Happy Labor Day

Oh Great Toeless One 

XOXO

Winston and Ms. O'Houligan

In Memoriam

If you haven't already done so, please stop by Sparkle's blog, for her memorial and her commentathon for Tabby's Place.

Her life was dedicated to helping Cats, for their Highest Good, and her work continues now, even in memory.

We are still in sadness over her loss. 

Comments are off.

Stella Luna

You maybe can't tell

 

 

But I am purring a lot

 

I like hangin out on the bedtime table  

I lie here when TW says it time to go to bed

 

And I purr us both into sleeps

 

 

The Passing of a Titan

We would like to say goodbye to one of the Cat Blogosphere's best and brightest.

From our first day blogging to today, all these 9 years later; Sparkle The Designer Cat was a permanent fixture in our world. 

She always managed to get her comments in first, always had interesting things to say and never ever  got snarky, (well, except where Binga was concerned).

She is gone now; we just read the news on Facebook. 

I found her last blog entry of 'goodbye' so poignant and frank and heartfelt that I'm reminded of the writing prowess behind her furry little self!  And I am inspired by her honesty and bravery.

Janiss Garza is quite something.  When I first saw her at Blog Paws I instantly thought; no way!  She was warm, open and gregarious and she looked nothing like I had pictured her.(even with facebook profile shots).  I really enjoyed meeting her, chatting and hearing about the levels of professionalism that she wanted her blog to be in and remain, after all, Sparkle had important things cat owners should know, in addition to cute photos and product reviews.  She strove to be more, and she was.  

When I read that she 'didn't come home' today I wept (as I'm sure a lot of you did too).  I admired how she stated plainly that they don't believe in the rainbow bridge but she hoped she would continue on in our hearts.  My heart burst with pride for her bravery in writing that.  

If you haven't done so, do go by and send some loves to her family here

All our love

Ms. Stella O'Houligan

Miss Jack

Miss Scraps

Oliver

That Woman

& the kittens

Winston & Cosmo

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Special Cat Nip Quilts

Here is one special Cat Nip Quilt I made for Pia to give to her beloved Dexter on their anniversary.

I had fun creating this with the ideas that Pia had given me about what she really wanted to say to her lover boy.

you can see her face below on the left with hearts in her eyes

Dexter is on the right side

I created the red circle with the line in it to cross out all the other 'boys' and used a stenciled 'x' to keep interest. It was really fun making this. 

Here is Dexter with his present 

 Pia was very happy with her love note to her beloved.  He said he really loved it too.

Sweet Baby G

Oh Darling Girl, good luck in your new forever home. 

I will think of you always and wish I could have kissed you one last time goodbye. 

Mr. Ollie and The Sock Bomb

 So the other night I thought my big kids deserved some serious fun time. I found the KatNipLounge packages from BlogPaws (they had to be hidden since the smell would about knock over a self respecting human) and it wasn't moments before Ollie was crying and carrying on and following me around the house crying and... ALRIGHT! I will make you a sock bomb.  (it's circled in red below) Ollie was sorta trippin out lookin all dejected after I kinda snapped at him for goin after the wee ones.  I snuck it in under his butt.  (he likes being scratched there and gets all droolie and bitey in a cute way)

 

 

 

 

Next thing you know...

 

 

Lookit his little upside down love heart.  Ok, nevermind. I'm weird.  But I loves my son and he got some good lazer action and upside down toofs showin too.  I snorgled him to death, I did.  I don't mind tellin ya, he can drool and purr all over me anyday. 

 

The kittens loved them too but HOLY COD are they fast!  In no time flat they each had a sock bomb and were flying around the living room like maniacs!

 

So adorable.  

It's An Outrage!

 

So you think you know someone...

 

and then, three little mongrels kittens come live us for while (she says)  and so today she's preparing for work, la de-frickin-da... WHEN

The scene begins:

 

**strange noises coming from the front hall area near the open front door

 (oh fer cryin out loud you bunch of ...audience members;keep yer furs on!  the screen is closed!)

 

Anyhow, as I was sayin'. 

Strange noises. 

Woman comes running.

 

Now any self respecting (so called) cat-mom would have had the camera phone on video in a blink! 

And therefore could have thrust onto the world stage the sight of a small, grey plush kitten

going backwards all around the place banging into everything and causing much hissing from grown up cats who had come to inspect the strange noises because

 

said kitten

 

had her head

 

neatly stuck

 

inside

 

 

the empty tall tissue box

 

 

All I'm sayin'...

