Wordle

Dear Pablo,

I just did another Wordle of our blog feed and I am so happy to see that you are the biggest word in our wordle now! See?

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A Book Meme

I never done a meme before, but I saw that Pablo did this book meme and it looked very cool. He did a VERY BORING book. But you can see that from my favorite perch, I have lots of books nearby. I'm going to pick an EXCITING book to do this meme with.

These are the rules of the meme:
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open the bok to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.

Here is my bookThat sounds like very good advice to me. I'm sure he knows what he is talking about... Here is the stuff on pg. 123:

"We resected fifteen feet of necrotic bowel and sutured together the ends of what was left. Incredibly, the patient remained stable throughout this horrendous procedure. As we began to close the abdomen, our short-lived optimism returned, at first tentatively, but then with growing intensity."

Maybe Dr. Daisy can help explain this to me... I don't understand much of what it says. But at least it is exciting!

Phoebe's True Confessions

Dear Pablo,

Thank you for tagging me for the confessions game. I have thought long and hard about what I should confess. Here is what I came up with.
1. Sometimes when I sit on our computer desk I spread myself out and stretch and then, kerplunk! the basket with Very Important Papers falls onto the floor.
2. I have not been vomiting much anymore. But when I do, I usually eat it afterwards... it is all nice and mushy and it still tastes pretty much the same.
3. Sometimes, Tracy let's me stay in the bedroom with her until Denis comes to bed later (they sleep at different times). Often, I get so excited that I can't decide where I want to lay down and I walk back and forth around her head. I accidentally step on her hair and she says "ouch" and then she has me leave.
4. I still try to sneak out the front door sometimes. Not as often since I have become an Outdoor Explorer, though.
5. This is the most embarrassing one... I know I said in my advice to Possum that she should practice being aloof and not letting your people know how much you like them. But actually, I'm not so good at doing that myself. I sometimes follow Tracy around like a D-O-G.

I hope that you don't think any less of me for my confessions, Pablo.

True Confessions

Dear Pablo and fan club members,

Chairman Mao tagged me for this game which was invented by his sister Marilyn MonREOW. We are supposed to tell about the naughty things that we do - as many as we like - and tag as many friends as we like. Well, I'm not sure that I would say the things that I am going to list are naughty, per se. Let's just say that the people and I have a difference of opinion about the appropriateness of certain habits...

1. I like to chomp on flowers that are brought into the house. Tracy sometimes gets the great idea to cut some pretty flowers and put them in the kitchen in a glass of water. The smell great! Things that smell great often taste great too. However, I get chased away when I am caught at sampling them.
2. I like to play with post-it notes. They are very interesting as they are slightly sticky on one side. I take them to my food or water dish so that I can play with them again. The people complain that they have important notes written on those things and I get them all wet or food crumbs on them. Hurmph! What a silly place to write important notes...
3. Another interesting thing to chew on is photographic paper. It is pretty rare to find some laying around the house - Tracy guards it in a box which I can't get open. I don't think it is very nice of her to keep it all to herself. Christmas is a good time to find some lying unguarded on the coffee table. People send them in the mail to us.
4. I like to sit on top of the stereo tower furniture. It is a great tall place to be and look over the living room. Denis doesn't like that at all!
5. I like to go into the "guest room" and look around. There is lots of very interesting stuff piled all over the place in there. The people keep the door closed as Phoebe and I are not allowed to go in there. But if they have to go in there for something, they have to open the door and I sometimes run int and hide under the bed. Sometimes, they squirt me with water to make me exit.
6. I like to lounge on top of any human that is available at the moment. This is a completely fitting place for a cat to be, of course. But Tracy says I get very heavy and she can't change positions. So after a while, she often pushes me off. I just give it a few minutes and get back in my rightful place.

Well, that's all I can think of. As you can easily see, there is nothing particularly naughty about what I do.

I would like to tag Pablo, Faz, Suzanne and Zippy.

7 Things About Me, Monica

Okay, Phoebe tagged me for this game (as I knew she would), so it's my turn. Here are seven things about me.
1. When Tracy first named me, she called me Matilda. My light coloring made her think of a fair Aussie lass and the song Waltzing Matilda. But when her friends met me, they all said, "OH! Matilda like the witch!". Tracy didn't want my feelings to be hurt or for me to be thought of badly, so she changed my name to Monica. Now everyone things we were named after the girls on Friends, but we weren't. We liked that show so we don't mind. And sometimes we wonder if we have a sister somewhere named Rachel.
2. Before I came to live with Tracy, I was a homeless kitten. I don't remember those early days very well, but I'm sure I took care of Phoebe. We used to hang out at the swimming pool of an apartment complex and that's where some people took us to a cat rescue organization.
3. At the foster home, there were a LOT of other cats. A little old lady provided food in lots of dishes and water too. There were lots of litter boxes. We were all kept in two rooms in her basement. It wasn't the best place, but I guess it was better than being on the streets. At least Phoebe and I stuck together. I was sick with a respiratory infection and my eye was all swollen by the time Tracy came to spring us from that joint.
4. I still look out for Phoebe. She says I boss her around, but the order that I maintain keeps us all from descending into chaos. She is a very obliging underling and is not too much of a bother. In fact she is very helpful with grooming those hard to reach spots and I like to knead on her very soft fur.
5. I am not afraid to speak my mind about what I think. I try to communicate with Tracy and Denis, but they are a bit dense. Speaking slowly and loudly helps. Persistence is a must.
6. I value my leisure time. I don't generally interrupt my naptime by following the every move that the people make. Most of the time it's pretty boring anyway. I just let them know if I think of something that they need to do for me, like pet me, fill the food bowl or clean out the litter box.
7. OH, I'm on my last one already. This is an important one. I don't like parties. When lots of people are around, you can count on one thing - lots of noise. A quiet dinner with a couple of friends over is okay, I'll probably stay around and visit. But when you have more than three extra people in your house, it is way too much. I go straight away into the master bedroom and wait it out. If someone comes looking for me, I hide under the bed. Noisiness generally means chaos and hazardous stepping and moving around. Somecat's tail could get stepped on!

