Sweet Sunday

Sposed to be hot and humid today, and I don't care.
I used to suffer in the summer time in our old partment, but here the air coolie thing works, and since our whole partment is smaller, efurrything gets cool.
Have a very "Snoozie Sunday".
Drink lots of water and stay cool.
Or drink lots of water and stay warm, if you're "down under"!
love,
brandi

Pondering Friday

It's sposed to be really warm this weekend.  So summer is finally saying hello to us!! All the rain we've been having has made every thing green!
Wish that the green stuff would turn into green papers! A lot of beans and furry things would be so happy, and no one would have to go hungry or not have shelter!
Now that's a wish everyone should wish for. Ya think if we all put our minds to it we could make that happen???
And no one should have bad things happen to them, either? Why do bad things happen to us?
Last night's movie was a horror one.  Made last year, I think.  And one of the beans here asked if we could have more "current" movies! Isn't it weird that beans are never satisfied with what they got? And got for free (with free cookies last night, too).
Isn't it strange that beans in someplace called Washing-ton can tell us what we can and cannot do? And what our beans can have for green papers??
And what is it with green papers, anyway.  Shouldn't things be free?  Green papers are insanely not "green", either!
I could even ask about why we have to lose so many of our friends over the Rainbow Bridge, but I know the nice man dressed in white who loves us all says it is a good place, and we will all be there someday. But why do we have to lose so many furends to win a reuniting someday in the future?
So much for a kitty to ponder. And even us elders still don't have the answers!
Pondering is tiring.  I think I will go for a nap in a sun puddle now.

love,

brandi 
Lovely Katie Isabella awarded me the Illuminating award, which I have already recieved. It's nice to be twice blessed! Oh, an illuminating thought about me? How about I am not afraid of the loud monster or the mop or the broom. I am a brave kitty.
My mommy says that's being lazy.
I disagree!!!
And the sun puddles wented away, too.

Tuesday Toesies?Talkative Tuesday?

Blurried and old (the picture not me, although I am kinda an older (ahem) feline. I show off my toesies.

It is another gorgeous day out there!  Sunpuddles! Warm. Warm enough to probably turn the air coolie thing on later.Yea!!

Mom is debating on going to the Agenda Meeting for the Council tonight. She might just stay home.  After all she has this wonderful casserole to eat at her leisure!  OMC, she made tuna casserole last night!!!!! I got the cans and the tunie juice!!!!!!! Score!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now Nerissa gaved me a pretty award and I said I would put in on my blog today and pass it on to a couple of my friends.  This award I proudly pass on to:

Mr. Pip (and check out his new header!)

Truffle and Brulee

Milo and Alfie

and last but not least, Glogirly and Katie

Two boys (well really three) and three girls (well four). No that there aren't more out there. There are. And a lot of deserving bloggers, too. And Mr. Pip, I know you aren't a kitty, but you have two kitty siblings, so that counts!

We are so happy that the chip-in is working.  It was hard for a few days. But money is coming through (as soon as they release the funds). Any body know how to make that shorter? Mommy said there are so many things on her list.  Like hamm pizza, mom? Please? Oh, yeah, insurance and medicines, too. Mama has fallen a little behind in some bills. And needs foodies.

Oh, the cell phone thing wasn't because of green papers. No worry on that.  It was something called a bad sim card and "an idiot company" to quote mama. The cell phone lies dead on the desk until we get another sim card. Honestly, this is actually the second phone we've had since the beginning of LAST month. And the third sim card is coming in the mail in about two weeks. Good grief!

All this for a free cell phone.

We are going to be trying out a different kitty litter soon, so we will report back on it. If it's any good.

If I am pleased with it. If I would recommend it. IF.

I should have said Talkative Tuesday, huh and left out the toesie part.

Take care,

love

brandi

Hugs

Hey, it's 80 degrees out.  Nice. We have summer. We have sun puddles.
I peeked in at the ball Saturday.  I felt a little like Cinderella or somecat. But it was beautiful. Truffle looked so elegant and happy. Oh, my!
Since I am older, I'm glad I just crept behind the stairs and sat for a while. Efurry one was busy dancing and eating and talking and snuggling! I missed my sweetie, but, really, these things are for the young.
It seems as though we are going to have a beautiful summer week.  Yea! And more important, I don't think mom has any errands to run.
She was caught up this weekend with a cell phone issue.  Which still hasn't been resolved.  I told her anyone we need to talk to we can blog. She didn't quite get that.
She calls Traci and Lou on the landphone, so she's not totally up in the air. Unless she is out somewhere.
Next week she has lots to do.  I'm glad I have her this week.
At least she stopped falling.
So far.
And I have a bit of flash to show everyone!

And thanks to Nerissa ( who is a mancat, we have to remind efurryone) I have another award to add to my sidebar,  The Illuminating Blogger Award. I think I better pass it on two a couple kitties, too, but stay tuned for that. I will add that tomorrow.
Got to get some Denties (I still have a bag or two left).
love,
brandi

Hmmmph!

Oh, lovely furrends, my mama says I can't go to the ball.  I am soo upset.
I think she said something like "you'r too old" which sounded a lot like "I don't have time". So I don't get to see all my furrends dressed up in all their finery and miss the important debut! You only debut once, ya know.  Come to think of that, I wasn't presented to society in the first place.
Now I am totally distrawted. I didn't have my own debut.  And it's entirely tooo late now.
Have a lovely time, sweet ones. Maybe I'll get to peek in for a bit to see all the excitement.
Mama has been struggling a little with the green papers.   With this medi-gap thing she can't buy stuff, and she has fallen again so she hurties, and we don't have any hamm pizzas.  I miss my hamm pizzas.
HMMMPH. No ball AND no hamm pizza.
I am going to pee all over my room.  So there.
Wait! Does that mean no DENTIES????
love,
an upset brandi

Rememberance

a day to remember and honor many ~

Thank you Zoolatry for the beautiful salute to our heroes

Another Goodbye

My friend Parker.

