MITZI AND BELLA'S PURRINGS

Cats on Tuesday

2009-12-28T09:14:00.000+10:00

Three unsuspecting grazers (see how dry the lawn is).

And

Two avid watchers...

What We Do in 40 Degree C Heat

2009-12-13T11:29:00.000+10:00

Our mum turns the cool on and we sleep away the day on her bed.

(and I wonder why I can't have a nana nap...not enough room for me and two cats!)

Cats on Tuesday.

2009-11-02T18:29:00.001+10:00

OPEN DOORS

This post is about Bella who has a fetish. I didn't know cats had fetishes but believe me, she has. It's doors...especially when they're shut. Bella cannot resist a shut door...she has to, just has to open it. If I go out, when I come home, I find all the doors open that she can actually get to.

Below is photographic proof of Bella's fetish

The bathroom vanity cupboard door

The wardrobe door

The pantry door

And the wall cabinet cupboard.

Cats on Tuesday

2009-10-13T15:38:00.003+10:00

C'mon Bella, let's play!

Ok, if you won't play, I'll kill this on my own...

Cats on Tuesday

2009-10-06T18:10:00.003+10:00

The weather's getting warmer and there's nothing more we like doing than sitting by the door and watching the world go by...

Wonder who that is coming up the drive?

Oh, no one very interesting. Now, what are Mitch and Scott doing...?

Cats on Tuesday...Messages

2009-09-29T20:34:00.003+10:00

Go away...I'm trying to sleep...

Go away...I'm eating.

Cats on Tuesday

2009-09-20T08:35:00.004+10:00

I had Pink's latest CD "Funhouse" playing yesterday...ok, I admit it was rather loud. Bella, bossy cat that she is, decided that she didn't want to hear Pink and went looking in amongs the CDs for something to her taste. (I rather thinks she likes Abba).

However, having a look wasn't quite enough for our Bella. No...

she had to actually get in the drawer. As for Mitzi? I'm not sure where she was...

Cats on Tuesday- Uncooperative Cats

2009-09-13T12:46:00.004+10:00

I keep trying to take "portraits" of my cats. I see some beautiful photos where the cats are obligingly looking at the camera and posing beautifully. Not my two...no. Here are my latest efforts...

Bella was not the slightest bit interested and just wanted to sleep. She can be looking absolutely gorgeous and as soon as I get the camera out she turns her back, closes her eyes or gets up and walks away.

Mitzi, on the other hand, looks thoroughly pinged off about the whole process. I give up!

Cats on Tuesday...Cats' Paws

2009-09-07T21:03:00.002+10:00

Mitzi's pretty snow white paws, along with shed fur on my bedcover.

Bella's delicately coloured paws, with barely sheathed claws.

Cats on Tuesday (Yay...I made it this week!)

2009-08-30T10:50:00.005+10:00

Creature comforts or...

Creatures of comfort?

These were taken one Sunday morning when I was having a lie in. I went and made a mug of coffee to take back to bed to drink while I was reading my book. I had two companions, both happy with the world because they'd had breakfast and a play and were ready to curl up for a nap...on the bed (so what's new?)

Cats on Tuesday

2009-08-18T11:47:00.006+10:00

My two were up to no good and I have the photos to prove it...

First of all, sulking after a cat slapping episode and a stern word from me.

Then...Mitzi eyes the book case.

Sprung!

Little Miss Innocent...not!

Cats on Tuesday (without the cats)

2009-08-04T12:54:00.003+10:00

This is Kayla, the puppy Jane got for her birthday. Hasn't she grown from the tiny wee scrap? She's a friend to Bella and Mitzi and comes along every day to sniff noses through the security door and socialise with them. Sometimes she comes inside with Jane, but is a bit intimidated by the cats. Of course, she's on their territory and they generally sit and stare at her with disdain.

She's a dear little dog and has been to puppy preschool to learn some manners. Jane even had a graduation photo taken of her, cap and all.

So that's Cats on Tuesday without the cats because I hadn't taken any photos...

Uncooperative and Lazy!

2009-07-28T15:29:00.003+10:00

Uncooperative...I'll say. I've been trying for weeks to get a video of these two when they're actually mobile as they both have different ways of walking. Mitzi trips along with her tail up in the air...quite like a woman in high heel shoes...she minces. Whereas Bella stalks around the place like the predatory female she is.

The rest of the time they are lazy. The only thing that changes about that is where they actually decide to sleep. As this photo shows, it's my bed on Sunday morning. I had a lie in, or should I say, I made my coffee and took it back to bed while I finished my book. I eventually got up, but these two rotten sods didn't move...

