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"Mews Nooz" with "The
Boys" and
Karen McGreevey
Published
Weekly for Cats, Cat
Lovers and More
Vol
2,
Issue #7 Week 7 - February 19, 2011
"The Boys" say,
Hello
,
How
has your week been?
What about your Valentine's Day? I visited a lot of the cat blogs on
Valentine's Day and saw so many cute Valentine's decorations and read a
lot of special Valentine's messages.
Has your kitty been doing anything out of the ordinary?
Mikey "got his
rambunctious" groove on a few days ago. You can
read about it below in "Days
of Our
Meows". And I"ll also post it at
Kittens 'n
Things later for those who don't get a chance to read it
here first.
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Note.
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And it may have been that way since I began "publishing" it. Or, at
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Another issue I need to check with a web designer about.
Thank you for your patience as I work through this.
Yours
in furriendship,
 and
"The
Boys"
Karen
McGreevey
Publisher/Editor
Mew's
Nooz
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In
this Issue
- Days
of Our Meows: Maybe
We Could Bottle Mikey's "Rambunctiousness"!
- Taking
Care of Kitty: Is
Your Kitty Bored
- What's
New Pussy Cat?
Outdoor
Heated Kitty Camper
- It's
Your Turn: Sweet
Praline and Mom Paula
- Who
Meow Are: "The
Boys"
- Manage
Your Subscription: You
Coming Or Going?
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Days
of Our Meows
Maybe
We Could Bottle Some of Mikey's "Rambunctiousness"!
This
cat is 13 going on 14 (July 1) ...but nobody's told him! Or he forgot!
And so, most days he's got more energy and mischief than the other
three combined.
One
of his most recent incidents to "confirm" this statement happened on a
recent Sunday morning.
After
church on Sundays, we often have coffee and bakery rolls. Mikey h as
become a "fan" of the rolls because one or two of them have "cream"
(frosting)
on top. The Sunday in question, Mikey happened to be sitting nicely,
upright on the back of the couch in the dining room. Chuck had put my
roll on a plate and was putting the plate on the table (I was on my way
into the dining room to sit down.)
At the same time Chuck said to me that my roll was ready. Mikey, being
in close ear shot, heard that; he perked up (you could almost see the
wheels working), looked at the table, jumped (or was it flew?) from the
back
of the couch to the floor (skipping landing on the couch seat), over to
the chair where I was about to sit, beat me to it, jumped up onto my
chair and somehow knocked my cinnamon roll with cream from the table
onto the floor!
Miraculously, the roll landed, frosting up! Actually, Chuck had put a
fork into the roll before he put the roll and the plate it was on onto
the table, which helped to keep the roll right-side up.
Well, Mikey got a whole
lot of
frosting that day!
With "shots" like that, we've been thinking about getting him signed up
for one of those national basketball leagues.
What
do you think?
Taking
Care of Kitty
Is Your Kitty Bored?
Around
here, especially in
the winter, "snowstorm" often dred ges
up shudders in the thoughts of the mothers and fathers with
little
kids. Because
more often than not, the kids
will have no school and, as a result, will be home for the day--"Snow
Day"!
Thus,
mothers and fathers alike scramble about trying to find
a place for the kids or activities for them to occupy
themselves with.
While most of us don't have that "what to do with kitty" trauma on a
snow day, there is still often a time when your kitty becomes a bit
bored with her playthings or her food or her bed. Or her
whatever!
You
know what happens.
You buy one of those really neat toys you've seen advertised in your
local Target or K-Mart. Or you've seen it for yourself on the shelves
as you've walked past. Maybe your vet mentioned it or you've seen your
neighbor's cat batting it around or carrying it in her mouth
to some secret place.
You're
certain your furball will enjoy the toy just as much as the others.
But the euphoria from the blinking lights or catnip lasts all of two
minutes and then, like with a lot of her other toys, it gets scooted
under the couch. Or you can't find it at all. Period!
So
what do you do?
We've discovered "The Boys" tend to make their own fun with their own
whatever it is they find.
