A Morsel Beneath Me

BIG-BELLA:

I have witnessed myself now, this strange new ritual between the new minx and mom: She comes running in when she hears the sound of "wanna a treat?!". And then mom gives her some bit of morsel and she jumps up on her back legs and takes it with her paws and eats it - on the spot. This ... undignified little trickery continued several times in my presence. Then mom turned to ME, if you would believe that, and tried to get ME to respond like that.

Disgusted, I flicked my head the other way and quickly trotted on out of the kitchen altogether with my head held high. I will NOT partake in this sort of thing, especially if that little minx is involved.

They Yell Nasty, Don't They..

KATIE KITTY:

I just got wind of a commotion upstairs and ran up to see what was going on after seeing miss Princess get upset and running up there.  I heard this ugly yowl come out of miss Bella.. and big Googie was somewhere near her.

Then mom came out of this dark room where they both were, chasing Googie out ...I took one look at his face as he passed me by and my tail bushed out.  He didn't look too happy; he took one look at me and it was "Not now!" as he continued running down the steps, hissing bad things...  I quickly trotted over to mom's room for safety.      I crawled under the bed for all of a minute.

Mom came into her room after me making the 'it's okay' sound.. Aw, I understood.. I came out of the bed and let her hold me and stroke my head while I was peering out to see what might happen next.. Princess was out in the hallway investigating, stretching her neck looking for Bella.

Dis was the very first time my tail actually bushed out. There IS an ugly side to this whole pack, isn't there... huh.

A Silver Lining

BELLA:

Mom stepped on my paw earlier today. I couldn't believe it, it hurt so much and I screamed in pain.. She was trying to step out from the door.. and I guess I got in the way. But soon as she realized I was hurtin, she knee

led down to me and gushed 'Aw noooo! I'm sorrry! ' and that "are you okay" phrase..

She tried to make me feel all better and I instantly started purrring up a storm. I loved the attention.

Babysitting Duty

BELLA: 

There are times I do take over the babysitting duty from Googie. Like when the rest of them are over on the beddie with mom, and babeh Getty does not want to spar with Katie kitteh, we'll hang back and stay together on the spare bedroom beddie.

So, I do babysit and look out for her, trust me. That's part of the deal I've made with Googie. That's what keeps us friends now. 

The Meaning of Forgiveness

BELLA

"I jumped up on the counter tonite while mom was busy on her pooter....and, well.. she didn't seem to like that for some reason tonite. She yelled out my name in an unpleasant way, "Bella!!! ".

Well, I can take a HINT! I 

immediately jumped down to the side table and parked it there, facing Googie who was standing right below. I told him my troubles, growling. He looked at me, pained. And then mom came over and tried to make me feel better: "Give me a kiss-kiss..", she whispered in my ear.

Aw okay.. I looked up and gave her a couple of pecks. That's all I could do for now."

Taunting to a Duel

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD: 

"Mom lady came over to my chair and started touching the thing I sit on.. I was standing below on the other side of the chair when I saw MY space was being violated and invaded.

"Yowwwwwl!! ", I cried fowl. It was my battle cry, I taunted her to a duel. "You can't touch MY stuff!"

Not My Scene

PRINCESS:

"I watched mom make a monkey out of Katie Kitty this morning. She starts to call out "wanna treat?!" and Katie Kitty comes flying into the kitchen out of nowhere. Next thing I know, I see her jumping up to mom's hand and m

om's giving her something to eat right there on the spot.

Huh.. I really just couldn't quite.. get into the spirit. I stood in my place and watched from afar while this .. indignity continued, as Katie Kitty kept jumping up and down for what? For scraps? Oh-my-catgod!

NOT my scene...

 "

Friends With Benefits?

BELLA'S BITS:

Nowadays, as you know, me and Googie have arrived at a good, mutually-benefitting place. He looks up to me, he sniffs my butt, I am the 'go-to' female when he needs help (like the time he got his claws stuck and I had to 

run upstairs and get mom). Well, okay.. sometimes he takes out his frustrations at me, but I've gotten used to it now... I won't even go into hysterics..

So, there are those times when I'm laying blissfully at my usual spot, and he saunters by slowly, unaware.... And I long for something more. I stretch my body all the way, I turn up my belly, my paws reaching out toward him, longing for him to turn around and look at me, say hello.... I gaze at him wistfully, as he passes by with his big fluffy tail hanging and twisting.. And just wish.

Oh well. It's just not meant to be..

