Mouse + Cat = Blog

Can Ping?

2011-06-19T22:06:00.000-07:00

I do not know what Can Ping is, but the hoomans are verra verra busy getting ready to do that. They are putting up these flappy houses outside and talking about how they will survive the heat. I do not understand what Can Ping is that it requires heat. When I want heat I go hide on the hoomans bed or find a sunny spot. But I do not go outside.

When I learn more about Can Ping I will tell you.

Henry is busy annoying The Grump. I try not to, but sometimes, she just asks for it.

CAPTION THAT KITTY!

2010-04-23T13:41:00.000-07:00

Giver of Greenies is on somethin... She thinks its hilarious that I got post-it flags stuck on my head. SOOooo...she is having a caption contest for a picture of me at her blog...

So if you want, you can go play there, I guess.

Henry
The King

I have my standards...

2010-04-01T14:34:00.000-07:00

GoG put Greenies on the floor for me. They were stale. I am not going to eat them. Not even Henry wants them. I have been hinting by rubbing my chin on the NEW BAG sitting on the shelf. She doesn't get it.

I have my standards. I love my Greenies as much as the next cat, but I won't eat stale ones any more.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

What is this???

2010-03-11T07:23:00.000-08:00

Stringplucker brought this thing home. She is watching it for a friend. I would be glad to watch it for her...

She says it is not a cat toy. It looks like one to me.

What do you think?

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

hoomans are home

2010-03-10T10:08:00.000-08:00

I have been sad for a few weeks. My hoomans kept packing uitcases-say and leaving.
First GoG packed up a lot of stuff and left.
Then Stringpuller packed up small stuff and left.
Then -- THEN!!!! Bearded Scritcher left!!!

HE LEFT US ALL ALONE!!!
ALL ALONE!!

OH NOoooooo.... OH Nooooooooooo...

Bearded Scritcher and Stringpuller came home, but it took a while for GoG to come back. But when she did, she brought Stringplucker home!!!
Now they are all home!!! ALL OF THEM!!!

Stringplucker had an extra hooman here for one day. I call him "Beardless-Scritcher" because he is a good scritcher and he does not scare me. I think he was on loan though because there was another catly presence on his bag and his coat. I smelled it.

I like it when my hoomans are home!

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Yuck.

2010-02-06T06:05:00.000-08:00

Tiria here...

There is stuff all over the ground and when my Hoomans go in and out and bring it in on their shoes, it is cold. Henry says it is called "Snow." I don't care WHAT it's called. It makes the whole house cold. And wet. So I can't go downstairs after they've been outside. What I really want to know is why they go outside in the first place. They complain about being cold and wet when they come inside, so why bother going out? They certainly are very strange creatures, these "Hoomans." I have forgiven my Hoomans for dragging me off the the shop of horrors for nothing. My paw was hurting, but it healed itself without any help from the Et-Vay. However, I will still not go into GoG's study. It was SHE who took me there and brought me back, so I will continue to avoid and ignore her with proper catly austerity.

~Tiria~
~The Shadow Princess~

It's a conspiracy!

2010-02-04T09:05:00.000-08:00

First Tiria, and now MEEEE!!!!

Giver of Greenies can not be trusted. She pulled out the Bag of Terror (which ONLY comes out when we have to go to the Shop of Horrors.) This was AFTER she took away food from the ENTIRE HOUSE!! It is an OUTRAGE! I am REPORTING HER!

Well, I'm no dummy. I saw the Bag of Terror and ran behind the couch. But I was so hungry. And she knew it. So she rattled the food cannister and then poured some into my dish. I followed her into the bathroom and she STUFFED ME IN THE BAG!! And then... and then...

They stuck things where the sun don't shine. And skeert the pee out of me.

I am carefully ignoring GoG. She was in the kitchen and I ignored her, and then she was in the basement and I ignored her, and then she came upstairs and I ignored her.

Just ONE question: How come Tiria had to go the Shop of Horrors, and *I* had to go to the Shop of Horrors, but The Grump didn't??? I ask you. Is this fair???

shhh...

2010-02-02T14:03:00.001-08:00

don't ask.
don't tell.
i am not here.
the only thing under the bed is dust bunnies.
you don't see me.

tiria

Shop of Horrors

2010-02-02T11:24:00.000-08:00

What a ride...

2 adults.
Greenies, tuna and kibble.
Comb.
Fuzzy blankie.
Suitcase of torture (aka "cat carrier")
1 towel.
1 crazed cat.

We nabbed her FINALLY and she is at the "Shoppe of Horrors" being examined. She is quite upset.

I'm sorry pretty girl... hope you are better soon.

Love and scritches...

Giver of Greenies <3

I shall have it...

2009-10-06T09:12:00.000-07:00

I shall have it...
for a snack
after a nap
here or there
anywhere

...because I want it.

Cordially,

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Well that was a long break...

2009-08-25T10:58:00.000-07:00

So it's time to get back on track. Henry here, and I'm blogging on L.

LAUGHTER. I can laugh at the people when they do stupid things. And at Tiria when she doesn't notice me sneaking up on her. And at The Grump when she makes her gremlin noises. And at myself when I run into a wall. Noting releases happiness like laughing.

LOVE. I get it from the people. It's good.

Tomorrow Tiria blogs on the letter M.

King Henry the First

K...

2009-08-11T17:39:00.000-07:00

Hi, this is Tiria blogging on the letter K.

KING HENRY. He plays with me.
KEEP. To keep, I mean. The humans have decided to keep me.
KITTENHOOD. Oh, what fun it was. The memories...

Well, that's all folks! Tomorrow Henry blogs about L.

~Tiria~
~The Shadow Princess~

Oh noes!

2009-08-10T13:39:00.000-07:00

Oh noes! We has forgotten the Sunday blog! Tiria blogs about I and Henry blogs about J. In same entry because we has forgotten!

INCANDESCENT BULBS. They are warm. So very warm to lie under.
INSECTS. They are lots of fun to chase, eat, and throw up. We get many in our house in the winter.
INVESTIGATING. I like to investigate everything. Except when new people come to the house. Then I hide.

And now Henry on J.

~Tiria~
~The Shadow Princess~

JAGUARS. They are awesome, powerful cats. I look up to them, I guess.
JOY. I like being joyful. And happy. Isn't that the same thing?

King Henry The First

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Well, sorry all for our forgetfulness. It won't happen again!

H is for...

2009-08-08T15:44:00.000-07:00

Hi, everyone! It's Henry (there's two H's already)! Today I am blogging on the letter H.
HARPS. There is one in my house. And it makes nice noises when Tall Girl touches it.
HANDS. They give me scritches. And kibble. They are very nice. Except when they try to pick me up and wuzzle me.
HABITS. I don't mean the robe, I mean a regular activity. I ave several: The 4 am yowling, the 7 am kibble eating, the 10 am-2 pm nap, and the 5 pm romps to name a few.
Tomorrow, Tiria blogs on I. As in the letter I, not me.

King Henry The First

G is for...

2009-08-07T15:18:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, it's Tiria blogging today on the letter G. Due to an accidental mix-up of pictures, we will be showing yesterday's letter picture today and today's letter picture yesterday. That good? All right, here we go!
GOD. Because He gave me my new family. And everything else.
GREENIES. I like greenies. They're goooooooooooooooooood.
GOLDFISH. They're pretty. And they sound nice to eat.
I'm sure that there are other ones I would think of if I thought harder, but I think it's fine as it is. Apologies again for the picture mix-up! Tomorrow Henry blogs on H (hopefully with the correct picture this time).

~Tiria~
~The Shadow Princess~

F is for...

2009-08-06T14:25:00.001-07:00

Hi! This is Henry, and I'm blogging on the letter F.
FEATHERS. They are very nice. To nom upon. And also to bat into the air and watch them fall.
FINCH. They would make vey nice hors d'oeuvres. But I'm not allowed to catch them. So i just watch.
FISH. This is something I get frequently. Whenever The Grump's Trout kibble is available. Yummmm...
FLEECE. So warm. So comfy. So nice...
FOOD CHAIN. It's nice to be a carnivore.

Well that's all I can think of, but it's a pretty good list. Tomorrow Tiria blogs on G.

King Henry The First

E is for...

2009-08-05T19:06:00.000-07:00

This is Tiria, blogging tonight on the letter E.

EGG-LAYERS. Another word for birds. I like birds. A lot.
EYES. I like looking at things. Especially birds. And rodents. They're yummy. And also when I stare at Bearded Scritcher, he sometimes gives me a snack. Yum.
Unfortunately I can't think of any other E's. Tomorrow Henry will blog on F. With hopefully more entries.

~Tiria~
~The Shadow Princess~

D is for...

2009-08-04T15:29:00.001-07:00

Hi its Henry blogging on the letter D!

DINNER. I get hungry. A lot. And dinner is any time I want it to be, so I can eat.
DAD. He gives excellent scritches. And also he is the Alpha Male.
DREAMING. I dream a lot. Sometimes when I dream, I suck my paw, though. Then they all go "Awwwww that's so cute!"And I get all embarrassed. Sometimes I run in my sleep, when I dream of yummy rodents.

