Sad News

We've been really sad here. One of the foster kittens, Ivory, was killed by a pit bull on October 13. Two boys were walking the dogs off-leash. They let them run into our side yard. One dog went straight for Ivory. One of the boys had to beat the dog tmake him let go. Ivory died two hours later of massive internal injuries. She was only ten weeks old.
Mommy called the police. The officer that came told us that this was the second cat killing in two weeks by that same set of dogs. Mommy found out where they lived and called Animal Care & Control. She submitted an affadavit and is planning to take legal action. It won't bring ivory, my little Siamese sister back, though.
We'll let you know what happens.
-Raja

Autumnal Aspirations

Hi Efurryone. Here in Florida we decoarate for fall. Mommy has decorated the house with Indian corn,wheat sheaves,gourds,fake leaves, a scarecrow and pumpkins. Oh do we have pumpokins. She has ornage pimpkins,white pumpkins,green pimpkins,black pumpkins and even a purple pumpkin. They are made of china,cloth,ceramics and plastic. She has groupings of them on the dining room table,on a window sill, even on top of the refrigerator. I feel like I'm drowning in pumpkins. And that's not counting the Halloween stuff.
Personally, I like the minimalist look. Wide open,kitty-friendly spaces with few knick-knacks to knick & knock over, And it's hard to recreate fall when you're surrounded by palm trees and it's 85 degrees out. I give her credit for trying, though.And walking on the table is like taking a stroll through my own private pumpkin patch.There's just so much of it..
Heavens, here comes the Halloween stuff. Wake me when it's safe to move again.

-Raja

Fire in the Kitchen

Last Sunday a furry scary thing happened. Our water heater caught on fire. Mommy called the fire department, grabbed Midi and shooed us all out of the house. Then the firefighters arrived on a big red truck with sirens and red and blue flashing lights.. There were four of them. They wore shiny helmets and glowing yellow jackets.They looked like creatures from outer space On each of their backs they wore a silver cylinder. One of them sprayed white foamy stuff all over our water heater and made the flames go away. Then they brought fans to clear the smoke and smell. After that they tested the air to see if it was safe to go back in.
I watched from under a bush til the truck left. It was huge and noisy. When Mommy called we all went back in. One of the firefighters, a woman, hated cats. The other guys had teased her about it.But Mommy told her she was glad she had cats. When the heater caught on fire there was a boom and a sizzle. She thought one of us knocked something over in the kitchen and went to investigate. If she hadn't we all could have been hurt by the flames or made sick by the smoke. And she thought it wsas funny that someone who would run into a burning building was freaked out by a bunch of kitties.
We're all okay now. We had a new water heater installed today. Mommy stil lis jumpy. Every time she hears a noise in the kitchen she runs to investigate.And she feels bad that the firefighters saw her messy house.
What a way to end the old year...
Raja

Cat Scratch Fever

Hi! Midi here. We're back. Mommy got a used computer. It's really nice.
Hopefully we'll be able to post more often. Righjt now we just want to say how sorry we are that Mary Catherine Davis, Beau's Mommt is no longer with us. We hope Beau finds a good home with a fellow cat blogger so we can know how he's doing. It's hard when humans go away. I still really miss Granny & Grampy.
We also want to send prayers and get well wishes to ML. Cat bites can be really serious injuries. Granny once got attacked by a stray cat and came down with cat scratch fever. She wound up in the emergency room. Muffin felt really bad because the stray cat was terrorizing him through the glass door and Granny had gone out to chase it away. Granny didn't blame him, though. We hope ML improves on the new medicine and doesn't need an operation.
Wheek! Wheek!

Hi! Raja here.Hope efurryone made it through meenie Ireenie okay.I don't like hurrycanes,but here in Floorida we get them a lot.It rains hard,the wind shrieks,thunderboomies roll and lightning flashes. It's like a Garth Brooks song.Glass is shattered,trees are uprooted and branches go flying everywhere. Sometimes the streets all fill with water-yuck. The people get frantic. The safest place to be is under the couch.
But Ireenie is over and I have some good news. I addition to my blog Mommy is letting me comment on hers.I'm going to be a product evaluator. Her blog is >http://tracysonlinedeals.blogspot.com<. She recommends products,freebies,downloads and even does book reviews.And I get to talk about stuff. Not just cat stuff,but people stuff, too. I'm so excited. Come visit us in a couple of days.

We're using the library computer because ours is broken.
Take care,
Raja

We're Furry Sad

Raja here.We're furry sad about he loss of two of our furrends. Kismet pssed away and Miss Peach joined him at the Bridge. They will be missed. We send oour deepest sympathies to their families.
Then Miss Paula, Praline's mommy, was supposed to adopt two kittens. But one of them, Beignet , was diagnsed with cancer. He won't be going home with his sister. We wish him, Miss Paula, and Taffy well.
We're probably going to get part of a hurrycane here. It'll just be wind and rain. I don't like hurrycanes. But Mommy tells me she'll keep us safe. The mutant rodent
thinks it's funny that I'm scared. She says we're not getting the brunt of the storm.
I don't care. I plan to spend Thursday and Friday under the couch. See you then.