ALL I'M SAYIN

is that you KNOW if it had been the Ornj GOON or Cod forbid ME-- That little video woulda made the nightly news and we'd be sittin pretty for next years Pettie awards (PAWS DOWN) for that bit of film brilliance.

 

But no, sadly not.

And the offrontery continued when to drown out the appaws and laughter and adulation of all my fans I could still hear ringing in my lovely head... all I heard was

 

:OMG!  Kitten,, OHHH noooonononnono!  OH poor baby!  Omygoodness!  Oh you poor widdow fing...oh...."

 

 

 

OH  B  L A R F!

 

Yes!

it's an absolute outrage and scandal!

I have nothing further to say on the matter.

Feel my pain fellow inmates; we could'a been STARZ!!!

 

Sweet G:  "srsly?   Can you say 'Drama Queen?'

 

 

Ms. Stella "I heard THAT!"

 

I gotcher tail!

Sunday Catinee's (links fixed)

Some kitten's had a bit too much nip! 

And these kittens are enjoying the sun and we are even rewarded with a wee pink tongue near the end. 

Oh Lollie!

I love this boy!

Caturday

Quickie note:

So; my phone sorta had a crash.  Verizon sent me a new one gratis since it wasn't my fault.  I did back up all my photos, etc. and they are all there which is way awesome. It's gotten me behind in posting though.   All this by way of saying that between caring for my four cats; getting Ms. "if you stick that thing near my mouth again be prepared to lose several fingers" to take her meds twice daily; caring for the three kittens(all of whom are doing fine & purring right along) ; and then running over every couple days to care for the kittens at Petco, in Orange on Katella *hint, hint* .  Well, you get the idea.
This little mama was recently adopted!  Isn't she gorgeous! Makes the effort totally worth while!



I got a last minute, hurry hurry, very special CatNip quilt order (that I won't spoil the surprise of yet) done this last weekend as well as picking up three more commissions for BIG quilts.  Two are the T-shirt kind of memory quilt and one will be a table runner quilt made from the woman's deceased father's liturgical shawl's (that are all silk).



I would like to say that if you have a special occasion with your kitties; or would like Christmas themed CatNip quilts you should get your order requests in to me.  I've done quilts for kitteh's birthdays, gotcha' days and even anniversaries.  So do know those types are available (if a little bit more expensive owing to the specialty fabrics and other elements that can be added such as photos and such).

This next couple weeks will be spotty as I'm getting ready for a lecture/workshop coming up as well as covering extra hours at my day job so my boss can enjoy her daughters destination wedding.

But fear not; my new phone works fine so sometimes there may just be cutie pie photos showing up.

Thanks and stay cool all those kitteh's like us who are nearing triple digit heat again.  Urg.  This is what I threaten Ms. Ironjaw with when she gets particularly hissy.  She opens her mouth just enough to say 'As If ' thought it comes out more of snigger---brat!

I know, doesn't it just tell a thousand words! (internet photo)

Luckily, I have been able to melt the pill in a tiny amount of water and then mix it with a teaspoon of her food; once she eats all that, I give her the rest of her meal.  

Only way I can keep track to make sure she's getting her meds & not some other kitty. 

The kittens eat in a separate room all together. 

Winston 'n me

him was sooo tiny

 And he is definitely a people cat.  It was heartbreaking this weekend while his sisters were at adoption events and he was alone.  I put him in the bathroom for a short time so the big cats could have run of the living room.  He cried the.entire.time.  I felt so bad I let him into my sewing room to hang with me.  Where he promptly did this.  (well, he did that after he loved me up and would throw himself across my hands that were trying to rotary cut strips of material.   

Later, when the girls were back, I lay down on my stomach & snoozed in the sun while playing with them; and next thing...

 He loves to sleep on feet too.  Ellen came over for a bit yesterday and he spent his time between lying next to her on the couch and coming to sit on my feet.  It's like he has to 'check in' with the humans between playing with his sibs. 

Ok so he's still a kitten.

But the good news is he's being adopted soon.  His new home will be in Oakland, CA where he will grow into a proper fiend! 

He will have his very own 10 year old boy who is 

very anxious to meet his new buddy. 

Winston, you are so very special and I don't mind telling you how hard it will be to let you go.  Good thing I know where you're going and hopefully will get updates. 