Daft Cats

2009-07-20T11:00:00.004+10:00

Zzzzzzzzzzz

ZZZZZZZZZZZ

Disclaimer: These peculiar sleeping positions do not run in the family...

Cats on Tuesday

2009-07-14T09:50:00.004+10:00

They were asleep when I called them, wanting them to walk to towards me so I could get photos. This is what happened...

Mitzi woke up, stretched and then sat and looked at me in her supercilious manner.

No such nicety for Bella. She escaped.

Cats on Tuesday

2009-07-06T16:31:00.002+10:00

At last! I've remembered about Cats on Tuesday. Usually by the time I remember to put up a post, Tuesday is well past...

My two are very possessive about me and there's always a bit of competition between them. If I'm talking to one, the other will come from nowhere and I have to make a fuss of her, too. However, this goes a bit far. They've appropriated my recliner chair. There's another exactly the same, but I don't sit in that one only this one, so the cats have taken over.

They both like the back, where Mitzi is, so it's always the first there who gets to sleep there. The other has to make do with the seat. As for me, I come a poor third, however, I have no qualms about removing whoever's in the chair when I want to sit down. After all, I'm in charge here...aren't I?

Cats on Tuesday...Catwork

2009-06-08T16:28:00.002+10:00

Cleaning

Washing

Putting the book away (after having a sneak peak)

Tidying the toys...after having a bit of a play.

Cats in High Places

2009-05-11T10:12:00.005+10:00

As I've mentioned before, Bella likes to get as high as she can. Her favouite place is on top of the entertainment unit amongst the dust and spiders.

Mitzi thinks that sitting on the bedside table and looking regal is high enough. She doesn't have to prove anything...according to her.

Cats on Tuesday - Strange Cat Habits

2009-04-27T16:42:00.004+10:00

My two do some rather strange things. Bella loves jumping up onto the highest point she can find...the top of the shower, the top of the wall unit, on top of the cupboards and she has already broken an ornament. She also loves to open cupboards. I get up in the mornings and find the bathroom vanity cupboard open, the cupboards under the sink in the kitchen open and the cupboards on the wall unit open. Let's not forget the pantry doors while we're at it. She's good at sliding doors, too, including the shower...usually while I'm in it. Her latest plaything is the toilet roll. I go into the bathroom and there are reams of toilet paper on the floor, she just loves unrolling it. She also loves pulling the towels off the rails and if I have clothes on the airer, I usually find those pulled off, too. She's a one cat weapon of mass destruction. She's also very good at answering back if I tell her off.

Mitzi, on the other hand, is not destructive, although Bella has taught her to open the pantry and shower doors. However, her peculiar habit is licking my legs and feet when I get out of the shower and before I've dried myself. One explanation I've heard for this behaviour is that it's because I no longer smell like a cat. Apparently, she's offended by that, hence the licking. I actually think she likes the taste of soap! Another peculiarity of hers is that when I scritch the left side of her face, it causes an automatic reaction of her mouth opening, which I think is hilarious. Mitzi also loves rubber bands but insists on dropping them into the water bowl, then tipping the bowl over trying to get them out again. I am always having to get towels to mop the water up off the floor. She also gets lippy with me when I rouse on her, too.

Those are a few of the pecularities of my cats...what do your animals do?

Cats on Tuesday - Perches

2009-04-06T20:41:00.008+10:00

We have several places we like to sit or sleep and we thought you'd like to see them.

Both of us like the back of Mum's recliner chair, but it's the first one who gets there that can sleep on it.

We also like the top of our cat tree. Mum has it by the big window and we can sit there and watch the birds or curl up and sleep.

We like the top of the freezer. It's only a little one but it's nice and warm. Bella is the first one there today.

And there are the kitchen chairs. Mitzi is the only one who likes those.

CoT

2009-03-28T16:41:00.008+10:00

I'm building a Catalyst...

Two Cat words for today are:

Catnap

Catastrophe

2009-03-17T10:37:00.005+10:00

Not a dialogue, but a catalogue...

"Wotcha lookin' at?"

"Nuthin' much."

"Mum seems to be a lot better."

"Yeah, she's had a pain in the a..."

"Ahem...I'm gonna see what's to eat."

Cats On Tuesday - Cats Being Elegant...Not!

2009-02-16T15:18:00.004+10:00

What can I say?

Oh, just a thought. It's been brought to my attention that this blog is hard to find on my main blog, Kat's Cradle. On my side bar on the left, there is the title "My Other Blog" under which is the smaller title of Mitzi & Bella's Purrings. Click on that and it will take you straight to this blog. Look forward to seeing you.

Cats on Tuesday.

