Happy New Year!

Hi all! We are reeeeeeeeeeeeealy late in posting best wishes for the new year, but mommy and daddy are racing to get ready for our annual New Year's Eve Bash. I'll be upstairs in my safe room where it is quieter and I can easily telyport to Sniffie & the Florida Kid's party and surprise my sweet Brandi for a smooch at midnight.

We're having 38 beans here including a lot of sticky little beans and blurpys too! It will probably be lotsa fun for my mommy and daddy, but I wouldn't like it. I hope they all leave kinda early so I get my late night snuggle time.

Happy New Year to all my dear friends! I can't wait to read all your fun adventures in 2010. Wishing you a happy healthy new year.

Mancat Monday - Snoopervising edition

Last Monday, while mommy went to work, Joel went to the sitters even tho daddy is on vacation. Why? So we could mancat around and get some work done in the basement. He is putting up baseboards, with my help of course.

Here I am checking out the first tool, the saw.


Here I am after daddy shooed me away.


I was going to take a break on one of my new chairs, but then...


A new tool came out!


I reminded daddy, measure twice, cut once - but keep it away from my waistline and never, never ask a female what she measures.


PS Daddy is actually pretty good with all the weird stuff that comes out of Baby Joel. We think it is because he is a dood too so they bond over funky smells and blurpy noises.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you all! We think our friends and family are the best presents we could ever have!

Thanks on Thursday

Hi all! We have lots to be thankful for this year. I want to give a shout out to all my friends who sent cards to us. We got such fun and creative cards!

DaisyMae Maus and the Feline Americans sent this great card in a fun frame. It has all their pictures in it. What a great idea! Thank you so much.

We got the following ecards from friends too.

The Cat Realm sent


The gang at

The Crew sent a great Hallmark ecard but I can't post it here cause of permissions. They also posted this great greeting on their site.


Gattina, Arthur, Pookie, Rosie, Lisa & Kim


Maggy, Zoey & Ann at Zoolatry sent



Nice ewishes also came from Momo whose mommy is sick and recovering from surgery.

We know many of you posted wonderful, special greetings on your blogs and we wish we could post them all here. Just know, that even if we can't comment, we are thankful for them and all of you!

Hard copy cards came from:
Perfectly Parker, The Island Cats, Lucy & Trixie, Fui Suey & Ronny, Purrageous Pirates, LC Ayla & Iza, Fat Eric, Abby Ping Boo Jinx & Little Gracie, Goldie Shade & Banshee, & The Furry Kids (we haven't gotten the mail today so if you aren't listed don't worry)



Merry Christmas Eve to you all. We wish you the merriest of Christmases full of warmth, snuggles and love.

Where's The Beef Wednesday - With Bendrix

I've been hanging out here for months and months in this fort, and I can not find the d#mn beef!



I guess I'll just hang here until it shows up, but I'm not happy about it.

Joel's gift from Brandi

Look what sweet Brandi got Joel! Mommy made cute "aaaaaaaaaw"ing noises when she saw it. It is a cute blue and white ceramic bassinet. I was confused because I'm all for caging the little booger, but he won't fit in this.



Then mommy explained it is to put Q-tips or a little plant in. She is going to take it to a nice local florist we know and have something cool planted.



It is going to stay on the piano next to the family photo (that doesn't include me!) until it is planted, and then mommy will put it on the shelf in Joel's nursery aka solitary confinement room.

Holy Moly! Christmas is Friday! Whoo hoo!

Easy Like Monday?

Yup, you read right, easy like Monday morning. My daddy is off work for the rest of the year!!! Whoo hoo!

Mommy has to work today, tomorrow and next Tuesday in the store, but I'll have daddy home the whoooole time. And, to make it even sweeter, Baby Joel will still go to his sitter tomorrow! The three of us will hang in the Mancave today, but hopefully Joel & Tole will spend a lot of time in the "cages". Tomorrow, it'll just be me and daddy.

