Holy Turkey!

I could not beleeve mine eyes when I looked owt da window yesterday.  Look Look!  Da biggest birdie I ever seen in mine life was walkin around in mine yard!  Holy Smoley I still cannot believe mine eyes how big she was.  I finks I will stay right here in da howse instead of trying to tackle her.  Da big peoples gonna haf to handle dis one.

Sunday Chillin

I'm a chillin out on my kitch-hen island.  Yoo can hardly see me huh?  Dis must be why Mommie picked dis kind of gran-it cuz it looks jus like me.  It is nice an cool tho.  We am having crazy weather here in Connecticat.  Ferst it wuz cold and wet, den it wuz more cold and wet, den it got hot a humid like August weather and now it's cloudy and cooler again today.  It is still nice enuf where da Mom lets me owtside to chase squirrels.  Yeah.  Dat's a fun fing to be fankful for.

~Beau Beau

Mancat Monday

Yeah - I am a mancat.  I let Angie share da bed wif me.  I even let her haf da good spot at da top of da bed next to da pillows.   A good mancat knows how to share.  Haf a good sharing week effurybuddy!  Let us know how you gonna share somefin dis week.  

~Beau Beau

Thankful Thursday

I am thankful dats fur shure cuz of da fings dat happened da ofur day.  Listen to dis!  First, I gotted to go on da deck right away in da morning while da lady wuz gettin reddy for werk.  Den quess what??? I gotted to stay owt on da deck all day till Daddy got home.  Boy wuz he surprized when he opened da door to let Beau Beau owt for some sunshine and dare I wuz.  Den it gets better.  Daddy den brot me rite to da kitchen and gave me some cream!  Yeah kitties, I got a bowl full of cream!  He knows how much I love dat.

Next, I went owtside again, to da back yard (not more deck time).  And, hold onto yur tails for dis one.... a little birdie fell rite owt of da sky rite in front of me!!! Well, Mommie wuz not too happy bout dat, but it was a real bonus for me until she tooked it away.  So furriends, I am really thankful for doze happy events. Dey made my week.  I hope yoo all haf a thankful day today!

Purrs,
Angie

Tuesday Tummy Air-O-bics part II

Air-o-bics Part II:

Form:

Well yoo canna see unner mine tummy, but yoo gets a good idea how long it is!  I did not haf a video of me playin Air-o-bics but yoo can get a purrty good idea of how it's done by dis shot.
Can yoo see da wall an how little space dare is if yoo duz a slide?  Yep, not much space between landin' and a slammin'.  Woo Hooooo, but boy duz it wake up yur spirit!

Notice how da front legs are extended properly.  Da back legs are pointed down for a smooth catch of da proper landing area.  When dry, an eggcelent landing is assumed.  When wet, lando, slammo.  Always check by jumping up normally to test da surface ferst.

Haf fun and post any of yur Air-o-bics form pictures for criteekin.

Best,
Beau Beau Bentley

Happy Easter Sunday

I think of the garden after the rain;
And hope to my heart comes singing,
At morn the cherry-blooms will be white,
And the Easter bells be ringing!  ~Edna Dean Proctor, "Easter Bells"

Happy Easter to efurryone celebrating today.  Da beans may not be haffing ham, so we am going to eat more  stinky goodness instead.  If'n yoo has any xtra ham can yoo send it my way?  I did get to eat some yummy ham pie yesterday so I am happy wif dat.  Mom looooves ham pie, pizza gain, whatever yoo wants to call it.  It's ham and eggs and cheese and some other meats dependin' what da fambly favrit food is.

Wordy Wednesday - Mousies Galore!

We have been up to a lot in da last two days.  Ferst, when da Dad man came home da ofur day, he was reely surprised cuz we were not at da door drooling for food as yoosual.   He was worried and came lookin for us.  What he saw next was me, Beau Beau, runnin like a bandit across da downstairs floor a squillion miles an hour, Angie chasing rite behind.  'Acept dis time we were not chasin each ofur.  We wuz doin' da mousie dance.  Da mousie dance is what owr Dad caught da last act of.  He wuz not sure what dat furry grey fing was at ferst but he found owt soon enuf.  And to owr dismay, he tooked dat half dedded mousie owtside.  He felt bad for dat mousie but we wanted to play wif him some more.  And geez, he jus tossed him in da bushes!

