Slave driver

Ms. Stella: ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸ Oh Banana Boy?? ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪

"OLLIE!?!"

Ollie: "mmppfff, Wha?  OH!"

Ollie: "Yes Missie Stella, I'm here."

Ms. Stella: "Since you're not busy, go in and get my bed ready. It's time for my nap." 

Ollie: "OH YES SIR, er.. MA'AM! RIGHT AWAY MA'AM!"

Ollie: "Let me *muffin, muffin, muffin*,  just make it *muffin, muffin, muffin*, all kushie *muffin, muffin, muffin*,  for ya...*muffin, muffin, muffin*, Ok, try it now" 

Ms. Stella: "I'll be the judge of that."

Ms. Stella: "Humpf, could be a bit softer... but I guess it'll do." 

Ms. Stella: "*sigh* so hard to train them...  ZZZ...zzzzzzzzz"

Ollie: "So exhausting, to wait on Her beck and paw, I falls asleep sitting up!"

HiJacked!

That Woman here, hijacking the blog to share stuff.  This month I be turning 'older than dirt'.  In my art group we all choose 'themes' for our celebrations and I chose 'Cats and or Birds'.  I want to share the gifts I received at our meeting!  (My actual date of dirt isn't till the 13th.)

 The card is a riot! The ostrich has a party hat! It says 'Party like a Rock Star'.  The button on the base of the tail is a kimono button.  My riend Cindy Cooksey made this darling kitty for me.  It is a stand alone sculpture.  There's a bag of rice in the bottom to weight it.  I love the fabric used for the face; TOTALLY looks like that cat is smirking! Anything Cindy makes is just the bomb!

 Here's the back.

 My friend Peggy does great embroidery.  I love the colors she chose for this darling mini quilt and the white rick rack really sets off the polka dots nicely. 

 My friend joannell made this journal cover.  She drew the cat/bird and created a silk screen of it.  (you remember seeing the letters on the piece of extra fabric Ms. Stella was perched on)  joannell said she was unsure if I would understand the comedy of the letters and not take it seriously and I just LOL'd and said 'are you kidding me, with 5 cats the phrase has become my motto!'

 I love, love, love joannells work. Her aesthetic style speak to me.  I so wish I had her eye. 

 Lastly but not least, my friend Vicki (who is a vet in her day job) makes wonderful jewelry.  She created this necklace out of a drawer pull.  I draped it over this box to keep it on display for now but I love it so much there I may leave it!  She told me it was Miss Coco.  (we had taken Miss Coco from her after she had rescued the mama cat & litter of kittens at her clinic). 

interesting note: the box is pewter over wood and velvet lined.  It is quite heavy.  It sits in the center on my mantle.   The two cats (bookends) were gifted to me by an online friend while we were both learning the Irish language.  They remind me of my  beloved Gin-gin & Taffers (twin ginger sisters I had all their lives)

The figure on top is a poppet.   That is Elliotts collar round the poppet.  In the box we have a couple baggies with fur in them and  some collars with name tags.  All are from past fur family members who have gone on ahead. (The Gurl put Elliotts furrs in there, I am not ready to open it)

This is a mini-poppet;

 here we see happy poppet in wonderment of  the engineering of big kitty Sylvester

poppet reminds me we are silly humans and there is always something bigger (and full of wonder) than ourselves no matter what our age. 

on that note: 

may the poppet be with  you

xoxo

That Woman 

Toldja he's a goon!

Ollie:

 NOT! 

 That's better, here's my 'Rico Suave' pose  *eyebrow, eyebrow*

Aahhhh, yes, that's the spot!

StellieTude

                                                    exactly what I think of Mondays!

in fact... I like it so much I may make it my new header.

thoughts? 

Penitent

   That Woman used our TREAT MONEY to buy a box of *gulp* dog biscuits, ( without the 2/3 majority needed to sanction such an expenditure it must be said) She had the unmitigated gall to take said box to the next door neighbors. But her  audacity doesn't end there kitties!  She also took (without express written prior approval), a small stuffed toy in the shape of a cat which she claimed was purloined from same said neighbors dogs.  LIES!  SLANDER!

