Too Much Water!

Strangely enough, both Mommy and Daddy were home yesterday, but they didn't let us or George out. We think that it may have something to do with this...


Someone turned our yard into a swimming pool/ice rink! It took all of Sunday night and Monday, and the nice men at the fire department, and our super nice friend (with a big water pump) for some of it to go away. Mommy and Daddy are super duper tired and ready to sleep through the new year! Hopefully the water won't come back up and we all can get some rest (I have to tell you there was a lot of snoopervising out the window)!

- Pearl

One Word Wednesday

Yum!

-Jake

One Word Wednesday

V-E-T!

(hee hee at least George had to go with me!)

Oh, one more word - dang!

-Bert

P.S. It was just our annual check up and we're both fit and fine!

Wordy Wednesday

I feel like we need to explain a bit... I don't want my darling Tazo mad at me, or Asta for that matter!

While I am an attack tuxie when it comes to birds, mice, chipmunks and Pearl - I did not actually attack my Georgie!

I realized that all the kitties and puppies think that I pounced her just for fun, but it's actually one of the pre-nap games that we play. I usually walk on her or pounce her, then after a bit of head wrestling (that's her trying to get my head in her mouth and Mommy yelling at us), we snuggle down for a nice nap!


This how we looked a few minutes after we got done playing. So you can see that I really do love my woofie sister and she doesn't really mind the pounces!

Also, there's been a change on our last auction. Apparently Pepper's website is no longer taking donations, so we will be donating the funds from the auction to Lilly Lu.

-Bert

Wordy Wednesday

Oh we were all set to do a Wordless Wednesday, but then I found this in our email:

Dear Queen Snickers,

My name is Bert - I'm Jake's little brother, and I'm looking for love. Pearl has Dante, and well, I think you know that Jake is sweet on you - and since I'm about to be two I think I'd like a girlfriend too!

I sort of have my eye on a pretty lady cat, but I'm not sure if she likes me too! And there are all sorts of pretty girl cats on your Love Cafe, it's hard to decide. What should I do? Should I tell Tazo that I think she's pretty spiffy (and she loves her woofie too like I love mine) - or should I try my luck with another kitty?

I've attached my most handsome mancat picture for the love cafe just in case!

Purrs,
Bert

Well Tazo, girls? He's out there - and even though he's my little brother - he would be a pretty good catch, go take a look!

Hee hee - boy are Jake and Bert gonna be mad at me when they see this!!!!!

-Pearl

Wordy Wednesday

Oh yeah - I've got words for you woman (nope, not even going to call you Mommy today) - lots of them.

Let's start with the fact that I was a nice boy and let you oversleep this morning. I didn't bug you for breakfast, I didn't sit on your bladder, I didn't bite your eyebrows, I didn't tap dance on your head - I was a good boy. So how do you reward me? With the wrong stinky goodness, that's how! You know that I don't like any thing that's got rice in it, and you know that I don't like anything sliced or with gravy - but that's what you gave me. So I had to sit there and just watch Pearl and Bert eat, it's just not fair. You didn't even open an extra can just for me!

I suppose that I could have gotten over the food thing, but then you had to cut my nails! And worse yet you had to call it "Mani/Pedi" - that's just not manly. Now I know they've been getting a bit sharp and I scratched you the other day when we were playing, but that is serious insult to injury! Offering a nice hand full of treats was the least you could do.

It's hard to get over so many things in one morning, I was trying hard, then you shut my head in the refrigerator! I know it was an accident and I know if I hadn't been crawling in the fridge trying to find the nip it wouldn't have happened - but it did and now I'm mad!

I know you'll try to make it up to me tonight, extra stinky goodness or extra greenies, but it's not going to work. We're going to have more words about this - probably tomorrow morning around 5am, at top volume, while I sit on your bladder. Oh yes, there will be more words...

-Jake

P.S. We got tagged for another 7 things meme from Chancy - we'll do it soon, promise.

Wordy Wednesday

... or "How We Became a Happy Sandwich"

We promised to tell you how we became PB&J, so here it is (or at least how Mommy always tells us):

Long, long ago in a state called California, Daddy promised Mommy that he would get her a kitten for Valentines Day. So they went down to the shelter and picked out a cute little Torbie (she was actually the only kitten, but she stole Mommy's heart cause she looked just like her old cat). The kitten came home with them to live on the boat (yep, they used to live on a boat way back when) - the only problem was that they couldn't come up with a name for her. She was playful, determined, crazy, brave (she'd stand up to anyone coming down the dock) and a good swimmer (she went in once when she mis-judged her jump). They tried on a variety of names, but finally decided to name her Purdy - after the dog Perdita in One Hundred and One Dalmatians - she was brave and beautiful too.

A few years later Daddy's friend had a cat that had kittens on Mother's Day, so he decided that they should adopt one, to keep Purdy company. So one day in July Daddy brought Mommy a little Tuxedo cat. He was much easier to name (plus they had been thinking about names) - since he was so distinguished and manly and smart they named him Basil, after the main character in Great Mouse Detective.