Get Well Wishes

We want to send get well wishes to the Grande Dame of kitty blogging, Miss Peach. She's been feeling poorly. We also want to say get well soon to ML, KC's mom, who has a hand injury due to an unfortunate encounter with Missy Blue Eyes. Feel better soon. We'r purraying for you.

Raja

We're back

Hi Efurryone. Raja here. We're back blogging. Mommy was developing a blog of her own, so she neglecte mine. But she says we'll be posting again. Good, because I want to tell you about my new furry brudder. His name is Panda. He's a tuxie. His body is white wih black spots. The lower half of his head is white, and the upper half and his ears are black. He has a black tail. I suppose he's a good-looking cat.
We met when he very politely asked if he could share my territory. I said, "Okay and I'll even get you food, but stay away from my human." He didn't listen. First he caressd her leg with his whiskers. Then he nudged her with his little pink nose. Then it was headbutts and rubbing against her.The next thing I knew, she was cradling
his head in her hand and cooing,"How's my Pandy Man?" BLECH!
I suppose he's a okay guy. Panda is a cute name. It's better than Holstein.And he knows that I am the Queen and must be obeyed.
That's all for now.

Raja

Oops, I Did It Again!

Hi Efurryone. It's me, Raja. Today Mommy was at work and I was sitting in my window.
Sometimes,when the birdwatching gets boring, instead of jumping straight down, I like to jump over the moving picture box. It gets the blood moving. Well, this time my take-off was faulty and I knocked down the antenna. It wasn't the digital converter box: Mommy has that duct-taped to the top of the set. What I knocked down was the square box with the real long metal rods sticking out. For some reason Mommy calls them bunny ears.
I tried to put everythng back together. I grabbed one metal rod with my mouth and tried to drag the thing back in place. I tried to stetch and put it on top of the box,but it was too heavy. I needed another cat to help. The antenna is closer to the moving picture box than it was. Maybe Mommy will think it just fell over. I can't blame the piggie; she was in her cage.

Do you think Mommy will know what I did?

Muffin Memory & Raja Reality

Hi! It's me, Midi. I want to share my observations on kitty sleeping patterns:


Muffin had his own bed. It was in the living room, so he could see and hear everything going on. When he wanted privacy he'd curl up in the closet or on one of the people's beds. He loved sleeping with the humans. At night he had a routine. He'd get up two or three times to patrol the house. Once he made sure everything was okay he'd get a drink,take a nibble of kibble, meow out the window,then find another place to sleep.

Raja has her own bed, too,but she never sleeps in it. Instead she curls up on the couch, on Mommy's chair or on the carpet. And she never stays in one spot more than an hour. All night long she moves. What is the point of movng three feet away on the same rug? She loves sleeping on piles of papers, too. After awhile she moves to a new stack. Then it's back to a new spot on the rug. Then she has to show her tri-colored tummy to the world. The it's into bed with Mommy.

I find these different feline behaviors quite perplexing. Muffy kept us all safe. I keep an eye on things now. Raja is just a serial sleeper. Right now she's snzing under my cage. it's time t kick some wood chips on Sleeping Beauty. Then I'll shriek loudly and get Mommy to take me into her bed. Hee-hee.

Furry Strange Weather in Florida

We're having some very stange weather in Florida. For the last two months temperatures have been in the 40s and 50s instead of the usual 70s and 80s.
I's not to rough on me; I have a full-length fur coat. But Mommy has heath problems and the weather has made her feel worse. She grew up in a place called Connecticut,where the weather was even colder and they had snow. But she's been down here so long that her body isn't used to the cold anymore.

Our house doesn't have a furnace, so Mommy bought a space heater and an electric blankie.I love that blankie. Mommy and I cuddle under it all the time. Midi isn't allowed on it, either. It's just ours.( Mommy says that's because she might pee on the blankie and electrcute us all.She has a fleece-lined sack in her cage and is furry warm.)

Yesterday it hailed. It souded like tiny pebbles were hitting the window panes. I didn't like it at all. Neither did the rodent. She ran into her sack and I crawled under the couch. After awhile the noise stopped. Mommy went out to look for souvenirs but it had all melted.

That's all for now.

-Raja

R.I.P. Hallie

We want to express our deepset sympathy to the family of Halloween the Cat. She was a close friend of Muffin's. May they be together at the Rainbw Bridge.

Raja Went for a Swim

Hi! It's me, Midi, here. Mommy's biological father was down for a visit, so she's been very busy. He took her out to dinner lots. Some of the places they went to had salad bars. She always brought me back leftovers. Yum. The Visitor petted me,talked to me and gave me scritches. I liked him.

Raja didn't. He's a large person and she was leery of him. She's real protective. This is HER house. Visitors have to be introduced to HER. She gave him the "Who are you? " look. She wouldn't let him near her. Plus she doesn't like to share Mommy. There was a whole lot of hissing going on. It was almost as funny as watching Muffy and The Man. (Incidentally, The Man still comes around and Raja doesn't like him, either.)