Well, I guess its another blog with only three entries. But that's okay. Tomorrow, Tiria blogs on E.

King Henry The First

C is for...

2009-08-03T13:17:00.000-07:00

Hi this is Tiria blogging on the letter C.

CATS. Because we are the best. And also because I am a cat.
CHEESE. I love cheese. I never miss a chance to steal it from an unattended plate.
CHICKEN. I also love chicken. I go absolutely crazy when GoG is cooking chicken.
CHIPMUNKS. They're just so cute and fuzzy and yummy looking. I love watching them.

Well, I'm sure I'll end up thinking of more tomorrow, when it's already day four, not three. Oh well, that's okay. Tomorrow Henry blogs on the letter D.

~Tiria~
~The Shadow Princess~

Daily Blog Meme: Alphabetic Gratitude Entry #2

2009-08-02T10:08:00.000-07:00

Hi! Henry here, and I'm blogging on the letter B!

BIRDS. I like birdwatching. It's fun.
BLOGGING. Tiria is nice enough to let me blog on her blog, and it's fun.
BRAINS. They make me smart. "S-m-r-t." Thats how you spell it. And I know, because I am smart. "S-m-r-t." Smart.
BUGS. Because they are fun to look at. And yummy to eat.

That's about all I can think of. Tiria will be blogging tomorrow on the letter C.

King Henry The First

Daily Blog Meme: Alphabetic Gratitude

2009-08-01T14:03:00.000-07:00

So GoG was doing this. And it looked fun. So I'm going to do it, too. Henry and I will be alternating letters. If you want to play, here is what you do: blog one letter a day (going through the whole alphabet) and list things you are grateful for that start with that letter. Here is goes!

ANIMALS. Because I am one.

AIR CONDITIONING. Because it gets so hot when you're wearing a fur coat all the time.

ANOTHER DAY. Because life is good for this cat.

Well that's about all that starts with A that I can think of. Tomorrow, Henry blogs on the letter B.

~Tiria~
~The Shadow Princess~

Friday Five: It's All About the Look

2009-07-03T08:38:00.000-07:00

Sally of RevGals writes:

In readiness for my move in 6 weeks time I spent almost all of yesterday morning sorting through my wardrobe -- closet, I am so British :-) -- marveling at how I had accumulated so much stuff! The result is three large sacks full of clothes to be given away. Some came into the category of " what was I thinking", some too big now ( at last), and others I will never shrink into again. Some are going simply because I want to streamline my wardrobe.

So how about you:

1. Are you a hoarder, or are you good at sorting and clearing?
Well, personally, I like to let Short Girl clean up the messes of cardboard and kibble all over her room. I guess you could say I'm a hoarder.
I think I'm more of a hoarder, too. I always pile all my strings under one rug.

2. What is the oddest garment you possess and why?
Well one time Short Girl was putting her laundry away and dropped a shirt on me. I looked so stupid.
I only have one, and I think it is very pretty.

3. Do you have a favourite look/ colour?
Brown fur suit with green eyes. It is a very nice contrast.
A suit of grey fur, and my beautiful blue eyes, which looks spectacular.

4. Thrift/ Charity shops, love them or hate them?
Umm I don't know what that is.
Are those outside? If they are I don't like them.

5. Money is no object, what one item would you buy?
Oooh I don't know. Maybe my own string. Except that's not clothes.
I guess I'm fine with my one fur suit.

King Henry the First
and
Tiria the Shadow Princess

Chronicle of Several Weeks in Photos

2009-05-23T08:49:00.000-07:00

Meanwhile...

And now a math lesson...
1. If a picture is worth a thousand words, and there are fourteen pictures, how many words are there?
2. If Henry has 8 pictures and Tiria has 6, how many words does each kitteh have?

1. Answer: 14000.
2. Answer: 8ooo for Henry, 6000 for Tiria.

Things are the way I LIKE them

2009-04-20T14:44:00.000-07:00

All my hoomans are home. Stringpuller got back and I kept checking on her to make sure she didn't leave the bed.

Soon it will be after-kitteh-crunchies time and all-hooman-wet time and she will come back to her bed. She is warm and her blankets are cozy. I am settling in to wait for her.

I'll be right here. Waiting to get my ears scritched.

King Henry
The King gets what he wants.

mrrrrrrrrrrroooooooooooo?

2009-04-19T13:54:00.000-07:00

Things are very bad here. Very. bad.

I am very sad. Stringpuller is not here. I knew something was up when I saw an uitcase-say in the hall. So I sat in it.

Then she got a different one and put things in it and LEFT. ME. I have been looking and looking for her. GoG gave me Greenies and promises she will be back.

I am not happy. I hid.

I think my hoomans should not leave me. Ever.

Henry
The First.

My Shelf

2009-03-28T15:02:00.000-07:00

Bearded Scritcher installed a shelf

Of wood that has a comfy wealth.

So very nice to sit upon
And very nice to snooze upon.

It is a very nicest thing

To have when it is nearly spring!

I do enjoy my box, though

It is too small as here I show.

(You can just
barely see the box,

it is so small!)

All in all my shelf is great
And something I really appreciate!

~King Henry the First~

Did you like my poem?
I am very proud of my poetic skills!

Looks Nice Out

2009-03-25T06:52:00.000-07:00

Yes, very much so. The grass is so very... green! I had forgotten grass was green during the... hmmm... how many months of winter? Wait a moment, let me count... Let's see... December, January, February... Does march count? Well, I'll count half of it... Well, anyways, 3 1/2 months of winter. Ick. I had forgotten that the sky was blue, the grass was green, the sun was warm... But the humans have something called "Al Urge Ease" that makes them sneeze and cough, so the windows cannot be opened on certain days when GoG recieves an Alert that the "Pol un Count" is high. Even when it isn't, they usually don't open windows because they say it is too cold. Then again, they have no fur coats. So, I guess it is justified. Sometimes, Short Girl opens The Window next to The Shelf. Bearded Scritcher installed The Shelf for me. It was very nice of him. So sometimes she will open it, and I can sit and sniff for a while. It's very nice. I wil upload pictures later when GoG puts them on the computer. *hint hint*

Blogiversary: 2007-2009

2009-02-27T19:41:00.000-08:00

So. Today is my two-year blogiversary. That is, February 27, 2007, I did my first post. And now I look back and see how far this blog has come. From a secret when GoG wasn't watching, to a co-blog with Henry. Wow. A big difference. So I am quite happy to still be bloggin'. Yes, most definitely.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Pssst! Tiria!
What?
Wait, what's going on?
It's my blogiversary, silly.
Oh. Dang. So that's what. Hmmm... *pounce*
Arrrg! Go away! NO I DON'T WANT TO PLAY!
Please?
NO, Henry!
Fine. Spoilsport.

I have banished them!

2009-02-18T05:34:00.000-08:00

I have banished them!

GoG went away with uitcases-say. Now she is back.

I, Princess Tiria, have banished the evil things back to the dungeon where they belong! Be gone from my domain! When the evil things come out (I can't even say the word!!) it makes my hooman beans disappear. This is NOT acceptable!

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

I ban them, too. Because I am the King.
King Henry the First

Soft paws, soft thoughts

2009-02-10T19:12:00.000-08:00

I don't like it when my hooman beans leak. They get wet faces and then seem to want to dry them on me. But tonight it's OK. My hooman bean told me that Molly my RevPetBlogPal friend was hurting and had bad pains. And that Molly's hooman bean was sad because this afternoon Molly was not around any more.

I have had other RevPets who are og-days. I think they are nice, but it's probably because I can smell 'em. Occasionally Short Girl comes home smelling like Short Dog, but it still makes me skeert. There's a smell about og-days that doesn't sit right.

Anyway. Molly's hooman bean wrote about her here. And I wish I could let her use my fur to dry the leaks off her face, too.

prrrrrrs for a game of tag in heaven, Molly.

Tiria the Shadow Princess
and Henry
(and Polgara - but she's sleeping.)

Molly

2009-02-10T13:11:00.000-08:00

Molly, one of my revpetblogpals, doesn't feel good. I don't know zactly what's wrong, but her hoomans are worried. Molly was a found animal like me and likes to remind people not to buy puppies or kittehs from puppy mills or kitteh mills. 'Cause there's lots of animals at shelters and in rescue foster care who need hoomans.

So please pray for her and for her hoomans because they worry, you know.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess.

Cat School Final

2009-02-03T11:59:00.001-08:00

I have been helping GoG with her studies. So I decided I would show her that I have been studying on my own, too. GoG signed me up to take classes on-line with Dubby, but I keep forgetting to sign in so I don't know how I will do on my exam. Dubby did really well. I have to take a make-up exam, so I am going to study from Dubby's exam and see how I do.

