The Boys in the 'Hood

I look like I'm praying here, and Kirby looks like a deer in the headlights! Maybe I'm praying that Kirby jumps in front of that car! NOT! This photo is from a couple weeks ago.

Tonight, I'm supervising Mom from atop the cat tree. Kirby is curled up on the desk next to Mom -- that's right, he's in MY spot. Uh-oh, here he comes, he's perched on the printer, eyeing the top of the cat tree. Any moment now he'll make his leap, we'll tussle, and I'll get disgusted and give up my spot to him.

I was right, that's exactly what just happened. Now I'm down on the windowsill...maybe we need a webcam so you can keep track of our moment to moment whereabouts! Boy, would that be boring. Mostly we sleep, with occasional eating and playing. Housecats, that's what we are!

Ciao for now, catfans. Happy February!

Just Like Old Times...

I've been hanging out with Mom again, when she works on the computer. Sometimes, anyway. I used to do this all the time, then when Kirby got here, I changed all my habits. Now I'm back to some of my old tricks again.

It's been really rainy in our neck of the woods, definitely winter in full swing. I am so grateful that I'm an indoor cat, and I don't have to deal with whatever's going on outside.

Mostly, though, these are quiet times. Introspective times. Mindful times to just be grateful to be alive!

That's all for now. Ciao meow from Beeg!

Saturday Afternoon

Just a quiet day at the ranch -- it's a Saturday afternoon and we're expecting rain but it hasn't shown up yet.

Here we are at our respective troughs. I'm liking the wheat grass, it's a nice touch. Mom used to make kitty grass all the time, but after Aja and Grayson passed, frankly I never ate the greens because I regularly ate grass outside. Now that I don't go outside, though, Mom started growing greens again and both Kirby and I love 'em!

Right at this moment, the Kirbster and I are on the couch with the folks, and we're watching football playoffs on TV. Go New Orleans! Looks like they're going to win by a landslide. I've come out of my funk a bit, have been more engaged with the family than I was, spending more time at night sleeping scooched up next to Mom.

Life's good!

Ciao meow for now! Purrs, Beeg

Gettin' The Hang Of It

Zowie, Batman, we just had a 6.5 earthquake on the North Coast, about 22 miles offshore. Boy am I glad we weren't up here on our tree, because it was teetering. No, we're under the bed together and we won't come out.

Mom says if we were in a city somewhere, a 6.5 earthquake might have leveled everything. So we're feeling mighty lucky. About the only thing that's not working for us right now is cell phone service.

Earthquakes are scary when they're happening but they're few and far between. I'd much rather have to put up with this now and then than deal with hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, landslides, fires and God knows what else befalls other places on earth several times a year, every year. Those poor animals who wind up homeless and family-less, my heart goes out to them.

I think we may just spend the evening under the bed, until the coast, as it were, is totally clear. We might not be out of the woods yet.

Hope you're staying warm and dry!

Ciao meow for now!

Fat & Happy

Actually, I should say, "fat and depressed." Mom finally diagnosed that I've been depressed, just like she gets periodically. I mean, with all the changes I suffered in 2009, it's no wonder I've been having a hard time shaking off the blues -- new digs, no more going outside, more time alone, new family member. That's a lot for one cat to handle.

Yeah, they thought getting Kirby for me would make me feel better, and I think it will, over time. But after the initial novelty of having a best bud wore off, I slipped into sadness again. I gave up so much last year...things are SO different for me than they were a year ago. I'm having trouble letting go of the past.

And I took a good look at myself in the mirror recently, and egad! I'm no longer the svelte guy I used to be. I overheard Mom and Dad talking the other day about how I was broadening, and I'm quite sure they weren't talking about my intellectual development!

So Kirb and I are on a new food regime. Mom was mixing Kirby's kitten food with my adult food, because he kept eating my food and I kept going for his. And I've always been a grazer so there's always been a bowl of kibble available. It's not that I was eating a lot more now, it's just that my sedentary lifestyle has finally caught up with me. So the new plan is that we each have bowls of our own food -- and mine is now Lite kibble for weight management -- and when we're not eating meals, the lids are snapped on the bowls. And Mom or Dad monitor us while we eat so we don't get into each other's food. Regular meals, stricter diet, and hopefully I'll shed a couple of pounds. That's my goal for this year!

Catcha later catfans! Ciao meow!

One Lucky Guy

Dad said he was envious that I had my own personal trainer now (Kirby, that is), and he doesn't! Yes, Kirby's been running me around the house day and night...in fact, last night the folks couldn't get to sleep until the wee hours because Kirby and I were playing King of the Mountain on my over-the-bed perch. And I, of course, kept yammering, sounded like we were having our own kind of conversation, and the folks down below kept telling us to put a lid on it!

I'm loving this guy, but truth be told, I can hardly wait 'til he grows up! He's such a firecracker, gets into everything, and frankly it's a bit much for middle-aged me. But shoot, who am I to complain! I still do like spending time alone, though. Which is one reason I'm taking back control of my blog. It's still MY blog, it's me talking here, and I don't want that to change.

So, Happy New Year to you all, from me, BeeGee, and my little shadow, Kirby! May we all be happy and healthy in 2010 and beyond!

Happy Holidays From Us!

Kirby and I wish you all happy holidays and a cool (read: hot) new year. Hot, as in kick-ass! We're kickin' some butt around here, but in a good way!

Love and hugs, purrs and meows from both of us!

Am I Having Fun Yet?

...you bet I am! At this very moment, Mom is typing away, I'm on her left with my tail getting in the way of her fingers on the keyboard, Kirby is sitting on her right, watching, trying to figure out what mischief to get into next! Oh, now he's batting my tail, now he's walking on the keyboard, now he's up on the shelf overhead, now he's grabbed ahold of Mom's rubber stamp, down on the keyboard again, and I'm out of here!

I'm trying to remember if I was this much of a nuisance when I was a youngster. Mom can't tell me, I wasn't with her then, so I can only imagine that I was. But God, been there done that. I'm far more sophisticated now, these trifles don't amuse me like they do Kirby. Like the eraser he just knocked down off the shelf, onto the desk, onto the floor, and who knows when it'll be seen again! Yesterday he knocked the clock off the shelf, the battery went flying out, and hours later the cover to the battery case was found on the floor in the kitchen!

Such is the madness of kittendom! I am enjoying Kirby, though. He's a delight, no doubt about it!

More later. Ciao for now. Purrs and meows, Beeg

Life's Good!

Life is rather blissful these days! New cat? No problem! We're buds already, much to my own surprise. We each get as much love from the folks as we want or can handle, we're both sleeping on the folks' bed at night, and life is back to normal now, except I have a new friend.

Thanks Mom and Dad, I love you! And I love Kirby, too!

Ciao for now, catfans! Purrs & meows from Beeg.