Happy Very Belated Gotcha Day, Boomer and Happy Gotcha Day, Cosmo and Ling

: Flashback to April 2011 :
Whisky : Look what I found, Mommy! Can we keep him?
Boomer's 3rd Gotcha Day was on April 28, 2014 but that was when Whisky was very ill before she earned her wings a week later. No one was in the mood to celebrate so Boomer agreed to a postponement. He did go over to Katie's home
 for dinner prepared by Katie's Mom  :)

Boomer : Mommy made this long sausage like pillow filled with silvervine powder just for ME!

Cosmo : Ahem. For US, Boomer, US

Cosmo : Speaking of which, it's MY turn now
Boomer : ?????

Boomer : OH NO you don't! It's MINE!

Ling : Jeez. Is he at it again?
Cosmo : Yup. Being an absolute brat about our pillow
Ling : Shall we make our move then?

Boomer : ♪♫ It's my GOTCHA DAY celebration todayyyyyyyyyyyy! ♪♫

Boomer : OH oh...The twins are making their move

:: P O U N C E ::

Boomer : *SHOCKED*

Boomer : Mommy! Aren't you going to call FOUL? Unbelievable!
Cosmo : MINE, now

Cosmo : This pillow is just purrfect

Ling : Silly boys! Why must they insist on playing with the same thing when there so many options available?

Ling : Well, at least I get to enjoy the silvervine powder Mommy sprinkled here in peace while the boys *fight* over that pillow

Happy 6th Gotcha Day, Cosmo and Ling! You are the ones who convinced Daddy that cats make excellent additions to the family.  :)  We can't believe it's been 6 years since that day Whisky and Mommy found you in the drain.

And a Happy Very Belated 3rd Gotcha Day, Boomer! Convincing Daddy a 6th cat was needed to make the family *complete* (then) was tricky but you did it! So so glad Whisky found you in our garden 3 years ago. :)

Tutu Tuesday

Tutu : I can't believe Mommy let Boomer drool all over this silvervine P-Low. How am I going to play with it now?

Tutu : I'll show Boomer I can still have fun with the silvervine P-Low without having to touch it!

Tutu : See? I'm having fun without touching the yucky drooled on P-low!

* G R A B *

Tutu : Oh, YUCK!

Tutu : Whew. That was close call! Mmmmmm. That sure was nice!

Tutu : Darn!  I can't stop wondering....what if? WHAT IF the silvervine P-Low DOES taste better if I sunk my teeth into it? How will I ever know?

Boomer : Yes, Tutu, it DOES taste much much nicer but you'll never know will you? Hahaha

Tutu : Drat. *sniff sniff* How bad will it be if I took a little nibble on the P-low?

* B I T E *

* BITE KICK BITE KICK BITE*

Where are you off too, Tutu?
Tutu : I've some unfinished business to attend to

Tutu : NEXT TIME DON'T DROOL ON THE P-LOWS!

Tutu : Look what Auntie Paula, Mom to Twinkletail Toes found while shopping! Now, that's something everyone knows, right? Heehee. Thank you for sending us the picture, Auntie Paula! It sure made MY day!

Tutu : Angel Whisky visited Nellie and her Mom in their dreams recently and they immediately made a graphic of how she looked like when she visited and sent it to Mommy. Doesn't she look so happy and beautiful with her Angel Wings? Thank you so much, Nellie and Mommy!

Mommy here : The love and support I have received from our blogging furriends at the recent passing of Whisky and Pok have really touched my heart and have been a real source of comfort. I can never thank you enough for your friendship.  :)

Easy Sunday, Interrupted

Stinky : Would you believe the Lady gave me a bath after feeding me my breakfast this morning? And it involved some wierd smelling stuff and water? Something about me having fleas, she said. AS IF! But she said I was a good boy and didn't try to kill her
I found some flea dirt on my desk Saturday night and went flea hunting. I found and killed several on Tutu. Beings she has close contact with Cosmo, Ling and Boomer, it meant ALL of them needed to be treated for fleas. Meow-Me, Coco and Felix were spared as they stay in a separate area. I assumed she must have gotten it from Stinky as he likes to sit by the main door

Tutu was the first to get a bath after Stinky. I chose her because I knew she would be quiet and not raise the alarm. And yup, she was quiet and cooperative  :)

Cosmo was next. He started off quiet then the crying began, followed by some determined maneuvers to get out of the shower. Sadly for him, Mommy has had lots of practice showering cats

Tutu : Gosh Cosmo, you look awful!

Then we had Boomer. Quite some bit of crying and very determined but unsuccessful moves to escape

Tutu : What's up with you boys? You look like something the cat dragged in. Oh wait. Something Mommy dragged in. Hahaha

I kept Ling for last because I knew the racket she would make (she didn't disappoint!). The neighbors must have thought I was trying to murder her!

Every cat got busy putting their furs back in order

And while they were busy grooming themselves, I started to think about the source of the fleas. True, I had initially assumed it was Stinky, beings he's an outdoor kitty (our TNR) but it was strange that only Tutu seemed to have the most fleas. Stinky only had 3 on him

After more thought on this, I believe the fleas came from the environment, possible an unhatched egg from the odd flea Whisky brought home that escaped our frequent vacuuming. It made sense because Tutu was sleeping where Whisky used to

We have treated the areas with Diatomaceous Earth (food grade) in addition to a more thorough vacuuming of the entire house. We hope this will be the last time we ever face a flea problem in the house

Boomer : Yeah, I hope so too. This shampoo smells YUCK

And now, Easy Sunday begins...

Boomer : Go away, Mommy

Ling : I can't even look at you, Mommy

I apologized to Stinky and gave him a lovely chicken jerky treat for wrongly accusing him. I think he's forgiven me  :) 

Stinky : You can accuse me again if you like but only if I get jerky treats after!

I will be following up with the flea bath with the Spot On treatment just to be sure. The kitties have all forgiven me and all is good in the House of Whisppy once again.

We hope your Sunday was a much better one for all of you!

Whisky Wednesday

Whisky : Look at this beautiful necklace and pendant with a picture of me! It was a gift from the very talented Mommy of Angel, Isabella and Angel Sadie. Isn't it lovely?

Whisky : See the pretty angel wings? That came with a lovely card and was from Allie, Maxwell, Faraday and their Mom Lisa! Mommy is going to find a way to incorporate it with my pawprints!

And do you see that little figurine? That was MY gift to Mommy - It is called "Best Spuds" and I thought it was good for Mommy to remember the good and fun times we had together  :)

Whisky : We have lots of lovely sunshine at the Bridge

Whisky : And an endless supply of anything we want to eat (and we don't have to worry about getting fat or sick from eating too much!)

Whisky : I am pleased to see how well Tutu is looking after Mommy (she is always by her side just like how I used to be). I'm so proud of her!

Whisky : I do miss hanging out with my furblings but we will all be together again some day...just not anytime soon!

Whisky : It meant a lot to both Mommy and me that you were there to help her through her grief. THANK YOU! Now I'm off to check on the fresh batch of angel jerky treats!