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Charly’s
2009
KAT
PIX
PAGE!

HEY! If you’re not into reading about EVERY DANG THANG that I’ve written,
just SCROLL DOWN and look at the PIX!
[If any particular PIC captures your attention, you can read about it. LOL]

When Chloe found us, she was super scrawny
(almost malnourished) and had a nasty case of
Ear Mites. She was wearing an old, cheapo
flea collar, so we knew she’d had Humans at
some point. But, those Humans hadn’t taken
very good care of her! Not only had they let a
BABY loose in the big, bad, world; they hadn’t
spayed her before abandoning her!

Although guestimated to be only 7 months old
– the equivalent of an 8 year-old child! –
Chloe was about 4 weeks PREGNANT!

Well! We fixed ALL those
Health Problems right away!

For some unknown reason,
Ginny HATED her!

For about the first 4 hours she was with us, Ginny
attacked Chloe whenever I left them alone together.
(Yes, I was watching! And, I intervened each time –
before Chloe could be hurt – strongly admonishing
Gin for being such a bit- … er … Bad Girl!)

Even after she stopped attacking her,
Gin still spent a day or so
SCOWLING MIGHTILY
at the evil interloper.

OH, DEAR!!! How do you explain to a Traumatized Kitten that it is
SAFE to go OUTSIDE,
because OUR “OUTSIDE” is an
enclosed HABITAT?!?!

From the moment I brought her in, Chloe was
fearless while INSIDE the house. But, it took
almost a full WEEK before she became brave
enough to venture out into the Habitat.

She had no problem understanding the Kat Flap
Door! (She’s very smart!) But, Chloe clearly
was afraid that she’d become LOST again, if
she went OUTSIDE!

When she finally went THROUGH the Kat Flap,
she spent several days fearing to go away from
the door and actually OUT INTO the Habitat.

Unlike Ginny, Jean Pierre didn’t
adamantly HATE the New Kitten.
But, he wasn’t very
“WELCOMING,”
either!

Thankfully, by the time Chloe
became brave enough to go
out INTO the Habitat,
JP had chilled out and become
MUCH more interested in her.

CHLOE has a lot of very INTERESTING and UNUSUAL features!

According to our Vet, the SPOT on her left lip is called a, “MUNROE”
– in honor of Marilyn Munroe’s BEAUTY MARK!

Her eyes are an incredibly BRIGHT ORANGE! Our Vet calls them,
“Copper Colored” – but that term doesn’t really do them justice.
[Nor does the pic below! Her eyes are much brighter and darker orange than that.]

AND! Chloe is a strange CROSS between a “short haired” and “long haired” Kat!
Although she’s mostly a black & white short haired Kat, she’s got
LONG WHITE HAIRS all throughout her coat!
So. Although she’s not soft and “fluffy” … she’s soft and “BUSHY!” LOL

Happily, by the end of her first week with us,
GINNY came to LOVE CHLOE, and accepted responsibility for taking care of her!!!

Jean Pierre came to love her as well!
Though he doesn’t actually “cuddle” with the Girlz … (JP cuddles with NO ONE! LOL) …

Jean Pierre frequently presents himself to be BATHED by one or both of them!
Thereafter, acting like the consummate CURMUDGEON he IS, he haughtily steps away.
[Hey! We all know that he’s really a LUV MUFFIN! He just doesn’t like being CAUGHT acting like one.]

Chloe’s first OUTING after coming to live with us (apart from Vet trips)
was to Auntie Janet’s Farm, to meet the GYPSY HORSES!
Miss Domino Rose was born on May 20th.
On May 23rd, Leeenda & Mike, and Me &
Chloe, went out to visit. Since little Domino
was only 3 days old, she stayed close to her
Mum (Saint Rose). So, Chloe didn’t get to
meet her during that trip.

But, Domino’s big brother, TULLYMORE
– a whopping ONE YEAR OLD dude –
was QUITE interested in CHLOE!

AmaZingly! Although she didn’t LIKE him,
Chloe didn’t WHACK at Tully; nor did she
SLICE ME UP trying to run away from him.
She pretty much just sniffed him, then looked
at me with a “HE STINKZ!” expression on
her furry little face.

Whenever I take ANY of my Kidz out of the house, I put them in a HARNESS with an attached LEASH.
But, NONE OF THEM actually allow themselves to be “WALKED” on the leash!!!

