tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21329849392068060922024-03-13T13:25:17.180-05:00Christopher's GrooveI'm Hip~What About You?Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-76685588544506176562011-12-13T19:56:00.002-06:002011-12-13T20:11:58.900-06:00Holiday Time!<center><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/syl08k.jpg"></center><br /><br />2011 has been a roller-coaster of difficulties, but I'm looking forward to 2012 and that it will bring good luck and love and gentle seas.<br /><br />I hope everyone is having a fun and safe holiday season so far and that Christmas, Chanukah, and New Years will be an extra-special time. However you celebrate. let it be joyous!<br /><br />I'm so very grateful to all my online pals. It seems that blood isn't always thicker than water, and I'd like to thank my online family for being there.<br />2011 has been a good year for meeting new friends and continuing to enjoy the ones I had...and for that, the year has been kind.<br /><br />Pals asked if I would put up a holiday wishlist this year and I was hesitant because everyone has already been so kind to me and mine, but here it is.<br />Unfortunately, the "Universal Wishlist" button from Amazon wasn't so universal that it worked on Petsmart...so I have simply linked Petsmart.<br /><br /><center><A href="http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4437721"><br /><img src="http://pet.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pPETS-7878148t400.jpg"></A><br /><A href="http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId= 4437722"><br /><img src=" http://pet.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pPETS-7878150t400.jpg"></A><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/syl08k.jpg"> <br><BR>KITTY CHRISTMAS WISHLIST*<BR><BR><B><a href="http://amzn.com/w/1NBE9JAQDBEX3"><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/9jorpf.gif"></a></B><BR>*Amazon.com</center><br /><br />So, drop by and say "HI!", leave a comment, spread the love.<br /><br />Meows and Peace,<br />~ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-44060894152439154282010-12-25T16:23:00.004-06:002010-12-25T16:36:01.797-06:00Merry Christmas!<center><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/syl08k.jpg"></center><br /><br /><br />Hiya! I hope everyone is having a nice and safe (and FUN) holiday this year!<br />Also wishing and purrring for a much better 2011 for us and all of you out there. Been some trying times for everyone.<br /><br />I'm having a quiet Christmas and there's nothing wrong with that. A cooked chicken and beans in the beanpot and a pumpkin pie =D<br /><br />We kitties got some toys and I'd like to thank whoever sent the two $5 Petco gift certificates to us from my wishlist. I will give one to my neutered brother Grey. Also, thank you from both Rosalie and I for the VERY nice water fountain for her.<br />Its PINK and she's a girly girl now that she's all indoors and a housecat...so she especially likes it =D <br /><br />Also, thankis for the holiday wishes and love. <br /> <br /> <br />This is little Abigail and Grey's first Christmas so this blog entry is short because I have to go and show them how to tear up the Christmas Tree. Its a very small tree this year. And it's gonna be TOAST MOL!!!<br /><br />Bless You All,<br />Christopher<br /><br /> <br /><center><BR>KITTY CHRISTMAS WISHLIST*<BR><B><a href="http://amzn.com/w/1NBE9JAQDBEX3"><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/9jorpf.gif"></a></B><BR>*Amazon.com</center>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-68472367239881125282010-12-13T12:45:00.006-06:002010-12-13T14:39:40.970-06:00My Brother at The Vet<center><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/syl08k.jpg"></center><br /><br /><br />But it's all good, he just got a neuter. And he's doing FINE!<br /><br />My brother Grey was from a feral litter. He never tamed much (except with my mommy) but was adopted out as a barn cat...and returned just a few months later.<br />They'd decided to move and didn't get the neuter they'd said they'd would (they were purrrsonal friends of mom so she believed them) and Grey was acting feral again when he came back.<br /><br />He kinda had to be retamed and doesn't like any humans but mom. Long story short, unless he finds someone special who he likes, he's staying. I like him a lot. I didn't care for the fact he kept trying to make me his girlfriend recently. Hence, the neuter.<br /><br />He won't be pulling up to the bumper anymore. Hopefully.<br /><br />My mom goes to pick him up at around 4:30.<br />It was about 27F when Grey went to the vet but it should get around 60F later so mom and Grey won't freeze their hineys off. I will post pics of Grey at vet later if mom doesn't run off and forget her camera.<br /><br />Also, THANK YOU whoever purchased 2 $5 Petco gift ecards off my Wishlist. I will pass one onto my brother Grey if thats ok with everyone =D<br /><br />Hopefully I can get some pics up of Grey later.<br />~Christopher<br /><br /><br /><center><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/syl08k.jpg"><br><BR>KITTY CHRISTMAS WISHLIST*<BR><B><a href="http://amzn.com/w/1NBE9JAQDBEX3"><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/9jorpf.gif"></a></B></center>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-50066147962006765592010-12-06T11:59:00.017-06:002011-12-13T19:56:03.246-06:00Happy Holidays!<center><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/syl08k.jpg"></center><br /><br /><br /> It's been forever since I wrote in my blog. Not that things haven't been happening but because sometimes my typist gets so caught up in her own stuffs, or because we don't want to write about depressing stuffs. Or we just lazy mol!<br /><br />Things have been okay here. <br />Over the summer my baby sister Abigail got very ill very fast with pneumonia. She almost died and spent time at the Emergency Urgent Care and then time at our vet inna O2 tent for a few days. She came out of it really well and is FINE! She still petite but a fighter. She cost about $900 now so I guess we gotta keep her mol! (Just kidding, she already kept.)<br /><br />Right now some of us kitties have some Fall sneezies tho we vaxxed and all. Abby got a cold and we were very worried after the pneumonia thing over the summer but she doin great an never missed a meal an playing right now =) We have a portable nebulizer from her Pneumonia Days and use that for us kitties.<br /><br />Me, I got no sneezies at all!<br />I celebrated my birthday November 2. I am THREE years old now.