Kitty Bloggy

Relaxation for Busy Kitties

2009-05-21T13:45:00.000-07:00

Hi kitties,

Today I went on another Nursing Home visit. It was very fun. This time I went to different rooms and said "hello" to a lot of people. The activities coordinator who went with us, T., said that she thinks it is very very worth it for me even if I can just make one person smile. But of course I make everyone smile! Even the people working there always stop their day to give me some pettings.

I was a little bit edgy today, I think because I've been on a visit almost every day this week. I have another visit tomorrow morning for Story Time, and then after that I have a long break to relax.

Here is something that is great for my relaxation in between visits. It is a beatiful planted window well. Since we moved we do not have a pond but these plantings are fun because they bring a lot of bees and other insects for us to watch.

Love,

Figaro

Well kitties, I am still around!

2009-02-18T12:27:00.000-08:00

Hi kitties,

As you probably can tell I did not updated my bloggy for about a squillion days. That is because I have been busy doing very important things. For example relaxing. Also, my brothar has now become famous and so he posts a lot more than I do and I just visit other kitties' bloggies instead of posting!
I originally started my bloggy to chronicle my life as a toilet trained kitty, but then Figaro came along and he is a horrible toilet trainer. I was going to be Trained very shortly but Figaro keeped struggling on his Training, and since he is already so famous anymore mommy decided it will be fine to switch us to the Litter Box. Now we have a big sandy litter box to play in! I think it is not as ladylike but I still enjoyed it.
Also, I do not wear SoftPaws anymore. That is because I am a very nice kitty and I never scritch anything. Not even one thing! I am such a good kitty.
Of course Figaro still has to wear his SoftPaws because he scritches on furnitures all the time and especially on the doors.
I will keep updated sometimes but not as often as before!

Love,
Veronica

Our guppy-buppy needs a name!

2008-12-03T11:03:00.000-08:00

Hi kitties,

a few days ago Figaro finally gotted guppys for his aquarium!!! We got 2 guppys for now, they are both boys, one is a Tuxedo Guppy and one is a Delta Lyretail guppy. Our Aunt V. named the Lyretail guppy Gerry. But we have not named the other one. What should we calls him? He looks like this one on the left!

Love,

Veronica

Mommie helped make a Baby Shower!

2008-12-01T10:57:00.001-08:00

Hi kitties,

A few weekends ago mommy helped plan a baby shower for her friend's new baby who is coming this month! She did a lot of neat things for it and we gotted to help (but not to eat.)

Here is a coconut-flavored cake with rose petals. It was very pretty.

Here are the cookies she made that are in the shapes of strollers. They are just like OUR stroller but only for a baby! I got to eat some of the cookie dough because it is my favorite food. But only a little bit because that is Not Healthy for kitties. The cookies all say the baby's name on them! Mommy worked all the night to make 30 cookies. We stayed up with her of course.

We think they look very cute, all in blue and yellow because the baby will be a boy!

Mommy also showed up the diaper cake that mommy made a long time ago for a centerpiece at the party. And mommy made some Fun centerpieces with white roses and blue bows that were fun to play with (but we were not allowed to play very long)

Now...guess what is the Funny Part???

Mommy's friend gave us a prezint for making such a pretty baby shower.

But the prezint was not for mommy...

it was for us!!!

Silly mommy, prezints are for KIDS!

Here is the prezint that we gotted. Both Figaro and I gotted brand new stinky goodness bowls! Lookit how nice they are. They are ceramic with black color and copper paw prints!

Here is me sniffing on my bowl. It sniffs like blurpy baby.

Gimme some stinky in here...

Love,

Veronica

Snoww!

2008-12-01T10:28:00.000-08:00

Hi Kitties,

I stucked my tongue out today because it is SNOWING! I kind of likes it. But we do not go outside when it is cold. I may go outside later if I can find my purple sweater to wear.
We are going to be doing many things this week. Number One, we are going to PUT UP THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS! And I tell you what kitties, this is the First Year that we are going to have our New Year's Tree! (A New Years Tree is almost exactly like a Christmas Tree only for 1/2-Russian kitties.) It is going to be Fake but I think still very eggsiting. I have never seed one before. Also, this evening Mommie is going to go get Figaro's Guppies. They are his present for doing so good in the Petsmart contest. I think she will just get 2 guppies right now, but for Christmas we are going to get a few more to make a nice School of guppies. Lot of things going on this Howliday Seezon!!! :)
Love,
Veronica

PS, I can't wait for my friend Hello's present to arrival!!!

