Well it’s not even noon and mommy’s been cleanin’ non stop. Course by da time you read this it will be well after noon. Anyways, me tried to help her with all dat cleanin’ but she didn’t seem all dat impressed with me’s attempts. Let me ‘splain. After getting’ up this meownin’ and goin’ thru our normal routine we headed to da kitchen so mommy kuld make sis Lexi and me sum brekky. She always has a drink cup with melted ice from da night afur dat she has to wash up afur getting’ down to da business of puttin’ our noms in our plates. So mommy got out our plates and put them on da prep counter and then turned da water on to wash up da drinkin’ cup. Now lots of ya’ will member dat mommy has times when she doesn’t feel her extremities, da legs, arms, hands and feet. But thru da years she has learned to make ‘em work even when she doesn’t feel ‘em, it just takes a lot of concentration.
Well this meownin’ was one of those times. Unfurtunately mommys’ concentration musta been somewhere else, cuz when she went to pick up da drinkin’ cup, it slipped right outta her hand and fell to da floor splatterin’ sticky watered down drink all over da place. She saw it fallin’ and didn’t even try to stop it. And once it hit da ground, she just stared at it pourin’ da remainin’ liquid all over da floor. Me meowed and sis Lexi hissed tryin’ to break thru mommy’s meownin’ haze. Mommy shook her head as ifin to shake off da haze and sed, “Oh my cats, I’ve gotta clean that up.” She reached down to pick up da cup and me saw da puddle of liquid on da floor and went over to mop with me’s floofy tail and paws. Yep, me just walked right into dat puddle and sat down and started da tail swoosh. Back and forth went me’s tail and da liquid went splashin’ even further onto da floor. Me even swooshed sum right up in sis Lexi’s face. Me is such a good helper. And me knew sissy kuld use a drink after takin’ her antacid, so she shulda purreciated havin’ a drink delivered right to her mouth, right?.
Well it seems nopawdy was impurressed with me’s help cuz sissy hissed at me and mommy threw out da paper towel she had been usin’ to clean her legs with and started hollerin’, “Oh Dezi, NO! Now you’ve gotta have a bath too.” A bath? Uh no, not afur brekky me thought, and took off runnin’. Sis Lexi was in hot pursuit as me’s tail swooshed and continued to scatter sticky liquid thru out da house includin’ more in sissy’s face as she was so close behind me. By now mommy was hot on her tail and hollerin’ da whole time, “Dezi! Get back here, NOW!” Back there, me thought? So does she want me to help or not? You know sometimes you just can’t seem to purrlease anypawdy. Sissy retreated to da bed fur a little tongue and spit bath and mommy scooped me up and to da pawdee box room we went fur a purropurr bath. Me smells really purretty now, and all afur brekky.
Mommy got da floor cleaned as bestest she kuld so we kuld get our brekky afur lunch, and sed she wuld get to da moppin’ with an appropriate tool later. Least da floor, sis Lexi and me ain’t sticky any more and we did get our brekky afur lunch. And mommy finally got to sit down and have a purropurr cup of coffee. Me guesses mommy will still tell peeps dat we can’t do chores like moppin’. You know tomorrow is ifin pets had fumms (thumbs) day. And me bets dat ifin me had those fumms me kulda really cleaned dat floor to mommys likin’. And me kulda made her a cup o’ joe too. And we wuld be able to work da flashy box to ketch some of mommys’ funny antics. Just think of all da things we cats kuld do with fumms. Me wuldn’t have to dictate me’s postys, me kuld drive da wheelchair with me’s paws ‘stead of me’s mouth, and we kuld take over da world. Well, me’s gunna go dream ‘bout all da things we kuld do with fumms.
Have you ever had a hazy moment that resulted in a mess?
How would you (or your pet) use thumbs if they had them?
Till da next time……………………………………………Be Blest!!!
Service Cats U.S. 
We’ve had plenty of messes around these parts but we didn’t do any of them…mostly the Dad! Love ya sweeties, get some rest!
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Ugh! What a morning! Dezi, we can’t believe you used your tail as a mop.
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Well, if I had thumbs, I wpuld hope not to sit around all day and twiddle them, haha. Whatever twiddle means…
I am so glad that all three of you are no longer sticky!
