Welcome to our very furst Blest Sunday of da Mew Year. Can you believe it? Another year has come and gone. Saying goodbye to 2016 was very bittersweet fur us. Last year brought us so much sadness and yet, so much joy. We all meowed and chatted ‘bout just what kind of posty we would make today. We’ve made some mew furiends this year and lost some old ones, so in da end we decided a look back was the way to go. Fasten your seatbelts and let’s zoom back to January of 2016. (This posty looks longer than it is, cuz we added lots of fotos fur your viewing purrleasure.)
Y This ain’t so bad after all.
What a fine time; sis Lexi was still with us. We don’t make resolutions in our house, so instead, me gave you all a challenge. With so many anipals awaitin’ their furevers, me challenged you to all share and do whatever you could to help more of those anipals than ever befur. We partnered with a shelter here in Oklahoma and shared adoptable kitties every week till the shelter was empty. That’s right, they actually went fur several weeks without any kitties needin’ furever homes. January wasn’t all work tho’. Mommy and me made mes furst pick up truck fur the annual Cat Scout Derby. Me didn’t win, but we did have a good time. Mommy fur sure isn’t crafty. MOL And we never could have known when we wrote ‘bout our pets grief that we would be facing that ourselves very soon.
I luvz minez mommy even more today
In February, sis Lexi was havin’ more bad days than good, and we started getting all sentimental and mushy. We celebrated our 2nd blogoversay; and just in time fur Valentine’s Day, sis Lexi wrote a thank you post to mommy. Me wrote mes thank you a couple of days later. And we got all educational and wrote a post telling you all about spay/neuter and vaccinations.
When March came blowing in, sis Lexi took a turn fur the worse. She couldn’t balance very well, and wouldn’t eat much. Ever the Service Cat tho’, she continued to do what she could to help mommy; giving her massages meowning and night. And on Wednesday March 9th, 2016, sis Lexi gave up the fight and went to heaven. Mommy was a mess; me was a mess, and we wrote another post onpets grieving. We ended the month explaining why mommy needs Service Cats.
Isn’t this just beautiful? Lexis’ furever resting spot that will sit on mommys desk.
April found us trying to figure out how to go on without sis Lexi. We began our search fur a new Service Cat to help me help mommy. Little did we know, that she hadn’t yet been born.
May came rushing in, and found us posting home made treat recipes. You can check out a couple of those treats here and here. And furinally on mommys’ birthday, May 27th, she got a lead on a new Service Cat in training. She had been born April 21, 2016. Sis Lexis’ birthday would have been the 29th.
So we waited with baited breath fur June to roll round. The day finally rolled around and mommy went to pick up mes new sisfur and helper. She was a little puff ball of pi_ _ and vinegar. A real spitfire, mommy called her. Of all the names mommy threw out, the little spitfire answered to Raena. Mommy had done a little research and thought that was purrfect. It’s a shortened form of Rahannan and means “New Beginnings”. We purrticipated in our furst Blogville Pawlympics, and turned Miserable Mondays into Service Cat Mondays. We plan to continue posting those Service Cat posts this year, so ifin you have any questions about Service cats or training cats, just let us know.
July came bounding in just like Raena. We continued our Service Cat Monday posts and Raena got to make her furst post all by herself. And she learned all about treats, catnip and giving reviews. She learned how to be a blogging cat.
August sped in and saw Raena saying goodbye to monthly VET visits where she got poked and prodded. Raena continued to grow and explore her new home. We continued with Service Cat Monday and also wrote about kitties teething. We ended out the month with a day of remembrance written by mommy for sis Lexi.
September 2016: Raena and me both got our furst Silvervine sticks. OMC Those things are outta this world. And we continued Service Cat Mondays, offering training tips for all kitties.
October was the month Raena had her “spa day”. We both got new harnesses and Raena learned to walk on a leash and go out in the stroller. We ended the month telling you about Shad, mommys’ furst Service Cat.
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Me couldn’t wait fur November to get here, it’s mes Birthday and Gotchaday month. What a time. Me got some great purresents and we finally had pizza. Raena got her furst nip nanner fur mes birthday. We also posted leash training tips in a Service Cat Monday post. And we were so blest to have received boxes fur mommy that included cleaning supplies fur all kinds of cleanin’, food and turkeys fur our holiday dinners.
Finally, December blew in and so did Christmas. OMC Were we ever blest!!! We got purresents, food and mommy food too. We received a couple more gifts over the weekend, that we still haven’t got fotos loaded fur. You know what else? All of you, our readers and furiends have been here fur us. We luv you all so very much!!!
