New Toys

A couple of weeks ago, Cody and his mom had a contest to win a coupon for a free bag of Innova food. We won, and the package came today. Inside was more than just a free coupon. We got two mousies, a nice note, and a bumper sticker. The note said that the pink mousie was just for me. I LOVE it. I've been playing with it off and on all evening.

As you can see, Mom let me check out both mousies (and her computer mousie too), but I went straight for my pink mousie.

I think she needs a name - will you help me name her?

In other news, the "M" word has been mentioned again. Mom lost her job at the end of April and was doing substitute work for the school district, but there isn't any work in the summer, so Mom has been doing some work from home. Unfortunately, the company that Mom was doing work for seems to have gone belly up also, and they still owe Mom for 3 weeks of work. So, we are going to be moving back in with Papa by the end of the month. I've never lived there before, so I'm a little scared. Cody says that Papa is nice and that I will like it there. He also says there will be lots more room, and a tower that I can play on. So, I guess it won't be so bad.

Meezer Rule Monday

When your nap is disturbed, stick out your tongue and give your Mom an annoyed look!

In other news, Mom says we are going to be moving over Memorial Day weekend. We will be moving about 20 minutes away, and she isn't sure again how she is going to catch Cody and this move will be much more traumatic for him. He will actually have to ride in the metal monster on wheels. In some ways, we can't wait to move because it will mean we will be able to wander the apartment at will and not have to watch out for the mean woofie that lives here (not Camie).

Thursday Update

Sorry we don't have any pictures today. Mom had to work late yesterday, and she left the camera at Papa's house. We kept Mom awake most of the night Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. Tavi was mad that Cody was upset. So Tavi would get in a hissing, growling mood where he wanted to be left alone. Mom opened up the PTU and put our blanket over the door so it was a private hide-away for him, and that settled him down. Cody went from hiding to trying to find new places to hide. We think he has to scope out all of the good hiding places so he knows where to run to. His favorite right now is behind Mom's TV. She moved it over to one side so he has an easier time jumping into her TV armoire to get there. As for me (Tiki), Mom said I did the best. I still had a few periods where I didn't like it that Tavi was mad or Cody was scared, so I joined in the crying to keep Mom awake. But, we have all settled down. Mom comes home every day at lunch and has a nap with us, and yesterday, we were all quite calm and relaxed, so she thinks we are getting used to everything. As for Camie, she is fine where ever she goes, as long as she has her bed to lie on and Mom close by, she does well.

Meezer Rule Wednesday

This is how we moved... and we each have a meezer rule today.

Tavi: When you are moving, make sure you check out everything to make sure it is okay.

Tiki: Let your brother check out everything while you take a much needed nap.

Mom here: Cody is still a bit freaked out. When I checked on him this morning, he was hiding on the closet shelf. Tonight when I brought the other 2 boys over, he had gotten behind my TV armoire and was hiding underneath it. He has now had the opportunity to explore a bit, and seems to have calmed down, although I haven't seen him since I let him out into the rest of the house (at least he isn't crying anymore). Hopefully he will come back into sight tonight.

Terrified Tabby Tuesday

I am one seriously scared kitty. Tonight Mom saw me in our room, and saw that I was really far from the door, so she shut the door. She knows I hate the door being shut. How else can I escape from her if the door is shut? I ran around for a while and tried to hide from her and she tried to tempt me with Temptations. I wasn't having any of those. I kept hissing at her, and I finally tried to hide behind the shears. She got our crocheted blanket that is a squillion miles big, and threw it over me, and wrapped me up in it, and shoved me in a box. I couldn't really see where I was because there was no way I was coming out from under the blanket. It was the only thing keeping me safe in there. I could hear her getting some stuff together and then the box started moving. It moved for a couple of minutes and then it was put down, and the box door was opened, and Mom started to move the blanket. She moved it enough for me to see I could escape that horrid box, and I ran and hid.

Here I am hiding under this big thing on stilts. It is a good place to hide, but Mom can still see me under here. Fortunately, it doesn't look like she can touch me tho. As you can see, I am telling her to go away and leave me alone. It is very scary and I am all alone.
Mom left me alone for a while and came back with some more stuff and opened a can of food for me and then just laid down on top of the big thing on stilts. She would talk to me every once in while, and she kept trying to tell me how sorry she was for scaring me and how bad she felt, but that I would be okay. She would also get off the big thing on stilts every once in a while and look at me. She tried to give me Temptations, but how do I know that they aren't poisoned or something.
See, you can see she has scattered some around for me, but I am not going to fall for those again.
In other news, Mom made a big mistake. When she put me in the moving box and took me to the other room, she forgot to put the lid on our treat jar, and Camie helped herself. If you remember what this looked like in the after shot on Sunday and how it looks now, you can see that she needs to get us some more Temptations.

Mom here: I feel horrible. Cody was crying and hissing at me when I shut the door, but it was the perfect opportunity to get him. He got very calm once he was in the PTU and stopped crying, but as you can see from the top picture, he did cry a couple of times in my room in my new place. I put him in there because I do have roommates and there is a strange woofie he hasn't had the chance to meet yet. I will be moving the rest of us in tomorrow. I can't leave him alone longer than a night. He truly hates being shut up, but until I can be there to make sure everyone knows the rules about closed outside doors, it is for the best, and I will feel horribly guilty until then.

