Hey, is anypawdy out there? It’s me, RaenaBelle. I’s sure wanna fanky fank everypawdy that came to mine’s pawrty and wished me a happy birthday. I’s sure am a Blest kitty girly. The weather was so nice over the weekend, I’s got to go fur several strolls. What fun!!! Unfurtunately, we’re in fur storms over the next couple of weeks and it’s time fur mommy to get all our stuffs ready to recertify our lease, so I’s purrobably won’t be gettin’ very many strolls this month.
You don’t know that fur sure Raena. After all, May is the month we celebrate mommy. Furst there’s Mother’s day and then we’ve got her birthday at the end of the month. You know mommy always purrfurs to celebrate us even on her special days.
Really sissy? I’s don’t really ‘member too much ‘bout last year. Are we gonna get mommy somethin’ special fur her special days?
Sure we are Raena. We’ll give mommy lots of extra luvvin’ and attention this month. Me’s not very good at readin’ the calendar, so me isn’t sure which days are the special ones. That means, we’ll just have to treat her special every day.
I’s know the furst thing we can do fur mommy, sissy. We can let her have a whole cup of that coffee she likes so much while it’s still hot. We can just eat and not bother her fur a few extra minutes. After all, how long can it actually take to drink a cup of coffee?
Oh Raena, that’s a great idea. X’cept, ya’ know ifin we let her do it once, she’ll think we oughtta let her do it every day from now on. You know mommy should never put anythin’ befur our wants and needs. Me was thinkin’ just a few extra massages and lap luvvin’ times. Comin’ up with gift ideas was always sis Lexi’s depawrtment. She was really good at that kind’a stuffs. Me never really wanted to be in charge. But, me’s not so sure me wants you to be in charge either.
Oh sissy, don’t worry, I’s luvs bein’ in charge. So, I’s still think the coffee thing’s a good idea. Ifin we only had thumbs we could make mommy her coffee and serve it to her in bed. Now wouldn’t that be somethin’.
Yeah Raena, that’d be somethin’ alright. Now, let’s get serious and actually make some plans. In the meantime, we oughtta fank everypawdy fur their purrayers. The hot water heater sprung a leak. Fankfully, it wasn’t nearly as bad as the flood we had a few years ago. The plumbers came out and put in a new one. Mommy’s still got some piddle pads down to soak up any water left unner the floor planks. We’ll most likely need a few replacement planks once everythin’ completely dries up. Anyways, we’re happy we didn’t get completely flooded out of our ‘pawrtment.
We sure are sissy. And mommy was so purroud of you fur alertin’ her to that flood befur it got outta hand. Mommy says she knew immediately somethin’ was wrong when she heard you chuffin’ and chortlin’ in the hallway at 4 in the meownin’. Anyways, let’s wrap this up, we’ve got lots of furiends we need to ketch up on.
(Dezi sees something fly by the door and jumps on the liberty tree to look out the door) Me’s with you Raena. Furst tho’ me thinks another birdy might be usin’ that nest on our alarm outside. Me’s sure those other birdies already left the nest. Let me just check this out furst.
(Raena sees the bird diving toward the door) Hope that momma birdy don’t dive bomb mommy when she goes outside. MOL I’s think I’s’ll just watch the birdies fur awhile and maybe have a little nap.
Well here it is Wednesday and weez just now gettin’ anudder blog posty out. Wiff all dat’s been goin’ on lately me guesses me shuld giv mommy a bweak and be glad hers helps me get a posty out a foo times a week huh?. After all, how many peeps and kittys out there can say they’ve had their house flooded 3 times in one munff? Huh? How many? Betcha not many. So here we awe wiff still wet cawpet and stuff and boxes and furniture evewywhere but where it’s posed to be. At least da owner of da movin’ and storin’ company came yesfurday so hims kuld giv da management company a cost to pack and store ow fings while they paint and lay da floors. Dat’s sumfin’ isn’t it? Mommy’s ‘bout to go cwazy and maybe even a little postal. Da management company’s posed to put us up in a motel while they do all this work.
