Birthdays... Birthdays... Birthdays

September 17th was my brother Tommy's 5th Birthday. October 1st, this Wednesday, will be my 8th Birthday. Tonight begins Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which according to our mom is by legend called "The Birthday of the World". When I asked how old the world was mom said the Jewish Calendar says this year begins 5769 but really the world is billions of years old. I had started to feel very old the last few days but now that I know the world is very very very very much older, I feel like a young kitty again.

Happy Birthday World! Happy New Year!

And to all cats and people everywhere, L'Shanah Tovah U'Metukah, which means May you have a Good and Sweet New Year.

Your friends,
Shilgiah, Tommy and our Mom

Tommy Was Five on Wednesday

Wednesday the 17th of September was Tommy's Fifth Birthday! He has been with mom and me for two years now. The V.E.T. guessed he was about 3 years old when he found us.

So, on Wednesday morning, mom gave us Tuna Juice for breakfast and said she would bring Tommy a surprise home for his birthday dinner. After what seemed like ten or eleven thousand hours mom brought home some Mac and Jack (Skipjack and Mackerel) our favorite kind of soft kitty food that we hardly ever get because it costs lots of monies. We both got some for supper that night. Mom also bought Tommy some new fresh kitty grass and he has been very generous and lets me share it with him.

I'm glad Tommy is my brother.

No Bears in Sight

Reconnecting with nature is nice as long as there are no bears. Our mom went on a walk with some friends on top of her favorite mountain where she likes to ski in the wintertime. At one point in the walk she heard something in the undergrowth near the path. Suddenly, from the other side of a tree two young squirrels appeared and were romping and chasing each other all over the hillside.

I would have had fun playing chase with the squirrels if mom had let me come along! I probably would have climbed some of the trees too.

Timout is No Fun

Hi everyone, this is Tommy and I want to tell you about an awful thing my mom did to me. She called it time out! It is very very bad! She got mad because I was just putting Shilgiah in her place and letting her know who is (or at least should be) the boss around here. How I do this is by kind of meowing loud and coming up to her and biting her on the back. It's a game called "Say Uncle". Now, it's important to know I don't break any skin. I just put my teethies around the fur near her neck and just stand there until she cries "uncle". Of course, all my mom hears is Shilgiah's pitiful kitty cry. So mom got really mad and said it was time for me to go on a time out.

So, she put me in the bedroom and closed the door. I could feel under the door and Shilgiah came up and told me she was sorry she made such a ruckus about my playing "Say Uncle". Finally, mom opened the door and asked if I was ready to be a good kitty.

I'm not sure...I think I may need to stay here for awhile longer.

Timeless Mom Time

On Friday when mom got home from work she took off her watch, sighed and said "I'm not putting this thing back on for three whole days!" It has been a wonderful restful time with our mom.

Doing my part to help mom stay timeless, or at least watchless.

Did I read it--Watch It--Or Both--Or Neither

Wolfie, a very cute white rat of The Fluffy Tribe, tagged Me and Tommy and Mom to do a meme.

This picture is from a long time ago but you can see that Tommy likes to watch TV. In the last post, you may notice that he also enjoys a good book.

Anyway, the instructions for the meme are as follows: "Copy the list below. Mark in bold the movie titles for which you read the book. Italicize the ones you've watched. Then tag five people to perpetuate the meme."

1. Jurassic Park
2. War of the Worlds
3. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
4. I.Robot
   
5. Contact
6. Congo
7. Cocoon
8. The Stepford Wives
   
9. The Time Machine
   
10. The Time Machine
11. Starship Troopers
12. The Hichhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
13. K-Pax
14. 2010
15. The Running Man
16. Sphere
17. The Mothman Prophecies
18. Dreamcatcher
19. Blade Runner
    
20. Dune
    
21. The Island of Dr. Moreau
22. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    
23. The Iron Giant
24. Battlefield Earth
25. The Incredible Shrinking Woman
    
26. Fire in the Sky
27. Altered States
28. Timeline
29. The Postman
30. Freejack
31. Solaris
32. Memoirs of an Invisible Man
33. The Thing
34. The Thirteenth Floor
35. Lifeforce
36. Deadly Friend
    
37. The Puppet Masters
    
38. 1984
    
39. A Scanner Darkly
40. Creator
41. Monkey Shines
42. Solo
43. The Handmaid's Tale
44. Communion
45. Carnosaur
46. From Beyond
47. Nightflyers
    
48. Watchers
49. Body Snatchers

O.K...Obviously, Tommy, my mom and I haven't been going to movies or watching t.v. much or reading many of the same books. However, of all those books above, my mom says she thinks the most important for everyone to read, think and talk about is 1984. Welcome to our world...Eeeek!! it's Double-Speak!!

Now, I'm supposed to pick five friends and their families to do this same meme. If you would rather walk on shards of glass that do this, please feel free to skip it. However, I pick--Fat Eric and his family, Abby Normal and her family, Parker and her family, Scooby and his family and last but not least Derby and his family.

Have a wonderful week all!

Purrs,
Shilgiah and Tommy and their Mom

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