A mail

2008-11-25T10:07:00.000-08:00

Hi kitties,

Today I want to share about a mail that we sended to our friends Hello and Mimmy. It is their birthday this month..and it is their BIRTHday gift! Lookit, I am very interested to see what it is. I know what it is, but that will not be revealed to effuryone else until it is received by our friendz!!!

Do you see what we wrote on the box???

Happy Birfday, Hello and Mimmy! We
<3 you!

Love,

Veronica

PS - Figaro was Very Bad today and went #1 on daddy's clothes in the bedroom. I thinked it is funny, they had to be washified. He did that because he did not want to do his business in the toilet training setup in the bathroom.

Our Fishes got Deaded

2008-11-20T05:47:00.000-08:00

Hi kitties,

I have some sad news. With the new approach of the winter, we tried to bring some of the pond fishes indoors but they were too too big for Figaro's new aquarium (that he got for the moneys he won as a top 10 finalist in the petsmart contest). So unfortunately we had to remove the fishes back to the pond and yesterday 2 of our fishes were deaded, Milton and John Nash. Dad-bean buried them in our backyard. Poor poor Milton and John. We are very sad. Here is John (the speckled one, he is a Shubunkin) and Milton (the orange one) in the photo of them when they were still in our aquarium that was too small. They were very good pets. We also have three other fishes in the pond, Vernon, Samuelson and Bazerman. We seen Vernon swimming around near the bottom but there is no signs of Samuelson or Bazerman, who are twins. Maybe they are alive and hiding on the bottom. We really hope Vernon does not die. We buyed them a pond heater and so they should survive. We are hopeful. I think they wented to fishie-rainbow-land.

Love

Veronica

Figaro's Scary Ribbon Ingestion Day - How to Induce Vomiting for Cats

2008-11-13T20:10:00.000-08:00

Hi Kitties,

I have some very very bad news and some instant good news. The bad bad news, Figaro swallowed a 1-foot long ribbon this afternoon. The good news, he is just fine now. I am writing so that anyone on the internet can know what to do in case of ribbon eating by cats.

First, ribbon is very very bad for kitties. You should not have any around!! Mommie was watching the ribbon the ENTIRE time and then she heard Figaro make a cough and he was sitting RIGHT by where the ribbon was. She thinked to herself, Figaro EATED the ribbon!!! :-( That is very bad.

She called our friend S. who is a vet and also our Uncle S. (who takes cares of us a lot) camed over and we had to "induce vomiting". Figaro had to take 2 teaspoons of 3% dilute Hydrogen Peroxide. He had to take 3 doses, 10 minutes apart. That is the Maximum that you can give, and you should give 1 teaspoon per 5lbs of bodyweight. This method works for dogs also. After that, it sometimes takes a while for the kitty to throw up. Figaro did not throw up for 2 hours! But that is okay. He was feeling very sick and nauseous and he was acting like he wanted to sleep a lot. He did not even want to take any Temptashuns. It is important for everyone to know if you do this method, it is o.k. if the kitty does not throws up right away. Also, you have to make sure first if the ribbon is lodged somewhere in the kitty's mouth (it wasnt.)

Finally, Figaro THROWED UP the ribbon. We are so so glad he is ok now!!!

He did not want to eat anything tonight but he is just relaxing and sleeping a little bit. Tomorrow we think he will eat something. He even made a small purr this evening.

Please keep your kitties safe and do not let them play with ribbons! And if this happens to you then call a V.E.T. immediately!!!

Love,

Veronica

We Voted!

2008-11-03T11:20:00.000-08:00

Hi Kitties,

Yesterday our fambly went and early-voted for the elections. We gotted to keep Mommie's sticker because we are still 1 years of old and also kitties cannot vote. Here is Figaro wearing our voting sticker on his patriotic t-shirt (it says "Red White 'n Cute").

I basically told Mommie who we should vote for so she did that. As a kitty I belief in less wars, more temptashuns, saving the environments, health cares for effurryone, and lots of cuddle times. (Guess who we votid for...)

Effuryone, get out theres and vote!!!

Love,

Veronica

PS, Whoah check out Figaro's tail in this picshur.

Our Photo Shoot

2008-10-21T07:53:00.000-07:00

Hi kitties,

This weekend was Very Important. Our Uncle S. came over and took a lot of photos of us with his camera. He is a Professional Photographer, that is one of his many talentings. We are going to make special cards to give out to the people that Figaro visits as part of his Therapy Kitty-ness, and so the photos have to be Extra Good (and they are!).

Here is the two of us sitting on our Training Podiums. This is where we train to give High Fives and Sit Ups, and Twirls and Pick Ups. We learn more every week. We like to go sit on our podiums because when we Practice our tricks we get a lot of Temptashions!!!

