Sunday, November 30, 2014

You Brought Me Flowers!

Last night Mom brought home one of the table centerpieces from her niece's wedding celebration.  She almost didn't because she was afraid I would eat them.  So far, none have ended up in my belleh.


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Sweet and beautiful little Georgie is still at the vets, and her vet bills have been so very high ... many of you know that at the Wildcat Woods, Cheri and family care for many ferals and abandoned kitties, giving them shelter and food and all the TLC they need.  Please help now, if you can!  This auction is just in time for some holiday gifting, with wonderful items from Cheri's own Vintage Treasures shop, and new items are being added all the time ... so stop by several times!  And please, spread the word.  Thank you!


Saturday, November 29, 2014

Photo Hunt - Candle

Today's theme is CANDLE. 

Every time one of our blogging friends runs off to The Bridge, we light this candle in their memory. 
 


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Sweet and beautiful little Georgie is still at the vets, and her vet bills have been so very high ... many of you know that at the Wildcat Woods, Cheri and family care for many ferals and abandoned kitties, giving them shelter and food and all the TLC they need.  Please help now, if you can!  This auction is just in time for some holiday gifting, with wonderful items from Cheri's own Vintage Treasures shop, and new items are being added all the time ... so stop by several times!  And please, spread the word.  Thank you!


Friday, November 28, 2014

Flashback Friday

Today's flashback is from November 24, 2007 and explains why we don't put up a Christmas tree.

 I'm such a huge scaredy cat!!!

Here is the huge box that has our Christmas tree in it. Mom brought it out of hiding yesterday and I was very curious as to what was inside. Well, she started taking out these huge noisy branches and it about scared the pants (if I wore them!) off me! I was so terrified I wouldn't come out in the living room and haven't since then. One time I forgot and did come out, took one look at it and ran for the bedroom! Then Mom put a new Christmas rug in the kitchen and I'm terrified of that too and won't go in there where the food is so Mom was getting worried I would waste away to nothing, so she put the rug away. She doesn't know what to do. Should she put the tree away and not decorate it this year or wait and see if I get use to it and eventually come out and explore. I know it takes me a bit to get use to things and she's been very patient and understanding with me since she adopted me since I'm such a whimp.



This is where Mom moved my cat tree to make room for that scary ol' tree. I really like having it in the bedroom. I can still lay on it and look out a window and it's nice and close to the heat register so I stay nice and warm. Last night I even crawled under the covers to sleep next to Mom to help keep her warm. This was the first time I ever did that and Mom was so surprised! Maybe I'll do it more often as she really seemed to like it.


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Sweet and beautiful little Georgie is still at the vets, and her vet bills have been so very high ... many of you know that at the Wildcat Woods, Cheri and family care for many ferals and abandoned kitties, giving them shelter and food and all the TLC they need.  Please help now, if you can!  This auction is just in time for some holiday gifting, with wonderful items from Cheri's own Vintage Treasures shop, and new items are being added all the time ... so stop by several times!  And please, spread the word.  Thank you!


Thursday, November 27, 2014

Happy Thanksgiving

ANIMATED HAPPY THANKSGIVING DANCING TURKEY PHOTO FRAME
We hope all of our USA CB friends have a very Happy Thanksgiving. We are so thankful for your friendship and our International friendships over the years and we are also thankful for the many new friends we have met this year.
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Sweet and beautiful little Georgie is still at the vets, and her vet bills have been so very high ... many of you know that at the Wildcat Woods, Cheri and family care for many ferals and abandoned kitties, giving them shelter and food and all the TLC they need.  Please help now, if you can!  This auction is just in time for some holiday gifting, with wonderful items from Cheri's own Vintage Treasures shop, and new items are being added all the time ... so stop by several times!  And please, spread the word.  Thank you!


Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Wordless Wednesday



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Sweet and beautiful little Georgie is still at the vets, and her vet bills have been so very high ... many of you know that at the Wildcat Woods, Cheri and family care for many ferals and abandoned kitties, giving them shelter and food and all the TLC they need.  Please help now, if you can!  This auction is just in time for some holiday gifting, with wonderful items from Cheri's own Vintage Treasures shop, and new items are being added all the time ... so stop by several times!  And please, spread the word.  Thank you!


Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Triple T Tuesday

Tummy and toesies and tail oh my!

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Sweet and beautiful little Georgie is still at the vets, and her vet bills have been so very high ... many of you know that at the Wildcat Woods, Cheri and family care for many ferals and abandoned kitties, giving them shelter and food and all the TLC they need.  Please help now, if you can!  This auction is just in time for some holiday gifting, with wonderful items from Cheri's own Vintage Treasures shop, and new items are being added all the time ... so stop by several times!  And please, spread the word.  Thank you!


Monday, November 24, 2014

Mancat Monday Guest

Meet our neighbor, Spike.  He lives on the first floor of our condo building a few doors down and his daddy parks next to Mom in the garage.  He was adopted from the same shelter as us so we feel a close kinship to him.  He pretty much stays on our property when his dad lets him out and even ventures to the back of the building to visit Angel on his first floor condo.  One night Mom saw him chasing a huge skunk away!  He was very lucky he didn't get skunked!


