Meowllo everypawdy hope yous all plannin’ a pawsum weekend. Weez still restin’ up here. MOL But we purromised to tell you all ‘bout da dwivin’ pawrt of our twip to BlogPaws so dat’s zactly what weez gunna do. And weez also gunna join up wiff Rascal and Rocco fur da Pet Pawade Blog Hop. So anyways, as you all know we was meetin’ up wiff our fellow Oklahoma bloggers fwum Angel Prancer Pie and goin’ on to Nashville wiff them. They live bout a 4 hour dwive fwum us and wanted to leave early Fursday meownin’. So Ms. Tonya was pawsum enuff to put us up in a local motel Wednesday night so we wuld all be there and weady to leave furst fing Fursday meownin’.
We wasn’t in any rush to get off Wednesday, but since it was mommys birffday she had planned on us leavin’ wound 1 dat day so weez kuld get there and get a good nights sleep. And she wanted to pick up a bite to eat to celebwate. But as usual, we was late getting’ off. And when mommy twied to load us up neevew of us wanted any pawrt of dat. Sis Lexi gave mommy da “I’z not wanna go to da VET” hiss, and me followed suit. But mommy didn’t pay any attention to eevew of us and loaded us up anyways. And then furty miles fwum home we found closed roads and detours. You all member da floodin’ we got duwin’ da mumff of May wight? Well our stweet had been closed most of da mumff, and now so was da innewstate. So we had to detour almost immediately. And zactly what mommy didn’t want to happen, is what happened. Pig trails here we come. Finally 3 hours later we was half way to our destination and da rains fell. And they fell so stwong dat mommy kuldn’t even see out da fwunt window. Fankfully since mommy didn’t know what we might run into she had made us stay in da stwoller so we wasn’t out runnin’ wound da car. Well we finally awwived at our destination and Ms. Tonya gave us diwections so we kuld get into our room and settled fur da night. All in and mommy wealized she didn’t have anyfin’ to dwink, so she was leavin’ out to find a store and…there was Ms. Tonya. They hugged and squealed and exchanged “good to finally meet ya’s,” and they visited a bit and then we were all callin’ it a night.
Bwight and early da next meownin’ mommy packed us up again so we kuld head out to Nashville. We all got loaded up and our car went to Ms. Tonya’s and we was off. Guess we shulda figgered out by then we wasn’t goin’ to da VET, but weez just kuldn’t be sure so we was still givin’ mommy da “don’t wanna go” hiss. When we finally hit da highway mommy opened da stwoller so we kuld get out and use da pawdee box and get a dwink or snack ifin we wanted. By this time we was actin’ like childwen mommy sez and when me wuld touch Lexi or she wuld touch me we hissed to let mommy know dat da udder was “touchin’” us. MOL And yes, da pawdee box wus in da floor board and mommy had a syringe and bottle of water fur dwinks and sum snacks in hers purrse. Mommy sez she can’t make dat long of a twip wiffout needin all of those fings so she dusn’t spect us to eevew. We wasn’t too faw down da highway when me had to use da pawdee box and stink da car up. So we just pulled over and mommy scooped out da offendin’ “deed” and fwu it out. We was off again. Udder than a few hisses back and forff we didn’t have much to say duwin’ da twip. But mommy and Ms. Tonya and Ms. Samantha had purrlenty to talk ‘bout. They chatted most of da way. And nopawdy had to stop, get out and wait on us fur pawdee box bweaks, we just went when we needed too and mommy helped lift us back out.
Me did a lot of out da window watchin’ on da twip there, and sissy did a lot of nappin’. On da way home weez left early again, only this time sis Lexi did a lot of out da window watchin’ and me did da nappin’. Mommy kept noddin’ off on da way home like me. But when da hoomans stawrted talkin’ ‘bout getting’ closer to home sissy had to pipe in every once in a while and give ‘em hers 2 cents worff. Again, Ms. Tonya was so kind and let us stay da night so we kuld get up da next day and get on da road all rested up. And fank catness she did, cuz it had stowmed da whole time we was gone and there was even more roads closed comin’ back.
I’z got to uze da pawdee box, ‘skuze me.