Cat School Take Home Exam
Class: Human Interaction
Instructions: You may use Chapters 1-5 of Dr. Fluffy Tendertoes' Human Interaction for House Cats, 2007. Carrboro Cat Press books.
Student: King Henry the First

1. When your human is working on either a technical, craft or housework project, you:
a. stand where the human is working
b. sit where the human is working
c. play with tools, string or material of human
d. take a nap in another room

1. I do everything but d. Captain Obvious, I guess.

2. To wake up your human, you:
a. bite nose of human
b. put fresh litter box paws on human's mouth
c. start a Cat Party!
d. wait until the alarm clock sounds

2. c. Nothing like a Cat Party! And it's especially fun if you press your nose to the window glass and get it really cold and then press it in your hooman beans ear. They will really like that. It gets the party started!

3. If your human is sewing, knitting or crocheting, you:
a. play with thread or yarn
b. try to sit on human's lap or working area
c. pay no attention

3. a or b - it is important to help with these projects. We cats have good taste and like to help with the design!

4. If your water dish is empty, you:
a. stand in bowl and wail
b. kick bowl with paws for noise
c. wail
d. wait until the bowl is filled to drink

4. a, b, c. plus option e - go drink out of toilet. You have to wail REALLY loudly though or they think you're just lonely and don't come see.

5. When a human enters the bathroom, you:
a. insist on coming into the bathroom
b. want to sit on human's lap if human sits
c. stare at human with amazement, every time
d. allow human privacy

5. Hoomans must have help. They need the company. Sometimes they read, and so you can always help turn pages. If they shut the door on you, you can still keep them company by sticking your paws under the door and wave at them.

6. If your human is reading, you:
a. keep the human company by sitting on the reading materials
b. yell for food
c. dash through the room acting terrified
d. curl up on the floor and take quiet nap
6. a. Though this is a trick question. They need you to help them stay on task.

7. You are accused of bad cat behavior, you:
a. look innocent
b. refuse to move from offending area
c. take a good long bath
d. roll on your back, paws in the air and ask for forgiveness
7. a and c - Don't lie down on your back or rude girlie cats will pounce on your belly.

8. When humans are away from your home, you:
a. do whatever you wish
b. find projects you are denied when humans are home
c. play with toilet paper or paper towel rolls
d. write poetry about how lonely you feel
8. a, b, c. Wait to compose poetry until the middle of the night, and then you MUST sing it for them. They will be so pleased.

9. Where is the highest place you can jump to to knock things off?
a. bedroom bookshelves
b. bookshelves in family room
c. pull down linens in linen closet
d. take a nap instead
Well, it used to be Short Girl's bookcase, but she took everything off. So now it is Bearded Scritcher's bookcase or dresser.

10. How often do you try to run outdoors?
a. every time the exterior doors are opened
b. every day or so I make a run for it
c. tear the weather stripping off most exterior doors
d. never
d. I did it once. Never again. I was skeered.

Bonus Essay Question: Why Cat Contact is Important to My Humans. One page, single spaced.

If my hoomans don't have Cat Contact they forget things. They forget how to go back to sleep easily. They forget what food dishes and water dishes are for. They forget how to open the cold box and take out cat yummehs. They forget that handsome, well-behaved boy cats are starving and want food. So they need Cat Contact.

Hooman beans also need us for fine motor exercises. That's why we are to leave cat hair on everything. They practice fine motor exercises by picking up the hairs. And they practice fine motor by giving handsome, friendly kittehs very good back scritches and ear scritches and chin scritches. They also give good kittehs bearded chin wuzzles (well, only if they have beards.)

Hoomans need Cat Contact so that they have someone to hold down their blankets. If cats are not present in the bedroom, there is no way that the blankets will stay on the bed. They will slide off! So good kittehs make sure that they anchor the blankets. Cat Contact also spaces the pillows perfectly (like this.... HOOMAN - CAT - HOOMAN). We disapprove of any other spacing. Only the bestest cats get to sleep between the hoomans.

Hoomans need Cat Contact most of all to provide testing of Greenies. If there is no Cat Contact, hooman beans will forget what flavors of Greenies are the best. (Beef. Just sayin.)

That is why hoomans need Cat Contact.

King Henry I, the smartest cat (next to Dubby)

Research

2009-01-29T11:03:00.000-08:00

I'm doing research. I'm trying to find out the bestest places to take naps. So far, I think napping on desks on piles of papers is the best place!

Don't you agree?

King Henry
Helper and holder of the hiliter!

I'm a Very Busy Cat

2009-01-19T17:44:00.000-08:00

So yesterday I was a very busy cat. I did a lot. So here is a photo blog of my activities.

First, I drank out of the toilet. GoG called me "pottycat" when she saw the pictures.

Then, I guarded the evil uitcase-say.

Then I nommed my catnip sock.

Then I tried to drink out of the toilet again, but I got caught.

Then I woke up the Grump and got her Grumpy.

Then back on guard duty with Tiria.

Then I played with my sock again.

And then I ran around like a "mane -ee- ack" because I enjoy my kitty crack. And then I crashed on the bed and looked cute. And that was my day. It was great. How was yours?

King Henry
the First

Last Year In A Nutshell

2009-01-05T16:51:00.000-08:00

GoG did this on her blog. So now I am gonna do it. Because it IS my blog, after all. Henry's not allowed. It should be fun. What you do is...
Take the first sentence from the first blog entry of each month. Easy, and a very good way to compress your year.

2008

January
GoG brought something home in a box.

February
Superbowl ( someone explain to this Brit the significance)- love it or hate it?
I like it, but I don't like it. (From a Friday Five.)

March
My middle name is Christine, because I call Raaaaaaoul all the time like someone called Christine in The Fantom of the Oprra.

April
You can too. (In reference to an anti-animal cruelty pledge.)

May
The evil dust suckers!

June
It just isn't [fair].

July
I, Tiria, permit Guest Blogger Henry (A.K.A. "N.C.P.")to write this post.

August
uitcase-say.
et-vay.
og-day.
No.
Bad.
Share.
New cat. (It was a bunch of words I don't like, so...)

September
Why are girlie cats so rude? (Henry)

October
The Grump is not a very nice cat. (Henry)

November
I just don't! (Henry doesn't get it)

December
1. What color are your beautiful eyes? Did you inherit them from or pass them on to anyone in your family?
Mine are blue-grey, a very lovely shade. (Friday Five)

This is a no-tag game, but I encourage you to play!

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Picture Tag

2009-01-01T10:52:00.000-08:00

Okay, GoG, we will play now.

The object of picture tag is to...
1. Choose the 4th folder on your computer where you keep/store your pictures.
2. Select the 4th picture in the folder
3. Explain the picture
4. Tag 4 people to do the same! No cheating (cropping, editing, etc)

For this we will be using Short Girl's picture folders, and give our individual interpretations. Then Short Girl will explain.

Tiria's take: She is investigating Animal Heroes under cover. I like this picture.

Henry's take: Hmmm... OOO!! I know! She is trying to trace my family tree. I knew I must be descended from tigers.

Short Girl's take: We went to the zoo, and a tiger was walking around, which is unusual in December. GoG took a picture.

We tag...
Spooky
Tiggie FOC
The Grump
Estorbo

Catmas

2008-12-26T08:15:00.000-08:00

Catmas was very wonderful. I got a bag of Greenies. Chicken Greenies. Which GoG has not been giving me for a while (I think she has forgotten what her name means for the past few months). So Bearded Scritcher gave them to me. Mmmmmm... I haven't had chicken Greenies before. They are delicious. I ate them all, then asked for more, and when I didn't get any, I ate the rest of the tuna ones (The Grump's) and the beef ones (Henry's). They each got their own bag, but they didn't finish and I was still hungry, so I cleaned up the mess. Except The Grump's weren't as good because she only eats the head of each Greenie and spits out the tail so they were covered in spit. Henry ate some of his and one of the Grump's. Then Short Girl pulled out the Horrible Noisy Thing from her stocking. GoG said it was a joke gift. It made horrible noises that sounded like cats in pain or really mad or something. But none of us liked it. Everytime she tried to move it away, it made that noise. I shudder at the thought. Uhhhhhhhhhhhggggggggggggg. Then it disappeared and we haven't heard it since. Henry says she stuffed it in her closet. I'm glad.
Then at dinner, I was not given any meat. Apparently, this thing that smells delicious is called "Hammm." And it seems I will get sick if I eat it. Well, I still want it. It's my choice wether or not I want to be sick, yes? But no hammm for this cat on Catmas. Oh well. I have my Greenies. That'll have to be enough.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Friday Five: Countdown to Christmas Edition

2008-12-20T13:04:00.000-08:00

Songbird writes-

It's true.

There are only five full days before Christmas Day, and whether you use them for shopping, wrapping, preaching, worshiping, singing or traveling or even wishing the whole darn thing were over last Tuesday, there's a good chance they will be busy ones.

So let's make this easy, if we can: tell us five things you need to accomplish before Christmas Eve.

