Five Things Meme

Last week we were tagged by friends DaisyMae Maus, Tara, and Rosie and Cheeto for the Five Things Meme. Here goes:

What were you doing 10 years ago?
J&B: We were mourning the loss of our 19 year old big sister Precious and our grandpa. He used to take care of us when Mom went on vacations.
B: Actually, exactly 10 years ago, I ran away for the first time. I was gone from July 11-23. Mom worried excessively, posted signs, called the shelters, and searched and searched. I never told her where I went. I simply emerged from the woods that Wednesday evening by announcing myself with my little voice.

What were you doing 1 year ago?
J&B: Last year we were just discovering cat blogging. We started reading Kismet and Skeezix and some other kitties. We started our own blog by the end of August.
J: One year ago this month I had to start taking pills with all my meals because I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism.

Five snacks we enjoy:
J: Chicken, salmon, cheese, Bathsheba's food, Temptations and all treats. Am I limited to ONLY FIVE because I could go on and on here.
B: Milk (just a little taste is all Mom gives me), Butter (or margarine), cheddar cheese, Temptations and treats that Mom feeds by hand

Five songs to which you know all the lyrics:
J&B: The only song for which we know all the lyrics is the "Cat Anthem." That's what our grandma calls our purring. We leave the regular singing to Dad.

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
J&B: Being a millionaire is not what it used to be many years ago. We have simple tastes (just keep the food coming!) and a comfortable home with an awesome jungle garden so we are satisfied. We could have Mom home more if she did not have to go to "work." We read that some of the other blogging cats would invest in the Temptations company. We think investing would be a good idea. We could then split the income between Mom (so she didn't have to work) and donations to animal charities for years to come.

Five bad habits:
J: 1. Peeing on things in the house. (Very bad). 2. Digging my claws into Mom's arm to make biscuits when she's holding me. 3. Pushing Bathsheba out of the way and taking her food. 4. Scratching on the screen. 5. Peeing on things. (Do you get the idea that that's BAD?)
B: 1. Sometimes giving Mom the bitey when she touches me. (I then later apologize.) 2. Hissing at Mom sometimes. 3. Scratching and making my fur fly (This affects Dad's allergies.) 4. Making a mess of my meals by dropping my food all around the floor. 5. Waking Mom up on weekends. (I don't think this is bad, but she does.)

Five things you like doing:
J: Hanging out on the deck with Dad, chasing bugs, going in the woods, playing fishing pole-type games with my dad, EATING
B: Sleeping on my kitchen chair, sleeping on the bed with Mom (near her, but not generally touching her), playing with the dangling strings that hang from my kitchen chair cushion, getting drinks of water from the bathroom sink faucet, getting treats from Mom.

Five things you would never wear again:
J&B: That awful pink wig!
J: That French artist Halloween costume, the birthday party hat
B: That embarrassing hula girl Halloween costume, the birthday party hat.
We don't like to wear anything but our furs!

Five favorite toys:
Our answers vary depending on the time of the year.
J: 1. Bugs, 2. dangly things that Dad animates for me, 3. catnip toys especially when they're new
B: 4. Chair cushion strings, 5. hockey pucks/aka bottle caps

Since we're late in responding to this meme, most cats have been tagged by now. If you haven't been tagged yet officially, consider yourself tagged by us.

We're Rockin!

We both have been nominated as Rockin' Bloggers!




BATHSHEBA





Anastasia, Jasmine, AND Tara all nominated ME! I am SO honored. Thank you all!

So many great girl cats have already been nominated, and all girl cats deserve the designation, especially those who have to put up with brothers! I know that I am duplicating some, but here are mine:

1. My good friend Rosie (though she has a really nice brother, Cheeto)
2. Eclair and Tiramisu who have been offline for a while as they nurse their food lady through a difficult recovery from shoulder surgery.
3. Mrs. B and Madness, who have the nicest brother around--Bubbles, who is my boyfriend cat.
4. Sophie, that wonderful Big Man Cat Kismet's cute little sister.
5. Tazo who has both a cat brother as well as a DOG brother.

~Bathsheba

JAKE



Thank you, Latte, for nominating ME!

I nominate the following rockin' boy cats:

1. Kismet, the founder of Man Cat Mondays.
2. I'm SURE that he's already been nominated, but I'm going to list the one and only Skeezix the Cat.
3. Bubbles, who is a great guy, but for some reason actually LIKES my sister Bathsheba. I think that she should go live with him.
4. William, who lives with his mom and two sisters in New Mexico.
5. My good friend Cheeto, who even has his own racecar!

~Jake

100th Post Contest Winner

Yesterday's post was #100 for us! And, as we mentioned here, we had a contest of sorts. We said that we would award a Petsmart (or other national chain) gift certificate and a donation to the charity of choice to the first cat to comment on our (unidentified) 100th post. The winner is Tara, Princess Meezer! In fact, she had the first TWO comments on that post. Congratulations! Tara, please write to us at jakeandbathshebaATyahooDOTcom to claim your prizes.

Tara is going to her mountain house soon and is brushing up on her coyote-fighting skills. Tara's Mom will be in our area shortly after Tara's trip to the mountain house. She hopes that it won't be so cold by then. We hope so too, for her sake, but our Mom is still hoping for a major snowstorm this winter.

Mom still hasn't figured out how to post photos again on our blog, and we're increasingly frustrated. It's something associated with some McAfee security upgrades Dad did to our home computer about the same time as Mom had to move us to new blogger. Unfortunately, Mom can't blog from her office, even after hours, because it is expressly against policy, so we're stuck with this computer. If we have to rely on our wit rather than our good looks, then this blog is in trouble.

~J&B