Boxing Day Parade

Well hello there Audience!  How many of you have "turkey tummy"?  Let's have a show of paws, shall we?  A few I see.  I, myself, partook of a bit of ham...oh how I likes me ham!  But I digress, welcome to our Boxing Day Parade!  

As you can see, Neytiri and I are getting ready...

...to box!  Oh wait, that's the wrong kind of "boxing" for today!  

Let the parade begin...

When Neytiri was a wee young lass, she first discovered boxes with great enthusiasm...

As time went on, she found many-an-interesting thing in theese boxes...

Being an avid Dust Bunny Buster, she even hung out in a box advertising her services ...

I, on the other paw, used the box as a prop to show off my Samba moves...

And "Ducky"...well the little guy has a fondness for mini-mugs of ale, so he sat curbside trying to attract some attention in his box!  He decided to get a head-start on collecting his beverages for our next St. Paddy's Day party... 

We are also purrticipating in the Box Day 2013 Catstravaganza over at the Cult of Otis!

Happy Boxing Day or Box Day felines!

Meow Like A Pirate 101

Ahoy Mateys!  Welcome to our "Meow Like A Pirate 101"...where we are about to set sail with some tips and tidbits to make yer voyage more "piratey"...Arrr Mateys!

Firstly, get in the pirate spirit by decoratin' yer cat tunnel with a scary pirate hat...

Then have yer unsuspectin' cat toy try the costume on for size...

(Cap'n Mini-Cloon Poopdeck is a very accomodatin' fella)...  

Errr Mateys!

Even "Deck Swab Ducky" is in on the action as he be rockin' a wee eye patch...

From the time she was a young lass, the Beauty Neytiri was a practicin' her pirate leer...

Shiver me timbers but she be a natural!  Let's give the little Ladycat a round of applause...

And a special lesson for ye pirate laddies-in-training...Are ye ready to practice the pirate sneer?  Get set and go...

(Our Human's first GIF...give the lady a cheer!)

And fer yer viewin' pleasure...a rare appearance from the Dread Pirate himself...Cap'n Curly Toes Cloon...

He be lookin' mighty po'd fierce...don'tcha agree?

He be wantin' to deliver an important message:

"Be it proclaimed that in the year of our "duck" two thousand and a lucky thirteen, the curse of the nose bitey shall be levied on my Human for all of eternity - be she forewarned..."

Arrr Mateys!

St. Paddy's Day

Well hello there Audience!  Happy St. Paddy's Day to you all!  Before all the festivities get underway this fine evening, Uncle Cloon has some tips for you...

Make sure to incorporate a few drinking party games to spice things up!  A few Mini-Mugs of Green Ale will act as an icebreaker for felines who may have wallflower tendencies, increasing one's social prowess and allowing one to circulate oozing intelligence...

Make sure to follow the Leprechauns this evening...they always know where the best parties are.  If a Leprechaun befriends you, run off with his hat check out his hat...it gives you privacy to plan your strategy for the evening, take a cat nap or...

 

View the PAR-TAY from a unique vantage point!

To really get the party started, try playing "Spin the Duck"...

Warning: When one finds oneself with theese expression on one's face...PAR-TAY over! 



Today would have been our beloved "Girlfriend's" 13th  Birthday.  Please join me in raising a Mini-Mug of Ale to "Girlfriend"...

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

The line forms here for the kisses...

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY NEYTIRI!

I decided to wear my very special hat for my 2nd Birthday today...I was hatted by Auntie Judi-Bug and am sending her my biggest and best purrs...

"Ducky" and I have been waiting for you all to arrive at my Birthday Party...now we can begin...

There are mousies to play with...

And Neko Flies...

We can eat chase and play with Da Bird...

There's plenty of catnip for us all...

And we can Rock Our Pantaloons or Skinny Jeans all day long...

LET'S PAR-TAY!!!

On The Red Carpet

Clooney: (Tap, tap and then in a Bridget Jones voice...)

The, uh.., mike's not...work--working.

Neytiri: Let's turn it on, shall we?

Clooney: I'd like to thank the Academy for my Oscar The Furries of Whisppy for presenting me with The Versatile Blogger Award.  I do believes that I am "versatile" as I have my paws in many pies, so to speak...But enough about me...The Furries of Whisppy have a wonderful blog with a very special Mommy who helps stray and feral kitties.  The Furries are all very photogenic and the action shots taken of them are amazing!  You must go on over to visit them!

As Neytiri was being photographed by the Paw-Purr-Azzi on the Red Carpet, she was Tagged!  Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Austin Powers  Austin the Welsh Tuxedo Mancat  fleeing the scene.  Now Austin has awards coming out of his ears...let's just call him "The Artist", shall we?  But deservedly so folks because he and his Human Caro are uber-clever.  You must go on over to CATachresis to be entertained and impressed!  Now we will answer the questions that we have been tagged with:

1) Describe yourself in 7 words:

Clooney: easy on the eyes, intelligent, a character 

Neytiri: fluffy, tomboy, persistent, sweet, humble, enchanting, independent

2) What keeps you up at night?
Clooney: boredom
Neytiri: Clooney

3) Who would you like to be?
Clooney: A Zoo Official
Neytiri: An Entomologist

4) What are you wearing now?
Clooney: If you purchase a Clooneymobile, I'll tell ya...
Neytiri: Rabbit fur

5) What scares you?
Clooney: Going to the V-E-T and the vacuum cleaner
Neytiri: Only that heart balloon from Valentine's

6) The best and worst of blogging?
Both: A chance to have fun and be silly and making great blogging friends is the best.  The worst is being behind in visiting blogs.

