb's fancy table cloth right on the floor and a whole bunch of stuff camed down with it!! It plopped right on my bum! I wasn't too too scared or nothin' but Momma laughed really hard. It maked me all way 'barassed so she felt bad and called me over to her. When I got there, she gave me a good pet and smoothed down my fur on my bum a'cause I maked it go up a little.

Well now that Grammie gotted a nice gift from me and Momma. It am a digital frame that holds all kinds of pictures of me, Momma, Auntie Deb, and a whole bunch of beans... but they're mostly pictures of me on there!! Grammie gotted all way a'cited when she opened it! Now she can admire my handsomeness even when I'm not hangin' out on her bed!

Well, I hopes you had a great Chrissymus too! Tell me all about it!!

I wubs mine Grammie!

Here I am with mine Grammie. She has moved into a new room! Her new roomie am all way nice and pets me and tells me I'm a nice cat :) I go to see mine Grammie when Momma has time to take me. She am all way busy this time of year... I'm kinda used to it by now. I keep the house safe while she am a'hearsing and making songs with her voice and waving at beans...

Momma and me maked Grammie's new room look all way nice for Chrissymus. There am a tree, a stocking and a snowman and all sorts of nice things in her room! She even has a wreath that's made with jingle bells!! Momma let me sniff it a'fore we putted it up. If some of you would like to know Grammie's address, it am all the same except for the room... 202W am her room now. She am pretty sure she am not moving again. Her roomie am a resident like she am. Grammie likes Enid, her roomie... and she likes her room now a'cause it am quiet at night. She gets better sleepies now. Oh! I get to talk to her on the phone thing too!! Momma makes the phone talk to me and Grammie comes out of it and I put mine face all over the phone! I still don't know how Grammie makes herself so tiny and gets in there, but it's all way fun when she does that!!

This week, Momma has her first concert with her middle school beans! But it am a'pposed to make white fluffies come from the sky all day tomorrow so shmaybe she won't hafta do it until Monday... Momma am also making songs with her voice on Sunday! She gets green paper for doing it too!! How a'citing!!! Shmaybe she'll use some of that green paper to buy me goodies. I need some stinky goodness and crunchies a'cause I'm almost out of both! Yikes!!!

I didn't get to go on the um'puter to say happy thanksgiving, but you knows what? I'm all way thankful every day for having a toasty warm house, a Momma and Grammie that wubs me so much and dear kind friends that say hello to me and send kind words to me... I hopes you all had a nice thanksgiving... and I hopes everyfluffy and bean am having a nice a'cember!

Playing with the big boys

Momma wented to her college this weekend a'cause there were fun things going on. They call it "homecoming" but I don't understand that a'cause she didn't come home until very late! She invited some of her bean students to come to our house to play games. I never played games with other beans a'fore...it was all way good fun!

This game that I liked mostest am called "twister". Know what? The beans taked off their shoes and stood on a great big plastic thing with colored dots on it. Momma maked a black stick spin and point to different colors and then she'd tell them what to do. I liked it so much that I a'cided to join in! See mine right paw thing am on the green! Methinks I winned. I dunno how you win but alls I know is that I had a great time playing with them all.

They didn't 'preciate me helping them play "loaded questions" a'cause the kept telling me to stop standing on the board. But deep down, I thinks they liked that I did that. Then they wented into the dining room and played a game called Monotony. What's that Momma? Oh it am not monotony, it am called Monopoly. Psh...same thing! Those beans didn't move for hours!!! Miss Destiny was winning all way good. Momma, she am not so good a'cause she had to sell all her shtuff and even then she went bankrupped. Mr. Mark was a kind bean that I met that night. He am a really nice bean. He knows how to make a poodin' all way comfy around new beans. Mr. Mark picked me up and kissied my head thing and gived me a catnip toy!

It was all way good fun playing with the beans :) Knows what? Them am coming back again sometime real soon a'cause I hearded Momma say so!