Dat wuz day one wif da now dedded mousie.  We kep on da lookowt for more mousies.  When Mom got up in da mornin we wuz no where to be found.  She figgered dat we wuz on mousie patrol again.  No mousies in da mornin' but when she finally gotted home after a nasty day she had at werk I brotted her a nice present of fresh mousie.  

Hmmm, wonner if dare are any more mousies in da housie?  We finks we might haf to start bringing in da bacon mousies to support da howsehold wif da way da beans are finking bout dare jobbies. Jus sayin'. "Squeeeeeeek!" oops - gotta go to werk now!

~Beau Beau an Angie -- mighty mousie hunters extraordinaire

Kitch-hen Air-o-bics Lesson

Kitch-hen Air-O-Bics lesson 1:

First, yoo hafs to haf da shiney kind of counters - either gran-it or da kind dat looks like gran-it - mostly da kind dats shiney.  Next yoo has to get yur human to turn on da water (some of us likes to drink da water but mostly we still needs da humans to turn it on).  Den yoo gets da human to wash da shiney stuff.  Note: Yoo can see dare is a lot of human innner akshun here but it is necessary.
Next yoo takes a runnin leap onto da wet, shiney, counter .  What happens next dee-pens on yur kitch-hen.
We must gibs yoo a warning tho, cuz if yoo slides da wrong way yoo can go head ferst into da wall.  Dis may be 'acitin for some or a headake for others.  Da Air-O-Bics part is if yoo do dis on yur kitch-hen island.  Dis is a two-part man-oover.  1) Yoo slides reely reely fas, den yoo get an Air-o-bics akshun on part two.
Hafs fun wif dis game but stay safe!

Beau Beau- Level 1 Air-O-Bics instruktor.

Photo Hunt - Trees

Today's photo hunt is TREES.   Well dey didn't say dey had to be live trees did dey?  They are mine trees dat owr man had cutted down cuz dey were dying.   Good fing we had dem cut down cuz dey prolly would haf come down anyway in all dat bad winter wevver we had.
And, I smell somefin in here.  Someone has been in mine trees!  I'll show 'em.  I put my stinky all ofur da place so dey know just whose trees dey are rubbin against.

Go see some more photos of trees at da photo hunt place.

Hey - is anyone else having a problem commenting over at da Photo Hunt blog?  Owr typist says she sees dat there are comments but cannot see dem or make one.

~Angie

A Hawk Scare

Holy Carp!  Yoo are not goin to believe what happened dis morning!  It involved a big  Red Tailed Hawk an me.  Ferst, I got da Mom to let me owt on my deck dis morning so I could catch watch da little birdies dat lives under da deck in a cubby hole next to da house.  Den, Mom went to go let Angie owtside.  Here is a picshure of da back of owr howse.  It has lots of windows so we can feel like we are owtside but dare is nuffin like da real fing ya know?  So anyhows, Mom wuz in da kitch-hen when all of a sudden BAM!  She looks quick cuz da noise camed from da window and deck area.  She almost had da big one cuz she knew I wuz on da deck by mineself.  Den she sees dis BIG GINORMOUS Hawk fly up by da deck and her flew into a tree right near me.  Mom ran her big butt as fast as she could back to da deck to see what happened to me! When she opened da door to my deck I was puffed up a squillion times what I normally look like if yoo could imagine dat!  I wuz so big I could hardly fit frew da door!  Hahahah :-).    I finks we were trying to catch da same birdie but she hit da window instead!  When I gots inside I clung onto mine Mom but I wuz not too scared for long.  We looked owt da window and saw da big birdie fly away.

Let me owt!

Let me owtttttttt!  !  It's been a while since we been on line cuz Mommie has been so bizzy.  She made dis picture box of me in her last Photoshop class.  Yoo likes it?  Good fing I don't reely go owt in da woods cuz I finks it would be reely scary.  So maybe its not let me owt, but let me IN!

