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."

Princess's Take

We've been busy tonight... It all started with the new type of scratching post that mom placed in the living room. I've seen it long before but I was never interested. And then, BELLA climbed on top of it and tried to use it and I snapped into attention and jumped away from mom's lap where I was kneading her into a belly massage to start staring at Bella: "WHAT are you doing?!!", I glared at her from afar, poised to intimidate - MY way. She saw me and climbed down and then dug her claws on the carpet like before. That set off mom who went after her ass.. The rest is history.. More to come, more to write... it just became a total 4-Ring circus, trust me.

Scratching Post Outrage

WHAT'D YA MEAN ? I GOTTA USE THIS "SCRATCHING POST" AGAIN?? SERIOUSLY??

Cell-phone Love

KISSING MOM'S CHEEKS WAS NOT ENOUGH... I LICKED HER CELL PHONE ALL OVER TOO...

It's like.. all about kissing mom's face, and it extends to that 'cell phone' thing she always touches...

It's Kinda Dark In Here..

I GOT LOCKED IN THE GARAGE FOR A FEW MINUTES THIS EVENING.. But I didn't panic or yell.. It was all dark in there.. And then I heard mom call out for me. I patiently waited right by the door - She figured it out. Soon as the door opened, I flew in. (Whew!! That was no-cat's-land, know what I mean?)

Go On Little One..

Ah do trah to reign little Getty een, you knaw...

Ah can't very well let 'er get out of control with her schmoozing every time .. Whah, she greets me on the wrong end!

So Ah.. lift mah paw and pat her butt; " Go awn little one, go awn!" ...Gets it off mah face too.

The Silent Meow

Have you ever tried to say 'meow' and your mouth just moved? It was like that. Mom told me "NO!" when I eyed the couch again for potty. I scurried a few feet away but stood there looking her in they eyes.. Trying to understand again. "NO, NO!", she repeated.

I opened my mouth and let out a silent meow... "I understand.. but ..I can't help it.. " was my meaning..

An Advantageous Position

THE TRUE PACK LEAD? This morning I, Princess, jumped up on the counter to be up-close with mom before she left. Next thing I know, I see miss Bella trailing me and jumping on the table next to us, headed in the same direction. I eyeballed her... 'WHAT are you doing here?!', I postured. She lowered her body to the table in submission. Position and proximity to mom have their advantages..

The Accidental Bully

Ah am having meexed feelings after what Ah deed tonight. You see, Bella chased little Getty up the stairs. She had been on a rampage, something about a scratchin' post and Princess then mom got into it.. Whatevah... But when Ah see the little keed gettin' chased, Ah gotta intervene - mah own way. So Ah followed them up the stairs to calm thangs down.

Mom couldn't figure out where we all were... So she finally discovered us all three sitting in a triangle. Ah was sitting bah the last step looking toward Bella and Getty.. who was in her room but was hesitant to venture out. Bella had calmed down and was lounging. That's how Ah do it.

Well, mom egged me awn a beet. She told me: "Go GIT her!".. Ah could hear the words behand mah ears. Ah really didn't wanna do it.. Ah protested a leetle, Ah said in mah meek voice 'meow! [but SHOULD I? I don't think so!].. "Go GIT her!", she encouraged me. So Ah stood up and stiffened mah shoulders ready for ..'em, intimidation. Ah began to look at Bella with THE LOOK, and she immediately went into defensive posture.. Ah walked toward her and at the last minute Ah figured - Ah'm gonna just bluuufff. This way, Ah keep mom happy and I put Bella in her place as well. So Ah took a half-hearted swipe toward her, pretty much the same way she tries to do to ME ...uther times.. Ah can be pretty eentimidatin' you know.. It was enough to scare her..

But Ah'm not proud of mahself... Ah really didn't wanna do it. Mom made me.

One Berated Bully

GOD DAMNIT!! I got harassed by mom again over my clawing. I was digging my claws good and plenty on the steps, it was a new spot for me too. When I turned my head in the middle of my clawing bliss while laying on my side and realized mom was right there. She told me to stop it and I meowed! She left me alone and I did it again and she got in my face and tried to grab me and put me on top of the flat scratching post.. I got SO pissed off!

Then she took the flat scratch post and put it in front of me, pretty much in my face. GOD DAMMIT! - OKAY THEN! You want me to use the scrathing post? I'll DO it! I attacked the post with all fours, and I bit it too.

I then had to contend with that retarded toy Zingy, the lime-green lamb... she threw it in my face too... I went into a total RAGE, kicking and clawing and biting him all over ..on all fours..

