No more toys???

Mommy says I don't get any new toys for a while because she had to buy a little hand-held carpet cleaner. She was worried she's wrecking the carpet in my room by steam cleaning it every day where I make a mess. With the little one, she can just clean the tiny spots. I admit to making a mess...but why do I have to suffer without new toys??? I better start working out...so I can get to the point where I can clean myself...cuz I don't think I can tolerate not having any new toys!

Mommy is so mean to me...if I wrote a book it would make "Mommy Dearest" look like a comedy.

Kinzi

Who's here? ... Miss Fancy Pants?

Oh...excuuuuuuuuuuse me...her name is Miss Jillian A. Purrbottom. I don't know anything about her personality, but she's little, skinny,and cute...so I must hate her until I know she's not after my Herbie. I already hate her because Mommy's been talking about her for months! Apparently I'm not "the special one" anymore. Hmmph! Well...maybe I am...cuz I do have the best bowl collection of any kitty in the world...and I get yummy canned food while everyone else has to eat dry. Miss Fancy Pants Purrbottom will be eating dry in the basement, just like everyone else. I just hope she and Herbie don't fall in love over a bowl of hairball formula food. Why can't Mommy stop bringing home cute little girls???

What's the number to the pound? I'm just going to call there myself and order up a big sexy boy kitty! Someone told Mommy that they'd deliver! I'll have to disguise my voice to sound like Mommy...that may be a tad difficult to pull off. Anyone got any ideas? I know the girls from the shelter read my blog...and you know where we live...can't you just drop my man off for me when Mommy's not looking?? That hunk, Loki, looks like a bigger Herbie. I bet Mommy wouldn't even notice!

Kinzi

What?? He's outta here?? Already?!?!?

Rodney was adopted??? But...but...but I haven't had time to woo him with my womanly ways...or share dinner with him...or get any kisses...or impress him with all the football knowledge I've gained listening to Mommy scream at the TV! He just got here! NO FAIR!

How am I supposed to make a man fall in love with me in six days? Is there a book on that? I still have Herbie...but he's a Momma's boy. If he wants to hook up with me he's going to have to cut those apron strings and stop sleeping all curled up with his mommy every night!

Kinzi

Woo Hoo...she's outta here!

Penelope, aka Penny-lope, was adopted tonight by a wonderful family in Allen Park. She was lucky enough to find a home with no dogs.

I think I'd like a dog-free home, too. These beagles walk right into and over me like I'm not even here! They're so rude. They break my bowls, trample me, try to steal my food, and they break into my room and ransack everything whenever they can. Recently Mommy got an article in the mail from her friend, Kim, about a family who has a DEER living in their house as a pet. Sure, it's big...but I'm thinking a deer would have better manners than a beagle! And a deer is a vegetarian...so it wouldn't always be trying to steal my supper! I want to live with Bambi, not Snoopy!!!!

Kinzi

Hello?? ...anyone in there???

This is my roomie, Mildred. She was on the floor while the cleaning lady from Mommy-Maid was cleaning her pen. We had a discussion about baths. Mildred LOVES them...but, we agreed that she loves them because Mommy isn't shoving a hose up her backside the whole time. Mildred gets dinner served to her while she's soaking in her tub of warm water. I'll have to talk to Mommy about forking over some snackage while I'm in the tub. I don't want icky worms, which is what Mildred gets...but there's got to be something good that can be served in the tub. Maybe if I'm busy chomping on some treats, I won't have time to chomp on Mommy's arm! I wonder if she's ever thought about THAT!?

Kinzi

Whew...that was a close one!

We figured out how to keep Mommy calm during the games. We got the boss, Emily, to sit on her so she couldn't jump up and go crazy. Emily has all her claws and she pretty much runs the place. Mommy wouldn't dare get riled up with Emily on her lap. The Colts got their act together in the 2nd half, than goodness, so there wasn't much screaming going on.

For any of you who work at the Wyandotte pound...Emily was adopted from there in November of 2007. Her name then was Jeannie. She hasn't lost any weight and still looks like she ate a bowling ball. (But we never say anything to her about it...you know...cuz of the claws...)

Kinzi

More football tomorrow...

The Colts play tomorrow....sure hope it turns out to be a good game. We have a new kitty in the house and I don't want him to think that Mommy talks like a drunken sailor EVERY day. He'll have to understand she only talks like that when the games aren't going well.

So...Petyon, Dallas, Jeff...get a good nights sleep and eat your Wheaties tomorrow morning...