Purrs,
Beau Beau

Photo Hunt - Self Portrait

One day our lady mommie wuz taking pictures and practicing wif da timer fing and she put it on da tripod and den she made us push da button wif owr paw.  Organix treats helps to keep us in one spot.  It is not easy to get a picture of us together in one spot like dis.  She took over 20 photos before we gots dis one.

Spring is coming

I can smell it.  Spring is coming even though I'm standing here on my tootsies in snow.  I can smell dem birdies.  Dis is my favorite birdie spot where I sit and wait for a birdie lunch.  Pretty soon da snow will go away and my pawsies will not be cold anymore.

~Angie

Snooperbowl Sunday

It's Snooperbowl Sunday!  Fur all of yoo who don't know, Daddie is a BIGGGGG Packers fan even though we live in Connecticat.  Da beans haf been to Green Bay a couple times to see a game, and Daddie is a big football memorabilia collector and he likes da Packers stuff.  We don't have haf as much as some Packer's peoples but it still is fun to look at it.   Whiskerconsin is a great state wif lots of nice peoples as we can see by all da nice cat bloggers we haf met.  So, we'll be rooting for da Packer's today and may it be a great game for all!

Go Pack Go!

Pee Ess -- dis picshure might not be so far off if Texas gets more snow today!  The world has gone wacky!

Kitties Cooking on Sunday

Hahahaha!  No seriously, we did not do da cooking, but we kept pace in da kitchen to oversee what food fing was going on.

Apple Pancake - Gluten and Lactose Free

Apples:
3 large green apples (you can use more if you like) - peeled, cored and sliced.
3 tablespoons sugar (we only used one but it would probably be better with 3)
1 tsp cinnamon
2 Tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
5 tablespoons parve margarine (we used earth balance natural buttery spread) it is gluten free, lactose free, vegan and non-GMO.  Although it does list that the natural flavor is derived from corn so if corn is your problem, be aware of that.

Batter:
3 large eggs
3/4 cup water (or you can use a milk substitute)  we use water for most things and it is fine.  We still can't figure out why everything has to be some kind of milk based thing.
3/4 cup Gluten Free Flour (we used Bob's Red Mill)
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp aluminum free baking powder (you might be able to leave this out) I put it in because I thought it would help to make the batter rise.

Toppings:
confectioners' sugar
pure maple syrup
or - apple butter for even more apple flavor (note that pure apple butter does not contain butter.  Check the lable)

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Prep:
Combine the apples, sugar, cinnamon and lemon juice and toss them all together to coat them.
Next, melt the "butter" in the pan and saute the apples until they are soft.  The green apples seem to take a longer time, therefore holding their shape better in the end result.  Anywhere from 6 - 12 minutes would be ok depending on the apple type.
When apples are soft put them in a 8x8 square pan or if you have more apples, you can use a bigger pan.  The idea is to have enough to fill the bottom of the pan.

Batter prep:
Whisk the eggs and water (or milk) until well blended.  Add the flour, salt and baking powder and stir until it is slightly lumpy.  Pour the batter over the apples and bake until golden, about 20 minutes.
Put your desired topping on it and cut into pieces and serve.  YUM!

Photo Hunt - Standing

I hope mine Meowy duzn't catch me standing up here trying to change her music station.  But pleeeeese!  Dat music gotta go!  How many times yoo gonna play dat "boom boom boom" song? Huh?  Eleventy-seven times?  Enuf alreddy!

~Beau Beau

Post Tooth Work Tales

Awwwwww Mommie I can't believe yoo are puttin dis awful picshure of me on here.  See how my moufie  was swollen on one side and now when I lick mine lips sometimes my lip gets stuck unnerneath.  Ohhhh da uckyness of it all.

But all in all finally my gum is getting better where da stitches are.  No more swollen red.  Noooooooo yoo are not going to put dose picshures on here too are yoo???

Mom:  Ok, I will spare the other kittehs the educational aspect of feline mouth surgery and the things that could go wrong.  But let me tell you it is pretty gross if you are not used to it.