I got to see Grammie yesterday. Her roommate, Miss Mary, am living with Momma's daddy now. She wasn't feeling good last week and over two days, she gotted real weak and sleepy...so now she am in heaven. Momma and Grammie cried a little but they're happy to know she am at peace. I gotted to see her last Sunday a'fore she gotted to feeling all way tired. Momma and Grammie said their goodbyes the night a'fore she left. I know that Grammie am not used to the silence in the room, but it made for a nice visit with me. When I gotted there, she gived me treatsies and kissies and all way good pets. When Grammie had to go to bed, Momma and me wented to do some therapy. I walked up and down the hall and went to go visit Miss Claire. She knows me and when I camed into her room, she said "Well hello TImothy!" all way happy and it maked my tail thing jiggle.

I got to meet a bean that has AD and even though she said I was a lovely little doggie, I knowed that she enjoyed my visit anyway. I kinda look like a doggie on a leash! LOL!! The lady's daughter tolded me that I was such a good boy for visiting beans and then she said to Momma that she am giving the residents a lovely gift. What a kind thing to say! Well after all that a'citement, I had to go rest! I curled up on Grammie's bed and didn't wanna leave. It was so comfy up there! So...a'luctantly, I got into my stroller and said my bye-byes to Grammie.

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Guess what?? Mr. Hendrix gived me an award for being so sweet to Grammie and the other beans where she lives! Thank you Mr. Hendrix for thinkin' of me! It makes my tail jiggle and my belly all warm :)

TD: Therapy Cat

What's up everybean and fluffy aminal!? It's Saturday today! Know what that means? Mine Momma gets to stay home with me and do shtuff around the house! Today, she gotted up all way early and wented bye bye to the place where they watch her wait. She said that she has lost 20 pounds but I don't know...I haven't seen any around the house so shmaybe she losted them at work?

When she gotted back, she wented for a walk and then stayed with me in the living room. We watched nascar together until our favorite bean gotted a kaboomie. That's when we a'cided to go see Grammie. Instead of using mine stroller, Momma said she thought it would be a fun surprise for me to walk into Grammie's room. It sure did suprise! ME! I gotted into the monster with wheels and we wented all over the roads and came to where Grammie lives. I gotted all way a'scared a'cause there were amblances there and they make lotsa noises... a kind bean helped Momma carry things so that Momma could hold me. I got all way brave when Momma holded me!

When we gotted inside, I trotted right into Grammie's room! I was all way a'cited to see her! She gived me treatsies and lotsa good scritchies on my head thing. I maked my toes go in and out for her a'cause it maked me feel so good! After we visited for a while, beans came in to help Grammie get ready for bed. So, to give her privacy, Momma and me wented out into the hall. I a'cided to go for a walk with Momma. I sneaked into the next room and there was a lady bean there that got all way a'cited to see me!

So, I waited for Momma to ask if she'd like me to visit and she did! I got all way comfy and listened to her story about her own poodin that sounds like it might just be a tuxie like me! The other bean in the room has trouble with her eye things but I could hear her and she called my name which made my tail quiver with a'citement! After we stayed there for a little bit, Momma said we should be heading on and so I waited to hear her make her kissie sound with her lip things and I got up and trotted out with her again.

Off we went down the hall, past the station where all the nurse beans sit. There were some beans in wheelie chairs there so I made sure to put mine shtinky smell on all them. One bean had a neat accent and called me Timity Dickns...like an Irish poodin! It was all way cool! She really knows how to pet a poodin too...gave good scritchies on my bum-bum :)

We went into another room where there was a lady bean in a wheelie chair visiting with her son and daughter-in-law. I knowed they liked me a'cause they said how handsome I was. I'm not one to turn down a compliment! I rolled over on my side so that they could admire my white fluffy belly since they found me so handsome. They really liked that! I got to hear all about their poodin' that used to live with the bean in the wheelie chair. It was a good story. Momma maked her kissie sound so I gotted up and trotted off with my tail held high...

