It’s How Long?

Here it is Furiday again. Do yous all wealize how close Christmas is? Fanksgivin’ is only 3 showt weeks away. So we fawt we wuld share a foo of da dangers da holidays bwing fur yous furry furmily members. So as wiff all ow educational postys da rest will be written in hooman speak.

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Most everybody has shared a little turkey or ham with their cat or dog at the holidays. After all we’re most likely right there askin’ for some. We sure did. Last year we got blessed with a turkey for Christmas and the whole time it was in the oven Lexi and me sat in the kitchen watching it. And when mommy took it out, she couldn’t have moved if she wanted too. The aroma filled the house and made our mouths water. But there are some things that might be on your holiday table that aren’t as safe for us as that turkey. If you drink or serve alcoholic beverages, please don’t give any to your pets. It’s not funny to see us intoxicated and it could actually lead to coma or death. And of course most of you know that chocolate isn’t good for us, so just member to keep it out of our reach. Not all of us know to leave it alone. Nuts can cause all kinds of different problems for us as well as lots of fruits. So please keep the fruitcake to your self. And that morning cup of joe that mommy can’t seem to live without, it’s highly toxic to us kitties. We don’t need a caffeine high to hav a good time or bounce off da walls. Just get da bird on a string or wire. Raw yeast dough is another no no. Mommy loves to make fresh bread and donuts and we are drawn to the smell of the dough, but it is very toxic to us kitties. So if you’re a baker, keep your dough outta our reach. And most all of the root vegetables (those that grow under ground) are toxic too us. Sometimes it the leaves and not the actual vegetable, but to be on the safe side (if you can’t remember all of them) just keep all of it away from us. This is just a few of the foods that awe toxic to us. For a complete list, please go here.

Me just luvs da Jackson Galaxy Mojo Maker toys.
Me just luvs da Jackson Galaxy Mojo Maker toys.

 

With all the advancements in pet nutrition, and all the brands on the market today we really don’t need your foods. Just provide us a well balanced diet and we’ll be happy. The occasional bite of turkey at Thanksgiving won’t hurt us, or even a few bites of that well loved bacon; but too much of a good thing is just as bad for us as it is for you. If you want what’s best for your pet, read the labels of the food you buy. Educate yourself a little and know what to look for. Always remember us cats are meat eaters, and bad things happen when we don’t get enough meat. And even though dogs could survive being a vegetarian, they’re  meat eaters too. A well balanced diet for everybody in the house will make us all happy and sassy. As the holidays draw even closer we will also be writing post on poisonous plants, and decorations. We hope you all plan to have great fun this holiday season for all your family members including those of us with fur. The holidays can be a lot of fun for us all if you just take a few precautions.

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By da way, Meez in a contest twyin’ to win sum mowe of those pawsum Jackson Galaxy toys fur Christmas. Wuld yous purrlease vote fur me? All yous hav to do is click here, and then paw da admire button. Yous can only vote fur a kitty one time, and altho’ me can’t weply to yous comments “hollers” mommy weads each and evewy one of them to me. Fank you so much.

Till da nex time………………Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi

Humble Beginnings

OMC Ifin yous all kuld only see and hear meez mommy. It’s like evewy 10 minutes, “Oh good grief, my nose” and then hers picks up da kleenex and ‘HONK’. MOL Wiff da season changin’ so suddenly and all da rain, and of course mommy wuz just gettin’ well fwum da pneumonia hers got duwin’ da flood, hers allergies awe weally kickin’ in. Let me tell ya’ ifin this goes on much longer mommy will look like Rudolph. Oh well, weez do luv Christmas.

On anudder note as me told yous on meez Meowday, we celebwate da whole mumff. So me fawt dat since me has so many mowe furiends now than when we stawted bloggin’ dat me wuld tell yous da stowwy of how me came to liv wiff mommy and sissy. And meez first duty as a Service Cat. Ifin yous been readin’ meez blog since da beginnin’ hopefully me won’t put yous to sleep and can bwing out enuff new to keep yous innewested. So don’t close da tab yet.

