cold cold wet day

the sun did not shine. it was too wet to play. so we sat and we sat all that cold cold wet day. i sat there with edda...

mommy! this is my blog! this is not the place where you recite the cat in the hat to freya and i!

sorry, sweetheart!

ok... here's a picture from the archives:




the blanket was made by daddy's mom for my mommy for christmas 8 years ago. the picture was taken in mommy's old office in minnesota.

it's a cold wet day here in montana. mommy slept part of the night upstairs wanting to listen to the rain fall and i woke her up at 6:45 after she had moved downstairs. she reminded me that this is sunday and she gets to sleep in a bit on sundays. i woke her up again at 7:15. she reminded me again that this is sunday and she gets to sleep in a bit on sundays and would i please put my cat alarm on snooze? when her nasty beeping alarm went off at 8:00, she picked me up and i snuggled her until she had to get up ten minutes later and get ready to go to church with daddy so he could teach people about Jesus.

daddy only had to go to one church today because the roads up north are all yucky with the rain so he came in after mommy had been home for awhile. i was upstairs in mommy's study where she had her heater on and i had brought her one of my catnip mouses. she petted me and told me that i was a good panther.



huffle complained about her mommy's "sleepy pants" so i thought i'd show you the ones my mommy is wearing today so us cats could compare.



here's a close-up of the pants:



i actually like mommy's pants -- they're soft and i can crawl into the legs of them and sleep when she's gone during the day. (a note from edda's mommy, jen: i'm not sure i like edda telling y'all that she can fit into the legs of my pj bottoms so i feel compelled to explain that edda is not a very large panther and these pants are a size too big and very stretchy.)

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wake up mommy!

first, this was a blankie that mommy made in minnesota colors to raise money for tsunami victims. i'm nap-testing it for her:



she raised $100 which got donated to various charities helping out victims of the tsunami that happened at christmas 2004. i don't know what a tsunami is but i know it involves lots of water and that can't be good!

mommy was very tired from last night so i had to go wake her up multiple times this morning by jumping on her and putting my cold nose on hers. her back was covered by a shirt -- otherwise, i would have put my cold nose between her shoulder blades as that usually wakes her up. i also purred for her and mewed at her. she rewarded me by giving me my yucky medicine. how is that fair?!?!?!?

while mommy went to town to do errands and go for a walk, i watched football with daddy. the seahawks beat the raiders so both mommy and daddy are very happy. i am personally a carolina panthers fan so i'll be rooting for them if they ever play the seahawks.

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three day weekend

first: this picture is of me checking out the purse mommy made herself 4 years ago:



let her know if you want instructions on how to make one yourself.

mommy has come home exhausted the last few days so she hasn't been on the computer much and i haven't been able to get on it to blog. last night, she fell asleep with me watching tv and was woken up by daddy so they could do their evening prayers. i am a good panther so i hung out with them while they prayed. both of them pet me while they pray so i love evening prayer.

both mommy and daddy (well... mommy at least) have a three day weekend and she was telling daddy that she doesn't want to make any plans. i like this because maybe mommy will hang out on the couch with me and do the thing she does with a hook and yarn. (a note from edda's mommy jen: that "thing i do with a hook and yarn" is crocheting.) i like helping mommy with the yarn though i don't think she likes me helping her.

mommy is also participating in a "virtual triathlon" at work so she might be wrapping her injured hind paw in a stretchy thing and doing some walking with the thing on her waist that clicks and counts her footsteps. she has thought of taking me for a walk on my harness and cat leash but hasn't yet. i think it would be fun, especially to go chase the bunnies.

