GROUNDHOG DAY ...MY WAY

Mommy said that today is groundhog day? It's supposed to mean this rodent comes out of the ground and looks for his shadow...why would he do that? I can see him being concerned about whether or not I would be around to make his day an unhappy one! But really...

Why do they get special days?

When is CATS DAY?

This would be my take on this day...
I'm an indoor cat...so why would I care???

50 FACTS ABOUT ME

My mommy said that she saw something on her friend, Jeannie site and said that it might be an idea for me to talk about, seeing as it's one of my most favorite subject! Hers were 100 facts and I don't think I have that many [or mommy might be too bored to go that far] so here they are in no particular order:

1. I was born the same day as my human-sister's [PoD] daughter [AJ], so we share the same birth date. Which is good because then nobody will forget it!

2. I am a third generation incarnate...my previous names have been: Simco & Spooky! Notice they're all S's? I've always been part Siamese.

3. Everybody in my family [& Thumber] has blue eyes including my humans: QoH, Pod, BillyRoo, AJ & JD.

4. I cross my eyes when I want to confuse someone when they are looking at me...this brings the subject around to me. I do it to mice so it will confuse them...also so I can pounce on them!

5. I was born in Alberta on my mommy's sister's farm making her my first mommy and she called me "Eenie".

6. I had only one sibling, a sister, who was called "Meanie"! She lived up to her name!

7. Meanie and I moved to Saskatchewan with my now mommy and Meanie went to live with a neighbor who changed her name to "Cruella DeVille". She took a trip on the "Rainbow Bridge" a couple of years later.

8. My most favorite thing to do in the whole world is to be with my mommy!

9. My next favorite thing to do it to catch and play with mice.

10. I also share my living space and mommy with my great, great grand daughter "Thumber" and human brother BillyRoo [when he's not away working].

11. I DON'T PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS! I love chasing Thumber and keepinf her on her toes!

12. 1 DON'T LIKE TO SHARE MY TOYS!

13. I DON'T LIKE TO SHARE MY BOXES! All boxes are mine!

14. I DON'T LIKE CLOSED DOORS!

15. I own a blog called "Baby Doodie" [kind of a silly name but mommy likes it]. I'd write more but mommy has to be talked into it and doesn't listen A LOT!

16. I like to be the first one into the litter box after it has been cleaned...just to make sure that Thumber understands who's top cat in our house!

17. I don't like to be dressed in clothing...I will lay down until it is removed.

18. I refuse to be walked on a leash or wear a collar!

19. My mommy has never had to bathe me...I'm that clean of a cat and she finds that she is not allergic to me or Thumber so she feels that we don't need extra cleaning.

20. I've learned how to puke everywhere just to get attention. Although it backfired on me once and I ended up in the vet's office with a thermometer shoved where it's not supposed to be! It turned out I was sick and had to have medicine but now I still use the puke thing to make my mom worry?

21. I used to be an outdoor/indoor cat for the first 5 years of my life. Now I'm just an indoor one.

22. I pretend that I don't like Thumber but I would really miss her if she was gone. Don't tell her I said that!

23. I don't like human food! I will nibble on somethings but most just to see what it is.

24. I LOVE to bug mommy when she's trying to cook a meal...I ask lots of questions!

25. I LOVE to the center of attention and I have this cute begging thing that I do that gets me the attention that I need.

26. I sleep 20 hours out the day

27. I KNOW when my mommy is sick...I like to comfort her!

28. I am always waiting at the door when she comes home full of questions that need to be answered.

29. I love it when mommy decorates. She takes out her toys and I get to play with them.

30. I hate car rides!

31. When we lived out in the country mommy and I used to go for walks. Now that we've moved into Dodge we don't do that any more :(

32. I don't like the place where we are living right now...not enough windows to look out.

33. I loved to sit on the edge of the bath tub when my mommy is soaking in the tub, trying to relax. I still play with the bubbles. Mommy says I ask too many questions when she's trying to relax?

34. Right now I am the same age [human years] as my mommy which is 56...she doesn't mind if I tell someone her age cause she doesn't let age bother her.

35. My most favorite food is called "Salmon, Tuna & Shrimp" by Fancy Cat. Mommy has tried tricking me by giving me others...but I know the difference!

36. My favorite treat that mommy makes for herself is a cream cheese dip with crackers. I sit watching her until she gives it to me [on a plate of course] and it has to be on little bits of crackers.

37. My favorite thing to do while playing [after a long nap] is to sit in a box and have mommy throw toys into it. I then scoop up the toy with my claws and throw it out. It's a game we like to play together.