Basically, I walk where THEY want to go – or NO ONE WALKz ANYWHERE!!!
[The HARNESS and LEASH are simply SECURITY measures, designed to make it easier
to get any one of them BACK if they suddenly BOLT!]
Another one of Chloe’s
interesting attributes:
She DOESN’T “MEOW!”

She makes a noise similar to that made by
Lion or Tiger cubs … sort of an
“AAAAAAH!” sound.
As she’s become older (and has heard
Gin & JP “MEOW”), she’s managed to
add an “M” sound on the front of her
noise: “MAAAAAAH!”
Since she’s over a year old now, I
think that’s the closest Chloe will ever
get to “Meow!”

Although she “MAAAAAAHed” the whole dang time she was out on the leash,
when I put Chloe in the CAR (where I thought she’d be happier!) …

she “MAAAAAAHed” to come back OUT with us
the whole dang time she was stuck in there!!! LOL

Chloe’s next outing was when I took her to our June POT LUCK & PICKIN’ PARTY
(at Pama & John’s home), so that myne Musician/Ren friends could meet her!

She did so well with folkz picking her up and cuddling her, that it finally occurred to me that
I should take Chloe to meet AUNTY MARY!!!
Because she has Multiple Sclerosis, Chet’s
sister Mary is stuck in a wheelchair, and
lives at Lancaster Manor nursing home.

Being a MUCH BETTER SISTER than
I AM(!), Chet arranges for the Star Trans
Van to come and get Mary every Saturday,
so Chet can take her out to lunch and a movie.

On the Saturdays that I join them for
the movie but SKIP lunch, I started
bringing my Katz (one at a time) to visit
Mary before the outing.

Their behavior during those
visits was absolutely amaZing!

At HOME, none of my Katz will voluntarily sit still on a lap … they HATE being
picked up … and they violently SpaZ-Out if a loud or unusual noise is suddenly heard.
At Lancaster Manner, when put on
Mary’s lap, they sit still and let her pet them
without a fuss – even ignoring her shaky arm
movements! When other residents or visitors
come up to pet them, they remain calm and
stay put – even if the person is somewhat scary.
Once, a resident who constantly HOWLS
and rhythmically flaps his arms appeared to
be interested in Chloe. I was very cautious
when bringing her near his wheelchair. But,
she seemed just as interested as him. When
she came close to him, he stopped howling …
stopped flapping … and gently pat-patted her
head for a bit! As soon as she was away from
him, the howling and flapping resumed.
Ginny did just as well during her turns at visiting. But, she seriously hates the car ride there and back again!
Since she seemed so traumatized by it, I stopped taking her after the second trip.
Thus, Chloe and Jean Pierre are my only “Therapy Pets!”

Poor Jean Pierre! In November I started walking to lower my blood pressure.
But, I didn’t want to walk by MYSELF! Sooooo, I bought an INFANT CARRIER,
and JEAN PIERRE became my WALKIES BUDDY!!!

Oh, Yeah – He HATES it! But, unlike the GIRLZ, he doesn’t make a FUSS about it.
In fact, the silly boy gives me CUDDLES during our WALKIES!
Thus, Jean Pierre is stuck being my Walkies Buddy FOREVER. LOL

After our Aunty Mary trips went so well, I began taking Chloe & Jean Pierre shopping with me at PETCO,
and, occasionally, to visit the Ladies at my Salon. My Katz are SO very popular everywhere we go …
and I have soooo much FUN taking them places and making people SMILE …
that I decided to bring Chloe with me to the “Holiday of Trees”
charity sale at Westminster Presbyterian Church!

If you ACT like it’s appropriate to bring your Kat somewhere, people seem to ACCEPT it!
And, no one could deny how much the Kidz – and the Adults – LUVED meeting Chloe!
[That SANTA was adorably sweet! He honestly was HAPPY to pose with Chloe on his lap!]
When it started getting
NASTY COLD
(around the 7th
of December),
our outside Walkies
became
WAY
less fun!

[These pix were taken in December,
when I walked to the Salon
to visit for an hour while my
STUDDED SNOW TIRES
were being put on my car.]

Although,
Jean Pierre
thoroughly enjoyed
having a scarf
to peek out of and
GLOWER
from,
I could tell that
he did NOT like
the cold winds we
had to battle!
So! We started walking in the WESTFIELD-GATEWAY MALL!