This week our mommie is in a business trip so our Uncle S. is taking cared of us. He is very very nice and plays with us and feeds us everything we wants. Mommie said as a joke that we have to get weighted before she leaves and when she gets back, because our vacationings with Uncle S. is like a all-you-can-eat buffets. But she was only kidding. She wants us to have good times.

Love,

Veronica

Feral Cat Day and Fishies

2008-10-16T09:42:00.001-07:00

Hi kitties,

We are happy to get an email from Alley Cat Allies that today is Feral Cats Day. I personally spend $8 every month automatically to support those feral cats!!! Because of that, I have been getting many mails just for me. The ASPCA usually sends me mails. I am awaiting to be sent a credit card application very soon! It is funny how I gotted on the mailing list and get my own mails, sometimes I get more junk mails than my mommy!!

BUT Figaro did get $50 from the PetSmart for being a top 10 finalist last month. Because of that, Mommy said we can get a good present. Our fishies are "feral" because they are outside in the pond. But they cannot stay in there in the winter because it will freeze to a solid block since it is only 2 feet of deep. So the fishies are coming inside. At first, they were going to go in a tupperware far away in the off-limits room. But since Figaro got his moneys, he decided to buy an AQUARIUM for the fishies. This means that the aquarium will be in the living-room, and mommie said as long as there is a tight lid on it we can put it on kitty-eye level. This will be GREAT ENTERTAINMENT for this winter!!! I am very eggsited. Do you see the photo of our fishie? That one is called Milton. Where should we get our aquarium? Fig is looking for it on the interwebs.

- Veronica

Mommy made a cute

2008-10-10T08:04:00.001-07:00

Hi kitties,

Mommy is still making things for the new blurpy baby that is coming for our friend. Lookit, last weekend she decorated the Nursery of the blurpy baby! He is going to be a boy and all the family loves Snoopy. We do not loves snoopy so much because he is not a kitty, but we still think it looks cute. Plus the woodstocks looks delectable. Figaro would eat them if he coulds!

She first drawed the Snoopys on papers and then we tored up the papers a little and then she took them over to the blurpy baby's house, and then the blurpy's mommie used a projector to projectify the images and Mommy painted them on the wall. The paints are purply-beige, a very nice "new neutral" that is so popular these days. Also the walls are yellow like daisies. This baby is going to be so happy in his new room!

I think it is NOT the last thing we are helping make for that blurpy baby. He is loved a lots and lots.

Love,

Veronica

Lookit I am ready for Halloween

2008-10-06T08:12:00.000-07:00

Hello kitties,

Lookit the outfit that my friend Lexie (a woofie) is letting me borrow for halloweens! It is too big on her this year since last year she was a puppy. Don't I look cute?
I am a little bumble bee! My mommie thinks maybe she will dress up matching like a bumble bee with me too. BUT I will not be going to any parties, only handing out candies.
Figaro is going to be Pooh but his outfit is not ready, mommie is knitting it.

Veronica

A little toilet training update

2008-10-01T10:33:00.000-07:00

Hello kitties,

Our toilet training has been going great! We are now on the inter-amber disk of the LitterKwitter. FINALLY Figaro is being good. We have been on inter-amber for exactly 1 week. Figaro has had ZERO accidents. (I do not even discuss myself but of course I had zero accidents too...)
Mommie thinks we will be moving on to the next step (amber) disk in 3 more weeks. She decided we should take 1 month on every step. We will probably have to spend some time on amber over inter-amber, like we did interamber over red. The good news is, we are progressing!!! (slowly..) Also, almost every time Figaro does a #1, he goes directly in the toilet, and all we has to do is flush!!! However when I use the toilet, I go on the edge of the disk and it still has to be cleaned, but that is because I am practicing proper positioning on the seat.

However we will be not using the system for 2 whole weeks in October, 1 week when the parents are at a conference, and another whole week when we are having a guest visiting us.

- Veronica

Mommie made a pretty.

2008-09-23T21:16:00.000-07:00

Mommie is helping to plan a shower for a little human boy who will be borned in December. Here is the centerpiece she maked tonight. It has diapers and onesies and bibs and pants and shirts and burpy cloths. I hope that baby will be very burpy because it has got at least 15 burpy cloths! The bottom layer is all diapers and the next layer is all onesies and shirts, and the third layer is all burpy cloths and the top is some little shoesies.

If I do says so myself, she did a good job! I did not get to help because kitties are not allowed to play with ribbons.

The new blurpy baby will be borned to a family with already 2 kitties, a boy and girl kitty.

Fig's Toilet Training Success!