2009-02-03T16:02:00.003+10:00

Bella has a thing for boxes, bags, even plastic bags, the clothes basket and cupboards. If anything is open somewhere, she'll be in there. I had just put this box on the floor before I collapsed it and put it in the recycle bin. Before I had even turned away, she was in there.

Mitzi, however, doesn't appear to like dark places. I think it stems from when she and her mother and siblings were placed in a box and dumped outside the Produce Store. Occasionally, she will go into the wardrobe, but if I inadvertently shut her in, she goes berserk.

I caught this candid shot of her using her litter tray. She knows I'm there, her ears are back, but she couldn't do anything about it...lol. Mean, aren't I?

Cats on Tuesday...Shoes

2009-01-26T20:43:00.003+10:00

Jane fled to my place the other night. (She has Fred, her two sons, father and brother...sometimes too much testosterone). She flopped into the recliner and slipped her shoes (Crocs) off while I made a cup of tea.

Mitzi wondered over and sniffed, then got her head into one of Jane's Crocs, ecstatically smelling the lovely scents from Jane's feet. (Yes, Jane was a bit worried Mitzi might have become anaesthetised from doing that). Then...

along came Bella. Suddenly there's pfffft! slap! and the resulting Mexican stand-off we see here.

Cats on Tuesday - Cats in Trouble

2009-01-19T11:46:00.008+10:00

Oh yes, are they in trouble today. First of all, after a night in which I had trouble actually falling asleep, they woke me at 4.20 am this morning, tearing around the place and across the bed, and me, like mad things.

Then Mitzi found a leaf and was playing with that. It was fine, but she has the weird habit of dropping things in the water bowl to see them bob about, then up ends the lot trying to catch it. I come out and don't see the water on the floor, the next thing I know, I'm back peddling like crazy, arms windmilling trying to keep my balance on the slippery floor.

Bella cannot bear a shut cupboard door and she has learnt to put her paw underneath and hook them open, so I bark my shins on open cupboard doors. She can also get into the pantry the same way. This morning, she decided to climb all the shelves while I was in the shower and knock as much stuff off the shelf as she could. When I opened the pantry door, it look like there'd been an earthquake with stuff all over the floor. Fortunately for her, nothing was spilt or broken.

Then I changed the litter in their litter tray. I use acrylic crystals and a little gets spilt on the bathroom floor, but this morning Mitzi had a ball. She got in there and thought, "Oh goody, something to dig in." And she did. The stuff was everywhere. Now it's very easy to sweep up, that's not the problem. The problem is small grains of the stuff always seem to find their way to other parts of the house. As it's summer here, I'm always barefooted and those little grains hurt like hell to stand on.

I've told my two furry criminals that if they don't lift their game, they're going to the RSPCA.

Do we give a damn...?

Nah! She's all mouth.

Cats on Tuesday...Lazy Times

2009-01-12T20:09:00.012+10:00

The girls like these warm, lazy days. Not too hot as it was a couple of weeks ago and not cold like winter.

They tear around the place in the mornings and wake me up...usually about 4.30 am. That's what the slightly cooler weather does to them, they have more energy.

Bella wakes up from a snooze and

has a wash all over then...

makes herself at home on my knee. Too bad that I'm trying to read my book.

Mitzi reclines in front of the door,

turns to look at me as I get the camera.

Then decided the packaged air conditioner makes a really good place to pose.

Cats on Tuesday...Want it!

2009-01-04T10:01:00.005+10:00

Tails swishing wildly, teeth chittering and eyes fixed on...

the gecko on the ceiling. I have to report that, due to a mighty endeavour on Bella's part, the gecko came to an untimely end.

Cats on Tuesday - Our Christmas

2008-12-29T08:09:00.008+10:00

While our mum was out and about, we had good fun climbing the Christmas tree, but mum wasn't very happy when she came home and found we'd broken one of the branches...

On Christmas day, we got our favourite liver nibbles. Mum doesn't buy them very often because they make us too fat, but she occasionally gets them for a treat. This time we got a packet each which made us very happy.

Mitzi posing besides Bella's favourite toy, a large mouse or maybe it's a rat.

Bella was playing with the mouse/rat and I tried to get photos of her in action, but she seemed to realise exactly when I was going to press the button and would stop playing.

I tossed a crumpled up paper bag onto the floor, which intrigued both cats, but...

Mitzi picked it up and ran away with it. Every time Bella tried to get the paper, Mitzi would pick it up and run off. It was quite comical.

Cats on Tuesday

2008-12-08T12:47:00.005+10:00

In this very hot weather...

