I was checking under the tree to make sure that I had opened all my presents! We hope everyone is having a good holiday season (whatever you celebrate). Mom is thinking about New Year's Resolution's - does anyone out there have any? We will share Moms when she gets home. She is suppose to be going to buy us food tonight.

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Rainbow Bridge

Mom wanted to make sure everyone said a purrayer for & keeps Cowboy in their thoughts. We are sure he is hurting since Eppy went to the rainbow bridge. We are going to light a candle for her & say our purrayers....

Happy Purrthday!!!

Happy Purrthday to Mom!!!!

We've alrady given Mom the gift of our presence this morning. I sang for her this morning & Ghost hissed at her (wasn't very smart considering Mom was feeding us). Anyway... Mom is going shopping this morning (hopefully for us some presents!!!) We love you Mom & hope your purrthday is great. Now how about some treats???

Mia

Ok Mom - I will get out of the tree... Look out below!

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Rainbow Bridge

Our Mom's best friend's dalamation doggie went to rainbow bridge today. We never met Ozzie but we know his human and canine family miss him. Mom said he was a big spot a dot doggie who had been sick with liver problems.

Stole an idea

We stole the idea from Fiona Bun - we are wired too on yahoo messenger as mia_and_ghost!!! Add us & let us know if you want chat....

Mom said

William's

sister Caroline looks like me. What do all of you think?

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Words from Mom

Mia and Ghost wanted me to update all our friends on how the family is holding up. We had a good Thanksgivng but it was a little depressing because we cleared out most of my Mother's clothing (it was a lot). Fortunately my sisters were able to help a great deal and most of the clothes were donated. Christmas is going to be hard again this year (last year Mother was in the hospital during Christmas)...

In other news... I'm working on my Christmas shopping. I always seem to get my neice & nephews a lot of stuff that they want... Speaking of the kids, I saw where the Poi Rats & Cats human sister Kinsey is being home schooled this year. My sister has home schooled all three of her children - she is still home schooling her 13 year old & 10 year old (my oldest nephew is in college). Hope that is working out well for Kinsey & her Mom.

Weather is bad here tonight (thunderstorms, tornado warnings, and high wind) so I need to sign off now. Hope everyone has a safe evening and that the storms pass through without causing any damage...

Jen (Mia & Ghost's Mom)

Animal Meme from Pandora

Seems that Pandora tagged us so here we go...

Favourite place to sleep?
Ghost : in front of heat vent
Mia : anywhere

Favourite music?
Ghost : none - it interrupts my naps
Mia : whatever Mom is listening to

Favourite toy?
Ghost : pecans (in shell) or balls
Mia : anything with feathers!

Favourite flavour of Stinky Goodness?
Ghost : grilled chicken
Mia : ocean whitefish

Favourite human?
Ghost : granddaddy
Mia : mom

Favourite game?
Ghost : naps (that is a game, right?)
Mia : getting Ghost to hiss by looking at her

Favourite window?
Ghost : kitchen window (I can lay on the table & look out)
Mia : one in Mom's bedroom

Favourite naughty thing to do?
Ghost : hiss & growl for no apparent reason
Mia : jump on Mom & bite her on ankles

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all our furry & human friends. We got turkey & ham to eat so it was a good day for us. Mom said they took care of some depressing things but we will let her talk about them later maybe....

Mia & Ghost

Bad day

Mom took me to stabby place this morning!!! I had two sticks for vaccinations but then they did other things to me! And that mean old vet talked about my age & that I needed more dry cat food & less stinky goodness! All because I've lost weight. It not fair!!!!

Mia

A word from Mom

I've taken over the blog for today to thank everyone for their kind thoughts and purrayers. My Mom lost her battle with cancer and even though we miss her terribly - we are comforted by the knowledge that she is no longer in pain. I just got back from the funeral home not long ago and the number of people and flowers was overwhelming for myself and my family. Thanks to all of my friends & family for all the in person & online comforting thoughts & purrayers

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep
I am a 1,000 winds that blow
I am the diamond glints on snow
I am the sun on ripened grain
I am the gentle autumn rain
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled light
I am the soft star that shines at night
Do not stand at my grave and cry
I am not there; I did not die.
Anonymous

Jen (Mia & Ghost's Mom)

Tears in Heaven

Grammie went to heaven today. We have to go take care of Mom. She wants to thank all of you for your purrayers.