2008-09-22T19:49:00.000-07:00

WOW! Mommie is very eggsited tonight. Figaro made a #1 business in the inter-amber disk of the LitterKwitter system! We did not think this would ever happen. The bestest part is, he just went without any complaindering! We have had the LitterKwitter since May 5. We were on the red disk for a very long time, and then we were on the Red disk underneath of the inter-amber disk for another month and a halfs (this is a pain to clean, 2 disks everytime with 2 kitties). About 2 weeks ago, if Mommie remembered, she took out the red disk for me since I am a big girl and can easily easily use the inter-amber disk on my own. However, Figaro is very resistful. Remember that we started a homemade toilet training system in January!

Anyways, if you do not knows, the interamber disk sits on top of the toilet and has a hole that can fit in about 2 paws. That is a big hole for the Figaro. Well...he did it all by his self!!!

Mommie is so proud!!! I am proud too! Good job, Fig! Now you can take your nap!

13 Reasons to Vote for Figgy!

2008-09-11T09:27:00.000-07:00

My brother Figaro got selected as a Finalist in the PetSmart Just a Buck contest. Here are 13 reasons you better go vote for him!!! CLICK HERE TO VOTE he is Cat#4.

1. He is a THERAPY CAT and visits nursing homes and kiddies who are sad or need to learns to read, soon he will visit hospitals
2. He looks very silly and funny in this video - brothers are a constant source of entertainments
3. He does funny things to the parents like sheds on them and licks daddie's hair, which is funny for them too
4. He updates his site always about his therapy cat adventures for the world to read about him and get inspired
5. He is the reason I was finally able to get my KITTY STROLLER
6. He likes to sleep by me and keep me warm when it is cold outside
7. He is good at begging mommie to let us go outside so she finally does and then we both gets to go
8. He sheds more than me so he is always getting brushed which means there is less time for Veronica-brushings! (I do not like brushings!)
9. If mommie has some buttered bread or ice creams for us, Figaro always lets me have his share because he is only a carni-vore. It is very nice.
10. He has very good toe tufts
11. He has a great tummy even though he is not a tuxie he cannot show off his tuxie tummy
12. he gotted rescued from the animal shelter and he is very happy to be my brother!!
13. He is in the Mancat club!

My broffur Fig

2008-09-09T19:17:00.000-07:00

Hi kitties,

My brother Fig won a very important award - he is a Finalist in the PetSmart Just a Buck Contest. Go to his website to see his entry about it, or CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR HIM!

Love,
Veronica

Cat Sanctuary in Ottawa

2008-08-27T12:38:00.000-07:00

I told everyone that our parents went last week to Canada. They also visited Ottawa where there is something important. One volunteer started to help cats there and now there is a SPECIAL CAT SANCTUARY right in the center of Ottawa by the Parliament building. This was mommie's favorite part of the trip.

This cat sanctuary has been here since 1970s and helps stray cats to get food. Mommie said she donated all her coins in her pocket to the cat sanctuary and then dad said this was over $3 because in Canada the coins have more than $1 sometimes. But that is okay because she would have gived more if she had more in her pocket.

There is also a strange groundhog in the sanctuary, and some black squirrels. This is funny because here in the midwest of america we have only brown squirrels.

Wordless Wednesday

2008-08-27T12:24:00.000-07:00

Can you see what we seed in our yard?

Back on the internets!

2008-08-25T12:03:00.000-07:00

Hello effurryone,

We are back on the internets! Parents were on vacation in La Belle Quebec all week so I did not get a chance to use the lap top since they forgot to leave it on for me. I am very happy they are back, although we did get a lot of R&R while they were gone. First, Auntie V. came to visit us every day twice a day to feed us and play with us. She played with us every day for 1 or 2 HOURS! The rest of the time we relaxed a lot. Then the rest of the week Auntie V. had to go on vacations herself so the Uncle S. came to visit us. We really likes him. This time I even liked him enough that I sitted by him on the couch for movie time. Usually I like to sit by myself in my secret spots in the corner or under the couch or on my kitty condo, but I made a special exception. Our only concern is that Figaro was on a diet all week so he was begging for foods ALL OF THE TIMES. Mommie said he needs to be on a little diet because he has some tummy fats. Last month he weighted 10 pounds 14 ounces. But yesterday he got weighted and he weighted 10 pounds 15 ounces. I weighted about 7 pounds 8 ounces last month and I dropped down to 7 pounds 7 ounces, just from FIG's diet. I do not knows why because I did not have to be on a diet because I am the perfect weight for my size (I am a small kitty...Figaro is a little bit bigger!)