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See it all stawted in November of 2009. Mommy had a Ragamuffin’ named Ransom dat had been vewy sick fur a long time. And one day he just gave up and hims went to heaven. Mommy wuz distwaught and sis Lexi had now lost 3 bwofurs in her 10 years. And since Lexi wuz 10 years old mommy knew she needed a helpurr fur her. She just kuldn’t do all da work mommy needed her to do alone. Oh sis Lexi wuld twy, but mommy wuldn’t want her to have to. So even tho’ mommy wuz gwievin’ hers stawted makin’ sum calls. And then wight afur Fanksgivin’ mommy talked to a lady fwum a wescue dat told hers they had just raided a Ragdoll bweeder and had a litter of 11 kittens. They wusn’t quite suwe how old they wuz, but they wuz eatin’ solid food and weened. (NOT) Anyways, mommy sed hers wuld be wight there. So mommy told sis Lexi she wuld be back and wuld be bwingin’ her new bwofur or sisfur home. And she got in da caw and dwove da 2 hours to see me and meez littermates.

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We had been put in a big box wiff baws on it. We wuz skeered and all huddled togedder. And then me heard a voice dat sounded like an angel and da lady dat put us in da cage came and put us in a basket. She carried us to anudder room where me smelled sumfin’ sweet. And then da lady poured us outta da basket and onto da floor. We wuz all kinda stunned. We all looked wound and me saw a lady in da floor and kuld tell dat’s where da sweet smell wuz comin’ fwum. Meez littermates all huddled togedder and stawted playin’. Not me. Me waddled ovew to da sweet smellin’ lady and crawled up what seemed like a mountain (her cwossed legs) to get to a flat place (lap) and lay down. Me laid down and stawted purrin’ and then looked up at da sweet smellin’ lady and she looked at me and she just glowed. There wuz water leakin’ fwum hers eyes and runnin’ down hers face and she spoke so softly me almost didn’t hear her. And she sed, “Hello my angel. Are you my destiny?” And she picked me up and handed me to da udder lady hoo put me down wiff meez littermates again. Again, me waddled wight back to her and crawled up da mountain again and laid down and looked up at her again. This time there wuz a flood comin’ fwum hers eyes and she gently picked me up and held me close to her heart and sed, “You are my Destiny.”  Mommy and da lady wiff da basket talked sum mowe and then me and mommy (da sweet smellin’ lady) went away.

So many new sights and smells. It wuz a bit cold and me wuz a little skeered so me clung to da sweet smellin’ lady wiff all me had until hers put me on a warm soft blanket and stawted singin’ to me. Me stawted dwiftin’ off to sleep. Me wuz so tired. Da sweet smellin’ lady didn’t know it but me hadn’t eaten anyfin’ since da day afur we had been put in da cage and wescued. Me got weally quiet and mommy got worried and pulled ovew to check on me. Me wuz bawely bweevin’. And then hers got a call. One of meez littermates had suddenly died. Suddenly me wuz gettin’ jostled wound and rubbed all ovew. Meez eyes wuz heavy but me got them open and mommy wuz lookin’ me ovew fwum head to paw. And hers talked into da little fone and sed, “They’re not 6 weeks old. They most likely can’t eat the kibble. Do you know what kind of wormers were used? OMC Something she bought at Walmart?” She gave them how much?!!! They all need bottles of whole milk ASAP, and a heating pad. As for the wormer you’re just going to have to keep them strong enough to make it through. If you need anything, call me, and I’ll keep you updated about Deztinee.”  Yous see, we wuz actually only ‘bout 3 1/2 weeks old. Da bweeder had lied to da rescue peeps. (they specialized in dogs and it wuz da holidays so no vets available)  So we wusn’t weened. And da bweeder had given us an ovew da counter wormer in doses fur a 6 pound cat. And not only once, but twice in one week.  

See meez wormy belly?
See meez wormy belly?

Mommy continued home (purrawlly speedin’, but sshhh, don’t tell), and got me in and shoved a bottle in meez mouff. Me wuz so weak me didn’t wanna suckle. But mommy kep after it until me finally did. After meez belly wuz full and me had gone potty (the runs big time-mol) mommy gave me a baff and got me all cleaned up. And found that me wuz covered in fleas. And yes, me had worms alwight, but not da kind me had been tweated fur. Me had tapeworms fwum da fleas. But me wuz too yung fur da twaditional tweatment, so mommy had to use a natuwal wemedy. It didn’t take long, and in a foo days me wuz stwonger and up walkin’ wound and playin’ and checkin’ out meez new surroundings. Meez nevew missed meez littermates. Me wuz always posed to be wiff mommy and sis Lexi. As fur meez name, mommy chose to change da spelling of Destiny (cuz herz likes da unusual), but to this day mommy still believes me wuz always hers destiny.