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Sweet and beautiful little Georgie is still at the vets, and her vet bills have been so very high ... many of you know that at the Wildcat Woods, Cheri and family care for many ferals and abandoned kitties, giving them shelter and food and all the TLC they need.  Please help now, if you can!  This auction is just in time for some holiday gifting, with wonderful items from Cheri's own Vintage Treasures shop, and new items are being added all the time ... so stop by several times!  And please, spread the word.  Thank you!


Sunday, November 23, 2014

Easy Like Sunday Morning

Mom, can you please get that evil flashy box out of my face so I can get my Easy on?


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Sweet and beautiful little Georgie is still at the vets, and her vet bills have been so very high ... many of you know that at the Wildcat Woods, Cheri and family care for many ferals and abandoned kitties, giving them shelter and food and all the TLC they need.  Please help now, if you can!  This auction is just in time for some holiday gifting, with wonderful items from Cheri's own Vintage Treasures shop, and new items are being added all the time ... so stop by several times!  And please, spread the word.  Thank you!


Saturday, November 22, 2014

Photo Hunt - Feather

Today's theme is FEATHER.

Laila has loved feathers since she was a kitten.
 
And don't you just love her feather hat?

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Sweet and beautiful little Georgie is still at the vets, and her vet bills have been so very high ... many of you know that at the Wildcat Woods, Cheri and family care for many ferals and abandoned kitties, giving them shelter and food and all the TLC they need.  Please help now, if you can!  This auction is just in time for some holiday gifting, with wonderful items from Cheri's own Vintage Treasures shop, and new items are being added all the time ... so stop by several times!  And please, spread the word.  Thank you!


Friday, November 21, 2014

More Stolen Bloods and Xray

 Now where are we going, Mom?

 NO!  Not back at the v-e-t!

 Dr. Mindy getting me ready for the picture she's going to take of my innerds.

 These cute techs are stealing more of my bloods. They told Mom I was very good for them.  Rechecked red blood cells and they were the same.  Stole more to send to Michigan for more extensive thyroid testing.

Everything looked fine in my xray.  One thing that was a surprise was that up on the left you can see a microchip!  Mom never knew I had one and the shelter didn't check either because I was an owner surrender.  Then back on the right side on my back leg there is something.  Dr. Mindy had never, ever seen anything like it before.  When I was neutered years ago, they used a staple rather than stitches!  OUCH!  It's not bothering me, so it will stay.

So now we sit and wait...

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Thankful Thursday

Sometimes when Mom opens a can of tuna, she'll let us have a little bit as a treat.  As soon as Laila saw the flashy box, she ran away.  Silly girl!

I'm going back to see Dr. Mindy today.  All your comments and well wishes have meant so much to us!  At least it won't be as bitter cold as it was Monday!

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Stolen Blood Results

Nothing showed up in the blood work as to why I've lost all that weight!
 
Everything was okay except the red blood cell count was a little low possibly a sign of early anemia.  We were also told  something else could be happening that just hasn't presented itself yet like diabetes, early kidney disease or cancer.  We will retest in 3 months to see if any changes.  In the meantime, Mom will be taking me back to see Dr. Mindy to maybe go on some vitamins.  Mom may ask her to do an xray of my innerds too.  Thank you all so much for your purrs and prayers!

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Toesies Tuesday


Minchie chillaxin from his visit to the stabby place yesterday.  He got stabbed a total of four times!  Once for a shot for some bacteria in his colon and three times trying to steal his bloods.  Dr. Mindy will call today with results.  He has lost two pounds (now 6.18 pounds) and we are suspecting thyroid problems.  Urine checked out great and no CRF!  Purrs it is nothing too serious.

Monday, November 17, 2014

Mancat Monday

 Minchie knows most of you wouldn't dream of laying in their PTU's like this.

Little does he know he goes back to the v-e-t this afternoon for a checkup after last Friday's reschedule.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Easy Like Sunday Morning

We are going to be hibernating the next few days as below zero wind chills come to town tomorrow.  Doubt if anyone will want to brave the Chicago weather to join us on our cat tree.

Yesterday when Mom took Minchie to the vet for a noon appointment, they were waiting for an emergency to come in. A dog got hit by a car. Told them we would reschedule so Dr. Mindy could attend to the badly hurt dog. The owners had just adopted her on Monday and not sure how she got loose. Brought her in on a stretcher covered with blankets and was alert. Poor girl, we hope she makes it. Keeping her and her family in our prayers. We rescheduled for Monday so we'll find out then.

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Photo Hunt - Books

Today's theme is BOOKS.

Minchie likes to jump up on top of the bookshelf that holds a lot of Mom's books. 
 


Friday, November 14, 2014

Flashback Friday

Today's flashback is from November 2007

I don't know why Mom waited until a day in the 40's to give me my first ice cube. Interesting but no taste. Maybe if she added some tuna juice?

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Thankful Thursday

We are thankful for all the days we got to have the windows and slider open for whiffies.  But we think those days are over now with the cold settling in here in ChiTown.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Happy Veteran's Day




Our Grandpa


Our Grandma

Mom's cousin


We would like to thank all the brave men and women who have served in the military protecting us and our freedom over the years. And a special thank you for those currently serving in these very troubling times. Without your unselfish bravery, we would not be able to enjoy the freedom our country affords us.

Monday, November 10, 2014

Mancat Monday

This mancat is not happy at all that his bratty little sister is invading his bed space.