Paper Towel-Hungry

PRINCESS: Mom came home and I started staring at her in the kitchen. She noticed the paper towel roll was on the floor ... and it had a couple of rips on it. "Are you trying to tell me you're hungry?", she jabbed at me and I flicked my face away from her, totally annoyed and ears flapping down. YES, I'm hungry.. I don't like the buffet menu, okay?!

Looking Out for Baby-Getty

GABRIEL'S FULL-O-FLUFF: Ah met mom standing 'dere when she first came through the door. Ah was the only one there 'dis time. But let me cut to the chase when came the time after our dinner that Ah caught weend of Bella chasing mah baby-Getty up the stairs. Ah ran right after her .. she wausn't counting on 'DAT! We had a quiet standoff right there on the stairs and then Ah finished the job bah chasing HER under mom's bed... Equalaze the situation.

Ah then looked for little Getty .. stuck mah head through the railings looking down on the floor below..

Getty's Turn

GETTY'S TURN: After mom served us our dinner and I ate it, I walked with a spring in my step out of the kitchen.. But I could sense her right behind me so I picked up my pace and went under the 'dining table'. I figured that's all I had to do and I stopped but this time she really wanted to get close to me and she crawled on all fours trying to get to me. "no, no... thanks"..

I scooted out of the way and stood there looking at her. But then I saw miss Bella run right to her and she started licking her face again and kissing her and brushing against her.

Huh.. I stood there and watched it all, my eyes getting bigger and bigger... WHY would miss Bella run to her like that?

A Thorough Grooming

BELLA'S BITS: I finally got wind of mom coming home and whizzed past Googie to meet up with her downstairs. I got my big hug, she got her kisses and all my purring. After we all settled in our spots around her, I let it all hang out belly-up.

And then I went up to her on the counter and gave her a thorough grooming/kissing ... and looked down below to see miss Priss watching us all wide-eyed..

Ah Pick Mah Battles

We awl watched Pipi gettin' eento a slight tizzy with little Getty 'dere.. Ah decided nawt to intervene.. This was pretty much a little-ladies' type of disagreement .. So Ah just layed in the same spot and just watched. Miss Bella did the same - she watched them closely from mom's chair above but did not jump down to save anyone this time.

We know when to fight our battles, 'dat's for sure..

The Orange Imposter

BELLA'S BITS: The orange imposter (who goes by the silly name of "Googie") has continued to harass me.

That's right: He just snorted loudly at me. And mom is in the kitchen, and she had to come out and ask him "what is WRONG with you?!!'.. He had to take a trip 'downstairs'.. Then she turned to me and stroked my head, tried to make me feel better - and that's when I tell her my troubles..

"I know.. I'm sorry".. she'll say. She promises me the moon but I'm still growling and spitting mad about ..."Googie"!

Getty's Bag..

GETTY's GRITS: 'Dis is mom's bag... And I'M claiming it to protect it, makes sure it smells right.

Daddy-Googie

GETTY FEELS PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE PAWING DADDY-GOOGIE.

.. And Googie opens his paws and heart to accept her in his cuddle..

Mah Brush With Greatness

GOOGIE's FLUFF-n-STUFF: ['Dees happened the uther day..]

Ah'm just trahing to pass bah here! Trahing to get outta the keetchen walkway and miss Bella is just sittin there and she gets awl tied into a knot over 'DAT. Ah am as careful as can BE, mand you... Ah brush up against the wall just to avoid a cawnfrontation.. and she's laying there with her ears all flat, hissing and threatening and leaning her belly awl in one -awkward - direction.

What in the hale has gotten into YOU, 'Mary'?!! MAN, aw man! [Ah gotta outta there in one piece, mand you! ]

Why Jumping on the Bed Was a Bad Idea

BELLA'S BITS: A very embarrassing moment... Mom tried to get me on top of her bed but I didn't wanna go. For a reason. A very good reason.. I tried hiding in her closet to get rid of it but I couldn't. So I tried scooping my fluffbutt against the carpet ..but dang it! I could still feel it. Aw NO! -- Now she comes towards me holding a white cloth but no way, I wouldn't let her wipe my ass! I ran down the steps, still trying to get rid of this thing stopping on this step and and that step to wipe-ass.. But it didn't work. So I layed down and gave up. Mom finally comes down and in one clean sweep gets it off of me.

The only thing I could do at that point was take a lame swipe towards her as she turned away, meowing how I didn't like that. I had to save face SOMEHOW.

