Here I am with the birthday boy as well as with Kizmet, Rolz, and Mia. I thought the day was pleasant enough and went to bed feeling like I had given Zee a birthday he would remember!

On behalf of Zee, I just wanted to thank all of you for the kind wishes you left for him in celebration of his 9th birthday last Sunday. The day seemed nice enough – I showered him with lots of love and attention to make sure he felt spoiled and pampered and when I went to bed, I was certain he enjoyed his special day.

Apparently I was wrong, because unbeknownst to me, his feline cat-mates had further plans in mind that I was unaware of… I might not have ever even known, but in their altered state they made the mistake of posting their shenanigans on Facebook. Check it out to see for yourself just what REALLY happened on Zee’s birthday in the after-hours, raw and unedited addition!

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No denying it any longer… Summer break is officially over and for the cats, that means back to their regularly scheduled programming…Which, of course, means back to napping pretty much 16 hours a day. So in that vein, today for Wordless Wednesday each of my sweet kitties shares a picture of one of their favorite places to nap!

Since the first moment Jazmine first happened upon the Sunny Seat, it has been a love affair for her ever since…

While it might appear uncomfortable, given that it is a cold and hard surface, Kizmet loves to nap on the top shelf of the kitchen counter…

Pretty Mia gives us an artistic view of herself as she shares her favorite napping spot which happens to be a sweet little ottoman we have in the living room.

Peanut loves to catch some snoozes in the top perch of this cat condo…

While Rolz still misses his buddy, Jackie, he is thrilled to have the guest bedroom back so he can nap in comfort in front of his favorite sun-drenched window.

Zoey is also happy to have the guest room back – she loves to snuggle up in a perfect little ball of fur as she shares the bed with a mountain of pillows and plush toys!

Zee has loved this spot on top of the couch to nap for years and it remains one of his favorite places…

So how about you kitties – do you have a favorite nap spot at your house? Or what about the favorite napping spots at our house – do you have a favorite one of ours?

In the county where I live, the kids started school this week. It has only been 3 days of me driving to work and I am already too frazzled and exasperated to even discuss what the traffic has been like for me to deal with (hint: it was awful… it took me almost an hour to get to work, crawling at a speed of approximately 6 mph). Rather than exerting any more energy than necessary, I thought I’d let Jazmine express my feelings for me…

Thanks Jazmine – I feel much better already!

So how about where you are? Are the kids back in school yet or is it still summer vacation? Are you someone who has to drive in traffic or does back to school not affect you? Either way – have a great Wednesday all – for those of you that still are on summer vacation, enjoy the reminder of your time off and for those of you who have kids, or go to school yourself, be safe and remember that the weekend is just around the corner!

One can never plan too early for dinner, so Zee is looking through his host of toys to find one suitable to offer to the “I want to eat now Gods.”

If you have a cat, chances are you have cat toys. Or, like in the case of my cats, hundreds of cat toys. I always assumed they had a basic purpose – to be a toy for the cat to play with. Naturally, as usual, I was proven wrong. Turns out in our house the toys have magical powers and are used as some sort of bartering system to bribe the Gods from above to do things for the cats. For example, a toy strategically placed by the back door is done so that eventually it will cause a powerful enough surge that the door will open, letting the cats go outside for an adventure (admittedly, the power of this toy rarely works but it doesn’t stop the cats from trying just in case!).

The most powerful toy is one that can cause a food dish to be filled and apparently it really works, because without fail, at some point or another the FOOD DISHES WILL BE FILLED! Heavens only knows that if the cats don’t assist it this process we probably would never remember to feed them… Clearly the incessant meowing for 15 minutes prior to feeding time, the dizzying circling of them around my legs to let me know they are hungry, and the fact that THEY GET FED EVERY SINGLE DAY LIKE CLOCKWORK are not enough to make certain they will be fed.

Zee looks completely perplexed… I put this dang Angry Bird in my food dish over an hour ago… why has it not been filled with food yet? Are the magic powers in this toy broken? Work Angry Bird, work!

Rolz and Mia celebrate the new day with a toasty warm sun puddle to nap in!

For us Zee and Zoey kitties living in South Florida, our typical summer day begins with us eating breakfast and then we retire to the closest sun puddle for a much-needed and glorious all day nap. At some point that nap will be interrupted like clockwork with a thunderstorm that will cause all of our wonderful sunbeams to go away. The storms come at least once a day and typically they will occur at some point between 1:00 pm through 5:00 pm, all depending on what time the human mom is scheduled to leave work for the day and has to drive home in the torrential downpour or if we are planning to grill outside. Read more