We just like to laze around...

and Bella likes to climb the security door to catch the insects. She's not supposed to do that...climb the screen.

Cats on Tuesday - Back Home

2008-11-17T15:22:00.003+10:00

In our last post a couple of weeks ago, we mentioned that our mum was going away and that we were going to stay in a cat motel. Mum took us there the day before as she had to get up very early the next morning and the cat motel wouldn't have been open at that time.

She put us in our carry cages and we thought we were going to the vet! Oh it was so scary...we cried in the car, but then we realised that we were going in a different direction. Mum stopped the car and took us out...it certainly wasn't the vet. We hadn't been here before and wondered what was going to happen. A lady met us and took us into a place where there were some other cats. She opened the door to a room with climbing posts, hidey places and a fence where we could see outside. Mum let us out of the cages and then...she went and left us there! We were sure we had been abandoned 'cos mum didn't come back for such a long time.

But the people who looked after us were very kind, still it wasn't our home. Then, one day after ages and ages, we heard mum's voice. We were so pleased to see her that we didn't mind when she put us in our carry cages (although we don't like the car very much). She took us home and gave us lots of cuddles and we purred and meowed and rubbed ourselves against her legs.

It's so good to be home again. Mum took a picture of us on the bed, but it's a bit blurry because we think she was crying...

Early Cats on Tuesday

2008-11-02T09:29:00.003+10:00

Hi Everyone...

Our mum is going away to New Zealand very early in the morning tomorrow (Monday) and we're going to stay in a cat motel. So we won't be posting for a couple of weeks.

We'll tell you all about our holiday when we get back.

Purrs to all

Bella & Mitzi

Cats on Tuesday - What Mitzi Saw

2008-10-21T11:36:00.003+10:00

I saw Mitzi by the back door this morning, doing her meerkat thing...you know, perching on her haunches and peering. I wondered what had caught her interest.

There on the patio concrete was a reptile. It started to move behind my ferns as I shot inside to get the camera. By the time I came out it had disappeared. However, I saw it behind some of Fred's terracotta pots.

It was a blue tongued lizard, a very fat one, so I gather it was a female. It would have been about 1.5 metres long and was leisurely crawling through the grass and around the pot plants, blue tongue flickering in and out tasting the air. Jane and I watched it for some time and managed to get photographs.

Here it is, just coming out from behind the pots. There are some more photos on the Kat's Cradle blog.

Cats on Tuesday - Sunday afternoon

2008-10-12T17:40:00.008+10:00

Waiting for dinner. You can just see Mitzi under the chair.

Mitzi comes to investigate when...

I caught Bella sitting on the table...naughty!

They would really love to chase that magpie. I tried to get a video of Bella so you could hear her chittering...she really gets wound up when she sees the magpie so close. But by the time I got the camera, she had stopped.

Cats on Tuesday - Relaxing

2008-10-06T11:21:00.005+10:00

Now that the weather is warmer, Mum has all the doors and windows open all day. We like to lie and watch what goes on outside.

I like the front door (oops, Mum's made me fuzzy)

and Mitzi likes the back door...

Cats on Tuesday - Cat Poses and a Question

2008-09-14T16:57:00.010+10:00

One of Bella's favourite spots...on top of the shower cubicle.

Mitzi, looking cute.

Bella, making a decision of some sort.

Mitzi, doing her Meerkat thing.

My question is...why do cats follow one into the bathroom? I go to sit and have a cat keeping guard on either side of me...or else they use the litter tray, which is in the same room. (I have to warn people to use the loo, not the litter tray). It seems to me that, according to cats, the bathroom is one place where I'm unable to escape if they decide to jump on my knee (most disconcerting) or have a wrestle around my feet, using my legs as stretching posts or just hassling me to feed them.

I had a cat that used to jump up onto the toilet seat just as I would go to sit down...can you imagine what that felt like? I'm actually quite surprised I didn't knock him into the bowl. I guess that would have cured him, though.

So that's it...today's burning question. I suspect the answers may be lifechanging...

Favourite Places

2008-09-01T16:46:00.004+10:00

Two of Bella's favourite places are...

on my knee and...
in front of the heater.

Mitzi's favourites are...

on the heater, watching TV...or

on the heater.

2008-08-25T16:26:00.003+10:00

Poor Bella...Mitzi gives her no peace. She jumps on her, chases her and generally annoys the hell out of her sister until Bella turns around and gives Mitzi a cuff across the ear. Bella is really the most patient cat, especially with Mitzi who, due to her traumatic start in life, has never really learnt to socialise and, of course, she is younger than Bella, too. So, occasionally I have to intervene and tell Mitzi to leave Bella alone. She usually gets the message.

