Frooty and flower FRIDAY

Caesar:
This is a darkie picture of me but I like laying on my bed like this in the morning
after I have had my breakfast. See how the sun shines on the legs. oooh I love that.

Yay, week-end week-end
Yippie skippie week-end

Here are some nice pretty flowers from mommie's gardens:

Tithonia and zinnias

impatiens, zinnies and those orange flowers, oh yeah, Nasturtiums

nasturtiums

MORE Nasturtiums

some purple flowers

Hot Shot roses


It's frustrating when you know all the answers,
but nobody bothers
to ask you the questions.
~Author Unknown

happy Thursday

Prinnie:
We hope you have had a delightful week so far.
The beans have been very busy here... going here and there, doing this and that.

Here are two kitties that mommie took care of last week.
They live in the house across the street.
This guy's name is Muffin and he is a big muffin.

he weighs 20 pounds, but he is very lovey dovey and has a gigantically loud purr

Sometimes I am pretty sure I can hear Muffin purring all the way over at my house.

then, the other kittie's name is Squeekie. This kitty is a scaredy... but mommie was gentle with her and soon she came out and she was loving mommie just a little

Mommie loves taking care of kitties.
I wish I could have come over and helped. oh well....

Happy Happy Thursday from Caesar and me!

That which is striking and beautiful
is not always good,
but that which is good
is always beautiful.

~Ninon de L'Enclos

mancat Monday

Caesar:
Prinnie and I woke up very loud and perky this morning.
We are ready to have a happy snappy day!


Mom and Blizzie have lots to do.
YES, Blizzie made it back home from her adventure. She did a lot of driving in parts of Maryland and Virginia she has never driven on her own. She made it home all by herself (mommie was worried), she did it. wowwwww


We are planning on having a really good day.
We hope your day is happy too

OH! remember... we might not be blogging every day for a about A MONTH!
Things are crazy busy here...
We will try to visit around even on days that we do not blog.
We love you kitty friends.

When you look at your life,
the greatest happinesses
are family happinesses.

~Joyce Brothers

Proverbs meme

Princess:
We absolutely love the Proverbs meme!

This is sooo much fun!
Dragonheart tagged us, and so did LittleloudLucyfurr

They had fantastical proverbs.
Here is Dragonheart's:
"If at first your humans don't tend to your needs, meow and meow again."


Here is LittleloudLucyfurrs's:
"BE WARY OF THE TAIL
IT MIGHT BE SWISH
OR COULD BE THRASH"

Thank you Dragonheart and Lucykins for choosing us!

A proverb is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated, which expresses a truth, based on common sense or the practical experience of catkind. They are often metaphorical.

I had many many great ideas for wonderful Proverbs.
Here are a few of mine:

"Talk doesn't open cans of meatglop."

"A kitty is as old as she feels herself to be."

this is my very favorite:
"Don't put all your Temptations into one crystal bowl."

Caesar: here is my Proverb:
"Many a whap is done in jest."

We do not know who to tag... hmmmm who has not done this yet?
We might be one of the last.
There were so many superb proverbs out there.
we should make a book!!!!!!

If you are interested in participating in this really fun meme
then you ARE hereby tagged!!

meow!
TAG

We hope you have a very special and exciting Saturday.
Blizzie is coming home today. I am waiting right here for her.
And I get my flooids this afternoon. Send bravery purrs.
snuggles and purrs, me

Here is a proverb my mom likes:

The nose is for breathing~
the mouth is for eating
cakes and cookies.

here is the mom and dad that SHE inherited this cookie obsession from
click to biggify and see the gramma in the background
snarfing the cookies
look at all of those cookies on the table!!!

Frootbat Friday

Caesar:
This is me, the sleeping frootbat. sometimes I lay like this while I am getting my flooids. But I keep my eyes a bit open... to be sure I get the babyfoods after.
If you click on the picture to biggify, you will see a great picture of ME and my eyes are a bit open too!

