bye bye.............

I haven't posted for a very loooong time....and now----this post is coming to you from across The Rainbow Bridge......Indeed....I have crossed over.....(Be kind to my Mommy...She Is Hurting!.....). It's been a really difficult couple of years...I got this awful thing called "Inflammatory Bowel Disease"...Ugh, Ugh, Ugh.....Three Pills having to be swallowed 7 days a week for months----I Did Not Like That, At All.....! But.....I got used to it and I felt pretty great.....! Then we cut back, (Thank God) to three pills three times a week. Still, kind of a drag! But....It really helped me....
I know it was hard on my Mommy, too...But, we weathered it all.....!And over these years, we had many people visit....and I have to admit, they all loved me....! They showered me with love and hugs and kisses---
Well, who wouldn't like that? My Mommy and I had lots of great times together. But here's the thing: Recently, there did seem to be a problem in my insides. Finally, after a week or two---she got it! She got that there was a BIG problem....It had only been there about a month---hard to know if it was my old IBD or, something else. But she knew.
Long story short: There was a "Biggie" sized marble of cancer in my colon......(painful...!)...Mommy knew there was something wrong besides the IBD. They operated...took out the bad marble, but....where they reattached my intestines---(GOOD GRAVY MARIE..!!!!)...there was leakage into my tummy---bad stuff...stuff they couldn't clean out...So my dear Mommy made the decision to let me cross over the Rainbow Bridge because that was the only thing to do for me.....And you know what? I am so deeply grateful to her....we were together. I was right up against her---comfy and cozy as always---relaxed...Yes! I was totally relaxed....And then.....I crossed over. I am Sooooo Happy Now.....I am running around---out of pain, and having a Ball! Thank You My Dear Mommy......The only thing I am sad about? My Mom....I know she misses me......
Listen.....we had twelve and half wonderful years together.....And I had a GREAT Life. And, in a way, dear Momma, we are still together and we always will be---Always, Always......
And guess what? For me? No more pain. No more pills! I'm having a wonderful time here in Cat Heaven.....So, I thank you my dear loving Mommy-person...I thank you with all my heart, and say....So long for now....I know I will see you again, my dear Mom-Mom.....Meanwhile, think of me having a great time with Sugar and Teeny and Silky and Baby and Mooney.....

So.......Bye Bye for now, my dear dear...........

SHE'S DONE!!! PUUUURRRR

Finally.....the woman-human known as Mommy, is done with this friggin' birthday party stuff. Don't get me wrong. I know how important it was to her...(Oh My God, Do I Know....!!!) BUT....
Enough, already!
I mean , I'm MOLTING HERE....and she is all caught up in "silly glasses' and Chocolate Cake....Puuuullleeeezzzzeeeeee! Okay. I'm done with my Rant....

OOLTH did have a grand time and I had an okay time....I had to stay in the closet for hours and hours and hours and hours and hours....zzzzzzzzzzzz....
And that was just fine. But, the hard part was the invasion of MY KITCHEN by these stranger than strange humans....It took me days to get over them! Purrrrrrr.

Now, all is back to normal, Thank God! And I can relax and get back to my molting! Now don't get your poopies in an uproar....it looks much worse than it is...And, actually Mommy cut off a BIG piece today, and I'm almost done with this 'yearly' molting process....Whhhheeeeew!
Hey, and thanks for all your support during this very difficult time....And remember, in her defense, it ain't easy being three-quarters of a century old...so, cut her some slack. I do. Puuuurrrrrrr.

MOMMA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

IT'S MY MOMMA'S BIRTHDAY TOMORROW.....JUNE 27th! (WE HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY)...BECAUSE SHE IS HAVING A "VIRTUAL" BIRTHDAY PARTY ON HER BLOG....AND EVERYONE IS INVITED....!
SO.....DO STOP BY AND HAVE SOME YUMMIES...ALL CATS AND DOGS AND RABBITS AND BIRDS AND PIGS AND ANYONE I HAVE FORGOTTEN, ARE ALL WELCOME!!!! YEAH! HOORAY....! HA! PURRRRRRRR.....

