Now a word from Lewis...

Good evening all my fellow readers. It is I, Lewis, well kind of...my human is transcribing for me this evening as I dictate from the top of couch. Tonight I want to talk about what moves you. What is your motivation in life? Could it be the little piece of string dangling annoyingly in your face? the intoxicating aroma of that wonder drug catnip? Or is it the same motivation as me: food. Yummy, delicious, food brought down from the sky and plopped on my plate at about the same time twice a day. Some people say you have to go out and get what you want...I say you have to annoy the ones who have the power until they give in. My favorite strategy is to lay right next to my human's head flicking my tail right in front of their noise. Well must go for now I think it might be time to eat again.

—posted by your guest transcriber, acne treatment

PetZoom...does it work?

Saw this on an "As seen on TV" commercial the other day. This is a grooming brush that is suppose to be as good as a professional groomer. The intriguing aspect of this product—besides the fact that it seems that any time it is used on an animal it induces euphoria or coma state—is that you are able to to quickly and easily dump the hair you groom. As I watched (and held back the urge to quickly run to the phone) I was wondering does this really work? So any one out there use PetZoom or something similar? Is it a buy or bust?

—posted by your guest, cheap life insurance

Firefox adopted by house cat...

No folks I still have not found the first cat to use the browser Firefox (but I am still working on that). This is much, much cuter:

"A house cat nursing kittens adopts a baby red panda abandoned by its mother at the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands." -- CNN.com

Still don't believe it? Then head over to CNN.com and check out the video.

—posted by your guest, furniture stores

1,000 words

This made my heart melt.


more cat pictures

One more post!

We're headed on vacation tomorrow, to the beach. No, we won't be taking any animals with us. :-) The kitties will stay home and hold down the fort. A friend will be coming by every day to feed and snuggle with them.

This is the fourth time we've left them so far this summer, and I don't think they are big fans of it. We keep coming home to find, er, presents that we'd really rather not find. They seem to think that the carpet in front of the sink in the bathroom is an excellent choice that far exceeds the litter box. Sigh. Who carpets a bathroom, anyways???

Last time we almost ran out of cat food and didn't get a chance to buy more, so today I ran to Petsmart to make sure to have lots of extra. I was glad the kind I buy was on sale. So we should be all set. I just need to make sure to leave extra water - I forgot about that last time too.

For cat-sitting, we've worked out a good deal with a fellow cat-loving friend of mine. She has two cats and so we take care of each other's cats whenever we need it. That way, I don't have to worry about paying for a cat sitter, and neither does she. I used to make up a whole sheet of detailed info about how to feed my cats and vet info, but my friend is so used to it now that she doesn't need it. It's always good to provide a pet sitter with that kind of information, though.

Well I am off to bed and on to fun and adventure tomorrow! It should be tons of fun. I hope everyone has a great 4th of July!

Cat-napping

I have two more posts to write tonight! And then when I get back, I have to write 5 posts by Wednesday. :-/ I'm getting a little burnt out here so bear with me. I may have to resort to posting more cat poems. :-)

Yesterday I read a hilarious story in the news:
Woman Held Cat For Ransom After Losing Dog

So what do you do if Animal Control picks up your dog and lets someone else adopt it? Well, you kidnap that family's cat of course! (Wasn't that obvious?) An excerpt:

The dog was picked up by Animal Care and Control and held for five days before being adopted by Jutta Hollar and her husband.

Hollar told WPBF News 25 that they had the pup -- now named "Buddy" -- about two weeks when they received word that Urioste had stopped by Animal Care and Control looking for him.

Hollar said that she and her husband were considering returning the dog until they met with Urioste to discuss the situation.

"But she was very rude and yelled at us and treated us really not very nice," Hollar told WPBF.

She said that they decided that Buddy was staying put when Urioste threatened to sue them.

A few days after the confrontation, Hollar realized that the family's cat, Mitz, was gone from her usual outside spot. Hollar began to wonder where the cat could have gone when she received a phone call from Urioste.

"I was the used-to-be-owner, but I was wondering if you were missing a gray pussy cat. Because a pussy cat ran out in front of my car not far from your house and I saved its life. I almost ran him over. So, I was just wondering how you are enjoying Scooby, because I am enjoying your pussy cat while he is in his crate. You call it crate, I call it a cage. Have a nice day," Urioste is heard saying on a answering machine tape.

Greenacres police said that Urioste admitted to them that she had the cat and refused to give it back unless the Hollars gave her dog back.

My favorite part is "You call it crate, I call it a cage. Have a nice day." Heheh It takes all kinds, doesn't it?!

Halloween invitations

Dear Jera, part 2

Dear Jera,

Well it's been just about a year since we last saw you. I can't believe it's been that long. I still think about you and miss you so much!

We've been camping three times already this summer, Jera. We missed you especially on those trips. To me, you and camping just went together! You would have loved it though. We have been hiking each time, and we have seen some pretty spectacular sights. I can imagine you now, wagging your tail and grinning at the thought of another hike.

We also discovered about 5 miles of trail nearby, and we try to go every weekend. We wish you were able to be with us when we do that! Even though it's close to the city, it's along a peaceful river and under good tree cover so it's nice and cool. I see other puppies along with their owners, and wish you were there too.

I want you to know we haven't forgotten you. I wish you were still with us right now! I don't ever expect to know what happened to you or to ever see you again, but if it happens I will be thrilled. I hope wherever you are, that you are flourishing and being loved and taken care of. That's what you deserve, sweet Jera.

Your mommy,
Ashley

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