Bella was hoping to catch 40 winks...

until Mitzi decided to annoy her.

Peace at last...for both of them.

When Cats Sleep

2008-08-18T16:47:00.004+10:00

First, Bella's up top,

then Mitzi has her turn and they leave behind....

cat hair!

Playing on our Cat Tree

2008-08-04T17:12:00.004+10:00

Mum likes it when we play on our cat tree. She knows we're not getting into mischief.

Bella: I like to get in the cupboards and the wardrobe and mum has to chase me out.

Mitzi: I don't like dark places so I don't do that.

Cats on Tuesday...what we did.

2008-07-29T16:25:00.005+10:00

Mitzi was bored,

Bella was snoozing. So...

Mitzi annoyed Bella.

Perching

2008-07-25T16:37:00.005+10:00

Mum took these photos of us the other morning. That's not the moon...it's a reflection of the lounge room light.

Woken up by that flashing thingy again...
"What?"

Bookends

2008-07-21T20:54:00.002+10:00

Mitzi got into trouble today...nah, nah, nah, nah!

She upset a bowl of water that mum had sitting in front of the heater so the atmosphere doesn't dry out and make her cough. Mitzi dunked one of her toys in it...she's always doing that...and knocked the bowl over and water went aaalllll over the carpet. Boy, was mum mad! She yelled at Mitzi and Mitzi took off like a scalded cat...hehehehe!

Bella is so mean to me...she always laughs at me when I get into trouble and tells me it serves me right.

I didn't mean to knock that water over, it just...happened.

I think dunking my toys in the water is a neat game. They float and then I hook them out and bat them all around the floor, then dunk them again...it's really fun.

I did get a fright when mum yelled at me though and I was sorry I spilt the water. Anyway, the carpet's all dry now and mum still loves me, anyway. So there, Bella!

2008-07-14T20:13:00.002+10:00

Mitzi: See how much weigh Bella has put on, she's making our cat tree platform lean.

Bella: Pfffft!

Mitzi: She got into lots of trouble yesterday. First of all, she jumped up onto the display unit and knocked mum's lovely amethyst cat onto the floor. Fortunately, it didn't break. Then she jumped up onto the washing machine, knocked the clothes basket down and the pegs went everywhere and then...she went into the bedroom and climbed the curtains. Mum yelled at her...

Bella: Yeah, as if you're little Miss Innocent! You helped me scatter the pegs all over the floor and you were chasing me when I ran up the curtains.

Mitzi: I didn't make you do those things...you didn't have to!

Bella: Did!

Mitzi: Didn't!

Bella: Did so, so, so!!

Hiding Places

2008-07-08T07:42:00.002+10:00

Bella likes to get into boxes, bags and any other container that's lying around, invitingly open for her to climb into. She can open the pantry door and likes jumping onto the bottom shelf where I keep my slow cooker, roaster and the boxes and cans of cat food. I've often shut her in the wardrobe because she's dived in there when I've opened the door and I haven't realised and shut her in. She's even tried to get into handbags...so if you come to my place, keep your handbag shut or you're likely to have a cat pop out in a most unlikely place.

Mitzi, on the other hand, doesn't like those places at all...she prefers to hide under the bed clothes...especially when people come to visit. She's used to Jane, Fred and Ken and will smooge around their feet. She has a fetish about Jane's shoes and plays with them. But if there are too many people, that's it...she's gone and there's a peculiar lump under my doona.

Bella is a very sociable puss and fortunately, since she's been with us, Mitzi is a little better, too. But Bella will come out to mingle and being the tart she is, will go to anybody, while Mitzi disappears particularly if there are a lot of people.

However, both of them vanished when I had the carpets and lounge cleaned...they did not like that at all...especially when he started his machine up. Bella doesn't mind the vacuum cleaner but this was a little too strange for her and she decided discretion was the better part of valour and hid in the pantry.

I just caught Mitzi coming out from under the bedclothes.
Bella and her box fetish, while Mitzi reads the instructions.

Oops, I'm a bit early for Cats on Tuesday...

2008-06-29T17:09:00.005+10:00

Hi, this is Mitzi here. It's my turn to post now. And I'm going to tell you what Bella's been up to. She keeps getting on the table and the benches and getting squirted with water from mum. She knows she's not supposed to get on the bench or the table, but still keeps doing it.

Mum bought us a treat ball each the other day. They are small hollow balls with a hole in them. Mum puts these liver snacks in and when we roll the ball around a yummy treat drops out of the hole for us to munch up. Bella hasn't got the idea yet, so I do it for her and she can then eat the snacks when they fall out. It's quite good fun and we can have a little treat for doing it.

