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Paws Crossed…We’re Back

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Well Sunday was a mawaffon copy day and mommy got everyfin’ put all togevver late. It was pawrtly Lexi and meez fawlt it took so long cuz we made hers stop and have a luv fest a kupple times. We was boff runnin’ a bit of a temp. And no call fwum da VET. So furst fing Monday meownin’ mommy called da VET at da office and was told Dr. C was on vacation and Dr. M was in surgery but they wuld have hers call us as soon as she got out. So mommy gwabbed da fone and put it in da basket on hers wheelchair and took da paperwork up to da office. Whew (wipes brow with paw) Now da weal fun work begins. A mumff of “they” won’t accept this, or “they” need this or that. Cuz nuffin’s ever easy wiff this manager. As most of you know weez lived here a very long time, and mommy used to manage pawrtments just like these a long time ago. So she knows what she needs to turn in and has always done it wiff no purrawllem till this manager. And cuz she wants mommy gone she has to pick on us every year. So faw she’s not been too bad this year, and dat’s fanks to da purrayers of all of you and dat she got in twubble last year fwum da Purresident and VP of da management company. So keep those purrayers comin’.

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It was early afternoon when all this got finished, and still no call fwum da VET so mommy called over to da office again, and got da run wound ‘bout how busy they were and dat Dr. M hadn’t had a chance to make any calls but she wuld be callin’ us afur she went home. So mommy cleaned a bit and put all her “lease wenewal” copies on da shelf fur easy access ifin she needs ‘em, and sat down to help us stawrt visitin’ all our furiends. And…OMC we didn’t have any innewrnet. Awe yous kiddin’ me? It’s been goin’ down everyday here wecently, but here it was da middle of da day. So mommy gwabbed da iPaw and headed fur mr. W’s to use hims fone to call ATT and saw our neighbor out on da porch. Since she has a puter mommy asked ifin she had innewrnet and she sed, “Nope and I don’t have a phone either. I got cut off in the middle of a conversation. It just does this all the time and there’s nothing we can do but wait it out.” Well mommy’s not all dat good wiff waitin’ it out. But since nopawdy had a fone, mommy got hers cell fone (which usually dusn’t have service in da house) and went on a walk-about twyin’ to get a signal.

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Signal acquired, mommy called ATT and an hour later was told da innewrnet wuld be back up in an hour or two. Dat was @ 5:30 yesfurday afternoon and we hadn’t had service since 3:30 p.m.. But there was nuffin’ else mommy kuld do but wait. We didn’t get service back till 7:30 this meownin’. OMC Was mommy ever fit to be tied. MOL But at least we got a lot of hugs and luv and mommy and us time while we had no innewrnet. Hopefully weez back now and can stawrt visitin’. So weez’ll be by to see ya’ in a bit. Mommy checked da voicemail when we finally had service again, and there was a message fwum da VET office fwum da office manager. She sed she pawlogized dat Dr. M hadn’t called us and dat it was hers fawlt cuz she never gave hers da message to call us. Dat was at 6:30 last night. Course we had no fone by then cuz of da innewrnets bein’ down. Well needless to say, mommy’s purretty angwy ‘bout dat situation too. We do hope yous Monday was more purrductive than ours. Weez boff be feelin’ better today so mommy hasn’t called da VET office yet. Hers not sure how she wants to handle this yet. So ifin yous kuld send a few purrayers dat Lexi and me continue to get better.

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Till da next time……………………Be Blest!!!

 

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

 

Dezi and Lexi

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Blest Sunday Selfies

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It’s Blest Sunday, our favowit day of da week. We hope yous enjoyed yous weekend and awe weady fur Monday. Course who’s ever weady fur Monday, wight? MOL Fank you all fur yous purrs and purrayers, meez feelin’ a bit better but still havin’ da loosey goosies and weez not heard fwum da VET. So ifin yous not mind, keep those purrayers comin’. Sis Lexi be duin’ gweat and she’s still eatin’ like a champ which makes mommy and me very happy. Mommy found all hers papers dat she needed so today will be a day of maraffon copyin’. Weez’ll be puttin’ dat machine fwu da test. And weez;ll be puttin’ da shwedder fwu it too as she found a lot of old papers dat can be fwown out.

 

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Weez got a gweal blessin’ this week fwum Ms. Ellen and Phoebe. Weez got a package and when mommy saw who it was fwum she asked, “Girls, did y’all win something I didn’t know about?” Weez told hers no, cuz we haven’t won anyfin’ in a while. Well we have, but she knew ’bout dat. So mommy opened up da package and OMC Fank you. Mommy got sum of those pawsum made wiff luv dwyer balls. And let me tell ya’, mommy fwu ‘em in da dwyer this weekend, and they awe so much quieter than those nobby hawd plastic ones. And a side bonus is dat all da fur fwum da clothes and sheets gets twapped on ‘em and easily disposed of. We, Lexi and me got a pawsum straw each and Ms. Ellen and bootyful Phoebe included an extwa made wiff luv yawrn ball fur us. And weez can show our 4ff of July purride wiff our toof pick flags. And…OMC Sum of dat white gwass of our very own!!! Mommy planted it up fur us this weekend and we can’t wait till it spwouts so we can commence to nibblin’. We all luvved our package, fanks so much fur sendin’ it too us.