38. My most favorite toys are these three stuffed cats and I like to try and pull their legs off but I never can as they are made way too tough!

39. I like to play with the yarn as mommy tries to knit something [she doesn't do that to often].

40. I like to be at my mommy's feet when she's trying to make her food but not when she is washing her dishes...she's way too messy and I get wet every time.

41. I love to eat grass. In the summer mommy brings in fresh stuff...she says it's like feeding rabbits...whatever that means?

42. I love to look out the window and miss my other place where there were LOTS of windows.

43. I love to climb trees but since I've been made into an indoor cat I don't get that pleasure any more and mommy keeps promising me that she will build me something soon?

44. I love to watch my mommy do stuff and I try to give her lots of hints but she never listens much.

45. I like to meow at my human brother's door when ever he's at home. I don't know why her keeps the door closed from me...he says that I puke on his bed too much...which I've only done once!

46. I love unwrapping presents! I love the sound of paper being torn.

47. I hate being cold!

48. I like to sleep under my mommy's blankets at night...we sleep together until she gets too restless and then I have to sleep somewhere else!

49. I don't like having my picture taken as mommy never knows when to quit flashing that thing in my face...I see spots for a long time.

50. I never went to school and I know I'm smarter than most animals/people that I know!

So that's all I can think of for now. If my mommy had let me do more things then maybe I would have more to tell you...

THE MEANING OF MY NAME

This is a quiz on blogthings concerning my name and the results are something I do have to agree with!

SUKI
You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong.

You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know.
You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak.
Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do.

You are a very lucky person. Things just always seem to go your way.
And because you're so lucky, you don't really have a lot of worries.
You just hope for the best in life.
You're sometimes a little guilty of being greedy.
Spread your luck around a little to people who need it.

You are a seeker of knowledge, and you have learned many things.
You are also a keeper of knowledge - meaning you don't spill secrets or spread gossip.
People sometimes think you're snobby or aloof, but you're just too deep in thought to pay attention to them.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound.
It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly.
You don't stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time.
Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyournameshiddenmeaningquiz/

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Better late than never...so mommy says?

Mommy has been going on and on about this thing she calls a new year's resolution! She's says that one has to make a list or have at least one item to change about themselves.

What if one is so perfect that they never have to change anything?

How can I change perfection?

She says that maybe I could change the way I feel about Thumber?

How does she know that I haven't? She's not home all day long...maybe I've been good to her while she's been gone? Thumber is still young and she still has a lot of learning to do and maybe she isn't smart enough to get it right the first time? How does she know it isn't a game we play with each other?

Or that, maybe, I could share my boxes?

Everybody know that all boxes in this household belong to me...the only box that I'm willing to share is the litter box! Even that has rules that applies to the use of it! That brat never covers properly...so the task is left up to me! Besides the one upstairs can be hers...climbing stairs is getting hard on the hip joints and she's the younger one!

Or that, I could be okay with her sleep in my favorite spots?

I've been letting her already or hasn't she noticed that? Besides it's a lot to ask with the way she drools when she sleeps and leaves the bed messy with all of her long hairs...so she's already pushed the limits on that issue!

Or that, maybe I could let her eat first, instead of me? Then I'd starve to death cause that little piggy would eat it all and then I'd only have crumbs left from her throwbacks...yuk! If she thought I'd up-chucked a lot now...she'd see what would happen if I did!

Or that, maybe I could be less vocal when company comes?

That would mean I'd have nothing to say and it's not like there's a lot of company!

Or that, maybe I could let mommy eat in peace without always asking her "what's that...can I see"?

I'm only trying to see to her welfare...what if it wasn't good for her or she might be mistaken and eat my stuff?

So as to my new year's resolution....

So, I say to you all out there...HOW CAN I CHANGE SUCH PERFECTION?

DECKING THE HALLS?

Finally the last ornament is in place and there isn't a space that hasn't been "decked"!

That's what mommy calls it when she hangs up all of her stuff! She even wails [she calls it singing] as she's doing it! I'm never sure whether Thumber and I should run and hide or check her out to see if she's okay?

Still, mommy has this obsession with putting up all of the decorations that she owns and can't rest until she does! This year I helped her [mostly when she wasn't looking]!

She finally got the tree all together and only changed it around twice. The place is too small to put up her big one [she put that one up in the store] so she use Trebor's small one and put it on one of her end tables. I had fun chasing the lights around the tree as she was putting them on. The balls this year are unbreakable and I played with them while mommy was hanging them up.

I don't like the tree sitting on the table because I can't hide under it anymore or snoop for my present!