Kinzi

It's a boy!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mommy pulled a handsome orange boy kitty tonight! His name is Rodney. He's currently hiding in the laundry room (with Penelope!!!) but hopefully he'll be brave and come out soon so I can see him. I doubt he's any cuter than Herbie, but a girl has to weigh her options, right?! wink wink!

Some of the Shelter to Home foster kitties will be at the Allen Park Petco tomorrow. I think Mommy plans to take Penelope. Mommy says she's glad she doesn't have to lug me to events cuz she'd need a forklift to get me in and out of the house. I'm not sure, but I think I should be offended by that! There might be 4 little puncture wounds in Mommy's future!

Kinzi

Today's trivia question...

Which obnoxious beagle broke my flower bowl???????????

Nobody claims to have seen it happen...everyone is acting like they are shocked and horrified...but somebody is guilty. Somebody pulled it down off the counter trying to get food. Hasn't this family suffered enough heartache in the last week with the car and then Frannie? Now my bowl??? Enough, already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On top of that, as if that isn't enough to make Mommy break open some wine, Mommy got a new cell phone and it's HORRIBLE. The shutter speed is so slow on the camera that she can't get any good pictures of us looking cute. The guy at the AT&T phone store, as nice as he was, seemed to be under the impression that that's just how it is...that cameras in phones are going down in quality because all the phone makers are focusing on apps and Internet malarkey. Mommy explained to the guy that she just needed a phone for pictures and texting, and that her old phone worked perfectly, other than being old and often sounding like there were aliens on the line. So..for another $35 Mommy can switch phones (and pay for the cost of the phone) or even have her old phone turned back on. But, here's the kicker...most of the phones with decent full size keyboards also have really lousy cameras! How can this be? How can we put a man on the moon but can't put a decent camera in a phone? How is it that the old phone Mommy just got rid of, a Razor, had a FABULOUS camera...but now, 2 years later, technology has digressed and camera phones are now horrid? Come on! I'll believe that when I believe that a beagle didn't break my bowl.

You people who make the Pantech Impact phone should be ashamed of yourselves! I'm guessing Mommy is going to be paying the $35 to return this dumb phone. She's got to be able to take pictures of us all being cute!!! Who's going to adopt us if the pictures on Petfinder are just blurs?

Kinzi

Mommy's been kitty shopping again!

Mommy spent an hour and a half at the shelter tonight and came home empty handed. I'm not sure how she does this when there are so many wonderful cats to pick from. Honestly, it's a miracle Mommy found a car to buy as fast as she did. She said that buying a used car is like rescuing a dog or cat from the pound. She looked at it as if the car was being adopted. She evaluated its age and health and overall condition, just like she does foster animals. She says this one is more important than a foster cat because Shelter to Home won't pay the bills if the car has to go to the doctor.

As for what's at the shelter...well, I go on Petfinder when Mommy's not looking. I know how great the cats are there, and why Mommy is having such a hard time picking just one! I hope she pics a boy kitty so that I don't have to stress over whether or not Herbie will like her. I have enough to worry about. I have to come up with more ways to get out of having a bath! This morning Mommy threw me in the tub before I was even done swallowing the last bite of my breakfast. I can't wait until I'm skinny and Mommy doesn't have to wash me. (I bet she can't wait, either!)

Kinzi

So long, Kurt...

Well, the Cardinals lost yesterday. It was a disaster, not even counting the panic attack Mommy almost had when Kurt was injured. Now we have to hope and pray that Kurt doesn't retire this year. With the emotional wreck the last few weeks have been around here, I'm concerned Mommy would have to go to grief counselling if she knew Kurt wasn't coming back for another season. Kurt, Mommy says she doesn't have time to figure out who the 2nd sexiest QB in the NFL is that could possibly replace you as #1 if you retire...so DON'T!!!!!!!

On the up side...the Colts won, so at least that put a positive spin on the evening.

And Winston...the only cleaning that got done around here was my backside...at 7am today! What the heck is up with that??? Mommy got out of bed and the first thing she did was throw me in the tub. She caught me totally off guard. I'm going to have to start sleeping with one eye open. Sheesh!!!

Kinzi

Vroom Vroom!!

Mommy got a new car today!! It's a pretty maroon mini-van. Mommy says she's appalled that she's driving a soccer mom car, but that it made the most sense. Now there's room for all the dog/cat junk she was hauling around in her trunk, plus it's low enough to the ground that the senior doggies don't have to be lifted in and out like they would if she had gotten a SUV. I can't wait to ride in it...although that usually means a trip to the vet so maybe I shouldn't be in such a hurry. I'll just look at it out the window and enjoy it from a distance.