I Know My Place..

GETTY'S GRITS: I just went up to miss Princess at the food bowl.. I figured, I was gonna join her.. I always like to mimic what she does.

"Not now, junior", she flicked her paw at me and pushed me a tad out of her way. Aw, I got the message - it wasn't the right time. I scooted over near by, waiting for her.

I know my place.

The Scenic Route

I joined Daddy Googie and miss Princess this morning in watching out the window downstairs. They like to do dat and I was invited to join them.

Daddy Googie told me there were all kinds of things out tbere to see, things I have never seen before...."Just stand here beside me", he said, " and we'll spot a bird or two coming down here. And if we're lucky, we'll even see a rabbit"

"What's a rabbit?", I asked. "It's the same kind like the ones we got upstairs in mom's room, dear"", miss Princess said. "You know, the ones that don't move? when mom calls me Rabbit Kitty? "

Awwww...I think I understand ..

Like Nutting Was Happenin'

GOOGIES FLUFF-N-STUFF: Ah got the urge agin to yank miss Bella's chain. Ah noticed her plopped down there in the middle of the floor and startin' to clean herself. So Ah took the opportuniteh to stalk her, Ah jumped on down from my spot on the couch near mom and seized the moment when she was so preoccupahd with herself, cleaning her fluttbutt with one leg up in the air... Aww-haww! she was so beesy she didn't even see me rolling in toward her, right up to the one step.. So Ah stopped right there, below her and surprised her bah standing there and looking up at her, hah!! Suddenly she looks up and stops all her licking and cleaning - and she stares at me, trahing to figure out what am Ah up to? She hisses.. And she duzzn't know WHAT to do..haw, haw!!! And she finally decides to unflold herself from that silly position she's een, and walks away hissing, to avoid me.

Ah just passed awn bah her a few meenutes later like nuttin' was happening, acting awl eenocent and everythang.

Getty's Take

I sat by the last step and watched in disbelief.. Daddy Googie had lost it completely, he was swatting at mom, repeatedly, from under the dining room chair.

You see, he had just surprised Bella in the cat bathroom.. I think he doesn't like her in there and he ambushed her as she was trying to do her thing in the 'poopoo box'.. So like.. I heard her give out a startled hiss and a yell and then it sounded like somebody was kicking sand or somettin'.. oh my. And then I see daddy-Googie chasing her into the living room.. and then mom chasing HIM. Well.. I guess daddy-Googie was so mad, he didn't just stop with Bella - now he was swatting at mom, too.

She chased him with that squirt thing they all hate.. which I never have to worry about.. Anyway, and he ran over towards me, towards down the steps. I was standing there by the last step and he came face to face with me.

"Daddy, are you allright? ", I calmly looked up at him from the step below.

"Yeah, hon... Don't worry... It's... nothing.. ", he reassured me as he looked around awkwardly.. His anger melted right out.

Remote Control

I like to watch TV, okay? It's something mom does all the time so... why not me too.

The Great Divide

As mom was fawning over me on her bed, and I'm purring up a storm, kissing her and loving her, I began to fret sticking my neck up as I got wind of the orange imposter with whom I have to share her with. I feared of another hiss-fit and began to tense - and then mom put her robe between us. 'It's okay", she assured me in a whisper. I nose-tipped the robe .. it smelled so much of her.. I could relax now and continue to lounge into high heaven..

A Princess Take-over

I decided to try out that bed Bella's been on this whole time. I figured, if it's that good for her it must be something to take over.
She's always on that thing every night, waiting for mom in the morning..

Well, it's MY turn too.

[ Princess was never interested in this catbed for the past 3 entire years.. It is only now, after she's seen Bella on it, that she wants it too... ]

:)

Chased By A Smooshybelly

Our peace-out was too good to last.. I became fodder again for Bella's chase target. I saw it coming as I started to go up the steps and I turned around and saw her down below me, balancing her fat belly from side to side like a rabid cat!... While Googie watched on, ready to intervene. "Googie? I'm gonna run upstairs now..", I nodded to him and I sped up ... which jump-started Bella's sprint and now she was right on my tail - in spite of that smooshybelly.

Googie gingerly followed third in this peanut-gallery brigade... No hisses or cries for help, this time.

Getty's Discovery

Besides Getty's discovery of this whole other world out there through the glass pane, she was the first again to greet me this evening as I came in.. Followed closely by Googie.

As we all proceeded to go to the kitchen shortly thereafter, Getty seized the opportunity to get to know Bella better by sniffing up her butt.