Now that the parents are back we get to go outside again. Do you like how our FRONT yard looks? It is not as fun as the back yard which has froggies and fishes and a pond. But it is also acceptable for us, and we can find grasshoppers and other cool toys which hide in all the flowers!

-Veronica

Famous Friday - I am famous on the internets

2008-08-14T13:50:00.000-07:00

Wow! Not only is Figaro famous for being a Therapy Cat, I am now also famous! The template we modified for the Kitty Bloggy got featured on the template site! Check it out here. Cool, right?

You can see a screenshot of the screenshot!!!

Thursday Thirteen - Things I likes to Eat that Other Cats do not

2008-08-14T11:29:00.000-07:00

I like to sit on the bar chair while Mommie cooks up something nice, and she gives me a tiny bits of the foods if I ask sweetly AND don't go on the countertop. Here are the 13 things I likes to eat that I bet other cats do not.

1. Popcorn - it is also funny to play with. I specially like Orville Redenbacker Natural Simply Salted Flavour. Usually I get one popcorn.

2. Ice Cream - I especially like Edy's Vanilla. Sometimes daddy gets Chocolate Chip and then I can only have some if the chocolate chips are picked out. It is very lickable

3. Cookie Dough - I gets to lick the plate when Mommie makes cookies

4. Carrots - I like 'em if they are cooked, they are very sweet.

5. Pasta - I like uncooked pasta, my special favourite is the kind with spinach and cheeses on the inside. I can usually have one piece.

6. Bread and butter. I really prefer Panera breads sourdough bread, but any bread is fine really. If mommie goes to Panera she brings me some left-overs.

7. Cheeses. Lately I have been getting a little bit of Sharp Colby from Vermont. Both me and mommie thinks it is very deli-cious.

8. Milk. I like to drink a little bit of milk, but a lot of kitties like that! Mommie doesn't drink milk usually so I don't get it very often.

9. Pumpkin puree. This is very good and actually pretty healthy so I can have some in the morning with my break-fast. It is good with a nice piece of chickens.

10. Skittles. I like to lick up a skittle all around until I gotted all the coating off. Then I don't want it anymore. I usually don't get one of these, only by accident if one gets dropped, because red skittles can make a BIG mess on white carpet if they are licked.

11. Toothpaste. For whatever reason I like to put the bitey on the toothpaste. I am not allowed to do this and I do not like mint flavours, except in toothpastes.

12. Same thing goes for contact lenses solutions and lotion. Sometimes those things get hided from me and I have to search for them. I am learning to open the drawers so I can be a better searcher. So far I did not succeed in being a good sneak about that.

13. Feet. I like to lick feet. I do not know why, I think they tastes very good. Of course I do not put the bitey on them. Usually I lick strangers feet to see if they tastes okay. Then I hide under the bed!!!

Perseid Shower

2008-08-12T13:23:00.000-07:00

I normally do not like showers because I do not like to get wet but we really liked the Perseid Shower. My mommie woke up at 4 AM and of course I was already awakened, and she took me outside and we saw FOUR shooting stars. That is more than how old I am which is 1 and one-fifth years old. I very much like to go outside especially at 4 in the morning. After we got back in I thought we were going to get fed but that was too early so I had to wait impatiently until it actually got light outside for breakfast!

Also. Here are some updates about our toilet training. We are now using the inter-amber disk with the red disk underneath of it for Figaro. Strangely it is very hard for him to adjust to it. He really does not like to go so now he is only doing the #1 two times per day or even 1 time. Mommy has to make him. On the other hand, I am only using the inter-amber disk without the red disk underneath. This is too easy for me. If I was the only one in training, I would be moved up to amber right now! But we are going verrry slowly so Figaro will not have any accidents. He ALMOST had an accident on mommie's important files in the den, but she caught him scritching around and stuck him on the toilet!!

Shopping Saturday - Figaro's Birthday Present from Uncle S.

2008-08-09T14:01:00.000-07:00

Remember when we said Figaro will be getting a birthday present from Uncle S. because of his $10 gift card? Well today I helped him pick out his present on the internets.

Here is what we are getting. There are a lot of mice because that is our favorite. Also - all the things we are getting is organic and natural. This is very good for the environment, better than our other miceys which are not organic or natural but we play with all of them anyways. They are from Whisker City. We gotted him some Wool Mice (pictured on the left), some Sisal Feathered Mice, and a set of small organic mice. In total I thinks we gotted like 9 mices for only $10.

That is pretty much a very good deal. I helped Figaro find a good deal of course. When they arrrive we are going to show pictures of us playing with them. I hopes they come before parents leaves on vacation so we can get them to help us postify everything on the internets.