Thursday, December 26, 2019

Thankful Thursday:Unboxing Secret Paws Gifts (Boxing Day and National Thank You Note Day)


Hi my furiends!! It's Cody pawing out the blog today! Well the long wait is OVER!!!! Today is the day that I am going to reveal the most pawesome gifts that I received from the incredibly STUNNING (and brilliant and kind), Cathy Keisha and TW (who we call "Mom").

Mom, Dakota and I opened our gifts on Christmas (oh yes we did!) because I thought it was appropriate to blog about it on Thursday, which happens to be Boxing Day and National Thank You Note Day! (Technically a hand-written note should be written, but we think a blog post is equally as good in this case!) It's the purrfect day to express our immense gratitude!

Ok my furiends, sit back and relax while I show you all of the goodies!

As you know, when the box arrived we all were so excited!

CK and TW had some lovely cards that I was excited to read:


But I just couldn't control my excitement and I wanted to see what was in that box!


When I peeked inside I found a beautiful kitty bag


Inside that adorable bag were wonderfully wrapped presents!!


Ok so I opened a few before Mom took the photo! Give me a break, I was excited!


CK has known me for my entire ten years of blogging, (she has been blogging ten years too and if you aren't familiar with her blog it is named after HER! It is Stunning Keisha and you MUST visit!) CK is a kitty with a lot of street smarts and general life smarts. She is insightful and she writes quite well. Her intelligence  just shines through her blog posts and she would never admit it, but she is also a sensitive kitty. Caring too. I knew since CK has known me so long, she would pick out gifts that would make me purr! She most definitely made me purr!


There were some little toys that I could swat around, a few of them were from the fabulous Catlady Box, and one of them had "World's Cutest Kitty" printed on it. Yep, that would be ME!!!

There was also a cool Tipsy Nip Pickle (I had one many years ago but could no longer find it, so I was thrilled to get another one!) but I think my FAVORITE gift of all came from Meowijuana!!! It was their Catnip Spliff with catnip and valerian root and I went NUTS when Mom let me open it!!! You can see in the short video below:

When it comes to Meowijuana I don't mess around, that's for sure!!! Mom said she was so happy because I don't play as much as I used to, and when she opened that toy I played like a kitten! In fact, all of that playing gave me the munchies. Thankfully CK had me covered!!! She had gotten me Party Mix too! (That CK thought of EVERYTHING!! But then again, that's how she rolls!!)




 I had so many fun toys and I am so grateful!!

After all of that playing and eating it dawned on me that I hadn't opened EVERYTHING yet! I went back to scope out the box



Sure enough, I had missed two presents! There was one for Mom and one for Dakota too! Wait til you see what Mom got! OMC!!


That is NOT a rug but it is quite large! You know what that is? It's a GORGEOUS  scarf from Cat Lady Box!!!! Mom nearly died! She LOVES IT!! The photos don't do it justice, it's even prettier in pawson!


The colors are just beautiful, it is like artwork on a scarf!!!! Mom is just so excited and practically cried when she opened it. Mom thought it was sooo thoughtful of CK and TW to give her such a beautiful scarf. She is crazy about it!

Speaking of thoughtful, there was even an adorably wrapped present for Dakota!!!


Dakota kept staring at it because he couldn't believe that he was lucky enough to receive a gift!! Many of you know Dakota is getting up there (Mom says "God-willing he will be 13 on February 28th, I will be 13 April 1st, but for kitties it's not usually as bad as it can be for a 13 year old woofie), and he is having some issues. He doesn't hear as well as he used to, he doesn't play like he used to and doesn't even smile as much as he used to. He is still having some blood pressure issues but Mom is convinced (because they fluctuate so much), that it is white coat syndrome, (we truly think so!). Anyway, things have been tense with his issues, and everyone has been worried, so we are so grateful and happy that CK and TW thought of Dakota too. Boy oh boy, CK and TW said they had never bought a dog a gift before, but wow did they ever pick a good one!


It's the cutest stuffed Beaver from a place we never knew existed. It is from AKC Select (we know AKC obviously, but we never knew there was a line of toys! Leave it to a smart kitty like CK to figure that one out!) It is so cute and it squeaks!




It is just the cutest!!! Mom tried to get some good pictures but Dakota has a tendency of taking off the second he senses Mom wants to take photos of him.  A super cool thing that happened was a few hours after Mom took photos, Dakota went over to the beaver on his own and started running around the room with it. That made Mom and Dad soooo happy! CK and TW Dakota LOVES IT! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

So there you go my furiends! Mom, Dakota and I cannot thank CK and TW enough for their incredibly thoughtful and generous gifts!!! They are just the best! Taking part in Secret Paws is ALWAYS fun, but it is extra fun when your Secret Paws is a kitty and human that you have been furiends with for 10 years and have admired just as long. CK is one of my first blogging furiends and it just made this extra, extra special. They touched my furry heart and Mom is just over the moon! Dakota too!