<br /><br />My older sister Rosalie now official. She spayed and indoors and is loving it! During her spay about twelve weeks ago, what we thought was a sore tooth turned out to be severe stomatitis. This is very painful and only cured (most times) by surgery, but the surgery is very expensive and averages about $1500. We are caring for her to reduce inflammation and make her comfortable without surgery right now. And she is feeling much better and can eat without crying out. She seems a lot happier and we doing what we can. She even has a Twitter account so follow her at <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/MissRosalie"target="_blank">@MissRosalie</a>.<br /><br /><center>I have some pics. My photographer sux so please forgive me.<br /><br /><img src="http://i51.tinypic.com/wgxkkg.jpg"><br /><br />Pardon the blur~it's an action shot: <br /><br /><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/4ua1hs.jpg"><br /> <br />This is a groovy picture of my little sisfur Abigail:<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_q6L4kRB2N0E/TP0rjasXVeI/AAAAAAAAAHI/_QH0X_93hlk/s1600/abigail.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_q6L4kRB2N0E/TP0rjasXVeI/AAAAAAAAAHI/_QH0X_93hlk/s320/abigail.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547638203451135458" /></a><BR>And this is my sisfur Rosalie at the bus stop<BR>coming home from the vet.<br /><br /><img src="http://i55.tinypic.com/1zno4ut.jpg"></center><br /><br />I promise not to be gone so long again! I've missed everyone sooo much! I'm looking forward to celebrating the holidays with my online family too =)<br /><br />Stay tuned!<br />~ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-42812298679512505802010-03-16T12:16:00.006-05:002010-03-16T12:33:59.832-05:00Little Bug Now a Big Bug =)Some of my friends who knew about my foster sisfur Bug has asked how she's doing.<br /><br />She's doing great!<br /><br />Bug was a little 8 week old kitten dumped that mom medicated and helped. She was meant to only be a foster kitty but mom did fall in love with her.<br />I have a cute pic of her on my blog on Halloween with her costume on! She went trick or treating as a butterfly. The pic made the finals in the Worlds Coolest Dog and Cat Contest in the catagory "Costume and Shades"!! WOW!<br /><br />She was still fragile in the pic but went onto lose those wild hairs and get bigger.<br />Mom was keeping her as my sisfur until a good friend of mom's lost her cat at the age of 16. Mom's known this lady for years and she's a good cat mom and missed having a nice kitty around but was still mourning her cat Pebbles.<br />In the beginning of 2010, she decided to try to open her heart to another kitty.<br /><br />Bug seemed a good match, was about 4 months old, and went on a trial basis to see how things went.<br />They went pretty good and she didn't seem to miss mom too much MOL! and is now living just outside of town (indoor cat only). Mom wished we could ALL live outside of town in a nice rural place.<br /><br />Hard to believe Bug's 6 months old now =)<br />Mom sees her friend now and then and mom will always be there for her and Bug.<br /><br />*purrrs*<br />~ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-30365105292099873552010-03-14T20:04:00.003-05:002010-03-14T20:57:01.439-05:00Technical Difficulties =(Fisrt off, little Abigail is doing good and toddling around.<br /><br />But we got some technical difficulties =(<br />Long story short...mom had a particularly craptacular paycheck so she went out and splurged on a Vivitar digital camera that cost $19.99 and she can't get it to work.<br /><br />Could be the fact that it cost $19.99, but besides that, it <I>should</I> at least have images in the window that don't look like a nite-time infra-red pic. Just inky smears if we're lucky.<br /><br />Mom really didn't have $19.99 to spare and esp not for a camera that we can't even make an image with.<br /><br />Mom at least wanted to get some pics of me and baby Abigail (and her progress). We wanted to take a pic of her canister of formula and tinned foods and her heated snuggle and stuff that my friends so generously helped us get =(<br /><br />The second part of our problem is the fact that mom has a netbook with no disk drive...so we can't put the image software on the compy to use with the camera...<br />BUT that's beside the point when we can't get more than a faint orange smear on a black background in the camera's image window.<br /><br />Mom and I are gonna put this camera and stuff up for a while before we do some damage. Mom's already pretty upset.<br /><br />If anyone has a suggestion please feel free to comment.<br />We can't find any info on the Vivitar website about alternative software options for people who have netbooks. We couldn't find online software download on the website.<br /><br />The camera is a cheapo Vivitar V15 Freelance.<br />It's red.<br />It's shaped like an amoeba.<br /><br /><br />Not happy right now.<br /><br />EDIT: Angel and Kirby suggested mom get someone to put the software on a usb stick.<br />Mom was so POed she didn't even think of using a flash drive! Angel and Kirby are so smart! Thank You for the great suggestion!<br />Mom sees a co-worker on Thursday who might be able to help her out.<br />And maybe then we can troubleshoot that ol amoeba.<br /><br />~ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-78009419191789726372010-03-12T11:08:00.002-06:002010-03-12T11:17:50.397-06:00Mom's Runnin Behind molMom was intending to go get kitten supplies yesterday but woke up sick with a migraine, was sick all day at work and most of the nite last nite. She feels better today but really tired.<br />Little Abby has a small carton of formula and babyfood to last until mom gets to picking up supplies tomorrow (mom's back at work now).<br /><br />Mom was offline the whole time and almost fainted when she logged on to help me update everyone and saw Abby's Milk Fund widget....the outpouring of support for little Abby made mom's eyes rain like when she peels onions.<br /><br />I really don't know what to meow to describe how touched we are!<br /><br />I've never done a chipin and I don't know if it would be proper to send an email thankyou to everyone or to just thank you all here as I am. (Advice from anyone who uses chipin/paypal button?)<br /><br />Many heartfelt meows,<br />~ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-74229859647819670302010-03-10T16:33:00.000-06:002010-03-10T16:43:59.851-06:00Update on Tiny Rescue KittenFirst of all, she has a name now.<br />It's Abigail. Abby for short =)<br /><br />She's doing good.<br />Tomorrow mom will go get little Abigail some supplies. Food and things. We are very grateful for the outpouring of support for this little former throw-away.<br />I'll scan the receipts and put them up in my blog with some new pics of the baby.<br /><br />Yesterday she had some diahrrea which can be very bad for kittens. Normally mom would proceed to fix the situation without panic, but after seeing Abby's sister die from being sick...well...mom almost freaked out.<br />She was at work with the baby and couldn't really leave.