Sunday EZ

This Sunday I'm on make it EZ for you, my readers and furrends. What's EZer on the eyes than a picture of ME? Answer: A picture of ME on a calendar! It's a little late cos I couldn't decide if I wanted to do a calendar this year. Frame it; hang it on your wall next to the computer or line your litter box with it. Huh? TW put that last one in there! Why I oughta … when I get my teeth on her … Anyway, click on the calendar to biggify it for printing and framing.

BTW, balsam was stripped of his bling and may be gone by the end of the day. The bitch TW says Pop isn't gonna make my Tower of Power till next weekend cos it's a combined Christmas / Gotcha Day gift and my Gotcha Day isn't until the 29th.

Whoa! I'm Happening

Just when I thought I was becoming a Has-Been and would soon be axed to judge one of those talent shows along with the other has-beens like JLo, Mariah and Nikki, I get The Next Big Thing Blogging Award, not once but twice. I guess that means I'm relevant again. If you thought my head my big before … MOL!

I was thrilled to get the award first from one of my fellow #Nipclub DJs, @GizmoGeoDog, who has the great Terrier Torrent blog. We both hung out at Nipclub and never realized the other had a blog. Can you imagine that?

Then I got the award from the Cherry City Kitties, Harry, Dexter and Tipp. They've only been blogging since last July and only have 59 followers (hint hint). They're 3 rescue kitties with big hearts, who are meowin' to get other cats adopted.

I looked up the rules for this award and found that I'm supposed to thank the cats who nominated me (which I've done), nominate 5 other lucky recipients and answer some questions about a work-in-progress. Dunno about that last part. I don't think it applies to cat bloggers although it might refer to my as-yet-unmade Tower of Power. I hereby nominate:

1. Jessie Janey of the fairly new blog Jessie & Jane. Jessie lives with her Mum in Australia and is fairly new to the blog world. She did a heart-wrenching post to our furrend @ToughTeddyBear, who went OTRB Thursday. Jane is her Mum.
2. Selina from One Eye on the Future. I think everyone here knows Selina, the uni ocular kitty from North Carolina. She may be one eye short of a full deck but she's beautiful and smart.
3. Savannah of Savannah's Paw Tracks. Savvy's time is now cos she's loved by everyone in the CB and beyond. She just celebrated her 1st Gotcha Day and has posted about her recovery as an adult rescue cat.
4. Quinn of Quinn's Got Catitude. Quinn just started blogging after being adopted to fill the paws of the recently departed and loved Brandi. 2013 is definitely Quinn's year to be The Next Big Thing.
5. Pasha of the eponymous (now there's a real Vocabulary Building Word) blog. Just what the CB needs, another handsome mancat! Oh yeah!!! *wink* His blog is always filled with great photos of his good looks. Don't let the fact that he's FIV+ scare you away, just use protection. MOL! Love you Pasha.

Now for a gratuitous photo of your Next Big Thing, here I am! Some of my best pictures were taken on my cat tree that's soon to be replaced. The Tree of Pain and I have had some good times together.

AND I'm not finished yet! The lovely Ann Paws of Pawsitively Pets has named this little ghetto kitty one of the 10 Coolest Pets with Blogs of 2012! Here's the infographic to prove it! I'm honored to be in the same company as those other blogs. I read a lot of them and think they're, well, the Coolest.

Rocky Mountain High

Late on Christmas day, the peeps finally let me open the quilt I won from Colorado Catnip. I know that everyone's tired of hearing me gripe about how nip doesn't usually do anything for me. I keep trying on the chance I'll find a winner. Score! When the peeps opened the quilt, they set it on the floor. I immediately starting grabbing and bunny-kicking the quilt, which has a catnip toy attached to it. When I realized I had an audience, I stopped as quickly as I started. The same scene played out on Pop's bed the next day. I rubbed all over the quilt and toy and did the bunny-kick thing again.

We were all surprised with how large the 100% cotton quilt was and TW was relieved that it's machine washable. As long as she doesn't use the evil, smelly Tide, we should be fine.

TW still doesn't let me into her my bedroom at night but she put the quilt on her my bed so when I come in to sleep after my 5 a.m. feeding, I can lay on it. Yes, kittehs, I have claimed it for my own and laid upon it every morn. Life is good when you' start out the day with a Rocky Mountain catnip high.

I LOVE my quilt from Colorado catnip. There are so many gorgeous quilts and beds in their Etsy shop that if I hadn't won this particular one, it'd take hours for me to decide which one to buy. If you don't see one you like, you can request a custom item. Even if you're not in the market for a bed or quilt (they call them blankets), they have a selection of catnip toys.

Thanks to my good Twitter furrend @Smokey8 for donating such a wonderful prize and to Jana at Colorado Catnip for making sure I had it for Christmas.

Disclaimer: I won the quilt fairly and squarely and no one told this little ghetto cat what to say. Na mean?

New Year, Same Old BS

The year is barely 2 days old and already I've been framed. Let me set the scene. I was on the table, sitting on a paper TW was attempting to read. Pop was eating a banana at the same table. Suddenly, we heard something fall in the hall. Of course, I rushed to see what fell. Since it was on the floor, it was now mine and I could play with it. TW ran to get her flashy box to "catch me in the act" as if I'd knocked whatever fell over. As you can see, all she got was me running away from the flashy box and fleeing the scene. They know that I'm innocent! For the record, it was something they bought the day before that TW was too lazy to put into the cabinet.




In case you'd like to actually see my face, I was getting up close and personal with the flashy box in this photo cos there was no flash. I kinda like how it came out.

In answer to all the comments, Balsam is still here wearing out his welcome so my Tower of Power remains in its box. Sigh.

New Year's Revolutions—2013 Edition

The last stunning photo of me in 2012 taken in the hall by my tunnel.

A stunning picture a day keeps the doctor away! HAH! In lieu of the peeps not keeping any of the New Year's Revolutions I've made for them over the past 2 years, I've only made one for each of the them this year.

My new as-yet-unmade Tower of Power.

For TW: she'll clean my litter box first thing in the morning and again any time I use it during the day. Her day will end checking it one more time.

For Pop: he'll put my cat tree together ASAP. That could be as soon as today. So far I don't see him taking steps toward that goal.

This cat doesn't make revolutions for myself since it's impossible to improve upon perfection. TW claims that I should revolve to be nicer in 2013 cos she claims that even my readers want to see a kinder, gentler CK. It's not happening folks. I promise to keep on keeping it real this coming year. You know that when you come here you'll get plenty of cattitude. Unlike my President, this kitteh doesn't compromise.

Lastly, I've put a graphic of the ratio of my Christmas cards to the peeps. Yes, you'll notice I did include some of the cards I've sent out but those just happened to be on the door. I did out-receive them by a wide margin.