Mancat Monday

Mommy ordered another hairy blanket for us from the fabulous Peggy!

Of course, I was the first to inspect it. I'm the hairy blanket connoisseur here.



It's big enough for me and all three of my girls and so soft! It's so big that maybe even Mommy can join us.



In fact, I think Mommy bought it for herself, but, uh, like that would ever happen! Obviously Peggy intended it for us because she put some fun cat toys in the box and I've never seen Mommy play with a toy mousie.



Now, to the business at hand; an invigorating toy mousie kill and then a nap on my new blankie!



Thank you, Peggy! You make the softest blankies!

Samson
xoxo

Tort-Toes Contest

Mommy and I had such a wonderful birthday yesterday! I want to thank you all for the wonderful wishes you sent us! We indulged in some nip, a little toy playing and, of course, tuna.



Now that I'm 4 years old, I have matured enough to realize that I'm a very lucky cat to be living with my family and to have you, my friends and readers, in my life. To celebrate this, I've decided that this year I'm going to give away some prizes to show my appreciation to all of you.

Before I let you know how to enter and win the contest, here are the prizes that you'll be playing for. One lucky kitty or doggy is going to win ALL three! All of these prizes have one thing in common - a portion of the proceeds go to help animals in need.

1. A hairy blanket made by none other than the extremely talented Peggy! Samson and I have two hairy blankets and we don't know how we lived without them! We bid on this blanket specifically for our contest. Isn't it just divine?



2. A $15.00 USD gift certificate to The Beaded Tail Etsy shop! Mommy is addicted to the beautiful jewelry in this store and we think that one of you will love to give something wonderful to your Mommy or special lady in your life.



3. A $15.00 USD gift certificate to The Casbah Kitten Etsy shop! If you've read our blog at all, you'll know that we go bananas over Jane and Alice's special handmade and handgrown catnip toys (hey, speaking of bananas, Samson and I think you girls should make a banana toy!)!! $15.00 dollars will get you something really awesome to play with. They have all sorts of really inexpensive toys for kitties and doggies!

Here's Samson posing with some of our loot:




Now the contest details. A number of our friends have agreed to model their toes, and every Tortie Tuesday or T(h)ursday for the next week, Sweet Pea and I will be posting a couple of pictures of some mystery Tortie toes and you'll have to guess who they belong to from the list of Tortie models. Each Tortie's toes will only be shown once, and we're going to give you lots of hints, so it should be pretty easy (we hope). At the end of the contest you can submit your answers, and everyone who guessed all the toes correctly will be entered in a draw for all THREE of the above prizes.

Here is a list of the the lovely Tortie models assisting us with this contest, beginning with Sweet Pea and I from this blog:

Delilah
Sweet Pea
Isabella from The Beaded Tail
Maggie May from The Creek Cats
The most beautiful Tortie guardian angel ever, Callie, from The Kitty Krew
Tasha from Mishkat
Sweet Praline from her self-titled blog
Pricilla from The Kitty Trio
Bijoux from Animal Shelter Volunteer Life blog
May Ling from The Katnip Lounge
Cricket from The Kool Kittie Krew
Meredith Ann from the Lilacs and Cats blog

You do NOT need to be a Tortie to win and even if you're one of the models, you can also enter (your own toes will be the easiest ones, we hope!) There is also no restriction on your location. If you have any questions, please email our Mommy at themonkeycats (at) gmail dot com.

Here are today's toes.

I think the first Tortie toes are the easiest to guess because there is no other Tortie we know with this much floof! This sweet girl's toes are one of a kind, just like the Tortie.





The next toes are plentiful and a little strange looking, but wonderful in their own way. I think this young and sweet kitten will eventually learn to open doors with those mittens!



If you can guess these two toes, keep note of who they are, because Sweet Pea will have more toes for you to guess on Tortie T(h)ursday!

Good luck!

Delilah
xoxo

Tortie Tuesday

The packing mania is continuing over here chez Les Monkeys and Samson and I are the victims of a severe case of 'Packing Necessary Things too Soon' syndrome! Mommy washed and packed both of our hairy blankets!



She replaced it with one of our Boogie Mats for comfort reasons, but I don't think she realizes the implications of removing our beloved hairy blanket. Samson isn't nearly as attractive to me without the feel of the marvelous texture of Peggy's Blankies beneath my paws.

Our love nest has gone from this:




To this:




Don't bother fixing yourself up, Samson. I've got a headache.



Delilah
xoxo

Tortie Tuesday

I finally tried out our new hairy blanket and it's great!



It takes me awhile to try new things. Samson is the tester in our family. If he likes it, I might try it.




This blankie is pure heaven! Peggy is the best!



Delilah
xoxo

P.S. We'll be announcing the medal winners for the fetching contest tomorrow because our blog secretary (Mommy) went to bed before the polls closed!

Mancat Monday

I dictated my Mancat Monday post to Mommy at home and she's going to post it at work, so I apologize for the delay. Mommy has a loaner computer that is really slow and she can't upload pictures and it takes forever for her to visit, so we've been a little out of touch recently. Hopefully we can get everything fixed and get back to our regular schedule soon. We are very sad that we are not participating in Fin's Cat-O-Lympic games as we originally planned, but we don't have access to our older pictures and limited computer access.



I had a great weekend watching the human Olympics on TV with Mommy and snuggling up on my new hairy blanket. Delilah does not like new things and has only tried this new blankie once, but I love it more than anything! I know she'll eventually love it so I had better get in as much alone time on it as possible, because once she discovers she loves it, she'll hog it like she does the other one. Girlcats!!



Samson
xoxo

Thankful Thursday

Our computer doesn't work!!

Mommy tried to turn on the computer last night, and it wouldn't go on. It is now in 'the shop' and Mommy has to post from work.



Thankfully, she was able to get a couple of photos of our new hairy blanket from Peggy!! I was on it as soon as Mommy took it out of the box so hopefully you can see the blanket underneath me. This made our bad day into a happy day! It arrived last night and we're very excited. When we get our computer back we'll post more about it. In the meantime, we will try to post from Mommy's work. We apologize in advance if we don't get around to visiting everyone in a timely manner.



Delilah is featured on Rumbles and Inigo's Foxy Friday! To see Deli being her foxy self, click here

Samson
xoxo

Mancat Monday

It's that time of year in this part of Canada when the temperatures get extra cold!



I've been preparing by growing my winter coat and reserving my spot on the hairy blanket. Even though I am an indoor cat, I need to be prepared for those cold drafts when a window is opened.



Now I just need a warm Delilah to make this perfect.



Wake me when it's Spring...

Samson
xoxo

Thankful Thursday

Yesterday we found out what our surprise from Mommy and the post office was. We got our hairy blanket!



We've been asking for one of these for awhile and The Mommy of The Kitty Krew convinced our Mommy to get one for us from Peggy's Place. We were beginning to think we would be the last cats in the CB with one. Our Mommy can be so slow!

Peggy also sent us these catnip toys!



Peggy makes these herself and sends them out to kitties when you make a donation to the CB. We think she is very talented and generous!

We've only had it a few hours, but so far Delilah has claimed it as hers! She thinks that the colors were made for her Tortie furs.




It definitely looks great on Deli, so maybe I can convince Mommy to get me a Tuxie blankie...



Thank you so much, Peggy, for the beautiful blankie and great smelling toys, and thanks also to The Mommy from The Kitty Krew for convincing our Mommy to get it for us.


Samson
xoxo