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mommy is not amused

here's a picture of me staring at the afghan mommy was making for aunt joanna:




it was a good afghan and aunt joanna liked the afghan a lot.

this morning, my siblings and i found a mouse that had gotten in the parsonage and decided to play with it before we killed it. mommy woke up at 3 a.m. to some growling, mewing, and high-pitched squeaking. so... she started trying to trap the mouse with us chasing it and she tossed it outside when she caught it 45 minutes later. we were very cross because we were having fun chasing it and we were about to draw claws to see who got to kill and eat it. mommy was not happy because we woke her up. daddy thought it was very funny and was telling us jokingly not to play with our food. mommy just glared at him.

mommy got home early tonight and i got extra snuggles from her before we came up to blog. my chin is almost completely healed and she let me only swallow 0.75 mg of my nasty meds if i cooperated with her. i'm hoping she goes to bed early so i can get purring time with her tonight.

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i'm a ninja! rowr!

the title has to do with the following picture:



this was january 2005 and we were living in minnesota. mommy had been outside playing in the snow and she had come in and stripped down to her long underwear. her thermals are black so she decided that she needed to take a picture with me because she was wearing black like me! she refers to this picture as "the ninjas".

when mommy doesn't have an injured hind paw like she does now, she likes to kickbox. when she kickboxes, i like to critique her form and try to catch her foot when she kicks. mommy finds this incredibly funny though she isn't quite as amused when i try to pounce on her hair when she's stretching out afterwards. when i do that, she usually grabs me and holds me while she's stretching. (she wears a sports bra and sweats so she has a bare tummy and she says i'm a good "bare skin kitty", whatever that means.)

it rained today so i didn't have much to watch out the windows. the trains kept sneaking up on the house but the bunnies and birds were not out. mommy was also gone for a long time today because she was making up hours at work. she gave me my medicine when she got home and i decided to not swallow some of it. she told me i was silly. how am i supposed to be defiant when mommy is laughing at me?!?!?!?

both mommy and daddy are going to be gone tomorrow but mommy will probably go to bed after she showers and blogs tonight so i'll get some snuggle time with her then.

oh... mommy says to tell huffle that her nose is not nice and wet. apparently, that's not a good thing for humans. mommy also hopes huffle is enjoying her sunbeam. i like sunbeams too -- mommy refers to my warm fur as me being "sun-kissed" and she jokes that i have a solar-powered tummy.

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pesto and mommy's trip to the vet

here's a picture from the archives of me on top of mommy's bookcase again:




mommy got some pesto made last night so the downstairs smelled like basil and garlic. i thought it smelled like something i would want to eat but mommy said it would be bad for my tummy. darn!

mommy's last vet appointment was this morning and from what i heard her tell daddy on the phone, it went well. she had to have blood taken (she does this every 3 months) and i guess her results were good. they found nothing wrong with her and pronounced her to be in good coat. she was gone to work late tonight making up the time she missed while she was at the vet so i didn't get love time (and unfortunately my medication) until 8:00 tonight. i did get extra cuddle time this morning -- mommy and i were so comfortable that we let the alarm ring for almost 5 minutes before daddy came in and turned it off and helped mommy get out of bed. i wish it could have been longer but mommy had to shower and eat breakfast.

today, i helped daddy with the housework. i helped him fold clothes and i got the sheets all furry for him. unfortunately, mommy is allergic to the fur so we had to wash them. :( oh well... it doesn't take long to get them furry again and my siblings will help!

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talking in her sleep

first, this is a picture of me being a silly girl on top of mommy's bookcases in minnesota.



mommy came home after going over to the building where daddy teaches people about Jesus (i think it's called a "church"?) and collapsed on the couch after changing back into her pajamas. i came and helped her go back to sleep, thinking it would be a short nap. it was 5 hours long and at one point, mommy started talking in her sleep! daddy was home and he came over and started talking gently to mommy to calm her down. she rolled over and went back to sleep.

mommy is wanting to sleep a lot today and she isn't happy about it. i don't understand this because i'm a cat and i think sleeping is part of my job but mommy says she has things to do and can't just sleep all day and then go to work tomorrow. she said she was going to make pesto today. i asked if i could help and she said that i was welcome to keep her company in the kitchen. i can do that!

tomorrow, she has to go to her normal vet and because her appointment is later than when she has to normally leave, she told me that i can have extra mommy time with her tomorrow morning. i'm so excited!

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