Cosmo & Sweet Baby G are still available and will be going out this weekend for more adoption events.  

This part is truly hellish. 

I Thank all my friends for their support both here and on FB. 

Ms. Stella is rather looking to get her house back in order pretty soon.

xoxo

TW 

Misty finds her forever home!

from ewok food face 

to Siamese Elegance

I will miss you very much little one.  Bast be with you. 

Misty was adopted today! 

Lab Results

Dr. Horn called us at 7pm to give us the news of Ms Stella's bloods.

Her Thyroid is a 7 and according to Dr. it should be a 2 (for her age)  His course of action is to prescribe Methimazole. Ms. Stella will get to pills a day to start.  After three weeks we will check her numbers again. 

He also mentioned a radioactive iodine.  They get one shot and then must stay at the special place till their urine is no longer radioactive. Apparently the animal only needs on shot, ever.  Naturally, this is the highest price treatment so we won't be entertaining that unless all else fails. 

Dr. Horn really does care about Ms. Stella and he is not keen on giving her more things than she may need. 

Once her blood numbers come in normal we will figure out what to do to get to see her teeth.  She will have to be sedated and Dr. is not crazy about having to do that until she's more stable. 

She's eating and drinking so we don't have to worry about appetite stimulants.

The toeless one

This won't end well

for one of us, Human! 

**Note from Ms. Stella O'Houligan **

Who grabs a perfectly healthy, snoozin wee old kitty from her spot on the carpet 

where she was snoozin

and she's OLD

and did I mention the snoozin part? 

And unceremoniously crams her in a carrier without so much as a by-your-leave Captain? 

And next thing you know... We're in 

The Car!!!

"Oh Stella stop being so dramatic!  You beat up everyone so I think playing the age card is a bit much even for you."

(I can't see my house from here)

Where's my Doctor?  I'm totally reporting you to the animal welfare people!

"Oh Ms. Stella, Dr. Horn will be in, in a minute, just keep your furrs on!"

**Note from That Woman**

Ms. Stella was treated to an office visit for her general physical, blood work & nail trim. (I usually do the nail trimming myself but Dr. Horn suggested it since they would be attempting to look inside her mouth and she's not very fond of that... 

______IS IT MY TURN YET?_____

no Ms. Stella, give me a second!

...After I tried to restrain her for the dental look which didn't work; Dr. called in reinforcements.  They had no better luck (for which I was oddly proud and validated that my own restraining technique wasn't lame). 

Doctor says he will call with lab results and based on those will see what needs to happen with her teeth.  I suggested rubbing some of that stuff they gave Ollie in her ear to calm her down but he felt it was unnecessary and didn't want to *stress her more than needed just yet... 

_____STRESS ME MORE?? WHO IS HE KIDDING? 

YOU WANNA SEE STRESS?_____

Ms. Stella, for pity's sake, wait your turn!

...I can tell he really loves Ms. Stella as no matter how long it's been he knows that trying to listen to her heart is useless over her purring so he just smiles at her doesn't even try, he just gives her a gentle hug and takes her pulse that way.  

She had only lost a few ounces of weight since her visit a year ago so that's not worrisome ..

_____ARE YOU DONE YET?  MY CAT FURRIENDS DON'T WANT TO READ ALL YOUR INANE BABBLE, THERE'S BIRDS TO HUNT, OTHER CATS TO WHAP_____

Ms Stella Please! I'm nearly done!

...She was really fine on the way to the Doctor's in car as I kept my hand inside the carrier and just kept petting her and chatting to her, we were nearly home...

_____TIME'S UP!  IT'S MY TURN, IT'S MY BLOG; NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR SIDE OF THE STORY_____

So kitties; what happened next was EPIC!  I got all Exorcist on her (leg; car seat, carrier) 

and she was all 'oh Ms. Stella this, and Oh Ms. Stella that, and I was all 

BBBLLALLAHHHAahaaghghghghghghgh!!!  

MUUUHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!!!

***

Note from Ms. Stella to 'That Insufferable Woman' 

I hope you are happy with yourself! 

Not only were you late back for work; you had to change clothes as well,

and clean up cat barfs from the Container of Death; the car seat, the kitchen counter, the kitchen floor AND two different rooms of carpet.

I 

So 

Rock! 

We'll keep ya posted kitties on lab tests

right now I need a lie down