Caturday: Feliway report

Well, I managed to remember what day it is. I mentioned a while back that we were trying out the Feliway plug-in to see if it helped Miss Jenny. It seemed to be helping a lot. Then we ran out. We didn’t have a refill on hand as we were merely testing it and didn’t want to spend too much in case it didn’t do the job. Holy moly! That was our proof that it worked. The minute it ran out, Miss Jenny went back to nervous Nellie mode. For her sake, we replaced it quickly. 🙂 We’ll be sure to keep it on hand.

In other news, Lastech and I went back to Angel Island yet again and this time we visited the Immigration Station museum AND managed to hike all the way around the rest of the island. Photos will be coming soon.

Miss Jenny, the nip head
Miss Jenny, the nip head
Tito being lovey
Tito being lovey
Titan soaking up some rays
Titan soaking up some rays

Here’s a delightful vid starring a burrowing dachshund.


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Caturday: I almost missed it again

My apologies. Lastech was getting ready for work last night when we discovered that we had no hot water. UGH! I had to call the landlord today and then wait.  …and wait and wait. I’m afraid I just totally forgot what day it was. We now have hot water again, so all is well in the JBoD household.

Here are the pointy eared people

Tito enjoying a ray of sunshine
Tito enjoying a ray of sunshine
Miss Jenny is sooooo stoned on nip
Miss Jenny is sooooo stoned on nip
Titan surveying his domain
Titan surveying his domain

And now, from zefrank1 is another True Facts about…. video. This may be NSFW. It’s borderline at any rate.


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I totally missed Caturday

It’s been an odd couple of weeks. The 19th was our tenth anniversary. Sadly, Lastech was feeling under the weather (understatement) so we put off any sort of celebrating. This week, he felt better so off we went. It turned out better than planned as we were between storms and the clouds were as spectacular as the rest of the scenery. I’m working on pics now, so Part I should be ready soon. Anyhow, due to graveyard shift and strenuous hiking, I slept through the day. My bad.

Here are the pointy eared people

Tito showing off his fangs
Tito showing off his fangs
Miss Jenny snoozing in the blanket fort
Miss Jenny snoozing in the blanket fort
Titanescu is NOT snoozing. He's also a victim of reverse polarity, I mean coloring...I mean his colors are inverted... I need more sleep
Titanescu is NOT snoozing. He’s also a victim of reverse polarity, I mean coloring…I mean his colors are inverted… I need more sleep


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Caturday: The nervous wreck kitty

I’m sure I’ve mentioned that Miss Jenny is our nervous wreck kitty. Paranoia…she has it. We have learned that we will probably be forced to move sometime this year as the property owners want to add two more stories to our building. In preparation, we started going through everything and getting rid of stuff. We were only able to work for 20 minutes at a time as poor Miss Jenny would panic and go into hiding. It was disrupting her world and we felt awful about it.

We decided to get a Feliway diffuser and try it. According to the company:

Feliway is a synthetic copy of the feline facial pheromone, used by cats to mark their territory as safe and secure.

Wow! Miss Jenny is much more calm. Titanescu is a wee bit more lovey too. Tito is just wonderful sweet hearted Tito. He used to be nervous, but he’s much more calm with age.

Disclaimer: We’er not paid by Feliway. We just like the product. 🙂

Jenny feeling the Feliway bliss
Jenny feeling the Feliway bliss
Jenny and Tito
Jenny and Tito
Funny Tito
Funny Tito
Titanescu looking serious
Titanescu looking serious


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Caturday: the heat is on

Most of you are sick of winter and we’re about to set records for being warm. Blech! on both counts.

Yesterday, we ran out to get our grocery shopping done early and came home to find Titanescu licking the crap out of something in the window. He was really going to town on it. Since I have caught him licking the mini blinds (yes really), I wanted to put a stop to it. I calmly pulled back the curtain only to see Tito looking up at me with a soggy head. Titanescu looked quite irritated that I had interrupted his forceful grooming of Tito. I put the curtain back and Titanescu resumed his licking. Wow..!

Lastech has been having fun taking pics with his phone. Here is his presentation of the pointy eared people.

Dramatic Tito is dramatic
Dramatic Tito is dramatic
Titanescu quietly sits in judgement
Titanescu quietly sits in judgement
Miss Jenny sharing the cat cave with her best friend Tito
Miss Jenny sharing the cat cave with her best friend Tito

This is our apartment at feeding time. 🙂


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Caturday: Mind Schmeld FAIL!