That's when Mommy and Daddy realized that they had some rules about naming kitties - the kitty's name should always come from a Disney movie, and it should always be a non-cat.

They all lived on as a happy family of four, until one day after work Mommy found a wee baby kitten barely old enough to walk. Daddy said, take it right to the SPCA, but it was a Saturday and they were closed, so Mommy had to bring him home. He spent the first day in the bathroom and Mommy called all her friends to see if they wanted a kitten. Within two days, he had found his forever home with Mommy and Daddy.

But he needed a name! They thought and thought about possibilities, but didn't like any of them. One day Mommy said to Daddy "Since peanut butter and jelly is your favorite sandwich, why don't we name the kitten something with a J - then we'll have PB&J?!". Daddy thought that was funny so they started checking for J names that were from Disney and boys names. Finally they came upon Jake, the seagull from the Rescuers Down Under.

That was when PB&J became more than just a sandwich!

Many years rolled on and the family moved to Michigan, not long after that Purdy went over the bridge. It seemed only fitting that she be honored with another "P" kitty, so Mommy researched all the local shelters on PetFinder and found a nice lady with a Tortie that needed a home. So Mommy and Daddy went off to collect her on a snowy morning in January. They had two names picked out, one was Penny and the other was Pearl. Mommy thought Penny would be the best name since she had little copper spots, but they realized that she was such a treasure that she should be named Pearl. Now there are two Pearls in Disney, one is the octopus in Finding Nemo the other is the ship in Pirates of the Caribbean, Curse of the Black Pearl. They originally planned that she was named after the octopus - but realizing what a little treasure/terrorist they had on their hands, the realized that "Curse of the Black Pearl" was more appropriate!

Not a week after Pearl came home, Basil went over the Bridge - Mommy always says that it's cause he missed Purdy so much (she was his favorite toy ever!). Mommy and Daddy were very sad to loose two kitties so close together, but they really wanted to make sure they always had a P, a B and a J - so after a couple of months the nice lady from the shelter called and she had two tuxedo boys that needed homes. Off Mommy and Daddy went to go pick out our new B kitty, they took their friends daughter to help pick. Once they got there Mommy knew right away which kitten would be Bert - he was mostly black, so he looked like a chimney sweep, just like Bert in Mary Poppins.

So that's how we got to be, and stay PB&J!

- Jake

Wordy Wednesday

We've been thinking and thinking about Miss Peach's Box of Life Meme, and we've finally come up with our answers. Also, we're allowing George and Mommy and Daddy to join in - yep, it's that important that we thought we should share.

Now there are some things that we all would put in like: Mommy and Daddy, our safe house, our puffy beds and the like, so we decided to list the things that are special to us individually.

Pearl:

• The nice lady that runs the shelter that got me to my Forever home.
• My distinctive voice that I use to tell every one what I want.
• Playing "Love and Chasing Mouses" with Mommy - where I chase the fuzzy mouse then bring it back to get a cuddle.
• My puffy furs that keep me warm when it's cold outside.
• All my fuzzy mice that I eat the tails off and play with.
• The down blanket on the back of the sofa that I love to sleep on.

Bert:

• The same nice lady that Pearl mentioned, I came from the same shelter.
• The white tip on the end of my tail, Mommy always kisses it.
• The Sun Room floor where I sit and watch the birdies for hours.
• My fuzzy string toy that I love to chase and do flips for.
• My Sisters George and Pearl - I love to play with them.

Jake:

• My strong will to live, for finding my Mommy the day I got separated from my kitty family.
• The wonderful people who make stinky goodness.
• My big puffy "pants" - when I'm lying on my back both Mommy and Daddy love to grab them and say how cute I am.
• Wrestling with Daddy on the big bed - we do it every morning.
• Fresh laundry and making the bed, ever since I was little those have been two of my favorite games.
• My big sister and brother, Purdy and Basil - the kittens never knew them, but they raised me to be a very good "head of the house" ManCat.

George:

• My toy basket, it has every toy a pup could ever want.
• My "Buster Cube", Mommy fills it with treats to keep me busy when they go out
• Our fenced in back yard - not many doggies are lucky enough to have their own part of the yard.
• All the kitties, the new ones and the old ones - they're always so much fun.

Mommy and Daddy:

• All the wonderful people in the world that that take care of lost and injured animals everywhere.
• The different vets that have taken such good care of all our animal companions over the years.
• Our sweet angel kitties that have gone over the bridge.
• Our wonderful home filled with fur, meowing, barking, running and playing - it's the best place on earth to be.

- Pearl, Bert, Jake, George, Mommy and Daddy

We'd all like to send a special thank you to Miss Peach, this was a special Meme from a special little kitty, thank you.

Photo courtesy of: crumpart