When I came to... I realized I had become a show for the others - they were ALL watching me!!. Miss PRISS from her perch...and Googie...and Getty from over there... WTF?!!!

Strange Bedfellows

Everypawdy got to eat their lunch - except Googie. Googie, being the only male cat in the house, has taken to retiring away from the hubbub of the meals area, until all three females have eaten. And then, he saunters over looking at the empty bowls - and then straight into my eyes. I will then reach over for a new can now that I know he's ready. So I served him his lunch and wouldn't you know it, little Getty schmoozes right over and pushes her snout into his bowl - and he lets her. I had to shoo her away a couple of times, the last of which I chased her into the dining room: "YOU had your nummy-num!", I said kneeling down to her level and eyeballing her while she's under the chair. She looks at me with her little wide eyes - she's not running, no sir. She just stood there and tried to 'meow' her way out. .."But...meow??" After this little scene, guess who follows up..

I see Bella parking it across from Getty, under a dining chair, looking at her. Was it commiserating? Or was it mirroring mom's stance?

A Cheeky Cue

When mom comes close to my face and she raises her cheek close to my face? I take the cue.

I give her a 'kiss' (I lick her, really). I just know that's what she's looking for, so.. I'll do it.


[This is no different than a child, however young or old. She feels in some way indebted to respond back in kind and kiss me. When she sees me come up to her and turn my cheek. ]

:)

I Just .. CAN'T!!

Mom just came up to me while I was sitting up on the steps. She sat down below me and looked up close to my face. She then whispered: "wanna give me a kiss-kiss??"... I know what that means, I've heard it from Bella and miss Princess, I've seen it and all. I jerked my face the other way soon as I heard those words, and walked the other way..

I just couldn't. They keep telling me, all of them, that part of life here means to be come together with mom, and let her touch me.. That they all like to do that ..and that I will too... But I can't.. I just CAN'T.

A Rude Awakening

We came in mom's room when she woke up today.. in spite of Bella.. Both Googie and I stayed together near the window and nose-tipped each other, making sure we were both 'okay'. Mom noticed all that and then came over to Googie and gasped "Ahh! honey! are you okay??".. She noticed his one eye was shut. He really didn't want her to see him like that so he tried to hide his face and went and hid under the chair.. He was so embarrassed.. Little Getty was watching from afar and had to turn her face the other way when mom looked over to see how SHE was faring.. Then we all went down to the kitchen and Bella-the-bully tried to keep the closest to mom's legs.. So when Googie came by, she took a swat at him and mom heard her hissing behind her so... But that wasn't the end of it. Googie went over to the bowls, minding his own business, when mom walked over to check on him again and started to stroke his back gently. Would you believe BELLA had the nerve to walk right up and give Googie the evil-face look?

"eooowww!".. Googie let out his plaintive meow. "Pleaase, Bella... Not again!".. Bella did the jerk-of-the-neck and walked off but mom had enough.. I mean, it happened right there - in front of her, close-up to her face and Googie's. I walked in on it as soon as I heard Googie's begging. It was.. SQUIRT BOTTLE time!! (and me, right behind it too)

A Jumping and A Humpin

AWW, NAWW! - Ah heard 'dat beep again tonight as mom came in from the 'wrong door'. DAT's the door where strangers come in from! And that beep was going off at the SAME time! I started to run upstairs and even sought some quick refuge from Bella in mah confusion... while she stood her ground there...She cawnvinced me 'dat it was awkay, so Ah didn't disappear cawmpletele...

And to make up for all that embarrassment? Ah had to hump Princess to-boot.

The Very First One

MEOW!!! I was the FIRST one who came down to greet mom tonight! She was gone all day, can you believe it? She's never done THAT before!

So I came bounding down the steps as soon as I heard the door open.. Hah! Everybody else was still upstairs! And then I went over to her bag and played with it, jumped all around it on the steps where she'd left it.

Taking Turns

I'm Getty here.. and it was my turn to keep mom company this afternoon. The others were off sleeping and I came over and sat near her by the kitchen door. See, we take turns... SOMEONE is always with mom, whenever we're not ALL there with her.. I just took over daddy Googie's post.. And then? After a little while? I left and went back up to my cubie to sleep 'cause daddy-Googie got up to go over to mom.

Bella's Sadness

I sat on the 'power seat' tonight. Mom had come home and we all had our dinner.

So I watched the other two little ninnies play with each other, miss Priss and little Getty. Little Getty was raising her back and humping around...she's a kitten you see.. I can't take her too seriously.

