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’. 

This be a foto fwum da calendar.
This be a foto fwum da calendar.

Till da nex time…………….Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses 

Dezi

Blest Sunday

Meowllo Evewypawdy, hope yous havin’ a pawsum and Blest Sunday. Ifin yous been followin’ da updates on da fundraiser, yous know dat weez bypassed ow goal and Miss Linda shut it down at end of da day on da 1st. Now ifin yous member back when all this stawted weez told yous all dat we wuz gunna make a vewy special Fank yous posty eevew at da end of da fundraiser or when weez weached ow goal. Well, boff has happened and as purrawmissed weez wanna make a vewy special Fank you to you all. Now, dat bein’ sed, since there awe those of you hoo donated dat don’t nowmally follow ow blog weez decided to giv you all a heads up so dat hopefully we will be able to weach you all. We hav also asked Miss Linda fur da names and emails of all hoo gave openly. Altho’ we wuld luv to know hoo da anonymous donors wuz, we wespect yous purrivacy and Miss Linda won’t be givin’ us dat infurmation. So nex week on Blest Sunday, we will be postin’ ow vewy special fank you to yous all. Ifin you don’t nowmally follow us, or ifin yous know sumpawdy dat donated, (fur mommys new chair and ow mattwess and stairs), or hoo purrayed or hoo shawed da fundraiser or PayPal dat dusn’t follow us, purrlease tell them to read ow nex weeks Blest Sunday posty. Weez weally purreciate all of you and fanks fur helpin’ us. We also hope to be able to show you da pawsum stairs and mattwess yous bought us by then. And maybe even da fwidge.(MOL)  

Ooooops da camewa moved when me wuz takin' meez selfie. MOL
Ooooops da camewa moved when me wuz takin’ meez selfie. MOL  

So yous all finkin’ dat’s it weez got nuffin’ els to post ‘bout wight? Of course dat’s not all. And of course we hav lots mowe to post ‘bout. And fur those of you wunnewin’, NO, da fwidge is still not here. So yes, mommy will be makin’ calls nex week twyin’ to again, figgew out what be goin’ on and when it’s gunna be here. Me also got quite a foo mowe pawsum Meowday cawds so we fawt we wuld shwe then wiff you today.

Dat's me handsum mancat Andy. Isn't he pawsum!
Dat’s me handsum mancat Andy. Isn’t he pawsum!
And Lookit da bootyful cake he bwought me.
And Lookit da bootyful cake he bwought me. 

Me Weally wants to fank yous all fur comin’ by yesfurday and spendin’yous time wiff me on meez Meowday. Weez told you dat this wuz a weally special Meowday in da first place and sum of you wunnewed why. So we fawt weez wuld shawe dat wiff yous. See Shad, Devon, Lucky and Ransom all went to heaven eevew wight afur their 5ff Meowday, or shortly aftew it. Fur years it seemed dat mommy wuz cursed to lose her beloved fur babies sumtime in da 5ff year. When sis Lexi bypassed 5 and celebwated hers 6ff Meowday mommy wuz so ‘cited hers didn’t know what to do. And now each year weez tweat hers Meowday wiff such elation cuz weez awe fwilled dat hers bwoke dat curse. But mommy still duz get mowe purrtectiv wound da 5ff Meowday. But we luv her so weez tolerate it. Da blessing in all this is dat mommy has me and me has her. And meez pawty wuz pawsum.

Fank yous Sweetie and awnty Melisse.
Fank yous Sweetie and awnty Melisse. 

Meez nex posty is gunna be ‘bout da pawsum date Andy took me on. And wait’ll you see da gift hims got me. OMC  And today weez celebwatin’ November Meowdays and Gotcha days ovew at Cat Scouts. As most of you know meez Gotcha day is this mumff too cuz mommy litewally saved meez life.

Fank you Shoko and Kali (The Canadian Cats)
Fank you Shoko and Kali
(The Canadian Cats)

Now on to a little news. Me told yous dat da big box weez put nip in fur meez pawty wuz gunna be ow new pawdee box. Mommy finks da jumbo boxes we hav awe too small fur me and dat’s da weason me hadn’t fully weturned to usin’ them. So mommy got da new box all cleaned up and filled wiff litter. And to be on da safe side, mommy had also ordered sum of da BLue Buffalo bwand of cat litter. On da off chance me had decided me didn’t like da Swheatscoop anymowe. So in da new gigantor box is ow twaditional Swheatscoop cat litter. And in one of da old boxes, aftew bein’ cleaned, mommy put in da walnuts. Well dat’s what it is, wight? Cwushed walnuts?. So anyways, now we hav da gigantor box wiff Swheatscoop and we hav one of da jumbo boxes wiff da BLue Buffalo nut shell litter and da last jumbo box wiff da Swheatsoop. While mommy wuz fixin’ ow dinner guess hoo went to da pawdee box? Yep, ME. And me didn’t even holler fur her to come and watch me.

Fank you Mika and awnty Linda B.
Fank you Mika and awnty Linda B.

Now anypawdy wanna guess which of da 3 boxes me used? Well do ya’? Yep, me used da jumbo box wiff da Blue Buffalo Walnut shells. Altho’ mommy did see dat me had been walkin’ wound in da new gigantor box. At da end of da day mommy sed she dusn’t cawe what box me used so long as it wuz a box and not da floor. MOL And that hers didn’t hav to come back there and stand watch. Course da new neighbor isn’t nearly as scawy as da last ones and da floor not stink anymowe, so me shuld use da pawdee box, and now meez happy too. Weez’ll keep yous all updated on da litter and box saga as time goes on.

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It turned pawfully cold here yesfurday. Course we scpected dat, cuz we weally only hav 2 seasons here. We call them…Hot and cold. And da hot always leaves da night of halloween. And suwe nuff, it wuz wound 85 degwees duwn’ da day, and then fureezin’ at night. There wuz furost on da caws and gwass/weeds when we got up yesfurday meownin’. So guess weez hav to say goodbye to summer. But again, da blessin’ is dat hopefully it will kill off all da bugs. Smile (Dat’s mommy’s wish)  Anyways we kinda covewed a lot of diffewent fings today, but weez do feel twuly blest to hav all of you in ow lives.

Till da nex time…………Be Blest!!!

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses 

Dezi and Lexi