Making Do

Ah will make do with whatevah Ah have to, and take a hissing or two from Bella defending her catbed territory -- just so I can set up sleep camp near mom overnight. Ah pick mah battles and Ah know when to just ignore her for mah own ends.

Besides: That's bean mah spot anywah..long before Bella arrived.

[That's Bella sleeping next to him ...They're making do!! ]

A Tomcat's Duty

Ah sat there, mah fluff body across the hardwood floor, sprawled leisurely just a few inches away from Bella and little Getty and watched them eat their breakfast, peacefully. Ah looked over them and of course, Ah nevah cut in to get mine. After they were duuhhn, Ah walked over to the uther bowl and finally had mah breakfast when awl the ladies walked away.

Howevah: Ah stood mah quiet ground when Ah turned on mah paw to see Bella attemteng to come back into the kitchen for seconds.. Ah stood and looked at her, reminded her in mah quiet wah that.. that's NAWT what we've agreed to. She turned around and left without eencedeeent.

An Extension of Mom

I got a new toy the other day...So mom keeps on giving it to me when I'm laying on her bed. So, when I got done kissing her face earlier today, she layed my new toy next to me. I decided to kiss him too - it was an extension of mom, really. Since she keeps giving it to me, it does mean something special, it's part of HER. So I licked it too..

Ah Can Turn On a Dime

Let me tale ya, Ah can turn on a dime.

Mom came home tonight and she had one of those bags with her.. to me, it appeared to be a food bag. Anywah, she did serve us another late snack since she saw us all surround her with wanting eyes in the kitchen. But eet wauusn't enouuuugh. Well, Ah was in NO mood to live-and-let-eat tonight. Ah had already gotten duhhn ambushing Bella as soon as we climbed up the stairs when mom came in, Ah didn't like the way she pranced like that around the living room. Awl Ah deed really was just to follow menacingly behind her, Ah didn't do nuttin - but she went into a hissy fit anywah.

So naw, there ain't enough food to go around and AH didn't wanna crash little Getty's or Pipi's bowls.. AWKAY? So Ah kept looking over at Bella's.. "Googie? No", Ah heard mom say. God dang it.. So she walks away from the bowl when she's done and she sees me awl pissed off and here we have another round of a hissy-fit... Bah the time Ah reached the bowl there ain't NUTTIN there! Ah got mah very own serving then..



But mah point eees: Ah won't take food away from little Getty or Pipi... But Ah WILL from Bella - if Ah could.

A Serious Tone

We all watched mom go to that black bag.. We could see her taking a serious tone to her.. as she pulled another laptop thingie out of this bag.. This bag is not like her usual bags, it's got a special.. uhhm.. sense to it. So we watched quietly as she put this other laptop thing on the dining table - the house, our mood .. took a different tone. We settled quietly around her, me and Googie the closest to her.. The others further away, as usual. WE have priority.

[mom took out the office laptop .. they could sense she was going into a different mode.. a work mode.. :))) ]

Chilling

The house stood steel for a whale.. Everypawdy else went to 'beddie-bye' after breakfast, and Ah disappeared as well. But then mom put on some music and Ah came out of mah hidin' to chill out.. Listen to some music, 'ya knaw??

Getty's Plight

GETTY'S PLIGHT: While all the others were "upstairs" this morning schmoozing with mom, I was kept downstairs all by myself.. And I cried! WHY do I have to stay down here? It's not fair!!!

[She stays down when she knows everypawdy else is up one level... So she must have been 'told' by one of them she's ...not allowed! 'Cause I keep calling her and something's keeping her from coming up; only time she comes is when she's with Princess, together. ]

Daddy-Googie

'Come awn honey, over here... You can lay awn mah belly any time..


[Googie accepts little Getty to cuddle with him on mom's bed. ]

Ah Don't Understand WHAH...

I dont understand WHAH missBella fands it necessary to swat at me when Ah'm manding mah own beesiness...

Looking Over Getty

Princess really cares about little Getty, on the left - the rescued kitten from the NYC shelter.

Before she jumped off the bed, she got up and hovered over Getty, lowering her face to hers for a quick nose-tipping. "You okay, little one? "

Flat-out Ears

"What do you MEAN I can't stay here?!!" - Getty flattened her ears in frustration when Bella, in front of her, began to make waves..

'Course, Princess walked in at the right time..

Peace on Earth...

All three in peace on the bed... Took us only three months to get there!.