HTTP://SITTENINTHEHILLS.BLOGSPOT.COM SEE YOU THERE......PUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! Aren't party's fun.....(Well, I'll probanly be in the closet...come say hi to me there....)
Puuuuuurrrrrrrr.....

Been Busy

Sorry I haven't been on here in a long time....I've been busy. Busy taking care of lots of things here for my mommy....Well, what do you mean, you may ask....? Puuuuurrrrrrr. Ha Ha Ha. You all don't know my momma...well, you know her, but you don't "know" her....HA HA HA!

She has been very busy taking many pictures of pretty flowers in her garden, you know? So, what do I have to do with that? Well, I have to make sure she gets other things done as well....like feeding me....like cleaning my pan....like petting me...like loving me....
So.....
I'm tired! I work hard! I'm shedding! I have matts!
I am going to take a nap now!
Puuuuuuurrrrrrrrrr.

Well, I'll sleep after I look at some more of these flower pictures.

She is obsessed. I tell you, OBSESSED!

Oy!

I Is Sorry!

Sorry I have been away from my blog...but I have been busy trying to shed some of these big clumps of fur....it takes a lot of my energy but that's okay cause in between I go hunting and poking around looking for my toys...heh heh heh....Puuuuurrrr.


Here are a few of these fun things...almost all of them were gifties. Like the heart that has squares on it? My Secret Paws sent that to me at Christmastime...

And the little pretty ball you see here down below....Isn't that a pretty color? My Mommy says it is her favorite color and if she could she would get me a collar in that color...but then she said she wouldn't bother cause it would be covered up by all my beautiful fur...She is right I'm afraid, but maybe she could find a kercheirf in that color for me...I think it would look really pretty on me even though I probably wouldn't like it hanging around my neck...heh heh heh..
and this purrty 'jack' , as well...
This is a pretty color too, isn't it? And I have another jack that is a pretty green color as well...(my mommy says my love of color was inherited from her...more heh heh heh, like I have her DNA....yeah, Right!)....These toys I just showeded you were all a part of my Secret Paws Easter Present...Fun Fun Fun.....Puuuurrrrrrrr....

Okay. Back to shedding. Maybe a nap is in order....yes, I'm off to one of my secret hiding places for a good snooze-a-rooney....puuuurrrrr you later....

OY! THE FUR...

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A LOT OF BAD LOOKING STUFF ON ME....MOMMY DOESN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO....CAUSE SHE KNOWS I WON'T GO TO A GROOMER....AND THERE ARE GROOMERS THAT COME TO YOUR HOUSE, BUT SHE KNOWS I DON'T LIKE STRANGERS...ESPECIALLY STRANGE MEN....I'LL GO HIDE IN THE CLOSET THE SECOND THAT DOORBELL RINGS AND I DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT SMELL....

SO....SHE HAS BEEN TRYING TO CUT AWAY A LITTLE HERE AND A LITTLE THERE....(SHE IS VERY VERY CAREFUL CAUSE SHE KNOWS IF THAT SCISSORS TOUCHES MY SKIN....HA HA HA....SHE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO TAKE THE SCISSORS TO ME AGAIN.....AND SHE IS RIGHT...HA HA HA...)

SHE KEEPS SAYIN' TO ME..."IT'S A DILEMMA!" BUT I PRETEND NOT TO KNOW WHAT SHE IS TALKIN' ABOUT....HA HA HA....BUT I KNOW...I TRULY DO KNOW.
SO I STARE AT HER.
HARD.
AND I STARE AND I STARE.
I TRY TO TELL HER IT WILL BE ALRIGHT. I LOOK HER RIGHT IN THE EYES SO SHE WILL GET THAT I'M TRYIN' TO TELL HER SOMETHIN'. AND WHEN I LOOK DEEP INTO HER EYES I VISUALIZE THEM PICTURES I WANT HER TO SEE...YOU KNOW?


HER MIND MUST BE TOO CLUTTERED TO GET WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT.

