Abby's Secret

Abby: Let me tell you a secret . . . 

Stygia: Ha HA! I know your secret!

Arrrrooww! rrr-rrr-rr! Moww, rrrr-rrr rrowr rrr-rr-rr!!

Yeah, I know all of your secrets!

Always Playful

Abby: Talk to the paw! That's what I say to Ms. C, who has neglected her secretarial duties for quite some time now. But please do not worry about us or her. She has started a new job, and new jobs are always exhausting, she says.


This week she was wearing one of her favorite skirts as she sat at her desk, and forgot to tie or tuck in the drawstrings of the skirt's waistband. Needless to say, if there is any excuse for me to play, I hop right on it, sometimes literally! Look at that string, it looks like a mouse's tail!


Carefully I balance on her lap and grip the "tail" in my jaws:


I try to take it away with me to the desktop. This is not as easy as it seems! In fact, it does not detach and let me run away with it as I hoped it would. Well, it was fun anyway. Maybe I should go in search of some more dangerous prey?


Ahhh, Stygia, you are in our chair. Perfect! Let's PLAY!!!

And the winner is...

Abby: My first move is to descend from the chair above! I wrap a paw around her neck, all friendly-like, and begin to wash her head and ear. She can't resist it! I am going to move in for THE BITEY!

Oh, yeah! She's rolling! She's trying to kick, but I am quick. And I am still on top.


She is still on her back. Could it be she is down for the count? 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . ARRRGH! I get facewhapped! (tail fluffs up to raccoon size as she heads under the dining room table)


Stygia: First cat to run is the big loser!!! Never underestimate me, little sister.

Who started it?

Abby: I know that all of you believe I am the troublemaker in the house. That I'm the one who starts all of the fights. Well, I would like you to know that my sister Stygia is also responsible for these occasions! She was hanging out under Mr. R's desk this morning. I simply came along to sniff and see what was so interesting about it (notice I am even walking away?), when she WHAPPED at me!

Of course, if she is feeling playful, who am I to say no to a good wrestling session? Hee hee!

Don't forget to go check out Stygia at House Panthers today!

War and Peacetime

Abby: This is how it all starts. The sun comes in our window in the morning, and it gets us quite excited. I am on a perch, looking for Stygia! Notice how nice my whiskers look in the sun:

Stygia: Abby is a wily little cat, she is probably still growing and gaining muscle, so even though I am 2 years old and she is 10 months old, I really have to make sure I keep in good shape and work hard to cement my superiority. I practice all kinds of special, ninja-cat moves:

I have to twist in all kinds of ways to keep her on the move!

Abby: Lest you think I am merely a pest, I am actually a very nice cat. I even lick Styggie on occasion throughout our battles, and we like to rest near each other afterwards!

Silly on Sunday

Stygia: Abby, it's not nice to use your claws on me like that!


Abby: I'm just showing them to you. I'm not actually going to use them on you, ok?! Mmmm, but I am going to use them on this catnip mouse. I looooove this mouse!

Look how cute my little whisker dots are!!

Stygia: She wears me out! I think I'm going to go have a nap up here in the sun. That's what we are supposed to do on Sundays, Abby. Relax.


Abby: It's never going to last! Just in case you wonder, I'm the one who attacks first!

Stygia: Yeah, but look what happens when you look away! Hehehe!

Wild!!!

PS. Be sure to visit Stygia for Stygian Saturdays over at House Panthers!

Get Ready...

.... get set ....

.... FIGHT!!!

P.S. Since someone was concerned, we would like you to know that no harm comes to either of us when we "fight!"

On A Chair.... Anywhere!

Stygia: We fight anywhere. On the stairs, or on a chair! Just take a look, you'll find us there!

Abby: I don't want to say it but... (whispers) she has been getting the better of me lately. I admit, I stalk her. I start the chasing and the fights. But I am the first one to run away. Is it always going to be this way?!

We Don't Want to Share, Yet!

Abby: Our mom let us have some snoopervised time together today. For the most part we were gentle with each other, either sniffing benignly or just ignoring each other and each doing our own, important Cat Things, but I get very excited. Ms. C says my attitude in this picture is not a very nice way to approach Stygia, but I just want to PLAY but she makes me a little nervous.

I don't really want to share my catnip. Ms. C separated us again and gave me some nip! It makes me attack my little Adan doll with great ferociousness!


Stygia: I didn't even hiss at her today, not at first. I let her get real close to me, and sniff me. We did our own things, but I think that when Ms. C came back downstairs to check on us, all of Abby's actions were a big show for our Mom. She chased me round the bed a few times until leaped up to my perch where she will not follow!

I am now one of the House Panthers! I'll be posting at least every Saturday, where you can join me for Stygian Saturdays!