<br /><br />The next poopy was even worse and mom got scared. The baby seemed to feel well and was active. She wasn't squirting all the time just when mom took her to potty. Still, mom was worried they'd have to make a run to the vet.<br /><br />Mom did what she's had to do in the past with little bottle babies and dilute the formula with 1/3 water so it isn't so "rich".<br /><br />Still watery poop.<br /><br />So in the next mom mixed in 1/3 of Gerber chicken baby food to the formula.<br />Not only did it make the milk smell like chicken soup, Abigail really loved it!<br />Two feedings of this mixture and we had normal poop again.<br /><br />YAY normal poop!<br /><br />Abby's so cute, she's toddling along now. <br />She's been with us one week tomorrow.<br /><br /><center> >^..^< </center><br /><br />Some of my pals expressed that they might want to contribute to a kitten fund for the little one. Tho it feels kinda wierd to accept help, it is both humbling and very generous and my family and I are grateful. I've never done a Chipin or a Paypal button...in fact, I got screwed up and put up a shopping cart at first an I'm not even a merchant mol!<br /> <br /><font color="pink">I decided on a Chipin because I could put a fixed amount just to cover some formulas and maybe some peepads because we are not a registered charity or rescue. The donation isn't tax-deductible or anything. It's just my mom and us kitties.</font><BR><BR><br /><center><object width="250" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://widget.chipin.com/widget/id/f3f774d9291120d2"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="color_scheme" value="red"></param><embed src="http://widget.chipin.com/widget/id/f3f774d9291120d2" flashVars="color_scheme=red" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" width="250" height="250"></embed></object></center><br /><br /><br />~ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-84803262836866503262010-03-07T15:06:00.003-06:002010-03-07T16:40:37.682-06:00Little Abandoned Kitten Pics are IN!Ok here she is! These pics were taken with a phone so aren't as sharp as they could be. <BR><img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/28ioy7a.jpg"> <BR>That's the end of a 5cc syringe so you can see how little she is. <BR>She's not being tube fed; that's a marsupial teat...cause she thinks she's a sugar glider.<BR>Here's another pic:<br><img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/110g1n7.jpg"> <BR>She has her bunny rabbit. She's cute!<BR><img src="http://i48.tinypic.com/2iijpjp.jpg"><BR>Here she is holding up a sign for her friends, mol. She's also getting a little sleepy.<BR><BR>So that's the new baby kitten =)<br />She was wiggling around today in her blanket and made herself poop on her own which was a BIG plus as far as mom was concerned!<br /><br />Some of my pals expressed that they might want to contribute to a kitten fund for the little one. Tho it feels kinda wierd to accept help, it is both humbling and very generous and my family and I are grateful. I've never done a Chipin or a Paypal button...in fact, I got screwed up and put up a shopping cart at first an I'm not even a merchant mol!<br /> <br /><font color="pink">I decided on a Chipin because I could put a fixed amount just to cover some formulas and maybe some peepads because we are not a registered charity or rescue. The donation isn't tax-deductible or anything. It's just my mom and us kitties.</font><BR><BR><br /><center><object width="250" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://widget.chipin.com/widget/id/f3f774d9291120d2"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="color_scheme" value="red"></param><embed src="http://widget.chipin.com/widget/id/f3f774d9291120d2" flashVars="color_scheme=red" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" width="250" height="250"></embed></object></center><br /><br />*purrrrs*<br />And Thank You<br /><br />~ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-70037402469465581692010-03-06T21:12:00.002-06:002010-03-06T21:31:01.996-06:00Tiny Kitten is Chuggin Along =)Not much news...and no news is good news as far as little neonate kittens go. No drama is a GOOD thing!<br />Little kitten is putting along and seems to be doing fine.<br />Most of all, she seems like a happy little thing, playing with her toes and purrring. Wiggling when momma snurffs her tummy.<br /><br />Right now, we're waiting for mom's co-worker to email the pics he took of the kitten on his phone. Mom's camera isn't functioning so she'll try to get her boss to take a pic Monday if all else fails.<br /><br />I'm thinking of maybe going ahead and putting up our email/Paypal for a baby fund but first I want to put her pic up so my pals can meet her.<br /><br />So, right now, I'm just chillaxing and waiting for the rain to start. Supposed to rain the rest of the weekend and thunderstorm on Monday. Mom does a split-shift on Monday so she won't have to take the baby to work with her in the rain. <br /><br />I had the skwerts earlier today because I got into the butter and stole some. TOTALLY worth it! I'm fine now and feel great.<br /><br />ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-79271232002261069472010-03-05T14:00:00.001-06:002010-03-05T14:00:01.217-06:00Hi Ho Off to Work Mom Goes (With a Tiny Kitty) =)First of all, thank you for the encouraging words.<br />Mom was really sad this morning when she wrapped the tiny kitten's body in a little hand towel and buried her.<br />It's dark and looking like rain...<br /><br />Mom felt better after I read your nice words to her. The kitten's passing wasn't unexpected but still it's so very sad. Tiny kittens are already such little explorers with purrrsonalities. All brand-new.<br /><br />Anyway, mom's feeding the surviving baby girl kitten small feedings every two hours so as not to overburden her tiny system after not eating for a while. We will work up to every 4-5 hours. (A big YAY on that.) She's eating the daily portion for her weight. She now weighs a whopping 7 ounces full.<br />The baby looks forward to being picked up and fed and rejected the kitten bottle for a syringe with a long skinny teat that you feed marsupials with. (So she thinks she's a sugar glider?)<br />Whatever works =)<br /><br />To keep the baby on her schedule, mom's packed an "overnite" bag for her and is taking the baby to work. Actually mom's not working overnite but 2-8:30 pm. (Overnite for a tiny kitten.)<br /><br />What's wierd is that baby purrrs louder than me!<br />I'm not kidding. Mom puts the baby under her neck and skritches and pats it and it rumbles so loud and burps and stuff. Mom likes that.<br />She rubs its hiney with cotton balls and I'm kind of jealous of that because mom never rubbed my hiney. Of course I was three months old when mom found me, but still!<br /><br />Mom will have a co-worker take some pics of the baby on his phone and I will post them as soon as he e-mails me the pics.