Just as soon as I get up from my Sunday Easy I'm goin' right back over there and gettin' my toy back! I'll keep ya posted!



                                                                                                      ...She's got some nerve I tell ya!

Happy Friday

Now it's time for more important things!

xoxo

Ms. Stella

(who looks so Ornj here I swear Ollie is rubbing off on her!)

Tuxie Thurdsay

Miss Jack haz the drama

Miss Jenga

Good Morning Love!

Invictus

Heya KitCats! 

Ms. Stella here

One of That Womans' favorite poems.  Here I am (albiet ear-less) in front of The Gurls senior project where she was learning calligraphy from That Woman.  They were writing some lines. (That Womans are the large letters, the smaller lines all in green are The Gurls)  

I look particularly enigmaticin front of this verse, no?

"Out of the night

that covers me

Black as the pit

from pole to pole"

**ebil laughter**

My other favorite verse from a different book of poems is:

Eight of my lives are gone

it's been years since my fur was slicked

but blow North wind, blow

I'm damned if I'm licked!

COD that's awesome!

Licking our wounds

We would like to thank all of you who stopped by and left comments of condolence to us for our loss.  It means so much to see so many of the CB lending purrs, hugs and tears. 

Over the next few days That Woman will be visiting all the commentors and saying 'hi'(as soon as her computer is out of the hospital).   Oliver has been receiving and overdose of loves and games and treats to help him and The Gurl is doing better and staying busy at work.  That Woman has also been busy at work and maybe that's the best too.  

We have each visited Eli's resting place under his favorite climbing tree where The Gurl laid him to rest.  That woman went out and nearly collapsed in seeing the wee site festooned with all the rose petals That Gurl took from her very own rosebush.  A mother's heart aches.  

We would like to offer a special thanks to ML for posting on the CB for us this wonderful badge. 

Thank you so much.

xoxo

Ms. Stella O'Houligan

(who was just getting used to having her own personal Ornj goon squad)

Do It Quick

I remember a saying

"If you have to swallow frogs, do it quick"

It is with a horrendously heavy heart that I must tell you our dear Elliott is gone.

At this time I must suffice this entry to say that last evening I went to bed and bid The Gurl to lock up when she went to bed.   

She did not.

Sometime between her going to bed and this morning, Elliot seeing his chance,

  pawed and pawed at the screen door (that was not denied him by the sliding glass door that was to have been closed) until it opened.*

This morning when he was not begging for breakfast at my bedroom door I grew concerned.  I looked throughout the house and discovered the slider open.  All the other cats had remained inside curiously enough.

We searched all over this morning in the time we had,  but as weekday mornings go it was hectic so we eventually had to give up and get ready for work/school. 

The Gurl returned from her first class a few hours later and resumed the search but further afield.  She came across his collar and what remained of his gorgeous tail across the street. 

I was still at work when she called me sobbing.  She told me what happened and that she buried his tail in backyard under one of the trees.  He was her very favorite and I greive for her and Oliver who is alone now. 

 R.I.P. Sweet Boy Elliott

You will be greatly missed.

*I would like to add here that he has done this since he was a kitten, long before he was ever permited short excursions outside with us in the backyard on sunny days*

Unexpected

Heya Kittehs,

I got a story to tell ya

You will LOVE this!

Players:

Elliot

Oliver

Southern Alligator Lizard

Chorus:

ME (Ms. Stella)

That Woman

The Scene:

Beautiful  morning, sun shining, sprinklers going, warm already at 75 degrees.  That Woman is enjoying her cuppa on the patio swing; I prefer to sit on the bench just adjacent, just out of arms reach; naturally.

Enter the players...

Ollie & Elliot foundering somewhere in the bushes,  a great rustling is underway and suddenly, there is a great Ornj floof tearing across the grass towards us...

Oliver is yelling to us.  "HeY yoU gUyz looOOKouT! Eli gotza GIAnt toady & he's BrINgIn it!"