You will always be in our hearts.

See you soon,

brandi

Thank you for the lovely graphic, Zoolatry.

Sunday Snoopervising.

Mommy gotted up early this morning, so I am planted on my bed.  She hasn't been sleeping real good lately.  Cats definitely don't have that problem, do we? We can curl up and sleep almost anywhere. Right now, however, I am snoopervising her. Yes, mama, you need to write on my blog. Everything I say. Including I want my denties. Now!
Sorry, all.  I need some snuggles.
Mommy wears me out with all her worrying.
No groceries this week. Sigh.
They did come and fix our front door on Friday.  Right when Tracie was here, of course.  Oh, and Tracie seems to think I am too skinny.  How lovely is that? Special noms!
Well, it isn't hamm pizza, but they will do.
No mama, I am not spoiled.
Well, maybe just a little.
But I deserve it!
Now, snuggles, mom!
Let's make sure we all get some, furiends!!
love,
brandi

Update

Okay, we now have a chip-in account (against our better judgement).  So somebody explain how it works and how we get green thingies. Paypal is involved (choke), so we are crossing paws and fingers. So, thanks anybody that can help.
It is going to be a lovely day today.  Sunpuddles everywhere! Mama even is going to have to put the air cooly thing on later.
Yesterday they were supposed to do something with our faucets.  No one came.  Today they are supposed to fix loose locks. Hmmmm. Maintenance is overbusy these days! There's a back up (of course, emergencies come first).
Last night I think mama had something of a screaming fit.  But for a good reason. And not in here (I'm a good kitty, ya know).  A guy camed in the community room with a lady and I think he was selling her insurants. But it was right when the movie was supposed to start.  Mama told them very nicely that the movie was starting, but they didn't leave.
Mama turned the movie up, but the man's voice carried, it was so deep. So the audience had to listen to him going over the lady's health, children, conservators, etc, etc. After 40 minutes mama went over and loudly told them to GET OUT.  You could almost here her up here (not really).
She said, first of all, the room is reserved every Thursday for movies (there is even a listing of movies showing by the elevators, and the dates), and second, no one needed to know this lady's business.
I bet mama felt better after she yelled.  And she said she didn't use ANY swear words either!
The movie itself was very good. It was Firewall, with Harrison Ford and Virginia Madsen. A good action thriller. The audience didn't exactly like the man's voice over the movie. But after that, and the guy and his customer left, it was much better. Mama told me yelling relieves stress, too.
So mama camed home feeling sort of mellow.  She said she had talked to our security and to the president of the resident council (who is also a friend and a movie lover too) before she camed upstairs. So she covered herself from getting in any trouble.
Tracie is here today. We haven't seen her for awhile.  So I'm gonna go.
Maybe more later?
love,
brandi

You Haven't Heard from us in a While

I know, I know.  It's been furefer since mama let me blog.  But things have not been going well here, and we just couldn't share.  We have problems with the green papers.  Serious ones.  Mama says there is something called Medigap which makes her upset cause it raises the price of three of her meds to unbelievable heights. So, while I have my foodies and my denties, and important things like my litter, a lot of things mama needs are not getting bought.  Like her foodie budget is cut waaaayy down. Like by a lot. And she's behind on some bills. And trying to figure out how to pay for her meds.  Like ones she can't live without. Like her intsulins. And there definitely is NO hamm pizza. Sigh. And no camera (now, that can't be so bad, huh?)
Nobody wants to hear bad news.  There is enough of it on here, what with furends getting sick and going over the Bridge and other money problems with some of our families and stuff.  So we have been pretty quiet. We just purray hard for our furends in need and for  something mama calls for-ti-tude for us.
We were once accused of being demanding about help, and we don't want to get into that.  We really needed it then, and we really need it now, but mama won't ask, this time. She felt like she was slammed in the face last time, and doesn't want that to happen again.   And doesn't want to bother anyone with more sad tales. And doesn't want anyone to feel obligated to help us when there are others who need help, too.
We really appreciated the help last time.  We were sooooo grateful.  Mama was so crazy with wondering how to survive. And we were blessed. Really blessed. There are some really great bloggers out here! Just imagine.  No, just know.  Cat (and woofie) bloggers ROCK.
But that was several years ago. And this time, mama is just very sad.
So that's what's happening here. We're trying to be brave, but mama just doesn't have the heart to blog when all she can think about is our problems. She has barely let me read other blogs.
Anyway, hope you had some really nice celebrations in the blogosphere as well as sad news.  Like Cinco de Mayo and Mommy Day, and birthdays and gotcha days and welcome home parties and the Movie Premieres (now they are impressive, our Real Housecats.  We are so proud of them!).
We will try to be more cheerful about things, and blog more. And mama will let me go to some of the celebrations, cause it does help me to get out a bit.
It's just very hard right now.  And I have to snuggle a lot with mommy. A LOT.
love,
brandi
ps. We don't have any straw hats here. Just a straw basket in the kitchen.  And it's full of serving spoons and other kitchen stuff. But do visit some of the other blogs today and see what they are wearing !