Tattling Tortie Tuesday

Hello, kitties! It's me, Holly, reporting to you for this week's Tortie Tuesday!

Ivy and I had some excitement last night. We got mail! Yes, you may recall how a certain someone in our house has been hogging ALL of the Christmas Cards we've received. Well, our friends Tazo, Titus, and Earl Grey certainly did, so they sent us a card of our very own! It was clearly addressed to "Holly and Ivy."

Now for the tattling part of today's post. Well, as you may notice in the next picture, Tybalt just couldn't stand it. Notice how his paw is placed on OUR CARD!

He even nosed his way in when Ivy was checking out the card!

Thank you so much! Tazo, Titus, and Earl Grey . . . you are the best! See how much I love your card?

Where, you may ask, is Ivy? Why isn't she helping me report?

Well, kitties, we also received cards from Beau Beau and Angie (they were gorgeous!) and a certain mancat and his naughty alter ego (Hendrix/Bendrix). Ivy was so excited about that last card that she's been slaving away at a special greeting of her own.

Here it is:

Mancat Monday

Feathers make the perfect gift for a mancat.

Just one more week until Sandy Paws visits, everykitty! I've been counting down the days. I want to thank Skeeter and LC, Pearl, Bert, and Jake, and TT, Shadow, and Molly for their wonderful christmas cards that I received over the weekend! Mommy's unfinished dining room door is being covered quite nicely, thanks to all of you festive kitties!

It was VERY cold this morning . . . down in the 20s, after it was so freakishly warm last week! When I heard mommy's alarm go off this morning I made sure to wrap myself around her neck to keep her in her warm bed for a few minutes while the heater clicked on. I purred and purred and purred in an effort to convince her to stay home and snuggle with me, but she got up and went to work anyway. *sigh* Maybe I'll find a way to keep her home tomorrow.

We got to spend more time with out tree yesterday, but it didn't last long because of a certain naughty kitty. Yes, it was IVY. Again. Holly and I were on our best behavior to show mommy that we can be trusted with the tree and presents, but Ivy wasn't. Mommy heard the tree shaking, and when she came in to check up on us, Ivy was nesting in the middle of the tree. All mommy could see of her were gold eyes peeking out at her from behind the branches. Mommy scooted us all out of the room and locked the tree back up and told Ivy that was why we weren't allowed much tree time. You would think that Ivy would learn to behave, wouldn't you?

Bendrix, I think Ivy does it all for you. She was hoping her picture would get taken, but it didn't happen.

Tortie Tuesday Tattle and Mail

Holly: Hello, everykitty! We are back for another Tortie Tuesday!

Ivy: And another Tattle Tuesday!

Holly: AND for a special mail call!

Ivy: When mommy helped us pick our cards out, she made sure they were from ALL of us to everykitty.

Holly: But we have noticed that Tybalt has been claiming all the cards WE have received as HIS!

Ivy: Imagine our shock and disgust at that! Every card has been addressed to "Tybalt, Holly, and Ivy" . . . or at the very least "Tybalt and Family."

Holly: So this time we made sure that we were there when mommy came home and announced that we had mail! We were the first ones to check it out.

Ivy: And then, of course, Tybalt had to come and interrupt our investigation.

Holly: You can see in the picture above how I REFUSED to be moved away from our cards.

Ivy: I didn't think it was worth fighting over, so I went ahead and left. But you can see in the next picture how Tybalt CLAIMED all three cards as his!

Tybalt: Hey! It is my blog, after all girls. Plus you can see my paw is on Kimo and Sabi's card . . . they are my fellow mancats. Plus Queen Snickers and Empress share mine and my mommy's interest in anime . . . and Abby is a gorgeous fluffy sweetheart of a kitty, plus her sister Boo is my friend Jack's sweetheart . . . these were SPECIAL cards and meant a lot to me!

Ivy: Riiiiight, Tybalt. These cards were "special." What about the other cards you have gotten?

Tybalt: They are ALL special! These kitties are my friends! I don't mind sharing with you, but you have to admit that the cards mean more to me than they do you. You girls are hardly ever on here, after all.

Holly: You are probably right, Tybalt, but you know ONE card is going to put Ivy on Cloud 9 when we get it.

Ivy: HUSH! *blush*

Tybalt: Oh, you mean . . . Bendrix?! *eye roll*

Ivy: ANYWAY . . . next comes the tattle part. We finally got mommy to start putting up our cards on display so that we can see them all the time, even when she is gone.

Holly: And guess what, kitties? We have received more cards than our mommy! She has received two cards, and we have received seven!

Tybalt: I feel kind of bad about that. Maybe we should share them with her? Here is a picture of the cards we all have received so far (including mommy's).