Not What I'm Portrayed To Be

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD:

"I leave a very warm spot for mom on the beddie where I lay...When she comes back and wants to get back in, she goes to me: "excuse me but I have to lay down here again..". 

I hear that "excuse me" sound and dey've all told me dat we're supposed to move when we hear dat. So I scurry and scoot over a little bit and make some room for her to come back into the beddie.

I'm really not that stray I've been portrayed to be.."

Safe Again

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD: 

"When I need to gain back my strength, I go to miss Bella's spot and I touch her post. It makes me feel safe again. "

Come Hell or High Water

BELLA: 

"I went up to greet mom this morning. I had to, come hell or high water. But I stopped short of entering her room soon as I saw that little minx. She has reduced us to waiting by the edge of the room,.me and Pipi. While GOOG in there just lays around and pretends nothing is happening."

It's Adoption-By-The-Cat

KATIE KITTY - THE NEW CAT: 

"I have taken to my new mom immediately.. But by now, I have really adopted her 100%... When I start to groom, I groom her arm too. And I get near her as I walk around in the room? My tail goes straight up like a stick. And I trust her implicitly.. If I see her finger in front of my nose, I will follow her wherever she may lead me... "

[ I can literally lead her 'by the nose' so to speak using the tip of my finger in front of her.. hehe ]

Tag Team

BELLA'S BITS:

"This morning, I bit the bullet. We were trying to get to mom,. the door was closed, and I put aside my differences with that little minx for the sake of our common cause: get mom to open the door.

So I let her scratch away while I supervised from behind. "

In The Dark of the Night

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD:

 "I make it a habit nowadays to disappear quietly "upstairs" when everyone else is downstairs with mom lady.  I like to just go up to mom lady's bed, even in the dark, and just lay there.

Unfortunately, my plans were foiled dis evening.  She came up here and passed me quickly by in the dark.  I thought for a moment that I might just.. blend into the darkness and get away with it.  But no, she reached out as she walked on by and her arm came over me. Ooop!! Time to go!  At that, I guess she realized I wasn't the minx.

"Awww, I'm sorry!", she called out to me.  Well okay - I'll slow my pace down now.

Googie's Issue

GOOGIE:


Ah maght mention dat Ah got cawlled a "you're not a good cat!" tuday.

Yep, Ah declare, mom got into mah beeesiness agin.  Ah had spotted Bella coming out of our cat bathroom and set mah saghts on her.  She tried to act like she didn't notice me and kept going down the stairs.  Well, Ah followed with the eententiawn of remanding her what we had tawlked about.. dat she eez nawt to make a mess out of our boxes.   But unfortunateleh, mah message got eentercepted bafawre Ah had a chance to git it across...

Just in the nick of tame, as Ah was walking toward her downstairs, mom comes behand me cawling out mah formal name.   It wasn't "honey".

Ah tried to walk in a circle and act nonchalant while big-Bella was already hiding, peeking her face to watch me git humiliated.  "Get back upstairs please.. ", mom kept trying to corall me.   Ah was forced bah her blocking steps to climb a few steps but Ah had to stop and speak mah mand:

"Hiiiiissssssss!", Ah protested.  "You CAN'T tell ME what to DO!!".. Ah git SO upset when she trahs to make me go away just when Ah'm trahing to do somethang here.    "YOU'RE not a very good CAT!  ARE you Gabriel??!", she threw her final insult to me.

Ah gave up and left Bella alone ... looked for babeh-Getty and she had already disappeared upstairs so Ah joined them up dere.

Not My Scene

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD: 

"I waited for daddy-Googie to come out of the kitchen and join me. I was so happy to see him walk my way, I went into a slow, leisurely stretch and then leaned over for a nose tip. But oh! He had other plans.. He wa

s eyeing miss Bella behind me, he was preoccupied and his ears were pointed to her.. Next thing I know, mom lady comes out of the kitchen calling out his name loudly:

"GABRIEL?!!".. The mood changed quickly.. I knew this was gonna be trouble and I split. Went over to my hideway under the dining table. I just know when those two duke it out and then mom lady gets into the mix ... and it's just not sometin I can handle. So daddy kept going down the stairs following Bella, ignoring mom lady ... And mom lady kept calling out to him. That's all I know cause I headed for upstairs after dat, I have to remove myself from this type of scene completely cause I know how daddy Googie can get.

Bad Cat Dream

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD: 

"I had a bad dream a few minutes ago... And I jumped out of my chair and ran across the entire room and then went flying down the stairs, crying out the battle-cry.