NO MATTER HOW HARD I 'THINK' THESE PICTURES....SHE JUST ISN'T GETTIN' IT. YOU KNOW?

I'M GOING TO TAKE A NAP NOW. THINKIN' WEARS ME OUT, BUT GOOD. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

GOOPY STUFF!

I got goopy stuff in the corners of my eyes...Oh, if only my Bestest Doggie Pal TINY DOG, could be here and lick these eye boogers away from my corners...Puuuurrrr...She likes these goopy things, so she says--and I believe her cause she is one honest little cutie pie doggie...

Her Mommy is a good Blogbuddy of my Mommy and Tiny and her fellow doggie pal, Stinky, are such nice kids...Purrrrr...I think they must have kitty hearts...or else I have a doggie heart..Ha Ha Ha....Puuuuuurrrrrrr....

My Mommy says my knottsy's is getting worse by the day...I kind of know what she means....there are a lot of clumpy looking things she feels when she pets me and Thank Goodness she pets me a lot...Puuurrrrr. Tiny and Stinky don't have this problem....But Fat Eric, my Kitty Blog Buddy kinda does...You outa pay thems some visits...Tiny and Eric are on my Blogroll thingy...Well, time for a nice snooze......Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Raggedy!

I am very raggedy looking these days...my fur is a mess and I don't like my mommy to comb me...cause a lot of times it hurts. Or, I just want to play with that long toothy looking thing...Purrrrr...I know it's my winter fur knotting up cause I'm all bushed up this time of year...but it does seem worse this time....I'm not sure why....I'm not doing anything different than I ever do, you know? It just seems more knottsy and raggedy than I remember it ever being before...

See all that raggedy stuff? And it's long, long, long, too...I just don't know. Well, there's nothing that I can do about it so I'll stop talking about it now....

So, what's new with you?

Almost Well!




My Mommy is almost well so I can do other things now, like stalk some little piece of paper, or go up on one of my condo's, or just relax and take a nap...




I still think that napping is the most fun. Don't you? I'm on my way to one of my properties now...I'll see you when I get there...Now, I'm ready to settle down, I think....well....maybe and maybe not... Oh, Oh Oh.....I knew I seed something out of the corner of my....I'll nap later...Puuuuuurrrrrr....

NURSING!

I have been busy nursing my mommy...she is sick! She is a little better, but not as well as I need her to be. So, I am helping to heal her by lying on her lap and legs....she always seems very happy when I do that. I can't hear her purr, but I know she is....

I want her to be really really really really REALLY well....say some kitty prayers, please.

Puuuurrrrrrr.

HUNTING!

Today, my Mommy was doing something in the big room with all the books. And she opened up a cabinet to get into a drawer in there to look at some paper thingys...Lots and lots and lots of paper thingys...I really tried to get into this cabinet but the door wasn't open enough...

See?

I just knew this was a good place to go invesigating stuffs....maybe even find some creature people.....or....

A new hiding place...Puuuurrrrr.




So, while Mommy was doing those things she does with them papers, I got the door open....and see, I've never tried to get up in there before, but something looked really really really REALLY interesting to me up in there...

I'm not exactly sure what Mommy was doing, except she kept playing with that pile of papers with these pretty pictures on them and they had been in that drawer that is open...can you see that in the picture? (I had tried to get into that drawer but couldn't and Mommy didn't have her camera then or you would see that picture, too.....Puuurrrr.)

She was looking at each one of these pieces of paper real hard...humans do such funny things, don't they? Maybe these is her toysee's....do you suppose?

Anyway, I just couldn't get into that space up in there no matter how hard I tried! I found it very frustrating...so I tried even harder and then this bad thing happened....I heard a noise that scared me and I got down from that place real quick like, you know?

And guess what?

You'll never guess what happened! Never.

So, I'll tell you.




I knocked something over!

Puuuurrrrr.

It made a big noise but it wasn't very big.

It was three small things.

One is right there almost under my paw.

The other two are hidden by my body...

Those big things weren't them

Those big things were sitting there on the floor when I got there. I swear they were.