<br /><br />Some of you asked if we had a Paypal button. We do have a Paypal account but not sure how to do a button. We just use the Paypal address so mom can send a few dollars when she has it to help kitty rescues. Which reminds me:<br /><br /><font color="teal">Concats! @Michelles_Cats, a lady in Bakersfield CA who alters strays, that Ginger is 100% funded and was able to go in today for her emergency spay. Yay Ginger!</font><br /><br />You see, it's so very important to spay/neuter so little babies aren't born unwanted like the tiny kittens mom was tossed.* Way to go @Michelles_Cats!<br /><br />*The little girlcat mom's taking care of is wanted now that she's here...but it's BEST to prevent a litter in the first place.<br /><br />Thanks for the purrrs and good thoughts and hopefully the little kitten will stay strong and grow up. Tinies are fragile.<br /><br />~ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-48598367257902497212010-03-04T23:00:00.004-06:002010-03-05T12:31:33.183-06:00Tiny Dumped Kittens =(Today a woman came into my momma's job with a shoebox with a tiny screaming kitten. Actually there were two kittens but the other was quiet and weak. She said something about moving and going back and finding the kittens in a closet. That they probably hadn't eaten for the two days she'd been gone. That she'd left them out the night before hoping momcat would come get them but she didn't.<br />The whole deal didn't make much sense...<br /><br />There were faint smears of blood/pee (fluid?) in the box.<br /><br />She said she hoped mom could find a home for them.<br /><br />My mommy wasn't/isn't really up for two neo-nates especially a sick one. Mom doesn't really have the money to do that either...times are tough. So mom tried to explain but the woman wouldn't take the kittens with her. <br />(Not that mom really thought that would've been a great idea either.)<br />Mom said that they needed bottle fed and that one was hurt or sick and they needed to be seen by a vet first off and mom would have to get formula, bottles and probably a feeding tube and syringe for the sick one and this wasn't a good time for mommy to do this. She has her plate full.<br /><br />The lady wouldn't take the box and took out a five dollar bill and said "here's some money".<br /><br />Mom didn't want that money.<br /><br />Anyway, mom has the babies now at home. Two girls. One, the noisy active one is a gray tabby. The ill one is a gray and white kitty. She appears to be weaker and has a lesion on her butt bone like she'd sat wet or been bit by a mommacat or something.<br />It looks better now clean and doesn't seem infected. Mom made the kitty a little gauze "diaper" to keep it dry so her tail doesn't stick to it.<br /><br />They look about ten days or so old.<br />They don't really care for the formula but the stronger one did eat after mom warmed them up and she stopped crying.<br />The weaker one wasn't sucking so mommy tube fed her.<br /><br />Mommy's pretty depressed. Not that she doesn't want to take care of these sweet babies, because she does want to see them grow up and get a home and doesn't mind getting up at night to feed and clean and stuff...but she doesn't want to see a baby die. And the grey/white baby looks like she may not make it.<br /><br />Momma cares about these babies, of course she does, but feels bad for having them dumped on her like that.<br /><br />Well, now that we have them, we're purrraying that they do well and the sick baby gets stronger and beats the odds. <br /><br />Sitting up with a sick baby is very sad.<br /><br />EDIT:<br /><br />The sick baby was just too weak and declined fast.<br />She passed away comfortably and warm in a soft quiet bed.<br /><br />The other baby is now sleeping with a stuffed toy.<br />It's 3:00 am and mom needs to get some rest and I will rest with her...<br /><br /><br />~ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-24575944620443558712010-02-26T12:17:00.005-06:002010-02-26T21:41:01.881-06:00I am Sunshine-y!I have recieved a most coveted award from a seriously groovy guinea pig named <a href="http://mookiepig.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">Mookie!</A> THANK YOU!!!<BR><BR><br /><center>THE SUNSHINE BLOG AWARD!<BR><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_q6L4kRB2N0E/S4gQ6pgyMKI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/BvwFJbsB7wA/s1600-h/sunshineblogaward.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 175px; height: 170px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_q6L4kRB2N0E/S4gQ6pgyMKI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/BvwFJbsB7wA/s200/sunshineblogaward.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442618749439062178" /></a></center><BR><BR><br />Now that is cool! Thanks Mookie and I'm happy I brought some sunshine into your life (as well as some good nip).<br />Of course joy is best shared so I am passing this award to 12 other blogs who brighten the days with Sunshine!<br />This was a really hard choice because all of the linkies I love rock!<br /><BR><BR><br /><a href="http://awizardandanangel.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">A Wizard and an Angel</a><BR><br /><A href="http://boriskitty.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">Big Bad Boy Boris Kitty</A><BR><br /><A href="http://mrbizbeekitty.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">Bizbee Kitty</A><BR><br /><A href="http://brianshome-me.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">Brian's Home</A><BR><br /><A href="http://http://daisythecurlycat.blogspot.com//"target="_blank">Daisy the Curly Cat (and Harley too)</A><BR><br /><A href="http://www.island-cats.com/"target="_blank">Island Cats</A><BR><br /><A href="http://jansfunnyfarm.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">Jan's Funny Farm</A><BR><br /><A href="http://http://theguidogazette.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">The Guido Gazette</A><BR><br /><A href="http://skeezixsscratchingpost.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">Skeezix Scrtaching Post</A><BR><br /><A href="http://ariel-asmileaday.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">Ariel~A Smile a Day</A><BR><br /><A href="http://thecatintheclover.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">The Cat in the Clover</A><BR><br /><A href="http://shawneetheshep.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">The Shenanigans of Shawnee the Shepherd</A><BR><BR><br /><br />To accept your award you must also pass it on to 12 other recipents and post their blogs up (like I have done) along with their award and of course send a comment to them telling them how they have brought SUNSHINE to you and send your linky.<br /><br /><center>BE SURE AND PUT YOUR AWARD ON YOUR PAGE!!!</center><br /><br />Now, in all reality, you winners may not have a large enough blog circle, or time to send out the full 12 awards to others.