My Reincarnated Habits

I had to watch a little TV this morning while mom was getting ready for work.

Ah Need To Take A Break

AH JUST HAVE TO TAKE A TIME-OUT HERE BAH MAHSELF.. AH CAN'T TAKE AWL THIS ESTROGEN-HALE ANY MOARE TUDAY...

Ah caught miss Bella chasing mah Piipi again earlier 'dis evenin' and Ah had to get involved. Ah went up the stairs and waited to see what she was gonna do next - with one paw up on a higher step... Assessing. Miss Bella tried to look nonchalant but Ah wasn't having any.. Mom went in the room and cajoled Pipi out at least with no harm to her... But Ah was going after Bella naw - and Ah didn't need mom to even tale me about it.

Ah cornered her under the big bed and took a couple swipes at her in thin air. Ah hope she got the message. We all forgot about it down bah the kitchen a few meenutes later.

CATTIQUETTE

When Bella wolfs down her dinner, quickly glances over at the other three eating ('The Alliance'), and just as quickly turns on her paw and exits the room in dignity.

A Twisted Neck

GOOGIE'S GRITS: Ah'm on a rampage tonight... Ah basically got the story that Pipi had a bad fight with mah little Getty and Ah decided to wrestle her to the floor... To the hardwood floor... Didn't care that mom was right there .. Ah put mah mouth on the back of her neck to show her who's boss, 'ya know? She yelped for help and got mom's attention ... and then the whole house noticed.. Next thang Ah knew, miss BELLA came running down from HER perch on mom's power seat, and tried to help Pipi...

Well Ah.. nevah... "WHO do you thank YOU are?", Ah postured, raising mah shoulders and twisting mah neck in a really mean way to her. She hissed at me.. She was ready to do battle and Ah took a step toward her laike a bull... Howevah, 'dat didn't work out too well - Ah got timed-out by mom...

Eendignitehs..

We've ah... had a colorful evenin' here tonaight... Ah had to run eenterference agin with Bella, y'knaw... Ah just get tired of seeing her harass mah Pipi.. So Ah cornered her up against the wall and pro-ceeeded to stalk awn closer to her. When mah act was spoiled by mom coming over.

....Ah had to break mah trance and scoot away from there in .. eendigniteh.. Ah really hate it when she duuzz that.! —

Strange Urges..

I may have been tampered with over at the cat jail there.. before mom-lady got me.. But I still get my urges to run amock all over the house.. .like now! And scream and yell and call for .. stranger cats. !

Be Careful What You Wish For..

Awkay.. I may not want mom-lady here to touch me yet... BUT - I didn't mean for her to just disappear like that all day either...
I greeted her when she back back tonight... And 'dis time? I was the only one too! Miss Bella actually followed after me..! hah!!

Sad Over a Shopping Bag..

Mom brought this big bag in the other evening when she came back in. It was big, it was different than we've seen before.. And she just set it down on the floor among us all. I could tell it was special.. well, we all could.

I get clued in still by the others, miss Priss and orange oaf Googie about some things. Not that I need any tips from them, mind you; I mean, hey! I'm a New York cat, okay? But I noticed the way they regard certain things, and this bag was mom's special thing - we were not to touch it or mess with it.

So I .. parked nearby it.. and just wistfully stared at it. That's all I could do, really.

I Get So Lost Sometimes...

I get so lost though at the end of the evening ..when everypawdy seems to disappear.. They are like.. all gone from down here and it's dark.. And then I start to cry out and I hear mom calling me from upstairs. But I don't think I'm allowed up there.. big Bella won't let me... I mean, I just don't want to take the chance you know? I only go if I find miss Princess and I'm right next to her.. or daddy-Googie.

Diva on the Low-Down

Boy was I pissed! I just jumped the counter on my way to the top of the cabinets up close to the ceiling - and mom intercepted me! She hugged me and held me there on the counter..and I growled like a diva. Roowwwwwrrrr!!!!

A Complimented Cat

I just got called "pretty kitty" and I understand it to be a good thing.. So I blinked my eyes back at mom..

First Cat

Did I mention? I was the first one to greet mom coming in tonight. NOBODY else was around except ME! They all slept on the job, so I got the pickup-n-huuug!!

A Plea for Help

Moving on, I settled on the 'power seat' when I heard a commotion down by the front steps. Big orange mountain had been horsing around out-of-control and next thing I hear, it's miss Priss pleading for help!.. I jumped down from my power perch and ran over to them... Miss Priss took the out to gallop away while I had to now face that orange-oaf, Googie..