Anyways we told you we had a funny to tell yous. Now we know sum of yous might not find it so funny, but member weez twyin’ to find fings to laff at so weez not cwyin’ constantly. And mind yous nopawdy wuz in any actual danger at any time. Well ‘cept maybe mommy. But hers is purretty clever hers selff and she sez she wusn’t in danger eevew. So here goes. Mommy has a case manager dat comes to “visit” once a munff. And so mommy got to lookin’ at hers bwoke chair and fawt she might be able to rig it so it wuld work fur hers to sit in stead of da floor. (or makin’ da case manager sit on da wet floor) Dat’s meez mommy fur yous, always finkin’ ‘bout what sumpawdy might fink of hers. So mommy played wound a bit and finally got da chair sittin’ up off da floor. Hers sat down and heard da rotted wood cweak, but fawt ifin hers wuz gentle it wuld hold. So case manager got here and meez rolled wound da wet fllor showin’ off and mommy sat evew so gently in hers chair and da case manager sat on mommys piano bench. She’s one of those petite little girlys. Well they filled out all da papers and mommy answered all da questions and case manager left.
Mommy wus enjoyin’ not havin’ to sit on da wet floor so much hers continued to gently sit in da rotted and broken chair. Meez had gone to da back to take a little nap after showin’ off, and woke up fwum a “bad” dweam and found meselff alone. Natuwally meez ran full speed ahead wound da maze dat is our house and leapt right up in mommys lap. Of course mommy heard me comin’ so hers had put hers awms out to catch me. this be sumfin’ me duz a lot so mommy’s gotten weally good at catchin’ me. Well me knows me has told yous all offen dat me be a vewy big girl. And well…….dat 30 extwa pounds at high speed dat wuz me wuz a little too much fur mommys bwoken rotted chair. Cus no sooner than mommy had caugght me and leaned forward to make suwe ifin anyfin’ happened me wuld be okay, da chair went……CRASH!!! And meez not talkin’ ‘bout no little cwash. Dat chair plopped wight stwaight down and da rotted wood bwoke and came wight up fwu da rotted matewial on da awm of da chair. Meez takes off runnin’ down da hall afur weez even hit da floor, and mommy stawted wavin’ hers awms da way she duz, and hollewin’, “Danger, Danger, Dezi, Lexi!! Stay Back!!” Stay back? Yeah like we wuz goin’ anywhere near dat in da first place. It sounded like a sonic boom or sumfin’. (no fotos, as yous might magine mommy wuz mowe concerned wiff our safety and her own)
But meez not fink mommy’s gunna be able to purrop dat fing up again. Oh well, me sez good widdence to bad rubbish. Da chair got so wet it smells anyways. Yous wuld fink she wuld twy to haul it off. Well anyways, mommy wuz flailin’ hers awms evewywhere and yellin’ and Lexi and me wuz boff standin’ in da bedroom door lookin’ down da hall. When mommy wealized we wusn’t comin’ anywhere near da chair, hers face told da whole story. You kuld tell she wanted to cwy, but instead, hers just busted out laffin’. Yep, da rollin’ in da floor giv yous selff a belly ache kinda laffin’. Dat’s meez mommy. She sez ifin yous can’t laff at yous selff then evewypawdy els is gunna be laffin’ at yous. And also dat life be too short to take evewyfin’ so serious.
Mommy’s gotten purretty used to da floor this past week as we can’t get da wheel chair wound da house cuz of all da boxes and misplaced furniture. But dat’s a whole nudder stowwy fur anudder time.
Me did get to go on da cat scout quest, and only missed pawts of a foo fings. But me wuz able to catch up purretty quick when we got back there. Let me tell yous sumfin’. Dat Den Master be sneaky clever and made this quest kinda hawd. But meez so purroud to be a pawt of such a wunnewful gwoup of cats and their hoomans. Altho’ we awe a competitive bunch a cats/hoomans we all member da weason we awe there is to hav fun. Me wuz da flag bearer, assistant scwibe and ssistant cheer leader. Meez gotta tell yous, dat Spitty and Austin came up wiff sum gweat cheers. Since me nor mommy has evew been an official cheer leader, weez did sum basic Go Warriors Go kinds cheers.
Wally’s Warriors weady fur action.
OMC meez almost furgot. Stop by da Tabby Cat Club tuday as we awe goin’ on a riverboat twip down da bayou. Andy flew down to escowt Lexi and me to our costume dwess up dinner. As usual hims wuz vewy handsum and sis Lexi looked downwight gawjus.
Disclaimer: Meez wuld like to tell yous dat sum of ow facebook furiends hav put munny on our paypal so mommy can buy a new chair. Weez don’t yet hav enuff, but Lord willin’ we will get there. And we wuldn’t wanna bwing in a new chair on da wet floor to get ruined anyhow. We told this stowwy cuz we fawt it wuz funny not cuz we wuz meanin’ to make anypawdy feel sowwy fur us or feel like they shuld get us anyfin’.