1. Help the Humans get the meat ready for Christmas dinner. I hope it's chicken.

2. Help them decorate the tree. I'm sure they'll need an extra paw hanging ornaments.

3. Convince Henry that it is fun to let me sleep in on Christmas day.

4. Convince Tiria that it is fun to play tag to wake up the Humans on Christmas day.

5. Sleep. I concur.

Merry Christmas to All!

From the House Of

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

And

King Henry
The First

Friday Five: Windows of the Soul

2008-12-13T08:47:00.001-08:00

Sophia from RevGalBlogPals:

This Friday Five is inspired by my husband's Lasik surgery yesterday....He'd been contemplating it for a while and was pushed over the edge by the fact that we put too much money in our healthcare spending account this year and it would have been gone anyway. (There was only enough for one eye, but the kind people at the eye clinic figured out a way to divvy up the charges between surgery and followup in January=next year's spending account). So please say a little prayer for his safe recovery and share with us your thoughts on eyes and vision.

1. What color are your beautiful eyes? Did you inherit them from or pass them on to anyone in your family?
Mine are blue-grey, a very lovely shade. Mine are green, but sometimes they look sorta yellow.

2. What color eyes would you choose if you could change them?
Well, when you have the perfect eye color, what can be changed? I would like eyelashes though. I want orange eyes, bright orange. Orange is cool.

3. Do you wear glasses or contacts? What kind? Like 'em or hate 'em?
No, of course not, I'm a cat. Well, duh, no.

4. Ever had, or contemplated, laser surgery? Happy with the results?
ONCE again, no. No I'm a cat.

5. Do you like to look people in the eye, or are you more eye-shy?
I am very eye-shy. I like to look them in the eye.

Bonus question: Share a poem, song, or prayer that relates to eyes and seeing.

Behind These Hazel Eyes Kelly Clarkson
When You Look Me In The Eyes Jonas Brothers
I don't know any.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

And

King Henry
The First

Thanking God For You Friday Five

2008-11-28T07:25:00.000-08:00

Singing Owl-

Phillipians 1:3 Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God.

I'm musing about giving thanks for people today, partly because Americans celebrated our annual Thanksgiving holiday yesterday (I try not to just make this holiday "turkey day" even though its main feature seems to be eating till one is nearly comatose) and partly because I read the above verse this morning. It started me thinking about individuals in my life for whom I give thanks. For this post-Thanksgiving Day Friday Five, share with us "Five People For Whom You Give Thanks to God" and maybe tell us why they are significant.

1. GoG- Well, she give me Greenies and she lets me sit on her foot. She makes a great study buddy.
2. Bearded Scritcher- His feet are a good place to sleep, because they're warm and don't squirm. He scritches me and doesn't try to pick me up.
3. The Grump- Even though she's rude to me, she still lets me eat her food sometimes. She is always rude to me, but I am becoming a more tolerant cat. Also it makes it more fun to chase her.
4. Tiria- She plays with me sometimes, games like boxing and tag (I think she is impressed that I can fight off The Grump).
5. Henry- He plays with me, and also gives me chin rubs.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

And

King Henry
The First

ALL is forgiven

2008-11-25T20:38:00.000-08:00

ALL is forgiven. ALL is well...

Giver of Greenies came home. She made the uitcase-say go away...

And she brought me a present. It smells sooooo good. Right now it's in the Cold Box of Yummeh Smells. It looked like this:

I have marked the door of the Cold Box. But I'm feeling happy and so thankful that I might even share some of it with Stinky Boy Cat and The Grump.

Purrrrring with anticipation...

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Bad Girl. BAD BAD BAD!!!!

2008-11-20T20:01:00.000-08:00

Giver of Greenies is a BAD Girl. She is BAD BAD BAD!

She packed an uitcase-say. It's never good. NEVER. I am. NOT. happy.

I am guarding the steps so that she can't leave. Do you think it will work??

Tiria
And this is MY blog. MINE.

Nice Cat Ladies

2008-11-19T19:15:00.000-08:00

Giver of Greenies says that the peoples who loved on me and helped me find my forever home might visit this blog. I want the Nice Cat Ladies to know that I have a great life. I mean, I have a lot to do. They need me.

After all, I AM KING!

I have four Hooomans and two girlie cats to keep an eye on every day. There's also a slithery thing but it keeps to itself most of the time. Oh... and it is selfish. It won't share its food, which smells MOST yummehlicious. It IS kitteh-take-out smelling stuff.

So after all this snoopervising, I need a nap...

Usually when I've had a good nap, then I get wuzzled. It's OK. I love my peeps.

After nap-thirty, it's time for my peeps to do homework. I help String Puller with spelling.

I work on Algebra... not my fave. But I'm helpful. I check the pencil erasers and clean them.

Then I study Spanish. Other than el gato es muy guapo... what else do you need to know? SI! Es verdad!

Then I snoopervise oboe and harp playing. Right now I'm counting a piece for String Puller. She has lots of squiggly notes in this piece. She taught me how to count for her... annaone annatwo...

I'm exhausted. It's nap-o'clock...

Time to do chores. Cleaning the drain...

Inspecting the faucet...

And then I need to hold this box down. It's floating.

More later. I have things to uh.... think about. With my eyes closed so that I can uh.... concentrate. Yeah. That's it.

Cordially --
KING Henry

Vote FUuuRRRRR ME

2008-11-04T07:10:00.001-08:00

VOTE Furrrr ME! A tuna in every dish!

Huh. Like she thinks she's all that and a bowl of kibble.
I'm Tiria and I sniff at this candidate.

I Just Don't Get Her!

2008-11-03T06:02:00.000-08:00

I just don't! I go up to her, and give her chin rubs. Then, when I think I have my point across, I bat at her cheek. I just want to play! But every time, we box a little, then she hisses and runs off. And The Grump isn't any better. I can't even give her chin rubs. She makes "grem-lun" noises and runs off. What's with them?

Still the best cat in the house, Henry.

Rudness

2008-10-13T20:02:00.000-07:00

I would just like you to know that I have been very polite. I have shared my humans, the big warm comfy bed where GoG and Bearded Scritcher sleep, my favorite table nappy place, even my litter box.

This boy cat is rude. He wants more more more. And he does nothing to earn it. Just expects it to be delivered.

Last night he wanted MY place on the bed. I didn't hand it over. I will share. But I will not give him the fur off my back.

GoG said something about he should be a banker but I don't know what that means.

Tiria
who is annoyed the boy cats who are pigs.

AND
THIS IS MY BLOG!

Why does she make that noise?

2008-10-11T14:36:00.000-07:00

The Grump is not a very nice cat. Recently, whenever I ask her to play, she has started to make strange noises. I just walk up to her, and ask politely if she would like to play a game of tag, because I am very bored. But she hunches over like a "gar-goi-ul" (as GoG puts it) and makes "grem-lun" noises like "rrglgrllrgrlrlgrllrggrlrlllrlglrlg" really low. And then she runs away. And I only wanted to play. And I asked really nicely, staying two feet away and addressing her paws and all that. Why doesn't she like me? But Tiria is being nicer. She lets me share the Warm Bed with her. But I have to stay at least a foot away, or she makes a funny noise like "k-k-krrprr" and jumps off. So why does the Grump behave differently?

I'm still the king,
Henry

The Fun Meme

2008-09-08T15:32:00.000-07:00

Tira/ Henry here! Wanna play?
Here's the rules:
1. Any animal can play, except human beings, cuz they do their own memes! Thank you very much!
2. If you play be sure and tag another pet pal to play and be sure they know they got tagged.
3. Answer the nine questions (duh, nine lives, nine questions).
4. Be honest
5. Let people know you played too!
Here we go....
1. Favorite place to nap? under GoG's bed. On Short Girl's bookcase.
2. Favorite past time? Being GoG's study buddy/ foot warmer. Annoying the Girlie Cats.
("Can you cut that out, Henry?" "What if I don't leave you alone?" "I'll not let you blog." "Whatever. I'll blog anyway." )
3. Favorite treat? Greenies. Greenies... I guess... I don't really have a favorite treat yet.
4. Indoor or outdoor preference? INdoor! Well, I'd like to go outside, but not enough to try to escape.
5. How did you come to live with your peeps? They saw me at a Cat Show my Foster Mommy brought me to. They saw me in the Rescued Cats Room at the pet store.
6. Litter box, tree or fire hydrant? Litter box. Litter box. ( "I hear you used to poop in the tub." "I did not! The Grump did it and I got blamed!" "Sure..." )
7. Best toy you ever got? Bird-on-a-stick. The string I stole from Tiria.
8.Sleep in or early riser? Early to bed, late to rise, they say. I go to bed early, yell at my humans around three AM, and sleep until everyone is up.
9. Wish for all the world? Happy home for all! A bookcase to sleep on and nice humans.
I tag LMK and Molly.

She's not very bright

2008-09-06T18:59:00.000-07:00

My Hooman is packing. I don't like packing. I have been making it hard for her to pack. Did it stop her? NO. She's still packing.

