Scary Saturday

Hey everykitty! As some of you know, we live in the nothern suburbs of Atlanta and our Mommy actually works in downtown Atlanta. What some of you may not know is that last night, around 9:45pm, a tornado ripped through downtown Atlanta, not far from where Mommy works.

We wanted to let everyone know that we are okay! Thankfully Mommy had left work only a couple of hours before the storms hit. We got some very scary and loud thunderboomers, and the storm that caused the tornado just barely skimmed us and went south of us into the city. We are okay and since Tybalt and his Mommy live north of us, we are sure they are fine too!

So far they are only reporting minor injuries due to the tornado and we think it is a miracle that no one was badly hurt or killed. The storm hit the largest tourist area of the city and there were two basketball games going on at the Georgia Dome and at Phillips Arena, as well as a few conventions at the hotels that were severly damaged. However, even more storms are forecasting for the Atlanta area this afternoon, so we are purring and purring that they are not as bad as we got last night - especially since Daddy just discovered that we have a leaky roof here at home!

Thursday Thirteen

We are getting so excited about Captain Jack's 4th Birthday Cruise coming up on Monday! We are putting the finishing touches on our trivia treasure hunt and we cannot wait to see which kitty takes home the treasure! For this Thursday 13, we want to tell you all about the fun things there are for kitties to do aboard the Black Furrball!

1. Climbing the rigging! It's a tall ship after all and there is plenty of ropes and things to climb!
2. The Black Furrball provides the best fresh-caught fish that any kitty could ask for.
3. Hammocks are available in large supply for those afternoon naps.
4. We have eye patches just like Dante's for any kitty who wants to look fearsome!
5. It's fun to scream "Me-ARGH!!!" to show how scary and fierce you are.
6. Tuna boats and Temptations boats go by - need we say any more?
7. There is nothing quite as lovely as the sun over the Carribean and we have tons of decks for sunbathing!
8. Seagulls follow the boats as they come in and leave port! YUMMY!
9. Real live undead shrimp that quickly become real live dead shrimps in the kitty belly!
10. The beans must do as we say or we can make them walk the plank!
11. We can smuggle in the best nip you've ever had!
12. Kitties look really cool in pirate costumes!
13. We're pirates, we can do whatever we want and if a bean says no, we can shanghai them!!

Wordy Wednesay Annoucement

A lot of you guessed it and guessed right. We are having a special Birthday Cruise for the Captain's 4th Birthday!

When: March 17th - all day
Where: We are going to be taking all of you kitties (and buns and woofies) to the Carribean aboard our pirate ship. Do not worry if there are other parties for Saint Patrick's Day that day, the Black Furrball comes equiped with special teleyporting rooms so it will be easy to party hop!
Special Prizes: Mommy and Daddy are helping us work on a game - a treasure hunt where X marks the spot where the special pirate's booty is buried! If you find it, you win the treasure chest of kitty delights! More details later!

We are so excited and we just can not wait!! We hope all of you kitties (and buns and woofies) will be there. We may even ask Aunt Susan if LK can come too. Its never too early to earn your sea legs, right?!

Tuxie Tuesday Annoucement

Hey everyone! We have a big announcement to make!! We've got some clues for you. Can you guess what we have planned??

A Map of the Carribean.....

A Pirate Kitty Flag......A Birthday Party Hat....

A Picture of The Black Furrball.....

A Picture of Captain Jack...

And a Saint Patrick's Day Greeting....

Any guesses? The big annoucement will be tommorow but we are wondering if any of our friends will guess what we have planned before then. All of the hints are there - what do you think?

PS: Tybalt, you and the girls cannot guess since you already know!!

Mancat Monday

Every good Mancat knows what to do when they spend the weekend not feeling well with a cold: hide in a laundry basket...

and sleep all weekend in the bedroom with Mommy who has the cold too!