That Woman and I regard each other thoughtfully for a moment and then She speaks... 

"Stellie?"

"hummm?"

"Is that...??"

"No.. No I'm afraid not.  Do you think we should tell him?"

"Oh no,  I think some lessons are best learned by doing, don't you agree?" *sly smile*

*ebil smirk* "Oh yes, quite." 

meanwhile, the scene changes. 

Elliot, who had been streaking across the yard (about a 1/4 inch off the grass, flat as a pancake) has suddenly stopped. The physics of the moment captured the following: owing to his great speed his body attitude resembles a puddle of butter that was thrown into a wall sideways...  His face is the picture of instant confusion

He cautiously raises a giant, well tufted paw...  and with lightning speed brings it down on the area of grass just in front of him with a look of pride and accomplishment.

 Then abject horror

In the next two seconds several things happen simultaneously

 Elliot has lept straight up 4 feet in the air.  His great floofy tail is ramrod straight. (and it should be noted the aforementioned look of pride has vanished)

He has flung his whapping paw about 20 times in such rapid succession that it can't be seen with the naked eye. 

  Oliver, who had been standing just off the stage is now has eyes as big as saucers and he has immedately folded up into a loaf position 

  There is a very agressive and angry footlong Alligator Lizard, mouth open, tail whipping sideways

waiting...

(google photo)

(what Eli saw)

That Woman  casually walks over and gently places her hand down so the victim can crawl up on her arm so she can place it out of...er...

well, so that she can move it and rescue poor Elliot who has bolted from the scene in an Ornj firey blur. Poor boy nearly didn't make it through the screen opening and has knocked the screen door from the tracks. 

After placing the poor creature on a brick fence where it casually wanders off she returns to her swing.

She turns to Ms. Stella

"think he learned his lesson?"   

"Doubtful... you know da boyz." 

(simultaneously) 

*sigh*

Ms. Stella

"Funny as hell, you're gonna blog this right?"

"Oh yes most definately."  

"That's good, too bad there wasn't video."

True, maybe next time.

**note; Eli was fine, the Alligator lizard survived, tail intact to intimidate the next unsupecting Ornj mutant**

So There I Was

oh Cod, here it comes...

*sigh* OH ya; I still gotz it!

OMCod How Much Fun!

We'd like to wish a Happy Mother's Day to alla you out there be you mom's of humans, cats or even goggies!  
I; Miss Stella, am giving That Woman some hours in the morning to sleep in.  Isn't that just the nicest thing of me?

That Smartyskirts over at GloGirly found this cool site to make fun photos of My Gorgeous Self!  It's so easy even That Lame Woman can do it!

Here's me in China (or in someplace they speak in squiggly lines)!

 And New York!

How fun is that!!! 

The site is Photo Funia

Beware, it's addictive!  

Oh, time to get Her up.  Gotta go! 
xoxo
Ms. Stella O'Houligan

Intervention

oh dear

looks like we'll be planning an intervention for
Ollie

(after I chuck the chipmunk back over the fence)

Princess Bast Reflects

Wonderous Wednesday

I wonder...

What my boy toys will think of these photos?

the sultry eyes...

 hmmmmzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz



Ms. Finny de Floof

We are following our friend Simba's lead today. 

We want to dedicate our post to our sweet friend, Fin, who left for the Rainbow Bridge on Tuesday.  

Her Mom, Meg, and her Dad will miss her very much, as will we all. 

Not gone...
Just gone on ahead 

 RIP dear Madame de Floofador; 

xoxo
Ms. Stella O'Houligan
That Woman
Miss Jack
Missy Jenga
That Scrappie Cat
The Ornj Mutants Elliott & Oliver

Verb

The correct verb is 'was'

                                                                           as in:  'This was your chair'.

Happy Caturday human,

now go find something useful to do.

Division of Management and Labor

 here we find Ms. Stella (aka Management) working hard supervising the labor force of Ollie & Elliott.  She really gives it her all can't you tell?

I don't have to explain myself, get back to work you mutants!  And keep the noise level down!

One in Every Crowd!