She even blogged about it!!

I get no respect.

King Henry
who should get respect from Hoomans and bratty girlie cats!!

Puzzlement

2008-09-04T05:23:00.000-07:00

Why are girlie cats so rude? Why can't we share rooms? Why can't I be on GoG's bed too? Why can't we eat out of any dish we want?

I don't get all this hostility.

Sincerely,
Henry
aka KHT1st

VOTE FOR MEEEEEEEEEEEE

2008-08-23T19:55:00.001-07:00

I hereby promise to give Greenies to everyone,
to ban 'lecktrick dust suckers and uitcases-say,
and to have scritches for all the kittehs, every day, all day.

VOTE FOR ME!!!!!

not again!!!

2008-08-12T20:22:00.000-07:00

The girlie cats don't know... but I heard that word. I did.

"uit-case-say"????

I am most upset. I am WHiirrrrrrrrrrried. I am going to go sit on someone's shoes. Then they can't leave.

I AM
King Henry the First
and I can approve my own blogpost, so there and HA!

The Needs Meme

2008-08-09T14:17:00.000-07:00

I saw this meme on Spooky's blog. It looked like fun, so I thought I's do it.
Tiria got 1,000,000 results!!

Tiria needs...
1. To chill out. (not really.)
2. More cowbells. (definitely not.)
3. To become more profitable. (I don't need money.)
4. Sleep. (definitely.)
5. To be planted. (I am not a tree!!)
6. Polishing. (I am shiny enough from my daily groomings.)
7. To evaluate the stock market. (Huh?)
8. Help. (of what kind?)
9. A lightsaber. (what's that?)
10. Pink lipstick. (Ewwww...)

That's the top 10!

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

It's MY Blog!!

2008-08-02T17:14:00.001-07:00

It is. And no ugly boy cat can change that. Cuz I won't let him do anything but post. SO THERE AND HA!!

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Seven Things About Me

2008-08-02T13:02:00.000-07:00

Molly is inviting RevPetBlogPals to blog seven things about themselves. Since I'm new to the RevPets, I think it's prolly a good idea.

(And besides, Molly is very nice, even if she is an og-day.)

So...

1) There are more girls than boys in my kingly domain. For boys, there's The Bearded Scritcher, me and this long slithery thing that EATS MY MICE!!! For girls, there's 2 girlie cats, 2 girlies and GoG. I say we need more men!!!

2) I doesn't like loud 'lectrick dust suckers. They scare me.

3) I like head noogies. And back scritches. But. Don't. Touch. My. Belly.

4) I have learned what "Greenies" means.

5) I don't like to be left alone.

6) Et-vays make me feel verra verra small and skeered.

7) I love my new fambly. They are good to me. This is a pic of me and one of my favorite wuzzlers...

King Henry the First
Who don't need no girlie cat to tell him he can post.

Words I don't like.

2008-08-02T09:41:00.000-07:00

uitcase-say.
et-vay.
og-day.
No.
Bad.
Share.
New cat.

And I don't like the word "soon" either. Cuz it really means "not today, don't know when."

Just sayin.

Tiria
One Very Grumpy
Shadow Princess.

Worry

2008-07-19T14:48:00.000-07:00

I, Tiria, permit Guest Blogger Henry (A.K.A. "N.C.P.")to write this post.

I am whirrrrrrrrrrrried. Most whirrrrrrrrrrrried. A suit case - DON'T SAY THAT!! It's a bad word!!- Oh, sorry, Tiria- An uit-case-say. IS. IN. MY. ROOM. YES. AN. UIT-CASE-SAY.

I, King Henry The First, wrote this post.

I, Tiria, permitted Guest Blogger Henry (A.K.A. "N.C.P.")to write this post.

Grump was Gone

2008-07-14T18:21:00.000-07:00

I, Tiria, permit Guest Blogger Henry (A.K.A. "N.C.P.")to write this post.

The Grump is gone! Or, she was, but now she's back. And is locked in Tall Girl's room. But Tall Girl is gone too. So it's just The Grump in there. And GoG told me what happened. It seems The Grump got her leg caught in a broken vent and got a big cut. They thought it was me who gave it to her. But I'm not that mean. I just say little things. I look but don't touch the girl cats. But anyway GoG saw the big cut and Short Girl and GoG took her to see Puffycat's meowmie and brought her back with a cone on her head. I think it looks funny, but The Grump says it's not nice to make fun of the oldest cat in the house. GoG said that Puffycat's meowmie said that it wasn't me who bit The Grump cuz I would have left a jagged edge but The edges were straight. Then Short Girl found the broken vent and GoG found blood on a little wooden person that fell down beside the vent. I am very miffed that they suspected my Royal Catship of injuring a member of the court, even one like The Grump. Harrumph.

I, King Henry The First, Wrote This Post

I, Tiria, permitted Guest Blogger Henry (A.K.A. "N.C.P.")to write this post.

It's OK. She's back.

2008-07-14T15:20:00.001-07:00

Sheewsh. T.O.C. is back. But she is saying ugly things and she has this stoopid thing around her neck and she akshally looks a little, you know, catnipped. And her traveling cat house smells like that Shop Of Horrors!!!!

I heard G.O.G. say that she cut herself on something sharp. It wasn't NCP (or me) being rude. She just got clumsy in her old age.

And I doan care what Puffycat says. Anyone who pokes and does stuff is not Nice To Kittehs and I doan wanna go visit there.

I am sorry T.O.C. went to the et-vay. Please pray to Teh Ceiling Cat that she gets better. I may not like her, but I like the et-vay less. Just sayin.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

P.S. And guess what G.O.G. said to me??? She said I have to go to the et-vay next!!! But I will get her. I know how to hide. See? I blend in with the carpet.

Most concerned

2008-07-14T13:21:00.000-07:00

T.O.C. is nowhere to be seen. I can't smell her anywhere. The big noisy dust sucking things came... did they suck her up? I mean, I hope she's OK. She's a crabby brat and all that - but she is my only defense against the New Catly Presence...

Most concernedly yours
Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Unshared Mouse

2008-07-09T19:05:00.003-07:00

I, Tiria, permit Guest Blogger Henry (A.K.A. "N.C.P.")to write this post.

Hi. Tonight I saw something horrible. Tall Girl has something in her room. It eats mice. I saw it I did. Tall Girl took the mouse into her room and put it in a box. Then she put the THING in the box. It. Ate. The. Mouse. Yes. It. Did.

I, King Henry The First, Wrote This Post

I, Tiria, permitted Guest Blogger Henry (A.K.A. "N.C.P.")to write this post.

It's a good life...

2008-06-30T19:01:00.000-07:00

Ha ha ha!!!

I'm out and about. She can't stop me. Right now she's out of the room so I'm on the 'puter. She's off annoying T.O.C. (who is very rude! That I will agree with her on...)

I'm being polite and not eating her kibble and only doing my bidness in my box. But I did go sniff her box tonight. P.U. She lies. It does too stink. Just sayin'

Oh. And my name is officially "King Henry the first" - but you can call me Henry.

Chillin...

Henry

IT came OUT!!

2008-06-29T17:16:00.000-07:00

Yes, it did. And It said It's name was King Henry I. It sniffed me. I sniffed him. And then I followed him around everywhere to make sure he left. But I got chased downstairs by my humans.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

shhh don't tell

2008-06-28T08:19:00.000-07:00

Hi... It's me. NCP. I don't have a "real name" so they just call me "Boy Cat" (which I am except that my boy parts were removed when I was sleeping and is that right?? I ask you...)

String Puller left her 'puter on so I just wanted to say hi and tell you not to believe Tiria when she sez rude stuff about me. I'm cool. I'm big. And I like catnip. And Greenies. And fishy snack stuff. And scritches. And want to meet teh other kittehs but am in EYE-SORE-LATION. Or something like that. 'Ceptt I'm not an eyesore. I like the tall bookcase. It's where I can view my domain.

I'm ackshally a lot like Tiria. I was in a fambly and then they lost me. Then I got found and put in a cage. And then I got taken to the et-vay (ew) and then to a cage and then my new fambly found me at a store. So they brought me home so I would not have to be in a cage forever. And I'm here. And I like it. AND I AM GOING TO STAY!!!!

Oops. String Puller is coming. Gotta go.

Bye for now.

NCP

More Evidence

2008-06-26T10:27:00.000-07:00

I have more evidence of a New Catly Presence (NCP) in my house.

A bag of "litterbox stinkies" from the NCP near the door (not that mine stinks. That evidence did).
String Puller took MY Greenies into The Room.
A bowl of my special Fishy Snack Stuff went into The Room.

The smell of evidence of NCP is stronger. This is not good. I will continue to investiggerate.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

P.S. GoG's shoes smell like the Shop of Horrors. What does this mean?

