Tuesday, March 14, 2006 We had another day at the dock because of blustery, cold wind. The cats seem to feel at home now. One thing they really like about boating is that they get fed at about 3 a.m. They say that eating at 3 a.m. is as it should be and it took us dumb humans long enough to...

Rosie spent most of the trip looking about for a place to settle. Cinder chose to take over Rosie's travel bag, which was on the bed next to her own bag. After a while, she took a snooze. I divided my time between being on the deck and checking on the cats in the cabin. It was a fairly smooth...

Saturday, March 11, 2006 We finished cleaning the house and loaded even more stuff on the boat. We almost left behind a load of laundry that we washed last night and forgot to put in the dryer. We put the cats in their travel bags and brought them onboard. We set them down on the bed and unzipped...

Friday, March 10, 2006 Preparations for the trip are nearing an end. Jim dismantled the cat trees and took Rosie's favorite tube to the boat. He also took the den part of the second tree. We want the cats to have a space where they feel safe and at home,. While we were onboard installing the...

How it began When Jim & I moved to Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1994, to a house on a canal, it dawned on us that with the right boat, we could leave our dock and go just about any place in the world. Jim's dream would be to do just that, but that is way too much water for me. Besides, I wouldn't...

Our nickname for Barnabus is Crack Kat. DH started calling him that when he began dismantling the water fountains. We use the PetMate fountains that have the blue reservoir on the side with a white cap on top. Similar to the Drinkwells but slightly different. We had two - one in the bedroom and...

People (and I use that term loosely) are !#%@#$%@#%^% sick!!! DO NOT READ THE STORY IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO THIS SORT OF STUFF (link only provided) http://www.theindychannel.com/family/8061761/detail.html And for those of you that are curious but don't want to read the entire story (at least...

I got an espresso maker for x-mas from my MIL, and most days I make myself a capuccino with breakfast. I often take my coffee to the computer to read my email, where I put the cup next to the mouse on my right. Today Fez was being his usual self, meowing pitifully to try and get some kibble for...

Strange & Amazing Helpful Hints Some helpful hints and who would think..... *Budweiser beer conditions the hair * Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish * Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 min

I can't get over the last one doing a lament; "Oh my dog. Oh long johns. Oh long johnson. Oh Don Pian-O." That cat should enter a poetry slam: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/77460/talking_cats/

Gross Warning as well as Beverage Warning Our cats have a stuffed rat that is about 5" long and proportionally fat with a pink corded tail. They love this rat because they can wrap their front legs around the rat and rabbit kick it into submission. Today they seemed to go one step further. I...

TOP TEN THINGS A CAT THINKS ABOUT 10. I could have sworn I heard the can opener. 9. Is there something I'm not getting when humans make noise with their mouths? 8. Why doesn't the government do something about dogs? 7. I wonder if Morris really liked 9-Lives, or did he have ULTERIOR motives?

-- read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos

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Mimi is such a sweet little (?) butterball - she loves to lay on my desktop while I'm 'internetting'... she will purr continuously while there, and just now she did something I've never seen a cat do. She was showing me her (expansive) white belly (yes, she got smurgled) and being the cutie-pie...

Just wait til you Buropeans see what Finland is sending to the contest this year. ROFL! -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at...

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I don't know whether to worry about myself or Bert. During the news tonite Connie yelled (I was next room...online, of course) "Your cat's gonna die". When, I guess not if, it gets here-USA, what's the cat danger? Did I hear they lost a couple of cats in Europe? At 10 or so Bert's less of a bird...

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2006/pets/ My friend's girlfriend produced this ... check out the cats tab of the "CNN.com pets" gallery! -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

Persia decided since she was awake and I was awake (by proxy), Peaches the lovebird should also be awake. She rolled around on the floor in front of the cage, presented her soft tummy for rubbing, then pawed at the towel I use to cover Peaches' cage. This was her way of telling me "Time to get...