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MOL Yep LouLou we agree with you. We don’t think we wuld twiddle them, whatever that means, we think we wuld be too busy tryin’ to ketch mommy with da camera da way she does with us. MOL
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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Oh, that must be tough on your mom, Dezi. I’m glad she got a handle on the situation, though. And, although your mom may not have thought so (we humans can be pretty silly), I’m sure you were being a great helper!
I certainly have my fair share of inadvertent messes. I love to bake, and I have on more than one occasion been in such a hurry that I throw raw eggs on the floor. I’m also notorious for spilling flour and cocoa all over the counters and floor. Long story short, I can turn a kitchen into a disaster area in no time. And, of course, I always get lots of furbaby help as well.
And, if my furbabies had thumbs, they’d probably first and foremost feed themselves. They seem to think I’m too slow at it, and that I keep all the good stuff for myself. Purrs!
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Oh, dear, sounds like a small riot over there. Jan says when we help it takes her longer to get things done too.
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dezi & lexi….sum days R just thoz kinda what de be jezuz kinda dayz…..hope yur momz day iz way better bye now….we wanted ta get heer bee for two day iz two morrow; sew we waznt postin frum what wood then bee yesturr day ~~~~
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♥♥♥
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Whoa, sometimes your mom can’t feel her limbs?! I didn’t know that. Once I had surgery on my wrist to remove a cyst (it had grown back after the first surgery). When they were done, I couldn’t feel my entire arm. I was laying in the hospital bed and noticed there was no more weight on my tummy where they had laid my arm. I looked for my arm and noticed it had flung itself over the bed! I had to pick it back up with my other arm. I cannot even imagine how frustrating it would be to live that way!! Your mom is a strong woman.
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Aaaaaaaw Fank you. Mommy sez i was very frustratin’ at furst, but now she’s so used to it, she doesn’t really think ’bout it except those times when she makes booboos and such. So glad yous got da feelin’ back in your arm. It’s no fun not feelin’ things.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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OH dear me not a good way to start your day!
Hugs Madi and mom
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Oh my! Your poor mom. You were just trying to be helpful. Hopefully your bath wasn’t too stressful!
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Oh no, me likes takin’ baths, just not afur brekky. MOL
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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Oh what a morning, Dezi.Your poor mom really didn’t need such a mess at the beginning of the day. We try to help around our house and sometimes it just doesn’t work out.
Dad did some yard work yesterday he planted a whole flat of snapdragons, weeded the flower beds and edged the walkways. The yard looks very nice, but dad’s back was really sore last night. He decided to use the Jacuzzi Tub. My sister Raven really like to keep an eye on mom and dad whenever one of them uses the Jacuzzi. So dad was in the tub and the water was massaging his back. All was well. Raven was standing on the edge of the tub. Then she slipped. Well Raven doesn’t like to be in the tub if it has water in it. so she needed to climb out. The sides of the tub are too slicky, so she climbed dad’s back. I heard dad yell out, He was saying “Ouch!!!!”
I went to investigate, and passed Raven running at full speed to roll on the bed and dry off. Then I saw dad and his back was all bloody. He was drying off and trying to see his back in the mirror. Our mom is in Virginia for a week visiting her sister (our Aunt Carol) so after he got dry he was trying to put first aid cream on the gashes in his back using a pair of barbecue tongs and gauze swabs. I wanted to help him but not having thumbs makes that kind of thing next to impossible. Dad decide that there was no way that he could get band-aids on his back so he settled for putting on one of his old clean tee shirts to keep blood from getting on the bed sheets. This morning the shirt was stuck on dad’s back and pulling it off made it bleed more.
Raven told dad she was really sorry, and dad gave her snuggles so she would know that he wasn’t mad at her.
Alls well that ends well.
Purrs and hugs to you, Lexi and your mom,
Pete and the Girls
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Oh Pete, yous poor daddy. We know Raven didn’t mean to do it and we know yous daddy isn’t mad. Sure is a bad time fur yous mommy to be gone. But since mommy dusn’t have anypawdy elase but us, she sez he can use one of those back washin’ soft loofahs to apply da furst aid cream wiff. And he can wrap himself in saran wrap to keep it on da back and off da clothes. Dat’s purretty cool dat y’all have a hot tib tho’. Dat wuld do mommy a world of good.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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