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We’ve shared lots of sorrows this year, and also lots of joy. Some of us lost beloved family members, both furred and non furred, and some of us got new family members. The one thing we all have is the luv we share. 2016 was a roller coaster ride fur sure, but we wouldn’t have made it thru without all of you. Thank you all fur being our furiends, and sharing your lives, luv and support with us. The year was full of so much more, we just couldn’t list it all. We are indeed, Blest. ‘Member to take a minute today and everyday to give thanks fur the blessings in your lives. We’re joinin’ the Kitties Blue fur Sunday Selfies, and we hope you enjoyed our little slideshow with more Christmas fun. We can’t wait to see what adventures we’ll all be up to this year.
(Dezi lifts her head out of one of the boxes she’s been investigating.) Mommy, are all these boxes fur us?
Yes baby, all these boxes are for us.
(Raena looks up from under the packing paper in one of the boxes she’s been playing in) I’s luvs this, Christmas mommy. Sissy, did you smell dat box over there? (Raena looks to a box sitting on mommys chair)
Me did Raena. We are truly blest kitties. We are so grateful to all our Christmas Angels. Some of those boxes are fur mommy too. She was cryin’ and followin’ us ‘round with da flashy box like crazy yesfurday. We haven’t even opened a gift yet and mommy already has 200 fotos she needs to upload to da catputer. Cuz she was cryin’ so much we’re guessin’ not all those fotos will be publishable, but we gotta get ‘em on da catputer to know. So we’ll be MIA most of today and maybe tomorrow, so mommy can do just dat.
In da meantime, we were nominated by Schickes and Schoenes blog fur da Liebster Award. Dat’s German fur those of ya’ who don’t know. Fanky fank ya’ fur da nomination. We’re honored. As with everything in life, there’s rules to follow.
1. Thank the purrson what nominated you.
2. Answer 11 questions.
3. Compose 11 questions.
4. Nominate and notify new blogs.
5. Post the Award Badge and Rules.
So, let’s get to the questions. We’ll be takin’ turns answerin’ da questions cuz sissy says I’s still a kitten and don’t know everything.
1. Do you have interests that keep you busy, but that you don’t blog about?
Dezi: Nope, we tell ya’ll everything. MOL Okay, maybe not Everything, but most everything.
2. Be Honest: Do you read long posts from beginning to end? Or do you quickly skim through the post, scroll to the end and hit the Like button?
Raena: We read ‘em all. Well, mommy reads ‘em all to us from beginnin’ to end. We tend to be a little wordy, so ifin we expect you all to read our postys we oughtta be ready to read yours.
3. Do you prefer to read the book or watch the movie?
Mommy A: I much prefer the movie. My eyes are too old to read the small print of books. And because we do read all the posts, we don’t have time for reading books. LOL
4. When making decisions, do you go by gut feeling or reason?
Dezi: We all meowed and chatted about this one, and our answers are the same. Depends on what the situation is. So we do both.
5. Do you still send hand-written letters or cards, or do you send emails and whatsapp?
Mommy A: I have to admit, I was never a letter writer or card sender. I prefer a phone call. And now, we don’t have the money to buy cards or stamps, so we send emails and ecards. I don’t know what whatsapp is, so we don’t use it. And I still prefer a phone call. If I have your number, you might just get one. LOL
6. If you could go on a time travel for the day, to where and when would you go?
Raena: I’s wouldn’t change anything. Mines life has never been better. Dezi: Well, me would like to…nah, me wouldn’t change anything either. Mommy A: I would love more time with Lexi, Shad, Lucky and those that came before, but knowing they would be leaving me soon, wouldn’t make it worth it. So I wouldn’t change anything either.
7. Do you know any poems by heart?
Dezi: Only da ones mommy makes up fur us. And some from da Bible.
8. Which conspiracy theory do you like best or think is weirdest?
Raena: We purrfur the facts. We don’t really follow or know any conspiracy theories.
9. Imagine there’s suddenly no power for 3 months. Would you be prepared?
Raena: WTC!!! (what the cat?!!!) Noooooooooooo!!!!
Dezi: No Way!!! Me’s a modern day kitty. What would we do? Mes fountain needs power, our catputer needs power. Just to have hot water and da ‘lectric blanky, we need power. Dat’s just not right. Nope, no way, we gotta have power. Mommy’s so beside herself she can’t even answer this. MOL
10. Prosecco or beer?
Mommy A: We don’t drink alcoholic beverages, and I don’t know what prosecco is. Based on the choices tho’, I would guess neither. I like coca cola, coffee, hot cocoa and tea. And the girls would go for catnip tea.