OMC we got ‘bout an hour and a half fwum home and pawently da lake had flooded anudder major highway. We was detoured to Texas, da state, not a town. We almost dwopped in fur a visit awnty Ann. MOL Anyways, we got down to da furst town and wealized they was gunna detour us all da way to Dallas, so we turned wound and came back up to Oklahoma. Least these pig trails awe ones we know. MOL On da way down one of da little two lane weally one lane pig twails we saw tons of peeps pulled off da side of da road wiff their fishin’ poles. No, these places awe not fishin’ holes. And till May they were all dwy as a desert. But da rains had filled in every empty space wiff little ponds and lakes and batches of water; and pawently fish. Rednecks, give us a flood and we go fishin’. Anyways, weez finally got ‘bout 30 minutes fwum home and we kuld feel mommys ‘citement and weez stawrted singin’ da hallelujah chorus. When we finally got home we all so exhausted mommy barely got da car unloaded and showered and we all cwashed. We were so glad to be home. But you know what? We also wished dat BlogPaws had lasted even longer. Ifin we hadn’t had so much fun we wuldn’t have been so tired. It was cwazy busy, goin’, goin’, goin’, but we luvved every minute of it. And since bein’ back, sis Lexi has been actin’ like a kitten again. Weez’ll tell ya’ more ‘bout dat in future posties.
Meowllo everypawdy how have yous all been? It seems like furever since weez chatted last. But let me tell ya’, what a time dat has been. Weez not know how sum of ya’ keep up wiff all dat was goin’ on and still makin’ postys and visitin’, cuz we just didn’t have time. And by da time mommy got in fur da night, she was so exhausted there’s no way she kuld help us on da puter. Da posty we did make took hours cuz she kept fallin’ asleep at da desk. (yes, da wifi was indeed furee duwin’ da conference.) OMC da swag and da furiends and da twip and da room and…well it’s gunna take us a while to tell ya’ everyfin’, so weez’ll do this a little at a time. Oh and da dwive? Yep weez’ll be tellin’ ya’ all ‘bout dat too, just not today. Today weez gunna talk ‘bout BlogPaws itsselff okay?.
Just lookit da swag. And dat’s not all.
Lexi: Oh sissy weez doo habz lotz too tell eberpawdy doent we? Several ov ya’ had wunnerd ibin mommy taykin’ me on such a long trip wuz a good idea. And mommy kep tellin’ ya’ dat I’z lubbed too travel weez jiz doent git too doo it a lot cuz ov da green payperz. But weez hoep abter seein’ me in akshun and reedin’ ‘bout our adbenshurs, youz’ll unnerstand why mommy didunt fink twice ‘bout taykin’ me too BlogPaws 2015. It wuz az da hoomanz say, jiz what da doctor ordered.
Back home I’z crawlin’ all owe-ber da cat tree.
Ifin you can’t see da video, purrlease paw here. At our tween motel cuz mommy kuldunt catch me at #BlogPaws. Mommy sez this be why we keep da potty seat down.
Dezi: Yes sissy it was zactly what you needed wasn’t it? And yous had to show off too, didn’t ya’? You all know we be service cats, not celebricats. Altho’ weez wanna be celebracats sumday, weez not quite there yet. So anyways, weez not used to “entertaining guests”. So me didn’t come wound when we had visitors to our room. Me was all ‘bout da showin’ off when me was downstairs tho’. And yous’ll get to see sum of those fotos too. Oh Brian and furmily we can’t fank you enuff fur sponsorin’ us so we kuld go to BlogPaws Nashville. And of course weez got bit by da BP bug and wanna go next year too. It’s gunna be in Phoenix Arizona in June. We hope to be further along wiff our bloggy by then, and maybe even have a sponsor. WooHoo, wuldn’t dat be sumfin’?
And all of ya’ dat gave us gween papers fur da twip, fank you so much. And a meowsy big fank you to Ms. Tonya fur puttin’ us up in a motel afur leavin’ and comin’ home. When we tell ya’ ‘bout da twip yous’ll get why weez so gwateful. And we got to meet awnty Mary who lives in Nashville and hers bwought mommy sum Cokes. See we wuz in da middle of Pepsi kuntwy, and mommy purrfurs Coke. Not to mention those nasty Pepsi’s was spensive. OMC So a meowsy big fank ya’ awnty Mary. And we did an interview. Oh what fun. They didn’t know a lot ‘bout cat behavior, but it was still lots of fun.
Mommy weally enjoyed da classes, and all da visitinn’ and meetin’ of furiends. Oh and fanks fur da goodies Wally, Ernie and Zoey. Wow it wasn’t just a business cawd they gave mommy but also a little sumfin’ sumfin’ fur us too. And yes, mommy passed out our business cawds too. And she networked wiff sum of da bwands and we can’t wait to work wiff ‘em. This is gunna be so much fun. We took turns goin’ down wiff mommy to events and such, and cuz there was so many peeps there and mommy hung out wiff a few of them purretty regular, she left us in da room to rest sumtimes too.