Titanescu and Tito have been testing the waters, so to speak and Miss Jenny is spending more time on the bed.

Caturday slappy A

Tito: heh! heh! heh! ... heh! heh!
Tito: heh! heh! heh! … heh! heh!
Tito: heh! ... heh! heh! heh! BOOP!
Tito: heh! … heh! heh! heh! BOOP!
Titanescu: дерьма собирается получить реальную, сынок.
Titanescu: дерьма собирается получить реальную, сынок.
Miss Jenny expressed her opinion. Pttttttthhhhhhpppppppp!
Miss Jenny expressed her opinion. Pttttttthhhhhhpppppppp!

For my friends who have had to endure what seems like a never ending winter, here are some funny critters in the snow. I hope that spring comes soon for you.


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Caturday: Minor miracles

We are still getting rain off and on which is great. California could do without the mudslides, but the rain is surely needed. Tito and Miss Jenny do NOT like the sound of rain on the skylight. They tend to run and hide. We managed to keep them in the room with us instead. Still, we managed to get a few pics.

Tito perfecting his art of camouflage
Tito perfecting his art of camouflage
Titanescu looking dramatic
Titanescu looking dramatic
Miss Jenny and her glamour shot
Miss Jenny and her glamour shot

Speaking of Miss Jenny and the miracle. I’m not sure it was as minor as I first thought. Miss Jenny was fairly feral when we adopted her. I don’t think she was handled much when she was young, so as a result, while she loves good scritchings, she won’t be picked up and she’s not a lap kitty. She runs and hides when we’re moving around the apartment or if strangers are present. The other night, she crept up on the bed between Lastech and I. She got fairly close to Titanescu and then settled down to sleep. It was a first. While she’s been known to go into a blanket cave made by Lastech, she’s never slept on top of the bed.

Miss Jenny on the bed with us
Miss Jenny on the bed with us


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Caturday and OMG! We got cookies!

Last September our friend Grace sent the pointy eared people a box of goodies. The were rolling in mouse toys, crocheted toys, snacky bits, and yummy gushy noms. Imagine my surprise when Thursday turned out to be our turn. 🙂 We received a lovely card, some beautiful cat ornaments and some of the best cookies ever!

Thank you Grace!
Thank you Grace!

I intend to find a place to hang the ornaments as they are lovely year round. Now, in keeping with the heart motif, here are the pointy eared people.

Tito
Tito
Miss Jenny
Miss Jenny
Titanescu: He may have a heart around his head, but he's still a curmudgeon.
Titanescu: He may have a heart around his head, but he’s still a curmudgeon.

Many many thanks to the lovely Grace for her delightful gifts.

Love and bonks from Rudha-an, Lastech, Tito, Jenny and Titanescu


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Caturday: Of cat caves and chronic begging

When we sit on the bed to watch tv or read with the blankets up over our knees, the pointy eared people dive in. It’s their cat cave. If we’re not under the blanket, one of them will paw and claw at the blanket until we comply.

Miss Jenny in her cave
Miss Jenny in her cave
Tito enjoying his cave
Tito enjoying his cave

I don’t have a good photo of Titan in his cave. Being black makes it even harder to get good pics. However, I do have a pic of what I face every day. It starts an hour or more before feeding time. Normally, I’m at the computer desk and rather than staring, Titan comes and sits in front of me. He sits in front of me and alternates between nibbling on my arm and licking it. Nibble nibble lick lick. However, if I move my arm, he BITES it followed by the licky licks. He never breaks the skin. It’s just far less gentle than the nibbles. Miss Jenny sits on the floor, mews plaintively and jabs claws in my butt. I refuse to let them win. 🙂

Noms? Feed us Noms? Nao? NOMS RIGHT MEOW!
Noms? Feed us Noms? Nao? NOMS RIGHT MEOW!

And now for something different. Zefrank is a favorite. It’s borderlined NSFW (language) but so much fun. 🙂

Clowns are only mentioned, not shown.


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Caturday: Rainy day edition

It’s finally raining! It won’t be enough to hold off the drought, but anything is better than nothing. The pointy eared people are using the rain as an excuse to sleep. That’s not exactly true. They use ANY excuse to sleep.

Tito is being a contortionist
Tito is being a contortionist
Titanescu decided that Miss Jenny had a flavor
Titanescu decided that Miss Jenny had a flavor

In the meantime, this is what Lastech is dealing with today at work.

Rain and high winds. Photo by Lastech
Rain and high winds. Photo by Lastech


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