I swear I didn't knock thems over....I didn't, really....I could have, I guess......Puuurrr.....(What a great adventure this was...)

I still wish I could have gotten up there in that place where I was trying so hard to get to....Grrrrr.

Well.....

Maybe next time.

MY EASTER GIFTS FROM MY SECRET PAWS!

Rabbie Burns Shumacher from Hawaii was my Secret Paws giver, and what wonderful thingys he done give me...there were seven things in the postal bag....plus that beautiful Easter Egg that six of the stuffs came in...Mommy will probably pack away the toys for safe keeping once I'm finished playing with them...but, not yet...Right now they are all over the house so everywhere I go I have NEW toys to play with....Puuuurrrrr. Rabbie knows good toys and good packages, too...there was a BIG Paw Print Sticker on the outside of the post bag....





There is a long wand with a pretty poofy thing on the end...I love to watch that with my eyes and then pounce! Sometimes I just bat the poofy thing with my paw, it all depends how the spirit moves me, you know?


There are two Mousy's...one green my Mommy says and one blue, (the blue one is in the picture with the poofy thing...I was stalking them both at this point, trying to decide which one I wanted to attack...of course, I love Mousey's, you know...don't you love them too?...Puuuurrrrr

Then there are two little light weight balls with some kind of sparkly stuff coming out on them....Mommy couldn't seem to get a good picture of thems....you can sort of see them in that first photo...well, no you can't...(Mommy said the computer guy deleted some good pictures by mistake when he was tring to help her with her camera. Some help.)


And then, my two favorite, (well, right this minute, anyway...) are these two jack type thingys...I played really hard with thems and even carried one (the green one M. said...) in my mouth to my Mommy so she would throw it for me...She did. She is smart. I didn't have to meow at her too long before she got it, you know? Why don't humans play with stuff like this? Why do they play with these big things that flicker like a television? They just sit there and stare and move their fingers funny...Is this playing? Gee, I don't think so. Well, not to me it's not. Carrying this little jack in my mouth and attacking it and batting it around...now that is what I call playing, you know?



Well....I wored-ed myself out so I'm going to settle down for a bit and maybe take a little nap, you know?

Thank You So Very Much Dear Rabbie, you pick out the best Secret Paws Easter Presents, ever....Puuuuurrrrrrr.

THE SECRET PAWS OF SPRING

Happiness is a Secret Paws...

I haven't got mine yet, but my blog buddies got theirs...

I'm Happy!!!

Purr.....

Nothing like the gift of giving to make you happy, I say....

I love sitting on the top of one of my condo's....yeah...I'm a lucky lucky boy...I have three condo's ALL my own that ny Mommy can't get into...Purrrrrr.


And,

Besides them wonderful condo's I got me a lot of great places to sit around and be content on that my Mommy can use too...if I let her....Purrrrrrrr.

Ain't life grand?

SCRATCH!

What is this?

It doesn't smell like nothin' to me....

And what a funny shape it is....

Ha Ha Ha...silly humans.

It looks like a little teeny tiny human persons hand sort of, doesn't it??

And what do you suppose Momma does with this, anyway....she put it on my body and I didn't understand what I was supposed to do....(Purrrrrrrr)....so, I didn't do anything but be bored with the whole thing...boring boring b-o-r-i-n-g.....!

You know?



So, with nothing better to do, and no real toy to play with or anything else that seems interesting to me....since Momma got bored with me being boring, too....*yawn yawn*....

So....

I guess I'll take a little bit of a nap now....Puuuurrrrr.....

STALKING



I saw this big Bird yesterday.

BIG

BIG

BIRD!

He was very colorful and moved very very s-l-o-w-l-y....He almost looked like he was moving in what my Mommy calls 'Slow Motion'...something to do with movies, she says...

Anyway, I watched it and watched it and watched it as it moved along....

Boy it sure was BIG!


Boy, I sure would have loved to catch it!

HA!




Purrrrrrrrr......




Here it is!