In the next room was a bean that I've seen a'fore. She plays BINGO with Grammie sometimes. She knows me as "the cat in the stroller". See...I go to BINGO too sometimes. It's all way fun to hear the little balls rolling around and around...it makes my ears go back and forth and my eye things get all way BIG. Anyway, I stayed and visited her for a while. Her son was there putting things in the closet so I made sure that the closet was safe by pushing past him and having a good sniff for myself. When I got done with my visit, it was off to see Grammie's dear kind friend. I can't a'member how to spell her name but it's Claire. She's the one that makes the ballies go around and around at BINGO...and she hangs out with Grammie sometimes.

I walked into Claire's room and her roommate said "oh hello Timothy!" Well, I felt right at home there! Miss Mary smiled and said such kind words at me. I sniffed her side of the room and then came over by Claire. She was all way up high in her bed so I didn't get to jump on her...but I did have a nice conversation with her... I said "mew, mroww, meow" and things like that. Momma maked kind words at Claire and Mary and then when I was ready to go, I mewed softly so we said our goodbyes and walked all the way back to Grammie's room.

When we got there, she was all snug in bed and so I jumped up in her window (it was all way dark out a'cause the sun thing went all hidey)...I watched the pond where the water trickles and changes colors. Then a bean came up to the window and said such kind words at me! She said that just seeing me made her heart calmer :) What a kind thing to say! She was sucking on a white thing that smelled all way bad. She laughed and put it up to the screen for me to sniff...it was all way gross. I don't mind that she sucked on it, but I sure wasn't! Yuko! Anyway, she said that she rescued poodins her whole life and saved over 4,000 of them! She says she's an add-vough-kit which didn't mean anything to me, but Momma said it was a good thing. She wented back to sucking on her white stick and I a'cided it was time to come home. I looked at Momma and said so.

Grammie was all way pleased to hear about my visits with the other beans and was all way proud of her grandfurbaby. That maked me happy! So we said our goodbyes and I walked all the way out of the nursing home, in the dark, all the way through the parking lot (where there were all kinds of monsters with wheels sleeping)...and gotted to our monster. Momma thought she was gonna have to hold me, but I waited for her to open the door and then I jumped right into the front seat and sat down. I love to look out the window when we go home...I listen for the clickie sound of the thing that Momma puts on to make turns...that's when I knows we're close a'cause the clickie thing always goes on and the monster with wheels slows down. Tonight was hard to tell though a'cause it was all way dark out. But I gotted out with Momma and went all the way into the house without pulling on my leash or trying to run away! Momma says I'm such a good boy now!

How I Survive Being Home Alone

I knows I knows... it's been a way long time since I said I was gonna put pictures on... but a'member, Momma am teaching beans again so it's kinda hard to get her to sit down and a'lax. So, I happened to get her still for a while and a'cided to sit in my dasani water hut while she helped me blog...

I have to keep myself entertained most of the day until she comes home in the afternoon. I have found that her hairties smell like her mostest of all so I likes to keep at least one near me at all times. That way, I can sniff her and a'member that she's gonna come home again.

I also likes to practice my singing. Grammie suspects that I must do a lotta singing a'cause she says that I'm much louder than ever. It's true! The more you practice somethin' the better you get at it! I've a'come so good at it that when Momma am on the phone thing with Grammie, she can hear me singing all way loud!

I'm also really good at redecorating. Momma says she doesn't always like the changes, but I think deep down she really does. Who wouldn't like a garbage pail turned on it's side?!?! C'mon there's things in there that smell divine!! I also likes to change the decorations in the bedroom on the dresser. How many times do you need to look at the same photos? I just hop up and gently tap them over.

I have found the bestest places to sleep are the ones that are cozy. My favorite place is upstairs on the couch. It's one of those kinds of couches that turns into a bed so it has a comfy comforter on it...I have slept there so much that there's a little nook where I usually go. Also, the dining room table makes for a wonderful shelter for the times I wanna feel like I'm hiding. I sneak in under the table and hide a'hind all the chairs.

My water (I like to call it Wa-Wa) must always be fresh. I have to put mine paw down sometimes to get what I want, but Momma usually a'members to keep the tub faucet dripping a little during the day. Wa-Wa that's been sitting in a bowl all day just doesn't cut it. Yuck! Insist on it being cold and from the tap.