Lexi: She shur did Dezi and it wuznunt fair. I’z relly wandid too go too da kloezin’ dinner. I’z jiz didunt wanna go in da strowller. I’z wandid too go down on minez leash. But mommy kep sayin’ sumpin’ ‘bout da doggiez and how ibin they wuz too lunge at me like they had erleer I’z woodunt habz any purrtekshun and kuldunt git away frum ‘em. So I’z hung out in da room wiv you and da swag. Owe da swag… (looks off dreamily) By da way, I’z ate sooooooo good on diz trip dat mommy awlmowzt kuldunt bulleeb it. Weez’ll be tellinn’ ya’ awl ‘bout dat when we tayk a look at sum ov da swag on itz own.
Sum ov minez favoritz at da end ov da bed.
Dezi: Yep yous made a little piggy of yousselff sissy. But it was so good to see yous eatin’ so well. Now just keep it up. And a weally big meowsy fank you to Mars and all da wunnewful sponsors and bwands dat made BlogPaws 2015 pawssible. And lots of fanks to all those who gave us samples and those who weally helped out wiff sis Lexi’s eatin’. She found a food dat she weally liked and they gave us lots of extwa. Weez be twuly blest. Fanks to all da speakers and teachers who put on classes. We learned bunches and bunches. And fanks to all our furiends fur bein’ so nice to mommy and us. Major ConCats to all those dat won awards and give aways. Weez’ll be livin’ off this high fur sum time to come. Hope yous enjoy seein’ da fotos today, and have a gweat day. Weez joinin’ da BlogPaws 2015 Blog Hop.
Move yous hand mommy, da paparazzi wants to take meez foto.
Dog’s dwool and meez seen it up close and purrsonal
Howdy y’all, how ya’ be duin’? As you all know weez be in Nashville at da Blog{aws Conference havin’ a blast. Wait’ll ya’ hear ‘bout our twip to get here. OMC!!! But weez gunna save dat fur when we get back. MOL Well like me sed weez be havin’ a blast but we awe tired. All oof us includin’ mommy. Now you all know dat mommy be a caffeine addict, wight? Well dat be twu, but she duz have hers purrfured bwands of caffeine poisons. Mommy luvs hers coffee, but when it be hotter than a two dollaw whore on a log stove se likes a colder caffeine in da furm of coke. Do you know what she can’t get any of in all this hotel…COKE. Nope, nowhere in this overpurriced hotel in any event or vendin’ machine. She saw a young boy on a balcony acwoss da way wiff a coke and asked him where hims got it. Yep yous guessed it, they bwought ‘em wiff ‘em.
Well anyways, da convention is in full swing today. When mommy was getting’ weady to go down this meownin’ Lexi got so fwaid mommy was gunna go down wiffout her dat she jumped up in da stwoller afur mommy was even weady and waited. So mommy took sis Lexi to bwekky wiff her and to da meownin’ class and exhibit hall. They weally raked in da goodies let me tell ya’. But mommy fawt dat it might be a little much fur sissy and bwought her back to da room and got me. Well you shulda seen da cat twee they had down their iin da kitty section of da exhibit hall. Well stead of me tellin’ ya ‘bout it let me just show ya’. Me got to play model, by da way. Everypawdy was gathewin’ wound and talkin’ ‘bout me and snappin’ fotos wight and left. Well why wuldn’t they? Mommy sez me is a very purretty girly and me sure was enjoyin’ da limelight. MOL
OMC me furgot to tell ya’ dat when mommy came bwingin’ sissy back to da room earlier, Ms. Ava fwum ChristyPaws came to visit too. And then there was a knck on da door and it was Sophie and Ms. Emily fwum da Kitty Cat Chronicles. Well me had to show meez tired ole hiney and me wuldn’t even come out to play. But sissy and Sophie played a bit afur sissy runned off. Dat Sophie be quite energetic. We don’t fink hers had nearly as long a twip as we did, cuz dat girl just didn’t get tired. MOL But she was a cutey indeed. Weez just luv her. Fanks fur stoppin’ by. Sowry weez wasn’t up to playin’, maybe next time.