11. Are you a night owl or are you up with the lark?
Raena: Both. Mommy has trouble sleepin’ and I’s like to get up early and eat, so we stay up till mommy crashes and then get up when mines tummy growls. MOL
Yep Raena, and sometimes your tummy growls too early. Me’s not sure it’s always your tummy. Anyways, there’s our answers, hope ya’ll enjoyed readin’ ‘em. Now we know a lot of you have already received this award some time in the past. But, cuz it’s an answer the question type of award, and getting’ to know our furiends is so much fun, we’re gonna nominate anyways. Ifin ya’ don’t purrticipate in awards, dat’s okay, just know we’re thinkin’ ‘bout ya’. And ifin we don’t list you, but you’d like to take the challenge to answer da questions, purrlease take the award and let us know.
We know we were s’posed to come up with our own questions, but these were really good, so we’re only gonna change one of them. So ifin you accept our nomination, fur question 10, substitute this: 10. What’s your favorite Music and Movie Genre? So here they are all together ifin you wanna do a copy and paste:
1. Do you have interests that keep you busy, but that you don’t blog about?
2. Be Honest: Do you read long posts from beginning to end? Or do you quickly skim through the post, scroll to the end and hit the Like button?
3. Do you prefer to read the book or watch the movie?
4. When making decisions, do you go by gut feeling or reason?
5. Do you still send hand-written letters or cards, or do you send emails and whatsapp?
6. If you could go on a time travel for the day, to where and when would you go?
7. Do you know any poems by heart?
8. Which conspiracy theory do you like best or think is weirdest?
9. Imagine there’s suddenly no power for 3 months. Would you be prepared?
10. What’s your favorite Music and Movie Genre?
11. Are you a night owl or are you up with the lark?
Dat’s a good one Raena. Great job. Now, here’s our nominees:
The Canadian Cats Shoko and Kali are our meezer sisfurs, and we couldn’t ‘magine our lives without ‘em.
Have ya’ll met Da Phenny over at Easys yet? Well he’s our next nominee.
AwntyJeanne Foguth is an amazin’ author and our next nominee.
One of Blogvilles’ favorite adoption ambassadors and our amazin’ furiend is Brian, and we just have to nominate him. They have some new additions this Christmas.
And the ever adorable Little Binky who always has a kind word fur everypawdy.
Next up is Phoebe and awnty Ellen of 15 and meowing. Awnty Ellen be RaenaBelles unofficial God Mother. It’s unofficial, cuz mommy furgot to ask. But she knew ‘bout Raena befur anypawdy else.
And da last blog we’ll list (cuz mommy says our posty’s too long) is our handsum furiend Bear Cat and his momma.
This list is in no way complete. We think all of you are amazin’ and deserve to be awarded. So we do hope you’ll take the challenge. Anyways, we’ll be by to visit as soon as we can. We gotta go check out all da pawsum boxes we got.
(Dezi sits and watches the lights blink on and off on the Christmas tree and turns to mommy and meows) Mommy, how many days are left befur Christmas?
6 Days, baby, 6 days.
Me can’t wait. Me just luvs Christmas. And me luvs lookin’ at all da Christmas cards we’ve been getting.
Me too sweety.
I’s luvs Christmas too, mommy.
I’m glad you like Christmas Raena. What’s been your favorite thing so far?
Da lights. I’s really like nommin’ da lights.
You’re not s‘posed to nom da lights Raena, you’re only s‘posed to look at ‘em. Dat doesn’t even count as a Christmas activity. (Dezi acts perturbed.)
Mommy says I’s can pick anythin’ I’s want sissy. (Raena sits back and thinks a bit) I’s know!!! We won a Christmas Stockin’ from our furiends Zorro and Pixie from da Swiss Cats, and you said it could be allllll mines. I’s luvs it. And it’s soooooo cool; mines stocking came all da way from Switzerland.
Do you even know where Switzerland is Raena?
(Raena shuffles her paws) Well, no, sissy. But I’s do know it’s really far away. Awnty Claire sent it speedy ship or else it never woulda got here befur Christmas. Oh, and you know what else I’s luvs sissy? We got a new ‘lectric blanky. And mommy said we didn’t have to wait fur Christmas to start usin’ it. Fank da cats, cuz it’s been really cold ‘round here. Y, Just this meownin’ it was 7 degrees F. But we were toasty warm all cuddled up together under da new ‘lectric blanky.
Yep Raena, we sure are blest. We furgot to ask ‘bout usin’ names, so we’ll just say a meowsy big Fank you to our ‘lectric blanky Angel. (Dezi purrs loudly and then peers at Raena) Don’t you have somethin’ you wanna say Raena?
(Raena thinks a minute) Ummmm, well…Oh yeah, I’s do sissy. Fanky Fank ya’ dear Angel furiend. We luvs our new ‘lectric blanky. Mommy was so excited she furgot to take fotos. Now da camera batteries are dead and we gotta wait fur ’em to charge so we can take fotos. But you can trust me when I’s tell ya’, we are luvvin’ da snuggly warmth it emanates. Ya’ know sissy, we have da bestest furiends in da universe.