Get yourself a nice toy that lets you stick treatsies into it. This is a great way to keep busy and will pass the time while giving you a'wards at the same time. Momma boughted me a ballie that has a place to stick the treatsies... when she fills it, my tail thing quivers with a'citement! I knows that for a while, I'll be able to forget about mine Momma going bye-bye. I likes to push it gently so that it only rolls a little bit. I check the floor to see if a treatsie popped out, and if it didn't, I tap the ballie again. It's good fun. I definately recommend everycat should have one!

Well, these are just some of my tricks for being stuck at home alone while youre bean is out working to keep your belly full. Do you have any tricks? I'd love to hear them! I almost forgot the most important part of surviving the day! SLEEEEEEPING! It passes the time so well and then gets you all ready for when Momma comes home! I'm gonna go have another nap right now!

Taking care of business

Happy A'lated Easter Greetings to you all. I didn't get a chance to sit Momma down for an Easter post this year a'cause it was such a busy day! Momma wented to her cousin's house and had a nice time with her family and then wented to visit Grammie in the afternoon. Momma's Auntie Kathy gived her home made cookies that looked so good, a poodin' wanted to eat them! The box they were in was wrapped in a fancy bow that Momma said I could play with! Auntie Kathy knows what a poodin' likes!! I carry it around the house in my mouth all bunched up and talk to it and then I lay on top of it...I can feel it under my belly, it kinda tickles! It's such good fun to play with!!

We hadded a bit of a scare when Grammie's health care beans a'cided she was to be discharged from the nursing home this past Thursday. Every week she am a'valuated on her progress and I guess the doctor in charge didn't know mine Grammie very well and sent in a fax to the health care beans saying she wasn't getting better fast enough or somethin' a'cause that's when we found out they weren't gonna help her pay for her care anymore. So she peeled her suitcase twice...what's that Momma? Oh...she appealed her case twice and the second time, it was accepted and now her health care beans am taking care of her money again. I don't like all that green stuff a'cause it causes so many problems. I like being a cat a'cause the only green thing I care about is catnip.

So aside from all the bad health care spooky things happening, Grammie am slowly getting better. Next Monday, she has to go get a special picture taken of her leg that shows her bones. If the doctor says she can put weight on it, then she can start having therapy done on it! Let's hope and pray that happens. Grammie am also on a special kinda pill for her cancer that am supposed to shrink it down. That's the other thing we hafta keep praying for too.

This past Saturday, I climbed into mine luggage carrier and Momma brought me to see Grammie! I was so a'cited. But you know, that place smells different and there are lotsa scary noises. So I stayed in my carrier for a really long time a'fore I a'cided to peek my head thing out. I gave Grammie's hand a head butt and eated some treatsies that she gived me...oh how I missed mine Grammie! She knows how to give my chin a real good scritchie :) So anyway, Momma surprised Grammie by bringing a portable DVD player! We all sat together and watched "The Village", Grammie's favorite scary movie. I'm all way brave, it doesn't scare me!

Know what did scare me? When Momma wented away and left me all alone on Saturday night. She didn't come back until Sunday night!! It was my very first time being home all by myself overnight. I had plenty of water and a great big bowl of crunchies!! (Shmaybe Momma should sleep over somewhere else more often? Tee-Hee!) Momma went on tour with her college beans and maked music with them. She waved her hands at them and even gotted to sing and play a little too! Auntie Deb maked the program cover for the tour and it am all way pretty...see? When Momma came home, it was raining so very hard I didn't know if she'd hafta swim to get into the house!! Yesh, if you have seen the mews, you'll know that we hadded lotsa rain. We am fortunate a'cause our house am on a tiny little hill so all the water stays away from us. It even maked kaboomies and ice that night! Momma didn't have school on Monday a'cause of all the water making Mew Jersey a mess. It's a good thing too a'cause when she came back, she hadded a cold. It am all way bad and so I've been keeping her warm by laying on her lap. I purr lots to make her feel better. Them am magic purrs you know. Well, I see it's time to go watch more talking box with Momma so I hafta get on her lap again!