Yous never gunna believe da story meez gunna tell yous today. Weez wuldn’t believe it ifin weez hadn’t been here. And membew, weez only tell da twuff here lessen udderwise noted, so dis all be da twuff. As yous all know me has a quest wiff da cat scouts this weekend and it kicked off last night at 6 p.m. ow time. So as mommy wuz twyin’ to get evewyfin’ dun so hers kuld hav sum time to help me wiff da ‘puter, da cwaziest fing happened. Da last fing hers wuz gunna do afur settlin’ in wuz to go to da pawdee box woom. Well of course bein’ a Service cat, hoo is me kiddin’, bein’ a cat; me kuldn’t let hers go alone. So off weez went. Wight after hers sat down meez dwopped to da floor and stawted lookin’ in da diwection of da washin’ machine. Me wuz on high alewt. Mommy looked at me and sed, “Honey, what’s there? What is it baby? Dezi, honey, look at me.” Meez didn’t move. Mommy sez, “Dezi, that better not be a snake!!” And then……me hissed and slapped and WATER went evewywhere!! Well of course by this time mommy wuz dun wiff da hooman pawdee box and so hers tippy-toed over to da washer and………”YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME?!!!”
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Water wuz spewin’ fwu da wall of da nex door pawtment, AGAIN!!! Da laundwy room which be acwoss fwum da hooman pawdee box wuz flooded. Da 3 minutes dat weez had spent in da pawdee box room wuz enuff to flood a quawtew of da bedroom. Cuz when mommy stepped outta da pawdee box room to go next door and tell da new neighbor to shut off da water, hers foot went SLOSH in da cawpet. Mommy went outta da house and next door and stawted ringin’ da doorbell and bangin’ on da door. Nopawdy wuz home. Mommy came in and called da managers cell fone, cuz hers on vacation. No answer, just da voicemail. Not a happy mommy. So mommy sed in a stern voice, “It’s Audra and the neighbors apartment is flooded again and flooding mine, Again. GET The Carpet Guy Out Here Now!!!” Mommy wusn’t playin’ no games, and no miss nice gal.
And then mommy called da nummer hers had fur da new snoopervisor. Anudder machine. This one gave an emergency nummer, so mommy called it. It’s out of order! No Way!!! So mommy called da machine back and left da same message fur her dat she had left fur da manager. Finally da manager called mommy back and mommy told hers what wuz goin’ on. By this time all da nosy neighbors be outside and sumpawdy went to see ifin they kuld get da neighbor to come home. (small town-mol) So, da neighbor shows up and opens da door of hers pawtment that has bwand new cawpet and floors, and water gushes out.
One of da udder neighbors sons came over and shut da water off to da whole complex and went in to see where da water came fwum. In da meantime, mommy’s hollewin’ sumpawdy get Cawpet Pwo out here now!!! Da manger finally called mommy back and sed dat Cawpet Pwo wuz on hims way, and dat she had left a message fur da snoopervisor ‘bout mommys situation. Mommy told her dat she did as well, and this had better get fixed and soon. Mommy’s not playin’ nice anymowe. Hers had it and yous don’t evew wanna be on da weceivin’ end of meez mommys justified wraff. Meez mommy be a vewy gentle and kind and even after much purractice, patient woman, but she duz hav a bweakin’ point, and weez there.
So it turns out dat da new neighbor had left a load of laundwy goin’ in da washer and left, and one of hers hoses wuz bad. So this all kulda been purrvented ifin shes hadn’t left da house wiff da washin’ machine goin’. Hers just wuined hers new cawpet and floors and kulda wuined mommys ifin they had put it in on Munday like they wuz posed too. Fank Catness there were purrawlems on Munday. God wuz lookin’ out fur us dat’s fur suwe. And then it took til 10:30 fur da cawpet guy to get here and hims didn’t suck any of dat sloshy water up. No, hims just stuck in those noisy fans and hot dehumidifiers. Weez kuldn’t even see da bed, much less get to it. And hear? Nope, weez kuldn’t and can’t hear ow selves or anyfin’ els fur dat matter. It’s guuna be a long weekend.