Yesterday when mommy was decorating outside I got to sneak out when mommy forgot to close the screen door! I forgot all about that cold stuff on the feet! I definitely didn't go too far...too cold and wet for me! It's hard to walk and shake your paws at the same time! I did crab a lot when she picked me up and put me back into the house!

Mommy never has to worry about Thumber trying to get out cause she knows Thumber is too much of a scaredy cat to even stick her head out to look!

So here's what she finally accomplished...with my help...of course...The last pictures I want to show you are part of my Mommy's Tea Pot collections. The Santa one is the teapot with creamy and sugar, plus two mugs. The one is the tea sets that I would have liked to taken and shown Miss Peach's mommy...this one is my favorite, only I wished it could have been painted to look like me. It comes with a salt and pepper shaker. It did come with a cup but that got broken in the move.

THE DECORATING THING?

Mommy has been busy these last two weeks putting more stuff on the walls and out in the porch! It's really kind of strange because she just finished taking down stuff from the walls from those areas and put them away. I do have to admit that this new stuff she is putting up looks better than all of those scary faces! It was really creepy when I'd go out there to look out the windows...having all those faces looking at me! Mommy called that stuff her Halloween Decorations? These new ones are called her Xmas ones?

Are all humans nuts that way or is it just my mommy?

With these new ones she has added a prickly tree that doesn't even have thick enough branches to climb on? What good is that? It doesn't even smell like a tree! Then she put all of those shiny things on it! I like shiny things but mommy doesn't let me play with them...yet she tells me to share my things with Thumber! She should have to share like I do!

Not being able to play with these new things drives both Thumber and me crazy! Some of the stuff moves on that tree and we like things that move...after all aren't we supposed to catch them for her? I don't see the sense of looking and not touching?

Thumber and I did have some fun chasing the stuff as she dragged them around the floor while she was trying to put them up! Mommy even wrapped me up in some of it and I even got to play with my stocking...what ever that means...I don't wear socks...she does? I tell you it gets harder and harder to figure humans out by what they are doing?

This weekend she says she's going to hang stuff outside if it gets nice enough? Why outside...we can't see it out there! Mommy says that it's for the enjoyment of others? See what I mean by being crazy?

It's also been getting pretty cold in here! Mommy says that she's been trying to save energy [whatever that means] by keeping the heat down. She says that were lucky that we have fur coats to keep warm in and she has to put on sweaters? She should try wear my fur! It's not very warm! You'd think by me huddling under my favorite blanket would show her how cold I am and cause the fur thing just isn't working! Thumber is trying to keep warm by sleeping under the chair that sits over the heat thingy...her furry coat isn't working either!

My mommy has also figured out that I've been throwing up my food because I am upset with her! She's right! She moved us here into this place and now we have nowhere to run around in like we used to do like in that other place and that's what is making us lazy! What else have I got to do all day long but lay around and eat!

She was telling me the other day that she's going to think of how we can go outside without being able to run free and get hit by a car? Sounds strange but knowing my mommy she'll think of something! So I'll keep reminding her constantly and maybe it will get done sooner!

Gotta run now as I think she's getting ready to go outside....

I'M BACK...

I'm finally starting to feel better and I'm happier now that Mommy's finally turned the heat up! It was really starting to get cold in here and I've had to sleep under my favorite blanket...

The last few weeks I've been feeling pretty poorly, still throwing up and such! Mommy changed my food again and I'm slowly getting used to it. I tried to rebel at first and wouldn't eat it but then I'd get really hungry and eat too much and then I'd have to throw it up...this made mommy even more worried. One day maybe things will get better?

With all my puking it's made me pretty tired and so I sleep the day away waiting for mommy to get home from work. Since we've moved here there hasn't been any windows to look out now mommy has had to close the windows because of the cold! I miss my old place where we had lots of room to run around and Thumbers and I could chase each other...all we do now is sleep!

Last night I had some fun with mommy!

Mommy was busy getting her supper cooked and was trying to feeding us at the same time. She was being really scatter-brained and was leaving the cubboard doors open...this is a no-no with me around! Of course I had to check out what was being kept inside, as I was checking it out...she closed the door on me!

These doors are spring loaded and are hard to push open with me just using my head...I would push it... then it would bang shut. I did this a couple of times and I could hear her go quiet and listen...I did this a couple of times more before she finally checked to see what was happening. She sure moved slowly...it took her forever to open the door and when she finally did I jumped out before it would bang shut again. This apparently scared mommy cause I heard her yell at me saying that I'd scared her!

It was nice to hear her laugh again! She told me that she had hoped that it wasn't a ghost playing tricks on her!