Happy Purrthday!!!

We have two purrthdays to celebrate today! Today's is Mom's oldest sister's purrthday - Happy purrthday Phyllis....

Today is also that handsome Beau's purrthday too. Beau is having a chat party on

Beau's Blog

. We hope you both have a wonderful day.

Happy Anniversary!

A word from our Mom...

I (and the cats) would like to wish my parents a very happy 49th wedding aniversary! That is a LONG time!!! I would like to also thank all my online friends (both human & feline) for all the prayers (or as the girls call them purrayers) for my family. Mother is still in a lot of pain and is now taking more pain medicine. I believe the pain medicine is helping Mother be more comfortable. Now back to the girls.... Jen


Mom is very concern about Gramma & we are doing as much as we can to help Mom feel better. Well at least I am - Ghost hisses at her. I think Ghost has athritis in her back paws causing them to hurt and to limp. I hope she feels better she is always grumpy if she has to go to the V-E-T.... Mia

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! Hope everyone has a safe one.

Who thought it would be a good idea to change the clocks??? My tummy alarm goes off at same time no matter what Mom's clock says! Probably a human idea.

We have been busy helping take care of Gramma lately. Mom says it is hard to watch someone you love suffer with the pain that Gramma is having. Please keep Gramma in your purrayers & thoughts.

Things We Agree On

Mom said that we could list some things we agree on... like we both like Stinky Goodness & naps. We are interested in your favorites too - what are your favorite foods & toys? We will list ours too but will wait & see what our poodie friends say first.

When we did our 5 things list, Mom made us choose different crushes so we want to list five that we agree on as well... Beau, Jasper McKitten, Mattingly, Oreo & Timothy Dickens.

5 Things by Mia

5 Things I plan to do before I die:
1) Nap
2) Eat
3) Look @ Ghost (then she hisses @ me)
4) Play
5) Nap more

5 Things I can do:
1) Nap
2) Eat
3) Make Mom bleed
4) Look @ birds
5) Chase bugs

5 Things I cannot do:
1) Catch birds (Mom doesn't let me out)
2) Get treat container open
3) Open food cans
4) Tell Mom what kind of food I want
5) Open the cold box

5 Things that attract me to the opposite sex:
1) Food
2) Toys
3) Boxes
4) Cat Nip
5) Bugs

5 Things I say most often:
1) Purrrrrrrrrrrrrr
2) Meow (loudly)
3) Meep
4) M-now (Mom says it sounds like I am saying NOW)
5) Hissssssss

5 Celebrity crushes:
1) KoKo
2) Buzz & Meep
3) William
4) Jinky
5) Edsel

Mom let me get by with 6 crushes but all of my blogging friends are so handsome that it hard to say who I like best. Ghost had a hard time deciding too.

5 Things by Ghost

5 Things I plan to do before I die:
1) Nap
2) Eat
3) Hiss @ Mia
4) Play
5) Nap more

5 Things I can do:
1) Nap
2) Hiss & Growl @ Mia
3) Hide behind the washing machine
4) Scare everyone at the V-E-T
5) Keep my white fur clean

5 Things I cannot do:
1) Chew dry food
2) Jump from floor to table (have to use chair)
3) Open food cans
4) Meow
5) Open the cold box

5 Things that attract me to the opposite sex:
1) Food
2) More Food
3) Yet More Food
4) Still More Food
5) Even More Food

5 Things I say most often:
1) Purrrrrrrrrrrrrr
2) mew (softly)
3) Hisssssssssssssssssssssss
4) Growl
5) Reow

5 Celebrity crushes:
1) Merlin (Poi Rats & Cats)
2) Scooby
3) Prince Muddy Paws
4) K.C.
5) Sammie

Mia's Five things to come....