I need to thank Mommy's friends, Kim and Dennis, for loaning her their extra vehicle for the last 2 weeks. Dennis has also helped Mommy in her search for a new car and went with her to test drive the one she ended up getting. He knows alot of junk about cars. Kim owns her own company...it's the Bearden Soap Shoppe. Her soaps smell really good! You might run into her sometime if you go to some of the bigger craft shows in the area.

On another note...today is a big football day here. Kurt Warner is on at 4 and the Colts are on at 8. If they don't win, at least mommy has a few days to recover before she has to go to work. Last weeks Arizona game was a nail biter...wasn't sure Mommy was going to survive. I hope it's not so bad this week.

Gadget has joined me...he's sitting here trying to tell me what to say. I'm a control freak and won't let him type himself, even tho he keeps trying. He can't spell as well as me, tho...and he types stuff like lou76y and 1253+68-. What the heck does that even mean???? He better go back to kitty kindergarten if he wants to type to you...or just tell me what he wants to say. He told me he wants to write that he would like a new home where someone will brush him alot. Mommy's friends, Josh and Kara, sent her a fancy gizmo called a Furminator and I think Gadget wants to marry it! I think he'd let Mommy brush him till he's bald! Less dogs would make him happy, too. I told him he's better off writing this stuff on Petfinder, not the blog...but he'll have to learn to talk to Mommy if he wants his own words put on there. Mommy won't let me post on Petfinder...she's afraid I might get carried away, or change Herbie's bio to say that he's got rabies so nobody will want to adopt him. Now come on...do I seem like the kind of girl who would pull a stunt like that????

Kinzi

Look who's getting spoiled!

This is a picture of Zoe with her new family. Doesn't she look happy??? I wish I could get petted by two handsome boys at the same time! My sweetie, Herbie, really loved these boys. He played with them the whole time they were here visiting. They must be great kids if Herbie loved them cuz Herbie doesn't come out to play with everyone.

Rumor has it the family is looking for a friend for Zoe. I hope they find one because any kitty would be very lucky to end up as part of this family!!!

Mommy went car shopping tonight. She came home in a good mood so it couldn't have been that bad. I'm hoping to have a new shuttle bus in a few days. Mommy is looking for an older car and she said the worst thing is finding cars that haven't had 5 owners, accidents, and repossessions on the Carfax report.

Kinzi

Say what??

To take the focus off of my weight...today, class, we are going to discuss the English language. Let's discuss a few words. Say these words with me: Envelope...the thing you put the check in to mail your credit card bill for all the catnip toys you bought last month. Antelope....the thing that sorta looks like a deer. Penelope...the new cat here.

Explain to me why envelope is pronounced "en-vee-lope", antelope is "an-tee-lope", but Penelope is "pen-el-o-pee"and not "pe-nee-lope"!?!?!? I'm glad I'm a kitty so I don't have to learn this junk and get tested on it in school.

Mommy outsmarted me today...she closed the bedroom door before she turned on the bathroom water...so I couldn't hide under the bed. Therefore...my bottom is now clean. I stress the word NOW...cuz it won't stay that way forever! I'll have to figure out another way to avoid baths...maybe ways that involve my TEETH! You hear that, Mommy....? Hmmph!

Kin-zee

I hate Tuesdays, too!

Lots of you have been asking Mommy how much I weigh now. So, Mommy weighed me. Apparently I have GAINED weight! I swear I am not raiding the snack jar when nobody is looking! I'm even jogging when Mommy feeds me-you saw the video evidence! I don't know why I'm gaining...it's so depressing.

Mommy says maybe I've hit a plateau, so she's cutting my calories. I am NOT happy about this! This is all your fault...all you people who keep asking how much I weigh. It's RUDE to ask a lady how much she weighs. Shame on you!

I'm so upset that I pooped on my blankie today...and when I heard Mommy turn on the shower for my bath, I ran (more exercise!) and hid under her bed. That will teach her to give me a smaller dinner. If she wants me to have a bath...she'll just have to crawl under the bed and drag me out!

Kinzi

I hate Mondays!

Last night I snuck downstairs to visit with Frannie. She was telling me how she was very tired from all the forced feedings and fluids that Mommy and her friends have been giving her, and that she wasn't sure she was up to having a feeding tube put in today. She told me she thought she'd like to go to a place called the Rainbow Bridge, but was worried about how sad Mommy would be if she did. I told her that we'd all be very sad to see her go, but that if she was really tired and felt it was the right time, that Mommy would be OK with it. Everyone who has ever loved a pet understands that eventually the time comes when you have to say good-bye.