The payoff came when the Visitor used the human litter box . He left the seat up. Raja didn't look; she just jumped up on the porcelain bowl to get a drink. And she fell in!!! It was so funny. She got a face full of water. Boy did she yoowl.

Mommy picked her up, rinsed her off and cuddled her for awhile. Raja milked that..
Then Mommy told the Visitor to be more careful. She was very upset. Iwasn't.TEE-HEE.

Happy New Year

Hi Efurryone,
Happy New Year. I can't beleve it's 2010. The last year seemed to just fly by. I started the new year with some swell toys, thanks to my Secret Paws pal, Tigger in Florida. I got a nip pillow, a mousie, a wand with a mousie on it to chase, and some treats. Thank you Tigger.

I also got a nice new kitty bed from Mommy. I guess that means I'm here to stay. I'm glad. My new bed is very warm and cuddly. Since we're havng colder weather here
Mommy crocheted Midi and I little afghans so we'd be warm. The space heater helps too. Besides, I have a full-length fur coat-


-HULLO. This is Midi. I'm glad Raja liked her toys. But yesterday was the first anniverary of Granny's death. Mommy was furry sad. Granny was a nice lady. She always held me,petted me and talked to me. I miss her a lot. She's a lot more important than Raja's ramblings-

-Knock it off, Rodent. This is MY blog.

-Shut up ,Cat or I'll tell efurryone how you tried to headbutt the bush and only gave yourself a sore head...

-Shut up,Rodent.
-Same here, Fleabag.

HAPPY 2010

Yikes, There's a Tree in My Living Room !

Hi Efurryone. About three days ago a tree suddenly appeared in MY living room. I don't like it. It's sitting on MY green plastic table and taking up space against MY wall.It belonged to Mommy's parents.She always said that she wouldn't have a tree when she was on her own. But the decorations all around town made her think of happy memories with her people. So three days ago she dragged the pathetic bush out. It has lights, candy canes and about three ornaments on it. I could headbutt the thing; it'd probably fall over.
Mommy said that ignoring holdays sometimes makes them worse. She smiles sometimes when she looks at the tree. I say the thing is cluttering up my living room.Even if it did come with a new fevver wand for me. Tomorrow she's going to work... I could play with my toy and accidently....

Farewell, My Friend

Mommy Tracy here. Thursday we lost a very special friend, Princess Curlypants. She was a sweet, gentle lamb of a cat, who, like all Cornish rexes, had no difficulty makng her wishes known. She was devoted to her late brother, Caesar, and her human family- Rosmary,Rex,Christabelle and Blizzie. Prinnie also served as mentor and big sister to Pierro. She took her job of keeping the little squirt in line very seriously!
Prinnie died peacefully and is now playing with Caesar at the Rainbow Bridge.My heart aches for her human family.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

My First Hanukkah

Shalom. I never lived with a Jewish person before, so this was my first Hanukkah. This is what happened: First Mommy took the stone candelabra and put candles in it. Then she lit the candles and chanted a prayer over them in a funny language. Every night for eight nights she'll light another candle. Every night we'll get anther gift. I got treats last night,and tonight, a ball.
Tonight she fried up some potato pancakes. Then the kitchen and living room filled with smoke. The round box on the ceiling started to go eee-eee. I didn't like that at all. Mommy ran around putting on the air blower and the rotating monster thing. Then I ran into the bedroom because that metal thing may eat me.
When things calmed down we had dinner. Jewish people sure celebrate in a weird way.

-Raja

We Have A New Name

Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am proud to announce that the Fat Cat Muffin blog is now called Muffin & RAJA! How cool is that? I have a new home, a loving mommy and my own blog! I can't wait to start posting more often. Our URL is the same and our handle, Muffinmidi, is the same. Oh, and the guinea pig will still butt in from time to time.(Yes Mommy, I know that wasn't nice.) So stop buy and say hi!
-Raja

The Power of the Paw

Hi Efurryone. It's me, Raja. I'm taking MY blog back from the furry twerp. Mommy and I are making progress. I still don't like being picked up, but I'm getting use to being hugged. I'm glad Mommy wants a closer relationship. I've always loved her...

Adjusting to a new human is hard. I was so glad to be rescued from the shelter that I ran around like a tornado for the first two weeks, trying to prove how playful and kittenish I was. Whew. I'm glad I don't have to do that anymore. Then it was like Mommy and I were roommates. We did our own thing, but I got petted a lot so it was okay. I spent a lot of time outdoors. Now I still go out a lot, but I like to come in and sit by Mommy. She wraps her body around me and pets me and I purr. I finally got up the nerve to jump up on the couch by her. I'm slowly edging closer. Maybe soon I'll find the courage to crawl onto her lap....

I also like it when she talks to me. She did a report on Columbus for her job and read me parts of it. He may have a day named after him, but he wasn't a very nice man. He got greedy and tortured the Native tribes in the West Indies.. I don't like people who are mean. What was interesting was the recent DNA research done on his bones. His body was moved many times. Some of his bones are in Spain, while others may be in the Dominican Republic....

That's all for now. I'll try to post more often.

Raja