Gramma Update!

We haven't given many Gramma updates lately because there hasn't been much change. Things have gotten worse right now since Gramma isn't getting much sleep now. We hope our friends will remember Gramma in their thoughts and/or purrayers....

This is me (Mia) doing what Mom calls making Gramma's hospital bed more comfy. Gramma wasn't on the bed at the time.

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See my new scratchy pad!!! It has some great catnip on it. Mom said I'd better use it and not the couch to scratch on.

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This is Gramma's hospital bed at home. I was checking it out before she came home. But now I can't get on it cause Gramma is home!!! Thanks to all our poodie friends for the purrayers but please keep her in them cause she is still very weak.

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Hello.... Gramma's hairballs (what's that - Mom said it was congestion that caused Gramma to cough not hairballs) are clearing up some so we hope she gets to come home soon. It very tiring waiting for everyone to get here to feed us!

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Gramma Update

Gramma is still at the hospital. Initially they thought she had pneumonia and gave her antibiotics but after another X-ray the doctors didn't see much of a sign of it. She does sound like she has fluid in the lungs and is getting breathing treatments for that. Last year our Gramma was diagnosed with cancer & she hasn't been feeling very good since then. Mom is very worried about Gramma and we all appreciate your concern and purrayers.

Happy Purrthday!!!

Happy Purrthday to Nicholas (Mom's youngest nephew)!!! We hope he had good day with lots of toys & treats.

Gramma Update : Our Gramma has been admitted to the human hospital. They think she might have pneumonia (x-rays were inconclusive). She has been given some antibiotics & fluids. As of last night... no new tests have been scheduled for her. Mom is going to check on her in a little while. We (and Mom) want to thank all of our poodie (and their peoples) for all the concern, good thoughts & purrayers. We appreciate them.

Greetings... Mia here.... I was just sitting here guarding my Gramma. She is very sick & Mom is very worried. We are saying our purrayers for her and watching over her. All this guarding is making me sleepy. Ghost can take her turn while I nap.

Gramma Update: Monster on wheels with flashing lights came and Gramma & Granddad on way to hospital. We don't know anything else. We miss Mom (who is at work).



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Hi, Ghost here... Mom finally got a more recent picture of me up. As you can see I am missing my left eye. It got all infected and vet had to remove it. I'm much happier now cause it doesn't hurt. Mom said the picture looks a little fuzzy but that is okay because I am fuzzy.

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Mia's Side of Story

Finally... Mom lets me tell my side. I'm being unjustly accused of crimes. I was just helping Mom work when the X key flew off the laptop. Mom said they were going to need blood for her cholestral test - how was I to know that it wasn't until next week. I was just trying to help. Now that is all cleared up I need a nap.

Mia

Hello, Ghost here... Mom told me that I could post because Mia got into trouble this morning. I'm just laying around hoping for good things for all the poodies, people & other animals affected by the Katrina thing. Hope everyone has a nice relaxing day. I'm going back to my nap now.

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Helping Mom

Hi, we've been helping our Mom today. She had to go to the store to buy cat & people food plus some other things. When she got back we helped her put up things & Mia helped her eat the pork from the Roasted Pork w/ mushrooms (she picked up Chinese on way home). Mom's Aunt called and said that her church was housing some evacuees from Katrina so we helped get some clothes together to send to them. Mom said she was going to see if there was anything else she could do or send to help. Its been a busy day - time to take a nap.....

Hurricane Katrina Relief

A word from our Mom....

Hello to all our poodies (and their peoples) friends. Fortunately we live in an area that wasn't terribly impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Close to where I work ws devastated by tornados leveling houses, chicken houses & injurying several people seriously. We know that Max is being very generous in donating profits from his book to the Red Cross. Check out Max's site

The PsychoKitty Speaks Out

Please keep the families affected by this disaster in your thoughts & prayers as well as donating money or blood if possible.