So, this morning, when Mommy went downstairs to feed Frannie, she could tell right away that it was time. She cradled Frannie in her arms and snuggled her, and told her that it was OK if she was ready to go. Frannie looked very peaceful in Mommy's arms as she took a deep breath and then drifted off, heading for the place where animals are no longer sick or weak. Mommy was able to let her know that she was loved.

Right now, Frannie is probably chasing a laser light or playing with a big catnip banana like the ones we have here. I bet she really likes those, since her nickname was Frannie Bananie!

Mommy is very sad, but she also knows that Frannie was very sick, and she's relieved that she's not suffering anymore.

I hafta go, Mommy needs a tissue...again.

Kinzi

P.S. Frannie, if they have cookies and pizza up there in kitty heaven...could you please drop some down here for me?

Me! In action!

Here's a video that was taken today by Nathan. Mommy cracked open my dinner and I had to go see whether I was having chicken and lobster or the Ocean Whitefish with gravy. I thought you all might like to see now much better I am walking now! My sweetie, Herbie, even makes a cameo appearance.

I had company today! Alyssa from the pound came over to visit. I know she was really here to help Mommy with Frannie, but she took the time to give me some lovies. Thank you, Alyssa!

Brenda and Nathan also came over today and helped get some food into Frannie. It was a good day for Frannie's tummy!!

As for football this weekend...Mommy says she wants Arizona to win and the Patriots to lose. I just want there to not be any screaming and crying if her teams don't win. I don't want to have to hide under the dresser again tomorrow!

Kurt Warner...if you can hear me...PLEASE don't disappoint my mommy!

Kinzi

Whatever you do...don't light a match!

I think we all know each other well enough by now to be able to discuss a very important subject...gas. For months you've all had to put up with me and my poopie blankies, among other yucky issues...so for once I get to pick on someone else.

Frannie went back to see Dr. Dickie today for X-rays, and guess what showed up in her belly... GAS! That's right...the only thing going on in her tummy is gas. No blockages, no tumors, she hasn't swallowed a tennis ball...she's one big kitty balloon. Now I'm wondering when Dr. Dickie looked at the X-ray, did she see like a little Shell or Mobile or BP sign on there? How did all this gas get in there? Is it useful? I saw Mommy about faint when she opened her DTE bill today. Maybe there's a way we can hook Frannie up to the furnace and lower the bill for next month. Mommy calls Frannie either Frannie Bananie or Fran Fran. I'm thinking that I'm going to call her Gasbag or Hindenburg.

All kidding aside tho...I noticed that Mommy is very concerned. I guess the issue is that Frannie's bowels have quit moving so they aren't pushing anything out. Frannie probably isn't eating because she feels full or bloated. Mommy got some medication that she has to rub in Frannies ear that's supposed to jump start her bowels. How cool is that?! Mommy has to wear rubber gloves when she puts the medication on because it's super dangerous for humans, which seems kind of crazy, doesn't it? How can something so good for a kitty be bad for people? Mommy talked to her friend, Jeff, and he said that the magical ear cream made his kitty well, so Mommy really hopes it works for Frannie, too. So...Mommy is still busy fussing with Frannie and I didn't get any lovies tonight. All I got was a smooch on the head when she gave me dinner. Hmph!

Can everyone cross their fingers and toes and hope that the medication works for Frannie? The sooner she gets better, the sooner I can get back to getting my fair share of lovin'!

Kinzi

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!

What do I care...I don't have to shovel!

I'd like to file a complaint. Since Frannie has been so sick, Mommy spends all her time in the basement and I'm not getting enough chin scratches or belly rubs. Oh sure...Mommy finds time to throw me in the tub, torture me, and slap some cream on my bottom every day...and to shampoo the carpet in my room, where I may or may not be guilty of making a mess...and for washing my blankies...but I want LOVIES!!! Now tonight she's gonna be outside shoveling. She may not even have time for me to sit on her lap while we watch TV. This is animal abuse!!!!

I have 23 followers now...doesn't anyone want to come and give me lovies...? That's almost enough for you all to take 1 hour shifts so I can get round the clock lovies! That cranky Frannie needs to get better...SOON!

Kinzi

Happy Tuesday!