Silly mommy...the ghost only lives upstairs!

IT'S ALL ABOUT HER

Suki's not here right now to blog...so me, her mommy, has dropped by to let her friends know how she is doing...

NOT WELL!

Seems I've been waving my magic "health wand" in so many other sick animal's directions that there's only a thin trickle left for her?

Six weeks ago [during the heat spell] she was throwing up a lot so I changed her food to a different ph balanced type and all seemed to be well...the throwing up stopped! But it seems not completely? I would find the occasional vomit spot, but there would be signs of hairball crap in them. Some of the food I was giving to her was for hairball problems so I figured that this might be expected? Her energy levels changed from feeling ill to lots of fun times with Thumber. I thought all was well? Seems I might be wrong?

These last few nights, Suki has been acting strange? I will be sound asleep only to be awaken by her leaning the back half her body against my exposed ear? She normally sleeps beside me but never around my face! It was like she was trying to tell me to listen to her tummy? Suki also prefers to be petted only on her head/face...never her stomach but this time she was offering her tummy up for rubbing...just like you would rub your stomach if it was aching? She was very demanding for me to pet her...just like you would comfort a child in pain!

I wasn't sure whether she had been peeing or not...as I have two cats who use the litter box. So I made one especially for Suki to use. Suki's habit has been to make sure that she gets to mark the litter with her scent first and can even be annoying with her jumping in before I am finished filling it. Not this time! She scratched around in it a couple of times but never tried to void either way? My thought was a bladder/bowel blockage...which can be very deadly to any animal! Upon further checking even her nose was warm and dry! Up goes the worry level!

For you others out there who are just like me and cannot afford to take their animal to a vet, this can be very distressful! It's not that we don't care enough to go deeper in debt for them it's just that we just "can't" go deeper in debt...plain and simple!

Thankfully I have kids who do step in and are now helping me to save something that is very, very important to me! This morning PoD and I took Suki to see the vet!

The vet has physically checked her out and outwardly, she seems to be fine. She's not over or under weight, her gums are pink and her bladder is a normal size. She wasn't crazy about having a thermometer violate her but I was happy to see that she had no fever. The next recourse is to have blood work done up, urine tested, etc....meaning she has to stay overnight. I hated leaving her there to suffer all alone...I know what it's like to be shut up in a hospital...even if you are sick!

Now all we have to do is wait and see...

IT'S ALL ABOUT ME...Part 8

My throat is sore from all of the meowing I have to do to get mommy to let me have my turn on this machine that she seems to spend so much time on!

Thumber and I have so much fun in our new place! There is this one cat that likes to visit us a lot. She likes to try and surprise us by jumping up on the window screen downstairs! We think she is trying to be an indoor cat like we are...but mommy won't let her! Mommy says there is too many cats in here right now?

Anyways...when this cat jumps up it scares both Thumber and me and it makes us go into the "attack" mode. As you can see by the picture below, Thumber just hates this cat and it drives her crazy because she can never get at her! With all the noise the both of them makes it scares me and I have to go and see what's going on! See how fluffed both our tails are?

Mommy said that later this cat had a litter of kittens in the bushes that is beside our place and she would occasionally leave some food and water out for her. One day the kittens were gone and mommy said that the mother cat must have moved them to a safer place?

One night mommy heard this kitten meowing real loudly and she just had to go out and find it. Mommy said that it was bitterly cold out and when she found the kitten it was shivering from the cold! Mommy called PoD and she came down and got it...mommy wasn't sure that the kitten would be safe around Thumber and me? Like we would hurt a baby...? The next day mommy heard more meowing outside and went out and found four more! BillyRoo was home at that time and had to help her catch all of them. They tried to find the mommy cat but she was now where to be found...someone had said that a black cat had been killed crossing the street!

Mommy said that the kittens were too young to be out on their own so she decided to take them to the SPCA in a big town near us, so they can find homes for them. Mommy said the kitten were pretty wild and hopefully they can be tamed?

Mommy was pretty sick at this time and I would sit with her to try and keep her calm...her heart didn't sound too good and she said that my purring made her feel better!

One day she went away for a long time and Thumber and I were really unhappy!

The days were pretty sad for us until she finally came back! Her heart sounded a lot better and she was like she was before. Then she started coughing a lot and had to go away again...this made us unhappy again! She spent a lot of time coughing and having to go away...I was becoming really worried that I would follow her everywhere...more than I've ever done before!