Phew!  Ok enuf of dat picshure stuff.  I am getting better really.  My gums are pink and black from da stitches, not red and swollen anymore.  BUT, den daddy decided to feed us some new kind of Wellness canned stinky goodness dat we are not used to and den SPLAT!  Stinky goodness re-do kinda like da exorcist all ofur da floor an all ofur my little sick bed I been using.  Hmmmm.  Smell good Daddy?  Bet yoo won't give us dat food again will ya?

And, Mommie, one more eye dropper full of dat anty-bye-otiks an yoo'll get to smell dat on yur pillow too.  Yeah. I'm feelin much better.

~Angie

Toofie Update

We spoke too soon.  Things have not gone so well for Miss Angie.  She has an infection in one of the extractions.  Sunday we got to go back to the v.e.t. again for a visit.  Angie did not get to drive the car that day -- Daddy was driving... She wuzn't feeling well enough to want to drive anyway.  Antibiotics were prescribed and luckily we got some more pain meds because she was one hurtin' kitteh.  After more than 24 hours of the antibiotics she seems to be doing better but it still doesn't look that good.  At least she was eating today.  Tuesday morning will be a determination of whether or not she needs to go back to have the gum reopened to see what's going on inside.  Gosh does it break our hearts to see her looking like she is, licking her mouth and her tongue keeps hanging out.  Today she was much better than yesterday so we're keeping our fingers crossed.

Mom Brenda

Feeling Better

No driving the car back from the v.e.t. dis time.  It wuz dark when my lady finally came to get me.  Plus my eyes were still dilated an yoo don't want dat when yoo are driving!  Da peoples wif da woo woo noise an lights don't want anyone driving wif dem dilated eyes like dat. No sireeee!  

I am furry happy dat Beau Beau did not growl an hiss at me when I got home so dats a good fing. My lady is also furry happy bout how fings went at dis v.e.t.

Ferst, da Cheshire Veterinary Hospital duz not smell bad.  Peoples do not haf to smell owr poops when dey drop us off. Next, my v.e.t., Dr. Colburn, called my lady three times to keep her updated wif my toofie progress.  Da ferst time Dr. C called to say she took x-rays an I had to have not only the left, but the right big front toof owt.  Dat made Mommie really happy so she was not shocked when she came to pick me up an find out more toofs were gone like when the old v.e.t. stole almost all Beau Beau's toofs an nefur said a word... Den Dr. C called back to say I wuz ok and woke up from da sleepy stuff.  Den she called again to say I wuz reallly awake and ready to go home and told her how to take care of me when I got home.
Plus, when I got home, I wuz not fallin all ofur da place like we were when we went to da old v.e.t.
I did go round an round an round in da clean litter box tho an I finally jus laid down in dare.  Dat wuz weird.  So, fanks Dr. Colburn.

All in all I will feel much better after a day or two.  Now if I can jus stop likkin my lips and trying to find where my toofies went?  Do any of yoo know if da toof fairy comes for kittehs, even if we have no toofs to put unner our pillows?

~Purrs and happiness, Angie

Toofless Thursday

Yep, i'd rather jump off dis table den go to the v.e.t. today..  Today I will end up lookin like Beau Beau, da one toof wonder.  Da v.e.t. lady said I had to haf my front left toofie out.  I wonder if dey will ask me dat and put a dot on my face like dey do to humans to identeefy what needs to be taken owt?  Hahahahah!  I just hope mine face looks ok after dat toof is gone.  Or am I gonna haf a little hole where mine tongue sticks frew it sometimes like Beau Beau's duz?   I will repurt back later after I get home from da torture place.

~Purrs, Angie

Beau Beau:  HEY!  All I wanna know is how come I DON'T GET TO EAT either???  I'm not goin to da torture place.  Somefin is very very wrong here!  I tried all da tricks wif da lady an she would not get up an feed me.  An now she has left da howse!  Oh boy.  I been huntin all morning an I can't efun find a spidey!  Help!

~Hungry boy, Beau Beau