 

And member when we got home fwum da VET da udder day and had boxes waitin’ fur us? Well let me tell ya’, what a big ole blessin’ dat was. A kupple of them boxes sed Chewy wight there on ‘em. So you know they had to be good. Da boxes themselves awe pawsum. But inside was da biggest bag of Swheatscoop they make. WooHoo Fank you awnty Ann and da Highcats. Weez weally purreciate da big ole bag o’ litter and da noms. There was also a case of da EVO 95% meat noms and a case of Canidae noms. Kittens, how blest can these 2 girly’s be?. There was a furd box, but weez’ll be fillin’ ya’ in on dat pawsumness in July. And believe me, yous don’t wanna miss it.

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And as always weez blest to have each and every one of you in our lives. Well weez’ll keep it showrt and sweet today so mommy can get on wiff da copyin’. We twuly luv yous all and hope yous have da blestest of days. Weez joinin’ our furiends da Kitties Blue fur selfies today. To see more gawjus and sum outwageous selfies, click on their name and check out da hop.

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Till da next time……………….Be Blest!!!

 

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

 

Dezi and Lexi

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Dezi selfie in lap

Are They Bad? Pt. 3

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Oh mommy weez sure awe havin’ sum bad stowms. Me dusn’t fink it’s ever gunna stop rainin’. It makes me feel so sad fur all those feral kitties we talked ‘bout. Cuz most of them never end up in da shelter or a furever home. At least those kitties in da shelter don’t have to be outside when da wedder be so bad.

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No Dezi the shelter kitties don’t have to be out in the bad weather. But they’re just as sad.

Why mommy? What zactly is a shelter cat? Me knows it’s Adopt a Shelter Cat mumff, but me dusn’t know why.

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Well sweety every year at this time shelters get over crowded because kitties are having babies, and a lot of them. A lot of those kitties are strays that haven’t been outside long enough to become feral yet, and some are brought in because their people don’t want them anymore.

Why would their people not want them anymore mommy? Are they bad kitties?

Oh honey no, they’re not bad kitties at all. Sometimes their people just get bored with them, or kitty gets sick and they can’t afford or don’t want to spend the money to help them. And sometimes a kitty will develop a bad habit like going potty outside the box. There are all kinds of reasons kitties end up in the shelter baby, but none of them are good reasons or the the kitties fault really. A kitty that’s sick or has behavior problems doesn’t have a very good chance of being adopted.

Cassidy at Adoptapet.com
Cassidy at Adoptapet.com

OMC Mommy do you mean me kuld have been a shelter kitty when me waz peein’ on da floor stead of da box?

No baby you were never at risk of bein’ a shelter kitty. I knew there was a reason you were doing that and I am/was willing to do whatever it takes/took to fix that. You’re my baby girl and there’s no way you will ever be a shelter kitty, so don’t worry your pretty little head about that.

 

Fank you mommy. But ifin a kitty goes to da shelter cuz they be havin’ purrawllems how awe they ever gunna get a furever home? Me wuld be terrified to be in a cage wiff all da stwange peeps and sounds. And wiffout meez sissy and you me purrawlly wuldn’t be very furiendly eever. Nopawdy wuld want me wuld they mommy?

Parker at Adoptapet.com
Parker at Adoptapet.com

Well baby, sometimes there are wonderful rescue groups that will take a chance on kitties that are scared and have problems and they take them home to live with foster parents where the kitties can get help and hopefully find forever homes.

Like me and sissy wight mommy?

Well sort of honey. You and your sister were rescued before you ever went to a shelter. But yes, if those rescue groups hadn’t been there y’all would have gone to shelters.

Princess Peach Adoptapet.com
Princess Peach Adoptapet.com

What happens to da kitties dat don’t get lucky enuff to get a foster home mommy?

Sometimes they do okay in the cages until someone comes along and adopts them. And some shelters are doing wonderful things and making cat rooms so the kitties don’t have to be in a cage all the time. They’re realizing that kitties don’t do well in cages.

But what about those kitties dat not do well in a cage and isn’t in one of those pawsum shelters?

Oh Dezi, (hugs Dezi and holds her close) sometimes those kitties are euthanized. And sometimes they do get lucky and somebody does take a chance on them. Your friend Ms. Layla just brought home such a kitty.

Dat’s Radish, isn’t it mommy? (wipes tears from mommys eyes with paw)

Yes it is. Radish is a prime example of a wonderful kitty that didn’t do well in a cage. He was older, scared and struck out and would bite people. And he was sick too, so he didn’t ever stand a chance. But with social media today a lot more kitties get a chance than ever before. That’s why it’s so important for us to share those kitties and posts.

Faulkner at Adoptapet.com
Faulkner at Adoptapet.com

Like when we see one of our furiends make a posty wiff a kitty needin’ a home. We share da posty and purray fur dat kitty and all da kitties wight mommy?