Prinnie is upstairs waiting and waiting for Blizzie to come home from her roade trippie.
grate nooz:Yesterday Prinnie got her flooids, but guess what? she was happy while she got them, well, not ekstatic, but moderatley content. She did not struggle. Mommie and Bliz discovered a great thing. If Prinnie is in her snuggly cup bed, she feels more secure getting the flooids. One small step for Prinnie, One great step for getting flooids....or something like that.

Today is going to be a super fabbie day.
We hope you enjoy it, and have a wondermous week-end too

headbutts ~ Caesar

It is better to have loafed and lost
than never to have loafed at all.
~James Thurber

P.S.:
WE might be blogging only about three days a week for a few weeks. sorry. Things have gotten so busy here. We will try to visit around even when we do not blogg.
We love you. C + P

P.S.S.: We were taggied by Dragonheart and Lucy~furrfluffiekins for the proverb meme.
we ill work on it today... or tonight.
We willl each have a proverbbie coming up in a spiffy Jiffy. Thank you for tagging us DH snd L~F

Blizzie's first roade tripp is today!

Princess:

Blizzie is going to werk at her silly grocery store job this morning, then... dundundun, ... gulp, I will get my subq's. Then, Blizzie is going bye-bye. She is going to the camp where her friend Katie is working as a counselor all summer. Blizzie is going to visit her. She is driving all the way to the camp place in her little car named "Cubby". This is her first big long roadtrippie all by herself. She printed out a squillon maps she got from Googlie mapps. It is only a one hour drive. She has her cell fone, and her camera. She is going to have a great adventure.

I will wait for her. She will come home some time on Saturday.
I will wait and wait and wait.

Happy Thursday to all of my friends.
Today is going to be a good day!

Like all great travelers,
I have seen more than I remember,
and remember more than I have seen.
~Benjamin Disraeli

Word~full Wednesday

Caesar:
Prinnie took her flooids yesterday. She did not scream as loud and not for so long.
But she was still really ::::steamed::: afterward.

Okay, so this is how it goes: mommie comes into our roomie upstairs (if I am up there she throws me out... well, she politely asks me to leave...) and then she shuts the door with Prinnie and Blizzie and the bowl of chicken baby foods.... oh, and the big bag hanging on the nail and all of that scaary stuff... ie: the needle.

Mommie is not squeeemish at all. She is very calm and focused (she used to be a nurse and gets what she came for every time) , first and foremost, she makes Prinnie feel like she can trust her but mommie still gets what she wants: to get the flooids in Prinnie.
So, heeheehee, Prinnie sees mommie with the bowl and she gets up and makes a dive for under the big cozy bed in our kitty room. so then mommie has to lure her out with the mighty tempting stinky smell of the chicken in the bowl yumyumyum..... :::salivates::: finally Prinnie will come out and mommie puts her on the big pillow and holds her down. Blizzie helps. That is when mommie says 1-2-3 and stabs her and that is when the screaming really starts. Mommie and Blizzie talk very soothing and sweet to her and tell her how wonderful and courageous she is.
Prinnie does not listen. She is just mad mad mad.
Mommie thinks it is better to give her flooids at home than take her to the vetlady.
she thinks that she will eventually get used to it....

Prinnie is always happy and lovey dovey after about 30 minutes!

Today is Wednesday.
We hope you have the very very best day ever!

There are two tragedies in life.
One is to lose your hearts desire.
The other is to gain it.

~Oscar Wilde

Facial Expression Tuesday

Princess:
Luxie asked us to share a picture of a favorite facial expression.
Here is mine.

Today I have to get subqflooids (blah). I get them every other day because the vetlady likes me better than Caesar.
Okay well, Maybe that is not really the reason.
Boy do I get miffed when mommie gives me flooids. meee-yow!

pee-ess:
mommie has not read the HP book7 either. Blizzie is reading.
She has read the last 6 books but at a very slow pace.
Sparknotes has a great synopsis of each of the stories. So does Wikipedia.
Right now she does not really have time....
Happy Tuesday to you!

