My Cave Habit

It hasn't been very cold lately. But when it is cold, I love to make caves. Lately I sit in front of the (open) window and dream of cooler days. I'm much more active when it's cooler. Any other kitty like that?

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays to all our kitty, bean, and other fluffy friends! We're taking it easy, playing, and enjoying time with our family. Hope you are doing the same! Hugs and purrs to you all!

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!

Our posts are always belated around these parts it seems, but we figured a late Thanksgiving wish is better than no Thanksgiving wish! We had every intention of posting on Thanksgiving, but there were some visitors here. Both Grandmas were here, which is fine. They are usually pretty low-key, so they see lots of Harlie, and sometimes I even come out in the evening to say hi and allow them the opportunity to exclaim over my handsomeness. But this time, there was also another strange visitor. Not another baybee (thank goodness), but a D. O. G. That's right. Grandma A. brought Chloe with her. Apparently, Chloe is a smaller dog who likes cats (I wouldn't know personally, since we never came face to face), but Mom and Dad saw that we were stressed enough hiding out in the bedroom, that they opted out of face to face introductions this time. Wait... what? This time? There might be another???? Well, we'll deal with that when the time comes. Anyway, both Harlie and I managed to sneak out a few times as we had brief bouts of bravery and curiosity, but for the most part, remained sequestered in the big bedroom. Fortunately, Mom and Dad left their closet doors and a few dresser drawers open... favorite places of ours that we are not always allowed to sleep in! Plus Mom and Dad both came in to visit a lot and play with us.

So even though we weren't around to say it at the time, we wanted to let all of our friends in the Blogosphere know we were thinking of them and thankful for them and the community that we are a part of (even if at this time we are playing a very minor role in that community). We wish all of you the best in this holiday season, and hope you have lots of love and family around you! We'll keep blogging when we can!

Hugs and purrs,
Mattingly and Harlie

Mom Promised...

... and for once she delivered! She said we could blog this weekend, and we are! Well, we are posting at least. Next weekend we will have a chance to go around and catch up on blogs and even leave comments for other kitties! We used to do that all the time, but Mom says sometimes life gets in the way.

Mattingly and I have been taking it pretty easy. We had a bit of a rough weekend because we had visitors. Mattingly doesn't like it when visitors come over. Normally, I don't mind, but this time, something WEIRD came with the visitors. Mom said it was a "baybee". I have no idea what that is, and I didn't stick around long to find out. The visitors are gone today, but they stayed one whole night! Mattingly and I hid the whole time in Mom and Dad's bedroom... we even had dinner in there. Mom said I should get used to having a Baybee around, because someday if we're lucky, there will be one that stays with us all the time in our home. If we're lucky? If we're lucky we'll get a weird-smelling, weird-sounding wiggly thing? I'm not sure about that.

Anyway, now it's just a nice, easy day, perfect for relaxing and maybe asking for a few treats in the kitchen. What? Another visitor is coming later? Maybe I like it better when Mom and Dad are gone most of the weekend. Sheesh. At least this one won't have a baybee. For now, hugs and purrs to all our kitty friends and beans and you'll hear more from us next weekend. And of course, special purrs to my sweetie Max and Mattingly's sweetie Tipper!

PS... Mom says I should be sure to say there is no baybee on the way right now (so family members shouldn't get the wrong idea from this post), but they are certainly hoping for one! Beans are so weird.

We're OK

Wow, it's been awhile since we blogged. We are doing ok. Mom and Dad are super busy, so that's why we haven't been blogging. We haven't even been able to read other blogs!! Sometimes Mom will log on with us for a few minutes, but so often recently we've been met with sad news that it's been hard to really say anything. It seems like there's been lots of losses lately in the Cat Blogosphere. Even the kitties we didn't know so well have caused us to shed tears (especially Mom), so even when we've had the opportunity to log on, Mom has been hesitant (she's real emotional lately).

We just wanted to let you know that we are still here and thinking lots of good thoughts about all our friends. Since everyone has been so busy around here, Mom says it's ok to extend an open invitation to our kitty friends to come by and play anytime. You don't even have to let us know ahead of time! There's lots of food and toys and space for everyone, so please come over! Hopefully we'll be back to blogging more regularly soon, once everyone here gets settled into their Fall schedule. Purrs to you all!! (And maybe especially to Max and Tipper!!)

Lazy summer days

As you can see, Harlie and I have been enjoying some lazy summer days. It's been very hot and humid, and is makes us want to lay around even more than normal. We even eat a little bit less in this weather. Mom and Dad have been extremely busy lately, so we haven't been able to keep up with too many blogs, but we wanted to let you know we are well. Also, even though we are behind the times a bit, we wanted to make sure we sent out our support to Monty Q.'s Babybean. Sounds like things are going better, but we're pretty sure you can't ever have too many warm fuzzy thoughts and prayers, so we're adding ours in!