Well, weez hate to make this posty, but weez know lots of yous awe concerned ‘bout us and wanna know what be goin’ on, and weez purreciate dat fur suwe, so weez wanted to let yous know. Weez also purreciate all yous support and purrayers. Wight now ow pawdee box be in da middle of da livin’ room floor. Wanna talk ‘bout embawwasin’. Hav yous evew had to do yous business out where evewypawdy can see yous? Not fun let me tell yous. Anyways, meez gunna be twyin’ to stay busy wiff da quest as much as pawsible so we will visit when we can. Course we know yous all askin’ yous selff da same question mommy did, “You’ve got to be kiddin’!!!” As we told yous afur, weez only wight da twuff, so no weez not kiddin’. Wish we wuz, but alas, no.
By da way, weez do hav sum good news, meez patwol, Wally’s Warriors won da Cat Scout Knowledge Bowl.
OMC Wees been MIA all week. Da last time me posted mommy wus gunna hav hers udder eye lasered. Well dat didn’t happen. Mommy had been havin’ twubble wiff da eye that they did first, and so da surgeon took a look at it and fawt da retina might be twyin’ tu detach. So hims didn’t wanna work on da wight eye til da left wus all cleared up. So mommy has tu see hims fur anudder check tu make suwe evewfiings okay. Hers plans tu twy tu schedule da wight eye fur da first pawt of August. So wight now hers weally can’t see so good. MOL
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But ifin yous fink that’s da only weason wees not made a posty or visited, yous wuld wong. Cuz on Wednesday meez stawted dancin’ all ovew da place cuz wees had a surprise all ovew da floors and cawpet. See da pawtment nex door tu us be empty and management has been paintin’ and cleanin’ it tu get it weady tu rent. But durin’ da day sumtime a pipe busted and flooded da pawtment. Since nopawdy wus there, then nopawdy knew what wus happenin’ til all thay water came fwu da walls and flooded ow pawtment. Suddenly wees had a 3″ ‘lake’ in ow house. All da emergency nummews mommy had fur da manager had been disconnected. After callin’ anuddew wesident mommy finally got a nummer that worked, but it went stwaight tu voicemail. So mommy had tu get out and walk tu find da manager. Da manager gave mommy a small 1 gallon wet vac tu twy tu clean up all da water. Since it wus 7:00 p.m. Da manager wuldn’t call da carpet cleanin’ men til da nex day. After watchin’ mommy twy tu suck up as much water as hers kuld, da manager decided tu bwing up hers carpet cleaner. And hers pwoceeded tu push da water further intu da house. And then hers decided tu leav. Da cawpet wus still sloshin’, and all da tiles in da house wus still wet, and mommy wus left tu it. Hers worked til 3:00 a.m. twyin’ tu get up ass much water as pawssible, afur hers collapsed. Then on Fursday da cawpet cleaners and fwu all of mommys stuff all ovew da place. All wees had wus a little paff tu get tu da pawdee box and da bed. They put big fans undew da cawpet which caused it tu float 3 feet off da floor. And then they put up a big dehumidifier and asked mommy ifin hers had sumwhere tu go. Mommy sed of course not, and they left after tellin’ hers that they wuld be back in 24 hours tu du da same fing tu da bedwoom and then da walls. Fankfully a kupple of ow wunnewful furiends put sum gween papers in mommys paypal account so wees stayed in a nice quiet clean motel woom last night. 🙂 Wees awe twuly blest and wuld like tu say a meowsy big Fank Yous fur there sacwifice. Wees know times be hawd fur evewpawdy so wees awe evew so gwateful fur dis nice woom. Anyways, wees had da oppurrtunity tu ‘splain why wees not been visitin’ or commentin’ and such. Wees will get caught up sumday soon, so don’t give up on us. 🙂 These videos awen’t da gweatest, but wees fawt yous might enjoy seein’ Lexi and meez floatin’ on da magic dwyin’ cawpet. MOL
Wees know that ow last posty hinted ’bout a gweat box post, but wees will save that fur anudder time once da house be dwy and put back tugeddew. In da meantime wees will shawe a video of meez and da nip nana fwum Marty da Manx and Miss Kelly Jo. Is purretty dawk, but meez finks yous get da idea. MOL
Wees pawlogize fur any sentences dat wun tugeddew and da long pawagwaff, but mommy be exhausted while writin’ dis posty and can’t hawdly keep hers eyes open. 🙂
Mommy wusn’t playin’ no games, and no miss nice gal. 
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