Jonny likes to play with a mousey or a ball. Mikey will either jump
into a paper sack or a cardboard box. Billy likes playing with plastic
sacks or the plastic that holds pop bottles together. (He's lost two
bottom front teeth because he got his teeth caught in the plastic.) And
Bowie is a "couch potato" as he watches TV - a lot!
The other night, Mikey grabbed hold of my apron string as I was fixing
supper.
So much like you
needing to find an outlet for your kids, especially
when it snows and they can't go outside, you also need a "back up" plan
for when your kitty has run out of "store bought" toys to entertain her
cat-self.
It's a lot less expensive, for one thing, and a lot easier to find
things around the house that will entertain your kitty for a good long
while.
We've even found that when
ours do get bored with their toys and other
playthings they occupy themselves with...that boredom with
that specific thing is short-lived.
Just give your kitty a bit of time and she'll soon be back in the thick
of
things with that mouse, or that catnip or that box or that shoestring.
Or something entirely new that she found in her "cattin'" around the
house'.
 
What's
New Pussy Cat?
K&H
Manufacturing Outdoor Heated Kitty Camper with Heated Pad
"The
Boys," our "Cat
Seen Investigators" (CSI), like nosing around the Internet
for really cool toys
and all kinds of
stuff that might catch the eye of any discerning
kitty.
This
week,
they present the ..
Outdoor
Heated Kitty Camper
K&H
Manufacturing describes the Outdoor
Heated Kitty Camper as:
Protection
from the cold, comfort, luxury, durability. The K&H Outdoor
Thermo-Kitty Camper has it all! Utilizing our Outdoor
Heated Kitty Pad as
the source for warmth, this is the perfect heated shelter for any
outdoor cat. Simply put it in a wood shed, garage, porch, barn or any
outdoor structure and plug it in.
We've cleverly incorporated 2 doors for that "just in case" quick exit
from an un-welcome visitor. We'll admit it, we thought of everything.
UL listed.
Features:
- Recommended
for indoor and outdoor use
- Shelters
animal from the outdoor elements and
other wildlife
- Great
for feral cat houses, porches, garages, barns or in the home
- Thermostatically
controlled to warm to your pet's normal body temperature
- 5
1/2-foot steel wrapped cord
Note:
This Kitty Camper
has an 8%
coupon code available for it, effective 2/14/2011 and ends
2/28/2011.
"The Boys", are "thrilled"
to give the
Outdoor Heated Kitty Camper
paws
up!
Note:
This is an affiliate link
It's
Your
Turn
Sweet
Praline and Mom Paula
"The
Boys"
and I "travel
around the web," looking at
all of the really neat
kitty
blogs that we can feature here in "It's Your Turn."
This week, we're
featuring Sweet
Praline, one of our "kitty readers" and her mommy,
Paula.
Sweet Praline came to live with her mom (Paula) at the a ge
of 12 weeks back in December 1995. She was born on September 25, 1995
in Columbia, SC. Her mother was a Seal Point HImmie and her father was
a Red Tabby Persian. You can see from the attached baby picture why
Paula fell in love with that little face.
How did I come to live with my mom, Paula?
Mom was going through a divorce after 21 years of marriage and her
husband took their cat, Muff, with him. Mom decided to go back to
school to earn her Ph.D. and began wanting another kitty. During a
visit with her sister on Thanksgiving in 1995, mom started talking
about getting another kitty (Muff and the ex had been gone for a little
over a year).
Mom always admired the Himmies and Persians and began checking the want
ads. She even called several people and all of the babies were gone.
About a week later, mom came back to Columbia (she was in Clemson
working on her degree) to get her hair cut and to visit her friends at
the middle school where she used to teach. She was driving by one of
the local malls and saw a small pet store, so she pulled in to see if
there were any kitties.
Imagine
her surprise when she saw the signs that there were
Persian kittens for sale. Mom went in and talk ed
with the two owners (very nice Oriental couple) and she told them that
she wanted a female Persian. The lady told my mom that the solid
Persians were already sold, but she had two "pointed" Persians left;
one male and one female. Mom sometimes wishes that she had bought my
brother at the same time!