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So me knows yous wunnewin’ what wuz meez first Service cat duty ifin me wuz so little. Like me sed, me wuz always posed to be wiff mommy. Me wuz tuned in to hers vewy bein’ and me had gotten stwonger and wuz followin’ mommy evewywhere hers went. Me had seen hers fallin’ and goin’ to sleep in da floor, and me didn’t like it. Afur hers wuld fall me wuld sense dat sumfin’ wuz gunna happen, me just didn’t know what. So one day hers wuz in da kitchen gettin’ sumfin’, neevew of us member zackly what hers wuz duin’, but me got dat sense dat sumfin’ wuz gunna happen. By now me knew dat it meant hers wuz gunna fall down, so me fawt me needed to tell hers so maybe she wuldn’t do it. So me stawted meowin’ meez squeaky little meow. Me don’t know ifin hers didn’t hear me or what, but she just kep on duin’ whatevew hers wuz duin’. So me kep squeakin’ louder and louder. And finally she stawted tellin’ me she luved me. Altho’ me luvs to hear dat, it didn’t help da situation. So, me decided me must do sumfin’ els. So me stawted pattin’ hers ankle (dat’s as high as me kuld reach) and turnin’ wound and wound. And of course me kep meowin’ too. Hers looked at me and weached down and picked me up and stawted luvvin’ on me. Awe yous kiddin’ me? Put me down! What ifin yous fall, meez meowed. She put me down and me wesumed meez warnin’ til she hit da gwound. Well me licked hers face and when she finally “woke” up me meowed dat me told hers so, but she didn’t seem to cawe or unnewstand. Me just didn’t know how mommy, hoo seemed to unnewstand what all meows meant didn’t unnewstand meez warnin’. We did this a kupple mowe times afur hers decided me might be twyin’ to tell hers sumfin’. To this day me warns mommy afur hers passes out. And these days she pays attention. So, dat wuz meez first evew duty as mommys Service Cat. Well dat’s da stowwy of meez humble beginnings. Mommy sez weez not rich wiff fings or munny, but weez awe ovewflowin’ wiff luv and dat’s what counts.

Me also wuld like to hopefully clear up da Blest Sunday posty. Yes sissy and me awe hostin’ da Blest Sunday post-a-thon fur da Tabby Cat Club. But since this mumff be special we fawt it wuld be nice to invite ALL BLOGGERS to join in on yous own blog. Da blogosphere is so blessed and all of you awe blessed in yous own way, so we fawt it wuld be fun to wead what you wus fankful fur or blest by too. So whedder yous a member of da TCC or not, purrlease join us Sunday fur a Blest Sunday posty. And member, this post will include ow vewy special Fank yous to all those hoo helped us in any way duwin’ da past foo mumffs.  Weez been asked ‘bout da linky fing, and weez will be honest, mommy dusn’t hav a clue ‘bout how to do dat.  

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Till da nex time……………Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses 

Dezi and Lexi

Newsy Tuesday

Meowllo evewypawdy, hope yous all havin a gweat week. It’s turned cold and wet here. Weally wet. It’s been rainin’ and rainin’ and rainin’. It’s looked like night time for days now. And well, datt means mommy’s not gettin’ wound vewy fast. Actually mowe like a snail to be exact. So weez twyin’ get in sum visits while also lettin’ mommy kinda rest. Ifin only meez paws wuz smaller me kuld visit yous all me selff. But alas bein’ a big girly means big paws, so me duz need mommy to type fur me. Or hey, maybe us cats kuld join tugedder and get da ‘puter peeps to make a keyboard just fur us cats. What’d’ya’ fink? Wuldn’t dat be cool? 

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Anyways we just wanted to make a little post today lettin’ you all know what be goin’ on. You know, sum news. As you all know sis Lexi and me write an awticle fur da Daily Mewsletter evewy mumff, and da latest awticle just went live. It’s gweat ifin weez don’t say so ourselves. Weez covered a lot of da hazards of da holidays and how to avoid them. So why don’t yous run on ovew and check it out. Ifin yous not alweady subscwibed, yous can wead da stowwy here, and also sign up to be notified when new awticles come out. Even tho’ it’s called da Daily Mewsletter, it only posts new 2 times a mumff so yous not hav to worry ‘bout lots of emails or bein’ bothered daily. And there weally is a little sumfin’ in it fur evewyone. There’s a foo contests goin’ on wight now yous might wanna check out too. Well, weez suwe hope yous enjoy ow awticle and find it enlightenin’.

