The Final Friday of 2017

This year is about to come to a close but we're ending it on a good note with doublewide scratchers...

Yeah, okay, so it's only until the recycle bin is emptied so the old one will fit in it but that won't be until next year! Hee hee. We're also ending the year in good health. Isabella gave Mommy a scare a week ago and was rushed off to the emergency vet. They couldn't find anything wrong with her but she came back home smelling like the vet's office! I hissed at her for two days but all is better now...

Our regular vet was already scheduled to come to our house this past Wednesday and she said we both are soft, beautiful and looked healthy. Paws crossed our blood work comes back with the same conclusion. Anyway, we'll be spending the last days of 2017 helping Mommy clean out closets for last minute charitable donations. We'll also be sure to rest up for the start of tax season. How much longer until spring?

How will you be spending the final weekend of 2017?
We appreciate you spending time with us today and always! 

Happy New Year to all of you for all of us!

Angel, Isabella and Sharla

Holiday Wrap Up

Whew! What a happy holiday! We waiting patiently (and comfortably) for Santa on Christmas Eve...

Daddy, uh, we mean Santa didn't disappoint when we got heart toys from a Chinese food container...

Filled with really good nip...

We also got a brand new scratcher!

It provides the perfect resistance to make the popcorn popping sound!

Our Grandma from Vegas sent toys too...

This one squeaks like a real mouse so it was fun to deaded it...

For Christmas Day we napped played with our toys while Daddy took Mommy to her happy place...

Despite them coming home without the birdie, we had a wonderful Christmas! We hope you did too!

We hope you had a happy holiday!

Angel and Isabella

Ready for Santa Claws

We're as ready as we'll ever be for Santa Claws. Mommy finally got us a tree although it doesn't smell nearly as fresh as a real tree does. The little snowman doesn't smell too fresh either...

The tree tickled my nose...

Oops! Timberrr!

The tree fainted...

Anyway, we've both been on our best behavior all year...

Well, almost...

We're sure we're still on Santa's nice list. We know you are too! 

Wishing you a wonderful holiday weekend! May all your Christmas wishes come true!

Merry Christmas from our house to yours!

Isabella, Angel and Sharla

Wordless Wednesday

This and That

It was a whirlwind weekend around here but progress was made on Christmas preparations. Packages were mailed today, our cards should arrive today so we can mail them tomorrow and only one more beady goody needs to be made for a gift. We bought our packages for Daddy already but Mommy needs to get him something. We're pretty sure it won't be a reindeer truck with a dog...

All this present stuff reminded us of a story about gifts Daddy bought in Disneyland for his minions employees. He got small packages of Mickey shortbread cookies and he had all 10 of them plus a bigger package for our Grandpa from Kansas in his carry on to avoid them being broken in the luggage. Anyway, his bag was picked to be searched by the Orange County airport TSA because they could not figure out what they were seeing on their x-ray thingy. While they were swiping the cookies and testing them for explosives, Daddy was telling the guy they were for his employees and that he'd get in trouble if he didn't bring them anything. The TSA guy kinda broke a smile but stayed tough during all the testing. Who knew Mickey cookies could look dangerous...

Anyway, we're glad this weekend is over because we were pretty stressed about it...

Now we can relax and enjoy the rest of the holidays before you know what starts again in January.

How was your weekend?

Hope your week is off to a great start!

Angel and Isabella

Finally Friday

While we're glad it's Friday, somemommy isn't. It's because she only has this weekend to get all the Christmas presents bought and some that are beady goodies made, packaged and mailed plus our Christmas cards she ordered (late) may not arrive until Monday. She gets zero sympathy from us because we're not the ones who spent a week in Disneyland. Anyway, because she's been busy this week we're going to do a flashback to a whole couple of weeks ago when I was snoopervising Daddy clean off the deck...

I know it looks like a boring job but it's pretty fun when he comes across a leaf and it goes flying...

If only I was out there I'd catch those suckers...

I'm pretty sure I enjoy this job way more than Daddy does...

Anyway, since she'll be running around this weekend, we plan on relaxing and getting ready for Santa Claws to visit soon. What do you have planned for this weekend?

Hope you have a great Friday!

Angel

Wordless Wednesday

We're Back!