Mom asked the lady if she could hold me and she immediately pulled me
out of the cage. I immediately clung to my mom and licked her face and
started purring. Mom must have walked around the store for 45 minutes
holding me, debating whether to get me or not (I wasn't cheap). While
mom was walking around with me, I fell asleep in her arms. The nice
owners introduced mom to my kitty parents and they were beautiful.
Mom looked at the lady and asked if they took credit (that was when she
still had decent credit and the lady said yes, and the rest is history!
The owner called me Flower Face, but mom took one look at my colors and
my face and said, "her
name is going to be Praline." I came with
papers, so mom had to come up with a formal name in order to get me
registered. She decided on Paula's Sweet Praline. We had the hardest
time getting my registration finalized because they couldn't decide
what color I was. The CFA said I couldn't be pointed because I didn't
have the eyes and I have 2 paw pads that are pink instead of dark.
Finally, after sen ding
some pictures, they decided that I was a Tortie~
I am a very pampered little girl. Mom calls me a Diva! I am very
finicky about what I eat and of course, I have very expensive tastes.
Here are some unique things about me:
* I am not a lap kitty nor do I like to be held for more than a
minutes. However, I love to be brushed and petted.
* I like to have my belly rubbed. When mom rubs my belly, I just
stretch my front paws way up in the air to make sure she gets my whole
belly.
* I like to sleep in front of the AC vent.
* Mom puts my water bowl below the AC vent, so it is always cool. I do
not like the water fountains, though.
* I love treats and will harass my mom endlessly to get them.
* I only weigh 7 lbs, 8 oz. Everyone things that I am bit, but it's all
fur.
* Unfortunately, I do leave a lot of hairballs on the carpet for mom to
step into. She is pretty embarrassed about some of the stains!
* I will sit and watch TVG with my mom. I love to watch Cesar, the dog
whisperer.
* I don't like to play with toys that make noise.
* I've never scratched on the furniture. I always use my scratching
post.
* I love fev-vers, but only when I want to play with them.
* I don't like to lie down on anything really soft (blanket, cat bed,
etc.). I prefer the hallway carpet or the tiled floor in the bathroom.
* I'm not allowed to go outside. There have been a few times during
my 4 years of life that I've actually slipped out of the door
when mom
opened it but she quickly scooted me back inside.
* I love to lick my mom's face!
* I will eat my stinky goodness directly from my mom's fingers.
You can follow along with Sweet Praline and
Mom Paula here.
Note
from Karen and "The Boys":
In case you didn't know, Sweet Praline has been feeling a bit "under
the weather" for a few weeks now. So we're sending our thoughts and
purryers to her to get back to eating better. And perhaps you can send
your healing thoughts, too.
Who
We Meow Are
The
McGreeveys
I'm
Karen
McGreevey, "keeper of the kids." "The Boys" at our house
include:
Jonny
Cat, II -
named for Jonny Cat, who was in our "first family," and for a sack of
cat litter. I'll have to tell you that story one of these days.
Michael Anthony
(Mikey or Mikki - depending upon whether I spell his name or Chuck, my
husband, spells it). Mikey is named after an expensive line of
jewelry--because he's "mighty fine"!
Daniel
Boone -
Although Daniel's no longer with us. We called him "Daniel" for short.
And he and Mikey were "true brothers" as they were from the same
litter.
Wild
"Bill" Hickok -
Who is really just "Billy".
Buffalo
Bill "Cody" -
Unfortunately, is also "gone". He left us way too young.
Jim
"Bowie" -
We call him "Bowie" (Booie), although as the "baby" he could easily be
called the "brat" but that wouldn't be nice!
Chuck
- The
daddy of "The Boys", and husband of Karen.
All
six
were/are Purebred Persians, with babydoll faces. (Their faces are
sprinkled throughout this ezine, on the left-side of each topic
section.) They do not have the really smashed nose, which is a
characteristic of some Persians.
Except
Jonny;
he's close - "by a nose"!
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