I had a great weekend! My sweet girlfriend cat Brandi sent Joel and I some awesome stuff for Christmas. I won't get a "gift" this year cause mommy and daddy are going to put that money toward baby gates to keep Joel/Toel "contained." The ones they want have a cut out door that will let me go thru, but not him. heh heh heh

I'm glad they didn't make me wait until Friday to open it! I'll show you my special gift first and you can see Joel's tomorrow. I figured it would be to much cuteness to see us both in the same post.


I snarfed up the Dentabites before mommy could snap the picture! nom nom nom No wonder they are my sweet Brandi's favorite treat.

Here is my other gift. It is perfect! Mommy thinks me and Joel will be like this "perfect friends" ornament someday. Um. Sure. I'll admit, it is a nice idea. AND look close, there is a birdie on it!



This is such a thoughtful gift. Mommy marked on the bottom that Brandi and Carol sent this in 2009 for me and Joel's first Christmas together.



She hung it high enough for me to see it, but not knock it when I go under the trees. Thank you dear Brandi and mommy Carol! I couldn't ask for a more thoughtful girlfriendcat or mommycatinlaw (is that right?). purrrrrrrrrrrs

Contest Answers and Winners

Hi! We are so glad so many of you wanted to play our quote contest.
The big winners are:
Zippy, Sadie & Speedy! They got all but #5 & #9. So, they get this great brag badge.



But, since we had a lot of fun playing, we want everyone to walk away with something. So, scroll down below the answers and picture for your special badges.

1. "Light the lamp, not the rat! Light the lamp, not the rat!"
Muppet's Christmas Carol

2. "Fixed the newel post!"
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation

3. "I'm a clinically depressed fecalpheliac on Prozac"
South Park, Mr Hanky the Christmas Poo

4. "All day long I listen to people give me excuses why they can't work. My legs hurt. My back aches. I'm only four."
Scrooged

5. Aye...I will assume the position...
Shrek the Halls. If you haven't seen it - it came out last year - it is an instant classic. This is when Puss in Boots shows up at Shrek's house and the babies see him and start squeeing. He assumes the position for them to tug and chew him.


6. ...sometimes you amaze me. This is the best present a cat could ever get. Now and then, you're something special.
Garfield's Christmas Special. "Odie, sometimes you amaze me..." cause Odie gave him a cool thing Garfield could use to scratch his back and belly


7. Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?!?
Elf

8. Your heart is full of unwashed socks. Your soul is full of gunk.
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas


9. Oh...How many grades does this school have!
The Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

10. Fra-gee-lay. That must be Italian.
A Christmas Story

11. Dear Santa Claus, How have you been? Did you have a nice summer?
A Charlie Brown Christmas

12. They're watching Snow White. And they love it.
Gremlins


13. You ask for miracles, Theo, I give you the F..B..I
Die Hard!

Bonus #14!

"I hate Christmas. The mall is full of nothing but women and children. All you hear is 'I want this,' 'Get me this,' 'I have to have this' . . . and then there's the children. And they're all by my store 'cause they stuck the mall Santa right outside ringing his stupid bell. As if you need a bell to notice a 300-pound alcoholic in a red suit. 'Ho, ho, ho,' all day long. So, nice as can be, I go outside, ask him to shut the hell up. He takes a swing at me. So I lay a hook into his fat belly and he goes down. Beard comes off, all the kids start crying and I'm the bad guy."



Married With Children It's a Bundyful Life - guest starring Sam Kinison. My beans watch this at my grandbeans house every Christmas Day and laugh and laugh




Photo from www.alternativereel.com

For everyone who made a guess!



Derby gave us a great idea so here is for everyone who read the contest.

Wordy Wednesday

Hi! Sorry we've been MIA but mommy got a sinus infection and had trouble holding her head up. Yesterday was daddy's birthday! His Wii Fit age is 28 so we'll stick with that. ha ha ha

We are very impressed with all our friends who played our quote game! We wish we'd gotten more guesses, but we haven't been able to visit around a lot so haven't gotten many visitors. There is still time to play!!! You have all day today so take a guess. Even if you only know a couple or want to add your favorites, we'd love to hear from you.