Ivy: You will notice that mommy has hung the cards on her unfinished dining room door, no doubt in an effort to prettify it.

Holly: She tries.

Tybalt: Mommy does her best, girls. You know that! Anyway, that is it for Tattling Tortie Tuesday!

Mancat Monday - Anticipation

I tell you, kitties, it is hard for a mancat to retain his stoic demeanor this time of year. How can a kitty be strong and silent when he knows that in just a few weeks Sandy Paws will be coming to fill his stocking with catnip mousies?! This will only be my second Christmas. Last year I was just a kitten and didn't know what Christmas was all about. I had heard about Sandy Paws from my sisters, but I had no idea how exciting it all really was. Last year I had no clue what was waiting for me. This year I do, and it is making the wait that much harder.

I am sad to report that my mommy did leave me on Saturday, but she was back by early afternoon. She was home in time to watch "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" with me. However, she was busy wrapping presents and I had to help supervise her work, so it wasn't all snuggle time on the couch. Ivy was naughty and found some kitty toys in the shopping bags and stole one. Mommy had to chase her down the hall to get it back. Ivy is lucky mommy laughed at her for that . . . otherwise Sandy Paws might have decided Ivy was too naughty to get anything in her stocking!

Mommy was nice and left the dining room door open all afternoon on Saturday, so we three kitties had plenty of time to spend with our tree. We supervised how mommy put presents underneath it, and moved them around if they weren't placed to our liking. Dana found one of Ivy's wrapped presents and ran off with it! Mommy took it away from her and explained it wasn't her present, and that we all had to wait anyway. I don't think any of us furries can stand it. The excitement is killing us!

I am super excited this week because our holiday cards finally arrived on Saturday. Mommy is helping me to address them today, and then they will get sent out this week. Our Secret Paws is also getting mailed this week. I hope they like their presents! We had a lot of fun shopping for them.

I wish patience and peace to all furries this Holiday Season.

Friday Review - Classic Christmas Specials

When I was watching the television with mommy last night, I noticed this advertised . . . The 25 Days of Christmas on the ABC Family Channel! I was very excited to see that tomorrow (Saturday 12/8) starting at 7 AM they are having a marathon of Christmas classics! Here is what will be on.

Rudolph and Frosty

Life of Santa Claus

Nestor the Christmas Donkey

Pinnochio's Christmas

Jack Frost

Frosty's Wonderland

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Rudolph's Shiny New Year

Year Without a Santa

Santa Clause is Coming to Town

The Polar Express

The Santa Clause 2

Prancer

Now, kitties, doesn't that sound like the perfect thing to watch, all snuggled on a blanket in front of a nice fire? Maybe with some hot tea and a candy cane or two? With the lights off and the Christmas tree all alight?

Nestor

I am now developing ways of keeping my mommy home all day tomorrow so that I can enact this plan. I overheard her telling grandmama that she needed to be busy tomorrow finishing up her shopping, wrapping presents, and getting the sucky monster out to clean.

I don't think so, mommy.

With my sisters' help, I plan on having mommy snuggled on that couch with me ALL DAY LONG tomorrow. If any of you have an idea on how we can get mommy to stay home with us tomorrow, let me know. Holly and Ivy and I all have our thinking caps on for this problem.


Anyway, this won't be my traditional Friday Review, since I have to say that anything Christmasy generally gets two paws up from me . . . especially the classic programming, like the Rankin/Bass productions of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Nestor the Christmas Donkey." I know my mommy has watched them every year since she was a little girl, and she has watched them with me since I was a kitten.

Rudolph

I recommend that everykitty watch as much classic holiday programming as possible this season. If you can't tune into ABC Family, then pop in a DVD or VHS (for those old-schoolers) or hunt through your tv guide for something festive to watch! Now is the season to snuggle up with your parents and siblings and get into the Holiday Spirit!

Tybalt, Reviewer Extraordinaire

PS: I received my card last night from Eric and Flynn . . . it is GORGEOUS! And super exciting to get a holiday card all the way from the UK!

Tattle Tail Tuesday!

I decided that I should join in the fun and tell on my mommy!

But first, I just want to say that I got TWO MORE cards last night! I was so excited. One of them was from Mu Shue and Lily (which I won't show in case it is a surprise), and the other was from Chase, Latte, and Kaze! Isn't it a beautiful card? I can't wait to find just to right spot to display it.

Now . . . for telling on my mommy . . .

My mommy has lived in her house for almost 4 years now. When she moved in she knew it would be a "fixer-upper" because the former owners had been "remodeling" but never finished anything. About once a year my mommy and my grandparents take a stab at fixing something in the house, but none of them ever finish it. Mommy lives there all of the time, you would think she would at least fix ONE thing on her own, you know? Just look at what we live with!