It's been cold lately so mum turns the warm on for us and we like to lie in front of it and warm our tummies. Then when she goes to bed, we can jump up and cuddle into her to keep warm. We both like that, but when we start playing, mum gets mad and tells us to take it to another room, she's trying to sleep.

Mum has found a really cool website and she has put our photos on with funny captions on them. It's http://icanhascheezburger.com/ and she really likes it. There are photos of kitties doing all sorts of things and people can put their own captions on if they want to, or vote for the photo with the best caption. Have a look at it and put your kitty's photo on with a funny caption.

Mum has taken some more photos of us, so here are a couple of them. Maybe she'll put them on the kittie's website above.

VBella and me hangin' out.

Me, looking angelic...(for once, as mum says).

Bella in her thoughtful pose.

Bella's Turn to Post

2008-06-22T08:37:00.006+10:00

This is my first time for writing and I'm very nervous...but I'll do my best.

The other day Mitzi and I had to go back to the vet to get our booster shots. I was scared but didn't make a fuss when mum put me in the carry cage. But Mitzi...oooh, she fought and yowled and made mum bleed...she was so scared. She doesn't like the carry cage at all. Anyway when mum took us out to the car, it was thundering...and then the dogs came to see what was going on. Mitzi's not scared of the dogs but I am. Mitzi says they wouldn't hurt us...but they're so big! Anyway, mum got us buckled in and off we went to the vet. It's only just up the road a little way, but when we got there, it was pouring with rain and we all got soaked. I hate water, but Mitzi doesn't mind it too much. Mum was drenched carrying us into the vet's, even though she parked close to the door and had an umbrella.

The vet lady gave us a check up...listened to our hearts, checked our operation sites and then gave us a needle. That stung a little bit, but the vet lady was very gentle. I thought Mitzi was going to carry on, but she was so scared she just curled up in a ball at the back of the cage and they had to tip her out onto the table.

Anyway, it was soon over and by the time we left it had almost stopped raining and thundering. Mum took us back home and opened the cages for us to get out. Mitzi jumped out and ran and hid under the bed. She didn't want to come out for a little while, but I went and told her it was okay, no one was going to hurt her.

What I didn't tell her was that I heard mum ask the vet lady for the name of a good cattery for when she goes on holiday in a few months. I guess that won't be so bad. Mum will get us a twin share room and it'll be like a holiday for us. There'll be other cats to talk to, too. But...I'm not saying anything to Mitzi just yet.

I suppose she scared because she is so young and she also had a bad experience when she was a baby. I think mum will rely on me to keep her calm and tell her it's not going to be so bad.

Well, that's what happened to us last week. Now, I'm going to have a snack of cat biscuits then curl up and go to sleep. Mum took some photos of us, so here are some for you to look at.

Me asleep on mum's stuff. I hope the phone doesn't wake me up.

Mitzi out to it and below, both of us on mum's favourite chair.

I HAVE A SISTER!

2008-06-15T09:11:00.008+10:00

Hi to everyone. I have lots and lots of news for you, but the main piece of news is that I have a sister, now. Her name is Bella and she used to live with my auntie, but when they moved, Bella wasn't allowed to live in that house (the landlord said no to pets) so mum adopted her.

We were a bit unsure of one another at first but after two or three days we started having fun. We chased each other and played hide and seek and drove mum mad, the two of us.

Then we had to go to the vet for our operations, that was really scary. I was shaking and Bella was crying. The vet people were very nice and we did have a nice sleep, but we woke up with shaved tummies and stitches. We also had to have our vaccinations and I was very sick with mine the next day but just for a little while. The day after that we had to go back for a check up and then 10 days after our operations, we had to have our stitches out. That wasn't so bad. But we have to go to the vet again on Friday to have our booster shots. Neither of us are looking forward to that.

Mum bought us lots of toys and a lovely climbing and scratching post for us to play on. But we prefer running around over the tops of the lounge and chairs. Mum gets mad at us and squirts us with a fine water spray...we don't like that, so we don't do it while she's home. But when she goes out we have good fun.

Bella can be naughty sometimes and climbs up onto the shelves. I think mum gets worried that she will break things and gives her a squirt of water. Bella also gets up on top of the shower cubicle, too.

We like it when mum opens the big sliding door and we can watch the birdies from behind the security door, and smell all the interesting smells. Sometimes the dogs next door come and say hello. Bella used to hiss at them but she doesn't now, 'cos she knows they won't hurt us.

Mum gives us lovely yummy treats that she puts in little ball toys for us. When we roll them along a treat will fall out so we can munch it up.

Mum has taken some photos of Bella and me, here they are.

