Grrr...

Mom is working from home today. And she is being seriously remiss in not taking out the flashy box thing. The house is dark because Mom doesn't want to turn on lights. And water is falling from the sky.

Plus, it's cold in here. Mom's doesn't want to turn on the heater.

Would someone please talk some sense into Mom! We are FREEZING!!! The only way to stay warm is to do some serious THoE but that entertains for only so long...

Grrrr...

When Mom and Grandma and Grandpa are away...

Grandma and Grandpa just left for Las Vegas this morning. Mom is at work. Hmmmm... Wonder what kind of mischief 9 and I will get into in the next few days...

Thankful Thursday

I am very thankful that Mom is slightly feeling better. She's only coughing a lot now versus feeling blechy and blowing her nose all the time, though she is blowing her nose on occasion. Don't forget to take your meds, Mom. It's important for you to get better.

Mom is also mentioning something 2 weeks and one day before some kind of bird closes and how soon her life won't be packed away in boxes. I'm not sure what this means, but if Mom is happy about it, then I'll be thankful for that too.

However, I'm not sure about her life not being packed up in boxes. Does this mean that Chani and my favorite box jungle might go away? I hope not!

Thank you all for all your compliments on how well I keep Chani clean. She really does need the help!

purrs,
9

Cleaning Chani in the New Year

As you can see, 9 still takes his Chani cleaning duties very seriously. Chani was peacefully sleeping in the new best chair in the family room, Grandma's chair. 9 hopped up and started to clean her. She's mid-yawn here in this picture.

9: You have a little bit of something here on your face, I shall clean it for you.

9: Hold still now, Chani, I have to get this back part too.

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Thank you for all your well wishes. I was getting a bit worse what with coughing and a stuffed up nose. So, I finally emailed my doctor who prescribed an anti-biotic for me. Sigh... I hate taking medication even when I know it's good for me. Here's to hoping that the meds work and I'll be back to my normal self soon.

Mom is making excuses again...

Mom managed to catch Grandma and Grandpa's cold. Grandma caught it first and was getting better when Grandpa got sick. Now that Grandpa is getting better, Mom must have wanted to join in the family trend and get sick. So, she's working from home today.

She doesn't sound too bad, only coughing on occasions. 9 is draped on her lap and arms to keep her warm.

No pictures for now. She's really sorry for not taking more pictures of us, but will soon. She promises.

purrs,
Chani

Sonia

Every year, Mom goes to two New Year's Day parties. The first is at Pam and John's where Mom used to dog and kitty sit. Back in the day, it used to be Conan, a giant but extremely gentle Siberian Husky, and Natasha, the epitome of tortie tortitude. Nine years ago, the scamp pictured above, Sonia, entered everyone's lives. Sonia is one of the few dogs that Mom will allow to lick her (Mom isn't too fond of doggie licks, but she loooooves hugging them). Sonia was a rescue puppy and a Siberian by the looks of it. She also has glaucoma which rendered her blind in one eye. Every night, she gets eye drops to keep the pressure down in the bad eye and then she gets treats.

Conan crossed the Rainbow Bridge a number of years ago, but Natasha is still around. Too many people were in the house, so Natasha hid and Mom couldn't take pictures of her. But, Sonia was around and posed prettily while Mom waved a bit of roast beef in the air. Yes, Mom gave Sonia the roast beef once the photo shoot was done.

Sigh...

Mom had every intention of taking photos of us and spending a ton of time with us over her break, but instead, she's been spending time at the wood kiln. She's had three six hour shifts at very odd times of the day (6 pm to midnight, 9 pm to 3 am and 3 am to 9 am). So, we've taken to sleeping with her whenever she naps. Next week, things will get back to "normal" whatever that means.

At any rate, we all wanted to wish you a Happy New Year (those are cupcakes she made for the firing, but she didn't think to take a picture until after the "R" cupcake was eaten).

We hope everyone had a wonderful New Year and we can't wait to experience new adventures in 2010! Something tells us that something interesting might happen at the end of this month.

Purrs and hugs,
9, Chani and Marlene