The stuff is OURS

Abby: The world is ours. The sun belongs to us. It went missing for a few days, so we were glad to see it return to us, its rightful occupants.


Stygia: We are also happy 'cause our chair is back! It was "out of commission" (Mr. R says) for awhile, but now it's back! Yes, it really is back, if I may stress our excitement over the matter once and for all. Abby and I took turns jumping in and out of it, and jealously spectating as the other slept in it.

Abby: There is this pink bear that Ms. C won that I have adopted as my pet. I wrestle with it, and I sleep with it too. Ms. C said something about "compromising position" but she didn't try to move me, which I appreciate. She also wants you to know that no cats were ever stored in that box behind our chair. It's just short for her full name. I didn't know "Cat" was short for "Mom," but who am I to argue with humans' weird ways?


Last but not least is THE TUB. The picture of me isn't the best because I am on the move. They dropped in the catnip mouse and I flipped, rolled, jumped, bustled, wrestled, and had a great and slippy old time in the TUB! I hope they keep it in the middle of the living room floor forever! What?? You aren't going to? .....

Sun-Days

Stygia: It's potentially Sun-Day every day here. Now that fall has arrived, the sun spends all morning and afternoon coming through our windows, a little longer each day. And did you know, those Plague Ratsies smell even better in the sun? Here I am after a really wild session with my ratsy, keeping my paw on its tail so it won't get away:

Of course, there is someone else, She Who Shall Not Be Named, who does not like to be left out. Ms. C caught the action with her secret security camera which is why it is a bit murky, but you can get the idea:

It's all about the Plague Ratsies!!

If We Were Authors

Stygia: You haven't heard from me in awhile, so now you are going to!

I was thinking of writing a new novel... (as if I have written one yet...). I think it should be a mystery novel. Why? Because....

There are some mysteries only a BLACK CAT can solve.

Don't you agree? Not to sound as if I am better than a Persian, a Tabby (yeah, you Abby!), an Abyssinian, or even a frog or an English Spaniel, but...! I believe there are only some mysteries that can be solved by Black Cats. We all have our specialties, after all.

Would you want to read this book? I love being in cahoots with Ms. C, I think we could easily solve a mystery together. It would look like this:

But I sure get curious sometimes... and distracted. Perhaps these features of my purrsonality will be to my benefit in the end...

You wanna read it? !

Growing Up

Abby: My Mom has been telling me for a long time that part of growing up is learning to share. Sharing can be one of the finer things in life, she says.

I didn't really believe her until recently. I mean, I like playing "Queen of the Cat Condo" as much as any other cat does. Sharing the bed with Stygia to comfort the people when they were not feeling well was okay. But... but sharing space with Mom like this, oh! It was wonderful:

Warm! Comfy! It's not so warm outside any more, so sharing Mom's lap was a great comfort to both her and me. She was right.

The Deward

Abby: So!!! After our Mom and Secretary promised us last month that the "hiatus" was over, she did it again! This is so . . . so totally unforgivable. Therefore, we are dishonoring her with this deward:

If any of you other cats, dogs, and other wonderful creatures have a similar situation, you are invited to dishonor your own Moms with this deward as well. BAD Mom. BAD!

And what have they been doing that is so terribly important as to neglect secretarial duties? I will show you some examples:

Exhibit 1:
Mr. R CAUGHT eating sushi!!!!! It could have been forgivable IF he had shared it with me. Which he did NOT.


Exhibit 2:
Ms. C (and Mr. R, too, for that matter) CAUGHT skydiving!!! How stupid can you get? I would never, ever deign to set PAW on a plane, never mind jump OUT of one!


Most important here is, what have we been up to? We have been really good kitties. Right now our humans both have strep throat, and in spite of their neglect of our blog, we have been comforting them by sleeping with them during their time of need:


Yes, that's right. We have out aside our fears and we both sleep at the same time with them on their bed. It's really not so bad. In fact, it's kind of nice and extra-warm!

Now we need to go campaign for our 4pm feeding time.

Back from Hiatus!

Abby & Stygia: We are back from a hiatus that was totally NOT our fault. It was Ms. C's fault. First, she had the nerve to go on a week vacation without Our permission! Needless to say, we were very lonely, even though Mr. R was still here for company.

We cannot be entirely upset about Ms. C's vacation. After all, she got to spend time with her mom, and she is our mom, so we understand about that. Also, she attended a Cat Lady Convention in Prince Edward Island along with #1 of The Poupounette and the PM from Sumac Stories! If you haven't heard about it, check it out in #1's post here. As far as we are concerned, as long as she is thinking of us and doing something feline-related, we cannot object.

What is really reprehensible is the amount of time she has "taken off" since she came back. Oh, she says that it's been tough getting back into things because she has switched from part-time to full-time work, but what kind of excuse is that? We cats snoopervise pretty much 24/7, and without slacking off, so we don't buy it.

You can see how lonely we were. And yesterday was Stygia's 3rd birthday and she missed that too!!!! But we will celebrate tomorrow cause tomorrow is Styggie's GOTCHA day, which is almost even better.

Repose

Abby: Around here, one of the best ways to spend your time is "doing nothing, then resting afterwards." Although, personally, I think staring at (aka. Snoopervising) the humans is a very important task, one not to be looked down upon. If you humans don't understand what I mean, I am sure you remember a time in your youth when you were thinking hard about something--some plan, some project--and one of your parents tried to make you do a chore or homework or something because they thought you were just "doing nothing."

So, now you understand much more about the very active life of cats, even those of us in this position:

Ah, yes, it's a wonderful way to spend the day!