Well, there you have it. 7 fascinating things about my life. Thank you Phoebe for inviting me to participate. Phoebe already tagged our friends for this. It would be too hard to think of 7 more.

7 Facts about ME, Phoebe

Dear Pablo and fan club members,

I was tagged for a game my Marilyn Monreow. I'm very excited because Monica usually hogs the games like this, but Marilyn picked ME. I have to tell seven interesting facts about myself that you may not know. Then I will tag seven of my friends to play the game. Here we go:

1. I am the submissive cat in my household - Monica bosses me around. You might think that it bothers me, but I don't mind at all. I have more interesting things to do like conduct research into the hygiene habits of humans and monitor the grounds for birds and neighbor cats.

2. As I have already alluded to, I am conducting research in human behavior. I am studying for a master's degree in this field and I have chosen for my master's thesis "The Hygiene Habits of Humans, Male and Female". I have been working on this research for about 5 years.

3. I like to observe my humans during a good part of the day. I follow them from room to room, but try to be unobtrusive. Therefore, I wait just a few minutes before following them into a new area of the house. This allows for more natural behavior on their part as they are unaware of the observation for a time.

4. I have become a great Outdoor explorer. I have gone 2/3 of the way down our driveway now and all the way to Grandma's house. I have explored all the range of the grasslands surrounding my house and Grandma's.

5. Although I know that I have to wear my harness to go Outside, I still don't like to put it on. I always squirm and wriggle when Tracy is putting it over my head and around my middle. I hope one day she will realize that I can go out by myself.

6. Although I like to be wherever the action is, I don't particularly like to sit on people's laps. I prefer to lay beside them on the couch or above them on the back of the couch (like in the picture above). This is one of my favorite places to nap.

7. I try to be helpful around the house. I help Tracy with the laundry and I help Denis with repairs around the house. I am generally a polite cat and undemanding. Because of this Tracy and Denis like to have me around more than Monica. They let me come into the bedroom at night for a snuggle, but Monica is not allowed.

PS. I hope it doesn't sound like I don't like Monica. I love her, she is my sister. We play together and groom each other. We are just different and that's okay, isn't it?

I will tag
Pablo
Monica
Rocky the CEO of Artsy Catsy
Tara
Diamond
Kassiel of Gargolas
Sherman

I've been tagged by DaisyMae Maus

Dear Pablo,

Here is another game that I was tagged for. Five reasons why I blog:

1. To bring attention to my great friend Pablo.
2. To meet new friends from all over the world (hello new friends!)
3. To learn lots of new things ( like new toys, games, vishus deer, baseball, etc.)
4. To share my knowledge with others.
5. To show Pablo how pretty and smart I am (I think he likes me.)

Oh, now I have to tag some of my friends. I tag Pablo, Jeter Harris, Sherman, Sadie and Rocky.

Another tag game

Dear Pablo,

Our new friend and club member, DaisyMae Maus tagged us for another game. I decided that I will answer the questions on behalf of Phoebe and I. Here goes:

A. Name four places you have lived

1. on the mean streets of Portland, Oregon

2. in a "foster home" (cat concentration camp)

3. in a little house in Lake Oswego

4. here

B. Four things I love to watch

1. my lazer light toy after I get tired of playing with it

2. birds out the window

3. neighborhood cats that come visiting.

4. Phoebe likes to watch the people doing whatever their doing (that's boring)

C. Four places I have been outside my home

1. in the car

2. at the vet's (yuck!)

3. in the back yard (we snuck out)

4. Grandma's house

D. Four of my favorite foods.

1. our kibble

2. ?

E. Four places I would rather be right now

1. sitting on one of my people

2. napping on the bed

3. visiting Pablo in Tasmania

4. Phoebe wants to go outside and sniff the grass.

F. Four toys I have owned and played with

1. lazer light toy (the best toy ever)

2. felt mouse with catnip

3. plastic round doo-hickies

4. ball-in-the-round-thingy

G. Four nicknames people call me

1. Monica

2. Phoebe is called Phoebe

H. Regarding catnip

Grandma buys us some every once in a while.

I. Regarding cat grass

Grandma buys it for us regularly. It's a good digestive.

J. Four things I do besides eat, sleep, and litter box

1. supervise my household

2. blog

3. read about Pablo

4. Phoebe works on her research regarding the grooming habits of humans.

K. Four things I want to do this summer

See above

L.Which of the following is your favorite place to hide and play

1. under the bed

2. in a box

3. in a paper bag

4. Phoebe likes to hide behind the curtains and jump out at me.

M. Four other pets that Mommie has had with me

1. Phoebe

2. a glass fish

Christmas Tag Game

Dear Pablo,

Sherman tagged us for this Christmas wish game. It seems that mostly dogs are participating, but seeing as Sherman wants us to, we have compiled our list of wishes and non-wishes.

For Christmas we would like:

1. boxes for us to sit in - and leave them out for more than just one day.
2. interesting objects dropped onto or left on the floor for us to play with or lay upon.
3. Tracy, Denis and Grandma to stay home and hang out with us all day.

We would NOT like:

1. sticky items attached to our heads or tails.
2. to be shooed away from interesting objects (or water sprayed at us to shoo us away).
3. the Papparatzi flashing camera lights in our eyes.

Most of the animals that we know have already participated in this game, so we can't think of anyone to tag. We hope you are having a good Christmas season, Pablo, Sydney and Sherman.