7) Last website you've visited:
Both: CATachresis to get the tag questions!
8) One thing you'd change about yourself:
Clooney: I'd like bigger biceps...
Neytiri: I'd like to live somewhere tropical where there are more insects.
9) Slankets or no?
Clooney: Only if they make them in Argyle...
Neytiri: Definitely not!  Although I'd like to see "Ducky" in a slanket! (Do they make them for ducks?)
10) Tell us something about the cat that tagged you:
Austin only speaks Welsh but writes haikus in English...is the guy talented or what?

INTERMISSION BREAK...

Oh and we're back...Ok Audience, it's a double whammy, we tag The Purr Diaries and give them The Versatile Blogger Award too!  If you haven't been over there, you must visit their blog!  Sarah is a very talented artist and has two very irresistible Mancats: Bosco and Oliver. 

And now returning to our regular OTRC programming...  Here are our Awards/Picks from the 84th Annual Academy Awards:

1) Neytiri's Warm Fuzzies Award goes to Meryl Streep and her classy acceptance speech (we likes our Meryl here at Headquarters).

2) Cloon's "You're Busting My Chops" Award goes to Angie's Right Leg...

3) "Ducky's" Best Oscar Moment goes to the "Martin Scorsese Drinking Game"...(well what do you expect Audience, I mean the little guy tweets for beer...)

And that's all folks!  Thanks for joining us OTRC!

Tunnel Tuesday Blogoversary Valentine's Extravaganza

TUNNEL TUESDAY: WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE?

Well hello there felines.  So I goes to my tunnel in the wee hours of the morn...and it is still on strike!  Can you believe it felines?  So I brings my tunnel a little surprise to cheer it up...and I asks it to be my Valentine!  

Here I am chewing on the string ribbon of my surprise and then
swatting at it...And then guess what?  I lost my tunnel's surprise...

So I was faced with just giving my tunnel a Valentine's note...

But I'z hoping that this handwritten note will charm my tunnel and cheer it up so it gets working again.  Join me next TUESDAY felines to check in and see what happens.

Now continuing on with other news, it is our 3rd Blogoversary today Audience!  And it also happens to fall on Valentine's Day so we are having a Valentine's Extravaganza!  Today Secretary Neytiri is taking us behind the scenes of the party preparation...

Neytiri: Hello there Audience!  Today I am giving you an insider's look into the baking lessons my Mancat Archie took part in for Valentine's Day.  Archie took the red-eye in from Tarana so he was a bit jet-lagged until "Ducky" made him an espresso... then he was the purr-fect student!  Archie is fearless and likes to hang out in high places so he got a bird's eye view of the baking process and lesson!

Archie: Wow, those Red Velvet Cupcakes we made for our Moms are a work of art!  I can't stop admiring them...

Neytiri: Congratulations, you are a natural at baking Archie! What was your favorite part of the baking lesson?

Archie:  I loved "kneading" the cream cheese frosting!

Neytiri: Don't worry Audience...I made sure Archie's toesies were clean...We run a tight ship here! 

Neytiri: Do you have any tips you'd like to share with the Audience for making the purr-fect Red Velvet Cupcake?

Archie: Why yes, in fact I do...Make sure your easy-bake oven is pre-heated to 350 degrees and that you have toothpicks on hand, or should I say paw, to test if the baked goods are ready.

Neytiri: Those are excellent tips Archie!  Thanks so much for spending the day eating frosting baking with me!  It was so much fun!  Your next lesson will be "dusting"...

And here is "Ducky" posing with the finished product...

Archie gave me a Valentine to celebrate our 1st Valentine's together!  I think he did a superb job on it, it is very pretty and romantic!

I, too, made a Valentine for my Ginger Snap...

And Clooney has a special request for his Valentines this year...

He is asking the wonderful Marg and all of the very special Marg's Pets, with a special shout-out to Joe the Donkey to be his Valentines!  We wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day! 

*Mancats, remember to save your special Ladycats the last lick of Num-Nums today!*

Wacky Wednesday

Before:

After:

Felines...are your hairy paws keeping you from Red Carpet appearances?  Now is the time to take action!  Call "One Eight Hundred Wax Jobs" to book an appointment. 


Our trained staff will meet you curbside to get the deed done. 

Book early to avoid disappointment...theese ice cream sandwiches are going fast...

TUNNEL TUESDAY

TUNNEL TUESDAY: TAKE A LOOK AT THEESE ONE!

Well hello there felines.  So I goes to my "tunnel" in the wee hours of the morn...and what do I find?  There's  "Ducky" inside a Christmas stocking!  Imagine my surprise!  The little guy did look a little tempting hanging from my tunnel, I have to admit...

 I started to lick my chops...but then Neytiri appeared and I know that "Ducky" is her special little friend so I left him alone.  Neytiri didn't see him yet...

Then all of a sudden she came through the tunnel and spotted the little guy!

Now what else do we have here...folks?  I spy a Christmas ham all decked out in red bows and a special "suit" for someone we all know!

That's right.  Clooney Claus's outfit has appeared.  Here I am giving it a closer inspection.

And then the Paw-purr-azzi captured a picture of me posing with the Christmas ham!  This will probably end up in The National Feline Enquirer...I can only imagine the headlines.  Uh, does anyone else want to come over and take your picture with the Christmas ham?  Don't delay...this offer has a best before date.



But never mind the Christmas ham...that "Duck" looked just a little too good!

Join me each TUESDAY felines for other magical and mysterious appearances in my "tunnel".