Gato de Los Muertos

 

Today are da second day of Día de Los Muertos. And no, it's not Mexican Meowloween, it is a celebrayshun to honor the dead. So I decided to build my own kitty ofrenda.

I put up pickshures of Angels Jezebel, Maurice, and Crockett. Our family has had more kitties, but those are the ones that I purrsonally knew. And I lit a candle for them and put up some toys for them to play with when they come visit. Oh, and the Tentaciones de Muertos. See, the dead kitties can't actually eat them, but they get to "taste" them when they come visit. And I get to eat them as I remember them. Yum.

Hey Angels Jezebel, Maurice, and Crockett - I miss y'all. I am doing my best everyday to demand as much food as possible - I know y'all would be proud!

A Note From Jezebel's Typist

Jezebel passed away in my arms this morning.  As some of you may know, I've had Jezebel since I was 6 years old - she has been a major part of my life.  I was the one who picked her out - I couldn't resist the crazy kitten that was literally climbing the cage to get me to notice her.  

I slept on the floor in the living room so I could be near her - I didn't want to have her up in a bed in case she tried to go anywhere and fell.  I kept waking up every couple of hours to check on her.  She was so still and she felt cool, but she was still breathing. When I woke up for good around 7, I wrapped her up in my arms and held her for hours.  

She seemed like she was beginning to struggle, so my mom and I decided we were going to take her to the vet.  But she passed away in my arms before we had the chance.  We buried her in the backyard, near where we buried Hank's ashes and Charlie last summer.

I feel like my heart is breaking.  Thank you for your friendship.

Tired

I'm tired.  The human slaves have been really good - they even got me my favoritest food of all - cheesy Fancy Feast.  But I just took the tiniest nibble - I didn't really want to eat it.  But at least they knew to get it for me.  I didn't want to drink any water either - I just wanted to lie down and go to sleep.

I'm really tired.  But at least I have a nice warm lap to lie on right now.  Thank you for all the purrs and prayers.  They're appreciated.

-Jezebel

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

Still not feeling very good.  But I am enjoying sleeping in my humans' laps.

-Jezebel

Not Doing Too Good

Well pals, I'm not doing too good.  I went to the vet today because I've been having diarrhea for a while.  I got some drops to help firm that stuff up.  The vet said he heard an extra heartbeat.

My feet have also swollen up, which is making it hard for me to walk.  The humans could run a whole lot of tests and all that, but I'm almost 21 years old and they don't want to make me go through all that.  I did some get some fluids, along with some vitamins and steroids to help me feel a little better.

But I've had a real hard time walking this afternoon and tonight.  I've been dragging my back legs and mainly I'm just sitting in the typist's lap.  She seems sad, I don't know what her problem is - her legs are working just fine.

I also got to go out in the backyard.  I haven't been out in the backyard for years!  A long long time ago, I used to get to go outside and kill birds and lizards and all kinds of things.  When I was about 18, my momma thought she could let me out some because I wouldn't to do anything, like climb the fence.  Well, I proved her wrong and was on that fence in no time.  Not today.  I just played with the plants a little and sat by the pool.  Well, it figures that the slaves would finally let me back outside when I am too decrepit to do much of anything.  It was nice to be back outside though.

I'm back to sleeping on the typist's lap again.  I did eat a little bit of food tonight, which made the humans happy.  They're really easily pleased I guess.

-Jezebel

Gettin' Old Ain't For Wimps

Hey everybody, Jezebel here.  This getting old stuff is not for wimps!  I've not been feeling too good the last week or so, I've been having tummy troubles and my arthritis has been acting up.  I seem to be doing better today, so hopefully that stuff is done with and I can go back to bossing those silly boycats around.

At least my sunspots are back today for napping.  And the human slaves have been pretty good about feeding me whenever I want.  I just give them my stare of death and stand by my food bowl, I can't really meow like I used to.  I still can meow some, but I used to be a fantastic meower - I was so loud.  Now it is so quiet.  But there's one advantage of having Travis and Maurice around - the slaves are constantly feeding cats!  MOL!

Well, I'm off to go take a nap.  Have a pawsome Monday.