The stores are closed until 10 am, but they have a year-round Mall Walking program,
allowing folkz to walk INSIDE – out of any nasty weather – from 7 to 9 am.

Yes! I look SILLY in these first pix! That’s my failed attempt at an ACTION POSE!
And, I wear the VEST to minimiZe the BONDAGE LOOK that JP’s carrier causes.

EVERYONE SMILES when they realize what I’m carrying!
I have NEVER had so much FUN going for WALKZ!

From time to time, Jean Pierre gets spooked
by something (usually an odd noise) and
tries to CLAW his way up to my FACE.

But, for the most part, he’ perfectly happy
staying IN his carrier. And, he’s incredibly
tolerant of all the folkz who approach us
and want to pet him.

Jean Pierre has NEVER
given someone at the Mall
his signature great, big
H-I-Double-S!!!

[Those who KNOW him will recognize
how very UNUSUAL that is!]

AND, he started collecting
GROUPIES at the Mall!!!

There’s a whole passel o’ people
who know HIS name already.
None of them want to know
MY name! They’re only interested
in JEAN PIERRE – Oh, SurpriZe.

These pix were taken on
Friday, December 18th –
about 15 minutes
before we were
KICKED OUT
OF THE MALL!!!

A Mall Cop named C.B. Miller (!!!) told me I couldn’t have a Kat inside the Mall,
and directed us to “Leave Now, and Never Come Back!”
[Oh, OK. He didn’t do a GOLLUM. But he was WAY more unfriendly than he needed to be.]

I was so upset by being kicked out of the Mall (I cannot possibly walk without my Jean Pierre!),
that I strongly considered forging Therapy Pet credentials for him. But, I rapidly realized that
credentials could be checked out too easily. So, I simply wrote a short letter, explaining why I
wanted Jean Pierre to walk the Mall with me [he “needs regular socialization to remain comfortable
visiting Nursing Homes and interacting with humans at social events”], and I identified the RULES
we’d already established for ourselves, so that we couldn’t possibly
OFFEND or BOTHER ANYONE during our Mall Walkies!

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY!!!
I took the letter to the Westfield-Gateway Mall Management Office this morning (December 23rd).
After reading it, they didn’t hesitate to say,
“Of course you can walk our Mall with Jean Pierre in a carrier!”

[WhatTheHell. If you want to read my Clever Letter, Click HERE!]

I can’t WAIT to see good old CB’s face when I hand him the Mall Walking Permission Letter
they’re going to give me next Monday. [PETTY?! Me?! NEVAH!]

And NOW! The LAST BIT o’ 2009 Xmas Kat BiZness!

Since this was Chloe’s first Xmas with us, I needed to do NEW XMAS KAT PIX!
But, because previous HAT PIX with Ginny and Jean Pierre had been so … PROBLEMATIC …
I decided to just stick BOWS on their HEADS!


“I cannot believe she’s doing
this kind o’ krappe again!!!”

“OH! This is way easier to get off my
head than that STOOPID HAT was!”

“QUICK! Before she notices
that it’s off my head!”

“WOW!

This is
SUPER FUN
to
CHEW ON!”


“I think there’s SOMETHING on my HEAD.”

“There IS! There IS something ON MY HEAD!”

“Evil, Wicked,
MOMMY!

She STUCK
SOMETHING
ON MY HEAD!!!

Haven’t I
SUFFERED
ENOUGH
?!?!”

Oh, surpriZe! Chloe wouldn’t tolerate the Evil Santa Hat
any better than JP or GIN ever did!

“What is this THING she’s strapped on my HEAD?!
I will NOT SIT STILL for this – NO!”

“OK. This doesn’t suck as much as the other THING.
But, I DO NOT LIKE THIS THING EITHER – NO!”

Silly ME! I didn’t pay attention to the fact that GINNY was on the LADDER,
above CHLOE, while I was hoping to snag a gude CHLOE BOW PIC!

First, Gin reached down and WHACKED the bow off Chloe’s head …
Then, she WHACKED the bow entirely OFF of THE LADDER!

“WOW! Thanx! I needed that!”

“OH! That looks like something SUPER FUN to CHEW ON!”

In CONCLUSION;
HERE are the WINNING PIX for XMAS 2009!


[LOL!!!]

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