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!

Dana For Best Fur Sister!

Once I decided to enter one of my siblings in the "Best Fur Sibling" contest, I had a tough decision to make. Not only do I have the Terrible Tortie Twins for sisters, but I also have my doggie brother Loki and my doggie sister Dana to think about. All of them are great in their own way, but I finally decided that I chose my doggie sister Dana for Best Fur Sibling. Since it is Thursday Thirteen, I will give thirteen reasons why I chose Dana.

1) Besides mommy, Dana is the first one in our family to love me. Loki and the twins took some time getting used to me, but Dana thought I was the best from the moment mommy brought me home.

2) Dana was born deaf, and her first home wasn't very friendly to her. They thought she was being naughty on purpose and ignoring them, when the real problem was she just couldn't hear. She got in trouble a lot and was hit. You would never know that now. She is always smiling and happy with us.

3) Dana will give you kisses all of the time, even if you don't want one and you have just finished grooming your furs. She won't take no for an answer. She's a love machine!

4) If there is something yummy in the trash and you can't quite reach it, Dana will get it for you and share.

5) Dana loves to play with our toys. Even if I don't like my pink mousie being all wet and slobbery, I have to admit she has great tastes to prefer kitty toys over doggie toys.

6) Dana will share her yummy stinky goodness with us. She doesn't bark at us or warn us away from her food like Loki does. Dana is great about sharing.

7) Dana has long soft furs that are great to snuggle against.

8) Dana never loses her temper. EVER.

9) Dana has great eyesight. She lets us know about everything she sees in the yard. Raccoons can't creep up on our house! We are safe with her watching out for us.

10) Dana is just CUTE. When she's happy to see you she wiggles her bum so hard that she curls up into a tight "U" shape.

11) Dana talks a lot. It comes out as a growl, but it isn't scary. It just means she is happy and has something to tell you.

12) The only time Dana isn't busy playing or sharing with us is when she is asleep. When she sleeps, she curls into a tight floofy ball of fur and looks very sweet. Sometimes she looks so sweet one of the twins will have to go love on her and wake her up.

13) Dana loves all of us very much. Even though sometimes I lose my patience with her, she never loses her patience with me. I think Dana would make a great saint!

Wordless Wednesday - Aussie Style!

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!