THINKING

I've been thinking a lot about all the animals out there in the world who need homes....I'm so lucky.....I live in this comfy house with this comfy human and I have so many wonderful comfy places I can go and stretch out.....I have enough food for 6 cats on any given day....(and some dogs, too...purrrrrr)

I don't want my Mommy to adopt anyone else, mind you, but I do think about all those homeless animals who need help....wish I could do something...my Mommy does do a little something when she can, I know...but it's going to take a lot of people doing a little something.....

Oh well....I guess I'll go back to sleep now.....Purrrrrrrrrzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

MONDAY!

Monday. Another day of rest....I like resting in between napping and eating...and then I play a little especially if Mommy has some piece of string or paper that I can attack...

A dog pal of mine has joined the animal blogs...I'm very excited cause she is a lot of fun and has a very unique way of expressing her-self...she's awfully cute, too....Her Mommy is a Blog Buddy of my Mommy and that's how I met her...Her name is Tiny Dog...

You want to meet her? Here's her link, now! Go say Meow or Woof to her and welcome her to our world....

LEG REST

So, I'm 'on' one of my very most favorite places....on my Momma's leg....It is so comfy...(I'm actually on her lap and legs, and I love to put my head on this leg of hers...it feels so very safe here....

We spend a lot of time on the bed...me alone and us together...I like that lots and she says she does, too...Puuuurrrrrrrr

She is going to be working with Uncle Shawn today and now, tomorrow too....I like him...he is a nice human who loves me....this is good...
puuuurrrrrrr....

She won't have much time for me cause she has here hands in those boxes of cardboard stuffs called "tickets"....Oh well....that's okay....I'll go in the closet and ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz puuuurrrrr.....
Another favorite spot I love.....cozy hiding place away from any scary humans who come to visit my Mommy....She likes other humans....Humans are okay if they aren't scary, I guess....Mommy isn't scary, Thank God! Puuuuurrrrrrr.


Go visit my mommy's blog, cause she talks about me in glowing terms and shows some nice pictures, too...I worked hard....Purrrrrrrrr....Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

THINKING

I'm thinking about a lot of things....like, how come my mommy sits in that chair in front of that small TV and taps away on something that's on the desk....?

I'm thinking....she should be playing with me and tapping on me, not that thingy that has a lot of letters on it....

I'm thinking that I like having this house all to myself and I love that I can go anywhere and sit on anything and my mommy loves everything I do....and I'm so glad that I don't have to share my mommy with anyone else...heh heh heh puuuuuurrrrrrrr....

I'm thinking I will let mommy take all the pictures of me she wants and I will try to look as cute and wonderful as she thinks I am....(she noticed that some of those winter knotsies are coming on my coat....and she wants to comb me but I'm not liking that comby stuff at all and she knows it, so I pretend the comb is a toy and then she can't comb me cause I'm biting it and batting it and she has to stop...heh heh heh puuuuuurrrrr...)

Well, it's time for another nap now....I wore myself out thinking.

ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

I forgot my mommy wanted to put up a photo for you all of my paws...so here it is...Heh Heh Heh Puuuuurrrrrrrr.......

IT'S WINTER!

IT'S WINTER!

My winter coat is here, Big Time!

Look at my rough!

Ha!

Mommy sometimes calls me her "White
Lion", and I guess I am....in a teeny tiny
version--sort of-- of "The King Of The
Jungle.

Mommy is very tired, you know? She
wore herself outs today with that Blogrolly stuff...she kept using four letter words...(ha ha ha) and talking to herself a lot....till she finally fixeted it good! Now she is all smiley faced and grinny poo, too...much kissing and hugging and petting, cause she is so very very happy that her blogrolly thingy works perfectly now...

Charlie & Pandora's Momma must be exhausted too, from my momma being pretty stupid...HA HA!

But she loves me good, and that's all that really matters to me, well kind of, you know? Other things matter, too....like how I love her and....well....I
guess that's all.

Happy Valentine's day everyone!

I love all of you, too! (I almost forgot I was so busy feeling all that Mommy love....)

Hugs & Kisses & Purrrrrrrrs To Everyones Heart
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