International Box Day & National Garfield the Cat Day!

Happy International Box Day and National Garfield the Cat Day!!!

"International Box day is celebrated every year on the 19 th of June. If you love cats and you have cats this day is for you. The purpose is to spend some time together with your loving pet and have fun. On this day people basically celebrate the magnificent pair of boxes and cats."

 While Cody was pretty much NOT a fan of boxes, Roary has yet to meet a box that he doesn't love!! 

Roary is insatiably curious! 

ANY box that enters this house, he's all over it (or inside it!) 

How about your kitties? Fans of boxes or not? 

Today is also  National Garfield the Cat Day. I was a fan of Garfield looong before I ever had my first cat. I have always had a "thing" for tabbies, and I was (and still am) a huge fan of Garfield's sarcasm.

"National Garfield the Cat Day – He’s witty, he’s sassy, he’s blunt, he’s saucy…he’s, well, Garfield."  Today we celebrate the world’s most opinionated feline!!!

The GARFIELD comic strip was born on June 19, 1978, created by Jim Davis and syndicated in
forty-one U.S. newspapers. Today it’s syndicated in more than 2,100
newspapers worldwide with more than 200 million readers,
leading Guinness World Records to name GARFIELD The Most Widely
Syndicated Comic Strip in the World.

(To me, Garfield was the ORIGINAL "Grumpy Cat" and I have ALWAYS preferred him!).

Courtesy of Penguinrandomhouse

ABOUT JIM DAVIS
"Jim Davis was born on July 28, 1945, in Marion, Indiana. He later attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, where he
distinguished himself by earning one of the lowest
cumulative grade point averages in the history of the university.  Davis has had many
successes with Garfield, including four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program and induction into the Licensing Hall of Fame (1998), but his most prized awards are from his peers in the National Cartoonist Society: Best Humor Strip (1981 and 1985), the Elzie Segar Award (1990), and the coveted Reuben Award (1990) for overall excellence in cartooning.
©Paws. All Rights Reserved."

(The above was from a blog post I did for Penguin Randomhouse on June 19th, 2018 in honor of Garfield's 40th Anniversary)

Hoping you all have a CATABULOUS day !!

A Meow from ME to YOU!

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I am happy to be pawticipating in "Awww Mondays" with our dear furiend Sandee over at Comedy Plus! Be sure to check out the other great posts! 

Detroit Lions First Home Game of the 2019-20 Season!

Today is the Detroit Lions first home game of the season and I am hoping (along with Mom and Dad), that they WIN TODAY (and that they don't have a debacle like last week!!!! )
If not............there is always this:

BEST OF LUCK TO THE DETROIT LIONS!!

Moochy Monday

Don't feel sorry for Cody!!! He had a few pieces of chicken in the kitchen before these photos were taken. I was working on the computer eating my OWN chicken when I looked over and saw Cody had appeared on the chair next to me.  Rest assured he DID have chicken!!

We are happy to FINALLY be remembering to participate in the:

Blog Hop hosted by our dear furiend Sandee at Comedy Plus!!! Head over and visit all of the other cute posts there!

"Fatty" Mama

Hi All! It's Cody! See how I am laying in the photo above? Well, when Mom comes home today that is gonna be HER!! She is gonna have to sleep with her arm hanging out just like my kitty arm/leg above.

You see, Mom's fattiness finally got the better of her! Mom is having outpatient surgery today to remove a fatty lipoma from her shoulder. A fatty lipoma is  a lump under the skin that occurs due to an overgrowth of fat cells.

See? Mom's fattiness finally got the better of her! The doctor said Mom's lipoma is the size of a golf ball!! Wonder if her entire body is one big fatty lipoma? MOL!!

Anyway, Mom is only used to kidney stone pain and has no clue if she is going to be in pain or not after the surgery today. So, if she is slow reading blogs/responding to email etc., that means she isn't feeling that great!

Hope to see you all soon!

Love, Cody

Too Pooped to Party!! #PartyDay

Well hi my furiends! As you can tell by the photo above that was taken the day after my birthday,  I am POOPED!!! I am nearly too pooped to pawty but Mom told me that my 12th birthday celebration is going to continue through today because today is:

WORLD PARTY DAY

Ok, so my birthday isn't really what they had in mind when they created this day, but, as they explained on Days of The Year:

"World Party Day is based on the idea that peace is not the opposite of war, merely its absence. The real opposite of war is party, and World Party Day aims to synchronise a massive, world-wide party to celebrate everything that’s good and optimistic.

“Pass the food and turn up the music” is a common slogan on World Party Day, but it doesn’t really matter how you celebrate, or even whether you celebrate alone or in company. The premise is that everyone in the world is joined in party, so you can really do anything you like as long as it involves celebrating the joy of existence."

So, my birthday is a form of  "celebrating the joy of existence", right? Of course I am right!!!

I had a most pawesome birthday!  I got a great card in my email!  It was from the gang at Meezer's Mews & Terrieristical Woofs

and I got another cute card from my pal Timmy Tomcat and gang that was posted as a link on my blog in a comment:

I relaxed most of the day. I spent my time doing some window whiffing:

I also watched the birds that came by to wish me a Happy Birthday:

It was wonderful!

Mom showed me all of the super nice and thoughtful comments that you all left on my blog, that made me feel extra special and I THANK YOU!!!! I loved each and every one of them!

I received some cute cards on Facebook too but didn't save them all because my lazy Mom has been "too busy" to help me.