Once I made it down there I cried some more.. "help

 me! help me! '.. Mom lady came down to see me.. I looked up at her at the steps and then scurried off to the side.

I got over it.. I came back up, looked over Katie's way, and went for a snack. I needed a snack now.

Pout Of The Night..

BELLA'S BITS:

"I went to the downstairs again earlier tonight and started to cry out loud by the door... And then I heard mom call out to me using the really good sound ("honeeey??")... I dropped the act at once and came back running up the steps to be with her..  She sat next to me and I felt all better, I started purring..  Until I saw orange-fluff come by.. He had to make an appearance all of a sudden right in front of us, he sat upright and tried to act cool... Well mom was right there!  She kept stroking the back of my neck and he finally sauntered on past by us...

I really can't take it with him sometimes.. After our dinner, I had to go potty and when I came out? He was right there behind the railing, glaring at me.  I stopped in my tracks next to the door - mom saved me again, I feel like.. I was able to get past him without a fight but I knew my place:  I quickly walked downstairs out of sight.

I Couldn't Take It Any More

" I COULDN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE " -  Everytin' was going fine, as far as I was concerned.  Mom lady had returned from outside, we got treats, we all were happy.  And then she did it.  She brought little minx Katie in front of me, in MY habitat [under the dining table] and began to pet her.  That little tramp Katie just sat there, compliant, letting her touch her all over back and forth.. She even layed down to make it easier for mom lady.  And they did it right in front of me, as I stood under a chair looking...

I couldn't take it any more.  I suddenly turned my head and y whole body followed .. I walked quickly away into the shadows...

Game Ovah!

We awl had dinner last naght.. A long-awaited dinner, cause mom wasn't fealin' good.. So, we kept vigil, we kept patient - until our feast. After our dinner, Ah noticed big-Bella went over to he usual spot to clean herself and lounge. Well, Ah was in no mood to live and let-live. Ah quietly walked passed bah her and let her know through mah targeted glance dat AH wasn't okay with her presence... Ah didn't wanna create another ruckus and have mom awl over me.. So Ah deeed it een such a way as to git under her radar so to speak.

Next thang Ah know, miss Bella done run downstairs and start craying.. can you believe it. She done ended up upsetting the whole household, craying bah the door down dere... And AH'm nowhere near her. Ah watched mom den go down to her... Last thang Ah wanted to happen.. So Ah go down there to observe and she trahs to tale me to go upstairs, trahs to coral me without yelling or me or anythang.. AH knew what she was trying to do and AH didn't lake it. Ah hissed to the air as Ah tried to avoid going up the steps. "Dammit! hisssss! hisss! WHAH do AH have to go up awl of a sudden?! " Little Katie Kitteh was standing up further on the steps watching me unravel like dat... Ah suddenly realized AH am losing face and Ah started to eyeball Katie Kitteh now, my ears pointed to her.

"Don't you DARE!! ", Ah heard mom say.. She knows.. She knows Ah have the tendenceh to take out mah frustrations on uthers.. Whoever happens to be around - except mah babeh-Getty of course. Well, Ah done run up the steps past her, DAT Ah DEED..

Didn't make no difference, Katie Kitteh still got on mah tail anywah..

Ah kept vigil awn big-Bella though.. Ah had managed to oust her, quietly, down dere and the meenute she came back up Ah eyeballed her, mah eyes wide and glassy: "DIDN'T AH tale you to clear the area?" She done see me and jumped up on the couch near mom. Dat was pretty much game ovah.

I Am Not Amuzed..

PIPI'S POINT: " I am not amuzed.

At least I can seize and claim Bella's power spot for a while.. While she's outta sight. I had to share mom on her beddie this morning .. I eagerly jumped up to join her finally, after the long night awa

y, and what do I SEE?! That new minx all over her, all over her shoulder and arm... Well, I am NOT going to share mom like this.. I don't even share with Goog!, are you kidding me? So I took up my post by the foot of the bed and I ignored them all.

When mom -finally- came down to the kitchen and took up her spot, I jumped up in-her-face and eyeballed her with all the intensity I could muster. She stopped typing and reached out and hugged me all over. "You'll always be my baby", she said. Well, I hope so... I'll take that for now.

Cause, I didn't sign up for this.. I did not sign up for a cat hotel!!

Taking A Lesson

BELLA - Grooms mom's arm while Katie Kitty, at left, takes a lesson.  **
      That's Princess below right.

