Can Ping?

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.

I don't get it

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.

No likey.

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?

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?

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

Heh heh heh...

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

It. Was. THIS.

It. Was. THIS. THIS thing got the scritchy things in a box. The things that smelled like Food!!! Now I ask you, is that FAIR??? I marked the box and everything. Two chin rubs on each side. Any self-respecting beast knows that this means "MINE MINE MINE MINE ALL MINE."

I must plot my revenge. What do you think?

Hork in a slipper?
"Presents" in the bathtub?"
Paper shredding some of The Harpist's music???

Must consider this carefully. But I am NOT amused.

Hmph.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Strange goings on...

String Puller put something on her head. She even went outside with it on her head. There was some phrase "Trick or Treat" that was most important. But I don't know really why that is. She said she was pretending to be an UMBRELLA.

Then she and her friend, "Girl-who-smells-like-dog" came back with bags of stuff. They sorted it. Again. I don't know why. It seemed to be important. (I checked it out after everyone went to bed. They left all the stuff in a bowl on the counter. Nothing very interesting.)

OH. I almost forgot to mention... bad news!

When String Puller came back, that "og-day on a string" came back too with Tall Man. And that Og-Day SAT IN MY HOUSE! I watched Og-day very carefully from the top of the steps. T.O.C watched from under the piano in the living room. Og-day didn't come in very far in the house. I think we scared it.

HA HA. Cats rule again.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess.

Sharing the view

AHhhhh.... the doors are open. The windows are open. There's lots of skittery things and great smells. Leaves keep falling and I wish I could pounce on them. For some reason, Giver of Greenies does not want me to make a hole in the screen so that I can go in and out. I would only make a small one.

This morning T.O.C. and I both sat at the door and talked about all of the little tasty things. They have been sitting on the patio table making faces at us. I think, even though we don't like each other much, we would share it if we caught it. At least, I might. Maybe. (not)

T.O.C. says the open doors won't last and that soon we will be closed up again. But she says that there will be good things called "blankets" and "fleece" and "heater vents" to sleep on.

I think she is very wise. Even if she says rude things to me.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

What. Was. THAT????

Giver of Greenies is home. But. This evening she let an OG-DAY in the house. It was on a string connected to its human. She said it could not come and see me. But I went under the bed. I was sceered.

I have sniffed around the whole house. I think it is gone.

What was she thinking?????

Hmmmph.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Bad day for cats

First, Giver of Greenies gets out an uitcase-say. And so does Bearded Scritcher.

Then, T.O.C. has to wear something around her neck. It's big and plastic. She doesn't like it. It makes her cranky. The humans say that it is to keep her from biting her belly. But she hisses that her belly ITCHES and now she can't de-itch it.

THEN, String Plucker gets out the electric dust-and-cat-sucker. She vacuums outside my room. ACK!!! I run downstairs.

and THEN!!! She comes and vacuums downstairs!! ACK!!!

There is NO place for a good cat to sleep.

What happened to her claws?

Giver of Greenies did something to her claws. She painted this stuff on them. It is some kind of colored stuff that stinks and then turns her claws colors. It made me sneeze. (She caught me right before I sneezed in this picture.)


I sniffed them later and they stopped stinking. But I don't get it.


She told me that cats get things on their claws. She showed me a picture.


I mean, yes, the blue would go with my eyes. But as if I'd let anybody do that to me...

Go figure!

Tiria

so what's wrong with that??

Hmph. The mouth-scritchers are hiding. At least, I THOUGHT they were for mouth-scritching. I mean, THEY use them for mouth-scritching. Why can't I???

Giver of Greenies put them under hiding things.

She says "some things you just don't share."

I don't get that. Do you?

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

back to school

I like it when the humans are in school...

Two of them are around in the afternoon.
One of them is around some mornings.
One of them is around and awake late in the evenings.
Almost 18 hours of non-stop scritchers and playmates!

This is MOST satisfactory. Who needs summer with all of these travelings and goings-on. Give me predictability and humans home where they should be!

A+ human students!

Tiria

WHAT the??????????????

Honestly.

I get one of my staff back and another one is putting things in those awful uitcases-say... What is going ON here???

This time it's String Plucker. I just got her well-trained for scritches and greenies... will she remember what to do when she gets back?

Giver of Greenies said something about "mission trip" and "orphans" and "Mexico." Well... I was an orphan, so I guess it's OK that she goes... but I still don't like it.

Tiria

prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Giver of Greenies is home!!!!

I helped her take a nap this afternoon. So good to have a human home to help a kitty get a good nap in, especially when it is cloudy and there are no good places for a sun bath.

I have had a lot to tell her. The Flying Eats grew up and moved out. Little Eats were so close and yet so far. Furry Eats still come up to the back window and dare me to play with them. (You know... that's NOT nice!)

Time to do another customs inspections of her uitcases-say (T.O.C. says that's a bad word and I shouldn't say it.) They smell very funny.

But I'm just glad she's HOME.

PRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

NOT HAPPY

Giver of Greenies has suitcases out. I does not like them.

Aroooooooooooooooooooo...

She left a paper with things like "flights" and "Germany" on the bed.

So. I killed it.
Bearded Scritcher had to read it with rips and holes.

She says she is leaving anyway.

I . am. not. happy.

Tiria

Toys

I don't get it. I thought it was a toy. It was so much fun! All I had to do was whack it once or twice. And it shreds great too. SOOoooo satisfying! And it didn't make THAT much of a mess. Really.

But no... Giver of Greenies said NO words and clapped her hands and made hissy noises. Apparently I was not clever.

But why do humans put paper on a roller except for good cats to have fun? Why is fun bad? I mean, humans do THIS!!!

At least I kept it in the house.
sigh...

Now I am in the doghouse. P.U.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Mrrrrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooo?

All of my attendants are sleeping. One played something called "all night lazer tag". Another went to a "slumber party" but did not sleep. One is out buying subs because people are moving things in a van at church. The Bearded Scritcher left hours ago.

MRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?

No one will play with me... and I am done napping for the moment...

sigh

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Nora

Giver of Greenies keeps watching some cat named Nora play the loud black thing. I tried it but it hurt my ears. She says Nora really is just in it for the catnip they put on the keys.

I don't know. I don't think I would do it, even for catnip. What do you think?

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

suitcases

I left cat hair in the suitcase and it was not appreciated. But all those clothes make such a nice soft bed. Giver of Greenies kicked me out and LEFT!!! I was punished! WHY?

But then... she returned!! HURRAY!
And she slept late yesterday, too. A long, long time... so warm and comfy having a human in bed until Nap:30.

Today she was up and clicking and playing with my mouse before Bearded Scritcher left for work. I had to beg TWICE for Greenies before she remembered.

I am not sure, but I think she left part of her brain in her suitcase. She said something about being tired and forgetting things she knew before she left. That has to be it. The suitcase. I knew there was a reason I didn't like them.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

Not me

I know I am the youngster in the house, but how come *I* get blamed every time something gets knocked over downstairs, or something gets scratched... or *someone* leaves a "present" on the floor??? I didn't do it. Not ME!

Humans are funny. They all go EW EW EW when they see "presents." But it was not MY "present." And besides, it was downstairs. I am the upstairs cat. T.O.C.** is the downstairs cat.
:yawn:

Time for a nap.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess

**T.O.C. is that other cat. She doesn't like me much.