Bella and me getting to know one another

Our new cat tree

Me on the 'puter chair

Bella with her snooty look (she's not really)

We like watching the birdies

Mitzi Will be Back Soon

2008-04-26T09:30:00.001+10:00

Mitzi will be back blogging in a few day. She has spent the last few weeks learning about life as a cat in a one human household. She has learnt to be boss...

Botheration!

2008-03-04T17:51:00.006+10:00

Mum had that flashing thing again and she always has to use it when I'm washing myself, so...

...I jumped up to investigate exactly what it was

It wasn't very interesting, so I continued my ablutions, then...

...went to sleep.

Miss Decorum...Not!

2008-02-25T16:57:00.004+10:00

My mum took these photos of me when I was washing myself. Well, she interrupted me, really, and because I didn't want to forget where I'd got to with my ablutions, I stayed where I was. She took a photo, then accused me of having no decorum. I asked her what that meant and she told me that I had no sense of "what was right." I shouldn't be showing the world what I had for breakfast, in other words. Hey, she was the one that interrupted me...and of course I was by the window...it was lovely and sunny. Just a really good spot for my morning wash after breakfast.

So, I ignored her and continued my ablutions and then sat and watched the magpies on the lawn. I treated her with great disdain for a while, until she got the message that it was her fault not mine.

I wonder what cat porn is...sounds like something good for dinner...

Another Post From Me.

2008-02-11T17:50:00.000+10:00

Well, I love living in my new place. I've been there for six weeks now and I love my mum. She's really good to me and she's tells me I'm a good girl, too. That's because I've learnt I'm not allowed on the table and I don't use my claws as much. It's good to play with no claws because I don't hurt my mum. She also tells me I have lovely manners because I use my dirt box so well.

I don't want to go outside because it's a big scary place out there, but I love sitting at the big window to watch the birdies when mum throws out my uneaten cat bikkies. Those birds are really big...bigger than me, so I just like to watch them. Sometimes they come right up to the window to look at me.

I can also see the two big doggies that live here, but they just ignore me. I think the blonde one, Shelby, knows I'm here, but the black one, Ebony, doesn't care.

Yesterday, mum's friend Ken came over for a cup of tea and I came out to say hello to him. He's a nice man and likes animals so I licked his toes.

Then today, Jane came over so I smelt her then decided she was nice, so I rubbed against her legs. She laughed because it tickled her.

This is a photo mum took when I was going to pounce on her.

And here I am playing with mum's finger.

Mum has put my dinner out so I'm going to go and eat because I'm very hungry. Have a good week and be nice to your humans.

A Pretty Header Picture

2008-02-05T20:37:00.000+10:00

What do you think of my new blog header? Gattina did it for me...isn't it just beautiful?

Thank you so much, Gattina.

Apparently she likes fiddling around with headers and got bored because she didn't have enough blogs to fiddle with. Mine looked naked, she said, and I agree, it did. I've often wondered how to pretty up a header, but I'm pretty hopeless with anything like that. I reckon I did pretty well to get a blog going!

So, there you go...Mitzi has some pretties to do her justice.

Manic Mitzi - photos

2008-02-05T11:35:00.000+10:00

On the way to mischief

Mum's toes are good to attack

Ah hah! My ball...

...it's good to bite and chew

Killing my favourite mouse...it has a bell inside

Grabbing the camera cord...it was too much temptation.

Purrings

2008-02-04T06:37:00.000+10:00

Well, I'm settling down with my new mum. She's loves me very much, although she's not very keen on my claws when I get too excited playing with her. I love it when she goes to bed at night and we have a play on the bed before lights out. I also really enjoy hiding and jumping out at her when she walks past.

Sometimes I help her when she's on the computer working. I just love trying to catch her fingers as she types.

She gives me yummy food and really special milk that's made only for cats and kittens. I just love that stuff. I don't like fish though...yuk. Sometimes when mummy has cooked a chicken, she gives me some and ohhhh, that is so delicious. I have lovely crunchy bikkies for snacks during the day and mummy also puts out a bowl of fresh cool water for me. But I love playing in that. I dabble my paw in it and I can flick it all over the floor and up the walls. I like seeing how far I can spread water.

I was told off the other day for doing it though, cos mummy was getting ready for work and slipped and fell in some water I'd splashed on the floor. She didn't hurt herself though...well, not much, anyway. But she wasn't very happy with me.

When mum changes my litter tray and puts lovely clean and pretty smelling sandy stuff in, I love to jump and play in that. But mum gets annoyed when she has to get the broom and sweep it up and says that the bathroom looks like a beach after I've been playing. So she got some crystal stuff...I don't like playing in that but it's really good stuff for the litter tray...no stinkies after I've used the tray.