** Katie-Kitty is the newest addition as of July 2012.  She was saved from certain death from the high-kill New York City ACC shelter system in Manhattan, brought in as a stray, and had just given birth to her first litter beforehand.  She was still lactating, sick with the upper respiratory infection they get in there, and skin and bones condition.  And yet, she was deeply affectionate throughout.  After taking her to our vet, we discovered she had pneumonia.  She was nurtured back to health and has now settled in with the pack, properly accepted by the male lead  (after she went into heat ! :) - she is now spayed and has healed completely from that as well.)   We estimate her to be still very young... She plays like a kitten and all the others in the feline brood have been hands-off.. they can see she is very much a younsgster, even Bella will not chase or ambush her back.   I guess Katie Kitty was a 'teenage pregnancy' case.. she must have gotten pregnant as soon as it was biologically possible for her, barely at maybe 4 or 5 months of age..

Katie-Kitty was renamed by me.. She was actually called "Princess" - that was her shelter name.

Disturbed!!

LITTLE GETTY:

" I HATE that little new minx Katie-Kitty... Making all that ruckus down below our beddie...!  Can't get a good snooze with her around! "

At All Costs

BELLA:  

I had to come up and see mom. I've been waiting for her all day, she's been sleeping behind that closed door. So I just came.img the stairs in spite of that brat behind me.  

I swallowed my pride and bypassed the brat in close quarters while she even took a swipe at my butt - and I ignored it, pretended it didn't happen.

I had to greet mom - at all costs.

No-Spaz Zone

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD:


"I can relax now on mom lady's beddie and watch her get ready and hover around us - and not blink an eye.

Uhm... she even stood near me holding dis interesting ting and asked me what I thought of it.   I looked up and paid attention, tried to sniff  it.   I liked it, I tried to tell her.

PERTURBED LOUNGE

Our Sunday lounge was just perturbed ... Miss Bella tried to jump up near mom and ran into Katie Kitty in the way up... not knowing... And that minx's reflexes sprang into action, I'd say..  There was an instant hissfest and miss Bella retreated back down...

Well.. gravity, you know.. All it takes is one haughty, hissy young minx and the pull of gravity..

SETTLE DOWN!

BELLA'S BITS: 

"I heard some rustling down below me here, behind the couch.. It was so disconcerting to me, I had to rush down from my perch and investigate at once! And what do I find?!! Little miss Priss! Creating a ... ruckus for no

reason at all! I rushed her outta there at once! "Out! Out!! ", I looked at her angrily as she hissed defensively. She ran out and bolted for the top of the dining chair while I'm fast and furious on her tail. She had the top spot up above me but that didn't stop me from swatting my paw at her back n' forth. "YOU! You don't make a mess here!!", I continued to berate her, paws up.

We played patty-cake paws like that for a few moments before we called it a truce.

When Bella Does, We Watch

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD: 

"We were all hanging around the living room when we suddenly noticed miss Bella come out of the cat bathroom holding something in her mouth. We all took deep interest to it as she seemed totally engrossed with it, playing with it, dropping it on the floor, and looking at it like prey.

I stopped doing what I was doing to watch, daddy-Googie dropped whatever HE was doing to watch her, miss Priss watched her, and I don't even know where Katie Kitty was...but she musta been watching too, she wasn't running amock like usual..

And den daddy-Googie started to close in on miss Bella, wanting to see her prey. His neck stretched out, his ears pointed toward her.. She looked up at him and calmly 'told' him it was nothing he really wanted, 'it's nothing'... Then she dropped it altogether and headed downstairs and he went after her.. But we're all used to it now so nobody ran after them anymore.. He came back up after a while without any screaming and I never headed for the hills as they say..

The Nowhere Box

Ah saw mom fiddlin with dis big box today, she done put it down in the floor and was.trying to put dees beeg thang in it, lake the laptop thang she got in the keetchen.  She was muttering bad sounding words... And then she left the box open without anythang in it and walked away.   Ah thought this was.the perfect tame for me to jump in and take a look at this box up close and personal.   Whah, Ah thought Ah fit een just FANE !  As Ah nose tipped it here and dere, whah... AH even thought it maght be mah new poopoo box !

Well Ah was wrong.   Verah wrong... Mom done come back and saw me snuggled in it, and she done scream at me... Ah knew.... Ah knew she was kanda testy about dis box so Ah wasted no tame, didn't look back... just gingerly jumped out and off Ah trotted into the deep of the room.