I was resigned to the fact that they're so much younger than me... I really can't possibly join in this mindless little horseplay...So I just watched - with a sad face, from my high perch..

Under-Estimated

GOOGIE'S TELL-TAIL: Ah can tale you awl 'dat that miss Bella? Is a real piece of work. Ah realized 'dat a while back..

One day, when Ah was just sauntering past bah her, she let out this reeelly angry, hysterical female meow-growl... And Ah stopped dead-in-mah-tracks at that, Ah lowered mah face to the ground and thought:

"Mah, mah, oh-MY.. Dis female is peessed off a lot moare than Ah thought.."

TONIGHT'S EPISODE:
And laike, tonight.. As Ah went about mah business on the box, she was stalking me as usual bah the side of the door. So mom comes in to share the bathroom and Ah'm steel there and naw Ah'm ready to leave, and what do Ah have to put up with? Miss Bella taking a swing at me with her paw - even though Ah tried to avoid her and went the uther way... Can you believe it..
She got chased allright.. mom went after her with the squeert bottle.

Thought I'd Seen It All Now...

Yeah...As a New-York-Cat that I'm all-that-that, I'd thought I'd seen it all by now.. Especially that I am the oldest 'round here, six years old..

But I hadn't seen this: I'm perched on top of 'the power seat', mom's chair when I start to hear some scuffling nearby me. I wake up from my snooze and what do I see before my eyes: Miss Priss... Miss Priss being manhandled by that orange oaf, Googie...

He actually.. wrestled her down on the floor and .. PINNED her! And she starts to cry for mercy. At which point mom runs into the room and they break it up. He released her from his clumsy death-grip.. And then SHE starts to attack him, jumping all over his shoulders and neck.

Mom yelled at him some and he walked away in-shame... While miss Priss began to emulate mom, walking toward him with her neck stretched out and some cattitude.

I did not bother to intervene.. These guys are just plain crazy and I've been harassed enough as it is the past few days by this orange oaf!


[Here's a sample of what goes on between Googie and Princess... long before Bella arrived: ]

Getty's Takeover

CATPOWER OVERTHROW: GETTY TAKES OVER BELLA'S BED - WITH PRINCESS IN COMPANY.

Mom woke up one morning a few days ago to see this scene outside her door: GETTY sleeping on Bella's catbed.

Is this a cat-power overthrow? Or has Bella's maternal instincts given in to little Getty's demands?

:))

These Cats ARE Crazy....

I could hear a commotion suddenly, breaking my snooze in bliss on the 'power seat'. I had to actually get down from my perch and go see... I could hear miss Priss yelling for help, literally from behind the cat bathroom door.

She and that orange mountain asshole, yeah the one I keep sparring with, were in a bad fight. So I gingerly walked over there to see if I could help with mom in tow behind me. Well.. at least I did lead mom over there.

She took care of it but orange-mountain was in real hissy fit.. He was like.. a wild man, not knowing which way to hiss and miss! He tried to come after me with mom on his tail the whole time, hissing and spitting all the way...

Wow... these cats ARE crazy..

A Mouse Intervention

I have tried to get mom off of this darn thing here.. I jump up on the kitchen counter and go right where her hand keeps touching the white thingy, 'mouse' she calls it. And I just nipped at her hand, that very one that keeps doing the same thing over and over again with the 'mouse'. 'That's ENOUGH!', I tried to tell her. I then led her to the living room over to my string toy.. I wanted to play!

Minding Mom's Stuff

Ah was lounging with mom on her bed earlier tuday when Ah caught wind of miss Bella coming in and sticking her nose where eet didn't belawng. Ah quickly woke up from mah snooze and began to stalk her. Ah watched her carefully from the bed and realized she wanted to mess with one of mom's bags sitting there on tha floor. So Ah got down as fast as Ah could and eentercepted this curious minx.. "Aw, NAWW! you don't!", Ah demanded, swinging mah paw in the direction of her face, hissing. "DAT'S mom's! Stay away!!" - Ah AM the keeper of thangs... Ah also watched her go eento mom's closet and Ah didn't laike that either...

Unfeenished Beesiness

Ah have emerged tuday to join the ladies in the keetchen... Aw, but.. Ah come upawn miss Bella here and Ah stop in mah tracks. Ah lower mah face to hers: "We have unfeenished beesiness here, Mary!". She hisses at me and scoots down. Ah move menacingly closer to her...But somethang outta the corner of may eye begs mah attention - I look up to see mom standin' there holding the squirt bottle and Ah freeze on the spot, squinting mah eyes. Game over folks.