Be sure to check back tomorrow for the answers and the winners!

Mommy finished my Christmas Card and now she is putting all the emails together. She promises it will go out this week. We've gotten some great ones from friends and they are on the piano right now. I have more than my beans!



It is very cold here and I'm glad to spend the days napping on the sofa with mommy. Baby Joel sleeps in a cage (aka pack n play or crib) where he belongs.

Thursday Thirteen - Christmas Lines

It has been so long since we've done a good Thursday 13, we decided to make a game of it. The person who gets the most right will get this cool badge designed by my mommy to post on their bloggy and brag to their friends about.



Mommy & I love Christmas shows and movies. So, we put together a list of our favorite lines from various Christmas TV shows and movies. These are a wiiiiiide range cause we have ek-lek-tik tastes. Good luck! We'll post the answers and the winners next Thursday, Dec. 17th.

In no particular order, here are some of our favorites.

1. "Light the lamp, not the rat! Light the lamp, not the rat!"
2. "Fixed the newel post!"
3. "I'm a clinically depressed fecalpheliac on Prozac"
4. "All day long I listen to people give me excuses why they can't work. My legs hurt. My back aches. I'm only four."
5. Aye...I will assume the position...
6. ...sometimes you amaze me. This is the best present a cat could ever get. Now and then, you're somthing special.
7. Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?!?
8. Your heart is full of unwashed socks. Your soul is full of gunk.
9. Oh...How many grades does this school have!
10. Fra-gee-lay. That must be Italian.
11. Dear Santa Claus, How have you been? Did you have a nice summer?
12. They're watching Snow White. And they love it.
13. You ask for miracles, Theo, I give you the F..B..I

BONUS! I have an evil alter ego so I can break the rule that Thursday 13 has to end with 13.

Bonus #14!

"I hate Christmas. The mall is full of nothing but women and children. All you hear is 'I want this,' 'Get me this,' 'I have to have this' . . . and then there's the children. And they're all by my store 'cause they stuck the mall Santa right outside ringing his stupid bell. As if you need a bell to notice a 300-pound alcoholic in a red suit. 'Ho, ho, ho,' all day long. So, nice as can be, I go outside, ask him to shut the hell up. He takes a swing at me. So I lay a hook into his fat belly and he goes down. Beard comes off, all the kids start crying and I'm the bad guy."

You'll notice "It's a Wonderful Life" does not make an appearance here. You may be shocked, but we find it annoying.

There are many many more than these, and we'd love to hear your favorites too!

Tattle Tail on Tuesday - Christmas Card Photo

I'm tattling on myself today. I did not want to pose for the Christmas Card photo.

Thinking Thursday - Breakfast In Bed

I'm thinking it is great to get breakfast in bed on cold mornings.



I'm thinking it is nice of mommy to still spoil me now that #2 aka Joel is here.



I'm thinking I'm going to go back to sleep now that my tummy is full.

Christmas Card Exchange Changed

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It's not to late! If you want my specially designed Christmas ecard,
Please send me your email address Subject Line "Christmas Card" (or leave it in the comments. Just make sure you write it "safe" with spaces & caps) My email is 1hendrix AT fuse DOT net (all squished together without spaces)

Scroll down for new posts!

Terrifying Tuesday

Not only is my favorite window blocked by our Christmas trees...



but now when I look out my second favorite window I see this!



They light up so they can see juicy kitties in the dark and they even move! The vishus deer & evil squirrels have finally developed the perfect kitty hunting machine.



It is going to be a loooong season. I think I'll just hid, er, hang here.

Midnight Monday

I forgot to post the cool pictures of my new furniture a couple weeks ago. Mommy and daddy decided we weren't going to do presents for birthdays or Christmas this year so we could buy a new kitchen table and chairs. The old chairs had rollers on them so when Joel starts crawling *shudder* it could get dangerous.

I snoopervised my grandpa and daddy putting them together and made sure they got all the pieces out of the boxes.