<br />It is perfectly cool to just pass one or a few on. And if you already have a Sunshine Blog Award (Lucky You!) Just put this one beside the other =)<br /><br />And now...Spread the SUNSHINE!!!<br /><br />~ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-41671436992551905342010-02-24T12:03:00.039-06:002010-02-25T01:08:37.619-06:00Kitty Kounter Kulture (or Grow Your Own)<div><span title="This is prime herb!"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 188px" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_q6L4kRB2N0E/S4SgmjtD_bI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/0SIpYLu11u8/s200/Catnip.jpg" /></span>Catnip, nip, herb,catweed...you know what I'm talking about.<br /><br />Catnip is a herb that makes cat's high. As you know. Most cats get frisky and silly but a few are mean drunks. The effect lasts, oh, about 20 minutes before the kitty chills out. Some get the munchies and most will sort of nod out for a bit.<br />It's non-addictive (Right guys?) and no tolerance is built up even if used on a regular basis.<br />(Just to be safe, put a few days between each serious bender. You don't wanna be trying to score in an alley someday.)<br /><br />About 75% of cats get high off nip. The rest are not interested. It's a genetic thing. Most cats under 6 months old don't respond which is ok because if you aren't old enough to roll your own, you're too young to hit it.<br /><br /><center>The magic in catnip is the oil nepetalactone or 4,7-dimethyl-5,6,7,7a-tetrahydrocyclopenta[c]pyran-1(4aH)-one.<BR><BR><span title="Check out that hookah!"><img src="http://i50.tinypic.com/a17g9v.jpg"></span><BR><br />^ This makes kitty happy! ^</center><br /><br /><span style="color:skyblue;">How to Get It</span><br />The easiest way to get some is to buy it already processed from a reputable dealer. Just make sure it's fresh and has no fillers. (You don't want it cut with oregano unless you're making a pizza.)<br />You can even score on eBay.<br /><br />And some garden centers have it already growing fresh in little pots. Very cool! (And some herb garden centers will even carry the aformentioned other kitty drug plants.)<br /><br /><span style="color:skyblue;">The BEST Way</span><br />Grow your own!<br />Remember, catnip is a member of the mint family and can take over a garden, which is a good thing, of course. But you'll want to take that into consideration.<br /><br /><span style="color:skyblue;">Soil and Sun</span><br />Catnip likes an average, well-drained soil and full to partial sun.<br /><br /><span style="color:skyblue;">When</span><br />Sow seeds when the last frost is over or sow in the fall to sprout first thing in the spring. Catnip is perrenial and can grow for many years. In harsh climates you can treat it as an annual and sow it new each year.<br /><br /><span style="color:skyblue;">Sow</span><br />Sow seeds about 1/8 inch deep and keep moist but not soggy. Baby plants called "seedlings" (cute name, huh) should pop up in abot 10-20 days. When the little plants are about 4-5 inches tall you can thin them to 15-20 inches apart.<br /><br /><span style="color:skyblue;">The Secret to BUDS</span><br />When your little plants make the first set of true leaves, pinch the little stem that begins to grow from the middle of them. In a few days it will branch. Then, pinch those and on and on. Since catnip buds on the ends of the branches, more branches more BUDS!<br /><br /><span style="color:skyblue;">The Shape of Things</span><br />You want to aim for a green, compact, and bushy plant. Too pale, too leggy and not dense means you need more light and more pinching.<br /><br /><span style="color:skyblue;">Premium Nip</span><br />Just like grapes, if you want a sweet and strong harvest, grow it in sandy/well-drained soil and keep it on the dry side. Drench then let it dry between waterings. You want to encourage the nip to produce more oils. Yeah!<br /><br /><span style="color:skyblue;">Harvest</span><br />It's all good but buds are the best. Cut early in the day and hang the stems upside down in a shady place to dry. (Some of you looking for an especially potent treat can try fresh nip straight off the plant.)<br /><br />Her's an awesome step by step diary of catnip culture by a kitty named Stella <a href="http://www.wbryant.com/StellaCat/catnip/howto.htm" target="_blank">Click It!</a><br /><br /><span style="color:skyblue;">For Peoples</span><br />Since peoples also read this blog, I know they're going "but what about ME?".<br />So I want you to know I haven't forgotten you. Yes, peoples can use catnip for a variety of things.<br />In fact, the online drug-bible <a href="http://www.erowid.org/herbs/catnip/" target="_blank"><span title="More Erowid info below.">Vaults of Erowid </span></a>* has an entry about catnip!<br /><br /><br /><br />~Christopher<br /><br />* <span style="font-size:75%;">The Vaults of Erowid is a valuable source of information about drugs from caffiene to heroin. Even a non-user like my mommy finds the first-person experience stories very interesting. There's medical and scientific information and indentification. The site isn't biased pro or con and shows all angles.<br />So find out about the world around you and educate yourself. You may even find some everyday things you ingest are in Erowid's Vault. </span></div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-38146823244904020402010-02-23T12:02:00.007-06:002010-02-23T12:43:46.818-06:00YES YES YES!Just "saw" the radar and the snows are coming with 1-2 inches in the Texas Hill Country and maybe just a dusting on the city.<br /><br />Snow flurry pics are comin in from the northside of town.<br />I'm in the far south...a tad warmer usually.<br />That's ok.<br /><br />I'm still waiting for it on my house.<br /><br /> <br />*waits in anticipation*<br /><br />Christopher<br /><br /><B>EDIT</B><br /><br /><B>YES YES YES! SOME SNOWFLAKES! OH YESSSSS!</B><br /><br />*falls to knees*Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-87885300552375085692010-02-22T12:18:00.005-06:002010-02-22T12:30:16.906-06:00Last Chance!!!OMC!<br /><br />We have one last chance for a freak (AN I MEAN <B>FREAK</B>) snow here in south Texas!!!<br /><br />I cannot believe this because our winter is ovah and it was, like 80 degrees F here yesterday. No joke.<br /><br />Tomorrow morning they say a freaky deaky snow is likely and that we may get some to stick on the northside of town (I'm in the south but that's ok). Even if it doesn't hit the ground...<B>There is a chance for the white stuffs to make flakey goodness in the sky!</B><br /><br />Then right back to spring.<br />But that doesn't matter now because we got one last chance!<br />We had a couple of kinda chances this winter, more than ever really, but blew em all.<br />This time I ain't messin around. I'm purrrin for snow...<br /><br />Ok everybody. One more time with <B>feeling</B> ....purrrrin for <B>SNOW</B>!