Something Is Not Right

2008-06-25T16:37:00.000-07:00

I smelled it I did. A new cat in String Puller's room. It came last night. Most suspicious. The door is closed all the time. I don't like the way this sounds.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

I Want My GoG

2008-06-20T19:40:00.000-07:00

I want my GoG back. She just got home after a whole week of leaving me, but now she's too busy fiddling with her uit-case-says to talk to me. I have been too upset to post lately, so I will post now.
This is me looking upset. The big greeny-blue- thing in the back is GoG's uit-case-say (to put her suits in) .
Did I do a good job looking sad and upset?
GoG was being a bad human. So I crouched in front of her uit-case-say.
GoG better leave the uit-case-says alone for a while and pay attention to her deprived kitteh.
She left me for a whole week.
And now she's back but is too busy fiddling with uit-case-says.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Stealing My GoG

2008-06-12T12:38:00.000-07:00

I. Am. Not. Happy. At. All.
TOC was sucking up to GoG today. She was polishing GoG's feet today. And GoG liked it. Not fair. At all. My GoG.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

My Day Job

2008-06-06T14:43:00.001-07:00

This is my day job.
I sit on GoG's foot and keep it warm.
I call it "hair conditioning."
GoG says she like "air conditioning" better when it's so hot out, but I still think she likes it when I sit on her foot.
I know where she is, and TOC can't come over and butter her up cuz I'm there.
String Puller caught me when I was dozing off in this picture.
Don't I look adorable?
You can see GoG's foot in the background, as well as the black rolly chair.
Now I have to go and warm it again.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Blog Party

2008-06-05T04:19:00.001-07:00

Since I have seen GoG blogging about a parties, I decided to throw one for LMK. It was his birthday a few days ago, but I wanted to let him spend it with his family. So now I'm going to throw a party, so here it goes.
Rules:
1. You must post the rules at the begging of your blog.
2. You then tag one animal/ person that hasn't been tagged yet.

The Blog Starts Now

KIND

1. List five things you like about LMK:
He's funny, smart, playful, kind, and friendly.

2. Name one of his posts you liked a lot and tell why (You can put in a link to it if you want).
I liked "New P-U" cuz it's funny and I don't get why humans would name something a P-U. Also LMK looks very nice in the picture.

CREATIVE

1. Make up your own version of "Happy birthday" for LMK (You know, with funny lyrics).
Happy bird day to cruise,
Happy warm day to snooze,
Happy birthday LMK,
Happy birthday not to lose.

2. Make your best kitty smilie face (labels optional) and no using a premade one.
\/ Whiskers
:) Face
/\ Whiskers

FESTIVE

1. Redesign "Happy Birthday" (change the color, size, out it on a picture, anything).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

TAGGING

1 .Tag one person/ animal.
(To get the party going) I tag anyone who knows LMK (When you blog, though, only tag one person. I just want more people/ animals to join the party)

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

It's Just Not Fair

2008-06-01T10:03:00.000-07:00

It just isn't. And you know it. And I know it. And GoG knows it. And I know you and GoG know it. And now you know that I know that you and GoG know it. So what's not fair, you may ask. Well, I'll tell you.
So, a few days ago GoG gave me Greenies. I ate them, and took a nap. Then I got up and accidentally ate a little bit of string from the carpet. I was playing, see, and... Well anyway I ate it and took another nap on GoG's bed. And then my tummy couldn't digest it, so it was- you guessed it- hork time. I horked on GoG's bed 'cuz I woke up and needed to hork, so I did. But then GoG walked in and said stuff like "Oh, Tiria!" and "Not on the bed" and "Arg! Cat!" and "have to treat it" and "won't fit in the washer." Well, GoG decided that I horked 'cuz of the Greenies or my tuna snack. So now she won't give me either. It's. Just. Not. Fair.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

I Got Tagged!

2008-05-30T13:06:00.000-07:00

I got tagged by GoG, so I will play.

Rules:
The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about himself or herself. At the end of the post, the player then tags five people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

Ten years ago:
Nonexistent.

Five things on today's "to do" list:
1. Nap
2. Persuade GoG to give me greenies (more on this in a later post)
3. Annoy TOC
4. Check on all my humans
5. Yell at my humans for disobeying (or reward them if they obey)

Three bad habits:
1. Clawing GoG when she picks me up (well, I say it's self defense but GoG says it's not a good thing to do)
2. Yelling too much
3. Horking in the worst places (like on the nice quilt, in someone's shoe, in a trail down the steps... you get the idea)

Five places I've lived:
1. Under dresser NO. 1 (in nice-lady's house)
2. Under dresser NO 2. (in GoG's shiny-screen room)
3. Under dresser NO. 3 (in GoG's sleepy-room)
4. Under GoG's bed
5. On GoG's bed

Things I'd do if I was a billionaire:
I would buy a lifetime supply of Greenies, the yummy trout kibble, and tuna snacks. I would also make/ get a machine to scritch and pet me without touching me. Then I would get a really big house for me and my humans (and maybe TOC if she would be nicer to me), and pay for all my kitteh (and maybe doggie) friends to come and visit me in my grand abode.
Five jobs I've had:
1. Snoozer
2. Waker-upper
3. Foot-warmer
4. TOC-annoyer
5. Human-annoyer-entertainer

I will tag:
1. Spooky
2. Tiggie FOC
3. TOC
4. LMK
5. Molly

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Is it true?

2008-05-17T19:43:00.000-07:00

Is it true????

Oh I hope not...

more cat pictures

Tiria The Shadow Princess
Who is not addicted and can quit any time.
Really.

I am watching her.

2008-05-17T19:36:00.000-07:00

This is not good news.

GoG is making lists.
She has an uitcase-say out. And piles of books.
And she made "a list" of things for other people to do. I hope it says "feed cats tuna twice a day." Or maybe "Greenies just for being cute."

To make it worse, everyone was at a wed-DING this afternoon. I don't know what a wed-DING is but everyone made the tub wet. And wore clickety shoes. And smelled funny. And I had no scritches until night. All afternoon. No scritches. A crime, I tell you.

And now. An uitcase-say. It is just wrong.

Tiria
One very unhappy
Shadow Princess

I don't get it

2008-05-08T19:37:00.000-07:00

I just don't get it.

I have been QUITE CLEAR. I do not like uitcases-say. They are not allowed. Yet here it happened again. Reedy Girl packed and LEFT with one.

I think there is a strange magnetic pull in uitcases-say that sucks my hoomans out the door.

I shall investigate her room. Perhaps I shall leave a prezzent in a corner. Maybe in a shoe.

In the mean time, I shall go annoy GoG. It's time for Greenies.

Hmmph.

Tiria
The Grumpy Princess.

They came BACK!!

2008-05-05T17:57:00.000-07:00

The evil dust suckers! They came back today! And chased me all over the house again! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!! Everywhere I go... They follow me... I run under the bed and they suck dust from under there. So I run off under String Plucker's bed. They dust suck under there too! Then I run under the chair-wif-a-skirt that's downstairs. And they come there too! They follow me everywhere!
And possibly the most horrible part (okay, not really) is that they disobeyed me! I gave Imperial Orders that they were not to return, but they came back!! And I gave them orders not to come back again, so let's hope they obey me this time! I am NOT happy. So I took out my annoyance by hiding under the chair-wif-a-skirt and batting at TOC's paws whenever she passed my hiding spot... Heheheheh...

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

A Veryvery Late Friday Five

2008-04-27T09:53:00.000-07:00

Singing Owl from Revgals writes:

Yesterday I had two separate conversations in which people were musing about how much change is occurring. The WW II generation, of which my mom is a part, went from horse and buggy to automobiles, saw the lessening, or even the end of many diseases, went from widespread use of kerosene lamps and outhouses (in the country, and most folks were rural)) to a totally electrified and plumbed society. The fastest means of communication was a telegraph. The second conversation--gulp--was about MY generation and how much change occurred in the last half of the 20th century. The person said his 13 year old had not seen a vinyl record album until a few days before, couldn't remember a time without cell phones, and on and on. As for the questions!

1. What modern convenience/invention could you absolutely, positively not live without? GoG's skooshy bed. It has water in it or something. But you can't see the water, or feel it. But I don't care, cuz it's a grrrrrrrrrreat place to sleep.

2. What modern convenience/invention do you wish had never seen the light of day? Why? The Electric Dust Suckers. They are eeeeeeevil... they chase me all over the house...

3. Do you own a music-playing device older than a CD player? More than one? If so, do you use it (them)?
No... I'm a cat... I just listen to the Talky Box or GoG's laptop. (the picture is the Talky Box)

4. Do you find the rapid change in our world exciting, scary, a mix...or something else?
I dunno... A mix I guess. I don't follow the changes of the big world. I just concentrate on my kingdom in my house.

5. What did our forebears have that we have lost and you'd like to regain? Bonus points if you have a suggestion of how to begin that process.
LEAVING KITTEHS ALONE WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE TOUCHED!! NO matter how many times I tell GoG to let me down, she just won't leave a poor kitteh alone...