Mum has tied a hanging toy to the back of a chair and I love to play with that, but I got carried away and broke the bottom fluffy bit off. That's good to bat around the floor, though. I also really love the cardboard centre of a toilet roll...they are really fun to play with.

In the bathroom, there's a drain hole in the floor, just in case mum floods the place when she's in the shower, I suppose. But lovely trickly noises come from it when she washes her hands or brushes her teeth...I try to see but it's got a cover over it.

Well, I'm going to have a nap now...I'll talk to you again next week.

Psycho Kitty or Klutz Kitty?

2008-01-27T11:27:00.002+10:00

Watching me

Watching the birds. The mat says "The cat is in charge here". One of my grandkids gave it to me a couple of Christmases ago.

I have spent two days trying to upload a video I'd taken of Mitzi, with no success. Blogger spat the dummy on it for some reason...so there are a couple of photos instead.

From the terrified little kitten I first knew, Mitzi has become more confident, to the point where I'm not safe, even when I'm on the loo! She figures I can't go anywhere so she can attack me.

She tears around the place slamming her paws down so that it sounds more like a herd of elephants rather than one small cat. She hides under the bed and around corners to ambush me. She flies up the drapes and the insect screens. I'm rather inclined to think if her as a small terrorist with destruction of my peace of mind as her target. She is demanding...especially when she's hungry, but she doesn't squeak as kittens do...she squeals, piercingly loud.

At night, when I go around turning off the computer, shutting doors and switching off lights, she knows there's a little bit of playtime coming and goes absolutely ballistic...up onto the bed, off the other side, into the bathroom, laundry, kitchen and back onto the bed. She crouches down, tail swishing, eyes bugging out, waiting for my feet to move under the doona. With a flying leap, she launches herself into the air and...disappears over the side of the bed. She isn't too good at judging distances yet. Or else, she tries to turn around on the window sill and falls off. That's why I ask the question...psycho or klutz? I think she has a split personality actually and is a bit of both.

She has a prodigous appetite and gets all excited when I open the fridge or pantry doors. She's realised that's where her yummies come from. And when I'm getting her food ready, she does this tearing around the place thing again...just like a kid, showing off and getting over-excited.

Although Mitzi wasn't talking to me yesterday after I perpetrated the indignity on her of putting flea powder on. It's natural, made from melaleuca, peppermint and lavendar. She hates it, but I think she smells beautiful. Whatever, it does the job of keeping the fleas at bay, because, as I explained to her, having fleas is so low class. I don't think she was particularly impressed with that argument though. Tough! I'm not having a flea bitten cat in the house and I told her so.

My First Post

2008-01-20T10:19:00.000+10:00

As you most probably know, my name is Mitzi and I came to live with Puss-in-Boots just before Christmas. It was pretty scary really, because my brothers and sisters and me were taken away from our mama, put into a big cardboard box and taken somewhere and left on a very hot morning. We didn't know what was going to happen to us but fortunately, the people who dumped us did so at a produce store where the people there were very kind. They took us in, fed us, gave us something to drink and somewhere to sleep.

But then my brothers and sisters disappeared one by one. People came in, saw us and one by one, took us away until there was only me and my sister left. Soon it was my turn...I was picked to go away and I cried. The lady who collected me gave me a cuddle and spoke quietly to me, but I was still scared. Then I was in something that made a loud noise and moved. I was too scared to move but I cried and cried. Then the moving stopped and the lady who cuddled me, picked me up and gave me to another lady, who also cuddled and stroked me.

She took me into a strange place with strange smells and sat down with me on her lap. She stroked and soothed me and murmured softly to me. Soon I was feeling a bit better and jumped off her lap to have a look around. It was a big place and very scary but with plenty of places to hide. So I hid under her computer desk. She left me there until the other lady went away, then got me out to see if I wanted anything to eat and drink, but I was still too upset and frightened.

She showed me where my toilet was and then left me to look around. She kept an eye on me, though and when I found a lovely dark hidey place she left me there.

Night came and I was very hungry and thirsty, and busting to go to the toilet, so I crept out of my safe place, went to the toilet and then, using my sense of smell, found some food and drink and got stuck into that. Having a full belly made me feel better and I had a good look around. The lady was nowhere to be seen but I knew she was around somewhere. I didn't think she'd hurt me but I was being very cautious.

I had a look around the kitchen and lounge room, the laundry and bathroom and then the bedroom where the lady was. She was asleep so I quietly crept back to my safe place and with a lovely full tummy, I feel asleep too.