"Sometimes, timing is everything."
~our daddie

Mancat Monday

Caesar:
Happy Monday.
We hope every kitty got some major lappie time in with the extensive Harry Potter reading marathon.
Did your bean like the ending?

Today is a busy day for mommie.
she might go to the rink... She has a bazillion chores and errands.
Prinnie has the day off from flooids. She still gets really krabby about it.

We hope today is your very best day ever!

Headbutts, Caesar

Genius is nothing
but a great aptitude
for patience.

~George-Louis de Buffon

Froot'n Batt'n Friday

Caesar:
durrrrrrr
Guess what I like?
subQ Floooids.
seriously.
I call mommie when I am ready to get my subq's.

I love showing off in front of Prinnie too.
and I get a little bit of babyfoods, oh yummm

Prinnie got the day off yesterday, just because.
Today.... she gets flooids

bahahahahahahahaha


Today is a bizzy day. The big bean Chrystabellegirl is Moo-Ving to her own place. She is leaving the nest and and and, mommie is not crying. yet. Then again... The Chrystabelle is moo-ving only 4 miles away to a cute little apartment with her own cooking room and litterbox room and her own parking space and her own everything!

I will get mommie to take some pictures of that... this is a milestone, when the firstie born flies away... farrrrr faaaarr away...... :::flap flap flap::::

Maybe she will moooove back home next week.

Have a super grate week-end everycat!
You are loved.

Happiness is a grateful spirit,

an optimistic attitude,
and a heart full of love.

Thirsty Thursday

Princess:
I am drinking a lot!!
Yesterday mommie and Blizzie attacked me and gave me flooids, but I got to have some baby food too. So, I guess it wasn't so bad. However I did get really mad because they made me sit still. I screamed really loud to show them that they were torturing me almost like pulling my arms and legs off!!

Here is sweet little me on Blizzie's bathroom sink.
She lets me sit on a fluffy towel while she gets ready in the morning, and at night.
I know, it looks like I have lotion pumps coming out of my head... but they are not!
They are behind me, sillies.
What if I had water pumps on top of my head.... hmmmmm... the possibilities

I am feeling much better today. No, not because of the flooids, just because! harrumpfff!

I am so embarrassed that Caesar told all of you about my drippy poops.
Is nothing sacred?
and then they wonder why I am so krabbbby....
Sheeesh!

Thank you sweet kitty friends for thinking about me, and encouraging me and loving me even though I am a krabby girl.
Love, Miss Grumpy Gills... .
yes, I will keep drinking and drinking and drinking and drinking.

"Never give in,
never, never, never
- in nothing,
great or small,
large or petty
- never give in
except to the convictions of
honor and good sense."
~Winston Churchill

Wordful Wednesday

Caesar:
The vetlady says Prinnie has to get subq fluids... some how. She just needs to bite the bullet (not the vetlady, Prinnie!) and do it. I can tell you... the subq's are making me feel like a 12 year old!

Prin got germ killer pills for her tummy yesterday. She had this ewie clear bloody kind of poop coming out of her butt and mommie took a sample of it to the vetlady. The vetlady said Prinnie's kidneys are working so hard they can make her tummy sick and irritated. The nice multipierced vethelpergirl gave Prinnie a whole lot of subq at the office, so Prinnie's little arms looked very poofy when she got home. heehee.

So anyway... sometime mommie is going to try to get some flooids into Prinnie. The vetlady said if Prinnie is too krabby about it, that they would do it in the office.

Okay so I am all done talking now.
have a fun day. It is drabb and dreary here, maybe we are going to get some water drops from the sky. I will lay under daddie's desk lampie and help him with his werk.

Have a terrifical Wednesday

It is better to look ahead and prepare
than to look back and regret.

~Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Guess what today is?
Dragonheart's First Birthday
Hoooo ray!




