Weekend Update

Greetings from the decks of the Black Furrball!! It is time for the weekend update, and Baast! Do we have lots to update!

First of all, Dante would like to thank everyone for the birthday wishes. In honour of his 4 years on this earth, we celeybrated on both Saturday and Sunday by getting lots of treats and stinky goodness. We also got our claws trimmed on Sunday morning too, but we will ignore that for now. Mommy says we will have a party for him soon so that all of us can get together and have a good time! We think we will take the Black Furrball out on a cruise again, but this time we will be going to a new and never before visited locale. Keep in touch kitties, you will not believe where we will be partying. More details to come!!

Also on Saturday, Nana and Grandpa and Uncle Mark came over and we had lots of fun. Beaux and Samwise were very excited because Grandpa will always pet and pet them. And he did. Fagin was excited cause he got to attack Uncle Mark, which always makes him happy too!!

On Sunday, Fagin had a little scare and we want to tell you about it so you kitties will be careful too! Fagin loves to go out onto our screened porch and nap and hang out. Well, Sunday was very hot here (over 95 degrees) but Fagin seemed alright outside and laid in the shade with the ceiling fan on, and Mommy checked on him lots too. Well, in maybe 10 minutes Fagin went from being fine and happily sleeping to not fine - Mommy found him panting and shaking in the heat. Mommy quickly scooped him up and she said it was like picking up a rag doll Fagin was so limp and lifeless. She quickly brought him inside and laid him on the cool table. Fagin mostly perked right back up and immediately stopped panting, but it was still scary. Fagin was droopy the rest of the night but it could have been so much worse. Be careful outside kitties! We kitties love the heat so much but sometimes it can get bad for us very quickly!

Finally, we has a new crew member on the Black Furrball - a little bunny rabbit who has moved into our big azalea bush in our front yard! Daddy has seem him lots at night and discovered his house on Saturday. Mommy was afraid Daddy had scared him off but she saw him in the yard eating grass this morning. Mommy is wondering if anyone knows what a good treat would be for our new friend. She would like to leave him something nice that he would like to munch on.

That is the update from the Black Furrball. We hope all of you kitties and your beans have a nice and fast week at work!

Thankful Thursday

Hiya kitties, it is ME, FAGIN!! YAY!!! ME get to do this week's Thankful Thursday because what we are thankful for is ME!! Let ME explain. As most of you know, FAGIN was bottle raised by Aunt Susan (we does not have a V-E-T here at the Black Furrball; we has an Aunt Susan) from the time FAGIN (then know as Little Kitty or LK) was only about 8 days old. She kept FAGIN alive and healthy so ME could become the big, strong mancat FAGIN is today.

Well, last night Mommy and Daddy went to Aunt Susan and Uncle Dave's for dinner and Mommy got to meet Aunt Susan's newest foster - a little girl tortie who is so tiny that she is calling Ethel!! She may be about 3 weeks old or older. Aunt Susan has had her for about two weeks but she is not growing much so its hard to guestimate age at this point. Mommy says if we could all send healing and growing purrs and thoughts to little Ethel that she thinks it could go as well for this little kitty as it did for ME - the FAGINATOR!! YAY!!!! Ethel needs purrs to eat lots and gain weights and not be what Mommy calls "failure to thrive." So come on kitties - purr hard for FOODS and WEIGHTS and ETHELS!! YAY!!!

That means that for this week's Thankful Thursday, we is thankful for Aunt Susan taking in little kitties to foster and grow into big kitties, and for all of the kitties at the cat blogosphere who send special purrs and purrayers to help little kitties like FAGIN and Ethel to grow big and strong. Come on kitties - you pulled FAGIN through - can we get some of the same magical purrs for little Ethel?? YAY!!!!!!

Mancat Monday

Ahoy mateys!! Its Mancat Monday here at the Black Furrball and in honour of this day, we are going to tell you how we spent the weekend - punishing the scurvy dog who is She Who Calls Herself Our Mother. Yep!! We have started our revenge tatics to punish the Woman Who Claims to Be Mommy for not helping us blog! Just listen to what we did!!

Saturday morning, Captain Jack started the revenge by meowing as loud as he could beginning at 4am!! The Captain did not stop this until 6am (he sung 99,000 Bottles of Catnip Rum on the Wall - it was pawsome!) when She Who is Not Really Our Mommy made Daddy get up with us. Not to be outdone by the Captain, Fagin began round two by performing the classic snuggle, snuggle, purr, purr, CHOMP!! YES! This made the Woman We Are Mad At get out of bed much earlier than she wanted. We then faked her out by actually being nice to her the rest of the day. Saturday night now, that was a mission for the First Mate! Sir Dante punished the Woman Who is No Longer Sick But Still Does Not Help Us Blog by sleeping on her head all night! He even made biscuits on her head occasionally to wake her up. When she got mad that crazy ginger pirate purred and squinted at her quite fetchingly, deflecting her anger and urge to toss him across the room. He is the master!!

Last night we let the Woman Who Had Better Shape Up sleep as we planned our next round of attack. What do you kitties think? What should we do next??

Checking In!!