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Weez also gunna be sponsowin’ ow vewy first evew event ovew at da Tabby Cat Club this Sunday November 9ff. But weez wanna offur da oppurrtunity to join in to all of you on your own blogs. As you know evewy Sunday we make a Blest Sunday posty, and list sum of ow many blessings. Well this Sunday Lexi and me be sponsowin’ Blest Sunday. Fur those of us in da U.S. at least this mumff be Fanksgivin’ and fur us here in meez house it be da mumff me wuz born and came to liv wiff mommy and sis Lexi; so weez kuldn’t fink of a better time to host such an event. Weez even cweated a little badge fur yous all to post ifin yous wuld like. We suwe do hope yous join us. We look furward to weadin’ all ‘bout yous blessings. And of course yous can all still purrticipate in da Sunday selfies just like always, we do. Now this be da first time weez evew dun anyfin’ like this, so weez not fur suwe what all weez posed to do, and quite furankly weez a little skeered nopawdy will join in, but we must take a leap of faith sumtimes. So we suwe hope to see you Sunday.  

Purrlease join us and post yous Blessings.

Till da nex time…………………Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses 

Dezi and Lexi

Biting the Big Apple

OMC did it turn cold or what?. First a fureeze on Caturday and then it just furgot to warm up again da rest of da weekend. Da sun furgot to shine and daylight just didn’t wanna stick awound. And we changed ow clocks. Amidst all dat meez sweet Andy took me to da Big Apple fur meez Meowday. And me wanted to shawe ow pawsum date wiff you. 

It stawted early as Andy rented a purrivate jet to fly us to New York. When he arrived to pick me up hims bwought me this big bootyful bouquet of red roses. And then we wuz off to da jet. A foo hours later weez arrived in New York, where we wuz picked up by a stwetch limo. OMC Me told you him wuz a romantic. We chatted and looked in awe at evewyfin’ as we dwove to da Plaza Hotel where we planned to stay. We cleaned up and took a little cat nap, and then we wuz off to see da sights. We wnt to da top of da Empire State biulding. Wow wuz dat place evew tall. Me just luvs to be way up high tho’ so me weally enjoyed it. And then we went to walk wound times square. Macy’s is alweady decowated fur Christmas. It wuz so bootyful. We boff got a foo souvenirs to take back to ow furmilies. What a wunnewful day we had. There wuz so many sights to see, and Andy wuz evew da gentlemancat. Openin’ doors and purrtectin’ me.

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After a fun day of shoppin’ and sight seein’ we went back to da Plaza Hotel to shower and change fur da nights festivities. Andy had planned da whole twip so evewyfin’ wuz a supwise to me. Aftew a short rest we got back in da limo and headed fur da 5 staw westawant named Daniel.  And OMC wuz da food tasty. It wuz so melt in yous mouff delishus. And then when desert wuz served and da waiter lifted da lid to meez bowl of cweam, there on da plate wuz a bootyful little blue box. Meez paws twembled as me opened it up and peered inside. Oh me, it wuz a girls bestest furiend. A bootyful diamond necklace. And to end a purrfect day we again hopped in da limo headed fur Bwoadway to see CATS. Me kuldn’t hav asked fur a mowe purrfect Meowday, or a mowe purrfect companion. Andy is such a romantic sweetheart. Me weally duz like him vewy much. We returned home da nex day, and sed ow goodbyes fur now. Me gav him a little kiss and him wuz off.  Hope yous enjoyed readin’ ‘bout meez purrfect virtual date wiff Andy, and hope yous all hav a pawsum Munday. 

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Me wuld like to tell evewypawdy dat da 2015 Cat Blogosphere Calendars awe weady fur ordewin’. Lexi and me awe in it. You can get yous now by pawin’ here. And fwu da 4ff of November yous can get a 20% discount ifin yous enter da code “READ” when purrchasin’. 

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This be a foto fwum da calendar.

Till da nex time…………….Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses 

Dezi