Thanks Efurryone

We want to thank you all for the purrs, headbutts, woofs, hugs and purrayers. Someday (hopefully not too much longer) Mom's gonna help us get around to thank efurryone individually. Her eyes still leak lots though, so it's hard for her to see to help us type. We still miss Smeagol all the time but we're doing okay. Mom's startin' to get ready to visit kitties who need homes 'cos she said eventually we're gonna have a new brofur or sisfur. We know Smeagol would want us to give another kitty a home - Mom says she just hopes one picks us as clearly as the rest of us did.

~Strider & Gizmo

Smeagol

Smeagol
June 15, 2002 - September 20, 2011

We haven't posted for a really long time and were just recently tryin' to get the mom to help us post again soon, but before we could, Smeagol suddenly and unexpectedly ran off to the Bridge.
We are all so sad and in shock. He hadn't been sick or anything... He and I were at home while the mom and dad were at works, we were sleepin' on the couch as usual ...and then he was gone.

Mom can't stop cryin' and Dad... well, Smeagol was his purrecious - they'd have cuddle time efurry morning and night, and Smeagol would keep him company in the kitchen on Stir Fry Night and help him with his exercises and... they just did all kinds of stuff together.

He was my bestest furriend and I'm lost without him. He's the reason I picked this place to live - I saw him in the window and knew this was the right place for me. We played Thundering Herd of Elephants efurry day (including that day - he also ate his food and treats, didn't say anything 'bout not feelin' good or anything) and cuddled on the couch or on our tree in the front window. Gizmo is confused - they always talked at the back door and she keeps askin' where he is. I try to tell her that he went to the Bridge but she doesn't want to believe me.

We're all tryin' to help each other through this - I'm cuddlin' extra on the mom and dad, and they're playin' with me extra long, and I spend more time talkin' to Gizmo. It's just so strange and lonely no matter what we do. Our hearts are broken.

Okay, it's been a really long time...

But we're still here. It's kinda boring though that our only posts are about this. Busy beans...
They even missed our purrthdays (June 15)!! Well, we celebrated, but Mom didn't help us post or anything. They're gonna have to make it up to us somehow!! Anyway, we just wanted to say (AGAIN) that we try to keep up with the news and efurrything on the CB, and we miss efurryone!!

We have not disappeared!!

It only seems like it... Mom's work is slowin' down a little bit, but she and Dad have also been trainin' (and helpin' their students train) for a big kara-tay tournament they have comin' up.
We have missed our furriends so much, and there's also lots that happened in the CB that we've missed. We don't know when we're gonna get caught up!! Anyway, here are a couple of pictures of us, one is kind of blurry, but it's of Smeagol glarin' at Mom and tellin' her that she better help us visit our furriends OR ELSE!!

Award and Updates

Hi Efurryone!! Sorry we haven't been around much lately. This is Mom's busiest time of year at work, plus she and Dad have lots of that Karate stuff goin' on too. She's also been mumblin' somethin' about taxes. So we'll prob'ly be postin' even less than usual - if that's even possible...

We're furry excited - The Cat Realm gave us an award!! Thank you!!

The Lemonade Award is given to sites which the giver show either great attitude and or gratitude.
The rules for this award are:
1. Put the logo on your blog.
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3. Nominate 10 other blogs.
4. Add links to those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs

We're gonna give this award to efurryone in the CB who hasn't gotten it yet, 'cause we thinks efurryone deserves it!!

Thank You and Blogiversary

First, we wants to thank efurryone for their kindness when Mystery went to the Bridge. We are all still sad, but all of your purrs, purrayers and love have really helped. We don't want to take her name off the blog yet - we're still tryin' to figure out how to change it but still include her.

Also, we missed our 3rd Blogiversary, it was on 2/5. We forgive Mom this time, 'cause we were all a little preoccupied with bein' sad 'bout Mystery and didn't feel like celebratin' anyway.

We're so glad to have met all of you over the years, and we keep meetin' new furriends all the time!! We love you all and are glad to be a small part of the wonderful Cat Blogosphere community!!

Mystery, the Giant Green Iguana 6/1994-2/2009

Mystery went to the Bridge today. We are all so very sad. She only posted a couple times here 'cause she liked to stay in her nice warm house most of the time. This is a picture of her last day outside, this past summer when it was still warm. She's been with Mom and Dad since before they even got married, and she moved with them a bunch of times and even went to Kentucky with them to visit our Grandpa. Now she can be in the warm sun all the time.

Thanks to KC for the beautiful graphic.