I never liked the old chairs cause they would roll when I would jump on them. Not these, these are soft and cushy on my tushy. Mommy says I can sleep on the chairs but if I scratch them, or keep getting up on the table, Santa will never come again. It is so hard keeping Bendrix in line.





The old table and chairs went to charity. But we kept one. My special "dining room" chair that I am on 75% of the time I take naps and groom. It gives me a great view of the neighborhood too.



Our Christmas decorating is almost done. I looooooove my new tree toys but miss the village being there to nap on

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you wherever you live!!!

We have so much to be thankful for this year, and you all are a big part of that. We are all happy and healthy. We welcomed a happy healthy baby Joel. We are surrounded by caring and loving family and friends in person and on the blogosphere. We have a roof over our heads, food on our table and we are especially greatful for this during these difficult economic times.

I am very glad that all the blurpys we have welcomed so far this year, and those we will welcome soon, both in person and on the blogosphere, are healthy.

I am thankful for all of you, and especial shout out and "thank you for being my sweetie", to my sweet girlfriend cat Brandi.

My beans have TWO Thanksgiving Dinners (both with turkey, one with HAM also and I've been promised some) to go to since both my grandbeans live in town so they will be gone most of the day. Friday we will be putting up the Christmas Trees and Sat. my mommy works. We promise to get around as much as we can!

Until then, remember the good things you have to be thankful for and put everything else aside for one day.

Wordy Wednesday, Decorate a Christmas Village With A Cat

For those of you that guessed I was under, and then on the tables for, my Christmas Village, you were right! Whoo hoo!



It makes us sad that so many beans don't put up villages cause they have kitties. So, we are going to share some tips mommy uses to decorate Halloween and Christmas Villages when you have a cat. These keep us both happy and safe.

1. Understand we WILL get on your village. Why? It is cool, we want to, and we can. Mommy puts up the tables a day in advance to see which sides I jump up on. Then she leaves space for me there. Also, if the village is by a window, we will nap by that window. Leave a space for us. Here I am last night.



Do as I say minions or Catzilla will crush you like little bugs.

2. Make the "streets" in the village wide enough for us to walk through. Why? We will take the paths of least resistance and if there are streets we will take vs walking OVER your houses.



3. Buy "Bitter Apple" spray in the woofie aisle at the pet store. Why? Cords. Lots and lots of cords. Even if your cat has never shown an interest in them, it only takes one bite to injure or kill us. Bitter Apple makes them taste awful. I try to chew all cords and this stuff works great for me. TIP: My beans also use Bitter Apple on the bottom branches, ornaments and light cords on the Christmas trees to keep me from chewing those.



4. Mommy uses double sided sticky FOAM she found in the scrapbooking aisle. It is thicker than tape and helps keep minions and trees from toppling over while I stroll.

It's the Most Wonderful Time of The Year

Can anyone guess where I am??? I'll give you a hint. Think about the time of year.



Still can't guess? Think more minions.



Got it yet? Check back tomorrow to see if you're right!

Tummy Tuesday

ah, one of the last warm sunbeams came Saturday. i soaked up all I could. Today it is rainy and grey so I think I'll stay tucked in on the big bed.







I had some really fun stuff to play with over the weekend. I'll post those tomorrow.

One more thing...WHODEY!!! We won! We won! We won!

Friends on Friday

Hi! Mommy promised to post these weeks ago and her stinky "Mommy Brain" made her forget. Our friend Khyra is a husky woofie. So, when mommy saw these clothes at the baby clothes store, she just had to get them. Cute husky top with matching jacket!

cute face




cute face



TOLE!! Ack!






Joel has lotsa clothes with woofies on them and only one kitty type piece. Luckily Joel has a House Panther for an older brother so he can wear it even after Halloween.



Now for a request for baby clothing designers. What is up with cats only being on girl clothes? Real men love cats too you know. Time to step it up!



Sigh, my Halloween Village is gone now, but I got one last nap in with a minion building...