22 followers?!?!? I think I have more followers than Tiger Woods has girlfriends! ;o)

Mommy wanted me to tell everyone that she's fine. She didn't wake up sore today. She had to go to the junkyard to say goodbye to her car. She said the people at the place must have thought she was nuts as she was pulling dog crates, leashes, litter boxes and Shelter to Home brochures out of her trunk. Most people probably don't have litter boxes in their trunk...well...maybe people involved with rescue groups do!

Frannie the kitty is still on her hunger strike. I told Mommy to make some cookies and maybe Frannie would eat those, but I was given a lecture about nutritional value blah blah blah.

There's another new kitty here, Penelope. Mommy got her from the Allen Park pound. She's been here a week now and today was the first day she came out of the laundry room. She's really afraid of the dogs. I'm going to have to show her how to whack 'em on the nose and what big wimps they really are.

I gotta go. Mommy is hogging my computer trying to find a car to buy...so I have to get off. Nighty Night.

Kinzi

Lots to talk about today!!

First off...have you noticed I'm up to 21 followers??? I don't know who the two new ones are...but WELCOME! My fan club is growing!!

Secondly...regarding Miss Crabby Pants, Frannie. Turns out there's a good reason she's been so crabby. She hasn't eaten in a week...but she also hasn't pooped in a week. Today poor Frannie had to have her rear end cleaned out. Now you all know me by now...and how much I love to talk about poopie blankies...but all this time I bet Frannie was mad at me because she WISHES she could have a poopie blankie like me. She doesn't hate me...she's jealous! I feel sorta bad for her. Pooping is a rather private matter, not something you generally need help with, ya know? Poor kid. I hope she's feeling better soon so we can find out what her true personality is.

Lastly...we had a death in the family today. No, it's not one of us fur kids....but Mommy wrecked her car in the icy weather this morning and sadly, the body shop is recommending euthanasia. Mommy is horrified. Granted the car was 11 years old, but it was a very nice car. I rode it in many times and it was very comfortable. Now Mommy has to wait for the insurance company to call her and tell her the miserably low amount they'll pay her for the car. Mommy is quite sad...she loved that car very much (cuz it was paid off!).

Thank you to Rhonda and Brenda for helping Mommy today. Brenda took her to work and Rhonda took Frannie to the vet since Mommy had no car. Mommy would be a total wreck if you guys hadn't helped her out.

Kinzi

See how mean she is!

See how mean Frannie is!!! She kicked me out of my own bed and I am so scared of her I'm hiding under the dresser. (Plus, the Colts are losing another game today so I think I'm just going to stay under here for a while...)

She's getting what she deserves, tho...I heard she went to the vet and got two pokes in the butt plus had pills crammed down her throat....and the rumor is that if she doesn't eat by tomorrow night...then she has to have a feeding tube put in. How gross is that? For the love of God, woman...EAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As much as you are a terrible roommate, I don't want you to have to do that...or poor Mommy to be grossed out by having to shove food into it.

Plus she's being offered the super yummy high calorie food that I had when I wasn't eating at first. She should enjoy that stuff while it lasts, cuz as soon as you're healthy, Mommy starts counting calories and the party is over, let me tell you.

Kinzi

You guys are so WRONG!

Frannie had you all fooled! Sweet girl? HARDLY! Last night she roamed around the house hissing and snarling at all the other cats. Who does she think she is??? She pushes me out of my bed and then acts like she owns the place. We're trying to figure out where we can get some happy pills because she most definitely needs them shoved down her throat! She's still not eating. The most she does is lick the gravy off the food.

At least when I wasn't eating...I was still a sweetie pie! Mommy says Torti's are known for being sass-pots and she's worried we've got a real doozie on our hands. YIKES!

Kinzi

You've got to be kidding me...

Yesterday Mommy and Daddy went to the Libbey Glass outlet in Toledo. Look what I have to eat dinner off of tonight...a Buckeye football plate. I guess I don't care as long as it has yummy food on it, but it's not very pretty or lady-like like my other plates and bowls. I sure hope the Buckeyes win today or it's going to get ugly around here, just like when the Colts lost last week.

Frannie hasn't eaten since she got here last Sunday. Today Shelley came over and shoved 2 huge syringes of sub-Q fluids into her to make sure she isn't dehydrated. Right after Shelley left, Frannie ate a little. She mostly licked the gravy off the food, but it's a start. I'm kinda mad at Frannie. I was nice enough to share my room with her, but then the brat chased me out of my own bed and stole it! Now she's eating out of MY bowls!!! The NERVE! She's a pretty lousy roommate so far!! Hmph!

Kinzi