Free Friday...

It's been a very free week for me here as D'boy's been off visiting Yao-lin's Island, so I've had more Mummy time - especially since Mummy has a sore left shoulder from a big needle being poked in it! She's had to take more rest and relaxing time and she has therefore needed her feet slept on more than normal. This is a job that only I can do properly as Tigmut'hep is so heavy that he cuts off the blood supply to her feet when he tried and my half-brother Ramses is a fidget bottom! ;) I on the other hand have a nicely shaped bottom and don't fidget all the time, so Mummy can almost forget I'm there and really relax properly... :)

This skill of mine is appreciated by the boy cats here as it means that since I'm being good and sleeping quietly on Mummy's feet that they have to be let into the bedroom so that I could get out if I needed to use the kitty litter in the night! Oh yes my sweet ladlylike way of getting my own patch of bed means that even Tigmut'hep is starting to appreciate me more fully and he's only really ever appreciated catnip and a full foood bowl before! ;)

The other great thing that's happened here this week is that the pretty "Candy Cat" catnip plant has been in flower for the first time! This is definatly the sort of 'nip for a ladycat, it's just so pretty! :)
The only downside to this week has been hearing that my Grandmakitty on my Mommacat's side of the family, passed away from cancer at the age of 11 yrs. I knew her well as she lived with me, my sister Mynx, Mommacat "Candy" and Grandmakitty "Bella" as well as big sister Fantasy and lots of my other relatives too until I got big and left home to live with my half-brother Ramses, the grumper Tigmut'hep as well as Mummy, Daddy and D'boy. So having extra Mummy toe snuggle time has been extra special as I've been a little sad about Grandmakitty and knowing that my breeders would be very, very sad as they had been there for Grandmakitty since the day she was born right to the very end... They've had a pretty rough year in fact as this is the 3rd cat they have lost in just about 6 months, one other being my Great, Great Grandpakitty "Buck" at 2 weeks short of his 17th Birthday. The other was my cousin "Vinny" who was born with heart trouble and so who'd stayed with them too and been nursed for close to 3 yrs - it was amazing since the vets didn't think he'd live for more than a few months given his condition...

Free Friday...

Well all the kittens are gone now and I can have a Free Friday... I think like Mummy I have mixed feelings about the kittens leaving home, though my titties are feeling very happy about it and a lot less pink! ;) Which is good as it didn't go that well with the pretty aquamarine and teel of my ribbons! :)

I must admit that the cat show was kind of nice, lots of special people in white coats fussed me and told me I was looking great - silly people I knew that already! ;) But it's nice to hear it all the same... :) The vets at the show loved me and the head vet said he'd been very tempted to become my Daddy when I was little, if only he didn't have so many Abys already at home he'd have happily taken me home too! So he was pleased to see I have a lovely Mummy and Daddy anyway and have had some georgeous kittens recently too. I think he may well keep an eye on my future kittens if he has room for an extra Aby at home! :) He's also trying to get a special study done of a large section of the Aby population over here, mostly to do with our eyes and DNA - so I think I'll be seeing him again later in the year and maybe bringing my vet Hubert along with me! Well Hubert is badly smitten by my beauty and is getting very interested in cat shows now too... I guess I'm starting to think of him as "My Pet Vet" *giggle*

Well I must go and help Mummy pack D'Boy's case for his trip to Yao-Lin's Island next week, I was thinking Yao-Lin and Baby Mao might like me to send them a few of my georgeous furs via D'Boy's clothes, so bringing a little extra female glamour to their Island! ;)

Family Friday and Farewell...

Today my lovely little lion boy Django leave here to go off with his new Mum and explore his own home for the first time! I think I am ready to let go of the kittens now as I'm starting to appreciate the peace of not having them constantly around me... Though I love them and and will miss them, it's time for me to have some "Isis time" and so I've been spending most of the last few days almost attached to Mummy! :) It's so peaceful in her office, though I can hear the kittens in the run below her office window and know that they're playing nice with my brother Ramses and our housemate Tigmut'hep... ;) Although I scratched my chin earlier in the week and made Mummy panic about my even being fit for the big cat show I think it's ok now and so even if I'm not looking quite my best I should be able to show! I just have to hope that all the other Abys at the show have some similar now! ;)

The other reason I'm sticking to Mummy like glue is that I'm sad about my sweet friend Storm leaving us this afternoon... I shall miss her very much, but have promised her to remember her and always be there for her wonderful Mum and loving brother Castle. I shall certainly do all these things my friend and wish you a peaceful crossing over the bridge...