That’s right baby. You just never know who might be reading your posts and see the kitty for them in one of those posts.

What else can we do to help those kitties find luvvin’ furever homes?

Tricia at Adoptapet.com
Tricia at Adoptapet.com

Well we can volunteer, donate money and supplies, and share, share, share. Shelters are always in need of supplies and funds. There’s always something you can do to help. Spay and neuter your own pets and commit to them for their entire life, and not just when they’re cute little kitties or puppies, but also when they’re older and can’t get around as well. As a society we tend to want to adopt the younger kitties, puppies, even babies. But older pets are just as wonderful.

Like sissy wight? She’s da bestest.

Sis Lexi today at 16 years old. She's still got it.
Sis Lexi today at 16 years old. She’s still got it.

Yes baby she is the bestest. Remember to adopt and not shop. And next time, take a look at the older kitties available before you make your decision. And get involved in some way. You can check this website to Find a shelter in your area.

Fank you fur tellin’ me ‘bout da shelter kitties mommy. Me sure hopes and purrays lots of kitties get adopted by luvvin’ mommys and daddys not only this mumff but every mumff. And we want to fank all of you who volunteer and give tirelessly of yous time to help da kitties in shelters and on da stweets. And to all of you foster mommys and daddys, fanks fur takin’ da time and givin’ a second chance to those kitties dat society sez awen’t purrfect. Member, shelter kitties awen’t bad. Adopt, Adopt, Adopt!!!

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Me will be havin’ a give away this weekend, so me sure hopes yous’ll stop by and enter. And if you missed Pt. 1 or Pt. 2 of our Adopt a Shelter Cat Mumff postys, you can read them here and here. And keep us in yous purrayers. Weez goin’ to da VET today.

Till da next time…………..Be Blest!!!

 

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses 

 

Dezi and Lexi

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Dezi = Blue

Mommy = Black

Through The Eyes of a Stranger

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Me wanted to share sumfin’ special wiff yous all today. We have a facebook awnty who is also a poet. Afur we met her online she was just anudder stwanger to us. But like so many of our pawsum innewnet furiends, today she is pawrt of our furmily. She lives “over da pond”. Fur those of ya’ dat not have a clue what we mean, she lives in Europe. She’s originally fwum Afwica. And she’s not had a easy life. She be an Agoraphobic. Now yous all askin’ yous selff what dat means awen’t ya’? She’s fwaid to go outside and be in da public. She be getting’ help now wiff hers fears and all, and weez purray fur hers daily, but she writes as a method of coping and expwessin’ hers emotions.

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Well she sent us her book last year and mommy wuld read us a poem or two every night. Then a while back she decided to write anudder poetwy book and she included a poem fwum/about Lexi and me dat she wrote fur mommy. Sumhow pawently sum peeps kuld get access to it via a web linky, but not us. We don’t know ifin it didn’t work or ifin mommy was just too tech challenged to unnewstand how it worked. Anyways, she sent us da new book. We got it wight afur BlogPaws so we hadn’t had a chance to look at it till this week. Mommy sez it was so stwange to see our names written in a book. But this won’t be da last time, cuz mommy be workin’ on our very own book. We awe honored she wrote a poem fur us. So today me wants to share it wiff you all. And we wanna say Fank you awnty Petal, yous just pawsum.

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Lexi and Dezi

 

Two service cats are we

Called Lexi and Deztinee

We did our very best

We passed the hard test

Things that we can do

Will surely amaze you

Dezi immediately detects

Low sugar and other effects

When she dances on her toes

Then Mummy surely knows

That down she really must sit

For kitty’s certain she’s not fit

Mummy is never to be left alone

And if she can’t reach the phone

We know how to answer the call

It’s not a problem for us at all

We’re able to bring her the chair

Driving it with extreme care

By holding on to the joystick

The chair moves nippity quick

In the case of dire emergency

911 is dialed by my sister, Dezi

Mummy always makes a fuss

Cuddles and belly rubs over us

Each one of us a rescued cat

We can never fully repay that

But Dezi and I will always try

Never to let our mummy cry

Because she is the best mummy

there could ever, ever, ever be

This comes with all our love

From Dezi and Lexi (that’s me)

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This book is a compilation of poems she wrote fur furiends and furries of Facebook. Now awnty Petal gave us (well mommy) da wights to our poem, but weez want her to have da cwedit fur writin’ it, so we have put hers name there. Ifin you wuld like to purchase yous own copy you can do so on amazon, xlibris.co.uk, Barnes and Noble or check wiff yous local book store. It’s called ©Soulful Beings.

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Well we hope yous enjoyed readin’ ‘bout how one of our facebook awnties sees us. We fink she did a gweat job pointing out all we do fur mommy in a short one page poem. Specially since we be so long winded. MOL So weez hope yous enjoy yous Furiday. And OMC me almost furgot. Weez joinin’ wiff Rascal and Rocco fur da Pet Pawade.

Do you have innernet furiends dat have become like furmily?

 

Till da next time…………………………….Be Blest!!!

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses 

Dezi and Lexi

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