Help Internets!!

Madness: Help Internets, help! We are moving to Greece! It's across the water! I'm gonna drown.

Mom: No Madness, calm down. We are not moving to Greece.

Madness: But Mom, I heard you on the phone and you said Athens and I may be young but I know where Athens is. Greece!

Mom: No, we are moving to Athens, Georgia.

Madness: Georgia? ... Hmmm, where is Georgia again?

Mom: Well, see we are here in Louisiana, then it's Mississippi, then Alabama and then Georgia.

Madness: That looks far away.


Mom: No, it is not very far.

Madness: Is it as far as the vet?

Mom: Ahmm, it's a bit further than that.

Madness: I don't want to go!

Mom: Well, we have to.

Madness: Why?

Mom: Because here I get paid peanuts and there they pay heaps and heaps of temptations.

Madness: Really?

Mom: Ahhmm, yes really. And then we can stay in a house with our own yard.

Madness: Is Bubbles coming too? And Mrs. B?

Mom: Yes we are all going.

Madness: Bubbles doesn't look very happy about this.

Mom: Well, he just doesn't like to ride in the car.

Madness: Do I like to ride in the car?

Mom: Ahhhm, not really.

Madness: Can I bring my toys?

Mom: Yes.

Madness: What about my outside climbing tree?

Mom: Ahhhm, Madness the trees are stuck to the ground, they have to stay here.

Madness: But I like to climb! I wanna climb the tree!

Mom: Well, there are trees in Georgia.

Madness: Trees I can climb?

Mom: Yes.

Madness: OK then I'll come. Lets get my toys and go.

Mom: Well, we are not going right now. Only in October. It is still many thousands of cat naps away.

Madness: But I want to have heaps and heaps of temptations now!

Mom: *sigh* No Madness, we will have heaps and heaps of temptations later, in Georgia. Now just take a little nap.

Madness: I don't want to nap. I want to go to Georgia!

Mom: Ahhhmm, but the time will go faster if you start taking some of those naps now.

Madness: Really? OK. ZZZZzzzzzz.

Cold box meme

We were tagged by Missy and KC for a "what's on your cold box" meme.

Well, here is our coldbox (click to biggify).


- As you can see there are lots of catfeets! We thinks it might be Madness who is running on the coldbox at night.

- And Mom loves "Ode to Rascal".

- This is our Mom's moto: "Life is all about making cats happy". We like that.

- And a friend sent Mom the "Spoilt rotten cats live here".

- In the top right corner is a picture of Kalahari, the first stray Mom took in here in the US but she got hit by a car. That was a long time ago, even before Mrs. B came to live here.

We are tagging Rascal, Millie, Grr and Merlin & Dobbie.

Mrs. B loves Meerkat Manor

Last night I was flicking through the TV channels and started to watch Meerkat Manor. I haven't watched it in a long time and I kinda forgot that Mrs. B LOVES it. As soon as I switched the channel she came running. She sat right in front of the TV and watched fascinated. Of course I just had to take a picture - it was hilarious. She was really watching and her head was turning this way and that way as she tried to follow the meerkats across the screen.

And what was Bubbles doing? Obviously he is not a fan of the show.

Friday is Prize-day

Bubbles: Oh this is interesting. It smells so nice. It's from our good friends Grr, Midnight & Cocoa. Madness - your prize it here...

[click to biggify pictures]

Madness: Is this all really for me?

I think I can smell Grr.

Where are you Grr? Are you in here?

Look at all my stuff! Toys and treats and nip and... even a baby squillion!
Hey, Bubbles what are you doing?

Mom! Bubbles is stealing my nip!

Bubbles: Oh, that was some good nip.

Madness: It's my nip! Oh it is yummie.

Look Mom, it' me on the bag.

Oooohhh, a blue mousie.

Grrr, I'm gonna kill the mousie.

Oh, oh, a blue sparkly ball. Gonna kill it, killllllllll it dead.

It's tasty. Blue tastes like chicken ....

Phew, now we are all tired after all the excitement.

Thanks Grr, Midnight and Cocoa! Me and my blue sparkly ball need a nap now.

Mom! Mom?

Mom: Yes Madness.

Madness: Mom, can I bring my blue sparkly ball to sleep with us in the bed?

Mom: *sigh* Yes, Madness. I guess I can sleep with you and Bubbles and a sparkly ball.
But no pouncing in bed!

*Thanks again Grr, Midnigh & Cocoa!*

Formerly Feral Friday

Bubbles and Madness are not feral anymore, but they still like to play outside. Of course when Bubbles goes outside, then Madness follows him around.

Does this look like a wild feral cat? Who likes to fight with every other cat he sees?

Surely a name like Madness is not fitting?

Cat Rescue (kind of)

OK, so after Dobby and Madness I promised myself I'm not going to get involved in rescuing any more cats. Yea well.. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt!

Soooo... About 3 weeks ago I started seeing a cat around our apartment block hopping on 3 legs. It seemed he could not put any weight on his one front leg. He seemed pretty wild and I wasn't sure whether he was a stray or really feral. I felt sorry for him, but I absolutely cannot take in another cat! I just kept repeating: "You can't save every cat. You can't save every cat."

But, of course I also could not stand that he/she was in pain, an not try to help. So I got a trap from the lady that helped me before, and actually got him trapped on the first attempt. His left leg is swollen, but I cannot make out whether it is broken.

So this morning I took him to the vet. And it was good news. His leg is not broken. He does have a severe abscess. They treated the abscess and also neutered him.

So this evening I will set him free again. I wish I could find him a home, but he seem to be quite wild and I just don't have a place to keep a semi-feral cat for any length of time. He and Bubbles have gotten into several bad fights, so there is no chance that I can keep him in my apartment. Not to mention that my landlord will probably kick me out!

He is a beautiful cat. Well, at least he has been treated, neutered and got his shots. I feel I've done what I could with my resources.

What you doing Bubbles?

Hey Bubbles what are you doing?
Nothing.
Come on tell me!
*sigh* I'm not doing anything.

Come on Bubbles, tell me what you are doing.
Do you really want to know what I'm doing?
Yes!
You sure?
Yes, yes.

I'm getting ready.
Ready for what?
Ready to pounce.
Pounce on what?
Guess.
I don't know.... Oh. Oh! Eeeeeeeeeeee!

Quilt Thief

Madness has decided that Bubbles's Gizzy Quilt is now hers. Just look at her! The little thief.


And Bubbles loved napping on his quilt.

So I've relented and Madness is getting her very own Gizzy Quilt. She is very excited! OK, and she wants me to play with her now. *sigh*

I guess sometimes crime does pay.

Wordless Wednesday - How to spend your day off

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all our blogging friends!