A Deesturbance

Ah just became aware of a deesturbance.. Yes, sir... Ah do declare that miss Bella down there closer bah mom awn the uther side of the keetchen sink, just tried to climb up and deed nawt make it. She went right down with that huge belly of hers, both front paws flailing een the air.

Ah snapped to attention and jumped awn down mahself to make sure all was under control.. You just never know with her... she might DO sometin' after this, as mom was trying to make 'er feel better. So Ah stuck mah neck out toward her as a warning. "It's okay", mom reassured me.

Awright, thean... Ah won't DO anythang.

Close to Mom Lady

I lingered on to be close to mom...even though miss Princess disappeared to go upstairs to be on mom's bed.

I have my favorite spot where I just sit there a few feet away from her.. I just wanted to linger and not follow Princess, for once - you know? I didn't care if miss Bella was around either. My place is right here, closer to mom-lady.

Swatting the Crack...

AN UNLIKELY STORY: Ah have had mah nerves tonight, Ah've been pretty jumpy. First of awl, Ah see someone coming through the wrong door again and Ah hear the beepin' sound - and the two should not go together becoze that spells... well, NOT guuuude. So Ah fled up the stairs, didn't even care that Bella saw me. Ah guess Ah didn't realize it was mom herself. So we awl feegured it out after we heard her come back in downstairs a second time and we all gathered 'round her to greet her. Then we all followed her up the steps and it got awn mah nerves that Bella had to go awn in front of me so mom had hardly a moment to breath when Ah ambushed Bella's butt from behand, reached over with mah left paw and took a swipe right on her crack! yeahh! Ah just had to.

But dat wasn't enouuugh... Ah had to wrestle Pipi (Princess) to the floor in the keetchen later awn... Ah didn't care if mom was there, or if Bella was on the counter who suddenly Ah may add, rushed to see what Ah was doing.. The thang eez, Ah didn't exactly count on the squirt bottle... So Ah started squinting mah eyes when Ah saw mom grab it.. Aw-NAWWW! Ah ran after Pipi and tried to hide behind her to avoid the squeeert.

Cabinet Cat Meeting

CATFUL O' CABINET... There was a .. CAT CONVENTION in the lower kitchen cabinet! I thought it was just Googie playing with the cabinet doors so I ignored him. Turned around to go close the door and got trampled on by THREE cats flying out of this bottomless pit! It was the Googie-Getty-Princess alliance...

Let Me Love You Back

I've jumped a number of times here already to trott across mom's face - and keyboard. Every time I come up, I stop to greet her and kiss her. She then lowers her face to mine and she lets me nose-tip her and lick her. But then she'll touch my neck or something and I won't like it, and I'll let out a naggy, growly meow. "Well - YOU came up here to love me, right? So let me love you back!"... I heard her say. 'Whatever- growwwl. " I parked it by her hand on the mouse.. and continued to posture and growl. I don't LIKE her on this thing, okay?

Ding-Dong!!

Mom figured out a good way to keep Googie in-check before she leaves in the morning - so that he doesn't get into a fight with Bella: She goes out "the wrong door", closes it behind her, looks through the glass panel - and rings the ...DOOR BELL!

Googie gets all spooked out and runs up the steps... While Bella just sits in place and stares at him in amazement.

My Special Way

I must drink at the water bowl very carefully. You see, I have watched Googie try and manipulate this thing that goes 'glug-glug-glug'...the water bowl where we drink.

And so, every time I go for a drink? I need to stretch my paw.. JUST SO... to make it happen, make it go that 'glug-glug' sound.. Googie's told me that the water doesn't just come down... We have to ..MAKE it come down and do the 'glug-glug'.

So i cross my left paw, all the way cross my right paw... Just so.

A Morning Love-fest

BELLA'S BITS: I HAD A LOVE-FEST WITH MOM THIS MORNING..

I climbed into her bed first thing and purred myself into oblivion.. I let her touch me even on my sides -well, almost. I have come to really know that she really does care for me... And I love her. So I groomed her, and kissed her all over again.

Those Precious Words

Even though they call me Bella the Bully, I'm basically exhausted...

After tonight's running around, being bluffed on by Googie, and my fur being wet from too many squirts, I just had to make sure I was still okay with mom.. So I quietly jumped on the counter, bypassing Googie without incident, and had my final quality time with mom..

I kissed her all over, I licked her, and I heard those important words I always hear her say to me:

" I love you too."