I guess I should cut my Mom some slack though. She made my birthday dinner extra special! Mom made some chicken thighs and gave me a plate of cooked chicken that she had shredded, and she even let me get on the forbidden kitchen table while she was eating HER chicken! She let me sit on the table and stare at her until she caved and gave me more!!!

After dinner Mom brought out my Neko toy that I love and we played together. Then I sat down and relaxed and watched baseball with my Dad. Dakota even gave me some doggy kisses!!

Speaking of kisses Mom didn't stop kissing me, she kissed me all day!! Dad gave me extra special belly rubs too!

It was a great day!!!

Thanks to all of you for helping to make my birthday so special!!!

Now maybe I can tell Mom that since today is World Party Day I can have some MORE chicken, right? OF COURSE I AM RIGHT!!! Chicken is just what I need to get extra energy to keep this pawty going!!! 

Love, Cody

Come a little Closer...Let Me Ask You Something...

I hope the answer is YES!!!

Have a Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!

LOVE YOU!!!

National Compliment Day

NATIONAL COMPLIMENT DAY

Photo Flashback Friday:World Sleep Day

Some humans (namely my Mom), are feeling sleep deprived this week due to the time change, and it just happens to be World Sleep Day, so I decided to  dust off an oldie but goodie to celebrate! Enjoy!

Now go and take a nap!

Love, Cody

Just for YOU on National Compliment Day

NATIONAL COMPLIMENT DAY

Bear! I have a "Tasty Whole Chicken!!" #socialmediaday

Hi all! It's Cody and yep I have yet another day to tell you about today! Today is Social Media Day! It is a day to celebrate (or curse) about all of your social media channels and the friendships you have made (or lost, MOL!) as a result of having them.

Social Media Day was launched back in 2010 by Mashable. I am choosing to celebrate the day by honoring a super special mancat who just happens to be one heck of a handsome tabby cat like me, AND he makes my Mom and I laugh all of the time with the sarcastic (yet often loving),  banter he shares with his "Momma"! Who is it? It's Bear from the hilarious and witty blog, Momma Kat and Her Bear Cat. I especially love Bear because he shares a special affinity with me for "Tasty Whole Chickens!" Bear is always on a quest to find them, JUST LIKE ME!!! Today, Bear, I am eating some in YOUR HONOR!!

Mom made me a "tasty whole chicken" yesterday and Bear I thought of you with every bite! Wish you could come over and join me!!

Since it is Social Media Day I also would like to thank everyone who takes the time to visit my blog and my other social channels which are all listed below. THANK YOU!! YOU ALL MAKE ME SMILE!!!

Love, Cody

TWITTER

FACEBOOK

PINTEREST

INSTAGRAM

National Selfie Day

Ok we have now seen everything! Did you know that today is National Selfie Day?   There is a day for everything it seems! Today I want to share one of my favorite "selfies" of Cody. It's just too cute for words!

FROM DAYS OF THE YEAR

History of Selfie Day
Selfies have probably existed as long as hand-held cameras have been a thing. Human vanity is so utterly profound that if we’re given the opportunity to do something self-aggrandizing, we do. This habit, in our defense, doesn’t seem to be strictly human in nature. Given access to a camera and a little time to figure it out, monkeys will start snapping selfies like no one’s business.
In 2014, BBC officially declared a Selfie Day, which amusingly heralded a sudden decline in selfies. Interestingly, there was a similar drop after the Oxford English Dictionary added ‘selfie’ to its pages. Apparently making something official is a damned fine way of making sure no one wants to do them anymore.

Well, we all know that there is no decline in selfies when it comes to cats and dogs, now is there? Go ahead pals, snap away!!!

"Cat Bloggers Meowoleen and Howloween 2016" Created by Peaches and Paprika

Because we have a different post planned for tomorrow, we wanted to begin celebrating Halloween a day early!!!

A HUGE THANK YOU to Carol from the adorable Peaches and Paprika blog for all of her hard work in creating this darling and very, very "skerry" Halloween video featuring LOTS AND LOTS OF CAT BLOGGERS!!!

No tricks, just an ADORABLE TREAT! Enjoy!!

Cat Cuteness:Wordless Wednesday

Wake me when it's Spring

Mancat Monday-Me & My Quilt

Happy Monday everyone!

I hope it is a good week for all of us!

My week started off quite nicely!

Look what my Mom bought me!

It is a Ms Stella O'Houligan
Premium Catnip Quilt!
I must say that this side brings out the tiger in me!
If you look closely you can see my name on it

Look at how much fun this side is!
It reminds me of all of my
blogging furriends!
If you would like
your own beautifully handmade
Ms.Stella O'Houligan
Premium CatNip Quilt
please visit:
http://stacyhurt.blogspot.com


check out two videos
Mom took of me
I was pretty unaffected
by the catnip
but I still look
quite handsome just the same
don't you agree?

I was just having my "moment"

when  my brother Dakota broke my concentration

There! This video was much better! 

Any ladycats want to come over

 and loll away the time on my quilt with me?

 I promise I will clean up super nice before you visit!

"Toesy" Tuesday

Aren't my toes just the CUTEST "toesies EVER?? You thought I was kidding when I said I LOVE mice?

If you missed my review on Monday of "Who Moved My Mouse?" by author Dena Harris, you can read about it HERE!

In the meantime, find some toes to tickle and make it a terrific Tuesday! Love, Cody