Kittens or Cats? You decide!

Took Stamp in for his final round of vaccines and he weighed in at a whopping 6.14 pounds! That's just a pound shy of Porch Boy and Garage Girl - both over 5 years old - while Stamp is supposedly still a baby at just 4 months! Yep, I've got another Montesquieu on my hands here. The vet said he wouldn't be surprised if he made it to 20 pounds when full grown. Yikes!!!

The twins are still much smaller than Stamp, but they've doubled in size since we got them.



I asked about getting Stamp fixed sooner than the recommended 6 months old because he's not only big, he's maturing very quickly. Check out the family jewels on this boy!




And Code is such a flirt with both her brothers...



So Stamp is scheduled for neutering next month. I'll have Zip & Code fixed later.

Another Toy for the Kittens

Busy Bee - well, their interest in this toy was over within 10 minutes.

My New Office Decor

My friend Kerry, whom I met on the Star-Trek themed Alaskan cruise, made this wonderful gift for me - a cloth art piece with memories of our time in Alaska. Gina decided to get it framed to preserve it.

Although gorgeous, it was too big to fit on any of our walls at home, so I hung it on my new office wall. A perfect fit!

My office used to be a virtual shrine to Star Trek, but I took most of that stuff home and it's now in my bedroom. Had to keep a little bit at work since I spend so much time there.

Tater Enjoys Loot Bag Goodies

Zoey's Birthday Party

Saturday, Gina & I took all 3 dogs to their friend Zoey's celebration of 5 years with our friend Tanai. It was quite festive as you can see with a luau theme.

I never noticed how much Zoey looks like an Ewok until I saw this photo.I always thought she looked like Yoda. (OK, all you who have no Star Wars cred, look at Tanai's t-shirt. That's an Ewok. You're on your own to know what Yoda looks like. Sheesh....)

There was a ton of food to eat for the humans and for the dogs.

Condoleeza (aka Condi) got a bit too much cake and had to have a Heimlich maneuver from Angie.

It was such fun to see all the dogs dressed up for the occasion.

When we left each guest got a personalized Loot bag with a toy and treats inside!

Cheap Toys from the Cat Show

There were all kinds of toys being sold, as you can well imagine, but we had seen the sheer delight the kittens had in a simple ping pong ball when Kay brought it along with Stamp. It lasted only a few minutes because Gina accidentally stepped on it. But we found a vendor who was painting the balls and putting holes in them to put some sort of little rattle noise maker inside. We bought 12 of her plain stock and brought them home.

First, we gave one to GG, but Tater intercepted it. Then she took the real toy I'd brought for her -- a Koozie.



Then we gave the kittens a crack at them. As you can see, they had already made quite a game out of unrolling the toilet paper all over the floor!




Then Zip decided to change it from Ping Pong to Kick Ball :--)



Here's another shot of the sisal-covered scratching post. Here you can see the platform on top.


And today when Gina got home, all 3 kittens were curled up together asleep on the top of the tree house. By the time I got my camera out, they were wide awake but did pose nicely, huh?

The Houston Cat Show

Check out this article and read to the bottom to see my comments about the Houston Cat Show. Gina found a Scentsy dealer among the vendors and was buying out her entire stock. So I began to wander around and this reporter from the Houston Chronicle asked to talk to me. Well, you know me... I love to talk! Especially about my new babies!

Gina & I haven't been to the cat show in years, but we went hoping to find a good deal on some cat furniture for the new kittens. Although the show was much smaller than in previous years (only one furniture vendor) we got what we wanted. A small sisal-covered scratching post for the bathroom, where they spend most of the day while we're working.


And a big tree house for when they get into Gina's bedroom to explore the wider spaces!


At first they were a bit intimidated by the huge new carpet-covered tree house thingy...



But soon enough they were crawling all over the thingy...