Yes Raena, we do. You know, mommy talked ‘bout how we made all these furiends yesfurday when she wrote da posty. We better wrap it up fur now. Mommy wants another cup of coffee and we need to finish eatin’ brekky. And there’s some gifts under da tree dat need investigatin’ befur Christmas. We hope ya’ll are stayin’ warm. Me also wants to fank all of you who are takin’ care of ferals in your area. Just a few more dreams and Christmas day will be here.
Are you ready fur Christmas?
Do you use electric blankets?
Do you have (put up) a Christmas stocking (for your furries)?
Well here we are, sayin’ good bye to Fanksgivin’ and meowllo to da beginnin’ of da end of da year and mes favorite holiday, Christmas. Me so luvs da blinkin, flashin’ lights on da tree, and da sittin’ in mommys lap as she tells us da story of baby Jesus and why He came to earth. Me luvs seein’ da goodness of humankind, dat fur some only shows itself at this time of year. Since ‘bein’ on da innernet, me learned ‘bout a Santa Paws and purresents. Sis Lexi and me were so blest to have received so many amazin’ gifts from such pawsum furiends, awnties and uncles. Me hopes sissy Raena will also be treated with such, but ifin not, we will still be blest.
Dat turkey was soooooooooo good.
Dat’s right, it’s Blest Sunday, our favorite posty of da week. As we end out one week and enter another, we do so with full bellies fur all. We had a pawsum Fanksgivin’. We ate so much turkey tom lurkey, we thought we all might burst. Mommy made roasted taters, mac and cheese and dinner rolls. She had bought a pie crust and a can of evaporated milk to make a pie, but furgot we didn’t have any eggs. Da last eggs we got were furesh and mommy gave them to Raena and me. There was only one left and she needed at least 6. So, no pie, but we had purrlenty. We’ve had sammiches everyday since. Okay, maybe mommy’s had those sammiches, but Raena and me have had turkey too.
Dat turkey lurkey was pawtastic sissy. I’s think we need a
little rest now, don’t you?
There’s a lady what lives out here dat rarely has anypawdy visit her. When mommy furst moved in here one of da wild bobcats used to furequent da ‘pawrtments lookin’ fur a hand out. Mommy was da furst purrson ever to live here with kitty cats. Anyways, this little old lady can’t see so good and used to tell mommy dat her kitties had gotten out and she had fed them or gave them milk. Well, it wasn’t mommys kitties she was feedin’ but da ole bobcat. Anyways, mommy saw dat she was home and nopawdy came to visit her, so we shared some of our turkey lurkey with her. Mommy took her over some of da sides too. Like us, she doesn’t make much money and can’t afford a holiday feast either, so she was very grateful fur da plate mommy took her. It has always bothered mommy dat when some peeps got old, their furmily kinda abandoned them and they really didn’t have anypawdy. Da truth is, dat mommy realized da other day, dat she’s now dat purrson. Peeps purrobably think dat ‘bout her now. But dat’s okay, mommy said she has us and all our wonderful furiends from ‘round da world.
Mommy totally furgot to take fotos of our feast. Fank catness she ‘membered to take some of us in da aftermath. MOL Ifin we thought tom smelled good when he arrived, let me tell ya’, he smelled even better when mommy warmed him up. Sis Raena sat right in front of da oven yowlin’ da whole time. Reckon it paid off, cuz guess who got da furst bite? Yep, Raena got her furst taste ever of a yummy turkey tom lurkey; and she luvved it.
Oh sissy, you were sooooooooooo right. Dat turkey lurkey tasted sooooooooooooooo good. I’s didn’t wanna stop eatin’. Mommys taters wasn’t bad either, but I’s glad we got more turkey than taters.
I’s ate so much I’s conked plumb out.
Me too Raena, me too. We can never say fank you enuff to our furiends, awnties and uncles who sent us a feast fit fur queens. Fur us, each day is Fanksgivin’. We are so fankful fur da luv, support and furiendship of all of you. Our hearts are offen overwhelmed by da kindness and generosity of all of you. We are so blest and honored to be a pawrt of such an amazin’ community of animal luvvers. We can say dat most of our human furiends would give da shirt off their backs to help a kitty/anipal in need. And most like us, would share their last meal with one who didn’t have any. With all da turmoil in da world, it’s offen easy to furget da blessings right in front of us. There are angels in this world, and offen they’re covered in fur. Fank you all fur bein’ who you are.
Me ate so much me conked out too.
We’ll keep it short today. It’s nasty, cold and stormy out so we’ll be visitin’ ‘tween storms. we want to remind ya’ to take a minute today and every day to give fanks fur da blessings in your life. And we’re joinin’ da Kitties Blue fur Sunday Selfies.
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