HAPPY very first BIRTHDAY
to our dear friend
DRAGONHEART!

Toesday and Prinnie has the poops

Caesar:
Here is me and my toes, and my sweet goodboy face.


Guess what?
Prinnie has to go to the vetlady today. She has had a sick tummy and some drippy poops, so mommie said she has to go to the vetlady because she is 16, and drippy poops are not good when you are 16.
Poooooor Prinnie.

I am so glad I do not have to go to the vetlady... sheeesh
I hope Prinnie is brave and does not scream herself hoarse or get jabbed or poked.
I hope she does not suffer... my poor kitttttie sister
:::::sh-shivers::::::
I am really glad it is not me....

have a very happy day everycat!
Keep your paws crossed for the Prin~Flower

"Because of God's great
and steadfast love for you,
your truth is safe with Him."

MANCAT MONDAY & Dragonheart gave us a cool awardie

Caesar:
I know it. I am such a mantiger.

Just doing my daily patrols.
One sunny patch at a time...

Dragonheart honored us with this wonderful awardie

This is really... really such an honor.
We are caring bloggers!

Well, we would honor him right back but he was already given this prestigious award. Wow.

The Caring Cat Blogger Award is for cats who demonstrate caring and compassion for others. We are deeply honored. We will display this award proudly!

We can think of several kitties that deserve this award, atleast 20.

Princess and I spent the entire week-end ThinKing and thinking and THiNKING of who we should select for this awardie, and we came up with so many names. So we wrote the names of the kitties that came instantly to mind, and put those names in a "hat" and mixed them all up, and Blizzie reached inside and selected....

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............
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SKEEZIX
also known as Bootsauce

Skeezix is certainly a kitty that one thinks of
immediately
as caring
Skeezix is a friend to all.

Happy Monday!!

It is better to be silent
and thought a fool, than to speak
and remove all doubt.....

FLOWERS FRIDAY

Princess:
sometimes mommie calls me Prin~Flower


yay yay yay
Today is Friday-ay-ay-ay!
Here are some snappy happy flowers that are still alive in the rain deprived gardens of our yard, in the Broadvalleylands (actually we are not in the valley anymore, we are up the hill now since we moved here only 6 streets from the former)

We hope you enjoy these.
Have a sniff or two.

These are Rudbeckia "Prairie Sun"
Are not they fabbie and happy looking?

Here are the pink poofy flowers that are called... um...
let me think and I will get back :-P
They have a name...

Happy Day
and Happy Week~end

All things excellent
are as difficult
as they are rare.
~Baruch Spinoza

discuss...

We Are The Schmmooooozers

Yes, yeppie we are!

Daisy nominated us for this award and we gladly and proudly accept it.

Princess:

“As it goes, schmoozing is the natural ability 'to converse casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection.' Good schmoozers effortlessly weave their way in and out of the blogosphere, leaving friendly trails and smiles, happily making new friends along the way. They don’t limit their visits to only the rich and successful, but spend some time to say hello to new blogs as well. They are the ones who engage others in meaningful conversations, refusing to let it end at a mere hello - all the while fostering a sense of closeness and friendship."

• Each recipient is to post the badge on their site with a link to their post and bestow the award upon five bloggers.

We love every kitty blogger because there is love and kindness and friendship and joy here in Bloggieland. We believe that every cat is amazing. In exchange for a little bit of attention and love we get from our wonderful beans, we give freely and unconditionally (well... most of the time) Encouragement, Hope, Purrs and Happiness everyday... just by being the adorable and cute tiny tigers that we are! How easy is that? WE have been doing it for 16 years.. we are so good, we can do it in our sleep, hahahahaha meaow haha meow meow

Here are 5 kitties that we believe deserve this awardie:

Dragonheart: This boy was easy. He and his mommie were the first ones to pounce over here and give us information about CRF, when Caesar got the big diagnosis. It is so wonderful when beans and kitties come out of nowhere and pick you up, and point where to go.
He of course is such a little guy awwww, sooo cute and tiny. When we read his bloggie he helps us remember every thing we did, every crazy idea we had, when we were kit-tens. We were very very wild and busy... very busy. Dragonheart loves his mommie and daddie and tells us about them and the places they go.. with out him. Dragonheart is a friend to all.

