A New Tail

• This is what mom brought home from the vet. Can you believe it - after years with just us cats, mom went and did the unthinkable. Her name is Tipper. She has four white paws, a patch of white on her chin and some white on her chest. We didn't even get a vote on whether there should be a new addition. Guess there's nothing we can do about it now. She is starting to grow on us a bit. Maybe we'll give her a chance.
• She was born on March 18, 2008.
• She is tiny - mom could hold her in the palm of her hand.
• SK seems to like her some.
• Midnite is still deciding but right now Midnite swats at her when she get close.

A Trip to the Vet!

I had to go to the vet for my regular shots. The vet stuck me twice and checked me over real good and thinks I'm in pretty good shape. More important while we were at the vet mom picked up something! Can you guess what it is? Some clues:

It is mostly black - just like me - but has some white like Stray Kitty!
It's a girl - just like me!
It's very small!
It won't get a lot bigger - probably not as big as me!
I can tell you already I don't care too much for it!
It whines a lot.

We're OK!

We're OK - we've even gotten a little closer since all the stuff with the neighbor started. Mom has been very busy with taking care of our Nanny (she's 85 and gots lots of human ailments which translate into a bunches of trips to doctors and all sorts of different tests). Not a lot of other things happening - we do have some things to tell you about but we won't try to tell all today. First, the neighbor continues to act "stoopid" but we are just ignoring him! We think he is following the court order to be on his meds and check in with his shrink. Nuf said on that subject! Other things we got to tell you about:

• trip to the vet
• birthday/a year younger
• weight gain
• treats
• toys
• a new tail

Justice

The neighbor's trial was today. Mom's brother consulted with the State Attorney and the results were almost everything we hoped for. He was fined for the assault, ordered to attend six months (twice weekly) of anger management training (at his own expense) and is subject to periodic unscheduled reviews for up to one year to ensure that he is taking his medications and seeing his therapist. The No Contact order was also extended as an added protection against him bothering us again. Mom is relieved and hopes that we can begin to get back to normal. The stress of this situation has added a few more gray hairs to mom's head. We are going to take this weekend to unwind, maybe watch a little football, and let our hair down. We want to thank everyone for checking on us and for your prayers. We are very greatful for all the support and caring and hope to get back to regular blogging and commenting.

United Front

A lot has happened since we abandoned the search for our Christmas presents. The neighbor was released from jail and was given a "no contact" order from the State Attorney. He continues his obsession with our cable and telephone lines - the day after he was released from jail he called in a electrician to check them out. Mom yelled at them and the electrician made a quick exit. He has a plea negotiation conference on January 22nd as a result of the assault on mom's brother. Mom thinks he is just laying low until that is over and then will be right back to his old ways. He has some major issues which really need professional attention - but no one in his family seems willing or able to do anything about it. There is so much more going on even we have trouble believing some of the things he has done. Last week as an addition to our security system mom had a video surveillance system installed. Mom thinks it's only a matter of time before he does something and she hopes this time to catch him in the act (smile you're on MomCam). We want to take this opportunity to say a big "THANKS" to everyone who has kept us in their prayers and thoughts. Special thank you to Pearl, Bert & Jake of PB&J Is My Favorite for the Extraordinary Gold Star Special Award. We are honored and appreciate so much the care and concern of everyone. To our dear sweet NOMSSF, PerfectTosca, please don't bite your foot. We miss not being able to post everyday or to visit our friends but we will weather this storm and be back. We stand united - can you believe mom got us both in the same picture.

Merry Christmas

Christmas Glitter Graphics We hope everyone has a joyous holiday!
Midnite & Stray Kitty

Search Delayed

We may have to delay our search for Christmas presents for a little while. The situation with our neighbor has gotten out of control. Yesterday he was again digging in the ground around the phone and cable line. Mom thinks that he was going to try to cut the lines again but my have gotten bitten by the electricity in the phone line that stopped him short. Mom was smart this time and got photos of him doing the deed. Then just a short while later mom's brother was walking his dog and the neighbor attacked mom's brother. The neighbor was arrested. Since we now have several "incidents" she's going to go back to the State Attorney and see if there is now enough to do something about him. We'll be back!