The Unfinished Living Room Wall.

The Unfinished Dining Room Door.

And finally, the Unfinished Bedroom Closet.

It makes a kitty hang his head in shame. Lazy mommy!

Mancat Monday Excitement!

Today is a very exciting Mancat Monday, because I got my VERY FIRST holiday card over the weekend!

Thanks to Pixel for sending me a card! As you see, I had to check it out thoroughly. (Holly was helping.) Even the stamp on the envelope had a picture of Pixel on it!

Thank you so much, Pixel! I love my card, and it is extra special because it was the first one I received!

I can't wait to mail out my own holiday cards later this week!

Purrs and Happy Holidays to everykitty!

Thursday Thirteen - Holidays

This picture was taken last Christmas Eve. You can see how me and my sisters were checking out the stockings to see what Sandy Paws had brought us. I can't wait to see what we get this year! We've all been very good kitties . . . well, mostly good kitties. Seeing this picture brought back all the fun we had over the holidays last year, so I thought my Thursday Thirteen would be about what I am looking forward to doing this holiday season!

1) This year my sisters and I are doing something new . . . we are mailing out our very own holiday cards to other kitties! I've already gotten several addresses sent to me in my email, and it got me so excited! I can't wait to start mailing off my cards and receiving some of my own. My mommy says that she is going to do her best to NOT be lazy and get our very own christmas cards made up using the graphics Maggy and Zoey were nice enough to create for us. If any of the rest of you kitties would like to join in the fun, just email me your address at princetybaltATgmailDOTcom. =^_^=

2) Our yearly visit from SANDY PAWS! We must be extra special furries, because Sandy Paws always visits us a day early! On Christmas Eve, mommy either cooks or is lazy (as always) and orders pizza, and our grandparents and Uncle Sean come over to eat and open a few presents . . . and THEN we get to look in our STOCKINGS! Last year we got mousies and jingly balls and treats . . . I've gotten myself so excited I don't think I can wait another month!

3) Another week with mommy! Because mommy works for something called a University, she usually gets the whole week of Christmas off. So that means that in just a few weeks I get another great week full of special mommy-time and snuggles!

4) The closer it gets to Christmas, the more time we'll get to spend with the tree. Right now we have only managed to sneak in a few times to bat at it, and Ivy made one attempt to climb. Rest assured, we will have many more adventures with it before mommy stuffs it back in that box again.

5) More and more presents! Sandy Paws isn't the only one to give us stuff. Mommy has friends who give us all presents, too . . . Aunt Debbie and Aunt Cheryl. Plus there is Grandmama . . . she likes to spoil us, too. Mommy says we are rotten. Is that bad?

6) Mommy will start having to wrap presents soon, and that means extra supervision will be needed. I will have to stand on top of anything she is wrapping to make sure it doesn't try and get away from her, and I'll have to attack any pens she uses to write names with to make sure they don't get any funny ideas. This is fun stuff, but I never let on that it is anything other than yet more tiresome work she forces me to do. (I'm learning how to do that with an attitude from all of the meezer rules!)

7) With the weather getting colder, there will be more squirrels and birdies visiting the feeders on our front porch. That means the twins and I will have many more wildlife watching opportunities.

8) The heater will start clicking on more and more often. I love to sit in front of it and let the warm air blow gently through my furs.

9) FOOD! There will be more food in our house and mommy will actually cook more (or at least get pizza delivered more), so there will be more interesting smells. And she'll actually turn on the oven for once so I can lay on it and warm my bum. Ahhhhhh . . . sweet, sweet warmth!

10) SECRET PAWS! This is the first time we've participated, and I can't wait to start shopping! Mommy has promised that she will help us with that this weekend. She said she stopped by Petsmart last night looking around for ideas. Riiiiiiight. She came back smelling like strange kitties! She probably just went in to pet and coo at the kitties up for adoption. You can't have another baby, mom! I'M the baby!

11) Kimo and Sabi and their new blurpy baby girl! I can't wait to hear all about her. They are going to be great big brothers!

12) Dragonheart's baby brother! I can't wait to meet him. Dragonheart is such a wonderful kitty, and I know that he will be a great example to his brother when he gets to come home.

13) Just basking in the warmth and joy and goodwill of the season. This is the one time of the year when people are more like us furries and take the time to think of others and care about one another. Purrs and headbutts to all of you, my friends, during this wonderful season!

Festive Wordless Wednesday

Thanks so much to Zoolatry for creating these wonderful holiday pictures for me and my sisters!

Also, if any kitties would like to exchange holiday cards with us, please let me know by sending me your snail mail address at: princetybaltATgmailDOTcom. I have made so many wonderful friends here that I want to show my appreciation by sending holiday greetings out to any kitty who would like to receive them!