-Jezebel

Caturday Art

We're joining Athena's Caturday Art blog hop!  Happy Caturday!

Happy Spring!

Happy Spring everyone!  I love spring - more sunspots are around, the birdies are back to provide us entertainment (even if I'm not allowed outside to decapitate them anymore), and best of all, my birthday is coming up!  What's not to love??  

Last night, I crawled right up on Whitley and went to sleep.  Having a living, breathing, heated mattress to nap on is nice.  I know some kitties don't like dogs and visa versa, but if you properly train your puppies from when they're little, they can be a nice heating pad.  I sleep on Finley the same way, and both those dogs are perfectly polite, as they should be since they're being graced with my presence.

Hope everyone has a happy first day of Spring - I'm getting ready to settle in for a nice springtime nap!

-Jezebel

Black and White Sunday

Happy Sunday!  It's cold and cloudy here - looks like a good day for some napping!

Wordless Wednesday

Sun Puddles Have Returned!

Our sun puddles have returned!  And so has our Spring weather - it was a toasty 81 degrees here - the perfect spring day to spend napping in the sunshine.  Which was exactly what I did.

Hope y'all got some sun puddles to enjoy too!

I've been having a good time lately MOLing at those crazy boycats.  They are good entertainment, the way they zip and zoom all over the house.  The funniest thing is when they try to land somewhere thinking they will fit, but they don't.  MOL MOL!

Hope y'all are all having some sunny warm weather too.

-Jezebel

Black and White Sunday

Caturday Art

We're joining Athena's Caturday Art blog hop!  Happy Caturday!

It's a rainy and cloudy Caturday - the perfect day for lots of napping (or lots of bacon if you're Travis).

-Jezebel

A Nice Nap

Like most kitties, I spend a good part of the day napping.  I spend even more time napping now that I'm 20.  My favorite place to nap is on fleece blankets - we've got them throughout the house.  Isn't it nice that my slaves realized I needed a good nap spot in almost every room of the house?  They're really pretty good, as far as slaves go.  I saw that that movie, 12 Years A Slave won the Academy Award.  I told my humans they should make a movie about me since they have almost 21 years as my slave.  I think I deserve one of those nice lil trophies, but since I don't see any scripts or movie cameras yet, I doubt they lessoned.  Another wasted opportunity. 

Anyways, my sun was back today, so I had a nice sun puddle to nap in.  Sun puddles really are the best!  

Time to go remind the slaves I need dinner . . . 

-Jezebel

Wordless Wednesday

Happy Mardi Paws!

We're celebrating Mardi Paws today!

Here's some music to help you get in the mood!

We started off with some beignets in the morning.

And now for the Mardi Gras feast - gumbo, shrimp étouffée, seafoods dirty rice, jambalayas, crawfish enchiladas, and boudin. Yummmmm!!!  We'll just have to make sure Travis doesn't eat it all!

Don't forget the Hurricanes to wash down all that tasty food!

And of course there's no Mardi Gras without the King Cake!

Hope y'all had a pawtastic Mardi Paws!  Laissez les bon temps rouler!

-Jezebel and Travis

Happy birthday Maurice!

It's a busy day around here - Black and White Sunday, Texas Independence Day, and our very own black and white kitty's, Maurice's, 4th birthday!!

Maurice turned 4 today - Travis is busy trying to steal all his presents!  Here's a picture of the birthday boy!  Maurice has been having fun with his new toys and relaxing.

Hope you have a pawsome Sunday!  We are sure are happy to be inside kitties today - it's supposed to get down to 12 tonight!  Which is a 70 degree drop from it being 82 and sunny yesterday.  Texas weather is just crazy!

-Jezebel

Caturday Art

We're joining Athena's Caturday Art bloghop!

Happy Caturday!

Throwback Thursday

As y'all might now, I'm almost 21 years old.  I've been around a LONG time and wanted to show just how long!  Here's a picture of me and my typist.  The first one was taken 20 and a half years ago, when I was a kitten and she was 6.

This one was taken today.

We make a pretty good pair!

-Jezebel

Wordless Wednesday