Thanks - Mia & Ghost's Mom (Jen)

And back to the poodies! Whew... Mom sure is long winded today. She at home again. Place she works is allowing people to work from home cause of gasoline issues. We are glad to have her here but helping her is a lot of work. We need a nap!!!

Weather

I'm sure most of your peoples have seen the news about something named Katrina that hit the Gulf states yesterday. Mom was just thinking that we were pretty lucky with the tornados that came through that none of our family was hurt nor their property majorly damaged. All poodies please stay dry & keep your people safe.

Hello - helping Mom work from home is a lot of work. I had to rest some before we have lunch. Gramma got sick again last night and could not eat. We hope she can eat lunch with us (but we don't want what she is having).

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Hello - lots of things have been happening and Mom hasn't had time to help us post. Well, Mom's servers at work seem to be feeling better so I guess the buggies have gone away. Wonder if someone chased them? Anyway, we have been busy girls taking care of our Gramma. She hasnt been feeling very good lately and is starting to get discouraged about her health. Mom & Granddad have been trying to cook things she likes recently. We have gotten to taste them. The chicken & dumplings were great except we didn't care for the dumpling part. Then Mom made stuffed chicken & let us try it. I (Mia) liked it a lot. Now we check everytime they cook to see if it is something good. They are starting to call us spoiled! Hmmph - we just like variety.

Timmy's Grammie

We just want everyone to send prayers and/or good thoughts to Timmy, his Mom & his Gramma. Hope Gramma feels better soon. You can get updates on Timmy's website

Our Mom is working again. Anyone know how to kill buggies in servers. The ones where Mom works are full of them. She has to move the data around on them. She still at work.

Another Purrthday!

Happy 13th Purrthday to Elizabeth (Mom's neice)! We send purrs and kisses. She is a good girl who feeds us treats and pets us when she comes to visit!

Don't tell but Mom is still working on a birthday present for Elizabeth - any suggestions? Mom didn't think she would like catnip (our suggestion).

New highway signs at the intersection of routes 10 and 141 in Easthampton, Mass. are seen Monday, July 25, 2005. Does anyone see why they are going to be replaced? Mom thought this was funny

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More Duckies...

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Duckies for our friend Jinky!

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Kaboomies!!!

There are kaboomies in the sky and lots of water too. Mom is still at work so we are keeping safe in the house. Ghost is asleep in her round bed and I (Mia) am hiding under the bed. Mom wishes she was here and not trying to move databases to a new server. We don't understand her work but she makes money to buy food, treaties and toys so we don't mind so much....

Grandmother is home!

Grandmother has been home since Sunday. She has a tube sticking out of her stomach now to help her get more nutrients. Good news is that they found the bad stuff has shrunk a little more since her last CAT scan. We love our Grandmother and try to help take care of her. She uses the walker thing like Timmy's Grammie does too. Hope Timmy's Grammie is feeling better.

Our Mom has worked every day for the last four weeks straight. She is saying bad things about some of the computers at work. She said the servers are giving fits and she is having to help load the data on different ones. Doesn't sound like much fun.

Hope all the poodies are keeping dry. We have had lots of rain & storms here.

Busy Week

Hello everyone...

We have had a busy week so Mom hasn't been able to help us blog. Our Grandmother spent several days in the hospital so Mom was running around trying to take care of her and work all the time. We spent all our time crying because no one was home to take care of us until night time when Mom got home to feed us. Hope things get back to normal now.

Happy 4th of July! We hear some fireworks so Mia has went to hide. I'm just relaxing. Mom keeps promising more up to date pictures of me but so far she hasn't delivered. She is having a lot of problems at work so I will give her a break.... Hope everyone had safe & happy holiday!

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Here I am sleeping on some of Mom's papers. She laughed at me cause she said it looked like I was hiding my face. Do any of you other poodies sleep like this?

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Here I am trying to do what Jinky's Mom calls a Pineapple Upside down cat


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Where is Mom???