<br /><br />This is it my friends! Now or nothing for, like, ever!<br /><br /><B>Round up the purrrs and wooofs cause we're makin some SNOW in south Texas tomorrow!!</B><br /><br />*unpacks his jacket from the closet*<br /><br />~ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-547980908759720652010-02-11T14:58:00.007-06:002010-02-16T12:47:33.891-06:00ReHoming Kitties in Urgent Situation<B>UPDATE on ReHOMING KITTIES</B><br /><br />Momma and Pero have been rehomed to a wonderful young couple in their momma's area. She's feeling lonely without them of course but is in contact with the new family.<br />Very Good News!<br /><br />Also, my brofur Little Red turned FIVE years old today so a big <B>MEOW-OUT</B> to my bro! To celebrate I've asked him to co-blog with me here. After he signs up and gets his desk together he'll start adding things here. Because I'm blind, he may do like movie reviews or something mol.<br />Anyhow, thanks for your response for my pal PeroDaCat and I will post any updates.<br /><br />Ya know, I don't want my blog to be just about fund-raising and emergency pleas. Those things go out on Twitter (and boy, do I bug everyone MOL). But like I said, sometimes things overflow on here...and I am grateful beyond meows for your help.<br /><br />Please remember: even if you can't help financially for a cause, PLEASE pass the word along! Facebook, Twitter, messageboards, blogs. That really helps =)<br /><br />Have a wonderful day everyone.<br />(Happy Birthday Little Red!)<br /><br />~Christopher<br /><br /><br />When it rains it pours. Literally. It's flooding where I live. But more about that later as I'm dry and safe.<br /><br />What's urgent is my friend PeroDaCat and his catfamily members need to be rehomed. You see, his loving mommy is going into an assisted living home and there is no one to care for the cat-children so we need to find loving homes.<br /><br />Put yourself in his mom's position...scary, isn't it, the thought of your babies being in total limbo!<br /><br /><B>Here's where YOU and anyone you can pass this message to, comes in:</B><br /><br />We are trying to raise funds to rehome these cats. <B><br />Pero's mom would appreciate it be in the Phoenix AZ area.</B><br />But wherever the best home is...they'll go. We need people who can home these sweet babies! Knowing it may take a cross-country move to do it, it isn't going to be cheap so my dear doggie pal Ginger Walker has set up a fund and organizing for this. (Man, ain't she something!)<br /><br /><center><A href="http://foreverginger.chipin.com/perodacat-fund"target="_blank"><B>@PERODACAT FUND<BR>Click for Details</A></B></center><br /><br />Pero is laid back around 2 0r 3. Mammacat is a little bossy but cuddly also and about 1.5 years old. Gwin (da Panther) is smart and silly and Abby is a shy tortie over 10. (I'll try to get pics later.)<br /><center><B> >^..^< </B></center><br />If anyone can help beyond a donation (rehoming, moving, freqent flyer miles or whatever) or need more info drop a line.<br />You can also reach us on Twitter (DM is best so's well see it). Be sure and mention PeroDaCat:<br /><br />@ChrisGroove1 (me)<br />@ForeverGinger (Ginger Walker)<br />@catsalady (Pero's mom)<br />@PeroDaCat (Pero)<br /><br /><B>Thanks a lot, pals!</B><br /><br />******************<br /><br />Okay onto the flood. Ya know we missed out on even a snowflake while most everybody else got snows. Lots of it! It's sad because here they actually had to truck in 12000lbs of blown snow for some schoolkids. They never get to see it here.<br />We actually had to BUY snow! It's snowin in North Texas but we're too far South and within the curve of the Gulf Coast and Mexico.<br /><br />And to think everybody else is getting it for FREE!<br />How fair is that?? Oh well, we missed the snow and getting the ice-water flood instead. Why? Why?<br />And I live in a flood zone. YAY!<br /><br />The thing about snows is that it doesn't come into your house like water does...<br /><br />So far so dry for me.<br />~ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-16801176113977883922010-02-09T11:11:00.003-06:002010-02-09T21:37:48.766-06:00Mommacat Thanks You and So Do I!<B>UPDATE to STORY BELOW</B><br /><br /><font color="pink">As of earlier today Aveta and her babies were out of the kill pound and on their way to Winging Cat Rescue! They are safe.*</font><br /><br />*Punapipurri, you have set your profile on private and I couldn't answer you back about the kitty. I hope you will see it here.<br /><br /><B>Avena's Story (w/happy ending!)</B><br /><br />I don't normally put up chipins for donations on my blog. I do Tweet em...in fact, I pimp those that touch my heart pretty hard.<br />This was one of those and it spilled over into my blog.<br /><br />Imagine being a heavily pregnant cat on death row at a high kill gassing pound with very little chance if any. (I won't go into the deatils of how gassing is done or the cruelty it entails.)<br /><br />Winging Cat Rescue, one of the absolutely last chances to pull kitties of death row sends an urgent plea and a chipin is set up with a goal to pull and vet this unfortunate cat named Aveta. <B>Just look at her picture...her eyes are terrified. </B><br /><br />Shortly after she is taken into death row, the kitty goes into labor and gives birth to 7 kittens in her cage. Born in prison. I can only imagine her pain and fear in a crowded unknown place, trying to nurse her babies that will die with her. Even worse, how she will try to protect them and fight for them as the family is being gassed...<br /><br />It broke my heart! I hit Twitter like a maniac and pimped this fund and didn't go to sleep until after 2am. I'm poor, I won't lie (see previous posts mol) but I scraped up $10 because every $ counts.<br />Twitter pals and Blogger pals and Catster pals passed the word and today we have <B>SUCCESS!</B><br />I was just a small part of this, a drop of water in an ocean, but it all came together because of YOU and WINGING CAT.<br /><br />Since babies were born after the intial chipin was set up, generous people have donated at this time, an extra $25! Fund goal has been met 116% as I write! <br /><B>Any extra for the new babies is genuinely appreciated!</B><BR><BR> <center><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i18QKD4Clrg/S27PeGKL4pI/AAAAAAAABPU/qj7wDQ8qTo0/s400/Aveta.jpg"></center><BR><br /><center><embed allowScriptAccess="always" src="http://widget.chipin.com/widget/id/8c5434987a34081e" flashVars="show_url=true&color_scheme=gray&event_desc=Pregnant%20%26%20on%20DeathRow&event_title=Aveta" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="250" height="250"></embed></center><br /><br />Check out the great peoples at <A href="http://www.wingingcatrescue.org/"target="_blank">Winging Cat Rescue</A><br /><br />Man, what a great day!<br />I'd like to thank my own special angel <A href="http://daisythecurlycat.