It has been so LONG so we posted and even longer since we posted regularly and we are NOT PLEASED about this either! Almost a month!! We have informed the woman who claims to be our mother than this is UNACCEPTABLE!! She has sworn to do better....

Now granted, the woman who claims to be our mother has been very sick lately - the kitten in her tummy has made her very very sick and she has been unable to eat - either kibble or treats - it was bad. She has even lost a lot of weight (and we thought kittens were supposed to make Mommy's fat) - but woman who claims to be our mother - you have been feeling better lately and still NOT HELPING US BLOG!!!

Why are we being so hard on the woman that claims to be our mother you may ask? After all, women expecting kittens deserve pity and pampering and all that jazz. Why? Because we have proof she is feeling fine - just look!!!

She is too sick to help us blog but she can go to Tybalt's Mommy's wedding and be a honorable maid for the day?? We think not!! Totally unfair!!!!! What if the Lady Boo has forgotten Captain Jack? He will be devestated!! What if the Black Pearl has forsaken Dante - he will cry!! And Fagin - he misses his bestest friend Billy horribly. BAD MOMMY!!! You will be punished as soon as we figure out what horrors we will unleash upon you. Live in FEAR!!

Tabby Tuesday

Heya kitties - it is ME, FAGIN!!! YAY!!!

Kitties, ME has a question for you - Why does humans not like us to put the bitey on them? You see, this morning FAGIN was a good FAGIN and decided to cuddle and snuggle with Mommy before she had to get up to go day hunting. It was about 5am and she seemed happy to see FAGIN. FAGIN cuddled up to her and purred lots and even made biscuits!! Mommy even petted FAGIN's head. Well, FAGIN wa so excited, that ME could not help it - ME snuggled her arm and then BITE!! ME was gentle, honest!! FAGIN just could not help putting the bitey on Mommy's arm!! Mommy screamed really loud and said "FAGIN!!!!" and then suddenly FAGIN was flying through the air off the bed and onto the floor. Well, FAGIN'S Mommy would never throw FAGIN off the bed on purpose (would she?) so ME climed back into bed and cuddled and snuggled again. Mommy petted FAGIN again so tossing ME must have been a mistake. I got so excited that well - BITE!! And do you kitties know what? FAGIN flew through the air again!! FAGIN no think Mommy likes the bitey - do you kitties?

Mancat Monday

Hiya kities, it is ME, FAGIN!! YAY!! Well, not YAY actually. FAGIN is here to complain about Mommy. Why is Mommies so lazy when they had a bitty bean in their tummy? Mommy SAID she would help FAGIN to get HIS pictures online - of FAGIN climbing up a screen on our porch this weekend like a REAL MANCAT and everything but what happened? Mommy could not find the camera cable and you know what? SHE BARELY LOOKED!!! She said she is too TIRED!!!! FAGIN not get it!! All Mommy did ALL DAY LONG was lay around and watch TV and nap with Dante and Captain Jack and Samwise. She didn't even PLAY with FAGIN!!! FAGIN is hurt!!! FAGIN is going to run away!! BILLY, can ME come and live with you?? ME feels neglected.

Fagin, you cannot run away...

But why not Dante?

Because it would make Mommy sad. And we do not want her to cry, do we?

No, FAGIN guess not. But will she stop being tired and help ME with my pictures soon do you think?

Yes, I know she will help us to get pictures online soon. We just have to be patient with her for a while.

What do you think kitties? Should FAGIN be patient? Will Mommy be tired forever? Will she ver help us with our pictures again? What if all the kitties forget what FAGIN looks like. You guys still remember what FAGIN looks like, don't you? FAGIN hopes so!!

We're Finally Back

Heya kities - its us, the Purageous Pirates posting this Monday - finally!! We've not been blogging since FAGIN's Gotcha Day party and we are not very pleased with this. However, we do have a real reason as to why we've been away so long. Mommy has just not felt up to helping us blog. Mommy has been really tired and has even been throwing up a lot lately. And then last Thursday Mommy and Daddy left us, not for their day hunting gigs, but to go and see a doctor and have some very amazing and special pictures made - here's the one Daddy took with his CrackBerry and showed us....

Yep kitties, like many others on the Cat Blogosphere, we are having a baby. Mommy actually found out the exact same day that our friend Tybalt's Mommy found out about their baby but we wanted to wait a while to tell anyone. Mommy says it will be COLD again before we see the baby, but that it will be before Santa Claws comes. Because the doctor said something about Mommy being a really risky human (which we could have told her), we will get to know the exact day that the baby will be here and we are very excited about that. Mommy says the baby V-E-T said she will make sure the baby comes right after Thanksgiving.

In order to help Mommy and the baby, we are making sure that Mommy is sleeping enough and resting all she wants to. Samwise is guarding her and making sure nothing attacks her or bothers her. FAGIN is tasting all of her FOODS before she eats it and making sure it is good for her and the baby. Beaux however, may be sick of all of our baby preparations because all he is doing is staying outside and sleeping in the warm spring air rather than hanging out with us and making sure Mommy takes care of herself. Or maybe he is just enjoying the 70+ degree weather......