It is 10:42pm and our Mom still hasn't come home from work! Our bedtime is 10:30, we are starving!!!

Hello, Mia here. Just about to put my head down to take a nap. Mom isn't any fun recently because of stress from her work. I'm glad I am a kitty with no worries!

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Hi, this is Ghost. I was sitting on the table looking out over the backyard. Sometimes I see bunnies out there hopping around or birds flying by,

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Another Purrthday!

Happy Purrthday to Mom's best friend!!! We love you too (even if you do have doggies)! Please come see us soon...

All these purrthdays this month are making us tired. We think we will rest on it. Mom worked late last night but promised she was on time today even if she had to bring the computer home.

Hello, Mia here. We had a relaxing weekend. Mom was at home the whole time. She had to clean Ghost's eye where it had been running. Also she tried to brush me but I put bites on her so she stopped.

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Happy Purrthdays & Father's Day!

Mom wanted to tell her nephew Chris Happy 20th Purrthday and Happy Father's Day to her Dad (our Granddad).

Also Happy 27th Purrthday Garfield!

Mom likes this picture!  

TGIF!

Mom said that she was glad it was Friday! We are glad that she will be home for the weekend. Mom bought some new chicken Temptation treaties for Mia last night. She also bought more cat food this week. We think we need new toys like Timmy got earlier this week.

Good News

Hooray!!! Grandmother got good report from doctor on her test. Bad stuff is shrinking!!! We must be good poodie nurses taking care of her. Surely we deserve extra treaties!

It is HOT!!!

Mom came in last night complaining about how hot & humid ( it was 97 degrees when she got off work) outside. We stayed inside in front of the boxes that blow cool air so it didn't bother us. Mom said the weather was so hot no wonder we didn't see any birds in the front yard. Anybody else suffering from hot weather?

Happy Birthday Aunt Gail!

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear Aunt Gail!
Happy Birthday to you!

Mom said we couldn't say how old you were online.

Monday Blues

Mom is promising to get recent pictures up instead of showing off some of our older ones. She says that she has too much work to do. Hummph... what is more important work or our blog. Wait... her work pays for stinky goodness so she has to do it ~ Ghost

Grandmother hasn't been feeling good this past weekend. We take turns checking on her to make sure she is okay. Be good poodies to all your beans when they are sick! ~ Mia

Ghost  

31 questions

Mia answered first on every question then Ghost answered. Mom added some of her $0.02 worth on some of them too.

1. What time did you get up this morning?
6:30am
6:00am
2. Diamonds or pearls?
Pearls
Diamonds
3. What was the last film you saw at the movies?
Saw Garfield the Movie on TV
Slept through Sherlock Holmes movie on DVD
4. What is your favorite TV show?
Food Network – 30 Minute Meals
Animal Planet – Big Cat Diaries
5. What did you have for breakfast?
Stinky Goodness (Fancy Feast) Salmon
Stinky Goodness (Fancy Feast) Grilled Chicken
6. What is your middle name?
Meow – I think
Don’t think I have one
7 What is your favorite cuisine?
Seafood
Vanilla ice cream
8. What foods do you dislike?
Strawberries
Anything they try to put medicine in
9. What is your favorite chip flavor?
Wavy Lay’s – Plain
Don’t eat them
10. What is your favorite CD at the moment?
Mom has been listening to Sugarland, David Phelps and Out of Silence recently (she has a friend in Out of Silence) – her favorite band is Heart
Don’t listen to CDs
11. What type of car do you drive?
Mom drives a ’05 Accord (most of time) or a ’91 MX-6 (her old car)
Chevy Silverado
12. Favorite sandwich?
Turkey
Chicken
13. What characteristic do you despise?
Not doing exactly what I want when I want
insomina
14. Favorite item of clothing?
Anything of Mom’s preferable something that my fur will shine on it
Anything of Granddaddy’s that I can sleep on
15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation?
Would like to visit with fellow feline bloggers
Don’t want to go anywhere
16. What color is your bathroom?
Blue
Grey
17. Favorite brand of clothing?
My fur
My fur
18. Where would you retire to?
Why should I retire? I run the household
Retire from what?
19. Favorite time of the day?
When Mom gets home and I get treats
Eating time or napping time
21. Where were you born?
Don’t know
Don’t know
22. Favorite sport to watch?
NASCAR
MLB – Go Braves!
23. Who do you least expect to repost this?
Huh?
Granddaddy
24. Person you expect to repost it.
Mom
Mom
25. What fabric detergent do you use?
Mom said Purex Mountain Fresh
I guess whatever Mom buys
26. Coke or Pepsi?
I prefer water or milk (Mom said Diet Dr Pepper)
I like milk
27. Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Can I eat the night owl?
I want the morning person to FEED ME!
28. What is your shoe size?
Do you mean paw size?
No shoes (Mom wears 9 ½ or 10)
29. Do you have any pets?
Ghost
Mia
30. Any new and exciting news you would like to share with family & friends?
Mom bought 72 cans of Stinky Goodness last night!
The kitchen cabinets and ceiling (in kitchen & living room) are going to be finished painted by Friday
31. What did you want to be when you were little?
Tiger
I wanted food & a safe place to sleep (I was wild and the runt of a group of cats) - ask if you want to know more of my start in world. Mom will tell about it

