Our First Christmas

Merry Christmas Eve! This is the first Christmas that we have with Winslow. It's Waldo & Miss Kitty's 3rd. Last year we didn't do much to celebrate because the year before I tried to decorate and the cats tore everything apart - including the tree. This year I have a little tree about the fireplace which I'll plug in later and tomorrow I'll probably start a fire. Each cat has a stocking with their name on it. Tonight before bed I'll put in a couple of times and a can of turkey fancy feast each. I have 3 new beds hidden in the closet which I'll pull out in the morning. I have tuna flakes as a treat for Waldo & Miss Kitty. Winslow doesn't like tuna though, so I'll just give him regular treats. He's sitting in his spot on the couch now cleaning himself. So that's pretty much it for the Christmas plans.

The Routines & Quirks of my babes

Waldo and Winsey play a game of tag every night. Usually it's Winslow chasing Waldo. Some times he goes after Miss Kitty and she hates it. She'll hiss & growl and swat. Winslow seems to like that though. He likes to bully her for some reason. Then during the day he spends the ENTIRE day under the covers of my bed. He comes out in the evenings and joins me on the couch, I guess in preparation for his round of tag as soon as I turn off the lights. Waldo is my lap kitty. Always trying to be in my lap. He sleeps on the bed with Winsey during the day. Some times he's under and some times he's on top of the covers. Every morning he gets playful and pounces on sleepy Winsey... or me, if I move. Miss Kitty is my bed buddy. She actually sleeps on a cat blanket in the corner of the room, but as soon as I crawl into bed she comes and lays over my shoulder for some petting. Usually until I start coughing. She comes back though for several sessions of petting. She is the only one who doesn't sleep during the day, drink from the toilet, or scratch my furniture. She gets bored in the morning hours waiting for anyone to wake up and starts playing with her mice. She also follows me around during the day while the two boys sleep.

A special treat

I checked my mail today and found a card from the realtor. Inside was a note saying that the owner of the condo wanted me to have... a $25 Petsmart giftcard! Yay! that is the sweetest thing ever. So now I can go get that 3rd pet bed after all!

noisy

some times, i just cover my ears and don't even want to know what all the commotion is about... but i just found out as waldo & winsey just ran 3 full circles around the downstairs of my apartment. clumsy boys keep running into the walls.

their first visitors

My sister Shelly & her boyfriend came to help me set up the new place. Amazing what they can accomplish! Unfortunately they're not really cat lovers. In fact, I almost checked into pet boarding when Patrick started having an allergic reaction, but a vacuum of the place seemed to solve that problem.

The two boys- as predicted hid for the first day. Actually, Winslow hid for more like two days. Miss Kitty was social as ever. Waldo actually joined Shelly the 2nd night. I came back from the bathroom to find him sleeping on her stomach with her hand on him. She was unaware and when she rolled over in her sleep, he promptly snuggled into the crook of her arm - which is where she discovered him when she woke up. The night after that, Winslow joined them. It has become common to wake up and find Waldo & Winslow snuggled together. Winsey usually cleans Waldo. Shelly woke up - I think it was this morning actually - and proclaimed that I have gay cats when she found them both sleeping on her legs with their arms around each other and Waldo getting his licks. I told her that Winsey really had to work to earn that privilage with Waldo. He tried once with Miss Kitty and she looked more annoyed than anything.

It's quiet around here now that the visitors have left. Miss Kitty misses her laser buddy. The last two nights or so Patrick's taken the laser and had some play time with her. Now she's bored.

Winslow as Lambert?

There is a short cartoon that Disney came out with several years ago called Lambert the Sheepish Lion. It runs just over 8 minutes long. I remember watching it as a kid and always being so emotionally touched. Well, I found it on YouTube the other night and as I watched is I thought "that would be the coolest thing if I were to rename Winslow as Lambert." I won't of course - in honor of the last owner (plus he already knows his name and it does actually have intelligent meaning unlike the names I usually choose). I'll see if I can figure out how to post the clip though and you'll see what I mean.