Final Full Family Friday

Oh yes that time has come at last and the first of my kittens Dizzy (with the amazing ear tufts) will be leaving home to go and live with a lovely Fawn coloured lady Aby (Willow) and her humans! :) At least this means that these humans will be well house trained, just like Mummy and Dad are! ;) Actually having met them, I think Dizzy is going to have a wonderful life and I think he and Willow will be great friends in no time! :)

I hear I'm also due a bath! It seems I need to look my level best next Saturday for my cat show debut so will be getting all washed and brushed over the next few days as well as being booked in for a pawdicure next Thursday so that I have a chance to blunt off any little sharp edges they might leave to my full satisfaction. Apparently it's seen as poor form (or should that me paw form?!) to try and blunt your claws off on the Judges! ;)

Anyway since I only have a little while longer with my little Dizzy boy, I shall go now and leave you all with a couple of photos taken of the kittens last night. In the brown bed showing off his spot #13 as well as all his mancat bits is Dandy, cuddled up with is sister Delta. On the black blanket are Django and Dizzy! :)

Family Friday and Farewell Bonnie

Here's my sweet little daughter Delta Peach for Miss Peach as she's celebrating her 1st Blog Anniversary. Hasn't she grown into a little beauty, just like her namesake! :) She's such a sweety too and loves to cuddle and is nearly as passionate about all things milky as me, so much so that I occasionally have to point out her age when she starts looking at the milk bar all hopeful like! ;)

Other than that we've had some really sad news that our lovely friend Bonnie Underfoot has passed over the Rainbow Bridge. It seems her little heart just gave out and it's been a dreadful shock to her loving family as it was very much unexpected... Our thoughts are therefore with them and Victor who will be lost without his lovely grumpy Bonnie to thwap him and keep him in his place!

Family Friday

Well it's been rainy here for the past 48 hrs or there abouts and the kittens are driving everyone mad! They want to play, climb and run about and are doing so in the house... They are so bored with not having time in the run that they keep mugging me for more milk too and I have less places to get away from then too! While I understand their boredom and frustration at having to stay inside, they really do have to learn to behave a little better and tone their games down to match their surroundings... Using Mummy & Dad's bed head as a place to practice their tightrope walking skills really shows a lack of maturity and judgement on their part! The fact that they continued to do it until nearly 1am must have gone some of the way to getting all us cats and kittens alike locked downstairs last night... It seems beans don't nap enough during the day time to cope well with kittens landing on their faces while they're trying to get to sleep! ;) I too had to learn these lessons, though mostly the one about putting the bitey onto toes while the owner of said toes is sound asleep...

Other than that my entry form for the big Abyssinian Cat Show next month has been sent off and Mummy's started buying me lots of nice white bits for my show pen! :) They're all for me and will be kept specially clean just for showing me off on... Maybe I'll see a gorgeous mancat or 2 at the show! ;) Oh what do you mean I can't go making myself a belly full of kittens in the middle of the show hall Mummy?! What, not even if they're the bestest looking mancat ever?! Waaaa... It's not fair! Oh ok, I'll accept vast amounts of chicken and 'nip as a substitute for true love, as long as you promise I can have a whole week with a gorgeous mancat at some other time! ;) *giggle*

Time for myself Tuesday!

Oh yes it's that time at last... Not that the kittens have left home or anything, but that I'm just ready to let them have a few hours on their own playing with Tigmut'hep and Uncle Ramses in the run, while I have a little game of throw the mousie and fetch with Mummy! :) Well ok two big games and a nice long nap on her bed in the sunny patch to be exact... ;)

It seems that Mummy has missed our games a lot and is a little rusty at the mousie throwing, but she'll learn again if I keep making her play the game! *grin* Oh yes we all have our used for Mummy here, I play with her lots and lots, Ramses supplies the snuggles and furs her a lot and Tigmut'hep is always ready for the next meal to go down and likes to play with the boy and spend lots of time with him too...

So you see I'm looking good and getting myself show fit while still looking after my kittens and playing with them quite a few times each day! They're still doing their best to have a top up at the milk bar when they can, but each day it's getting less and less and my bits are going back to where they should be. In fact I reckon within a week or two from now I'll have my perfect svelte figure back and my titty fluffs will be almost grown back in place - though in this heat a little extra bare flesh isn't such a bad thing, unless of course you're silly enough to lay on your back in the sun and burn your private bits! :S Now that would be disastrous, as well as very painful...

Now back to getting myself ready for next month's show... Oh Mummy, I need to look at myself in the mirror for a bit and check and see if I'm purrty enough! ;)