The Worst is Over

When we aren't snuggling with Mom and keeping her company when she comes home and falls asleep, we are taking turns sleeping in our D.F.S. approved Ham-micks.

Mom came home last night and we barely finished helping her finish her dinner before she fell asleep (with the lights on and the TV going). It is a good thing that one (of 3) of her alarm clocks is always set, or else she would have missed going to work today. She said to tell anyone that works at a school, the end of the school year is the stupidest time to move possible. She finished the last load from her storage unit tonight, and says there isn't as big of a hurry to move the stuff from Papa's house, so the worst is over with. Yea! She is hoping to make it official on Sunday!

We will be happy to have Mom staying up 'til her usual 12:30 or 1:00 am so that we can get all of our visits and snuggle time in. Thanks everyone for visiting us even if we haven't been able to visit you as much lately.

Tempting Cody

This is how Mom is trying to lure Cody into the PTU. She has a line of Temptations leading to the PTU.

And a pile inside. After Cody eats the first pile halfway in, she scatters more in all the way around - even in the back.

So far Cody will eat the line of Temptations and...

stick his head into the PTU while Mom is sitting beside him, but he won't go in further than that while she is there yet. She is leaving the treats in the PTU so he will go in while she isn't there. Infortunately, she has to contend with us Tonks getting into the PTU also - after all, we do love it in there.

Jump and Shout Entry & Congratulations

Here is Tavi's entry into Kimo's and Sabi's Jump and Shout Contest. I was so excited to get into my PTU that I am but a blur. HEHE. My Mom is holding it, and Papa is taking the picture. We must have taken a hundred pictures before they finally got me jumping. At first, Papa was holding my PTU and Mom was taking the pictures, but I refused to jump for Papa. Then they switched places, and I finally jumped for Mom. Of course, when the camera was off, I jumped in another 20 times. I just love being contrary.

In other news, Mom has said that this is the weekend of the M-word. We should be able to post every day, because we will still have the internet at Papa's, but we aren't sure when we will get the internet at our new place. Mom is worried about how we are going to get Cody. We are going to start bribing him to get in the PTU with Temptations starting tonight and go slowly. Fortunately, our new place is a short block away from Papa, so when Mom walks Camie each day, she can go over and make sure he is okay too, until she can get him in the PTU.

Congratulations Karl and Ruis! As the Vulcans say - Live long and prosper!

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things Mom needs to make sure she packs and/or moves:

1) Our blue cat blanket (the one we are on in this picture).

2) Our cat stand

3) Our new littermaid

4) The "stand" Mom made for it.

5) Our stroller

6) Our harnesses

7) Our basket bed

8) Our Millie bed

9) Our food

10) Our toys

11) Camie's food

12) Camie's beds

13) Cody and Camie

That is just the beginning. We are sure we will think of more things as the time gets nearer. Mom says we can always come back home for a visit if we miss it.

Meezer Rule Wednesday & Doodle 7

This is the last doodle for doodle week. The theme is doodle mad. As you can see, Cody is not happy about the "M" word. As Mom explained it to us, we won't be moving far. We have been very lucky and have been living with Papa. He retired a year ago and wants to take his house on wheels on a trip to see the United States and Canada, and then he wants to settle down in a different state other than California, so that means that our house will have to be sold. There is no way that we can afford to buy a house in California with the price they are going for, but one of Mom's friends found one for rent that they can share.

The really good news is that the house is just 9 houses down from where we are now and across the street. That means that we won't even have to go in the metal monster on wheels to get there. We can go in our stroller if we want to. Mom is not sure how she is going to catch Cody as he hasn't been touched anywhere but his cheek in over 6 years. She is going to call our V-E-T to see if there is something that can be mixed in his food to knock him out so that she can pick him up without stress to him. We will let you know. If we can get into this house, we will be moving by the end of this month (probably).

Now for My Meezer Rule Wednesday

If you sleep in really cute positions, expect to be disturbed by the flashy box and squee's from Mom. Not to mention the pets you have to endure that wake you up.

Tabby Tuesday and Doodle 6

Today's doodle is about the abstract. So here is our interpretation of abstract art.

How to eat Temptations:
1) Lean in close to see what she is holding.
2) Give it a sniff with your eyes closed so you can appreciate the aroma.
3) Lick your lips in anticipation.
4) Lean in close and smell it again.
5) Close your eyes as you take it into your mouth.
6) Lean back and savor it.7) Start all over again.

In case you can't tell in some of the pictures, Mom has extra Temptations hidden in her hand - that is the ONLY way she would get me to sit still for that many pictures - well, that and the fact that she took picture after picture after picture.

Oh, hey, I need your help. Mom has mentioned a scary word to me, and I think I am going to need a place to hide out in a couple of weeks. She said a word that started with an "M" and said we would all be going together. I don't want to go anywhere. I like it here. All I have to say is if she wants me to have anything to do with an "M" word, she is going to have to catch me first (and she is really wondering how on earth that is going to happen).