Mom is home!

Mom has been home since Thursday. She has been busy with cleaning all her clothes - Mia helped her unpack. We had our kitchen cabinets painted today. It was very smelly. We hope he gets done soon. Mom promised to start helping more often in future. We will hold her to it.

Mom is coming home tonight!!!

Mom is coming home tonight. We need to decide if we are going to purr or ignore her. She has been gone a long time. She told us that she was ready to come back cause she missed us. We think we will take a nap so we will be ready for her when she gets back.

Mom isn't home!

Mom isn't at home. She is in Denver at some conference. We miss her but don't tell her we said that. We can't do pictures while she is out of town but we will try to post.

Mom is packing

Mom has put off packing as long as she can. We are going to help tonight! We will miss her. We have rested up all day to be able to help her tonight. She said that she was going to try to let us post by phone until she comes back.

Hi, I'm Ghost - this is a picture of me in the washing machine. This is before I had eye surgery that removed my eye. 

Mid-week blues

We are a little depressed this week. Mom just told us she has to go on business trip this weekend. She is not happy cause she doesn't like to fly. We are going to miss Mom. We hope she leaves plenty of cat food, treats and ice cream for us

What We Like About Sundays

We had a good Sunday.

Mia - I got some milk from the glass that Ryan (Mom's nephew) left on the table. He really shouldn't have left it if he wasn't finished. I just stuck my paw in it and then got the milk licked off the paw. Mom didn't let me have a lot because it makes my tummy hurt if I drink too much. Mom's sister was here and gave me head kisses. I had some treats and ate some of Ghost's food.


Ghost - I had a good day too. I got to go outside with Ryan. He tried to fly a kite in the rain which didn't work out. Then I came back in and took a nap. I got some hamburger cut up for me for supper and I am still trying to talk them into some vanilla ice cream. I didn't like it when Mom checked to see if my eye was running but fortunately it was all clear today.

Mia on her bed. 

Friday the 13th

Happy Birthday, Granddaddy! We were very good for his birthday. Mom got a picture posted! It is a picture of me (Mia) on the queen sized water bed that I let Mom think is hers.

Flowers everywhere

We had company today. Our Aunt and family came over and they planted flowers (scarlet begonias) for our Grandmother for Mother's Day. We watched them for a while then we had to go take a nap. Mom said there were around 300 plants! It took them a long time. Our Grandmother isn't able to plant the flowers herself right now so that was something they did for her. We hope she liked it. We love our Grandmother!

First Blog

Hello, World! We finally convinced Mom to blog for us. We are two cats who have complete control of the house. Hopefully, we can get pictures up soon too. Please let us know any comments especially if you have been doing this blogging stuff for a while.

Be sure to meow at us soon!!!