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Cats and heaven

2008-04-17T18:16:00.000-07:00

I don't 'zackly like it, but sometimes GoG comes and hugs me. I usually escape and hide under the bed.

Tonight she picked me up and wet me with her face. Her face but not her tongue. Strange. What's up with THAT???

ANYWAY...
She said something about Cub and og-day heaven. I guess it must be my RevPetBlogPal, Cub, cuz he's been sick and had to go to the et-vay a lot recently.

Now I am not big on barking, scary, hairy things (also known as "og-days") but I do know that some people have og-days AND cats, so I guess I have to admit there are nice og-days out there somewhere. And I think Cub was one of them.

So to his thumb-havers, as he calls them, I send purrs and the teeniest little tail twitch farewell. And I think that we'll meet him again where there's fields of catnip and greenie bones. Though GoG insists there will be chocolate and strawberries...

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Is it legal?

2008-04-07T20:08:00.000-07:00

I just wondered...

GoG has been putting out green stuff that isn't greenies for me. It's like dirt but it's not dirt. She calls it "kitty crack" and it is WONDERMOUS!

But T.O.C. sez that it is her medicine and it is ill-eagle to eat someone else's medicine. She sez its fur her heart. She sez if I eat it any more she will Cat Nip me.

I'm kinda liking this green stuff. Is it legal? Should I risk the Cat Nip?

Kinda mellow....

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

takin the pledge

2008-04-03T20:12:00.000-07:00

You can too.

A Million Dollar Friday Five

2008-03-28T11:19:00.000-07:00

Lingering effects of a cold have me watching more television than usual. There appears to be a resurgence of the old daytime staple--the quiz show. Except they are on during prime time, and a great many of them offer the chance of winning one million dollars.

I think it started with Regis Philbin and "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" but now we have a half dozen or so.

My husband and I started musing (after watching "Deal or No Deal") about what we could do with a million dollars. I thought I'd just bring that discussion into the Friday Five this week. It's simple. What are five things you would want to do with a million dollar deposit in your bank account?

Well, I don't have a bank account, so I'll just pretend I do.

I would buy a lot of Greenies
I would buy a nice, big house for me and my humans. And maybe TOC, if she's nicer to me in future
I would put part of it into another account to save it for later
Lots of that good, wet tuna food I get in the mornings
I would give a little to all my humans in return for their services

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Grumble

2008-03-25T12:40:00.000-07:00

Grumble. Grumble. Grumble.
The good-smelly-things are gone. My humans ate them. Grumble.
They ate the yummy things! Before I even got to taste them! Does anyone know how they taste? 'Cuz if I'd known that they taste good, I would've eaten them while I had the chance.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

BAD THINGS.

2008-03-24T20:40:00.000-07:00

I don't like them. They keep coming. GoG sez that cuz of her alligeez that she has to stop doing it herseff. So these people come and they run the loud dust suckers and scare a cat.

They look like aliens. They scream and growl and make my ears hurt.

They come upstairs. I run into another room.
They come into that room. I run downstairs to the chair wif a skirt. It's my favorite hidey-hole.
They come in THAT room. I run to the basement.
But that's really scarey cuz the basement, that's TOC territory. And she hisses and sez nasty things at me under her bref. SO I hide in nother part of the basement. And it's cold. And i can hear them dust sucking everywhere.

Then it is quiet and they leave.

And GoG is happy and I get Greenies for being a good cat.
But will they be back?
I don't like their noisy dust sucking things.

I need help...

Tiria

Strange Happenings

2008-03-21T06:57:00.000-07:00

Strange things are sitting around in my house.
There are lots...
Green...
Pink...
Purple...
Yellow...
And they sit upon a table with air holes in the packaging...
GoG said something about a "Peep Salad..."
Which I find most suspicious...
And they smell yummy...
But there are up on a "No, no, bad cat, get down, *hiss* hiss*, access denied" zone.
So I have controlled myself. If they don't disappear within a few days however...
THEY WILL BE MINE!!!

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

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UPDATE: Saturday evening

Strange thingies are still here. Today, I will begin plotting my strategy as to how to take them-ALIVE!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I will take the yummies for my own tomorrow!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

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UPDATE II: Sunday morning

Strange thingies are still here. But I heard GoG say she is going to use them. Harrumph. I am most displeased... The laws of Catly Ownership say that "If it looks like mine, it's mine. If it smells/looks/sounds/tastes good, it's mine. If I want it, it's mine." And I really WANT THEM!!!

I do not like her

2008-03-17T20:13:00.000-07:00

I do not like her here or there.
I do not like her anywhere.
I do not like her snow white paws.
I do not like her unsheathed claws.
I do not like her growl and hiss.
I do not like her grumpy spitz.
I do not like her, Cat I am.
I think her royalty's a sham.

Just sayin'

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

A Belated Friday Five

2008-03-15T17:46:00.000-07:00

Can you believe Daylight Savings Time is here already? It's hard to get used to the new, earlier onset. My family has been getting up and out a little late and a little sleepy in the mornings.

And can you believe that in two days it will be Palm Sunday for Western Christians? Our Lent is almost over, while our Orthodox sisters and brothers, whose liturgical year follows the older Julian calendar, are just starting theirs. Nicholas did a recent book report on George Washington, and we were surprised to find out that our first President's birthday was originally Feb. 11, since he was born just before the change to the Gregorian calendar. Apparently the change almost caused rioting, as some indignant people were sure that they were being cheated out of eleven days of their lives!

To help you adjust--and enjoy the process--here's a Friday Five about time and transitions....

1. If you could travel to any historical time period, which would it be, and why?
I wouldn't travel back. Too many problems with people. Especially the times when they hurted kittehs who hung out around weird ladies.

2. What futuristic/science fiction development would you most like to see?
A way of petting me without actually touching me.

3. Which do you enjoy more: remembering the past, or dreaming for the future?
Dreaming for the future. I don't like my past. It was bad bad bad bad BAD!

4. What do you find most memorable about this year's Lent?
I didn't do lent. I didn't know about it until now.

5. How will you spend your time during this upcoming Holy Week? What part do you look forward to most?
My family being back. Everyone was gone last night. But they're all back, so they should stay put for a bit.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

The Middle Name Game

2008-03-07T14:15:00.000-08:00

My middle name is Christine, because I call Raaaaaaoul all the time like someone called Christine in The Fantom of the Oprra. Dogblogger tagged me.

Here are the rules:

1. You have to post the rules before you give your answers.

2. You must list one fact about yourself beginning with each letter of your middle name. (If you don't have a middle name, use your maiden name or your mother's maiden name).

3. At the end of your blog post, you need to tag one person (or blogger of another species) for each letter of your middle name. (Be sure to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged.)

C is for cute. GoG always tells me I am. And she's quite right.

H is for honest. If I want something, I tell GoG what I want.

R is for rabble rouser. GoG calls me one when I run around too much, and annoy TOC.

I is for intelligent. I understand commands like 'come' and 'scoot' and 'high five' and 'dainty.' Plus, I can use the other Shiny-screen without getting caught. Hee hee...

S is for sneaky. I creep around all night, and TOC doesn't even hear me. I also can eat TOC's snack without her noticing. Hee hee again...

T is for talented. I can type by myself, and I do high-fives for Greenies. I also can smack a ball down the steps, and then carry it up in my mouth.

I is for intangible. NO ONE is allowed to touch me. Except GoG and Bearded Scritcher (sometimes).

N is for necessary. The house couldn't get along without me. That's just the way it is. I don't know how they managed before they got me.

E is for effective. I make a huge impression in the household. I have everybody do exactly what I tell them to, and they shape their lives around me.

I hafta tag 9 people. So I tag... GoG, Littleman, tiggie foc, Spooky, Molly, The Crew, Tanner, TOC, and Jasper. (I couldn't figure out how to leave a comment on Jasper's blog, so I hope he reads this).

Tiria

The Shadow Princess

Look Before You Leap, It's the Friday Five

2008-02-29T12:45:00.000-08:00

Hello from your Fifth Friday Five team, will smama and Songbird~

It's Leap Day!! Whether you're one of the special few who have a birthday only once every four years, or simply confused by the extra day on the calendar, everyone is welcome to join in and play our Leap Year Friday Five.

Tell us about a time you:

1. Leapt before looked
I tried jumping onto GoG's desk, but I didn't notice that there was a huge stack of papers and books. I landed on the edge of the stack and fell off. GoG didn't see, cause she was down making lunch.

2. Leapt to a conclusion
I assumed that GoG opening a can of corn was GoG opening a can of cat food. I nearly tripped her, and got a scolding.

3. Took a Leap of Faith
I allowed GoG to pick me up and hold me. Normally, I'd give her the stripes if she tried.

4. Took a literal Leap
I leapt up to to the counter and up to the windowsill without stopping.

5. And finally, what might you be faced with leaping in the coming year?
Leaping onto everything I'm not supposed to. Especially thing like GoG's desk, and the kitchen counter.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Lonely... So Lonely

2008-02-28T15:05:00.000-08:00

GoG left, so I'm lonely. She didn't ask me. OR tell me. She just left. Harrumph. I am most displeased.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

TOLD you it wasn't me!!