We hope everyone had a great week! We've had fun with our Grandpa from Kansas and our Mommy and Daddy had fun in her happy place, Disneyland...

And California Adventure...

They had fun riding the rides, seeing the shows and watching the parades...

The reindeer in the holiday parade always makes Mommy giggle. She's weird. Anyway, they got home Friday and on Saturday everyone except us went to Heceta Head B&B for the Victorian Christmas...

It's all lit up for the holidays and it's open for people to come inside to see Santa and sing Christmas carols. They had a good time. It's Mommy's second happy place...

Our Grandpa from Kansas will be going home tomorrow so we'll enjoy him while we can...

He gives awesome scritches and takes excellent care of us! We're going to miss him but we're glad Mommy and Daddy are home. We'll be catching up with our blog friends soon too!

How was your week?

Hope you enjoy your Monday!

Isabella

Deja Vu

We're posting a re-run from 2012 because even though it's five years old, it's happening all over again today. Hope you enjoy this look back at what's new here!

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The Big Red Box has appeared and for some silly reason Mommy and Daddy think they are gonna take it somewhere sunny.  That is if I decide to get off of it...

I plan on staying on this for as long as I can and when I have to go eat, my back up Big Red Box sitter on-er is close by...

If we don't succeed in keeping them home, at least we have our Grandpa from Kansas here to spoil take care of us!  But, we are going to have to take the week off since we aren't allowed to work the computer without Mommy's snoopervision.  

We'll return next Monday so we hope everybuddy has a great week!

Angel & Isabella

Demonstration

I've put a request in with Santa Claws for a new scratcher for Christmas. We both use it daily and I'll show you how. It's against the cedar chest at the foot of the bed to help Isabella get up and down on the bed since someTorties can't jump. She goes up and down like this...

Then since it's a scratcher she often stops to scratch like this...

She's a way more polite scratcher than I am. I'm such a wild scratcher I almost pop a wheelie on this thing!

Anyway, I hope Santa brings us a new scratcher. A new one will help me do the popcorn popping sound that Mommy loves in the middle of the night. She loves it so much she wakes up every time to hear it! 

What's on your Christmas list?

Have a great weekend!

Angel

Tortie Tuesday

It's the time of year when presents are starting to be wrapped. The first presents we have are for Daddy so I thought it was best that I snoopervised to make sure they're perfect.

Mommy, you need to scooch it back a bit towards the middle...

The ends don't meet up right. You're lousy with the scissors...

You're not very good with tape either...

The top side looks okay but it needs something...

There, that's better. It just needed my touch...

It's a good thing I'm on the job since some floofy white kitty thinks it's bath time...

I helped wrap two more presents for Daddy but there are no pictures of that. As we were finishing up the first one, he called to say he was on his way home fifteen minutes early so they were wrapped really, really fast! 

Have you started your holiday shopping yet?

Hope you enjoy your Tortie Tuesday!

Isabella

Weekend Wrap Up

We hope you had a weekend filled with many things to be thankful for! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and lots of cuddles, naps and whipped cream throughout! We were left home alone for a few hours when Mommy and Daddy went to her happy place on the coast...

They saw whales and this time they saw feral kitties too...

There were two black feral kitties with very shiny furs that were clearly being taken care of by someone because of all the cans of food plus more dry food scattered around. They had a really nice view too...

Of course Mommy will now have to check on them every time she goes over there. She's a worry wart. Anyway, they also saw a lady carrying her dog on her shoulders on their way to the beach...

From that point they were several sand dunes away from this...

Oh, that's not a big birdie in the sky, it's the Coast Guard helicopter. They work hard keeping peeps safe kinda like I work hard helping Daddy with the laundry...

And Isabella helps Mommy with some computer stuffs...

We know both of them are very thankful for our help. 

How was your weekend?

Happy Monday to you!

Angel

Happy Thanksgiving!

We want to wish Happy Thanksgiving to our friends here in the U.S and say how thankful we are for our friends throughout the world!

We have many things to be thankful for this year including...

A loving, furever home

Sunpuddles

Our good health

A cabinet full of foods

Our toys and scratchers

And warm cuddles on a comfy bed...

We hope your home is filled with happiness, your heart is filled with love and your tummy is filled with goodies!

Happy Thanksgiving from our home to yours!

Isabella, Angel and our Mommy