The "F" Bomb...

THE "F" BOMB: Uhhm... I heard that "F" word this morning as there was a skirmish among mommie and daddy Googie and Bella.. and then big mom came in and yelled at them. The moment I heard that particular F-bomb I high-tailed it upstairs. THAT word? Is NOT good.

Getty's Message

I had an urgent plea to make to mom just now.. I walked on up close to her while she was on the other side of the garbage can and began to tell her that we got trouble. 'What??', she said to me. I repeated it.. "We got trouble downstairs, mom! Daddy Googie is trying to fight with miss Bella downstairs!", I frantically meowed. She looked around and realized they were both missing so she went downstairs ... Next thing I know, there is galloping up the steps..

Bella came up first and daddy-Googie attacked her from behind, there was all sorts of yelling and hissing going on..oh-my-god..! I ran upstairs and hid under the big bed in my room.

Gabriel's Musings

Ah have not bean too happe earlier 'dis evening. Een fact? Mom cancelled her outing becoze of mah fight with Bella. Agin. Ah got quite familiarized awl over agin with tha squeert bottle.. got awl wet and everythang. Everybody got awl upset, Getty watched me lose face and tried to tale mom that'd be enough.. Pipi kept checking up awn me... Ah snorted and hissed...

Ah mean, when Ah have to be squeerted awn in front of leetle Getty... and Getty herself standing there pleading with mom awn mah defense... 'Dat's pretty bad, ain't it?

Ah finally got toweled off to dry..And awl went back to normal after Ah ate crow, coming up to see Bella sprawled awl over the floor like she owned it.

Be Careful What You Wish For

I have f---ed up all around this evening, my plan foiled, my mission turned against me.

First, I tried to jump up on the fridge but I couldn't... I plopped down belly first along with all kinds of papers and stuff of mom's. Then I went on to bully Getty. I didn't like her perched on top of the steps staring me down so I reached out and took a swat in her way but she wouldn't move away. "YOUR place is back upstairs!", I stared and lunged.

Damned, if it wasn't mom after me, squirt bottle and all. Now we were BOTH trampling up the steps, Getty and me right behind her, as I got chased myself!

Be careful what you wish for - I'm learning this lesson fast here.

Bella's Lullaby

I stepped down from my 'power seat' perch to oversee little Getty who was screaming at mom just now.

"What's the matter, hon?", I nose-tipped her little face, trying to calm her down.

I then walked toward mom with my tail up in the air, looking right in her eyes: "I'm here, don't worry.. I'll handle it"... I tried to say..

Getty In-Training

I follow miss Princess around and do whatever she does. Like, this morning, we both came into mom's room to see her when she woke up. And then, miss Princess decided to bounce off and out of the room, even though mom called her not to.. Well - I followed right up, right behind Princess.

My first loyalty is to miss Princess - I just watch-and-learn.

Gabriel's Distaste

Y'know? Ah like our new little girl, Getty. Ah was the first one to sit down with her and understand what she is all about. Ah was the first to run eenterference for her with the other females, and Ah cawnvinced Princess to accept her. Ah look out for little Getty becoze Ah can tale she is a needy little one.. Ah understand her plight, and Ah have told her 'dat there is nuttin' to worry about here. But there is only one thang she duzz that Ah don't like: Every time she flaunts her tiny fluffbutt in mah face.

Laike, she deed tonight, we were all kinda.. high-energy, excited and running around awl over the room, and here's Getty running in front of me and jumping her ass in mah face. Not good. "Umpphh! Stop that!", Ah raised mah paw and patted her butt away. She flung herself away as she happily skipped along.

Princess's Plight...

I heard mom opening her door this morning and began to go up the steps, hesitant as usual not knowing what kind of mood Bella's in. You see, Bella parks it right by mom's door, on a catbed I just was never interested in.

So I go up the steps a little ways and what do I see: Mom... petting Bella, coo-coo'ing her and all. I looked through the railings like an orphan child... Then mom saw me and tried to talk me into coming up - but I wouldn't.

What Are You Doing?!!

I was sitting close to mom by the couch when she noticed Bella start to dig in her claws on the dining room chair. So I watched her start to tell Bella "NO! stop that!" and i jumped quickly from my seat and brazenly walked over to Bella to .. oversee this situation and make sure to tell her to "stop it!". I walked over behind the chair, my neck in that outstretched 'what are YOU doing' posture, and reached out with my front paw and started batting at her.. There was a slight skirmish and I had to jump up on the other chair myself but it worked. I got 'er DOWN!!