Bogdan: He just tells things as they are. The truth and the whole truth. We like that. He is a great friend and he cares about other kitties. He shares in fallibilities as well. How humble. He is a funny fellow too!

BenFuzzkins: This little fuzzbert has had a huge task. We admire how he scooped his mommie up into his heart... That meant, we will carry on, mommie. We can do this together! We love you BenFuzz.

Oh this is such a difficult task to just pick 5. Can we please just pick a hundred kitties??? Please????????? Okay... well, last but not the least:

Miles and Sammy: They are two of the cutest meezer brothers ever. They make us laugh and they are also a lot like Caesar and I were when we were kit-tens. Working as a team. we like that, it confuses the bean big time, they however also share their concern for the sweet kitty friends here and there. They are always happy and enthusiatic!

So many choices... these meme's and awardies make us crazy. We have to wrack our brains!!

Happy Snappy Thursday!! Go out and attack the day!
well, we are anyway...

~Always tell the truth,
even if you have to make it up...

Peaches Peaches Peaches

mmmm yummmmy
can I have a taste?

You think eating peaches is icky?
Well.... how about peach pie?

Here is a recipe for my mommie's Peach Cobbler

Ingredients:
~1/2 cup white sugar
~1 and 1/2 sticks (so that would be 3/4 cup... as 8 tblsp are 1/2 cup=1 stick) of butter or margarine
~About 2 cups of Self Rising Flour
~1 medium egg
~A whole lot of peaches... say, at least, about 9 medium size
~for peaches in the bowl: another half cup sugar, cinnamon and Instant Vanilla Pudding (Such as Jello instant package, in it's dry state, right out of the package)
~a 9x9 square pyrex dish or something similar do not grease it
~Preheat oven to 325 degrees

Preparation: ~cut up the peaches into nice chunks not slices. 1 inch squares, bite size... keep the skin on.

~Put the peaches in a medium size bowl and set aside...
~In a nice big bowl, mix together the butter and sugar until creamy then add the egg, mix.
~Add flour a little at a time, keep mixing in more until (it feels like firm playdoh) you can handle it with floured fingers. (these are Blizzie's piano hands)

~take about 1/5 of the dough off and save on a dry plate. (keep the flour out, you will need it)


~Press the rest of the dough evenly into the 9x9 dish.
~Set that aside
~dump the pile of peaches into the big bowl that you mixed the dough in,
~to the bowl of peaches, sprinkle 1/2 cup sugar and two Tablespoons Instant vanilla pudding, then toss gently with a spoon to sort of get them coated.
~Dump the peaches into the dish. Spread them around, if it is too high then use your hands and gently smash the peaches down so they are nice and cozy, esp the corners. If you have way too many and they are falling out... give them to hubby to eat (guys never eat enough fruit)... you don't want the peaches falling out of the dish.
~Sprinkle with cinnamon, as much as you like.
~Divide the left over dough into 6 balls, then with flour make some strips, don't try to get fancy, just kind of roll and mold something, flatten and lay it across the top. Use flour for easier handling. You should be able to get 3 going each way. Don’t bother weaving, the “weaving police” never show up for peach cobblers. Besides, if they do, the peachy cinnamon aroma will over whelm them.
~BAKE for 50 minutes.
let cool one hour before eating. Refrigerate leftovers.

My mommie wrote this recipe so if your beans have questions about it, then just let them ask in the comments section here :-)

Today is going to be a great day!
headbutts~Caesar

The reason most major goals
are not achieved
is that we spend our time
doing second things first....
~Robert J. McKain