Love you CK and TW!!!!!!!! Thanks for making us so happy!!!









And...of course we just have to pawticipate in the Brian's Home Thankful Thursday Blog Hop we are beyond thankful so how could we NOT?


27 comments:

  1. Those gifts are amazing, Cody! You are so lucky! The Meowijuana looks like it was a hit! Hmmm...I wonder if the fur nerds might like some, too :)
    Dakota, I love your present! Winston and Emily are sending you some healing purrs at this very minute.
    Festive purrs,
    Maggie, Winston and Emily

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    1. Oh I bet your babies would love some Meowijuana too (not that we're "pushing" it or anything) MOL MOL MOL!!! Thanks so much for the healing purrs for Dakota, they are MUCH appreciated! xoxo

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  2. Oh what WONDERFUL presents you got from your Secret Paws kitty Cathy Keisha! My Mom got one of those gorgeous kitty-eyes scarves too. More like artwork isn't it. I'm glad you had a wonderful holiday dear Cody - you, your Mom, Dakota and your Dad - all of you.....we wish you a wonderful new year too!

    Hugs, Teddy and Mom

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  3. Look at all the fun new stuff you got! Very lucky kitty and pup. Don't worry about Dakota, once he turns 13, he'll be a teenager and I bet he will get some spunk back. Enjoy your haul.

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    1. thanks for the vote of confidence for Dakota! If we can ever get his other issue in check we sure pray you are right!

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  4. Oh my goodness, you sure hit the goodie jackpot Cody, CK sure is an excellent shopper. Have fun and we sure had fun seeing your happy day. Thanks for joining the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!

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  5. Cody, you and Dakota did well, what wonderful gifts … and that scarf is amazing, I'm a wanting one too. Glad you all got some pawsome gifts and are enjoying them, you deserve it. 10 years blogging?! Wow!

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  6. Way to go. You really scored.

    Have a purrfect day and rest of the week. My best to your mom. ♥

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  7. CK and TW chose wonderful gifts for all of you. The scarf is beautiful, and I laughed at Cody enjoying his spliff.

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    1. they most certainly did, that's for sure!! OMG I keep laughing at Cody too...his faves were that and those darned treats! I am glad he appreciates them though! lol

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  8. Oh what a day of special gifts ~ Wow! Fun post ~ Scarf is precious and so creative ~ ^_^

    Happy Moments to You,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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    1. thank you! Yes, that scarf is just gorgeous! Soooo pretty!!

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  9. Those are wonderful gifts, CK is a super Secret Paws ! That scarf is so pretty, can't wait to see your mom with it ! Purrs

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  10. What awesome gifts! CK really does know how to pick out good ones!

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  11. Awe what sweet and thoughtful gifts and dat scarf OMC dat are beautiful!!

    xoxo,
    Matilda (& Matt)

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  12. How nice that there was something exciting for everyone!
    CK and TW are excellent Santa's.
    xxoo
    Maggie

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  13. We are so happy that our dear friends loved their gifts. TW was a bit worried about buying so much from Cat Lady Box but they have such cool things. Smoochies for you, Cody. Tell mom that TW still has something for her. She loves buying for others.

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    1. CK!!! Tell TW that she did MORE THAN ENOUGH!! OMC!!!!! And....my mom LOVES Cat Lady Box and keeps wanting to get a subscription and every time she starts to she goes all cheap/stingy on us!! Maybe in 2020 she will FINALLY do it!!! Sending TONS OF LOVE! xoxo

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  14. CK has great taste. You got wonderful gifts. XO

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  15. What a wonderful bag of goodies Santa Stunning Keisha left you two. We really like that Spliff and that scarf is beautiful. If Dad wasnt a Dad we would want one fur him. Dakota dood you made out too. We wish you all a very very happy and meowy Catmus!

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  16. What a great box! It sounds like you had a wonderful Merry Christmas!

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  17. What a pawsome Secret Paws package! CK really did well. We’ll be revealing our Secret Paws tomorrow.

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  18. Looks like CK and TW spoiled you all. How thoughtful to include sweet Dakota too! I loved that video of you playing, Cody.

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    1. they sure did!! We were so touched about Dakota and Cody cracks me up!

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  19. Wow, that's so neat that everyone got a little something. The scarf looks beautiful.

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  20. Aren't they awesome - they did not miss a thing! ♥

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  21. You are so blessed, Cody, and so are you, Dakota, receiving present as well! We hope you are having a great time!

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