One day she started the "packing boxes" thing again and she said that we were moving...again! I made her laugh when I brought her toys that I though she should pack! The next thing I know Mommy took us to our new house! This house was so much smaller than our last place and had hardly any windows where we could look out! Thumber didn't like the move too much and she pouted by stay hidden from mommy for a few days until she couldn't take it anymore and had to go pee! After that everything was fine and mommy stopped her coughing. She said that the other place was making her sick and no one was going to live there until it was fixed up!

I kind of liked the place as Thumber can't away from me when were playing "chase each other" and I don't have to run as far!

This is a pic of me getting ready to scare Thumber!

This one shows Thumber being mad because I scared her...

IT'S ALL ABOUT ME ...Part 7

Finally! I'm back!

My mommy has been soooo busy at the stuff that she does and hogging all of the computer time that I haven't had my say...which is quite a lot!

But I figured I would rather show you pictures of just ME!!

This is me working with mommy....I make sure she gets things right!I like to ask lots of questions....like...Whatcha Doing?...Can I see?....Whatcha Doing?...Are you sure your not eating something I'd like?....Whatcha doing?.....Can I help?....Whatcha doing?....Sometimes I make sure all of her papers don't fall off the desk! I'm always alert to make sure mommy misses nothing! Sometimes I have to make sure the computer doesn't fall off the desk so I stretch out in front of it....I can even turn it off for her...This makes her really excited and she says I have to sit in the corner? Sometimes I show her how I feel about that!

Sometimes mommy gets her stuff in things she calls "boxes"...these are neat places to hide in and I make sure that NO ONE...including "the Brat" gets to go in them!

Mommy likes rocks and she has lots of them in her shop? She says that they remind her of things so she puts this stuff all over them so other people can see what she sees....I help her by rubbing them clean for her...I can't help it if some of my fur gets on it...I think she should appreciate the cleaning and quit complaining!

When other people come over and no one is listening to me I have this "cute" thing that I do so they will stop yakking and pay attention to me...I get lots of ooohs and awes when I do this...

But after a hard day at the office...one needs to take a break...

IT'S ALL ABOUT ME...Part 5

The next part about me is not a subject I am too crazy about!

Thumber!

Mommy says the reason that she has more pictures of Thumber when she was little was because she got a new "Digital" camera and could take more pictures without the expense of buying film for the camera she had when I was little. As far as I'm concerned the expense would have been worth it...who wouldn't want cute pictures of me when I was little. I don't really like having my pictures taken by her new camera as it shines a light in my eyes first then flashes again and then I get to see more spots later!

Anyways...Thumber had to stay out in the porch at night time cause mommy said that I wasn't to be trusted around her until she was older and could defend herself...like I would pick on a baby....?

This little creature took over everything that I classify as mine and I got pictures to prove it:

This used to be my spring ball toy! Mommy said that I didn't play with it any more so that I should share it with the little brat! I did break it and it no longer stood up properly anymore...so I gave in and let her have it. Mommy said I still had my toy mice to play with as Thumber wasn't old enough yet to bother with them. The one thing I did like was that she slept a lot [believe it or not...more that I did at that time] and kept away from me when she was awake.

As she got older she even found out the warm spot of my mommy's work chair and began to take over that place also. I got so sick and tired of anyone oohing and awing over her!

Thummer had big feet but this kitten had bigger feet and looked different from his and mine!

My mommy said that Thumber had an extra pad plus toes whereas Thummer had actual thumbs and could grab for things like a human. Thumber's just made her feet and legs bigger! She also looked funny with one of her toes being black while the others were white!

Thumber had a bad habit of chewing on my boxes! Can you imagine the slobber all over the areas where I would rub my face...to mark it as mine...yuk! One day mommy noticed that Thumber's mouth was swollen and it looked like someone had punched her in the mouth...I swear it wasn't me! Seems her chewing habit rubbed her mouth sore and then it got infected...serve her right for slobbering all over my things! The box chewing, happened quite a lot until the infections got really bad! Mommy said that it was abscessed [what ever that meant] because the side of her face got really swollen! She called the vet and they said that it happens a lot with some cats and not to worry too much about it and that it would probably burst on it's own...which it did! There was this gross and yukky smelly stuff all over the house! Thumber did eventually stop chewing my boxes [actually every time she got in my boxes after the pus incident I would chase her out]! Thumber hated having it cleaned daily and would run a hide hoping that mommy couldn't find her...stupid kid...Mommy always knows where we are!

One day Thumber and I were put in the car again and I was worried that we were going to the "smelly place with the man who hurts you" and instead we found ourselves in a really big place with lots of room to run and play in.

Mommy said this was our new home!

"All about Me...part 6" will be about my new home...oh and Thumber's also!