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">Daisy</A> as well.<br /><br />~Many Purrrs<br />ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-86130688494427727282010-02-08T14:42:00.009-06:002010-02-08T20:57:11.136-06:00Purrrin for SNOW!On Dec 2nd I wrote in my Catster diary that we were due a freak snowfall here...70% chance. Well, it turned warm and the sun shone and we didn't get anything.<br />We've had some cold days since and plenty of sloppy weather but no snow or even any swirly flakes.<br /><br />Ok, I may be blind but I wanna "see" snow here!<br />Maybe it won't stick to the ground but I wanna go out in the swirlies at least.<br /><br />Nine weeks later (today) the weather is (maybe) gearing for snow again. If we don't get it this time we probably won't get another chance this year. It gets HOT here early in the year and summers last forever. To put it in perspective, the last time snow fell and stuck (it was about 8 inches) was 25 years ago.<br /><br />HERE'S THE DEAL:<br /><br />1, Within hours we are going to get a rainstorm and lots of hail. It hails here a lot so that's no biggie. Temps will drop steady and it will rain ice water all nite.<br /><br />2, Tuesday it will be in the 40s and cloudy.<br /><br />3, Tuesday nite it will freeze.<br /><br />4, Wednesday morning it will start to rain lightly then turn to sleet and, hopefully, <B>SNOW</B>. <B>50%</B> chance.<br /><br />5, Wednesday night...more of the same chance of <B>SNOW</B>. <b>60%</B> chance.<br /><br />6, Thursday morning <b>70%</B> chance <B>COME ON COME ON</B> then it will get a lil warmer and rain. (Thats ok.)<br /><br />7, Thursday night gets cold again and the chance of <B>SLEET/SNOW</B> goes back up to <b>60%</B>.<br /><br />After that....well, no more.<br /><br />So you see, we have a few periods that may see snowfall. In south Texas if snow falls, even if it doesn't stick, people call all their friends, get the children up, and run outside at 3am!!<br /><br /><B>COME ON SNOW!</B><br /><br />***************<br /><br />Just got this urgent call!<br /><br /><B>Sweet mamma cat just gave birth to seven babies in kill pound while on death row. SUPER URGENT!<br />We almost have enough for Winging Cat Rescue to pull her. Every dollar counts. Let's save her and her babies.</B><BR><center><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i18QKD4Clrg/S27PeGKL4pI/AAAAAAAABPU/qj7wDQ8qTo0/s400/Aveta.jpg"></center><BR><br /><center><embed allowScriptAccess="always" src="http://widget.chipin.com/widget/id/8c5434987a34081e" flashVars="show_url=true&color_scheme=gray&event_desc=Pregnant%20%26%20on%20DeathRow&event_title=Aveta" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="250" height="250"></embed></center><br /><br /><br />~ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-21594807141807681702010-01-31T14:19:00.003-06:002010-01-31T15:06:17.323-06:00A New Year a Month In Already...The holidays were ok. Thanks for all the good wishes. Mom was a little depressed this year. Times are tough (as it is for many) and she was missing her family that have passed. Kitties and peoples. <br />Turned out fairly cold too. We don't have heat and mom didn't have a real winter coat (in south Texas a winter coat is a sweatshirt and a knit cap) and we were truely touched when a Catster pal sent her a coat! How do you thank someone for such a sweet gesture?<br />Sometimes it's hard to accept help.<br />We'd all rather be the one writing the checks and helping and not the one in need.<br /><br />We were told that we do have family. Maybe not blood family (like THAT ever assured concern and love) but family none the less.<br /><br />They say that cyber friendships are outpacing "real" ones (and it makes me think of The Matrix when they say that) but, honestly, friends are wherever you find them.<br />How many of us have blood family and real life "friends" who don't give a rat's hiney when the chips are down?<br /><br />Yup, things are still tough and I don't see any indication in my reality of the recession/depression ending. The upswing (that they tell us is happening) hasn't trickled down to us yet. Analysts say it may take years (we tend to believe the guys who say that) for the average Joe to feel it. They also say that for those who have lost thier jobs and had to take a much lesser job in return may be especially hard hit. Very hard to crawl back up.<br />But we are very lucky as we do have a roof over our heads. Kitties are eating discount brand food but we're eating. Moms eating hotdogs and beans. But she's eating. Don't qualify for public assistance but that's ok. Had a few dollars left and gave it to the Red Cross fund for Haiti at the supermarket checkout. God knows they need help. Gotta paw it forward.<br /><br />That's probably one of the very most important lessons we learned from our online friends: We are all brothers on this planet and those that need help are to be helped by those who can. Some can give thousands. Some a dollar. Some their time. Purrrsonally, my family is taking on water. But we're bailing too. We're still afloat. I hope our few dollars will help someone. I know if everyone sent what they can, it sure would.<br />Thousands. <br />A dollar.<br />A coat.<br />Volunteering at an animal shelter.<br />Sending water to Haiti.<br />Visiting a nursing home.<br />Adopting a child.<br />Financing a playground.<br />Building a school.<br />Raking your elderly neighbor's leaves.<br />It all matters. So paw it forward.<br />Even if you just have a bag of potatoes...divvy up those taters, my friends =)<br /><br /><br />~ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-45912299957073891772009-12-20T20:12:00.002-06:002009-12-20T20:29:39.193-06:00Getting Close to Christmas!Thanks for the welcome back everyone =)<br /><br />Moms been a bit under the weather so it's been a bit longer than I'd have liked between posts.<br />But I gotta new lil netbook so we're back online.<br /><br />My lil sis Bug didn't win the World's Coolest Dog & Cat Contest she entered but some of our dear friends did, so we cannot complain. We're just thrilled she even made the finals.<br />One of my Blogger buddies Harley DID win in his catagory Stretch & Yawn! Harley is <a href="http://daisythecurlycat.blogspot.com/"target="blank"><B>Daisy the Curly Cat's</B></A> bro. Concats Harley!<br /><br />Moms is very late doin this, but she just threw some lights outside tonite. Yeah it's pretty much Christmas already but we just don't want things lookin bleak out there.<br /><br />Well this is just a quickie post I know. <br />Mommy heard that plain ol mayonaisse is very good for wrinkles when used as a nite cream.<br />So I'm gonna try to eat her face later...<br /><br />TTYL friends,<br />~Christopher<br /><br />PS, I was gonna put up a Holiday Wish List on my blog mol but I waited too long!Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-68407193148971194132009-12-08T11:24:00.010-06:002009-12-09T17:57:22.592-06:00Going Back Online (I'm baaaack!)