Yep, I spent the weekend sneezing and snuffling with a cold. I started feeling bad Thursday and when Aunt Susan called Friday night to talk to Mommy I heard horrible words come out of Mommy's mouth: "Since I have you on the phone, Dante seems to have a cold. Is there anything I can give him?" I knew I was in trouble when Mommy flew out the door at 9pm and came back soon with a bag from the local drug store saying "Come here Dante. Aunt Susan says this will make you feel better!" That was followed by Daddy grabbing me and Mommy shoving half a tablet down my throat. They did this every 12 hours for the whole weekend! But I got my revenge. Mommy woke up with my cold on Saturday so she had to take the same medicine she gave me! Hahahahahaha! Yep, all good Mancats know how to get revenge too!!

Friends on Friday

Happy Friday everyone! This week, we have a very special Friends On Friday because it features brand new pictures of everyone's favorite little fighter, LK!!

This is his really cute picture. Mommy said it was really hard to get good pictures this time because he was so incredibly active!

Here is LK eating his stinky goodness! When Aunt Susan brought him out to visit with Mommy and Daddy, she put down this bowl of food for him. Mommy said he would stand in it to eat (and even make biscuits in it) and then would run off to play only to run back and eat some more before running off to play again!

Here is LK trying to drink some water out of the dog's bowl. Don't worry, Mommy kept a good eye on him so that he did not drown. He is such a curious little kitten. He did not want water but maybe he wanted to swim??

This is LK perched on our Daddy's arm. Mommy said even when you tried to hold him, he would squirm and squirm and squirm and want to get down to run and play!

Daddy titled this picture "Kitten's First Me'ARGH!" He may be a pirate kitten after all!

LK is finally looking and acting like a real kitten! He loves to run around at full speed and wants to explore everything. Aunt Susan just went back on a five day shift at the V-E-T ER, but Mommy thinks that next time Aunt Susan is off, they may take video of LK to post on our bloggie (if they can figure out how to do so). Aunt Susan is very pleased with his progress and Mommy says that yes, they are almost completely sure he is going to make it!! He will live with Aunt Susan and Uncle Dave for a few more weeks before he is ready to go to a forever home. Mommy and Daddy are still unsure if we will be adopting the little guy because he is so small and we are so big (Captain Jack alone weighs 15 pds) and have the woofies, but she says they have not ruled it out.

We think we can now officially add LK to this list of "Kitties the Cat Blogosphere Has Saved!" LK and all of us are thankful to all of you for your purrs and purrayers and good wishes. Aunt Susan was totally overwhelmed by all of the attention LK got. As an ER V-E-T she sees some pretty awful things, but we think this may have made her smile lots. Thanks again everyone! We've said it before, and we will say it again, Cat (and Buns and Woofies and Human) Bloggers are the Best!!!

Wonderful Wednesday

Hey kitties, Dante here! Today we are going to do Wonderful Wednesday because of something that arrived at our house the other day....
What do you guys think Captain Jack is looking at? Whatever it is, its gotta be good because he is really looking in that box!

Oh WOW! Look at all of those treats! There are two bags of Temptations and Whisker Lickins and Greenies and LOOK! The Captain is still digging in the box! Could there be more???

Look at that!! Treats and toys - feather butt mousies and balls and everything! And look at the box, you can see who sent this bounty to us - Spirit and Ezra!! This must be our prize package for winning their contest that they had the other week (yay for Mommy knowing her movies!).

Oh which should I play with first? The Captain already took off with a mousie so I can have my pick of what's left. Oh they all look so good! Maybe we can play with all of them at once!

Yes, this is what we looked like about an hour after we opened our mail. Eating treats and playing with feather butt mousies sure is exhausting but oh so worth it! Thank you so much Spirit and Ezra! We loved our prizes! Mommy said to say that she let us each have one toy and then put the rest in the box only to discover the Cpatain raiding the box a few minutes later. He managed to sneak out about 4 more toys before she caught him. Sorry Mommy, but we's pirate kitties - what do you expect?!