2008-02-27T16:58:00.001-08:00

GoG caught TOC in the downstairs bathroom.
She made a big mess.
TOC says she wasn't there.
But she's lying.
GoG saw it.
But that was after GoG carried up an uitcase-say.
She brought it all the way upstairs.
I am worried.
TOC must have problems managing stress.
At least I don't show my stress.
But still...
I was wrongly accused of this.
Just like the poo-poo in the tub.
And I have been telling them for months that I DID NOT DO IT!!!
But they didn't believe me.
*Sigh*
Such is the life of this poor cat.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

A Heavenly Friday Five

2008-02-22T06:06:00.000-08:00

I am in Seattle assisting with family stuff and preparing to attend a memorial service (Saturday) for my sister who died of complications of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

I am not grieving much, since the shock and tears and goodbyes and losses have been many and have occurred for a long time now. I am mostly relieved that my wonderful sister and best friend is free from pain and confusion, and I am thinking of eternity. That sounds somber, but I don't mean it to be. I decided to have a little fun with the idea. So how about we share five "heavenly" things? These can me serious or funny or a combination of the two.

What is your idea of a heavenly (i.e. wonderful and perfect):

1. Family get-together

Not too many people, and anyone who comes has to give me their undivided attention. They have to be available at any time for scritches, and playing.

2. Song or musical piece

Anything GoG plays on the Shiny-screen that's not too loud.

3. Gift

Lots and lots of Greenies and lap time.

4. You choose whatever you like-food, pair of shoes, vacation, house, or something else. Just tell us what it is and what a heavenly version of it would be.
Greenies- Unlimited supply of them, and they would taste even BETTER than they already do. GoG would be able to give me as many of them as I want, and I wouldn't get sick.

5. And for a serious moment, or what would you like your entrance into the next life to be like?

What, from your vantage point now, would make Heaven "heavenly?"
Lots of Greenies and fishy snacks, my family, I wouldn't be afraid of people, the people there would be veeeeeeery nice to me.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Raaaaaaoooul?

2008-02-18T10:30:00.001-08:00

First String Plucker. She left on Friday with an uitcase-say. Then String Puller. She left on Saturday. Then Bearded Scritcher. He left today. String Puller is back. But String Plucker and Bearded Scritcher aren't. This is BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD!!!
Raaaaaaoul?
Where have my humans gone?
Raaaaaaoul?
Raaaaaaoul?
Raaaaaaoul?

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

I Told Them!

2008-02-04T12:53:00.000-08:00

I told them! But did they listen? Noooooooo... They didn't!
I know nothing about the poo-poo in the tub! And did they believe me? Noooooooo... They didn't!
You see, poo-poo has been appearing in the tub. And I told them I wasn't doing it!
Today GoG caught TOC in mid-poop. OK, so maybe I did retaliate a little bit. But TOC started it! She did, she really really did! TOC is refusing to admit it was her. But HA!! GoG caught mid-way through her business. HA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA!! It wasn't me!! I told you! I was right!!

Triumphantly,

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Friday Five: Super Bowl

2008-02-01T05:22:00.000-08:00

There is so much going on this weekend that I thought I'd provide an options Friday 5!!!!

Superbowl ( someone explain to this Brit the significance)- love it or hate it?
I like it, but I don't like it-

Good: GoG is around for proper scritches
Good: There is lots of cheese for a good kitty to steal...hehehe...
Good: There are longer quiet breaks, so GoG stops yelling at the shiny window for a longer time than normal
Bad: Everybody is screaming
Bad: Too many strange people around

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

It's a Winter Friday Five

2008-01-25T18:20:00.000-08:00

I am so sorry for the lateness of the Friday Five. I've had two emergencies this a.m. and now my computer keeps crashing. I hope I can get this posted!

The picture is out a window at my place, complete with screen. ;-)

Brrrr! Baby, it’s COLD outside! At least that is the case where I am this morning. We are in a January deep freeze. Have a cup of hot tea and tackle five easy seasonal questions.

1. What is the thermometer reading at your house this morning?
20's F. Brrrrrrrrrr...

2. Snow—love it or hate it?
Hate it! Hate it, hate it, HATE IT!!! It's so cold and WET!!

3. What is winter like where you are?
Coldcoldcoldcold!!!!!Veeeeeeeeeeeeery cold!

4. Do you like winter sports? Any good stories?
Napping. One nap is much like the other.

5. What is your favorite season, and why?
Summer. It's so warm and sunny and all of the fuzzy eats are fat and running around.

Bonus: Share a favorite winter pick-me-up. A recipe, an activity, or whatever.
Naps. Great for energy. Can be done anywhere, at any time. Perfect winter pass time.

Tiria
The Very Sleepy Shadow Princess

Friday Five: Read Any Good Books Lately?

2008-01-18T14:17:00.000-08:00

The website promoting this piece of art says, "For the first time, the worlds most influential religious texts are brought together and presented on the same level, their coexistence acknowledged and celebrated”. The shelf is made of reclaimed wood that contains seven religious books. The designers have put them – literally – on the same level.

Well, pish posh! I think that some books ARE better than others! How about you?

What book have you read in the last six months that has really stayed with you? Why?

I read the back of the Greenie bag. It made me realize that I might get more Greenies if I behave better, so I have been working politely towards my 15 Greenie goal.

What is one of your favorite childhood books?

I didn't like to read.

Do you have a favorite book of the Bible? Do tell!

Rrrrrrruuuuuuuuth.

What is one book you could read again and again?

The Greenie bag. I also like to read over GoG's shoulder.

Is there a book you would suggest for Lenten reading? What is it and why?

Lenten reading? I don't know.

And because we all love bonus questions, if you were going to publish a book what would it be? Who would you want to write the jacket cover blurb expounding on your talent?

I would publish a book titled "Everything Catly." GoG should write the blurb, and maybe T.O.C. if she likes it. And I should get the Greenie company President to do it, too.

Tiria

The Shadow Princess

What My Name Means...

2008-01-17T12:37:00.003-08:00

GoG said "well, this fits." I'm not so sure...

What Tiria Means

You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless - and you have a lot of questions about life.
You tend like fairly random locations.
You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something.
You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense.
You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic "Type A" personality.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

No likey.

2008-01-17T08:23:00.000-08:00

The feeding station downstairs is missing a dish of kibble. GoG just took away mine.

WHY??? WHY??? WHY???

This is not good. T.O.C. just came upstairs to see if I took hers. I told her I didn't and that GoG just hid mine. We yelled at each other about it. Well. I mean... SHE let off some steam (if ya dig) and I just uh... "talked" about it.

Then GoG made her go away.

But we are still both mad. And I am worried... cuz before when humans took away the food nothing good came of it. Nothing.

Oh yeah. And that smells-like-a-cat-cage is in the living room. GoG thought she hid it under a blanket. But we found it.

NO LIKEY! NO LIKEY!!!

Tiria
The very upset Shadow Princess

=========== UPDATE ===========

OK. It's still weird around here. But I think it's gonna get better. GoG put the kibble back but left that smells-like-a-cat-cage out. The phone rang and she talked to someone about "snow". I don't know what that is.

The sky and trees are really funny today. They look like this:

Maybe the stuff in the sky made the food come back? I don't know for sure, but I think I don't have to worry now. But what IS that cage thing? I'm telling ya, it just bothers me.

Tiria

Where are the toys?

2008-01-16T16:33:00.000-08:00

My humans were bad this weekend.
They took all of the kitty toys off the tree-that-doesn't-smell-like-a-tree.
BAD HUMANS!!
What's a kitty supposed to play with now?
Harrumph.
How shall I punish them?

hork?
"presents" in a tub?
not coming out from under the bed?
not warming GoG's feet while she works?
being mean to T.O.C.?
hiding GoG's slippers?
give them the big ig?
put on my sad face and make them feel guilty?

Heh heh heh...

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Friday Five: New Year's Resolutions

2008-01-04T13:32:00.000-08:00

Sally from RevGalBlogPals writes:

Well it had to be didn't it, love them or hate them I bet you've been asked about New Year resolutions. So with no more fuss here is this weeks Friday Five;

1. Do you make New Year resolutions?
Well, of course not! I'm a cat, and therefore, I am perfect! But I should have more Greenies, and I need to get more than 12 hours of sleep.

2. Is this something you take seriously, or is it a bit of fun?
I take sleep and Greenies seriously.

3. Share one goal for 2008.
To sleep 14 hours a day.

4. Money is no barrier, share one wild/ impossible dream for 2008
To create my own Cat Mansion for myself, stocked with a life-time supply of Greenies. And of course, I would bring GoG, Bearded Scritcher, String Puller, and String Plucker. Maybe T.O.C.

5. Someone wants to publish a story of your year in 2008, what will the title of that book be?
How to Sleep and Scent a Greenie