<center><img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/j67e5j.jpg"border color="transparent"width="450"></center> <br /><div>So sorry for yet another hiatus offline. Seems my computer totally died and mom doesn't have a compy at work. We tried to at least send a few notes via a friend's phone to some kitties we know who are ill, and to even take a bus to the library to snag a compy in the rain and cold...it just hasn't been working out well for me online lately so I haven't been blogging or Tweeting.<br /><br />But I'm fine and my family is fine and we're going online for good tonite.<br />Somehow mommy was cut a check to close out a bank account that she thought was empty...that shoulda been empty...and there was enough to buy a little mini netbook. It's like a kitten-sized laptop!<br />We'll have that online this evening when the mom gets home from work.<br /><br />Right now I'm at a public compy and they aren't supposed to let kitties in even if my typist is with me, so I'll make this short as possible.<br /><br />I'm happy to announce that my new baby sisfur BUG is a finalist in the Catster/Dogster Worlds Coolest Dog & Cat Show. She sent in her pic very late in the game and we had no idea she'd make the finals mol! She's in the Costumes and Shades catagory.<br />Thanks to everycat who voted. The voting for Best in Show ends the 16th I believe.<br />She has great company and everyone of the finalists is a potential BinS. They're all great and many of them are our pals =)<br /><br />Anyway, sorry I missed the NASA and SOYUZ astronauts on Twitter when they went into orbit. I heard there were some hardware problems on the ISP and I'm glad you guys were able to work them out without me there.<br /><br />Thanks to all who follow me on Blogger and Twitter and plz come and check meowt because I got new stuffs and the holidays are just around the corner =)<br /><br />Love you all<br />~Christopher</div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-10772206677288362712009-11-02T18:37:00.005-06:002009-11-02T19:31:12.918-06:00Today's My Birthday!After a two week hiatus after my brother Pickle's passing and a new keyboard, I'm back blogging on my BIRTHDAY!<br /><br />I'm 2!<br /><br />I had some bacon and treats and was given a cool green collar by my Catster pals <a href="http://www.catster.com/cats/287701"target="_blank"><B>Nikko</B></A> and <a href="http://www.catster.com/dogs/287719"target="_blank"><B>Scooter</B></A>. The collar was made by <a href="http://www.catster.com/cats/283044"target="_blank"><B>Calvin</B></A> and his mom. His mom makes all kinds of neat stuffs for kitties so go check it out right now <center><A href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/thecatintheclover"target="_blank"><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/cookiequeen75/Blog/Cat-in-the-Clover-logo-fina.gif"></A><br /><B>Click the Cat in the Clover</B></center> <br /><br />Since I been offline, our stray kitties CC and Summer have been neutered and spayed. A big meow-out to my pal Shawnee Shep and I got stories about <I>those</I> adventures for another day mol!<br /><br />Mom's been caring for a sick lil kitten. Yes, soon after Pickle's passing but at least mom went into this one knowing there was a good chance the kitten might not make it. So no shocks, you know? Little runt of a litter of 3. Two big kittens that weighed almost 2 lbs and the runt weighed 14oz. The big ones got all the food as well, I guess. All had fleas but the big kitties were only slightly anemic and still playing and active. The runt was white-gummed, weak and seemed twice as infested. She was also dehydrated, had scabs and fur loss from fleas and didn't want to eat much less play.<br />All were deflead and checked and the big kittens found homes very fast after a few days of vitamins and TLC.<br />Runt was down and ill. Mom tube fed her and just tried to get her through it.<br />The kitten was really small and also pretty homely. She looked like an "ugly bug" with her big eyes and scraggly look.<br />So she became Uggy Bug and now just Bug.<br />After a week she finally purred (Wednesday) and the next day she played with a string. On Friday she was up and playing and eating all by herself. She's still small statured but has gained some weight finally.<br />On Saturday <B>Halloween</B> she felt well enough to wear a little costume at mom's job. Here she is: <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_q6L4kRB2N0E/Su-GFsO1QMI/AAAAAAAAAEo/a4F5R4XUFD4/s1600-h/camkits4pickle333+006.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_q6L4kRB2N0E/Su-GFsO1QMI/AAAAAAAAAEo/a4F5R4XUFD4/s320/camkits4pickle333+006.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399681910571352258" /></a><br /><br />So that's the basic update and now I'm off to PAWTY on my BIRTHDAY!<br /><br />~ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-50238135651403618422009-10-19T13:46:00.003-05:002009-10-20T12:07:47.084-05:00Thank You for Your Sympathy<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_q6L4kRB2N0E/St3uQao8NUI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/2Fg0p2ZoLp4/s1600-h/rip-pickles-2009-10-17.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 362px; height: 357px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_q6L4kRB2N0E/St3uQao8NUI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/2Fg0p2ZoLp4/s400/rip-pickles-2009-10-17.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394729894456079682" /></a><br /><font color="80DFFF">Thank you all for the outpouring of love and concern for my little brother Pickles.<br />He was buried about four feet from our "catio" as mommy begins to work on it during the cooler months.<br /><br />Mommy is very sad and feeling depressed what a sad holiday season this will be without our human grandma and Patrick and now Pickles.<br />Working on the catio will be good therapy, no?<br /><br />I promise to be a very good boy and help take care of mommy and the other kitties and help with the holidays.</font>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132984939206806092.post-32454463577363177592009-10-18T06:32:00.002-05:002009-10-18T06:40:00.932-05:00My Baby Bro Pickles Has Passed Away ='(Our baby Pickles died in the wee hours this morning.<br />A siezure mommy thinks.<br />He was just too tiny and fragile and sweet for this Earth.<br />My bro Patrick passed Aug 4 of CRF and sent him as a light to help mommy thru her grief, and now that little light has gone out too.<br />Life is full of cruel jokes I dont know why ='(<br />Its not fair. Mommy is very upset and we may take some time away.<br /><br />Pickles my little friend, brother and co-blogger I love you.<br />Rest in Peace tiny baby.<br /><br />Many Tears<br />~ChristopherChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908623676437513493noreply@blogger.com51