Anyways, mommy and me went to a class, and altho’ we sat in da back there was this doggy dat kep twyn’ to lunge at me. And finally hims bwoke loose and did and barked and growled. It scared me a bit, so mommy bwought me back upstairs and she went back fur more visitin’ and classes. Well me has so much more to tell ya’ but weez gotta get weady fur Happy Meow-ur and our interview and visit wiff nun udder than awnty Mary. And as we do every Furiday weez joining Rascal and Rocco fur da Pet Purrade
Meowllo everypawdy weez twyin’ to hurry and get meez posty out afur da next big funderboomers followed by da lightin’ up of da sky. Now let’s see where did me leave off…Oh yeah me wanted a few more minutes of Zzzz’s So while mommy took care of meownin’ pawdee box business and sis Lexi played in da water me laid down in da shower chair and had a few. Sissy laid down on da vanity and meowed fur mommy to leave da water runnin’ till bwekky was weady so mommy woke me up to dwive her to da kitchen. Well of course me obliged, it is meez job after all. And it means me gets a few extwa licks of butter and/or ham spoon. Now weez not weally told ya’ what da ham spoon is so meez gunna tell ya’ today. Sissy told ya’ all da meds and supplements she be taking, and dat she gets ‘em in a tablespoon of ham and ham gwavy baby food. Well one of those supplements be fur UTI’s and can be used as a purrventative too. So after mommy mixes all of sissy’s medicines into da ham, she puts a little of dat D-Mannose on da spoon and mixes it up wiff hers finger and gives it to me. Oh da ham is divine. (looks off with a glint in her eyes)
Gimme da ham spoon mommy, it’s meez turn.
So anyways mommy and me headed fur da kitchen to fix bwekky. As me sed mommy be getting’ wound purretty slow these wet, rainy days, so it takes furever to make bwekky, so me stands watch. And sumtiimes me will have a good scwatch on da post, but me can still see and feel mommy so ifin she needs me it’s no purroblem. And sure nuff this meownin’ she needed me. Mommy was twyin’ to hurry and get our bwekky made and suddenly me felt dat sumfin’ wasn’t wight wiff mommy. So into da kitchen me went and pawed at hers ankles and meowed and twirled. See mommy likes to twy to stand up and fix our bwekky. She leans on da counter to stabilize her. But ifin she passes out, it dusn’t matter what she’s leanin’ on, she’s gunna fall. So after me danced a little me got da chair and bwought it over to her so she kuld sit down and finish makin’ bwekky. Bwekky all dun and me hopped up in hers lap to have me sum ham spoon and mommy hollered fur sissy to come eat.
Sissy came saunterin’ up and jumped on da table to have hers ham plate and canned noms and mommy took meez plate to da livin’ room where me eats. Mommy and me went back to da kitchen to get hers coffee and then we all settled in. Sissy and me stawrted eatin’ and mommy sat in hers sittin’ chair to have coffee, read emails and pass out. MOL Eventually mommy stawted getting’ wound a bit better as da day went on, but wiff all this rain and ole man awfur-itis hangin’ wound most of our days this mumff have been purretty much like this one. Mommy sez she wuld still be layin’ in bed ifin not fur Lexi and me and dat she be so fankfull to have us. We fink we be da lucky ones. So togedder we be a very gwatefull furmily.
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Me also wants to take a minute to fank our awnty Cindy and Maggie Meme fur sendin’ us a few pawsum boxes. Mommy got more coffee and fank catness cuz her was out and climbin’ da walls. She gladly came down off da ceilin’ to make her a fwesh cup and we gladly let her dwink it all. MOL We allso got sum more filter fur our fountain and sum kitty gwass. And she sent 2 bonus sets of sheets fur da bed. What dat bonus means is dat weally we got 4 sets of sheets. And then last night awnty Anonymous called mommy and wanted to give hers sumfin’ fur hers Meowday which be da day afur BlogPaws, da 27ff. So mommy got anudder Meowday purrezzy. Mommy sed she felt like a queen. We told her she’s always our queen, but a meowsy big fank you to all of ya’ fur makin’ mommy’s day.
And we was finally able to get online fur longer than a minute yesfurday and awnty Jennifer had left us a message and she’s gunna be sendin’ sissy a Meowday cawd and sumfin’ fur mommys Meowday too. We have da most pawsumest furiends ever. We have been so humbled by da generosity and love shown to us by so many. Fank you seems so inadequate to expwess our gwatitude, but we weally do fank you all. Hope you can hear us purrin’ our gwatitude.
And on anudder fwunt, weez be getting’ all packed up and weady to go to BlogPaws. We be so ‘cited we can’t hawdly stand da wait. We can’t wait to meet so many of you and finally put togedder da hoomans wiff da cats. Mommy knows all our kitty furiends names, but needs a cwash course in da hoomans. So purrlease furgive us ifin weez not recognize you wight off. Weez countin’ down da days. And we almost furgot, weez joinin’ up wiff Rascal and Rocco fur da Pet Pawade Blog Hop. It’s still stowrmin’ so meez gunna go check out da Cat twee and sissy’s gunna take a nap and mommy’s gunna fix anudder cup of coffee, weez’ll see y’all soon.
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